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  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    You are the topic of message boards. Aren't you a sophomore-to-be Cal wide receiver? They didn't get the real big names.They got the "budget" big names. The Yankees and Red Sox got the big ones.Its ridiculous if money was the issue with the top ones when you consider how much they gave to Huseby. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2508432 Of course, at age 16, Huseby was considered first round material. These kids are still 16-year olds, there's still quite a bit of risk involved in their signings. I doubt money was an issue. Remember, these kids have to want to sign with the teams too - and the Yankees and Red Sox are easily the most popular teams outside the US. Frankly, I'm just glad the Cubs have made a big signing in Latin America for the first time since Felix Pie and Jose Martinez.
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    You'd figure poor Todd Walker is gonna get tired from all that bat swinging. I bet Johan hates ND too.
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    The Cubs have a league in The Dominican Republic, so I'm guessing there unless the guy is already advanced enough to handle the transition to the States. Usually they have to work out visa issues and that junk before bringing a guy over, to boot. Although, happily, those issues have lessened in recent years. I don't think we'll see Suarez in the States for another 2 years.
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    And my comment about Neifi being like the coach's kid, which is quoted in Mizzou's sig...for which I say thanks, BTW. It's too bad Dusty doesn't manage to win instead. Yeah I know, he wants to win but man....he really does do some bonehead things. Constantly. Dusty creates an atmosphere that players like. Players are happy and play well and win. His managing has always been week.Teams have won in spite of his managing. His teams expect to win... Until the end of 2004 here... Williamson and Murton don't sound happy to me. Dusty keeps crappy players happy by over playing them, other than that I see nothing that he adds to a team. Now Baker's alienating his players in addition to general crappiness as a manager. So if the "players manager" inspires nothing but hatred from his own players, what do you really have here? Wasn't there a thread a while back that 6 Cubs players hated Dusty? Was it just a rumor or was there confirmation on that? Definitely, they all need to go.
  5. CaliforniaRaisin
    that's not true. 2004-2006 LD%: 2004: 19.1% 2005: 17.7% 2006: 22.0% his HR/F is also higher this year: 2004: 12.5% 2005: 10.7% 2006: 12.8% THT It's probably even more exaggerated now, but I calculated his numbers minus his bunt hits and bunt hit attempts, and the numbers weren't pretty. A large portion of his hits this year are bunt singles. A smaller separate portion are infield singles (speed). He's basically Juan Pierre with a little more power. Oddly enough, the stats Dobson posted disprove your point that Corey is just pulling a Slappy.
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    He has regressed.
  7. CaliforniaRaisin
    false. Look at Patterson's numbers when he isn't bunting for a base hit. Awful. What's the point? What does it prove?
  8. CaliforniaRaisin
    Come on now, not many people in the big leagues are smaller than Z.
  9. CaliforniaRaisin
    Probable Starters: Iowa: LHP Les Walrond (7-2, 3.55 ERA, 88.2 IP, 69/42, 1.48 WHIP) @ RHP Ryan Baerlocher (3-3, 3.78 ERA) West Tenn: RHP Sean Gallagher (2-1, 3.24 ERA, 16.2 IP, 15/13, 1.86 WHIP) @ LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Daytona: RHP Mark Holliman (6-4, 2.78 ERA, 87.1 IP, 82/36, 1.06 WHIP) Peoria: RHP Wade Miller (0-0, 1.29 ERA, 7 IP, 5/1, 1.14 WHIP) Boise: RHP Jose Pina (0-1, 3.00 ERA, 9 IP, 3/1, 1.33 WHIP) vs. RHP Bryant Thompson (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Mesa: RHP Alberto Albuquerque (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 2 IP, 3/5, 4.00 WHIP)
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    Wow. So, if Pierre continues his retched season, Hendry is gonna offer him arbritration in hopes of getting a draft pick? What happens when he accepts and gets $9M/year? That's an awful gamble to take. Keep Walker and offer him arbitration instead.
  11. CaliforniaRaisin
    Boise wins 14-4.
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    That's not a good way (at the very least, it's a very incomplete way) to evaluate a minor leaguer.
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    My only ND game this year will be Stanford... Troy Smith, Chris Leak, Brian Brohm, Ginn, Michael Bush, Steve Slaton, Sam Keller and Pat White round out Fox Sports's top 10 Heisman candidates after Quinn and Peterson, but at least at the start of the season it looks to me like a two-horse race between the latter two unless Smith keeps up the form he exhibited at the Fiesta (not entirely likely because it won't get much easier than ND's 2005 secondary). Marshawn Lynch, Cal? He's very good but he'd have to have an absolutely HUGE game in the first four or five to get his name on the map because I don't think many people know a lot about him. Is he really less well known than someone like Sam Keller? He definitely deserves to be amongst the other names Fox Sports mentions.
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    My opinion of DJ "Hollywood" Lewis slipped a bit. Apparently he's a big fan of Raul Mondesi. :( But he gets an RBI on an IF single to make it 9-4.
  15. CaliforniaRaisin
    Boise up 8-4 after 5. Boise scored 4 in the 4th thanks in part to 4 errors, a wild pitch and a run-scoring play where the catcher went to visit the mound but forgot to call timeout (Puello ended up scoring). In the 5th, Canzler hit a 2-run HR, his second of the game. Petrick's final line: 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, 1/2, 2 HBP Billy ran into some more trouble in the top of the 5th, giving up 2 more runs. It's great to see Petrick hasn't lost that great sinking ability in his FB after the surgery - he racked up the groundballs again today with 10 GO to 3 FOs.
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    After readng a bit more, it appears Huseby was really highly thought of his sophomore year (first round material). I guess he's lesser known because his injury came during his junior year while Adenhart's came in his senior year, allowing Adenhart one more year exposure. It's still awfully risky and Adenhart got half the bonus that Huseby did. Hopefully the Cubs get some results out of the risky Samardzija/Huseby duo.
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    Colvin is 0/2 now with a K and a popup. He has K'd 8 times in 15 ABs.
  18. CaliforniaRaisin
    Canzler homered in the bottom of the 2nd for Boise, they're now down 2-1. There's a wildfire in the hills right outside the ballpark in Boise. Petrick: 3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1/2
  19. CaliforniaRaisin
    Boise is back at home which means we can watch their games on video feed!
  20. CaliforniaRaisin
    My only ND game this year will be Stanford... Troy Smith, Chris Leak, Brian Brohm, Ginn, Michael Bush, Steve Slaton, Sam Keller and Pat White round out Fox Sports's top 10 Heisman candidates after Quinn and Peterson, but at least at the start of the season it looks to me like a two-horse race between the latter two unless Smith keeps up the form he exhibited at the Fiesta (not entirely likely because it won't get much easier than ND's 2005 secondary). Marshawn Lynch, Cal?
  21. CaliforniaRaisin
    No problem, I have a blast doing it. :D
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    Unbelievable. :evil:
  23. CaliforniaRaisin
    And it will be because Barrett instigated them!! They wouldn't have cared about winning otherwise.
  24. CaliforniaRaisin
    He's probably working out in the Mesa facilities. He was drafted out of HS and was considered pretty raw.
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    I'd guess Brett Jackson (0-1, 10.13 ERA, 8 IP, 5/4, 1.88 WHIP). Wonder what happened to Billy Petrick.
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