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  1. 17 Seconds
    you act like soriano is regularly under .300 or something. he is awful right now, but i dont think anybody here thinks he should still be leading off right now.
  2. 17 Seconds
    that was an effective post until you used uzr
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    Only one of those players has more PS at bats than Soriano, and that's Dimaggio. I wouldn't consider anything under 100 AB in the post season an indicator. The rest: 64 AB, .314 OBP for Cobb 129 AB, .320 OBP for Mcgwire 47 AB, .317 OBP for Helton 140 AB, .304 OBP for Schmidt 106 AB .354 OBP for Bagwell 167 AB .297 OBP for Biggio 120 AB .301 OBP Piazza 68 AB, .315 OBP for Cabrera 174 AB, .263 OBP Soriano Why is 100 ABs the magical cutoff point? Because that's what makes his argument look better
  4. 17 Seconds
    I love losing 2-1 games with our 2 best pinch hitters never getting in the game. Good job Lou
  5. 17 Seconds
    see this is what i'm talking about. ryan braun has this magic ability to spark long winning streaks by simply forming sentences, but he only chooses to do it when it's convenient for him what a jerk
  6. 17 Seconds
    then why doesn't everybody hate fielder too? braun gets a lot of crap because he is extremely cocky and acts like an a-hole. he's earned his d-bag title.
  7. 17 Seconds
    i forgot about that stupid rule. but if they just put adam dunn in over pence like they should have, that wouldn't have been an issue. god the NL roster is botched in so many ways
  8. 17 Seconds
    wells has been dominant for like a third of a full season now though
  9. 17 Seconds
    when i first glanced at that pic i thought he had like football shoulder pads on or something. what an ugly ass shirt
  10. 17 Seconds
    Also... Zimmerman over Sandoval? Seriously? .293/.361/.479 vs .332/.386/.572 ummmm
  11. 17 Seconds
    Having worked years ago at a downtown Chicago hotel bar where a number of teams stayed, she doesn't even look like she'd get a first glance at being "road beef". But then again I wouldn't call her a slump buster. You can't even imagine how gorgeous some of the jersey chasers are that I saw come through the place. Yeah, I know. This woman was obviously fatal attraction to the nth degree. I wonder if McNair even saw it coming. She's DUIing all over town, has a gun -- sheesh. If you're going to dump your wife, at least find a sane woman and then break it off officially. Don't tool around with a psycho. well, choosing a girl that was only a little over half his age was the first mistake. seriously, 20 years old? good call man, good call. what a legacy youve left behind now
  12. 17 Seconds
    So much for going out on top
  13. 17 Seconds
    I bet the pitching staff didn't appreciate Braun calling them out either. It was just a dick move all around.
  14. 17 Seconds
    Theriot could have grounded into a double play, too. Maybe the bunt gave the Cubs a run. the odds of theriot getting on base are much much higher than him gidp
  15. 17 Seconds
    apparently a leadoff home run doesn't help the team win, but a leadoff walk does.
  16. 17 Seconds
    I don't know if this has been mentioned....but Manuel putting Howard into the ASG is a complete joke. He has like a .325 OBP and .850 OPS.
  17. 17 Seconds
    just hit a grand slam for the crew. OPS now at .964 through 110 ab. GTFO
  18. 17 Seconds
    sounds like he doesn't understand what has gone on in the thread.
  19. 17 Seconds
    Not what I said, and you know it. If you refer back to page three you'll see that I said "making yourself look worse." Stop making things up. Again with the childlike retorts. i strongly suggest you do what most people do and just put dexter on your foe list. if you have me on ignore and you can't even see my posts in this thread, then perhaps you shouldn't be commenting on the conversation. just sayin
  20. 17 Seconds
    After Zambrano hit Wise Steve Stone was like "that's the reason Carlos Zambrano has never won more than 14 games." Uhh....
  21. 17 Seconds
    Ugh. No, he didn't. "Sold high" implies that you got max value for the guy. Hendry oculdn't even get a major league reliever for DeRosa. He did not sell high. The Indians just got a better package for him than the Cubs got. Umm, no. Sold high doesn't mean that at all. Sold high means that he traded that player when that player's value was higher than it's ever previously been. YOUR perceived value of DeRosa doesn't mean anything. Especially when we have evidence of what his actual value was -- three marginal prosects, and then a few months later, one fairly decent prospect. Okay, so if "selling high" can include things like selling a player for an unimpressive package when he's at his peak value, then why is "selling high" so good in this situation? At least the Indians got a guy who is helping the major league team right now. Plus the Cards traded for 3 months of him. The Indians traded for 6 months of him when they got him from the Cubs.
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    Fortunately, they all have struck out enough guys to have a K/BB of at least 2(wait, Stevens is 1 K short, so 1.97 or something), they all carry a BAA under .190, and they've given up a combined 4 HR in 119 IP. Also, whether you want to term it "selling high" or whatever, the Cubs definitely got more in return for DeRosa than the Indians did; and from what we can gather as fans, DeRosa seemed to be a much hotter commodity when he was dealt from Cleveland than when Hendry traded him. I don't know. I think the Indians got the best player in Perez. I think he's a much better bet to be a good major leaguer than any of Gaub/Stevens/Archer.
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    I agree. But to completely dismiss RBI's when comparing a player you traded to the player you traded him to acquire, is silly. I could easily make a strong case that DeRo has been significantly better without using RBI's in the conversation. I don't get the uproar with bringing it up. Because RBI totals prove absolutely nothing. This has been explained multiple times. It'sl ike using wins to judge pitchers it's dumb. I'll say this for the 3rd time. Loney has been very poor at the plate this season and still has 49 RBIs. That is a perfect example of why it's a garbage stat. So if player A hits 29 RBI in a season with 500 PA, and player B hits 120 RBI in 500 PA, it doesn't tell you anything? So if Pitcher A has 18 wins in 33 starts and Pitcher B has 5 wins in 33 starts, it doesn't tell you anything? Of course exaggerated examples like that make it obvious which player was better. The point is that going by RBI totals is extremely unreliable due to all of the different factors. Like I said, Loney has been bad this year but has 49 RBIs. Why use such an unreliable stat when there are much better options?
  24. 17 Seconds
    yeah i kind of agree
  25. 17 Seconds
    i'm interested in how many times you can say the word "childish" in one thread without it actually meaning something. i'm done too though. i see that you're only interested in insults when you think you're right about something.
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