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Why did that guy even bring that point up? It has no relevance whatsoever. So he just so happened to be Aaron's teammate and just so happened to be batting behind Aaron that day. You know what that's called? Luck. It's not even luck. It's just happenstance. What the hell does it even mean that he was on the on-deck circle? It's like, "Um, OK, thanks for telling us." He's using that as support for his statement that Dusty deserves better. OK. "Officer, I was in the stands at Wrigley Field when Sammy Sosa hit his 62nd home run. Can you let me go with a warning?" Dumbest thing I've ever seen.
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Von Joshua positioned to take Clines' job?
David replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Billy Beane: .219/.246/.296 Meanwhile, out of all these guys, Gary Matthews had the best numbers with a .364 career OBP. Means nothing in terms of their coaching ability/philosophy. -
Glad you enjoyed it! 8)
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Right. Because we don't know what happens next. Are you in denial? Do you not see a patern here? If we have a patern repeat itself 5 times, isn't that a pretty good indication that it will repeat again? Since he made his last start there's a 100% chance he'll make this next start. It's called math, people. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA GREAT!
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I don't see where the "shot" at Ramirez is. He compares him to one of the best "supporting players" of all time. That line "...in Baker's words" seems to me like irresponsible journalism. Nothing new coming from Paul Sullivan. He's referring to Baker's words, "great supporting actor," while making it seem to the reader like Baker is the one who said that Ramirez isn't being paid $10.5 mil for such a role. I see no such evidence in the article that Dusty was the one saying it. It's Sullivan's point, not Dusty's. Now, if there's an actual quote from Dusty where he says that, I retract what I just said (except that Sullivan sucks). More crap journalism from who else? Paul Sullivan.
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Me and my friends were high-fiving about our off-season earlier in the year. We were so innocent then... I'm not sure if you're being serious....but if you are, what exactly was it that got you excited? :shock:
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You do know that throwing too much at a very early age can essentially ruin a pitcher for life, right?
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That was my point though. Bobby is still in baseball, and would be a viable managerial candidate, when what bsb has been arguing is that there aren't viable candidates available. At least I think that's what he's arguing, since he's asked about 4 times in this thread for managerial candidates. I honestly thought he was genuinely curious as to what Davey Johnson is up to nowadays.. Maybe I'm naive. :?
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It's OK if you can do it, but we're 29th in OBP and 30th in SLG. It ain't happenin'. Exactly. :cry:
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I'm all for station-to-station baseball. Get runners on base, hit home runs and doubles. Sign me up.
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As opposed to what? Wishing he wouldn't come back healthy and pitch well? As opposed to having him just leave without the Cubs being able to at least try to get something for him. If he pitches poorly he hurts us because the Cubs will lose and nobody will want to trade for him. Well, right. I'm just saying I don't understand you "almost" wanting him to come back healtlhy and do well. Even if it didn't raise his trade value, you'd presumably want him to do well because that would mean the Cubs were doing well (at least in those games).
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As opposed to what? Wishing he wouldn't come back healthy and pitch well?
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Excellent post. I second everything you said. Yea. These guys miss time because they don't have "testicular fortitude." Righttttt.. :roll:
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Huh? CP's OBP is in the .320's (and, at this point, is above Jones's). It couldn't have changed that much since Friday. And Jacque's OPS is slightly higher, .787 vs. .771... Not sure where you got your numbers from... EDIT - Guess it could've changed that much, since CP had great days Friday and Saturday. Still, just goes to show that the sample sizes still aren't that big.
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No, it isn't. That argument is absolutely crazy. Taking Diffusion's coinflip reference as an example, you could flip a coin 99 times, it could land heads 99 times in a row, and that doesn't mean that the "current probability" of getting heads is 100%. It's still 50-50.
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Ridiculous. Neither Stone nor Brenly are idiots. JC, you think that Stone would be an effective GM? You have any proof saying he wouldnt? He seems to hold the same old conventional wisdom BS beliefs (offensively, especially) that hold back all the old schoolers in this game. Forgive me if this stuff doesn't make sense. I've already started pregaming my Saturdsay night.
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What did our brilliant manager say now? :roll:
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While I wont doubt that Jesse Jackson might jump all over it, I do doubt that this is somehow preventing the Cubs from firing someone. Jesse Jackson = clown. Seconded. The notion that the ridiculous Jesse Jackson might jump on this isn't nearly as ridiculous as the idea that this is what's keeping the Cubs from firing him. Total ineptitude sounds much more plausible to me.
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5/19 - Cubs (Maddux) @ White Sox (Buehrle) - 3:05 WGN
David replied to Mizzou's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Did Hughes just say Lee is "at least 3 weeks from playing in an actual game?" I mean, I know he said "at least," but that still seems pretty optimistic. -
Jacque Jones: Can We Trade him for Corey Patterson?
David replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Edit... not worth opening a can of worms over -
Jacque Jones: Can We Trade him for Corey Patterson?
David replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
What's this about?? It means watch your language. People have been using clever contractions and characters to represent words that are clearly stated in the NSBB Guidelines as inappropriate. Warnings, suspensions and bannings will follow if the behavior doesn't stop. And now I'm curious as to what it was that I said that led you to direct this at me. -
Why am I thinking of the Adam Ant song "Goody Two-shoes"? Can't catch, can't throw What do you do? Bob Slydel: "What would you say you do here?" Tom Smykowski: "Well look, I already told you! I deal with the GOSHDARN customers so the engineers don't have to! I have people skills! I am good at dealing with people! Can't you understand that? What the heCK is wrong with you people?"
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Jacque Jones: Can We Trade him for Corey Patterson?
David replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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That's just silly. Going to a Cubs game and booing Cubs players is bad enough. But you are going in have already dediced in advance who you are going to boo, that's worse. And then you pick out two guys who are playing poorly and leave off another. If anybody deserves to be booed, it's the players who makes the same stupid mental mistakes over and over. I have a tough time booing performance. But it's not that hard to boo guys who routinely get picked off base, miss cut-off men and roll the ball in from the outfield. Baseball is a game of failure. You win on the margins. Slumps happen, and have to be tolerated, as annoying as they are. Mental mistakes should not be tolerated, and repeated mental mistakes absolutely cannot be tolerated. It's also players that aren't playing anywhere near the level they should be playing at. But not players who repeatedly make mental errors that cost their teams runs in the process, errors than can theoretically be fixed with the snap of the fingers? Are you serious? I'm at a loss for words too. It's not like Aramis can do much about his numbers. Players go through down times. They can't just flip the switch and say "Oh, I'm going to hit better from now on." On the other hand, mental mistakes are completely preventable and there should be NO excuse whatsoever for those who make them repeatedly.
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Jacque Jones: Can We Trade him for Corey Patterson?
David replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think the point was that they're equally bad. As for me, I'd rather give the younger, cheaper, faster player the chances than give them to almost the same player on a 3 year contract for $15 mil. :wink:
