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1/1 - Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings
Magnetic Curses replied to burnt out cubbie fan's topic in Other Sports
PSLs and all that go with it suck, but why would you get season tickets but not be "excited about going to a game in mid January?" I'd have a tough time feeling sorry for somebody who went through the effort of getting the PSLs but chose not to buy playoff tickets because it's too cold in January. probably largely due to Sunday night game against Atlanta. It was cold and nephew said that the restrooms were packed but no one was using them. Again, if you're buying Bears seasons tickets, you have to be aware of the chance you'll be attending a cold game. If they host a playoff game, you've got to go. Thinking about not attending because it's too cold is one of the weakest excuses I could imagine. If you're financial situation, health or child's health was in dire straits, then you make them available to a friend or family member, or maybe scalp them. Other than that there is no excuse. Yeah he has to go but he doesn't have to be excited about it. I am sure that some PSL owners didn't budget playoff tickets and would prefer not to have credit card debt in lieu of going to the game. he should have never bought the things in the first place, then. did he go to the games and root against the bears to make the playoffs? that's absolutely insane. if i could afford season tickets during bears playoff run, i'd have perma-grin throughout the fall and winter. -
1/1 - Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings
Magnetic Curses replied to burnt out cubbie fan's topic in Other Sports
i don't want any part of them. they're going to be tough to beat in the playoffs. conversely, i'm glad we don't have to play the redskins in the second round. joe gibbs doesn't lose to us in the playoffs. -
but would walker have suffered the same injury as grudz in 2004? injuries vary as well from year to year, grudz is just as "injury prone" as walker. it's ludicrous to look at the season after the fact and say that grudz is better than walker because he's more durable--especially considering 2004. walker is a better hitter, period. no amount of conventional sac. bunts, slap hits, or gutty, sparkplug-like builds will ever change that. the only thing that could change this is if grudz decided to work on becoming a better hitter, which he won't--at this stage of his career anyway. I agree 100%. to clarify, i wasn't directing anything at you. you make excellent points as well.
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Likewise others examine stats for so long they read more into them than is actually there. how? what do they say about them?
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Not to me. I am a Wood detractor becuase he hasn't learned to be a pitcher yet. He is still a thrower. He has yet to learn to control the strike zone and seems to lose concentration at times. IMO, all this leads to arm and shoulder troubles. thank you for not mentioning "mechanics", i would have gone on my token steve stone rant.
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"i like a player because his build is consistent with what i view as a valuable ballplayer" is just the kind of ignorance that books like "moneyball" are trying to eliminate. would corey have gotten hurt in the same instance? some people hate statistical analysis so much that they'll make themselves into a caricature to deny that it has a place in baseball. the way people look at baseball is changing, just like everything changes.
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Sure, unless he spends his spare time as Stretch Armstrong. Knees don't that bend that way and Walker was not out of position when he rec'd the feed at 2B. Plus, I vividly remember Grudzielanek having two injury plagued seasons with the Cubs in similar flukish type manners. Doesn't equate to the fact he's injury prone or what not, just bad luck that can reverse as Mark was healthy last year. Well, I think we can agree that Grudz is better built than Walker, but perhaps you're right. However, I still stand by the Cubs being better off w/ Grudz. Grudz is one inch taller and five pounds heavier, according to their ESPN profiles, and it's not like either is completely out of shape. Lee would have hurt either of them. Never trust listed weights from ESPN or the team website. I've seen players grow and shrink visibly and their listed weights stay the same for years. Sammy's listed weight never reflected his post-roid shrinkage, and Randall Simon's didn't reflect the roughly 30 lbs. he gained before 2004. Anyone believe Ray King only weighs 242? Unnatural shrinkage and obesity are embarrassing and teams aren't going to be in any hurry to share that info. Yep, but they are also only five pounds apart on baseball-reference.com. Bottom line is that there isn't a huge difference in their builds. It's not like one is built like David Eckstein, while the other is build like Cecil Fielder. but would walker have suffered the same injury as grudz in 2004? injuries vary as well from year to year, grudz is just as "injury prone" as walker. it's ludicrous to look at the season after the fact and say that grudz is better than walker because he's more durable--especially considering 2004. walker is a better hitter, period. no amount of conventional sac. bunts, slap hits, or gutty, sparkplug-like builds will ever change that. the only thing that could change this is if grudz decided to work on becoming a better hitter, which he won't--at this stage of his career anyway.
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Magnetic Curses replied to Magnetic Curses's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If you don't believe there's such a thing as a clutch player, you must not watch much sports, and you clearly didn't play many either. um, okay, i don't really know you, but feel free to insult me personally if you wish. you must not watch many friends, and you clearly don't have any either. the clutch stat in baseball is the unicorn stat, it does not exist. players who are better hitters hit proportionately better in clutch situations. numbers vary from year to year, but will likely be consistent with their career avg, obp, slg., etc. -
if there's one thing we've learned here, it's: 1. hendry wrote moneyball. 2. little gutty guys that can only get on base by slapping the ball the other way and have no power are better than guys who are good and don't bunt or play pranks on rookies for the sake of clubhouse chemistry.
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The improved morale really helped results form 2004 to 2005. If Walker hurt the team's morale, and thus hurt their chances, a less stupid GM would have chosen to stay with that gutty team guy Grudz when he had the chance instead of resigning Walker. Yep, should have kept Grudz. Too bad Hendry went the Moneyball route. :( yep, grudz really eclipsed walker with his offensive prowess.
