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  1. soccer10k
    Your economics are off. It's not the supply that's fixed, it's the demand. Fixing the demand wouldn't increase the cost of the players. Howso? I thought the supply was what's available to be consumed by consumers (in this case it would be ballplayers and the entertainment value/service they provide) and the demand is how much the consumers desire/are willing to pay for the good/service. If the market was flooded with good ballplayers, prices would have to become more competitive and consumers would be less inclined to pay a premium to be entertained (demand would wane...as would the average ballplayer salary). I would think it's the demand that is fixed. I look at demand as the number of roster spots on major league clubs. As you said, there are hundreds of minor leaguers that could step in if need be. But the demand for MLB roster spots is 25*30 = 750 positions. The supply is how many people want to play professional baseball.
  2. soccer10k
    I agree that the Cubs can probably stay afloat for the next couple of months. I just doubt their ability to do it well enough to put us in position to storm into the playoffs at the end. I'll still cheer them on wholeheartedly, though, just because I can't imagine doing anything else during baseball season. I figure I went through 1999, 2000 and 2002, I can get through this, too. We can make it through this. But Aramis has to start to hit. Jacque has to get his average up to at least .250. Murton has to come through. Z has to pull his out and pitch like the ace he should be. And most importantly, Prior and Wood MUST come back healthy and pitch well. But this is the Cubs so let's not get our hopes up. I'm not giving up, I'm just trying to be realistic. Remember, low expectations means high chance of exceeding expectations.
  3. soccer10k
    Trading Todd Walker for Craig Wilson wouldn't help our team at all. Hairston is going to end up playing more anyway so nothing would be gained.
  4. soccer10k
    That would be especially nice considering we have the Cardinals coming up.
  5. soccer10k
    I couldn't agree more. The Cubs aren't going to be within sniffing distance of first place when Lee gets back. It's going to take and Astros or A's esque second half run to make the playoffs this year. And even that might not be enough.
  6. soccer10k
    It depends on what the baseline is. If you assme that Lee would have had another season like 2005 and he would be replaced with something approaching Hairston's career averages (~700 OPS) then the difference would be about wins over a full season. (300 PA isn't half a season, it's closer to 35-40% depending on how often a player would have been rested.) I for one don't think that Lee would have duplicated his 2005 numbers anyway, so the difference could well be smaller than that. That's a good point. Losing Lee's glove for a couple months could well cost us another game or so. Doesn't Lee play every single day though? So that would mean closer to half a season.
  7. soccer10k
    Sad but very true. Couldn't a bad sprain actually be worse than a break?
  8. soccer10k
    Does anyone have a video of Clemens throwing the broken bat back at Piazza?
  9. soccer10k
    The Canadian baseball teams were awesome as were the ESPN top 10. It's not surprising at all to see Pedro in there. I remember that brawl with Gerald Williams where he's thinking about whether or not to go after him.
  10. soccer10k
    What "big middle of the order type hitters" were available last offseason? And I mean available so Brian Giles doesn't count.
  11. soccer10k
    How many of more of Ronny's throws are going to get away from the replacement? I suggest a little extra throwing practice for Cedeno. I'm also concerned about Ramirez throwing over to first now. That's true. On Ronny's throws, like the one yesterday, nobody could have caught that ball. At least Aramis gets his close to the bag.
  12. soccer10k
    No excuses. He says that now, but he'll use it and anything else as an excuse if we lose. We'll see, but he's been a different guy so far this season, and last year's Cubs would have folded up their tents after wathcing their best player get hurt like that. This team came back; its a good sign. Did you hear the noise while that was happening last night? It was the God's laughing at us. "We just took away their MVP candidate, we might as well let them win the game."
  13. soccer10k
    How many of more of Ronny's throws are going to get away from the replacement? I suggest a little extra throwing practice for Cedeno.
  14. soccer10k
    There is absolutely no way that replacing Lee with the combination of Hairston, Neifi, and Mabry will only cost us one or two wins. I know you have stats on this but I just don't believe that at all.
  15. soccer10k
    Please excuse me, I think I'm going into a coma.
  16. soccer10k
    I can see the newspaper reports now:
  17. soccer10k
    I think they are a little bit different.
  18. soccer10k
    Or Elbert Mujols.
  19. soccer10k
    he'll be back by summer. Yeah give up if you want. But I'm still gonna be watching this team rooting for them all the way! Common guys, everybody just needs to step up! Let's just see how they play the games the next few weeks. I'm not giving up. But this officially lowered my expectations, on a scale of 1 to 10, to a -8. The only good thing is that they can't fail to meet my expectations.
  20. soccer10k
    You can always become a White Sox bandwagon fan. There are plenty of those right now. Don't suggest such a horrible thing on this board... Of all the things you could have suggested. Only being a bandwagon Yankees fan would be worse.
  21. soccer10k
    Not a chance.
  22. soccer10k
    What about walks?
  23. soccer10k
    this is not football. there is nowhere near the parity, and the schedule is not made years in advance. the schedule makers know exactly who they are matching up against who. good teams become bad and bad become good incrementally in baseball, with few exceptions (this years Marlins being one, and a fine example of what it takes to go from good to bad). you can pretend that it's hard to predict whether the WhiteSox, Twins and Braves will be good and the Rockies and Royals will be bad, but that's being pretty damn naive. while it may appear minute to you, this division very well could be decided by a game or two. the Cubs could go 9-6 against the Cards, play exactly equal to the Cards with every common opponent in baseball, and still lose the division. those 10 or so games where the Cubs have considerably harder competition very well could be the difference in this 162 game season. thus, in my opinion, a legitimate issue to piss and moan about. Believe it or not there is actually more parity in baseball than in football. Basketball is actually the worst. I wrote an article on it for my school paper a couple weeks ago. Since 1980: MLB: 18 WS Champs in 25 seasons (no 1994) NFL: 13 SB Champs in 26 seasons NBA: 7 Finals Champs in 26 seasons
  24. soccer10k
    I just wasn't sure what you meant by Sox/Yanks. But I couldn't agree with you more. There are plenty of interleague matchups that are entertaining with different plotlines. The Cubs in 2005 playing in Yankee stadium for the first time since 1938 and the Red Sox playing their first game in Wrigley since 1918. I like seeing matchups like that. Just a minor point here. The Red Sox had never played in Wrigley Field before. In 1918, Wirgley did not yet have it's upper deck, so in order to accomodate the larger attendance, the CUBS played the series at Comiskey Park. Thanks for the correction Fred. So would it be their first time playing since 1918? BTW, post #1000. 8)
  25. soccer10k
    Definately change the All Star Game. I would also ban Barry Bonds from baseball forever. Pete Rose style
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