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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    I don't know. We've got the baseball-reference link, but not any actual footage of the game. It may not have existed.
  2. Hairyducked Idiot
    Agreed with all but the end. I believe Sammy himself said he asked not to be put in the lineup that day. This is all so meaningless though. I just googled the incident and the article said he was told he wasn't starting and that's why he left. Maybe that's not the case. Both are correct. He asked not to start and the manager agreed.
  3. Hairyducked Idiot
    AH..No Sammy listed. So anyone who says he 'walked out of the game' is incorrect. Case closed. There was a game that day, as the box score proved conclusively. Sosa was at the game. He walked out. That's accepted fact. You are angling for an imaginary semantic victory that isn't there. Nobody said "He walked out of a game while playing."
  4. Hairyducked Idiot
    A simple request that is irrelevant to the conversation, because it is based around a strawman that nobody said.
  5. Hairyducked Idiot
    He was on the roster and eligible to be used in the game. It's his job to be there. That's a big deal. While you are correct, it could have been worse. The Cubs were mathematically eliminated, and even if Sammy would have gone 4-4 with 3 HR's and 8 RBI that day, it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference in the grand scheme of things. All true. But he still loses credit for "always being ready to play" or whatever.
  6. Hairyducked Idiot
    I think he's talking about accumulated scouting statistics. Things like "This guy hits to the left side 60% of the time against this type of pitch" or something.
  7. Hairyducked Idiot
    Read your own post better, ace. If you can't prove it and you can't, then stop making such absurb statements. I could be remembering wrong, but I'm pretty sure that is established fact. There was a game going on, he was there because it was his job, and he walked out in the middle of it.
  8. Hairyducked Idiot
    He was on the roster and eligible to be used in the game. It's his job to be there. That's a big deal.
  9. Hairyducked Idiot
    Show me what game Sammy "walked out in the middle of" where he was in the starting lineup and was actually playing? Go ahead..I'll wait. Read better. Letting that slide because Sosa is underrated by idiots like Rozner is almost as bad as using it as an excuse to hate him for being a power hitter.
  10. Hairyducked Idiot
    The guy walked out in the middle of a game for which he was being paid to attend. I don't think he gets credit for never wanting to sit out.
  11. Hairyducked Idiot
    It might be blasphemy, but Castro wouldn't be a bad place to look.
  12. Hairyducked Idiot
    9 games, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .267 BA and .888 OPS in the World Series, the ultimate pressure cooker. Way below his usual production.
  13. Hairyducked Idiot
    If Lee isn't a problem in the clutch, why are the Cubs apparently willing to trade him? I'd say point proven.
  14. Hairyducked Idiot
    If the word "clutch" was turned into "efficiency" (i.e., how efficient a team is at turning raw production into runs, or wins, or championships), then this thread would have looked entirely different.
  15. Hairyducked Idiot
    That's exactly what it is like. A 3.86 ERA for a pitcher with his two worst games being ignored is awful.
  16. Hairyducked Idiot
    The guy hit .545 in his last playoff series, for Tebow's sake.
  17. Hairyducked Idiot
    Major? That explains a lot. This is big-people world. Most of us have left college and have big-people jobs and big-people perspectives on things.
  18. Hairyducked Idiot
    You still don't get it. Or more likely, you do and are too proud to admit you were wrong. The Cubs are not competing against past Cubs teams. The path to the 2011 World Series, 2012 World Series, or any subsequent World Series does not run through the 1997 Cubs, 1984 Cubs, or any other Cubs team. So whether or not Lou Piniella should be the head coach of the Chicago Cubs has nothing to do with those teams or the men who managed them. And personally, I've always thought the case against Riggleman's treatment of Wood was overblown. He went 10 pitches too far a few too many times, but the total innings weren't awful and Wood's arm was likely damaged goods from his HS days anyway. Doesn't quite approach Mark Prior, August-October of 2003 territory.
  19. Hairyducked Idiot
    Not to perpetuate a silly direction for the argument, but I think I still prefer Riggleman to any Cubs manager of my lifetime.
  20. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's also entirely irrelevant. The Cubs aren't competing against previous versions of the Cubs, and their assets should not be compared as such. I think it is most certainly relevant in a thread proclaiming he should be fired. But, lets assume you are correct. How about this, there is a very good chance he is a better manager than his soon to be replacement. That's a much better argument. I don't know or care of it's correct or not, but at least it's in the realm of where the argument should be had.
  21. Hairyducked Idiot
    It's also entirely irrelevant. The Cubs aren't competing against previous versions of the Cubs, and their assets should not be compared as such.
  22. Hairyducked Idiot
    Baseball-reference has him at 0.7 WAR. Fangraphs has him at 2.2. That seems like a huge difference. Most of it seems to be in how they rate his defense.
  23. Hairyducked Idiot
    It'd be really tough to field a quality, competitive team in 2011 no matter what we do, I think. My preference would be to focus 2011 on shedding some money that won't help us in the future and bringing in some good, cheap productivity. If we were to try to compete in 2011, however, it'd almost have to start with signing Adam Dunn and hoping Aramis can stay healthy. And Zambrano bounces back. And you win at bullpen roulette. Ick ick ick. It's so frustrating, because this board *knew* this would happen. Collectively, we knew Soriano's deal was horrific, we knew they were counting on some of these guys' primes to last a few years longer than likely, and yet it all just unfolded.
  24. Hairyducked Idiot
    This thread is depressing. None of the 2011 rosters look very good and I suspect the Cubs are looking to slash more payroll.
  25. Hairyducked Idiot
    I like DeWitt quite a bit as a cheap, adequate infielder. I don't mind flipping Theriot and a little bit of Lilly's value for him at all.
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