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NLDS: Cardinals Sweep Padres 3-0
Transmogrified Tiger replied to BigbadB's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Hobbes looks like he's celebrating that fact. If he is a Cardinal fan I demand you take him out of your sig. Hobbes loves to see good baseball. He's been celebrating the end of the misery that was the '05 Cubs for some time now. -
NLDS: Cardinals Sweep Padres 3-0
Transmogrified Tiger replied to BigbadB's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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NLDS: Cardinals Sweep Padres 3-0
Transmogrified Tiger replied to BigbadB's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Now Eckstein lets a liner by. Good thing he's so small, otherwise he'd have gotten his teeth knocked out. -
NLDS: Cardinals Sweep Padres 3-0
Transmogrified Tiger replied to BigbadB's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
What's this, a slow leadoff man with high OBP from a playoff team? Unpossible! And in typing this I miss the call that lands Sweeney at first. TLR is incensed. EDIT: He was out, but if sliding into first is your best option, then something went wrong defensively. -
Bruce on the offseason
Transmogrified Tiger replied to soapy's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He made it when he had no more Holla/Lawton options. I can't wait for Baker to leave and it can't be soon enough. Exactly, the alternative was Hairston everyday, and those two platooned for a little bit before Murton's performance/Dusty's distaste for Hairston won out. -
End of season MVP Discussion
Transmogrified Tiger replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Okay, there's an Abe Lincoln painting(Lee), and another Abe Lincoln painting with a slight blemish(Pujols). The untarnished painting hangs in my attic while the other is in the White House. Which is more valuable? The untainted painting. If I were to just see the two without any context of their location, I'd pick the unblemished one every time. If both were in the same location, I'd pick the unblemished one. The unblemished painting can't do anything more to it's surroundings than the beauty it provides, and it shouldn't be punished for things out of its control. Likewise, the tainted painting shouldn't be elevated because of things outside its control. -
We better nail that 1st pick, because with the cash the Cubs have to spend this offseason, they may not be picking for a while after that 1st choice. Just like we were supposed to be a great team the last two years? I really have no faith in this organization anymore. I think he means the Cubs are going to spend money on Free Agents, meaning that they won't have a pick for a while in the '06 draft after their first rounder.
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Does quality wins still factor into the BCS polls? I thought they got rid of all that and just use the Harris and coaches polls, plus the average of six computer polls, minus the hightest and lowest for each team. I really don't know what all is a factor these days. It seems every year something changes to make up for the problems the year before. I didn't mean quality win in the terms of the BCS, but more in the pollsters mindset. Beating OSU coming off a loss when they're likely to be ranked 10-15 would not be as beneficial as beating them coming off a win when they're possibly into the top 5. If Penn State loses now, they have more time to right themselves in the polls before MSU plays them.
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End of season MVP Discussion
Transmogrified Tiger replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Fine, use the entire season. With the exception of slugging Lee and Pujols' numbers are for all practical purposes the same, so give it to the guy who's team made the playoffs. Lee was unbelievable in the first half of the season, and just good in the second half. For half the season Lee did not play like an MVP. Wow. Lee for the season outperformed Pujols in just about every metric, including more all-encompassing ones like VORP, or RC, or RCAA, or BPA, or EqA. That's all there really is to it. -
I was(am) convinced that it's the caliber of team that they are. They lost 4 games last year, and in their NC year they had a multitude of close games they managed to win, mostly IMO because of Krenzel's game management. I don't think Zwick and Smith are even close to that, and it will cost them in close games. I still think that they'll lose 3-4 games, between road games at PSU, UM, and Minnesota, and a home game against MSU, I see them going .500 in that stretch.
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I hope you enjoy losing. Whatever pal, don't get overconfident... the better-paid team doesn't necessarily win all the time! I can't believe I'm saying this, but I hope OSU wins. OSU needs to be as highly ranked as possible for MSU to bounce back in the polls on the 15th. Plus PSU is the last game of the season for MSU, which gives PSU time to recover so that game will be another quality win for MSU. :wink:
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Loaiza pitched in the most pitcher friendly park in baseball this year. Home: 2.86 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 7.77 K/9, 4.13 K/BB, .233/.275/.342/.617 Away: 4.71 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 6.56 K/9, 2.43 K/BB, .306/.358/.435/.792 Stay far away.
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The Vet was a pitcher's stadium, though, and Abreu's numbers were just as good there. I'm a kid in a candy store with these two, though, as they're my favorite non-Cubs. Yeah, and Giles had a down season all around last year. I agree though that I would take either or both. Given the choice though, I'll take Giles because of the above, and the (lack of) player cost.
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How is this typical? Can you site other incidents similar to this from the White Sox this year? Every year for the past 4 years, the Sox telling the media that they're better than the Twins. "Magglio Ordonez is a Venezuelan #####! He's got an enemy (More ##### and more hateful obnoxiousness)" Buehrle's whining about the Rangers supposed cheating from a team whose fans would gloat for years about what a great sign stealer Nossek was. Guillen's whining at every single oppurtunity possible about everything and anything. If Podsednik's mediocre year didn't appeal so well to old-schoolers, I can't understand why anyone would root for this sham of a team. Sham? 99 win sham? C'mon, I know people hate the Sox, but a crappy team doesn't luck it's way into 99 wins. All those things you listed are inexcusable, but I could got item for item with the Cubs actions the past 2 years as well. I don't think anything could come close to Guillen giving the other team the choke sign during a pitching change. They really need to be exposed by Boston.
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Park Factors anyone? Abreu Home: .304/.423/.535/.958 Away: .268/.390/.416/.806 Giles Home: .267/.378/.417/.795 Away: .333/.463/.545/1.008
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I meant for 2006 he will be getting 4 million and a 1 million dollar signing bonus does that mean it counts against next years payroll or does the 1 million dollar get paid out over the next three years. I'm pretty sure that he gets all 1 million paid out next year, but LCCF and likely others believe that it gets paid out 333k per year.
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Not really, he actually can be very inaccurate with his arm. With DLee on the other side, it will be better, but he is a lot like Aram with the strong but inaccurate arm. Furcal's outstanding defensively. In fact, I don't know how I missed him when I was looking to see who could give Neifi a run for his money this year for the Gold Glove.
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Not unless Vlad or Miggy Cabrera become available.
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What about help separating Kent and Bradley? Cubs send: ??? Cubs get: Bradley, Romero Dodgers send: Bradley, Kent Dodgers get: Hunter, ???? from Cubs Twins send: Hunter, Romero Twins get: Kent, payroll relief(just under 4 million)
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What does Vizcaino's sexual preferences have to do with pinch hitting? :-s i honestly don't know how that bi got in there, i don't remember it. cosmic. forget the g in big?
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7 million of Pettitte's salary next year is deferred.
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He's no Carlos Beltran, that's for sure.
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No way man. Listen to Stuart Scott.
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What about a lack of sample size? 5 innings? with how many walks? i'm sorry, my opinion may be tainted by memories of watching him throw the ball in the general direction of the plate, every time he got in the game, without having any success in the strike zone. I think I only saw JVB pitch once, and don't remember him being that awful with control. Sure he had 8 walks in 5 innings, but it's 5 innings! One bad outing if you're a starter. It's basically nothing when evaluating JVB going forward. Now he has historically walked more guys then I'm comfortable with(around 3.6-3.7 per 9 IP), but that doesn't mean he should be buried because of 5 bad innings.
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What about a lack of sample size? 5 innings?
