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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    Surprised there hasn't been any commentary on the basketball tonight. Michigan State got pantsed by Maryland, Gonzaga and Oklahoma State was entertaining with Gonzaga pulling away late, and now Baylor/Providence looks like a good game.
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    The trading deadline was two weeks ago. I could've given you a RB for him too.
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    Were it not for an Earl Watson three with 15 seconds left, the Cavs would've had as many assists in the first quarter as OKC had points. It's nice to see the Cavs stepping on the throat early of teams they should beat.
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    http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030070.php http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/023929.php Perfect example of why defensive metrics are worthless. I knew somebody was going to post something like that. You can make pretty much anybody look good if you dig hard enough through that stuff. So you think Theriot is average defensively? Come on. I'm trying to avoid the dreaded "don't you watch the games?" line, but it's almost necessary. No way you could have watched him plau for more than 15 games and say that he is anything but below average defesnively. "Hey, there's a ball hit 2 feet to my right. I think I'm going to unneccessarily drop to my knees and field it because I have plenty of time with my rocket arm. Wait, he was safe? How is that possible?" Yes, I'm sure if you searched you'd find me talking about how limited Theriot's range appears to be, or how weak his arm is. However, PMR is nothing to scoff at, and I'm definitely willing to reconsider that Theriot isn't as bad a defender as he appears(just like Adam Dunn isn't as bad a hitter as he appears when he looks really bad swinging and missing).
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    http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030070.php http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/023929.php
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    It won't be as big a deal in the SEC, but I'd be interested to see how Monte would approach the more varied college offenses.
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    Apologies for bumping this, but I had another thought about this that didn't necessitate a new thread. What about Rocco Baldelli? He won't be drawing a ton of interest with his health condition, and a 3 headed monster of Fontenot, DeRosa, and Baldelli for 2B and RF could ensure that he stays healthy and doesn't wear down.
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    To be fair, Davidson only scored 78, the same they scored against Oklahoma and only 2 more than their low for the season. He wasn't too far off when he said that the problem was that they only scored 48 points.
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    "Hypothetical" budget? Seems pretty real to me. Hypothetical in the sense that we don't know exactly where it is. There have been scenarios thrown about like "if Hendry has X million dollars to spend", and we don't know if it's at X or lower or higher.
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    When I go to pick up my sister from college I can get 670 on the way there. Did anyone else hear the temper tantrum one of the talking heads went on after they had Tommie Harris on and he gave some stock answers while at a charity gig? It was hilarious to hear and pathetic on the host's part.
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    If Hendry let Wood go in order to avoid insulting him, he's a bigger idiot than anybody every claimed he was. Come on, don't nitpick the choice of words. Hendry knows/thinks Wood was going to get a long term deal, and since they weren't going to give him a long term deal, they aren't pursuing him, a fan favorite coming off a great year. With that level of certainty in Hendry's mind, I find it hard to believe he avoids offering arbitration on the chance Wood needs to come back to the Cubs for a one year deal breaking a hypothetical budget he's under.
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    If Hendry let Wood go partially because he didn't want to insult Kerry with a short term deal, I'd imagine he thinks the odds of Kerry needing to accept arbitration are pretty low.
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    Notre Dame wins essentially because Harangody made a 40 footer at the end of a shot clock.
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    Rich Hill got dropped from the rotation, and I saw a headline on either BCB or TCR that Aragua might release him.
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    It depends on who you talk to. Some say 26-29, others 28-31/32, others still 27-32, etc. As it relates to the original statement, Ramirez is definitely not just entering his prime, especially with how consistent he's been.
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    I think that's referring more to how they handle RF than anything else. If they don't get an upgrade, DeRosa stands to play there quite a bit, freeing up more time for Fontenot at 2B. If they land someone like Hermida or Bradley, then Fontenot would need to take some reps at SS in order to get similar or increased playing time.
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    The Big 12 has all 3 finalists for the O'Brien(Harrell, McCoy, Bradford), the Biletnikoff(Crabtree, Maclin, Bryant), and the Mackey(Coffman, Gresham, Pettigrew). I'd give them to McCoy, Crabtree, and Coffman myself.
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    If Fontenot can even be slightly below average defensively at short, a Fontenot/Theriot platoon at SS would be tremendous. That would bring the offense around where it was last year, and any type of upgrade in RF would make the offense even more potent.
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    What's the story behind his last 1200 PA's then? 2006 certainly looks like an aberration, with a BABIP much higher than expected(although his LD% has improved), and a HR/F rate much higher than any other point in his career.
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    Bob Knight is very good doing color. I just wish he'd stop saying Warshington. Kansas leads UW by 15 at the under 16 of the 2nd half.
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    I read something online that extrapolated a bit on Herbstreit's "defense" of Notre Dame when he said "that's just who they are". Essentially, this year shouldn't be viewed as some cataclysmic disaster, but rather the low end of lowered expectations from a decade and a half of being an average program. Here's the actual quote itself from Dr. Saturday on Yahoo.
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    It really doesn't bother you? Not only was Snyder fielding awful teams by the end of his tenure, but he's about 70 years old and hasn't coached in 4 years. Furthermore, how is he going to recruit any talent there knowing that he's just a placeholder coach? With all the JUCO's they have leaving after next year they might have a 30 man roster in 2010.
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    ha ha ha
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    Lilly, DeRosa, Ramirez, Dempster, Reed, Edmonds. You really shouldn't be counting Dempster in there yet He's been a Cub for 5 years.
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    Ahh, that's what happened to Derozan against Seton Hall. That makes a lot more sense, because there really wasn't any contact or abnormal landing on the play he hurt himself on. He was having a strong game too.
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