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  1. soccer10k
    Agreed. Tinkering with a lineup is a necessity to give players the occasional day off. You also have to deal with injuries as well as slumps and hot streaks. Like you said, it's not a bad thing if done correctly. I don't agree that tinkering is good. I think adjusting is. Tinkering suggests you're just randomly testing guys in different spots. I don't like the idea of trying a kid in the 8 hole, then leadoff, then 6th, etc. It's one thing if you are flip flopping your 3 and 4 hitter for some valid reason. And it's great to platoon guys with obvious L/R splits. But just throwing out different combinations isn't likely to create a positive atmosphere. I suppose if you say tinker or adjusting that just may be semantics. I'm not talking a bout flipping Lee from 3 to 4 every so often but "adjusting" the lineup on days off and injuries. Agreed on the semantics part. I was referring to making adjustments to lineups for platoons/injuries/pitching matchups.
  2. soccer10k
    6 walks for the Cubs today. Where are the real Cubs?
  3. soccer10k
    Was that?...It couldn't be...IT WAS!! An RBI by Juan Pierre!!
  4. soccer10k
    Making fun of the fat drunk isn't nearly as fun when the season is already over. Wasn't Weaver part of the Tiger team that was accused of sexually inappropriate behavior with flight attendants on their team charter? They were drunk and sexually harassing the female flight attendants. If I recall correctly Weaver was one of the main culprits. I don't know for sure the outcome of that situation, but Weaver and Ponson on the team plane could be interesting. I heard it was Weaver smoking pot in the restroom but not sexually harassing the attendants. I'm pretty sure the pot part is correct but not sure about the rest. Correct me if I'm wrong.
  5. soccer10k
    They already did. They are the stars in the new Sprite commercials. IIRC Ponson is in yellow and Rusch is in green.
  6. soccer10k
    Just say no to Izturis. For the sake of my sanity or what's left of it.
  7. soccer10k
    I don't really have a problem with the Miller deal for this year. If he shows signs of coming back healthy then I wouldn't mind the Cubs giving him an incentive-laden one year deal for next year as well. We did the same with Dempster and Williamson and those were 2 year deals. I doubt we'll be able to trade him though because nobody knows what he can do after the surgery.
  8. soccer10k
    Mabry into the game to play 1B and Howry in to pitch.
  9. soccer10k
    Yes indeed it is. Signing Perez for 2/5 is going to tie the Cubs down especially since Hendry wouldn't eat a contract if his life depended on it. After moving Hundley in that wonderful deal it seems as if the magic is now gone and you'd think if no team is interested in Perez there may be a reason why. It's a miracle. We finally found something Hendry won't eat. Amazing. Sorry, the joke was WAY too easy to make and somebody had to do it.
  10. soccer10k
    Nah, the bullpen's not at work yet. how're the Royals and Buc-o's doing this fine eve? Pittsburgh beat Phily 3-2 and KC is beating Toronto 8-3.
  11. soccer10k
    HR Todd Walker.
  12. soccer10k
    Great reaction.
  13. soccer10k
    This is what I'd like the see the rotation look like next year too. Give me either Schmidt or Z, but the 2003 version plz. And count me in on the Kerry for Closer BandWGN. It probably won't happen but it's a nice thought. I'll take the 2006 versions of both pitchers as well.
  14. soccer10k
    Z with the strikeout. Huge. I love it.
  15. soccer10k
    Anybody warming up in the pen?
  16. soccer10k
    because Mettallica isn't universally appealling enough, or hailed enough to have a landslide win. 100 million total albums sold. not quite the beatles, but that's pretty dang good 20 million of which you can say succeeded more because of the success of the black album, but i wont go into those waters don't get me wrong, i love mettallica from Kill Em All to The Black Album, but maybe it's there last 4 or 5 effors that have subsequently disappointed me that makes me value them less. But i voted for them. Assuming your numbers are correct, that would still leave 80 million albums sold which is still pretty darn good. I only have a problem with St. Anger but I understand how people would have a problem with Load and Reload, and to a lesser extent the Black Album because they do veer away from their earlier work. But again, 80 million is nothing to be ashamed of. And I won't even delve into your spelling adventures.
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    John Hollinger. He's one of the founding fathers of APBRmetrics -- basketball's answer to SABRmetrics. He's an Insider columnist. ESPN makes a number of his basketball metrics available to Insiders. Do you have an Insider membership? Hollinger's latest article answers your comments so perfectly, it'd be a shame to have to summarize it. I should have insider, since I subscribe to that crap magazine, but I've never signed up. You get Insider if you subscribe to ESPN the magazine?
  18. soccer10k
    Bingo. Wilt's 50.4 ppg average will never be touched. Wilt changed the game, not Mikan. Mikan forced them to change the shotblock rule, the width of the lane, and institute the three second rule. not sure what rules you are saying they changed for Wilt. Chamberlain forced rule changes as well. obviously my mistake. again the relative greatness of Mikan and Brown is not relevant to point I was making. Mikan changed the game 10x more than Wilt did Mikan was the first dominant player in the proffessional basketball, face facts. Just becasue you think "Mikan was the first dominant player in professional basketball" doesn't mean he necessarily changed the game more than Wilt did and definately didn't do it 10x more than Wilt.
  19. soccer10k
    Agreed. Tinkering with a lineup is a necessity to give players the occasional day off. You also have to deal with injuries as well as slumps and hot streaks. Like you said, it's not a bad thing if done correctly.
  20. soccer10k
    No, it's not decent, a .299 OBP is pathetic. It's terrible overall, and it's bad even for a shortstop. Then what would you consider Ronny's line against lefties to be? This arguent blows up every couple of weeks it seems. Put me in the cam that believes Neifi catches a lot of unncessary criticism. SHould he have a 2 year deal? No. Would it hurt my feelings if he wasn't on the team? No. Is he as bad aas everyone wants to make him out to be? No. He's insignificant and doesn't merit as much discussion as he seems to generate. His playing time doesn't support the claim that he is insignificant. And yes, he is as bad as people claim him to be. No he's not. There have been a few guys in the past few years that have been as bad or worse than Neifi. I'm not saying he is good, don't get me wrong. Neifi doesn't control his playing time, neither do I, neither do you. He is rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Well stated. My sentiments exactly.
  21. soccer10k
    I AM IRON MAN!! I give Sabbath the lead 20-19.
  22. soccer10k
    Definately Slayer. I have huge respect for Hendrix but I have to go with Slayer, who should be rated higher than #15.
  23. soccer10k
    Yes but its like the US Open. When you kick so much ass it gives you 10 years of exemption. In those 10 years you can suck like David Duval but man during those years you kicked ass you are still hailed as a legend for that time. Thank You. And Metallica still kicks all kinds of ass live. Robert Trujillo was a great addition Agreed. Trujillo is awesome onstage. Metallica is the easy vote here and will always kick serious ass.
  24. soccer10k
    No, it's not decent, a .299 OBP is pathetic. It's terrible overall, and it's bad even for a shortstop. Then what would you consider Ronny's line against lefties to be?
  25. soccer10k
    Neifi is not a good hitter vs lefties. Hell, he's not even a decent hitter against lefties. If Ronny needs a platoon partner, the team would be a lot better off if Hendry went out and found a real one. Um, your stats from earlier say otherwise: That is a decent line against lefties for his career and he is doing much better than that this year. Since it is a lost season I would love to see Ronny play every day so he gets used to hitting lefties better. But to say Neifi is not even a decent hitter against lefties is just wrong.
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