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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    So your statement is that the 03' Cubs, mid-90s Yanks, 03' Fish, and 04' Red Sox succesful playoff runs did not rely on or have anything to do with very good pitching and nearly error-free defense. I am sorry, but if that is your point, than I completely disagree. No, I'm not saying that they didn't do any of those things. I specifically mentioned before that quote that I was talking about Guillen's out-wasting antics on offense. Smartball is stupid, and I hate that it's receiving praise for relying on an unreal pitching staff to have success. I wish the Cubs had some 'smartball' in 2006 and so do you. Listen to many of the yahoos who don't want to trade Wood, CPat or anybody else. They want Dusty, Rothschild and Hendry back no matter what. For what? Another year of frustration. None of those things(sans Dusty, who I want fired) have anything to do with "Smartball". I certainly do not wish that the Cubs lose outs and possibly games because an overbearing manager thinks that he has to make things happen by bunting and stealing bases at a manic and wasteful pace.
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    Exactly my sentiment.
  3. Transmogrified Tiger
    So your statement is that the 03' Cubs, mid-90s Yanks, 03' Fish, and 04' Red Sox succesful playoff runs did not rely on or have anything to do with very good pitching and nearly error-free defense. I am sorry, but if that is your point, than I completely disagree. No, I'm not saying that they didn't do any of those things. I specifically mentioned before that quote that I was talking about Guillen's out-wasting antics on offense. Smartball is stupid, and I hate that it's receiving praise for relying on an unreal pitching staff to have success.
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    No. Well, yes, but the team hasn't come close to playing a good full 4 quarters since week 1 against Ohio. The good thing is that since the secondary is going to give up big plays no matter what, they've vowed to at least be more physical. They really beat the snot out of some of the Purdue receivers. Of course, Stanton is actually a good QB, so that kinda changes things. But this offense can certainly compete with anyone in the Big Ten. Then again, just about anything can happen in the Big Ten this year. We should lose this week and again at Ohio State, but I don't see any reason why this team can't beat both Michigan and Iowa at home and Illinois on the road to finish 7-4 and 5-3 in the Big Ten. Of course, we're still just as likely to finish 4-7. Michigan State will win 87-84. Two crazy good offenses versus two crazy bad defenses.
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    Yes, more rumors with Milton Bradley please. After Giles, he's number one on the list.
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    Dusty doesn't do that every time. He's done it before sure, but it's not even close to the scale in which Guillen wastes outs.
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    I wish the Cubs could play this brand of baseball well enough to make it to the World Series. I am NOT advocating small ball, but if the Cubs went that route, and made it to the WS, then hooray hooray! I agree that I'd take it any way I get it, but when it's not us then it really upsets me because it gets celebrated. Now that's sour grapes. They are winning the same way the Cubs did on 03': great pitching, "timely" hitting, good defense. Funny, but that's how the best Yankee teams won (see: Brosius, Scott and O'neil, Paul), how the 03' Marlins won, how last year's Red Sox won...are we seeing a pattern here? Baseball isn't all about stats: sometimes things just have to go your way. Frustrating, but true. No, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Guillen's obsession with wastes like sac bunts and excessive SB attempts, or "Grinderball". It's stupid baseball, and it's part of the reason they didn't score as many runs as it is. Any postseason success shouldn't change this fact. I'm not talking about pitching and defense. It most certainly isn't the way the Cubs won in '03, and not the way any of the teams you mentioned did it either.
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    I wish the Cubs could play this brand of baseball well enough to make it to the World Series. I am NOT advocating small ball, but if the Cubs went that route, and made it to the WS, then hooray hooray! I agree that I'd take it any way I get it, but when it's not us then it really upsets me because it gets celebrated.
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    Things don't always regress to the mean over 162 games. There's a reason the White Sox tanked hard at the end of the season, and that's because their pitching regressed to the mean. Fortunately for them, they had built up enough of a lead to make the playoffs, and once in the playoffs it's a crapshoot. Is 4 consecutive complete game victories the mean ?????
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    I'm probably more upset because of the way they play baseball. Their fans and the fact that they're rivals make it much worse, but the main reason I hate that they've advanced is the same reason as if the Nationals had made it thus far. They aren't the most talented team, and they play a stupid brand of baseball that gets celebrated because of their flukish success.
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    Things don't always regress to the mean over 162 games. There's a reason the White Sox tanked hard at the end of the season, and that's because their pitching regressed to the mean. Fortunately for them, they had built up enough of a lead to make the playoffs, and once in the playoffs it's a crapshoot.
