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Film him having sex? Or celebrity boxing. pack him up and move him into the local trailer court?

Watching Soriano hit yesterday reminded me of Randall Simon. Simon was a bad-ball hitter. He would swing at anything, and was good at making some kind of contact. Randall could foul off a pitch-out like no one else. Unfortunately, he rarely made THAT good of contact because he wouldn't ever wait for a good pitch to hit. Soriano has been swinging at everything, no matter how far off of the plate the ball might be. I'm not saying he's as bad as Simon (not even close), but his approach right now is reminding me distincly of Simon. Can someone tell him he doesn't have to swing at 90% of the pitches he sees? You'd swear he played for Dusty at some point if you didn't know any better.

Chris Young caught lightening in a bottle for half a season last year. He is way overvalued as a result. I would be awfully surprised if he's ever able to repeat that level of performance for more than a month or so at a time.

He'd pull a 1984 Rick Suttcliffe if this happened. If he hadn't already failed in that organization, I would share this prediction.

As far as his age goes, Koreans start counting at 1 from birth instead of 0 like we do (1 for first year, not for one year old), so if a Korean tells you he is 18, that should translate to 17 yo for us.

Yes. Geovany Soto, unfortunately. Soto isn't a 7-hitter, he's just misplaced.

Are there any better 7-hitters in the league than DeRosa?

Pay his entire salary and give him to the Cards. Let him help us by blowing games for them.

Let's get to the playoffs first. the cubs are 10 games better than any team in this division, especially with gallardo done and mil's bullpen in shambles. if they somehow manage to not win the division it will be because lee, ramirez and fukudome all got polio. their rotation is good enough to win the central, but i wouldn't feel good about it in the playoffs. We definitely need someone else to step up. If Marshall gets back in the rotation, it wouldn't surprise me to see him take the next step this year. He's still only what, 24 or 25?

Doesn't he make Johnny Damon look like he's got a canon anymore? I haven't seen him play since his surgery, but I hear he hasn't been able to throw worth a darn anymore.

I haven't seen any corroboration on this yet. It's most likely a mixup of the Mateo situation, but considering Hendry's love of unnecessary bullpen shuffling, I wouldn't be surprised. That's what I'm thinking. Perhaps the "source" even was this thread.The source may have been this thread, but I don't think it was a mix up. If they were confusing Mateo and Fox, they wouldn't have included that he gave up two runs in his only outing.

That's my biggest fear with a potential Greene trade, it makes a Crisp follow-on seem all but inevitable.

Good point.

That is a hideous comparison. I don't remember anyone ever painting educators with a broad brush like some people do the military. Watch the movie and then decide what sort of brush is used. Tip for the graduating senior who wants to be a sports journalist; a strawman is never a good argument. An extremely wide brush. Which is why the movie bombed and our potential future owner lost alot of money on it.

No. The film attempts to impress upon the viewers that those sort of things are common in Iraq, when they're not. Despite the fact you end up with 135,000 people over there, probably 100,000 of them under 25, and you tell them they can't have sex for a year, I bet you'd still find that the percentage of rapists over there are far, far below than what you'd find in any other city with a similar population in the US. I've been shot at and blown up on more than a couple of occasions myself, and I've lost several close friends over there. Anyone who attempts to marginalize what they died for by making the actions of a very, very, very small percentage seem like the norm deserves whatever bit of derision they get. That movie wasn't trying to bring light to a handful of criminal individuals, it was a propaganda piece that slanted us all. I can't believe there are some people on this board who don't get that, I expected more. Even if you forget my background and what I do, it was a waste of time to begin with. There are far more pressing issues that would have done more for society than choosing this one. This was a political piece. Anyone who thinks redacted has anything to do with correcting a wrong is completely and utterly delusional. And no, I don't know anyone in the film. I take exception to the way the movie attempted to portray the entire military, and subsequently, I take exception to the producers of the film as well. All of that reinforces why I completely and absolutely loathe Cuban and hope he doesn't have anything to do with the Cubs. I love the Cubs, but I will not attend another game, buy another jersey, or do anything that would put a penny in his pockets if he becomes the owner.

You're a pathetic idiot.

