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    hm
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    ahh the trusty babip. this just in, your babip is going to be low when you hit the ball softly every time up. i guess fukudome doesn't really suck, he was just unlucky that those 2 hoppers tothe shortstop didn't sneak over the fence so explain the difference in his numbers between Japan and the US then US pitchers are way better? Look, Fukudome has a chance to actually be good, but penciling him in as the leadoff hitter and acting like he is for sure going to be good next year and that he was just unlucky last year is ridiculous.
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    ahh the trusty babip. this just in, your babip is going to be low when you hit the ball softly every time up. i guess fukudome doesn't really suck, he was just unlucky that those 2 hoppers tothe shortstop didn't sneak over the fence
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    Seconded. He might be interested in a back up role, but not one with a catcher like Soto in front of him. Pudge still wants to play and get AB's, thats not gonna have with Soto on the team. It's gonna be pretty hard to find a catcher better then Bako who would be willing to sign here, unless we overpaid. Thats why I still feel it would have took more then 750 K to resign Blanco. Yes he signed with the Padres for that, but he also has a much better chance to get playing time with the Padres. Pudge will probably sign with the Mets, Marlins or Astros were he will still get alot of AB's even if he isn't starting everyday. Blanco seemed to be fine with being a backup while he was with the Cubs. I'd say there's a very good chance he'd rather have stayed in Chicago where he's been the last 4 years. Not all guys want more playing time. You can't just assume that's what a player wants. If I had to guess, which is really all I can do since I'm not in the front office, I would think Hendry talked to Hank about coming back and Hank probably told Hendry that he wanted to go somewhere he would have a chance to play more often. That would make the most sense. Or Blanco was just another victim of Hendry's obsession with "getting more left handed" this offseason.
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    No way to know fur sure, but yeah... probably. I'd think getting to stay with a good team and one that you've been with the last 4 seasons over going to an awful team and a brand new clubhouse would be more be much more important than getting some extra PT. Again, I don't know why you're assuming that a 37 year old backup catcher wants more playing time.... let alone wanting it bad enough to leave a great team/city (not to mention the friends he's made) for a crappy team that nobody cares about. Is being a catcher on 37 year old legs really that fun?
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    Seconded. He might be interested in a back up role, but not one with a catcher like Soto in front of him. Pudge still wants to play and get AB's, thats not gonna have with Soto on the team. It's gonna be pretty hard to find a catcher better then Bako who would be willing to sign here, unless we overpaid. Thats why I still feel it would have took more then 750 K to resign Blanco. Yes he signed with the Padres for that, but he also has a much better chance to get playing time with the Padres. Pudge will probably sign with the Mets, Marlins or Astros were he will still get alot of AB's even if he isn't starting everyday. Blanco seemed to be fine with being a backup while he was with the Cubs. I'd say there's a very good chance he'd rather have stayed in Chicago where he's been the last 4 years. Not all guys want more playing time. You can't just assume that's what a player wants.
  7. 17 Seconds
    http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=272362 Just speculation, but there are now a few different mentions from tonight that make it sound like the Bulls are having second thoughts
  8. 17 Seconds
    You're still avoiding his question. What points to Sosa that doesn't point to Bagwell? Because Bagwell was a likeable guy he gets a free pass?
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    He wasn't really that bad with the Cubs either. He had like 2 or 3 awful games that destroyed his numbers, and I think all but one of them came after he got hurt.
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    What would be so shocking about that? We don't really know for sure how badly the Bulls want him. We're heard rumors and speculation from the media, but we don't really know. It's very possible that they've been talking and floating the idea while not actually knowing if they'd be willing to pull the trigger. We should know by now that what the media tells us doesn't really mean a whole lot.
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    From Hollinger's mid-ASG chat
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    Beimel isn't really a loogy though, he's just a lefty.
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    Hey I remember these guys
  15. 17 Seconds
    No goals but the PP look good there
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    Worst player on the team right now
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    What are the hits at? It seems like the Hawks have been laying more hits
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    The Dallas announcers were saying it wasn't Ott's fault and it was just a "circumstance" hit. BS. He knew he couldn't get him with the upper body so he put his knee into him. It was obvious.
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    9-4-3 in their last 16 games. They aren't that bad. Only 2 games under .500. Take out a 5 game losing streak when everyone was hurt and Legace was ass and they're a contender for a low playoff seed. Really, they are a talented team with a weird mix of youth and experience. No shame in losing to them. And in the midst of all this [expletive] Kane bashing, maybe he isn't a wuss, he's just too small to take a full season's beating when people are gunning for him. I agree they're not THAT bad, but 2 games under .500 in the NHL is pretty skewed due to OTLs. The Avalanche are only 5 games under .500 and they have the worst record in the conference. The Blues have the second worst record in the conference.
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    Who was that reply supposed to be to? For some reason you replied to your own post and I don't see anybody saying anything close to what you said about defense being meaningless
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    You guys are missing the point. I'm not talking about whether or not Harris would repeat that defensive performacne. What I'm saying it that he was not worth 14.6 million last year. It would be a bad move giving him 14.6 million even if you were guaranteed his 2008 performance. Likewise, it would be a bad move to pay 20 million for a year of an .865 OPS from a corner outfielder. Do you not agree? That is my point. He was saying "well 3/30 for Milton Bradley is a good deal because he is worth 10 million a year for 81 games of an .865 OPS". That's not right. Would you be satisfied and consider it a good deal is Bradley plays 81 games this year and has an .865 OPS? Of course not.
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    For some reason that video only plays in fast forward for me
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    1. I didn't call anyone dumb. You said Which is basically the same thing. You're calling an opinion dumb when you can't even provide any evidence or proof whatsoever that shows that.
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    i know you're being sarcastic, but there's still like eight simple concepts here you're clearly not grasping Like what? I fully understand that the literal meaning of a player being "worth" a certain amount of money... which is what he makes. That's not what the conversation is about. We were debating whether or not it's worth it to give Bradley 30 million dollars. I don't know what the problem is here. My point is that the fangraph stat is flawed, or at least the way people use it is flawed. People use it to defend contract...which is what happened when the guy said 81 games of an .865 OPS of Bradley would be worth 10 million dollars. That's not right. You're lying if you say you'd pay 20 million dollars for a season of an .865 OPS corner outfielder... and that's what we're discussing...whether or not a deal is a good one. It had Willie Harris as being worth 15 million dollars last year. I don't know how that formula got that and I don't have a better formula, but I do know that giving Willie Harris 15 million dollars for one year would be stupid. If we had given Willie Harris 1/15 this offseason and somebody defended it by saying "fangraphs had him worth exactly that much last season, so it's not a bad deal", would you have been okay with that?
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    I've pretty much given up on Kane being good again this season. If it happens, great. He is just a complete mess right now. He's really hurting the team.
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