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  1. ToupeeOnFire
    Reading a Phil Rogers can be challenging because once you read the first paragraph or two, you can't help but begin to nod off, that or you become distracted by thinking about what you had for breakfast that morning or by some other mundane detail in your life. The temptation is to want to skim the rest of the column until you come upon something interesting or he finally makes a point of some kind. By then, it's the end of the column, the contents of which you immediately file into that area of your mind under "garbage in, garbage out" and forget about entirely. So it takes a special kind of perseverance to make it through and actually contemplate what Phil is trying to say. After which you realize, under closer analysis, what you've just read contains no less than half a dozen headscratching comments and jaw-droppingly non-sensical observations (and that is on a good day). Thus the careful reader is "rewarded"; it's part of the genius that is Phil Rogers, the Sam Smith of major league baseball writers.
  2. ToupeeOnFire
    *Marvin Benard I only nit-pick because Bernard is my last name and Id hate to share it with him, especially since I live in SF :wink: Speaking as someone who sees his last name frequently mangled, I humbly apologize for my error.
  3. ToupeeOnFire
    Yeah, but football is a lot different with just 8 home games a year compared with 81 games for baseball. Cities like Kansas City, Green Bay/Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh can certainly support their football teams, but it is a different story with baseball.
  4. ToupeeOnFire
    Don't see Charlotte being able to support a MLB team. Apart from becoming the league's smallest market, they will run into the same type of problem that other teams of the "new south" - Tampa, Miami, Atlanta - already experience. The population growth of these areas are largely from northern areas, fans who maintain their allegiances to their former teams (Cubs, Red Sox, Yankees, Phillies, etc.). If the Marlins are looking for a city to move to, why not New York? The New York City metropolitan area could easily support a third team.
  5. ToupeeOnFire
    Listen to this and tell me that Dusty Baker doesn't reinforce every negative stereotype about him. He describes Matt Murton as "lucky" while praising the lead-off skills of Marvin Bernard. Meanwhile, he compares his San Francisco Giant teams to the New York Yankees. Seriously, if you want an essential dose of Dusty Baker, click on the link and expect a ready dose of "hey man" and "it's not my fault".
  6. ToupeeOnFire
    Brian Schneider = Scott Servais. Absolutely not worth a 4 year contract.
  7. ToupeeOnFire
    Sometimes I wonder if Phil Rogers and Sam Smith are not the same person.
  8. ToupeeOnFire
    Difference being that the Cubs paid roughly $22 million for their players, while the Cardinals gave out just over $14 million. On the other hand, Neifi-esque Aaron Miles is no comparison to Juan Pierre.
  9. ToupeeOnFire
    From Juan Encarnacion's scouting report: That's pretty impressive, being able to throw with just one finger. I noticed that both Jones and Encarnacion show up one each others 'similar batters' list on Baseball Reference. Who shows up as #1 for each? Jose Guillen, which is absolutely not very fascinating.
  10. ToupeeOnFire
    My apologies for quoting myself, but in order to give those numbers some context, here's the same for Manny Ramirez. Batting: 62 above replacement, 44 above average Fielding: 1 below replacement, 13 below average Net: 61 above replacement 31 above average Well, he's not Manny Ramirez, but he is not quite as horrorshow as some - including myself - make him out to be. Still, 3 years is ludicrous.
  11. ToupeeOnFire
    But a difference of 1 million dollars between the first season at 5 and the 1 yr deal you use as an example is fairly inconsequential within a $100m payroll. Your point is that you would be glad his contract is off the books after one year, so don't the years actually bother you more than the money? Someone please tell me the third year is a club option year......w/1 million buyout. I listened to Jim Hendry on WGN radio tonight and he made no mention of an option year. They had Jacque Jones on as well. He sounded like a nice guy, which makes it even more depressing. He'll be out there trying to do his best just like everyone else. It's not his fault that Hendry is a dolt.
  12. ToupeeOnFire
    Why bother? A bottle of Liquid Drano is a lot cheaper.
