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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Pie starting in CF, Nomar in LF, Morris or Burnett for the rotation, thank goodness it was Sullivan.
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    IIRC, it's really taken a turn for the worse in the last month or two.
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    Grudz Batting Runs Above Average: -3 Fielding Runs Above Average: 4 Net Runs Above Average: 1 Walker Batting Runs Above Average: 10 Fielding Runs Above Average: -7 Net Runs Above Average: 3
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    What advanced defensive stats are you referring to?
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    Kind of pertinent. When I was a freshman, one of our seniors who went on to play college soccer had a unique way of heading the ball. He would always know where the ref was and bring both hands up, clenched in a fist. While shielding the ref, he would punch the ball with the hand on the far side of his body, while making it look like he headed it. He always got away with it. Don't ask me how. you played with maradona? I once saw Van Nisteelroy(sp?) try that, didn't work and got a yellow for it I think.
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    I played against a kid in middle school who did a flip throw in, he was real good at it. One kid on our HS team my age could just rear back and throw the ball half way across the field. He wasn't a real big guy, but he played Tennis which probably helped. Every throw in from about 30 yards in there was a set play for. Once he threw a ball into the goal far post from about 35 yards away, on the fly. Here he is about to unleash one: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/cubsfan_05/P1010046.jpg
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    I really need to go home and scan that before and after of me taking some kid out. Memories, memories.
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    Everyone knows that keepers can get away with just about anything. Yep. I love the raised knee in traffic... very effective at creating space. My personal fave is the leg whip to turn around so you can "see where the shot went".
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    I'll take it seriously. I think that, with a winter away from baseball to reset his mind, Corey *could* be considered an option to bat 8th and play a good defensive CF given a good ST, but be a prime candidate to be replaced via a trade deadline move. I think that the days of Corey being considered a top player, or even a guy who just needs time and patience to become a star, are over. I think the best he could hope to become is Mike Cameron. I think the Cubs probably trade him for cents on the dollar this winter at the GM meetings, though. He has little to no chance of success here in Chicago. I agree.
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    NC Women's soccer. I thought we were talking about sports here. ;) (That was meant to be a soccer joke, btw, not a women's sports joke.) Grrrrr. [slidetackles BK] Quick, BK, pretend you're hurt so he gets a yellow card. Everyone knows that keepers can get away with just about anything.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    .370 OBP and .860 OPS looks pretty good from a backup.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'm glad labelling and grouping and name-calling isn't permitted. I think you overestimate the average fan. The average fan doesn't take the time to register at an independent website like this one to talk about the Cubs all the time. They're more the type that takes until June to realize that Grudzielanek isn't playing 2nd anymore, and are currently wondering why Wood hasn't started in seemingly forever. Since the regulations of this community that you're referring to are for fellow posters(please correct me if I'm wrong mods/admins), I really doubt that IMB! was trying to group anyone here into that category. Also, I'm pretty sure the mods/admins prefer you contact them in private if you have issue with any problems you have of this nature. Sorry, I didn't know that this board was for only above-average fans. Your point about the posters vs. non-posters is well taken. If a private message is the way to do it fine. Again, maybe I(IMB! too?) have a different view of the "average fan". If you're taking the time to register at a website and regularly post about the team, that's much more than the majority of fans do, and you probably care about/are more knowledgable about the game as well.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    You really think that Gallagher is going to go through High A, AA, AAA, and reach the majors in less than 2 years? That sounds a bit optimistic to me. He'll only be 20 next year, I think 2008 is a much more reasonable timetable.
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    I'm glad labelling and grouping and name-calling isn't permitted. I think you overestimate the average fan. The average fan doesn't take the time to register at an independent website like this one to talk about the Cubs all the time. They're more the type that takes until June to realize that Grudzielanek isn't playing 2nd anymore, and are currently wondering why Wood hasn't started in seemingly forever. Since the regulations of this community that you're referring to are for fellow posters(please correct me if I'm wrong mods/admins), I really doubt that IMB! was trying to group anyone here into that category. Also, I'm pretty sure the mods/admins prefer you contact them in private if you have issue with any problems you have of this nature.
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    Neifi, Macias, Rusch & Co. owed it to the league though, to try their darndest, and I think they did. Yes they did. Injuries hit again and the bench did the best they could. I just get torked up when people start talking about the Cards laying down at the end of the year. I agree that this is a pretty ridiculous thread. Especially considering that the Cubs have no part in it. Let STL do what they want, if they want to lose so they get SD in the first round, let them.
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    John Randle?
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    That would be fun reading. Bowden is very bad at his job.
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    As has been said enough times on this board that I'm sure you've seen it: he got the cubs offense so hot that they scored fewer runs with him around than without. But, was that really Lofton's fault? He provided a .327 AVG, .387 OBP from the lead off spot with the Cubs. He scored 39 runs in 56 games, with 20 XBH's, 12 stolen bases and 20 RBI's, all from the lead off spot. If the Cubs scored less runs with Kenny, the blame falls on the other players in the line up, not Kenny. Kenny's good OBP this year is exactly what this team needed this year. I'm not saying it has to be Kenny. Any good OBP will do. Sosa's OPS dropped 150 points in the 2nd half of the 2003 season. Alou's OPS dropped more than 50 points in the 2nd half of 2003. Lofton, Grudz and Ramirez basically carried this team into the playoffs in 2003, outside of the starting rotation. Without Lofton, I'm not so sure the Cubs are in the 2003 playoffs. I will agree that he didn't get the "line up" going. He just provided the spark that was missing from Sosa and Alou. Wait a second. You're applying logical analysis and using stats that make your point stronger. Thats no fair! Derwood said that he "really got that lineup going". To me that implies the team having more success than previously.
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    Macias's AVG+OBP+SLG Close and late is still lower than Lee's AVG in that situation. Hilariously depressing.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    On the corners, but Cruz played CF for more than 20 innings this year for the first time since 2001, without much success. GMJ's offense in CF looks much better than Cruz's on the corners.
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    Combining two thoughts here. Brewers need another starter to go with Sheets, Davis, Capuano. They may shop Overbay with Fielder being ready. Mike Maddux is their pitching coach. Maddux plus cash for Overbay? Makes it real easy to explore a trade of Lee, or you can just move one to LF(both are excellent 1B, although imo Lee's better suited for the OF). you open up a hole in the rotation, but replacing Maddux's production isn't really that difficult. Anyone think Milwaukee would go for a deal like this or something similar?
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    We have a winner folks, although I think for reasons 2 and 3 more than 1. What do I win? Will someone hypnotize me and give me a new favorite baseball team? Congratulations, you're a Royals fan now!
  23. Transmogrified Tiger
    Cruz is a FA, Michaels may be the odd man out with Lofton and Philly's CF prospect(forget his name, IL MVP). Michaels is arby eligible.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    .259, 10th in the NL. Their RISP OBP is .338, only better than Arizona.
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    Is Cruz Jr. much different than GMJ? Cruz might be a little more reliable with the bat, but GMJ makes up for it with his ability to play CF.
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