Hairyducked Idiot
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People are attracted to her in the same way that some people think a Big Mac is the ultimate food experience.
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i didn't know he was from dunedin high...quite close to where i live I worked at the Winn-Dixie on Drew between Clearwater and Dunedin several years ago. Cubs scouts never noticed me. There really are Winn-Dixies? I assumed they were fictional.
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Clearly they wanted a catcher familiar with Sean Marshall as a prelude to the Peavy deal.
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This plus the curling. I want to learn how to curl. Think about it, average looking men in the rest of the country are like Brad Pitt in ND. Lots ops for good women id imagine. Hell if i hated it i could still blow my brains out after trying it. Curling is *awesome*. I hit the most epic shot in my league game last night. Three rocks guarding the middle and left half of the house and one opponent's rock in the house on the right, just inside the eight-foot line and right on the tee line. My rock starts out down the middle, does a perfect three-and-a-half rotations and curls right into the inside of the right-side rock, clearing it out and knocking mine straight onto the button behind the three guards. It was like when you hit that perfect, beautiful strike in bowling and wonder why you can't do that every time.
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All Star game/WS homefield advantage
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Bote McBoteface's topic in General Baseball Talk
It's not okay for a team to be screwed out of HFA by a player not on their team, but it is okay to screw them out of it by the fact that it's an odd- or even-numbered year? Both are equally arbitrary, so I don't see the problem. -
08-09' Blackhawks (46-24-12) 104 PTS - 4th Seed In The West!
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
I wouldn't call what the Blackhawks are doing a "massive tank" just yet. -
08-09' Blackhawks (46-24-12) 104 PTS - 4th Seed In The West!
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
I wouldn't call what the Blackhawks are doing a "massive tank" just yet. -
He still belongs in the Hall.
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You shouldn't have to pay that much for average, though. If you do, you won't have much left over for the stars you need to make that plan work. I don't hate Fukudome, but I think if we had a do-over we'd not sign him to that same deal.
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uhhhh, what? You can't expect the Cubs to field a team that's made up entirely out of star players. If Fuku plays average next year, he'll be more than adequate for us in CF. Not every player needs to be super awesome. If Fuku plays average, he's still better than some of the crap we've put out there in recent years. There is no way any player on the current roster reproduces the numbers put up in CF last year. That's an awful lot of money for average. Is Fukudome Japanese for "Marquis"?
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Kerry Wood's full page ad in the Sunday Tribune.
Hairyducked Idiot replied to C.C.'s topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Sosa did this as well. no he didnt. all sosa did was take steroids, walk out on his team, shoot innocent bystanders and leave an upper decker in the pope's toilet. ht hs wf wth a rm bttl? (self-disemvoweled) -
glad i'm not the only who who notices this But would Olson or Pie feel the same way?
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That's what she said.
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Maybe we should stop drafting guys on whom there is consensus?
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It's a "people don't understand that conversations evolve" thread. Oh, and Jake Peavy doesn't know how to win.
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My problem is more that I'm not that sold on acquiring Peavy at his current contract, so I'm certainly not giving up anything blue chip.
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Worse two hitters in the starting eight get the most at-bats. ](*,)
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He's had a history of injuries, he plays a position that historically has high attrition rates, and he's already two years past the average statistical prime of most players.
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Are you saying those two are similar? Isn't there a significant difference in evaluating those lines in relation to the strikeouts? All else being equal (which is the case here at least in the stats listed) I thought making contact was better than not. I'm saying both are really awful, and banishing the younger, great fielding one while letting the older, crummy fielding one get the extended look is a poor decision. But wasn't the fact that Edmonds was making contact a reason to give him the benefit of the doubt that he would more likely come out of his funk than Pie? Yep. 26 PAs or no, a nearly 40% K rate is concerning.
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1) I doubt Ramirez will be around for "awhile." I know I take a harder position than most on this, but you simply can't make long-term plans around players who are already on the wrong side of 28. 2) Vitters could move to other positions.
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If Hendry performed a staredown to keep Vitters out of the deal, then that is a masterstroke. With Vitters I'm mixed on the deal. Without him, it's a strong move for the Cubs.
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He could have. You have to admit its at least suspicious that he is acquiring the exact players that SD wanted in a Peavy trade. My guess is Hendry sees value in them so he doesn't mind keeping them, but his intention was to acquire them with the hopes of restarting the Peavy discussions, realizing that Towers is likely in a hard place and will eventually revisit things. My guess is that there have been no talks since the last round ended after the meetings, but hendry is well aware of the Padres situation, needing to shed payroll and how bad Peavy wants to be a Cub, so hes trading players who dont have a future with us and stocking up on young pitchers who could potentially interest Towers for when/if talks resume. That sounds about right.
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That's all true, but the question was whether these moves could only lead to Peavy or not. If *you* were up to date on this thread, you'd know what I was disagreeing with. The moves make perfect sense in and of themselves, as long as you stipulate that the Cubs like a Fontenot/xrighty platoon at 2b (now Miles) and are pushing up against payroll problems. Pie needed to go to a team that could keep him on the roster this season, and Pie for Olson makes a lot of sense for the Cubs regardless of any theoretical next move.
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What's worse, my being a wannabe scout or your delusion that you have a line into Kevin Towers' mind? Of course Towers wanted pitching prospects. Everybody wants pitching prospects. They make up roughly half the prospects in the game, and most GMs believe it's the important half If Towers had been known to want a young 3b and a left-handed RFer and we traded for those, sure, then we'd be on to something. But pitchers? Way too vague.
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None of the guys we've gotten really seem like the kind of guys Towers would want for Peavy. The only move that is even marginal on its own is DeRosa. The others make perfect sense on their own. huh? the pads want pitching, which is exactly what the cubs have acquired. Presumably they want good pitching. All we acquired was minor-league dross no better than what we already had.