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you never worked with a jerk who was awesome at what he did, made the company a lot of money, and was avalued employee? jeez, you make it sound like these people do nothing but think up ways to show off their bad attitudes, while avoiding work. being nice isn't exactly the first priority for a lot of people in the working world. i'm sorry to break it to you.
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That's what scares me the most about a deal like this. Acquiring Wilson to platoon with Jones is one thing. Opening up a spot for Neifi to get more AB's is another. Our offense sucks as it is, this move only makes it worse. Hendry needs to add a big bat if he is going to deal Walker. Edit: Hendry needs to add a REALLY, REALLY big bat if he deals Walker. Dammit, Jim, you're making Bob angry again. we still have hairston. i'll say this for dusty, going into last season, neifi was a bench player and defensive replacement that got forced into action when nomar went down. hopefully, dusty has the same role planned for neifi this year.
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i would argue that it's attitudes like this that have destroyed the cubs organization. that said, i wouldn't have minded seeing wilson in right to begin with, without the jones platoon. he destroys lefties and is no slouch against righties, either. as long as hairston is the choice to replace walker, i say do it.
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Yep, and the option to swap first round picks with NY in the 2007 draft too. Holy smokes, that's wonderful. Yeah when I heard that I said goodbye to Eddy gladly. Pax handed two lottery picks? Thank you Zeke. curry has been playing inspired ball lately, but the knicks are worthless. any business venture zeke engages in fails spectacularly, i wouldn't trust him to oversee the maintenance of my foosball table. he'd probably trade it, my sabersaw, and snowblower for a brand new air hockey table. too bad air hockey sucks.
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Magnetic Curses replied to Magnetic Curses's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
are you implying that manny doesn't produce in "clutch" or, as i like to say "unicorn" situations? -
wood's problem is that he had to go out and strike out 20 during his rookie season, which everyone then started expecting from him every time out. one of the reasons that wood had TJS is because of that 20 k game. now, since he hasn't struck out 20 in a game in like 7 years, people are giving up on him, despiet the fact that he's a very effective pitcher. the primary wood detractors, imo, are the ones who expected him to duplicate his 20 k performancence--and were extremely let down when he hasn't. a 20 k game is lightning in a bottle, only 1 other pitcher has ever done it--it's simply unrealistic to expect woody to do it more than once.
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Quad citites, huh? You should probably hate Illinois too then... :P yeah, let's not talk about it.....
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i've always thought of baltimore as a place where players go to never be heard from again, anyway. it just seems like terrible place to play, like a black hole.
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if i were preston wilson, my theme music would be the phish song "wilson". WIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNN!! DUNUH DUNUH WIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!! DUNUH DUNUH WIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNN!!! i'd also make the crowd sing it as i walked toward home plate. whoever sings gets cheesecake!
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i think ricky williams signing with master p is the dumbest thing i've ever heard.
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I agree with you there. :D How? I could understand if they've been a thorn in the side of teams (other than Penn State and Purdue lately), but they have consistently sucked in the Big Ten for years. How can you hate them for that? I hate every Big Ten team because they keep kicking our asses in b-ball every season. Sure, we occasionally pull off an upset or 2 in the tournament, but we never do a damn thing throughout the regular season. i hate iowa because i grew up on the illinois side of the quad cities.
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It's time to start Rich Hill
Magnetic Curses replied to Magnetic Curses's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
average. by no means terrible. -
as much as it pains me to say it: joe morgan was the superior player that set the offensive standard for all modern 2nd basemen to be judged. Agreed, the position is the key. If Dawson were a 2B and Morgan were an OF, neither of them would have made been listed on the ballot for two years; Dawson because he'd have been a first-year selection, and Morgan because he'd have dropped off with about 7 votes. joe morgan ops+ 132 jim rice ops+ 128 Good stat, and relevant to intelligent discussion of the true value of players as opposed to their sheer talent. But, I simply don't think HOF voters are that sophisticated yet. Some are, but not nearly enough to swing an election. They would be more likely to look at more simplistic numbers like Morgan's 268 homers and compare him to someone like Jim Wynn, who finished up with 290 and didn't get a single HOF vote. Of course voters do love intangibles like awards and World Series rings, but it's to hard to speculate what a bizarro "Morgan in the outfield" world might be like with a typical 1970s middle infielder inserted into the Reds lineup in place of either Cesar Geronimo, Ken Griffey, or George Foster. By the way, I did a little research on the OPS+ numbers for all the HOF second basemen who have played since the '50s. Morgan's 132 ties him for first with Jackie Robinson; Rod Carew is a close second with 131. Sandberg's is fourth at 114. The next two serious HOF contenders, Alomar and Biggio, are tied at 116. I've never really thought of Jeff Kent as a serious contender because I view him as a power hitter who happens to play second more than a second baseman who hits for power. But just to leave no stone unturned, his OPS+ is 126. I looked at some OF numbers, too, but I don't have time to go into detail on those because my wife is making me go to bed. if you like intangibles, morgan being a fixture on the espn game of the week didn't hurt his chances either.
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Dee Brown Maurice Ager ??? Marco Killingsworth Paul Davis tucker or augustine.
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yep, they had a chance to take the lead with about 1:30 left, when luther launched a 3 that looked on-line, but was just a bit too hard. people forget that that game was a great game, great comeback for the illini against a team full of crazy athletes. dal, did you stop watching after the first half? because the second half was pretty exciting.