Huh? ERA doesn't mean anything? You must be thinking of wins. I would absolutely beg to disagree. Is it a perfect statistic? No. Does it tell you everything you should want to know about a pitcher? No. But is it worthless? Absolutely not. It is one of the better statistics available to judge pitchers, esp when considered with WHIP, k/9, and k/bb. If you think it doesn't mean anything, find me a pitcher over the last 20 years who did not have a good year but had an ERA under 2.50. Or find me a pitcher who had an ERA over 5.00 for an entire season that we should consider as having had a good season.

Ronny over Theriot is not a marginal difference. theriot has a .436 obp in the 2 spot im content with that Kosuke and Theriot/Cedeno for the top of the order, whichever order is fine with me. Kosuke is getting on base at a maddening clip, but he isn't driving in hardly any runs despite the three guys in front of him averaging over .400 in obp apiece.

Is this the same Mateo that the Cards took in the rule 5 draft the other year? Wow, did he get injured or something, or has he really fallen off that far? I hadn't really followed him since his taste of the bigs with us.

Bold prediction: St Louis signs him and finds their next Edmonds, without the three-steps-in-the-wrong-direction-followed-by-spectacular-looking-diving-catches-on-routine-flys that the Cards fans used to love. While I'm normally on board with Cards predictions like this, they already have 14 overperforming OF on their roster. Yeah, but at least one of them will eventually return to their expected crappiness, causing the need for Wilkerson.

Ummm, what if he does? What if he doesn't? What if Ronny hits 1.000 for the rest of the year? What if he does is the wrong question to ask, because there's no way of answering it. The right question to ask is "What is he most likely to do?" You ask that for all options, then you put the option on the field that most likely will give you the better chance to win. Who knows, maybe, maybe not. I think he's more likely Cedeno keeps an OPS between .850-.900 than it is for Theriot to keep over .800 over the course of the year. You can argue how well either candidate projects over the remainder of the season, but you can't argue what the better decision is based on what someone might do. What more does Cedeno have to do to play more than half the time? Let's not forget Johnson's history. We aquired him after he was cut by another team. He's had an outstanding start, like Theriot has. But, like Theriot, it'd be a foolish move to expect him to continue performing at such a high level. He's 31, so his peak years are behind him. His career OPS+ is less than 100. Even after his hot start, his recent cool off has his OPS+ down in the 80s. He's not a good option to keep in the leadoff spot. He was hot, and Lou rode him in that position. That's what a good manager does, just don't confuse it for long term strategy. Theriot is somewhat similar situation, just with better reasonable projections than Reed.

Jesus, are you still on about that movie? Am I still on it? You make it sound like I've been complaining about it incessantly. Outside of this thread, where else have you ever seen me comment on it? Maybe one post in the original thread when it first came out? But yes, that movie was so abhorrent, Cuban is scum in my book and will be for the rest of his life. That film was egregious, and he was the main man behind it. It's a significant part of his background now. It's not like I've been constantly harping on it (quite the opposite, in fact, despite my strong feelings on it). When the topic of Cuban comes up, it's fair game though, and it always will be.

Ronny over Theriot is not a marginal difference. Well, to be fair, it might be. I don't think it will be, but it might. Cedeno, it's true, has not had extended success against ML pitching. I hasten to point out that I'm not suggesting that he's no good, or that he shouldn't be played because of that, I'm merely saying that we only want him to start because of the probability that he will be a better player. So if he were the starter, it's possible that he would only be a marginal upgrade. However, I still want him to start, and I believe that he'd be a significant upgrade, especially when you consider his defense on top of his offensive superiority. How about this...there's a very good chance that the upgrade from Theriot to Cedeno will end up being quite significant. Even if Cedeno doesn't play any better than Theriot is now, Theriot isn't likely to continue hitting as well as he is right now. You have to consider that as well.

What makes everyone think that this would be THAT big of a deal to Reinsdorf? Sure he doesn't like him, but would it really be THAT big of a deal? I used to be enamored with the idea of Cuban as owner of the Cubs, but ever since he backed that POS redacted, I have no respect whatsoever for him. I'd be happier to hear he fell down some stairs and broke his leg than I would be to hear he bought the Cubs.

The Giants have a full we're not going to trade Linecum clause. They were entertaining offers in the off season, so obviously they don't view him as untouchable. They were seeking a bat in return, which they'd get in Soriano. I'd do the originally proposed trade without Hill. I'd think about including Hill if they paid all of both Soriano's and Zito's salary, which is highly doubtful.