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  1. Bull
    I'm not sure it's the same thing. I would never, ever buy insurance from this everybody fellow.
  2. Bull
    If there's no one left to disagree with, how will I know what to think? There are plenty of folks here for you to disagree with.
  3. Bull
    Does anyone else think its ironic that this post is on the top of the page, so that every time we open this thread, we have to see the words Jeff Francouer? Click the highlighted document instead of the text link and it'll take you to the first unread post in the thread. I like to get a running start at new posts. :D
  4. Bull
    Does anyone else think its ironic that this post is on the top of the page, so that every time we open this thread, we have to see the words Jeff Francouer?
  5. Bull
    Just looked up Pierre on BR. I can't believe he was only with the Cubs 1 year. It seemed so...much...longer.
  6. Bull
    He is an asset that costs you nothing in terms of prospects. Why not?
  7. Bull
    Which is why I dismissed the idea. While its much more helpful to accept it at face value, I'm just pointing out that I don't think its irrational that the OP considered it. No need to yell.
  8. Bull
    That would strike me as a terribly inefficient way to get a potential future coach into the system. I will gladly pay you 1.6 million today for an opportunity to pay you $250,000 to coach when you retire. More like, I can only pay you 250K later, but I've got the money to pay you handsomely now if you'll hang with us. Sounds good to me. I had thought about this myself, and then dismissed it. Not because it doesn't make sense, just because its a huge leap.
  9. Bull
    I understand that. I was just wandering if Theriot's birth control patch had anything to do with Banedon's desire to screw him.
  10. Bull
    ??
  11. Bull
    the guy in cali with 40 tickets.
  12. Bull
    Apparently this is a 100 loss team after all. Putrid. Here's hoping it was worth it!
  13. Bull
    Maybe Beane needed 40 man space and now owes Theo a favor?
  14. Bull
    with the thread coming up so late, I just assumed we were going to discuss Cubs games in the "games in which the Cubs are not playing" thread.
  15. Bull
    http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/8185283/chicago-cubs-ryan-dempster-makes-start-amid-trade-talk i thought the red sox said they were out on dempster. could be that they're out because he's unwilling to switch leagues.
  16. Bull
    WGN production crew played "The Last Time" and the end of Dempsters outing today.
  17. Bull
    Never happen. Good idea. Never happen.
  18. Bull
    Say what ????? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbaPQSoYbEw
  19. Bull
    Conclusion #1: Barney over campana in the two spot?
  20. Bull
    any news on whether he's been claimed?
  21. Bull
    according to this Marmol used to get the most called strikes of anyone in baseball. he had BOTH a high swinging strike rate and the lowest z-swing rate (swings at pitches in the zone i.e called strikes) in baseball. This confirms what I remembered: the slider would start out headed at the batter and end up in the zone for a called strike or start out in the zone and end up low and away for a swinging strike. Lack of movement makes the former a ball inside and the latter very hittable. The lack of a decent fastball leaves him nothing to fall back on.
  22. Bull
    This. I don't see where people are saying he's lost something on the fastball. It has little or nothing to do with his fastball. His slider has always been his best pitch. His ability to throw it for strikes in any count was what made him great. Once set up he could throw it away out of the zone and get even great hitters to flail at it. This year especially it doesn't have the movement it did and he can't locate it because of the lack of movement. It doesn't tail into the zone for called strikes and it stay in the hitting zone when he's trying to get the swing and miss, making it very hittable. The thread title says it all. The thing us though, that he didn't consistantly throw it for strikes, but it was so nasty that hitters used to flail away at the it and look foolish, and more often than not it ended up well out of the zone. As hitters and coaches picked up on that, they were more inclined to keep the bat on their should knowing that they had a pretty good chance of either getting a free pass or inducing a meatball. I disagree. A couple years ago he could throw it for strikes and get k's looking just as well as getting guys to flail at it out of the zone. When I get to my computer, I'll have to look for some data.
  23. Bull
    This. I don't see where people are saying he's lost something on the fastball. It has little or nothing to do with his fastball. His slider has always been his best pitch. His ability to throw it for strikes in any count was what made him great. Once set up he could throw it away out of the zone and get even great hitters to flail at it. This year especially it doesn't have the movement it did and he can't locate it because of the lack of movement. It doesn't tail into the zone for called strikes and it stay in the hitting zone when he's trying to get the swing and miss, making it very hittable. The thread title says it all.
  24. Bull
    What was done to bring about any animosity anyway? Theo's old boss was fairly unhappy with the compensation process.
  25. Bull
    I'm surprised no one has mentioned that it's nice to see that we still have a relationship with Boston that's good enough to agree to a trade. Obviously, they are trading for the present while we're collecting pieces, but its still nice to see that Larry hasn't imposed a trade embargo.
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