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dangit, I was going to put Veal in the bottom of my list but I forgot. It seems that BA really has a thing for recent high round draftees and with the numbers he put up I think it would be no surpise to see him between 8-10

Haha, of course Nebraska is blowing out Colorado at home. If Iowa State wins in Kansas tomorrow I'm going to be sick.

Go Bucs! Hopefully Simms doesn't suck, but I have a feeling that whoever screws up the least between him and Orton will win. Prediction: 5-5 Tie

Ironic isn't it? Do you think if Nomar was more 'motivated' he could have avoided such an injury? And here we are two years after the trade, counting on Murton and watching backwards Ramon take 55 out of town. Nomar has one of the most intense workout regimens in baseball. I think SI did a story on a while back. Good point.

Wouldn't LSU go to the Rose Bowl before PSU. I don't know, I'm just asking. I do think LSU is the better team though. PSU is in front of LSU in the BCS as of now, so no. Of course, that might change with LSU still having games remaining. Speaking of which, LSU is only up a TD on Arkansas approaching halftime.

Premium has that feature. Probably my favorite one too. Inside of a thread? How do you use it?

Gary Thorne is great at doing hockey games, but I'm not a huge fan of him in other sports. Especially that Astros no-hitter, I swear he said the word no hitter 150 times in the last 3 innings. EDIT: And Ed Cunningham is an abomination. There's a fine line between analyzing what is going on and second-guessing decisions as an analyst. Ed runs through the line like an olympic sprinter.

Winner. We have enough average to good pitchers as is.

Possibly, if you're from Texas.

Why do teams do all sorts of stupid punt formations? That was really dumb.

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A&M leads Texas 15-14 in the second quarter.

Let's tone down the language, please. This is a family site, and swearing is generally not accepted. Thanks! is that a swear word? or already edited already edited.

From the logic in this thread, it applies to anyone that's ever played major league baseball. Yea, I think Carlos Beltran lived up to his deal. Nice blanket inference. It's been pretty clearly implied that you can't blame the player for poor performance, you blame his usage. If that's the case, then it applies to anyone. I said this before and this is the second time I'm saying it - you don't get it. Baseball isn't about 'blaming' players for anything. For example, do you really think Corey was making an active effort to suck last year? Do you think Neifi was trying to not be 6'0 250 and able to hit moonshots? Baseball more than any professional sport is a TEAM GAME. We got what we expected from both Neifi and Burnitz, that means they were not the weak link in the team chain. It's just like if a hacker is trying to penetrate your PC. He'll go to port SS, wait, thats blocked...ok lets try port RF...no, their plan is holding up there...lets try CF....hmm, here's an easy way to get in and sabotage something. The key to any successful franchise is A+ player development and scouting, whenever you get what you thought you'd get for a player - that is a success. When players go to the DL, forget how to swing a damn bat, and these are impact players, it blows a shotgun shell hole in the plans for your team. Neifi and Burnitz at least made it to work. Just because a player has low expectations doesn't mean that their performance is not bad, and needing to be replaced.

From the logic in this thread, it applies to anyone that's ever played major league baseball. Yea, I think Carlos Beltran lived up to his deal. Nice blanket inference. It's been pretty clearly implied that you can't blame the player for poor performance, you blame his usage. If that's the case, then it applies to anyone.

From the logic in this thread, it applies to anyone that's ever played major league baseball.

YES, Bradley please. This isn't the first report that have linked the Cubs to Bradely. Good to see that Hendry doesn't appear to have reservations about getting Milton.

A quick look shows they have 35 combined out of state players on both rosters. There's probably at least 150 players total on the two rosters.

by no means am I defending that Neifi was worth that money.... but he had aboslutely NOTHING to do with us not making the playoffs last year, and to claim that he sucks because he didnt carry us to the playoffs is the most absurd thing Ive ever heard. The fact that Neifi played so much at SS and hit so often at the top of the lineup had a whole bunch to do with why the Cubs didn't make the playoffs. He's not good enough to start on a playoff contender that already has offensive issues, and he's a brutal top of the order candidate. You can't blame Neifi for not carrying this team to the playoffs, he doesn't have the talent, skills, abilities or production to be relied upon for such a task. He's a 25th man. And you don't let your 25th man leadoff or give him $6 million. Also, he's not the savior so many tried to paint him as last year. How many "where would we be without Neifi" comments did we have to hear before the truth was spoken about how handicapped this team was by his presence atop the lineup? Neifi at SS last year had NOTHING to do with us not making the playoffs - its not hard at all to figure that one out. Dusty's use of Neifi in the batting lineup did for sure, but his performance was far from the reason we didnt make the playoffs. Please examinie the other issues I claimed for us not making the playoffs - those are extremely more relevant. Please contrast Neifi's defense and offensive skills with those of the other #8 batters in the lineup for last years playoffs. Neifi's OBP would've been 26th of 30 teams last year for the 8 spot, ahead of Molina at STL, Matheny at SF, Buck at KC, and the juggernauts in Detroit and Seattle.