  13. ToupeeOnFire
    Well, you've done it Hendry. Despite your Dusty-colored glasses, I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. Like everyone else, I hated the Neifi re-signing, but I still held a little bit of hope that you had something up your sleeve. Eyre, Howry, Pierre? Pretty good players all -- none of them world beaters, but at least I could feel comfortable with what they brought to the table. Given the circumstances, I could even live with a one year stop gap of whatever you wanted to put out in RF, even if it was Jacque Jones. I wouldn't neccesarily like it, but I understand the realities of the current marketplace. But this, you've got to be out of your mind. Three years for Jacque friggin Jones!?! You witless, incompetent buffoon. You've actually put me into a position to root against the Chicago Cubs next year if only to hopefully witness your frumpy hindquarters being disgracefully discharged from this two-bit operation along with that imbecilic toothpick wrangler you call a manager. Of course, that is probably just a pipe dream as well. MacPhail appears to have as little sense as you do. Hell, you'll probably get an extension.
  14. ToupeeOnFire
    Ok, who were the writers that gave Scott Eyre and Jose Reyes 10th place votes. Can we revoke their voting privileges?
  15. ToupeeOnFire
    Favorite player: Curt Schilling (because he is an elitist NeoCon) Least favorite player: Jim Edmonds (because he makes unnecessary diving catches; but, nevertheless, is still a damn fine player)
  16. ToupeeOnFire
    This sounds like a made up trade, like something you'd hear on sport talk radio. No way do the Red Sox get those players in a trade for Manny. At best, they might get 2 of the 4 (like, say, Cameron and Petit). Then again, the Mets did trade Scott Kazmir for Zambrano the Lesser.
  17. ToupeeOnFire
    I hear ya, but at least the bricks inside the park are not being removed. I hated the fact that they replaced the bricks behind home plate when they added a couple of rows of seats.
  18. ToupeeOnFire
    Somehow, I doubt that is true. I don't know if you have realized, but Corey isn't the most popular player around here. But still, even if he were signed for 2 years / 5 million, it would still be a better signing because at least CPatt is still young and has a degree of upside. It wouldn't be a complete stretch to imagine him putting up a .340/.480 season in CF (although I wouldn't want to bet on it). With Neifi, you pretty much know what you are going to get...mediocrity.
  19. ToupeeOnFire
    Well, for one, those bricks haven't been there for a 100 years. Wrigley Field (formerly Weegham Park) has undergone numerous renovations over the course of its history. For example, in 1923, it was 447' to dead center and the dimensions were triangular. The park back then beared little resemblance to the park as it is now. This is a great site to view the evolutions of various parks throughout their histories.
  20. ToupeeOnFire
    In a column in today's Tribune, Phil Rogers mentions that the Cubs have about $30 million dollars to spend. It's scary to realize that they have burned about 18% of that on Glendon Rusch and Neifi Perez.
  21. ToupeeOnFire
    Classic. http://www.thesimpsons.com.br/conteudo/informacao/personagens_mortos/personagens/frank_grimes.gif
  22. ToupeeOnFire
    He's a slap-hitting switch hitter who can't get on base to save his life and who at least looks like he might have some speed. In other words, he's Dusty's ideal #2 hitter. Don't forget, aside from those other qualities, he led the league in double plays. What's not to like!?!
  23. ToupeeOnFire
    Let me just add to the cacophony.... ](*,) Heretofore, I've been pretty supportive of Hendry, at least willing to look past his fondness of the toothpicked one. No more. This just signals to me that Hendry has no deuce of an idea on how to build a winning franchise and the sooner he is out, the better.
  24. ToupeeOnFire
    Ughh. Just the very sound of this makes me want to tear my eyeballs out their sockets and puncture both eardrums just in case I inadvertently come across this by accident while watching television.
  25. ToupeeOnFire
    Well, my dad still tells me that Jack Quinlan was the greatest Cub announcer ever. I still wonder if this has some basis in fact or whether it is not due to some strange sort of sentimentality due to Quinlan's death. Nevertheless, vote Santo/Hughes/Lloyd!
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