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  1. David
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-wrigley-field-suites-20160719-story.html I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised that these won't end up being available to regular lowly STH, as the original plans seemed to suggest.
  2. David
    well below 5% probably below 1% I agree but in a purely situational setting in one game in October he adds much more to that in a spot against a guy like Murphy or Harper. It moves their odds up 1% now but once they reach the playoff it's a little more drastic but still maybe 5%? they are already in the playoffs as far as the odds calculations are concerned.
  3. David
    I said it was too much but I don't think Vogelbach is any good outside of the AL. Now, if they can confirm that the Indians aren't including Frazier or Zimmer then that changes the game. Zimmer and Frazier vs Torres and Happ is basically a wash. Do you guys have an opinion on how much Miller tilts the WS odds for the Cubs? 5%? 10%? well below 5% probably below 1%
  4. David
    You mean Tyson put together a nice career, right? Tyrus was a total bust. Chandler ended up becoming a useful center, but he never came close to Elton Brand in his prime. And he certainly wasn't "the next KG". Brand continued to dominate every single year until he got hurt. yeah you beat my edit by like 2 seconds. i meant tyson, of course. i don't see how "the next KG" thing is at all relevant...yeah, i'd take brand's career. never said i wouldn't...but for the sake of argument, elton has had 109.6 win shares in 1058 games, and tyson has had 92.7 in 986. so while elton was the better player with the better career, i think there's probably a serious case to be made that tyson closed the gap quite a bit after all was said and done. definitely more than just a useful player in his prime.
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  6. David
    the swimming pool bears > that bear
  7. David
    There is something worse. Imagine Dempster visiting the same inning. Dempster is awesome, you monster Did you miss Friday(I think it was)?
  8. David
    And as much as Pax has rightfully gotten grief for overvaluing his own picks, he also managed to salvage some value from failed picks he was basically dumping (Sefalosha for a pick that became Taj, and Johnson into a pick that became Jimmy Butler, and Thomas for a pick which partially turned into McDermott) good point, i had forgotten most of that.
  9. David
    but yeah, even taking into account draft position, i think paxson's 1st round draft record looks pretty damn good even with (essentially) choosing thomas over aldridge. hinrich, gordon/deng, thomas/thabo, noah, rose, johnson/taj, niko/butler, teague, snell, mcdermott, portis, valentine aside from the obvious with tyrus, the biggest misses relative to draft position (teague was like 29th or 30th) are probably snell or james johnson but overall that's a solid hit rate...obviously the jury is still out on the more recent guys. despite people having higher hopes, if mcdermott can even forge a kyle korver type of career, i'd say you call that a hit.
  10. David
    the tyrus thomas trade was like the one time that paxson's FO went with the risky (relative to draft position) high ceiling/low floor guy. i definitely raised an eyebrow at the brand for chandler trade at the time and it definitely did not look good for the first few years, but tyson wound up putting together a very nice career, much to my surprise.
  11. David
    Mike Brown is probably my fav if I had to pick one.
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  13. David
    spiegel seriously is one of the biggest dudes i've ever seen who is actually ambulatory and isn't like trapped on his own bed or something
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  15. David
    Has Sharma ever broken any sort of story/sourced rumor that ended up being true? I remember him predicting a lot of wrong things, but he was never really reporting them as sourced rumor either...just what he thought would/wouldn't happen. I've never gotten the sense that he's very connected. Just a notch or two above a blogger type.
  16. David
    at that point, almora isn't going to provide much beyond being a defensive replacement, so it makes sense to send him back down for a little over a month.
  17. David
    So, he was 3 for 10...yeah, 30% isn't great in the long run, but he makes one more of those 7 shots and it's fine...two more and it's a "good" shooting night. This kinda illustrates why a statement like that (especially when you purposely take out two makes) is completely meaningless and silly. It's not a big deal but just a pet peeve for me so rather than bite my tongue I decided to be a dick about it.
  18. David
    Actually the way Ding Dong is saying it, it's not nearly 100 percent. It IS 100 percent. At least back off on that, Ding Dong. he said near zero percent, so it's not quite 100%
  19. David
    what a weirdo
  20. David
    if he stopped* him and no and lol at this reasoning near zero percent...have you ever watched baseball? wtf? I've watched, played, and coached enough to know that was a dumb send hahaha playing that card now. i love it.
  21. David
    TIL cespedes makes perfect throws that the catcher catches and tags perfectly nearly 100% of the time
  22. David
    uh what is this nonsense, now? you said you would have screamed if he sent him. the way that play unfolded, there's a near zero percent chance of him scoring. it was a dumb send if he stopped* him and no and lol at this reasoning near zero percent...have you ever watched baseball? wtf?
  23. David
    what is results oriented you just admitted to be actively rooting for an out. that's dumb uh what is this nonsense, now?
  24. David
    2 outs, Contreras has good wheels, and the ball was not hit all that sharply(or at the very least, caught the SS's glove). The odds of scoring there are way higher than the AVG/OBP of the next hitter. Agree with everything. Except Willson having good wheels. Is that true? I assume he's still more slow than fast. he's definitely not slow
  25. David
    what is results oriented
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