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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    So in other words, you have no idea who Roger Federer is. :P
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    It's like he's good at baseball or something.
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    If I were a betting man, I'd give you 10 to 1 odds that Z won't get pulled.
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    The color of Dusty's skin has already saved him his job, no non-black manager(and some black managers too) would've lost their jobs easy for the "black players play better in the sun" comment. If they replace him with a minority(Fredi Gonzalez), or even a non-minority with connections to the organization(Girardi), I wouldn't think it would be an issue unless Scoop decides to write another garbage article to stir up controversy.
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    I hope you weren't supposed to be in class when you posted that.
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    :-$ You should have listened to Mizzou CPatt. I'm calling you Sully Jr. from now on. Or perhaps Sullys protege? Luckily I don't even walk past the J-School, so I can't claim any more connection than Mizzou has. What is your major? To keep with the thread....another cookie cutter stadium bites the dust. Computer Science And by continuing to debate the topic, you are letting Sullivan win. He's dumb. All the time.
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    :-$ You should have listened to Mizzou CPatt. I'm calling you Sully Jr. from now on. Or perhaps Sullys protege? Luckily I don't even walk past the J-School, so I can't claim any more connection than Mizzou has.
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    Check his splits from AA. Hitting RHP or LHP shouldn't be a problem, it's how many XBH he can get on the whole that will keep Murton from being a good corner OF.
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    Now having read the article, Sullivan comes off too harsh, but that's nothing new considering he's terrible at his job. Also, I'm deeply disappointed that I share a tie to Mizzou with him. I think the reputation of the J-School here just took a hit.
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    Sorry, I aspire to someday be as smart as you and not read Paul Sullivan. BTW, no one put a gun to your head to read or respond. Take it easy, I was making fun of Sullivan. Obviously a person's choice in sports columnists doesn't make them stupid. Seriously though, Sullivan is a hack.
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    This thread is what happens when anyone is stupid enough to read something Paul Sullivan writes.
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    That dude put up some of the most ridiculous rushing lines in HS I'd ever seen. Consistently above 200 and 250 yards. Ohio State made some questionable decisions in the 4th quarter, although I am not complaining. Their LB core is by far the best in the nation, and is the sole reason VY did not put up over 400 total yards on them. The made some great adjustment during the game. Texas did not play great, but played good enough to win. Despite all the talk about VY, two things occured this game that could propel them back to Pasadena. First their Defense is just as good as last years even having to replace Derrick Johnson. 9 point off 3 turnovers allowed was the sole reason Texas won. Second, Cedric Benson has officially been replaced. Jamall Charles has a chance to be the next very special Texas running back. The fact that Mack Brown sees this and is not afraid to play the true freshman in the biggest game of the season in only his 2nd ever game is great. He has to get more carries before the OU game. Also don't forget about Big Henry Melton, this freshman is an absolute beast. Combined with the best OL in college football the running game is going to be huge on the avg. wide recievers. I can't wait until Texas comes to Columbia. Smith and Young could put on quite a show.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    Maybe in the short term, but in the long-term, both Felix Pie and Ryan Harvey---IMO---will be better then Quentin. Conor Jackson on the other hand..... Quentin hit .300/.420/.550 in AAA, Neither Pie or Harvey have approached those numbers at any level. In fairness to Pie, Quentin is two and a half years older than Felix. Pie hit .304/.349/.554 as a 20-year-old in AA. Quentin hit 303./.398/.539 as a 20-year-old at Stanford. Pie does have the advantage in age, but he's never going to walk enough to even touch Quentin's OBP.
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    2003 was that middle ground. Everything since has been failure. The prospect list keeps shrinking, and the major league win total has nosedived. Sure, some nice things happened this year, but on the whole it's been an utter failure. That's all well in good, but you generalized all of pro baseball. Teams like the Braves, A's, Twins, etc. aren't failures just because they didn't win it all. Like I said before, there's a difference between not reaching your goal and complete failure(I'm not saying the Cubs have or haven't done any of this).
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    There's really no point in rooting on a professional sports team unless you are rooting for them to win the championship. This isn't a little league team where you can be proud if everybody just figures out how to play, or a high school team where you can be happy with the team winning big games against rivals, or even a college team where you can enjoy watching a class of players grow from raw freshmen into solid seniors, and be proud of a postseason appearance. This is pro ball. The only goal is the world series. The time for gradual improvement is long past. 2 steps forward 3 steps back will not set me up to be happy with 2 more steps forward. That doesn't mean you can't acknowledge things that did go right even when you fall short of the ultimate goal. There's middle ground between reaching your goals and complete failure.
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    That dude put up some of the most ridiculous rushing lines in HS I'd ever seen. Consistently above 200 and 250 yards.
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    OBA must have gone up then. If his WHIP stayed the same, his walks decreased, and his HR allowd is down, the 1.50 inflation in ERA has to be attributed to something. More hits? Higher OpOPS? Could be a number of things with only 70 innings. More hits, more XBH, worse defense, bad luck with placement of hits, relievers letting in more of his runners after he leaves, etc.
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    Maybe I am oversimplifying, because I can't claim to recall these games in specifics, but that sure seems like a classic case of a low-zone pitcher dominating when he stays low, and getting lit up when he doesn't. Send Mitre to Atlanta. He'll win 15 games. [edit - maybe in AAA he isn't nervous, and stays down most of the time. Nerves get to him in the bigs and he overthrows, raising his zone.[/edit] Yeah, it seems to be either a matter of "does he have the good sinker" and/or "is he able to locate the sinker". When he does, he's great, when he doesn't, he's BP.
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    Trachsel has made a lot of money throwing a baseball. :wink: Correct me if I'm wrong Dal but hasn't Mitre had a lot of success pitchng at the AAA level? If he was getting lit up there I'd agree with you in a second but he has something to offer and I'm curious if it just isn't a mental thing for him. A lot of success? 2005: 70 2/3 IP, 5-6, 4.33 ERA, 72 H, 22 BB, 55 K's, 1.33 WHIP Was that what he did at Iowa? As I said, correct me if I'm wrong and those numbers are not great by any means....average yes but not good. He has to get those walks down to be effective. How was his Homerun rate? Mitre at Iowa Age 23, 2004: 2.98 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 8.33 K/9, 3.48 BB/9, 0.79 HR/9 Age 24, 2005: 4.33 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 7.00 K/9, 2.80 BB/9, 0.63 HR/9
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    You have the numbers to back that up? Because I would argue that Mitre sucks in every capacity involving a baseball, glove and uniform Mitre this year was Jekyll and Hyde as a starter. In 3 of his starts he threw 23 IP, 0.78 ERA, 0.60 WHIP. In his other 4 starts he had 23.1 IP, 8.87 ERA, 1.80 WHIP. Last year was similar in 9 starts. Good Mitre: 26.2 IP, 2.70 ERA, 1.23 WHIP in 4 starts. Bad Mitre: 23.1 IP, 10.03 ERA, 2.22 WHIP. There just doesn't seem to be any middle ground. It's either quality start(or better), or disaster start. When Mitre gets lit up what happens? I mean to say is it HR's and bullets right away or a couple of bleeders that drop or get through and then he gets ripped? Also, how is he with men on base....maybe holding runners on or just pitching from the stretch is a problem for him. It wouldn't appear that holding runners or pitching from the stretch is too much of a problem. In each of the last two years he's had better numbers with men on base than with the bases empty.
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    I hope this is alright with you Derwood. I figured this would be a more appropriate place for this post, even though it's quoting you from the game thread. You have the numbers to back that up? Because I would argue that Mitre sucks in every capacity involving a baseball, glove and uniform Mitre this year was Jekyll and Hyde as a starter. In 3 of his starts he threw 23 IP, 0.78 ERA, 0.60 WHIP. In his other 4 starts he had 23.1 IP, 8.87 ERA, 1.80 WHIP. Last year was similar in 9 starts. Good Mitre: 26.2 IP, 2.70 ERA, 1.23 WHIP in 4 starts. Bad Mitre: 23.1 IP, 10.03 ERA, 2.22 WHIP. There just doesn't seem to be any middle ground. It's either quality start(or better), or disaster start.
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    Florida, complete game shutout.
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    Maybe, just maybe, it's not a good idea to use him as a reliever because of the nature of his stuff. Of course, none of us were saying that months ago when he first went to the pen.
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    Interesting. I didn't think Ryu would rank quite as highly as those guys without his lost velocity.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Some firm is suing Sosa over something with Taxes. I don't care, neither should the Tribune.
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