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  1. 17 Seconds
    I've been against the Roberts trade if it's for the rumored packages, but I have a feeling that if we don't get him the lineup construction is going to be a nightmare. The fact that Lou is even considering Theriot at leadoff and Soriano 2nd is extremely Dustyesque and completely unnacceptable. Under no circumstances should Theriot be batting leadoff. None.
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    I hope this is sarcasm. I wrote that he's a better leadoff man, which i stand by. Soriano's obviously the better hitter. So, you're saying you'd rather have .266/.326 out of the leadoff spot than.299/.337 just because the first guy takes more walks? That's some pretty flawed logic sir. That reminds me of the guy on the cubs.com board who insisted that Theriot gets on base well. His reasoning was that the difference between a player's average and his OBP is more important than how high the OBP itself is. So if a guy hits .170 but has a .280 obp, he thinks the guy gets on base well.
  3. 17 Seconds
    Did he really?
  4. 17 Seconds
    Judging by your username you're probably 13 years old, so I'll let this go and chalk it up to a dumb kid playing on the internet. Good one though man, you should do stand up. You're as clever as Dane Cook. Now you'll probably respond with another lame PM joke because you've got nothing original to say. Come on.....you knowing it's coming.....
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    Very clever. If you've got a problem then why don't you actually answer me instead of taking cheap shots. I've explained what the PM thing was about. Grow up.
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    I'm aware of what I said. It was just another case of wrigley23 putting his own little spin on things. Lou never said that he's going to bat Soriano regular during the regular season. He hinted that he might consider it and wrigley comes on here saying "i told you so! lou says soriano will bat 2nd!". So, maybe you guys should make sure you're reading my statements in the correct context before you jump down my throat. Oh, and if I wanted to start another pissing war with wrigley23, there is much more I could have and maybe even wanted to say, but I didn't. I just wanted to get across the fact that nothing is even close to being set in stone, despite how he portrays it.
  7. 17 Seconds
    In spring training.
  8. 17 Seconds
    If you read the article, you'll notice that it sounds like Lou is giving this serious consideration for more than just spring training.
  9. 17 Seconds
    He hit 16 home runs and slugged .554 after the break. So, yeah, I'd say he got his power stroke going.
  10. 17 Seconds
    And what have those three done since the trade though? Pinto has been somewhat decent, the other two, not so much. That's not the point. Even if all 3 of those guys were out of baseball by 2011, it still would have been a bad trade. When they were traded, they all had value. Value that should have been used accordingly.
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    I can't find other defensive metrics that are sorted by position. Derosa's overall numbers are skewed since he plays so many positions.
  12. 17 Seconds
    Derosa actually ha a higher career RF at second. I realize discussing stats can become an endless debate but I show secondbase career numbers as follows: Roberts...FP=.987...Rfg=4.57...innings at position=6256 DeRosa...FP=.984...Rfg=4.09...innings at position=1564.7 Where did you get those numers from? ESPN.com has different ones. It has Deorsa as a 4.87 and Roberts as a 4.78. Anyways, my point was to show that Roberts isn't really an upgrade defensively.
  13. 17 Seconds
    Derosa actually ha a higher career RF at second.
  14. 17 Seconds
    Is he going to get any time in the field? What position?
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    Except with the 1.000 OBP, you have a .000 SLG. (approximately). That's not true. If he walked every at-bat, he wouldn't have a slugging percentage. It would not exist. Which...is the definition of Zero. Incorrect. If a guy doesn't log an at-bat, his slugging percentage can't be zero. It simply doesn't exist. If you say it's zero because he hasn't recorded a hit, then I can just as easily say it's 1.000 (at least) since he hasn't recorded an out. In reality, neither is true.
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    the Cubs clearly have the best line-up in the NL Central. Milwaukee is a close second. Are you joking? I think it's pretty obvious that the Brewers still have a better lineup. We ere a medicore offense last year and we've marginally upgraded. I think people are severly overestimating the upgrade that Fukudome brings. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind the signing, but better thaan the Brewers? Get outta here. Even if Soto performs to his potential the Brewers likely still have the better offense. As has been said, I don't know where this "top 5 offense" stuff is coming from. We're not even a top 5 offense in the NL, let alone all of baseball.
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    From Jayson Stark:
  18. 17 Seconds
    I think the title of this thread needs to be renamed. It was just a prediciton from some writer who also doesn't know how to title his reports.
  19. 17 Seconds
    So what else did they say?
  20. 17 Seconds
    Crisp sucks, but at least we'd have the most delicious platoon of all time.
  21. 17 Seconds
    What is "inside info"? If you exchange e-mails with somebody like Bruce Miles (I don't, that's just an example) and he tells you things that aren't printed, does that mean you have "inside info". I don't think so, but whatever. "Inside info" is a term used for kids who want to act like they know stuff and feel special, kind of like a couple of the guys on OH. I shouldn't have even brought it up, but you can continue to make assumptions if you want.
  22. 17 Seconds
    Just forget it.
  23. 17 Seconds
    Except with the 1.000 OBP, you have a .000 SLG. (approximately). That's not true. If he walked every at-bat, he wouldn't have a slugging percentage. It would not exist.
  24. 17 Seconds
    PM.
  25. 17 Seconds
    Care to add anything to this? PM'd.
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