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  1. David
    Take the human element out of officiating as much as possible. I want replay for safe/out calls, catch/no catch, and fair/foul. Seriously, screw tradition. Having the right outcome is far more important. And if they can make an electronic strike zone, I'd be for that too. You can keep the umpire out there to "announce" the balls and strikes, but the machine would make the decisions.
  2. David
    Know what you mean. I reload the Transactions page 1000x a day hoping to see the title of the Drew thread changed to something like "ESPN Reports Cubs make offer to Drew!" Wishful thinking, I know. Maybe I'd settle for Soriano.
  3. David
    Dumb? Wow. Okay, here's his last 3 years: 2006- 54 games, .245 .295 .318 2005- 106 games, .257 .302 .322 2004- 159 games, .288 .330 .381 He's clearly trending downward, etc... WFT, mate? I don't disagree with you at all. My point was that your post showed why it's stupid to evaluate a player based on his career stats. In fact, that's exactly what your post and the ensuing one showing what Delino's most recent season stats were (compared to his career stats) demonstrated. I don't know why you got the impression that I was arguing with you. But thanks for the smart-ass response, :wink: . I liked your first response much better than your edited version. My response wasn't "smart ass". Maybe I took your response out of context, but if you go back and read the part I quoted, maybe you could possibly see how someone could take it out of context? You pointed out that I should show stats for the last 3 years, trends, etc.. and I gave them to you. I thought I was being quite polite with my response considering I thought you were telling me I was dumb for using career stats. Really, no need to get so worked up. I noticed you threw the trend and the "etc." at the end in there in what I took as a smart-assy manner, and I was just kidding with you. Hence the smiley. Why so defensive, B?
  4. David
    Dumb? Wow. Okay, here's his last 3 years: 2006- 54 games, .245 .295 .318 2005- 106 games, .257 .302 .322 2004- 159 games, .288 .330 .381 He's clearly trending downward, etc... WFT, mate? I don't disagree with you at all. My point was that your post showed why it's stupid to evaluate a player based on his career stats. In fact, that's exactly what your post and the ensuing one showing what Delino's most recent season stats were (compared to his career stats) demonstrated. I don't know why you got the impression that I was arguing with you. But thanks for the smart-ass response, :wink: .
  5. David
    At the same time it shows how dumb it is to base judgements of a player on career stats rather than last three years, trends, etc.
  6. David
    If the Cubs get Alph you can forget Drew. I think we should aviod referring to Soriano as "Alph" at all costs. Too much pain associated with that nickname. Yeah, its really annoying, especially considering he spells his name "Alfonso," not "Alphonso." "ph" doesn't make an "f" sound in the Spanish language. While you're right, 'Alf' would be no less annoying. I echo Mr. Wood's sentiment.
  7. David
    At first I thought you were talking about El Pulpo, which really confused me. Then I realized you meant Soriano, and it made more sense. That wasn't Hendry that was going to trade Sosa. It was MacPhail.
  8. David
    Kaplan said the other night, Hendry loves Murton, but that he almost guaranteed that Jones would not be with the team to start next year. Schnikes that's good news if true! thats fantastic news. Id try to change Wuertz to Eyre/Howry though, but thats still great. Westbrook would be a great #3/#4 option for the rotation, and would be a steady, solid arm for us for a good 2-3 years. I can't wait to see the type of improvement hed make going from the AL to the NL. He has pitched 200+ innings for 3 straight years, and doesnt walk to many batters. Those things are two attributes we need out of at least one of our starters next year. I believe he's talking about Jones being gone being "good news if true." I guess I wouldn't mind Westbrook, though.
  9. David
    Don't forget 1989. :evil: Lets not forget, we got Williams and Aardsma in that trade. Worth it, I say. What the hell ever happened to Williams anyway? Last I remember he started some games for us in May or around then. I didn't watch much after the Lee injury...
  10. David
    Fragile? How?
  11. David
    Makes me feel a bit better. I like that it appears that his offensive improvement came with a change in approach/hitting style. The fact that we now have a good hitting coach that won't screw with this doesn't hurt, either. I honestly wasn't that disappointed with this move, although it does feel like we overspent on someone with really only one year to go off of (at least it's one good year). Hank White and possibly Gil Meche, however, are another matter.
  12. David
    Sweet pics...wish I could've been there for the game. If you right click them and select "View image," they'll work. But for whatever reason, they're not showing on this page, TB.
  13. David
    I have no idea myself, but I do know that 100 is average for both, and that it takes time period, park factors, etc. into account. ops = on base % + slugging% era = (earned runs/innings pitched) x 9 He's asking for OBP+ and ERA+.. not OBP and ERA...
  14. David
    Since when is a player's last 100 at bats an effective way to judge how much he should be making? Since when are his last 520 AB's an effective way to judge how much he should be making?
  15. David
    No, it's really, really not.
  16. David
    I'm with a few of the other posters here. Meh. Assuming he has a decent glove, I could see him producing Walker-like numbers without people having the gripe about defense. That said, he could also be worse than Todd. Wish we just would've kept Walker...one less hole to fill.
  17. David
    Nobody is saying that, though. This is how you avoid disaster contracts like the Yankees are saddled with right now, and like we have been in the past. You don't sign a 30 year old guy (outside of a real superstar like an ARod or Pujols) coming off a career year to a big money long-term contract. so are you against signing Lee, Soriano and/or Drew? All will get multiple years and all are over 30 Soriano, for the money he's asking, yes. Lee, yes. I'm assuming Drew's demands are at least SLIGHTLY more reasonable, given his injury history. His production is also more sustainable because he is a very patient hitter, which niether Lee nor Soriano is. JD Drew would be the ideal signing for the Cubs. I don't think they realize it, so I can only hope they wind up with him serendipitously.
  18. David
    Heard from where? Davhearn said it on the last page telling me that pujols, howard, etc. beg to differ about older players having pop. LOL Ever put words in my mouth?
  19. David
    Nobody is saying that, though. This is how you avoid disaster contracts like the Yankees are saddled with right now, and like we have been in the past. You don't sign a 30 year old guy (outside of a real superstar like an ARod or Pujols) coming off a career year to a big money long-term contract.
  20. David
    Lee had career highs in HR, RBI and SLG this year. Clearly on the decline He did? He did have career highs in HR, RBI (team stat, who cares?) and SLG. Then again, he played 40% of last season in Texas. Ya, I edited. I thought he was talking about Derrek, after someone made reference to DLee being ~30.
  21. David
    Lee had career highs in HR, RBI and SLG this year. Clearly on the decline You know what, you're right. It would be a smart move to give a 30 year old Carlos Lee 12-15 million for 5 years. BTW, assuming Lee isn't on steroids or HGH, when exactly do you expect him (or most players) to begin their career declines, if not in their early-mid 30's?
  22. David
    Murton is a BETTER VALUE. The difference in production next year and in the years thereafter will not be worth the millions more spent to sign Carlos Lee. It's not jut that he's "much cheaper." It's that the difference between the two will likely be nowhere near enough to justify paying Carlos Lee what he'll be demanding.
  23. David
    Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard, Miguel Cabrera and many others would beg to differ. (Here come the very predictable replies saying that I'm somehow comparing Murton to these future Hall of Famers)
  24. David
    I'll take the guy who is 5 years younger, millions and millions cheaper, and showing signs of very good production over the 8 year vet headed for the downside of his career.
  25. David
    So two of our targets this offseason are guys we almost traded Sosa for in 2000. Weren't Westbrook and Soriano (along with Jackson Melian, who we did wind up having at one point) parts of the deal that would've sent Sammy to NY?
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