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  1. 17 Seconds
    Lee + Marquis + a couple million of the 10-15 million likely remaining in a budget = Peavy + Teixeira I don't see who is going to take on Marquis' salary, and it's questionable if anyone would take on Lee's. The Cubs ould have to eat a huge chunk of that. Plus where are you seeing that there is 10-15 million left? I thought it was a lot tighter than that. Anyways, we're basing this off oss the guy he talked to, and that guy said they'd trade Lee to free up payroll and then sign a cheaper guy. If you believe one you kind of have to believe the other.
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    I think the main reason they'd trade Lee would be to dump payroll so they could afford Peavy. I don't see how they could afford to get Peavy and then sign Teixeira. That's why Churchill said the guy told him they'd look for a cheaper/lesser 1B.
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    Oh HELL no. That would never happen. Ramirez is not replacable right now
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    From Churchill-
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    Then again, these OT losses need to stop
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    So from an insiders perspective, what are the chances that we aquire a decent lefty? Depends what you mean by decent. Those Teahen reports were greatly exaggerated, as were those regarding Furcal. The still like Ibanez, but right now, his price is probably too high. Not being a smart alec, I always say the chances are 50-50. Either they will or they won't. They look at a lot of things that never make the media. The Ceda-for-Gregg trade was one such thing. There aren't a whole lot of good left-handed hitters out there who fit the Cubs' needs and budget. I still say Abreu is the best fit. Problem is, hes 36 and reportedly wants a 4 year deal. A low .800's RF doesn't seem that much of a great idea to me. Plus he's terrible defensively.
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    Awesome to get a point. Anything more is just gravy
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    http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030070.php http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/023929.php Perfect example of why defensive metrics are worthless. I knew somebody was going to post something like that. You can make pretty much anybody look good if you dig hard enough through that stuff. So you think Theriot is average defensively? Come on. I'm trying to avoid the dreaded "don't you watch the games?" line, but it's almost necessary. No way you could have watched him plau for more than 15 games and say that he is anything but below average defesnively. "Hey, there's a ball hit 2 feet to my right. I think I'm going to unneccessarily drop to my knees and field it because I have plenty of time with my rocket arm. Wait, he was safe? How is that possible?" Ok, so let me get this straight - I can either trust hard, empirical evidence or dextermorgan's clearly unbiased memory? Hum.... Defensive metrics are far from "hard, empirical evidence". They are extremely unreliable and jump all over the place from year to year. There are simply too many variables to accurately put defense into numbers. So you're saying you think Theriot is average defenisvely? And why do you imply that I'm biased? I have nothing against Theriot.
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    http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030070.php http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/023929.php Perfect example of why defensive metrics are worthless. I knew somebody was going to post something like that. You can make pretty much anybody look good if you dig hard enough through that stuff. So you think Theriot is average defensively? Come on. I'm trying to avoid the dreaded "don't you watch the games?" line, but it's almost necessary. No way you could have watched him plau for more than 15 games and say that he is anything but below average defesnively. "Hey, there's a ball hit 2 feet to my right. I think I'm going to unneccessarily drop to my knees and field it because I have plenty of time with my rocket arm. Wait, he was safe? How is that possible?" Yes, I'm sure if you searched you'd find me talking about how limited Theriot's range appears to be, or how weak his arm is. However, PMR is nothing to scoff at, and I'm definitely willing to reconsider that Theriot isn't as bad a defender as he appears(just like Adam Dunn isn't as bad a hitter as he appears when he looks really bad swinging and missing). Using stats to get a realistic gauge of a player? There is a concept. What is it about Theriot that makes so many people blindly hate on him? He is not a superstar, but he is very serviceable SS. So because I point out Theriot's obvious flaws that means I hate him?
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    Anybody know of a place to watch the games free online?
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    Sounds legendary
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    http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030070.php http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/023929.php Perfect example of why defensive metrics are worthless. I knew somebody was going to post something like that. You can make pretty much anybody look good if you dig hard enough through that stuff. So you think Theriot is average defensively? Come on. I'm trying to avoid the dreaded "don't you watch the games?" line, but it's almost necessary. No way you could have watched him plau for more than 15 games and say that he is anything but below average defesnively. "Hey, there's a ball hit 2 feet to my right. I think I'm going to unneccessarily drop to my knees and field it because I have plenty of time with my rocket arm. Wait, he was safe? How is that possible?" Yes, I'm sure if you searched you'd find me talking about how limited Theriot's range appears to be, or how weak his arm is. However, PMR is nothing to scoff at, and I'm definitely willing to reconsider that Theriot isn't as bad a defender as he appears(just like Adam Dunn isn't as bad a hitter as he appears when he looks really bad swinging and missing). Okay, maybe the "not even close to being average" was a bit much. I think he's definitely below average though.
