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08-09' Blackhawks (46-24-12) 104 PTS - 4th Seed In The West!
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
Man, Eager just had a net so wide open it shocked him into missing it :( -
Letting the No. 1 seed choose it's second-round opponent would be *awesome*.
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Sure, because they lied. Saying true things about someone at a time that's inconvenient to them? Not so much. that's not at all what im talking about. saying that pacman in "libel proof" because he's punched a few guys in the face at a bar and gets drunk and stupid is not true at all. I didn't say he was libel-proof. I said if his reputation were bad enough, it wouldn't be. His reputation isn't that bad yet.
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Trade is more likely, same way we got most of our good bats now.
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http://baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=204021 Scroll down to see who the sixth most-valuable reliever in baseball was last season.
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So I shouldn't expect to read Peavy dicussions when I open the "Levine Upgrades Peavy Deal to "Alive"" thread? Just so I'm clear... Carry on with your bickering over the Reds future in whatever thread you feel comfortable. This isn't the "complain about what other people post" thread. Please stay on topic.
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The thread title has the most recent major news referenced.
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No, he didn't. He posted three. Four seasons ago, he had a season very similar to this season, and he's now 31 with 675 innings on his arm in the last three years. He's past his peak and showing it. He is past his prime, I agree. That doesn't mean he's going to go 6-17 again this year. Who said anything about 6-17? Couldn't care less about his 6-17.
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] No, he didn't. He posted three. Four seasons ago, he had a season very similar to this season, and he's now 31 with 675 innings on his arm in the last three years. He's past his peak and showing it.
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You aren't now.
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We're just reasonably disagreeing, I don't see why people assume that's nasty. My position is that the Reds don't have as much young talent as is popularly thought. They have a couple guys who could be good and a whole lot of guys who are just filler.
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Well, if all we are going on is "maybe they'll all improve," then what can be said about them that can't be said about any team? Every team has players that "maybe could get better." But when you project what the Reds have, it's nothing special, just a lot of young adequacy. If you believe that, that's fine. But there are people that believe a guy (Votto) who in his first major league season, at age 24, put up .297/.368/.506/124 OPS+ is not considered "adequacy". If you don't like Bruce, that's fine, but show be where he doesn't project to being "special". I said Bruce replaced Dunn, that's pretty special. A 124 OPS from a first baseman is very, very adequate and very nothing special. From a SS it'd be awe-inspiring. From a 1B, it's blah.
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Well, if all we are going on is "maybe they'll all improve," then what can be said about them that can't be said about any team? Every team has players that "maybe could get better." But when you project what the Reds have, it's nothing special, just a lot of young adequacy.
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Good try, but "the Reds are horrible" is just too tough of a argument to fight. There is no room for growth from Dickerson, Votto, and a guy named,...what's his name,...Bay Jruce (or something like that). Encarnacion and Phillips should only be seen as dangerous of putting up good seasons if they were traded to the Cardinals. Neither Volquez or Cueto have any room for improvement. Harang has no chance to improve on last season. Cordero and Affeldt are really nothing special in the pen. Votto's as good as he's going to get, which is a decent hitter for a first baseman. Dickerson's minor league numbers translate to extreme averageness. Bruce's ceiling is to replace what they were already getting from Dunn. Volquez and Cueto's improvement will be cancelled out by Harang and Arroyo's decline years. Affeldt is really nothing special, though Cordero is nice to have.
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They've got a whole bunch of guys who can be cheap and average, which is nice for them, but is never going to make them a threat to win the division. By the time Cueto and Volquez are consistently good, Harang and Arroyo won't be anymore. They are already on the wrong side of their primes. Losing Dunn will crush their offense, and I seriously doubt they'll get that kind of bullpen on a yearly basis.
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Re: College Football - Bowl Discussion
Hairyducked Idiot replied to dew1679666265's topic in Other Sports
I was just saying the order I thought it would be, but yeah I agree that teams shouldn't fall so far in the AP Poll after losing the national championship...Unless you get spanked, but obviously that didn't happen yesterday I honestly don't know why they even keep score in games, because there continues to be an idea among many college football fans that winning and losing games don't matter. -
I think "scare" is the wrong term, maybe. If someone came back from the future and told me the Cubs didn't win the 2009 NL Central title, my best guess as to who beat them would be the Cardinals. But I don't expect it to happen.
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The team that scares me is the Cardinals. When you have Albert Pujols, all you have to do is squeeze some average-osity out of the other 24 guys and hope for some good luck to get you to 90 wins.
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I really don't mind Marshall or Samardzija in the fifth spot. I think the disappointing part of the offseason is realizing that the 97-win team was pretty much doomed to take a step back.
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If he was deemed to be a libel-proof plaintiff, he wouldn't be able to collect any libel damages. They'd be embarrassed professionally and ethically, but I think they'd be fine financially.
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don't buy it, he voted death. It didn't specify that you must be choosing for yourself. ETA: Never mind, it does, I didn't really read the whole thing.
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North Dakota is amazing. I just keep laughing at all you suckers who don't enjoy curling and CBC radio.
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08-09' Blackhawks (46-24-12) 104 PTS - 4th Seed In The West!
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
Late start doesn't work out better for you? What do you do? I'm getting married on Saturday. People are already in town and a ton more are getting here tonight. So I'll probably be around to catch a few minutes, but it's pretty hectic at this point. I do have the game recording though. :) Congratualtions man! Also, this reminds me to ask Kyle how the whole "possible pregnancy" thing went... what's the word? It's on as far as we can tell. We go to the doctor on Monday, and as far as I can tell, there's a 90% chance everything will be fine and a 10% chance he'll tell us it's already gone wrong. -
If you played more than 20 years ago, you are always retroactively gritty.