Hairyducked Idiot
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Mechanics, schmechanics. We know that pitcher injury is strongly correlated with high pitch counts at a young age. We know Prior's arm got the everloving crap beat out of it down the stretch in 2003. It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together here. He had an elbow strain in 2005 before he got hit on the arm by a line drive.
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Some old prospect burnouts
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Davis played all his minor league ball in the Cardinals and Tigers organizations. -
"Blues have traded Hannu Toivonen and Danny Richmond to Chicago in exchange for Joe Fallon and Darryl Boyle" This appears to have gone down. I don't know who any of these players are.
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To be fair, the Ben Christiansen/Jae Kuk Ryu(sp?)/Francis Beltran/Sergio Mitre/Todd Wellenmeyer rotation did a bit better. (I'm pulling these from memory, so they may not have all been from the same time period).
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Yes. And it'd be foolish of them not to for Vitters' sake, if they really want Ramirez. You don't hold spots open for prospects, especially prospects who haven't seen a AA pitch yet. Not directed at anyone in particular, but it's funny how every time the big league club's fortunes take a dip, people start latching onto prospects and writing out lineups five years in advance. How's that Kelton/Montanez/Choi infield working for us?
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I think that FA list should tell you there's a pretty good chance Lee does not walk. I'm guessing two-year extension. Ramirez will parlay his player option into a three-year option at slightly lower money.
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:yahoo:
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Predicting that football fans will become upset at the coaching staff of their favorite team isn't exactly going out on a limb.
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Now that the euphoria of the tournament is wearing off, I'm nervous that five key Blackhawks players (plus Kopecky) have six or seven extra games on their legs going into the playoffs.
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Home advantage makes a big difference in the Olympics. World Cup, too.
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Giving one team the ball twice and the other once is WAY more fair than giving one team the ball once. Or not...
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With that goal, Canada sets the record for golds in an Olympics.
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Some old prospect burnouts
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Hairyducked Idiot's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Nobody's that bad at BABIP. Bad hitters tend to have a lot of strikeouts and few extra-base hits, but they still have decent BABIPs. -
I think the Canadians are forcing the dump and chase I don't think that's it. I just don't see anyone other than Kane with the desire (or maybe ability) to carry in and set up a play. See the Canada-Russia semifinal for why trying to carry it in doesn't work against Canada.
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Seems like a reckless injury risk.
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The massive Starlin Castro boner got me thinking of some great Cubs prospect names of the past. Two that were linked together were Kevin Orie and Gary Scott. Both of them were probably unfairly put into the spotlight due to being the only close-to-MLB ready decent prospects the Cubs had at the time, iirc. But here are two numbers that stood out at me: .174 .237 Those are Scott and Orie's BABIP for the seasons in which they were labeled busts (all of Scott's MLB career and Orie's Cubs 1998). Did they get massively BABIP-screwed?
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Lee is pointing out a real phenomenon but picking out a bad example. Players do tend to get compared to players of the same race. I don't know if that counts as racist or not. But anyone the Cubs picked up this offseason was going to be the "everything Bradley wasn't" because it's very important to convince themselves and others that Bradley was the big meanie who ruined their season.
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I think Patterson just never became good enough. It's one thing to look at a 19 y/o's numbers and predict "if he keeps getting better at a normal rate, he'll be X," but sometimes they just stop getting better or get better way too slowly. It could happen to Castro too.
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Riggleman: I would have pitched Kerry less
Hairyducked Idiot replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I definitely partially blame him for it. Wood was likely damaged by his high school coaches, but he broke 120 pitches eight times as a 20/21 year old in 1998. It wasn't quite Mark Prior stretch run of 2003 levels of awful, but it was awful. -
Before this season, I would have 100% agreed with you. But Kane has taken such a huge step forward in his all-around game this year, that I think it's a toss-up between him and Toews. I'm watching on Chinese spyware p2p video, so I haven't tried this link, but it may work: http://atdhe.net/ 3-0 Canada now. Not messing around.
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AO - homework assignment. Watch Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals against Vancouver. Then come back and apologize to us for subjecting us to that ridiculous opinion. The "X can't play physical" is hockey's version of "Yeah, he's got 50 homers and a .450 OBP, but you can't count on him in key situations" argument. And while the Blackhawks as a team were completely dominated by Detroit, Kane (who can't play with desperation in key situations) tied up game 5 with a late third-period goal. That's kind of clutch.
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Most hockey followers are the same types of fans who like Aaron Miles. They want a certain type of player, regardless of productivity. And Kane's been much better defensively this season.
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Interminable debates
Hairyducked Idiot replied to XZero771679666304's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
To see who is cooler. That's the entire point of NSBB. Idiot. -
There was an ESPN Radio guy this fall who said he'd rather have Jeter than Pujols because Jeter has shown he can get big hits.
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