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    http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/030070.php http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/023929.php Perfect example of why defensive metrics are worthless. I knew somebody was going to post something like that. You can make pretty much anybody look good if you dig hard enough through that stuff. So you think Theriot is average defensively? Come on. I'm trying to avoid the dreaded "don't you watch the games?" line, but it's almost necessary. No way you could have watched him plau for more than 15 games and say that he is anything but below average defesnively. "Hey, there's a ball hit 2 feet to my right. I think I'm going to unneccessarily drop to my knees and field it because I have plenty of time with my rocket arm. Wait, he was safe? How is that possible?"
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    For a SS last year Theriot was 2nd in ALL of the Majors at OBP. There are things that Theriot is not good at, but getting on base is not one of them. Also, how is Theriot overrated? He's a SS that gets on base and plays average defense. I don't see anybody bragging about how good he is or saying that he is one of the elite players in the game. I find it funny though that you complain about Hendry's lack of ability to scout talent, when you are so eager to replace a guy that gets on base with a guy that hasn't shown anything other than flashes of good play. In regard to Fontenot, Fontenot had a great year last year mostly because he was strictly platooned. If you look at his career splits, he has never had a problem hitting RHP. LHP has given him fits. Gotta give Lou credit for making the most out of his ability and to Fontenot for taking advantage of the opportunity. Theriot is not even close to being average defensively
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    In game 3 Harden pitched pretty much the way he had been pitching during the end of the regular season. He clearly wasn't completely healthy
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    guys...go look at peavy's postseason stats...they are not good...neither are harden's how many of you are really that ok with derosa being our everyday right fielder? i think it is much wiser to try and get someone to bat leadoff and fill the RF spot Not that it's the only thing wrong with that post, but you should probably know you lose some credibility when you talk about needing a leadoff hitter.... especially when the team in question just scored the most runs in the league. leadoff still isn't a position
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    Based on everything we know, it seems like the RF situation well decide how hard Hendry ends up going after Peavy. I bet his first choice would be to spend the remaining money he has to spend on a RF and then bow out of the Peavy race, with Peavy being a second option if there aren't any RF that are a big enough upgrade to warrant spending money/players on. I'm kind of hoping we don't get a big upgrade in right, because I think he'd then go hard after Peavy. I'd be fine with Font at second full time and DeRosa in right if it meant a rotation of Peavy/Harden/Zambrano/Dempster. If Harden can give us like 20 starts and Dempster can at least be decent to good, that rotation would be insane... especially if we were able to keep Marshall.
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    A deal hasn't taken place because we don't have what the Padres want. That's not totally true...I don't think we have a great offer on the table, but we could put a deal together that the Padres would want. no, they've already established that it will take a 3rd or 4th team because the cubs don't have enough of what they want. that came from towers himself on several occasions.
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    Hmm. Lou sounded awfully confident that Hendry was done with the rotation.
  20. 17 Seconds
    Interesting. I just realized I have no idea what his arm strength is like, but I can't imagine it being worse than Theriot's. Hopefully this time Lou doesn't panic and pull Fontenot the first time he makes an error.
  21. 17 Seconds
    Chris Bosh plz Bosh, Amare or Boozer in that order are the guys I would love to see paired with Rose. Well, assuming Lebron is unrealistic
  22. 17 Seconds
    Chris Bosh plz
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    After they go to San Antonio they have a pretty nice run of mediocre/crappy teams on the schedule @ Philadelphia Philadelphia @ Milwaukee Washington New York @ Memphis New Jersey @Charlotte LAC Hopefully they can go on a nice little rune there
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    that's what i was thinking. i was all hyped up for rose banging down the winner at the buzzer and then when he missed and hughes drained it i was like "umm... oh yeah... we won. sweet"
  25. 17 Seconds
    lololol larry hughes and i can't get over how good rose is already. i never thought he'd be this good this fast.
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