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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    It's also harder to find pitchers who are as good as Schmidt. He's better than Zito. Zito makes a bunch of starts, that's great. It still doesn't mean that he's immune to injury. Schmidt has had very little in the way of injury problems. Yes, he's been ridden hard, but considering how long he's been worked in this fashion, it's not illogical to think he can handle it. Schmidt will likely have less of a market than Zito, is a better pitcher, and isn't a significant injury risk. Zito is a big name pitcher based on what he did before the Cubs even hired Baker. He's been good but not great since, and he won't be worth the contract he signs.
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    Schmidt's missed like 5 starts in 5 years.
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    I preferred "Hey Brazil, what happened to all your good players? Oh that's right, Ronaldo ATE them!"
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    Lalas was just on the Colbert Report while Stephen tried his hand at soccer trash talking. "Hey Ghana! Maybe if you can hold it together we can loan you a couple billion dollars in Gross Domestic Product!"
  5. Transmogrified Tiger
    Define "dominate"(sic).
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    Why? So you can replace one injury-prone pitcher with another? Schmidt may not have the injury history of Kerry Wood, but he's pitched a lot the last few years and is on the downside of his career. And if Dusty is still the manager, he'll never make it past the all-star break of the first year. I'm not really in favor of giving five year deals to pitchers, but Zito is one I would consider. Schmidt has had 1 year in his career as a full time starter(11 years) where he started less than 25 games. Only 2 where he started less than 29, and the most recent of those was 2001. Schmidt has been used quite a bit, but I'd rather take the risk of injury(even though he hasn't had any so he may be able to handle it) for production that is really good for someone who may or may not be good but will probably be healthy(which is no guarantee with pitching).
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    Does that mean it's not travel related? My point is that if you do 2-2-1-1-1 or 2-3-2, do it for every series. Changing something as significant as home court advantage should be consistent, no matter what the reason behind it.
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    Media travel. Never underestimate the power of hundreds of reporters complaining about something. BS. It's so that an underdog team has a better shot at an upset. No, it's so hundreds of reporters, radio, and TV people don't have to fly to LA to Boston to LA to Boston to LA over two weeks. It's about logistics, not conspiracies. Still lame. Why would you do something that could change the outcome of a championship series because the reporters might get a little tired? Pretty ridiculous. Baseball follows the same format -- for similar reasons, I suspect. Hockey doesn't, but the Stanley Cup finals draw a much smaller media contingent. But doesn't MLB stay 2-3-2 for all the 7 game series?
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    On that topic, would it be terribly difficult to have that "return to regular UI" link to be the link to the thread you were trying to get to?
  10. Transmogrified Tiger
    haha, what now? Filling the Wide World of Sports stadium to see some of the world's best players v. the biggest sporting event in the world.
  11. Transmogrified Tiger
    Completely false. Your completely false. It's "you're", and no, the towel drill isn't all that common at all. There's a reason it's so well known that Prior does it.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    Kudos. If you can get a more significant part of the team for him by auctioning him off at the deadline, then go for it.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    I think he gave up on the Cubs for a while. I'll try to catch him online sometime.
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    How did this get to 6 pages? It should be the shortest thread ever. Post 1: Explanation of what happened Post 2: Ozzie is an ignorant tool Maybe add on a few ditto posts for good measure.
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    Completely false.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    Schmidt Low years, high dollars
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    Did they ever explain why they changed to 2-3-2 for the Finals? I haven't exactly been intensely following the series.
  18. Transmogrified Tiger
    Wait, so your response is that you used to live 15 miles away instead of 20? Not that it really matters anyway, but still...
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    I'll have none of this badmouthing Scherzer! His eyes are different colors!!!!!!!!!!!
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    hahahahaha, clutchtastic Wade
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Can we just let the guy who pinch hits for Carlos be the DH for the rest of the game?
  22. Transmogrified Tiger
    Thru Sunday, Eric Patterson away from Pringles Park: .311/.375/.538/.913
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    raange
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    Someone forgot to tell the Indians that Jones is completely useless against LHP. Belliard gets him at normal depth.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    And Dayton starts his GM career with a thud.
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