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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's hard to believe how bad the NL Central could be next year.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    How old are you? Sosa too long ago? childhood - sandberg/maddux teenage - Sosa Adult - Aramis (IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRIOR, DUSTY, YOU [expletive]) Next 15+ years-Castro I hope not.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    The FIP argument is a lot more compelling to me to make a case that he hasn't really sucked this year. The .331 BABIP is killing him. Unless there's some compelling reason to start measuring his stats from May 1, I don't see why we should care what his stats since May 1 are.
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    Sure it is. Pitchers are usually good for stretches between their really bad starts. The fact that he had a cluster of those bad starts in the beginning doesn't absolve him of them.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    The poor start counts, too.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    Because winning the division shouldn't be the goal. If the goal is to win the WS, the division will come. This attitude drives me crazy. If you can win the division, you can in the WS.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    inb4fip
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    The walk is more exciting for him than the home run at this point.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    How do you reconcile this with the risk of stepping to the plate? His entire season is at risk facing 90+ MPH fastballs. Those have been known to break bones, cause concussions, etc. From the Dept. of Things That Should Not Have to Be Explained: The goal is to keep him coming to the plate, because that's where his value to the team is. Not diving or running full-speed unnecessarily prevents him from being hurt so that he can keep coming to the plate. You wouldn't keep him from going up to the plate in order to keep him from being hurt so that he couldn't go up to the plate. Putting your money in the bank keeps it from being stolen. So does putting it in a pile and burning it. That doesn't mean that you have to reconcile doing the former and not the latter.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    They're not automatons either. Folks act like a guy dogging it has no impact on the rest of the team, as if they're impervious to basic human nature. "Basic human nature" in this case is "something I just made up and assumed humans do."
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't think they "will." I think they have no reason not to try.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't know, how many times?
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    It started when he wasn't born white.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    20-30 bases?
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    Philly's payroll was fairly flat through the era of Gillick's tenure when the team became a dominant force. It didn't skyrocket until after they won a world series when the higher ups chose capitalize on a resurgent fan base by telling them they weren't going to pull an Arizona and fall apart. Winning a world series doesn't make you a great GM. Being well over .500 every year and winning 90+ with regularity sure does. Kenny Williams has barely outperformed Jim Hendry but he got lucky with one title to sooth the masses and his boss. Other guys were pump and dump GMs but that is an entirely different scenario. So Brian Cashman and Theo Epstein are the only "great" GM's in baseball? When you think about it, there's so much variance in how talent translates to wins. And there's so much variance in how talent develops. And it's nearly a perfect information system with the pervasiveness of stats and scouting. Maybe there's just not a lot a GM can do to break themselves from the pack these days?
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    Nope, I was serious. That's why I said "I don't think."
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Are you saying you'd rather have "reasonable" contracts no no WS wins? Yes. That is exactly what I said.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    Soriano has 4.5 years on the Cubs and 5.5 in the National League, so I don't think he'd have 5 and 10 rights. The rest of them would, of course.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    They could win five more WS, and it'd still be an awful contract for an overrated player.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    Dempster's been pretty awesome for nearly 3 months now. Those numbers took a pretty big hit today. I hate those sorts of arguments, because all starting pitchers are capable of looking pretty good for long stretches between their bad outings.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    Of course the Cubs can compete within the next two years. It'd be silly to punt two full seasons with a major-market team.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    Dempster's ERA is back to five. But two of his three defense-independent peripherals are looking pretty good! Five Ks and no home runs.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    Wasn't Heyward rumored/accused/somethinged of only working out for the Braves and intentionally keeping a low profile so they could draft him?
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    I have this friend who was heading to the grocery store, and a co-worker gave him $5 and told him to buy a powerball ticket with certain numbers. And it won! My friend is such an idiot for not playing those numbers himself.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    Marmol is in his sixth season on the Cubs. Fifth full season.
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