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    Or you can pick up his option and trade him to a place where he wants to go. Or you can decline the option, tell him up front he's going to be a backup if he signs with the team (but would be welcome in that role), then offer arbitration and get draft picks. I'm pretty sure he'd be a type A compared to other second basemen. But wouldn't he still get arbitration money which would be a lot more than his option? Yes, and the draft pick is a lesser return than what we could get for him in trade, plus we lose the still very attractive option of him playing 2B. I can't imagine Hendry is dumb enough to decline that option.
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    It's only the 8th inning USS.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Doesn't look like it's going to matter, Seattle's up 4 scores with 12 mins left.
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    Haha, the White Sox are going to get handed half this series. Unimaginable.
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    Well, he was safe, but the umps owed the halos a makeup there... and they didn't get it. Sure he didn't tag him, but would Erstad have left the base if the ump wasn't emphatically calling him out? Might have caught the throw to beat AJP. It's a bad call, but it should stand.
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    If they reverse this out call I'm going to scream.
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    The ref right there was waving his arms to stop the clock the entire time, I don't know why the clock didn't stop. EDIT: I'm having a real hard time seeing Quinn as one of the top 10 players in the country. I know everyone is dying to make him a Heisman candidate, but it's just not there. 2 losses, every team they've beaten has 4 losses except Michigan(3). Notre Dame has played 3 of the 10 worst Passing defenses in the country, and Quinn isn't in the top 15 in Yards per Attempt, completion percentage, or passer rating. It's hard to make the case that Quinn is a top 5 QB, nevermind top 10 overall. Young, Vick, Leinhart, Hodges, Stanton, McNeal, Clemens, all of those guys are better than Quinn in most if not all those categories. Heck, statistically, Quinn isn't much different from Stocco of Wisconsin, and he's faced better defenses than Quinn.
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    Steve Lyons, man paid to talk about baseball games: "The Astros have this game set up just the way they want it." Steve, I'm no color analyst, but I think Astros might want to be winning instead of tied.
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    Buck? You mean good ole Thom? Gah, that is Thom.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    You could just hear the unadulterated joy in Buck's voice calling that Astros home run. That was Hawk-esque.
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    Is anyone else hearing this rumour: Jim Thome and David Bell to Seattle for Adrian Beltre? Oh, that's why the Mariners are terrible. Why would they consider that? They lose a guaranteed year off a terrible contract, but in the long run they save nothing. Beltre for his down year is still extremely talented, and what, 10 years younger than Thome? Plus they're paying Richie Sexson 8 figures to be a 1B/DH/LF. I don't get why they'd consider that deal.
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    Another thing on the topic of Mizzou football, does it enrage anyone else that Coffman isn't on the field for nearly every offensive play? He leads the team in catches, and is second to Coffey in yards, but he plays only 1/2 to 2/3 of the offensive snaps. I understand that Rucker is talented too, but Coffman is an absolute beast over the middle.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    No way. There's not a chance in hell that a freshman will come in and take Senor Smith's job. I don't care how good of a job Chase did - if Bd. Smith is healthy, he's our guy. And he should be. It's so on next week. I can't wait. Blackout game! I know what you're saying about Smith, but he couldn't get anything going yesterday. The drive Daniel had before Smith was hurt(in which Crossett missed another kick, I swear I'm going to take his job) I think was the only time before the last two drives where we had more than one first down. With the way he was playing, I don't think we win with Smith finishing the game. Hopefully if Smith plays next week he can get back to form from previous weeks. Was he doing more passing and less running yesterday? I wasn't at the game and I don't know anything about it aside from the fact that we won and that Brad got hurt. And what's up with his injury? Didn't seem to be much different than previous weeks, but our offense couldn't move with Brad on the field. I think if anything we were running too much. Smith's injury came when he got rocked on a blitz. From what I can gather, it might have been a concussion, and Smith may have even been cleared to play later in the game, but Pinkel stuck with Daniel. Smith was good enough to go out with the captains for the overtime coinflip, so he wasn't completely out of it I guess.
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    No way. There's not a chance in hell that a freshman will come in and take Senor Smith's job. I don't care how good of a job Chase did - if Bd. Smith is healthy, he's our guy. And he should be. It's so on next week. I can't wait. Blackout game! I know what you're saying about Smith, but he couldn't get anything going yesterday. The drive Daniel had before Smith was hurt(in which Crossett missed another kick, I swear I'm going to take his job) I think was the only time before the last two drives where we had more than one first down. With the way he was playing, I don't think we win with Smith finishing the game. Hopefully if Smith plays next week he can get back to form from previous weeks.
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