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SIGN ME UP YO
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Not the point. Go back and read a few of his articles over the last several years and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's not this one article in particular (which I don't have a problem with, because its accurate), rather its the sum of the parts. If you still don't see where I'm coming from, then I'll reference Rob Neyer as an example. I don't agree with a lot of his assessments sometimes (I'm not a huge stat guy, altthough I willingly acknowledge their importance), but I'll have to admit is opinions are rarely biased and rooted in fact. With that said, it is abundantly clear his Twins bias rears its head at least once every year. Not that I have a problem with that, it just goes to show most journalists have a positive or negative bias towards some teams. In Perry's case, I've always got the impression he just doesn't like the Cubs. Sometimes its content, sometimes its his tone, but I think its quite obvious. You can agree/disagree with that all you like. That's a little odd considering he's been a Royals fan his entire life. And he doesn't hesitate to rip into them for terrible moves they make. beat me to it. -
Baseball World Cup is on for 2006 according to BA
treebird replied to 1908's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
remember when chappelle's show was getting ready to come back for season two, and there were commercials where dave read viewer mail? and one of the letters asked why the show wasn't cancelled? i want to send the world baseball classic a letter like that. Dear World Baseball Classic, Why aren't you cancelled? Love, Johnny -
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wow, hairston's going to be 30 this season? i was thinking 27. my opinion of him just dropped a pretty decent amount.
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did you ever coach a high school baseball team in bushnell, IL? you remind me of someone i used to know.
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YESYESYES get t.o. dont f this up bears
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Next Offseason's Free Agents
treebird replied to JC's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Out of curiosity, what makes you think that Aramis will opt out? I know that its his right in the contract, but I thought he was generally happy in Chicago. And, it's not like the market for injury-prone 3B is huge. I realize that Aramis has tremendous talent, but with his legs, who would be willing to take that big a risk on him? if aramis plays 140 games this year and doesn't suck, he's opting out. there's a lot of money to be had if he does so, and this isn't st louis. -
Should McGwire be elected to the HOF next year?
treebird replied to The Voice of Reason's topic in General Baseball Talk
I never said it's just about Mac. I think that he's treating Bonds & Sosa unfairly, also. (although Sosa got CAUGHT cheating, so his integrity is pretty much toast). i think part of the idea of this thread was that mcgwire's integrity was toast (because of his performance at the congressional hearing), so if all we have to do is say someone has been dishonest in the past in order to declare that they took steroids, i guess mcgwire is dead to rights. seems like an awfully low standard of proof to me, though. -
they have a bias against teams that do dumb stuff. some of their writers are even self-loathing cub fans. fixed i dont see how that proves anything at all. that's probably because it doesn't. unless you can go find some articles that show a real bias against the cubs, i don't think you have any chance of convincing anyone that bp hates us through nothing more than the clever use of the word "fixed."
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Vance Breaks Down the NL Central
treebird replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
My comparison of the outfields was only in response to that first guy who seemed pretty confident in his statement that the Astros have the wrost OF in the division. Nothing more or less. haha, im dumb, i didn't see anybody say that. my apologies. -
the thing is, though, i dont think that corner outfielders who will hopefully put up an 825 ops as long as you hide them from lefties at all costs are really all that rare.
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mine will say I HATE COBS
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they have a bias against teams that do dumb stuff. some of their writers are even cub fans. Like sign Esteban Loaiza? i dont know if you read bp, but most of the writers there did indeed criticize the a's for the move. IMO the reaction would have been much more critical if Hendry had made the same deal. that's because hendry would've given him 12
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they have a bias against teams that do dumb stuff. some of their writers are even cub fans. Like sign Esteban Loaiza? i dont know if you read bp, but most of the writers there did indeed criticize the a's for the move.
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they have a bias against teams that do dumb stuff. some of their writers are even cub fans.
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& you will still think this if he reverts back to his 02'/03' numbers? that's not going to happen, those were his prime years. yes it could happen then i guess every signing is a good one since theres a chance they could be good or i suppose we could analyze player acquisitions based on whether or not it's at all likely that they're going to be good Man, we should re-sign Sosa. If he reverts to his 02 or 03 form we're looking at a .950 OPS or so no, sosa's an ex-cub, we should hate him or else we're sox fans
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& you will still think this if he reverts back to his 02'/03' numbers? that's not going to happen, those were his prime years. yes it could happen then i guess every signing is a good one since theres a chance they could be good or i suppose we could analyze player acquisitions based on whether or not it's at all likely that they're going to be good
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& who was that impact player that you knew for ceratin was avaliable? keep making excuses, i like having a crappy team every year too.
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& you will still think this if he reverts back to his 02'/03' numbers? that's not going to happen, those were his prime years.
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grieve at 1/750,000 or jones a 3/15m? ill take grieve, i dont think we're going anywhere this year anyway, and if we do, it won't be because of the difference between jones and grieve on defense.
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Vance Breaks Down the NL Central
treebird replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
the cubs outfield is horrible, if you compare your outfield to the cubs outfield and you think they are similar, that means your outfield is horrible too. -
I WANT TO HEAR MORE DRUNKEN WUERTZ STORIES did he really talk about being stuck behind dempster? GO STORY NOW
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this is exactly what i was going to say
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i dont really see how you'd need to accuse someone of bias just because they think the cubs have done a bad job this offseason.
