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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Haha, completely unsubstantiated. People remember failures much more than successes. But whatever, continue your ridiculous, baseless bashing of Farnsworth.
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    Tennessee's the only team that isn't in the bottom 10 in PPG too though, they haven't exactly been shutting down offenses as capable as the Rams.
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    I don't think there's any way the Cubs get A-Rod and Romero for Hill, Cedeno, and throw-ins. The Twins get worked over in that deal. They don't need to clear THAT much payroll. They should be okay dealing one of Torii or Radke.
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    Those two sentences have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Damon isn't even close to having FA bust all over him, and if your justification is a throwing arm, you really need to remember to add the sarcasm smiley. I would argue Damon is a low risk chance to bust. 31 isn't knocking down the crypt, and he is one of the most diligent people I've met in the baseball world at taking care of his body. He's never had a serious injury and the fewest number of game he has played for his career as a starter is 145 (twice back in KC). Damon will be 32 next year, the majority of his next contract will be played past his prime. He benefits from his home park, and even with that he's not a top notch offensive outfielder. Paying more than 8 million and/or for more than 3 years will make him a bust. Again, there are few players worth 10 million dollars on the FA market, and Damon certainly isn't good enough to be one of them.
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    If that's the case, then we need to trade him to the ChiSox pronto for their minor league version of Carlos Lee.
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    haha, absolutely unhittable.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm not listening. Anyone taking Rowand to task for showing bunt before the pitch was delivered? Fundamentals!
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    who wouldn't want Scioscia as manager of the Cubs? He is definitely one of the best in all of baseball. I've heard some good and bad things about Scioscia. I'm not convinced he'd be/is a good manager.
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    This was a response to your "I look at it like this..." phrasing. I was speaking figuratively. You probably don't actually need to see your optician any time soon. Well, maybe you do, but that doesn't particularly interest me. Jeez, do you find "you need to get your eyes checked" in breach of your human rights? Congratulations. Then again, I'm not sure why you're telling me that. I think it's pretty obvious that I was parodying my own argument by addressing America as a whole with an extremely oversimplified stereotype... Wow, that went way over my head.
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    wtg Tigers
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    If I beat you with my depleted roster this week you should forfeit the rest of the season out of respect. And for the last time, it's Mr. Runamoker to you.
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    Let's go Spartans!
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    :shock: Sorry, but you couldn't be more wrong in my eyes. Getting plus-production (over the league average) out of a position or lineup slot is critical to having a successful team. That is one half of the reasons Walker has so much perceived value to the team or as trade. That is what makes Brian Roberts so insanely valuable. He produced .900+ OPS for a leadoff man and 2B. It's a crime Baltimore didn't win 90 games with kind of plus-production out of that position and slot. With the Chicago Cubs, the 3-4 hitters are a known quality. Finding plus-production out of 1-2 slots is the only way to turn this team around. And it's worth paying for, or even overpaying IMO. Sure, it's good to get production better than average for a position, but Damon isn't that much better than the league average to justify that type of length or dollar amount. Brian Roberts was also one of the top hitters in the game in addition for his position. Damon is up there for his position, but relative to other positions he's middle of the road. Plus he'll be 32, plus he's poor defensively, plus he's got his splits working against him for future performance. There aren't a lot of players worth 8 figures in the current market, and Damon isn't one of them.
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    I now respect JoePa about ten times as much as I did before this thread.
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    McNabb and Owens playing like McNown and Goings plus Darrell Jackson getting hurt and a Shockey bye week, sheesh. Next time Raw!
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    Right, and how many leadoff hitters have a mid-.800s OPS again? Oh yeah, about 3 a year in the 21st century. There isn't a scarcity of mid 800s OPS guys that make Damon worth 10 million. Whether they are leadoff men or not doesn't make Damon's production any more valuable.
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    6 years ago though. George isn't the same, and I don't think Orton or Grossman are of the same caliber as Culpepper.
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    I hate it when these home and away splits are posted because nobody ever includes standard variance in the post, so it is just stats in a vacuum. The majority of ballplayers are better at home. Come up with the league variance, then show me that Damon (or anybody else in the argument) is that much worse than the league variance for these splits to have any meaning. I don't have the time to do a league variance, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's less than 40 points in AVG and 50 in OBP. EDIT: Here's Boston as a team. 2005 Home: .280/.360/.457/.817 Away: .281/.352/.450/.802 Difference: -.001/.008/.007/.015 Damon's Difference: .036/.049/.002/.051 2004 Home: .304/.378/.504/.883 Away: .260/.342/.441/.783 Difference: .044/.036/.063/.099 Damon's Difference: .050/.054/.004/.058 2003 Home: .316/.392/.527/.919 Away: .263/.328/.456/.783 Difference: .053/.064/.071/.135 Damon's Difference: .037/.044/.042/.086 2002 Home: .273/.344/.433/.777 Away: .280/.346/.454/.800 Difference: -.007/-.002/-.021/-.023 Damon's Difference. -.003/.018/-.032/.-.014 Three out of 4 years he benefits more from the park than his teammates, with this year being the most disturbingly bad. This doesn't even mention the fact that even with his home numbers, Damon isn't worth 40-50 million over 4-5 years, considering his production is still only a mid 800s OPS to go with weak defense at age 31.
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    In 2000, Antonio Alfonseca was 45/49 in save opportunites. His peripherals indicated that he wasn't as good as his save numbers indicated. Those peripherals proved to be predictive. In 2001, he was 28/44 and in 2002 he as 19/28. While I hope Dempster is as good as his 33/35 might lead some to believe, there is enough reason to be concerned. Just out of curiosity (this is a dead-horse argument), which of Dempster's peripherals worry you? His walks.
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    That'd be difficult to separate, you'd have to decipher between fatigue and lack of clutch in starting pitchers, and inability and lack of clutch in relievers who are always in those situations.
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    I'd only take him for one year, and he may not have anything left after being ridden hard this year, but we could do worse.
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    YES, DP!
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    I agree, I think it's hilarious.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha How does that happen? You almost have to be trying to do that.
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