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  1. javy knows my name
    Absolutely not to all of this.
  2. javy knows my name
    Oh my God, he really did have an .848 OPS. That's hilarious and unbelievable and awesome.
  3. javy knows my name
    I'm guessing Francona would want a little more than the $9.50/hour Reinsdorf would offer. Seriously, the only reason the White Sox are being mentioned is because they are the most recent team to be without a manager.
  4. javy knows my name
    I'd like to trip this person onto a land mine.
  5. javy knows my name
    Absolutely. And the doc brought more nostalgia than pain/frustration for me. It was just so nice to be in it the whole way, regardless of how it ended. Would much prefer another 2003 to a 2011.
  6. javy knows my name
    I love that the Cubs are the proverbial prettiest girl at the ball, but don't tease me like this.
  7. javy knows my name
    There's that can of worms I was talking about. Bullpen - The closer blew 9 (+?) saves this year. Unless the team is actually good or something, there's not much that a manager can do there. Overall, I think the roles in the bullpen are known and defined pretty well, which is key #1 to bullpen management. Marmol's suckage this year just kind of threw that off. Lineup - While it should be expected of any manager to come up with a flawless lineup everyday where the best hitter is a 21 year old SS who doesn't walk or have alot of present power, I think it can be argued that Quade wasn't working with the cream of the hitting talent crop this year. After Castro, Ramirez, and Pena the lineup featured a bunch of down year vets (Soriano, Byrd, and Soto), up and down young guys (Colvin, Barney, DeWitt), mediocrity (Jeff Baker, Fukudome), and future nobodies (Campana, Montanez, Hill). Peace = Winning. Trap 25+ guys together for 7 months, have them lose alot at what they're doing, and tell me how peaceful they are. Half of the guys (literally 1/2) who caused any kind of publicly known disturbance in the clubhouse are gone from the team forever. Why did I just do that... What can of worms? I was just interested to see if you'd actually make an argument that he wasn't bad, using real things rather than W/L. Turns out, you didn't.
  8. javy knows my name
    We're supposed to hate Prior? I still have undying love for him. *swoons over 2003 stats* You of all people should know it's the royal we. hahaha
  9. javy knows my name
    I remember that story being really [expletive] obnoxious. I hope the Sun-Times was dragged through the mud in this movie for publishing his name and contact information. Disgraceful. You will be disappointed.
  10. javy knows my name
    He probably doesn't, but since he's the manager of a losing team the large assumption will lean towards the scenario that makes him look least intelligent. But, what part of his short tenure makes anyone think he is an intelligent manager? Not his W-L record this year, as any other answer would just be falling for the trap that question sets to open the can of worms I'd rather leave miles away from me. It must be his excellent management of the bullpen. Maybe it's his flawless lineup construction. His ability to keep peace in the clubhouse?
  11. javy knows my name
    Really? Really?!
  12. javy knows my name
    This is what I would do: Girl - "Oh I'm just kind of skank (teeheehee), what do you do?" Dolis/Clevenger - "I'm a professional baseball player." Girl - "Like OOOOOMG! Baseball players are like soooooo cute!" *gobble, slobber, swallow* You seem to have a lot of respect for women.
  13. javy knows my name
    Jesus, I thought this would die. I misspoke. They RUN the radio on a 7 second delay from the live action so that it syncs with the tv, which is, naturally, behind the radio. When I was watching, the radio was still ahead of the Fox broadcast, which has already been mentioned. Of course the radio wouldn't run slower than the TV. That makes no [expletive] sense and I think that's what [expletive] is arguing with no one about.
  14. javy knows my name
    Oh, absolutely. This really proves just how much the media blew this out of proportion. On another note, I think I got a little more out of the documentary than someone who lived in Chicago at the time of the series. I wasn't privy to the minutiae of Bartman's life immediately following (no local Chicago news), so I learned A LOT about Bartman from this thing. Hell, I had no idea he had friends with him who ditched him once he got out onto the concourse.
  15. javy knows my name
    I may have mentioned it here before, but I used to play on a suburban softball team with him. From about 2005-2007 he was our pitcher. Just as everyone who speaks about him says, he is a quiet, unassuming guy. Very nice, likable, and without question a huge Cub fan. Throughout my time knowing him, we spoke of the Cubs frequently, and he was always informed and current with his knowledge of the team. Not once did I broach the topic of game 6, and I'm glad I didn't. In our time in the league, I think just one opponent realized who he was, but I don't believe they ever said anything about it to him. This is simply unbelievable to me. I thought he was in the witness protection program or some [expletive].
  16. javy knows my name
    I don't know about now but back then national broadcasts had a delay. I used to watch a lot of sports with the radio on but not the national broadcasts and it was because of this. That game absolutely, 100% had a radio delay. We gave up on Steve Lyons after about 3 outs and let Ronnie give us 5 second spoilers for the remainder of the game.
  17. javy knows my name
    Now you insult the guy's baseball acumen?! Too far, Rocket.
  18. javy knows my name
    If it had come from anyone else, I would be sure I'd misread that.
  19. javy knows my name
    1) I love 30 for 30 2) I wanted to see all the new footage of Bartman from the stands and stuff. Not mad. And the interview with the security lady was pretty touching. This one had a good amount of heart when all was said and done.
  20. javy knows my name
    Hahaha noooo way will I ever watch that game again. I will try the documentary, if for no other reason than because I love 30 for 30
  21. javy knows my name
    SUPER LIKE
  22. javy knows my name
    Just like Communism Do you realize that you're ruining the joke by explaining it? GET ON WITH IT!
  23. javy knows my name
    If that's the case as far the developmental staff only using stats, Marmol and Wells wouldve been released as no hit catchers and Lake would not have made it past Peoria. This is why Ping doesn't count.
  24. javy knows my name
    I'm back in. Holy semantical gymnastics! His answer is right there, in black and white. But yes, when you completely divorce his answer from the context and make a ton of assumptions independent of the text, yes, he COULD mean something else by it. You're normally literal to a fault. Now you're reaching God knows where and completely ignoring the textual evidence in front of you because YOU believe that a scout should know these things. Well you know what? I believe our development team should use a computer to compile stats on our minor leaguers rather than a pencil and paper. This organization isn't chock full of people who know what we think they should know or do what we think they should do. The organization in general, and Hughes in particular, has given us no reason to believe this isn't what he actually thinks. The text gives us no reason to believe this isn't what he actually thinks. Good gracious.
  25. javy knows my name
    I just read the whole thing. Every other post had me laughing out loud.
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