Ironic isn't it? Do you think if Nomar was more 'motivated' he could have avoided such an injury? And here we are two years after the trade, counting on Murton and watching backwards Ramon take 55 out of town. Nomar is one of the most fit players in the game, following a ridiculous off-season training regimen. SI did a story about it a ways back when he was with Boston. Laziness or lack of conditioning isn't what caused Nomar's injuries. He could be overtraining. A distinct possibility. It's definitely not undertraining or lack of motivation though.

Ironic isn't it? Do you think if Nomar was more 'motivated' he could have avoided such an injury? And here we are two years after the trade, counting on Murton and watching backwards Ramon take 55 out of town. Nomar is one of the most fit players in the game, following a ridiculous off-season training regimen. SI did a story about it a ways back when he was with Boston. Laziness or lack of conditioning isn't what caused Nomar's injuries.

Unfortunately, he's very very bad at it. You're just missing the point entirely. What makes you think if you were a coach and I was a FA, I would in any way want to play for you? You obviously as a coach wouldn't hold any loyalty to players, and its questionable whether your commitment is winning or sticking to your SABR for right or wrong in order to possibly come out in the end looking like a genius. No, I understand the point, and I think you're dead wrong. How do we know that everytime Neifi goes to the mound, the pitcher just wants him to get away, half the pitchers I've ever played with didn't want anyone to conference with them. Same thing in the dugout/clubhouse. Someone who is a happy guy can be perceived as annoying as they are uplifting. Again, from my own experience, and in my day I was the one trying to be the positive teammate. It's not ALL about the numbers, but when someone is as lacking as Perez, all the platitudes about him making contact and being a nice guy don't change the fact that he's horrible, and terribly undeserving of 2 years and 5 million. Now, for your hypothetical on free agency. Neifi played pretty poorly last year, so if anything he should be down my "loyalty" list. But there's what, 1 in 50 guys who won't bolt the "loyal" club for more cash when their time comes. That's what free agency is about. Money. It may sound nice to say that we're being scumbags to treat Neifi that way, but it's not like he performed amazingly and we kicked him to the curb, or we reneged on a promise. He was bad, we should've gotten rid of him, that's how the market works. And finally, it's not trying to make myself look smart, it's about building the baseball team that's most likely to win you games. SABR does NOT = Stats necessarily. It's all about finding the best way to evaluate players/teams. And signing Neifi Perez to a 2 year 5 million dollar contract, especially when you have Dusty Baker managing your team, is a very poor decision if you are trying to build a team that will win you the most games.

Unfortunately, he's very very bad at it.

You're exactly right. Neifi is a quality player and honestly, I have absolutely no problem giving him 2.5M - I said about a million times in other threads - who else is there to sign if not Neifi, I didnt get ONE reply. Hm, maybe instead of 2/5 for Neifi we should get Graf for 3/9? that makes more sense? Neifi's brutal. It's easier to count players we wouldn't rather have. First and foremost though, we don't need a backup middle infielder with Cedeno and Fontenot both ready. But if for some reason we HAVE to start Cedeno, D'Angelo Jimenez was available at last check, and is roughly infinitely better than Neifi. Fontenot's D isn't nearly as good, he's not a veteran off the bench, and Jiminez was let go due to awful personal behavior. Fontenot's O is also much better than Neifi, and I could care less if the player on the bench is young, old, veteran, choirboy, jerk, or unborn fetus as long as they produce.

You're exactly right. Neifi is a quality player and honestly, I have absolutely no problem giving him 2.5M - I said about a million times in other threads - who else is there to sign if not Neifi, I didnt get ONE reply. Hm, maybe instead of 2/5 for Neifi we should get Graf for 3/9? that makes more sense? Neifi's brutal. It's easier to count players we wouldn't rather have. First and foremost though, we don't need a backup middle infielder with Cedeno and Fontenot both ready. But if for some reason we HAVE to start Cedeno, D'Angelo Jimenez was available at last check, and is roughly infinitely better than Neifi.