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whooops, forgot the link in my excitement. The above is what I had in mind. And I still think its hilarious.
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Hilarious
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Now play nice kids. I need answers for 1,2,3,and4 with factual support.
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In the "he'll fit right in" thread there is some talk of the best constructed lineups of recent Cubs teams (particularly 84 and 68-72) so I have a few questions to debate. All questions are about teams 1946 to present. All ask you to put modern thinking on statistics on your decision. Feel free to choose more than one for each, but signify which is the most glaring example. 1) Which Cubs teams were well constructed quality teams and didn't make the playoffs. OR What year was the biggest let down given players previous history, but everyone seemed to have a down year? The GM did his job, but the players didn't produce. 2) Which teams made the playoffs but were not quality teams/weren't well assembled. ( how the heck did career ERA+ Bielecki put up a 125 ERA+ in 1989. Not to mention Smith and Walton) 3) Which teams lacked one element to be great. (ie the 3rd place 1978 seemed to have good OBP but besides Kingman, the highest SLG% was Buckner at .419 - no power) 4) The big question: What was they best team over the last 60 years, the Cubs best chance to win it all? (deosn't have to be a playoff team) I'll try to assemble a list and then rank 1. the biggest dissapointment, 2. the flukes, 3. the unbalanced winners, 4. the best shot at the WS.
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Lou wants A-rod
Bull replied to b_wiggy_66's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Email from a friend: I know its fourth hand, and I know its ESPN. Large grain of salt. Not that this means anything, but at least its on topic which is progress for me. -
YOu don't give yourself a chnace if you don't throw strikes.
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I like the NL. I'm an aggressive manager. Don't sit and wait for the 3-run homer.
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The upires missed me all summer. I'm fun to play for. I "make it demanding"
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working the count swinging at strikes. basically aggressiveness in the zone.
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ESPN Radio just had their "sportscenter" and made no mention of it being televised by them. The Baker firing was on ESPN2 and I was made aware of teh broadcast through ESPN Radio.
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Lou wants A-rod
Bull replied to b_wiggy_66's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Choi Salary dump. Florida was going to non tender Lee after the Baltimore deal fell through. Hendry swooped in and made a decent deal, but Choi's value wasn't near Hill's at the moment. How about Francis Beltran, Justin Jones, and Brendan Harris? Yeah, Nomar was injured, but Jim still sold pretty high and got Nomar and Murton out of it. Without Murton, that's not that great of a deal. We got 35 games out of Nomar in 2004, and 60 or so in 2005. Not that we gave up a lot, but we didn't exactly get what we were expecting from Nomar. We're not talking about 1,2,or 5 years results, we're talking about selling high and in both cases Hendry did. Actually we're talking about Lou and A-rod, so I'll shut up and let the thread return to the topic. Sorry for the mini derail. -
Lou wants A-rod
Bull replied to b_wiggy_66's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Choi -
Not so much that Girardi = rebuilding as Piniella does not = rebuilding. He wouldn't come to a team that had not promised to win NOW.
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Is there a move to transactions coming?
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Cub fans call it Harry Caray
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I've heard opposite personality, but I've seen nothing to indicated opposite in the other things. Maybe you're just not listening as hard as I am then. Possibly, but then again, maybe I'm just not hearing things that aren't really there. Yeah, you obviously hear everything, so I must have imagined it. Never said I did hear everything. I've just yet to hear anything to suggest Lou is the opposite of Baker, other than his fire and brimstone approach. I think it's pretty obvious as to what you were insinuating. Yeah, I was insinuating that either I haven't heard the evidence to support your claim, or there is no evidence to support the claim. Someone did suggest in another "Piniella hired" thread that Lou has been talking up OBP.
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According to the Score AM670 ,the cubs have a new manager...
Bull replied to ronsanto10's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Da Luca's take -
Jim takes his time....
Bull replied to C.C.'s topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Rogers favors Piniella. I don't think they look at all alike. -
Not a joke. Just heard on wnbc that the owner of the plane that crashed into the building in New York this afternoon was Corey Lidle.
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Except for the little fact that the owner essentially said he wouldn't be back. I would think that reduces the idea from CRAZY to crazy or maybe even crazy.
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You're still counting on Prior or Miller to be healthy April 1st and exceeding the payroll. Did you lock Zambrano up? Probably the best line-up yet, but your rotation ends up schmidt and Z and pray for D.
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HI-larious
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*Insert Rusch and eating joke here*
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Drew spends a lot of time on the DL. We should be trying to avoid that kind of player, if the last two years has taught us anything. So have a good backup for the 30 games he'll miss. The 125 games he's in the lineup, he'd be a force. He's been pretty healthy this year. I like the idea. If he gets injured (which is likely for about 30 games or so) you could just platoon Pie and Restovich during that time. Drew has himself a lucious OBP and now I'm really liking this scenario. Someone get Hendry on the phone. He's making 11M a year through '09. You don't pay that much money for a guy who's a good bet to spend significant time on the DL. Every acquisition we make needs to take into account durability. There's better ways to spend 11M a season, or roughly 10% of our payroll. You have a very good point, but the fact that Drew usually plays at least 100 games every season makes it less of a gamble. If he played 130 games I think he'd be worth it, mostly because I think a Pie/Restovich platoon would give us some pretty good production if he did get hurt. I know the Cubs have really been burnt by injuries, but eventually we have to get lucky.....right? Of course. In a 100 year span you could accidently win a world series, even if you aren't trying, right? Right?!?