If you’ve followed the Cubs closely long enough you can’t help but notice that some Cubs fans (many? most?) fall in love with a certain prospect each year who is going to save the organization. The only problem is that these prospects aren’t really prospects. Micah Hoffpauir was a 28-year old rookie, but he had hit so well in AAA that he needed to replace Derrek Lee according to Cubs fans. Bobby Scales was about 308 years old and he was the popular savior one year. Jason Dubois, Sam Fuld and others have been in similar situations. This year it’s 28-year old Bryan LaHair. If you asked the average Cubs fan they’d tell you he’s the best player on the team and that’s it a sign of how awesome the Cubs farm system is that they can develop such young stars.
I was thinking about trying to predict who it will be next year. The easiest thing to do is just to look at the AAA roster, but that will change quite a bit. The Cubs will sign some guys to invite to spring training to fill out spring rosters who will get sent to Iowa, there will be trades and some will be just be released. Still, it’s the best starting point we have.
There are 6 players on that roster that stand out. The youngest of the group is Ty Wright. He’ll be 27 years old in February and this year he posted an .861 OPS between AA and AAA.
Next on the list is 28 year old Scott Moore. Moore was once a top prospect who the Cubs acquired from the Tigers (Kyle Farsnworth?). After leaving for the O’s organizations a few years ago, he returned to the Cubs this past offseason. In AAA he hit .295/.380/.444. If he can hit a few more home runs early in the season next year he’ll have it wrapped it. He’ll be the savior of the organization according to the fans and even the retarded media by next July.
Matt Camp will be 28 and he’s the perfect candidate. He was not very good in his career, but if he gets hot to start the season all of that will be overlooked. He’ll become a great looking prospect at the age of 28.
The third pick in the draft over a decade ago, Luis Montanez is back with the Cubs and poised to be the next great prospect to save the Cubs. In AAA he hit .321/396/.492. Montanez has the added bonus of familiarity. He’s been with the Cubs at least once this season so a great start for him next year and the 30 year old will become everything the organization has ever lacked.
Bobby Scales may be 34 next year, but he had a hell of a season in AAA this year. Like Montanez, the fams are familiar with him, but him having been a top prospect in the organization at the age of 30 or 32 may affect whether or not they think he is still currently a top prospect. Maybe they think he just aged later than the average player. I think it’s unlikely, but I wouldn’t rule it out.
Augie Ojeda. He’ll only be 37 so I wouldn’t rule him out either.
My bet is on Ty Wright. I’m not sure familiarity helps and in fact think the more familiar Cubs fans get with players the more they dislike them. Most have never heard of Ty Wright or Matt Camp and Wright is the superior hitter by a long margin.
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MB, I think Matt Camp got suspended for taking too many happy pills and Bobby Scales is in Japan (dying laughing)
But you never know, they could make their way back home eventually.
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Don’t forgot my personal hobby horse: Josh Kroeger
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[quote name=Rice Cube]MB, I think Matt Camp got suspended for taking too many happy pills and Bobby Scales is in Japan (dying laughing)
But you never know, they could make their way back home eventually.[/quote]Scales is currently fighting ham in Japan.
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Yeah, Scales is fighting hams with Hoffpauier.
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Have there ever been older minor leaguers who ended up producing well at the major league level? And if not, then why do teams keep the Hoffpauiers and the LaHairs around?
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[quote name=josh]Yeah, Scales is fighting hams with Hoffpauier.[/quote]Do they fight hams, fight with hams, or are they the hams that are doing the fighting?
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[quote name=josh]Have there ever been older minor leaguers who ended up producing well at the major league level? And if not, then why do teams keep the Hoffpauiers and the LaHairs around?[/quote]Mike Morse is around 28 or 29, IIRC.
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Many fans like minor leaguers (and dislike veterans) because of their salaries. For some reason, fans get deeply offended by free agents with 7-figure salaries as if it’s their own money being spent. People say, “My god, I can’t believe we’re paying Pena $10 million! We should be getting $10 million of production.” Never mind that these fans often have no idea what “$10 million” is actually worth; they just know that it’s a big number.
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Matt Stairs comes to mind as an old guy who eventually became useful.
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I think I’ve seen a couple “prospect” guys, like Ben Badler and KG (I know, I know) say they think that LaHair could hold down a ML 1B job – I don’t recall such chatter with Hoff and the rest but I wasn’t as twitter active. Does that carry any more weight with you?
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Marquez Smith??
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BTw what’s the deal with the TGIF picture on the banner?? Is there one at Wrigley or something?? I haven’t been to Chicago in over two years now.
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[quote name=ACT]Many fans like minor leaguers (and dislike veterans) because of their salaries. For some reason, fans get deeply offended by free agents with 7-figure salaries as if it’s their own money being spent. People say, “My god, I can’t believe we’re paying Pena $10 million! We should be getting $10 million of production.” Never mind that these fans often have no idea what “$10 million” is actually worth; they just know that it’s a big number.[/quote]True. I would put myself in that camp until the last couple seasons, really. It’s easy to get caught up in the emotion of that much money. Scales plays for peanuts, gets called up, has a couple of hits and you start getting excited. You get caught up in the individual story, but unfortunately baseball is about production over a very long timeframe, so those individual stories the media like to tout don’t mean much in terms of having a winning season. Call it the Major League effect or something. It should be the guy who wants it more. But it turns out its the team with the best talent across the board.
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[quote name=AB]BTw what’s the deal with the TGIF picture on the banner?? Is there one at Wrigley or something?? I haven’t been to Chicago in over two years now.[/quote](dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
You should read this blog more often.
TGI Friday’s is replacement level.
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http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/uzr_yapfest/
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Morse is a guy who had a lot of injuries. I don’t know if that gives his age a pass or not.
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Tonight’s free game is Angels vs. Blue Jays. Might be fun to see Joey Bats tee off, if he still has some juice left in that bat. He’s cooled down power-wise.
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[quote name=AB]BTw what’s the deal with the TGIF picture on the banner?? Is there one at Wrigley or something?? I haven’t been to Chicago in over two years now.[/quote]TGIF represents the Ghost of Dinner and completes the montage of people and things that the Cubs have recently chased awa along with Z, Lou, Milton, & Sammy.
MB did a post about TGIF being a replacement level restaurant. I don’t remember his point, but we figured that is as good as anything to show dinner being banished.
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[quote name=Mish]http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/comments/uzr_yapfest/[/quote]I feel bad for Brad, he usually writes interesting stuff that’s well-received.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Tonight’s free game is Angels vs. Blue Jays. Might be fun to see Joey Bats tee off, if he still has some juice left in that bat. He’s cooled down power-wise.[/quote]Yeah, I know. 42 homeruns? What the shit is that? Terrible!
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[quote name=josh]Yeah, I know. 42 homeruns? What the shit is that? Terrible![/quote]Seriously, though, despite not hitting quite as many homeruns (yet) as last year, he’s actually having an even better season overall.
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[quote name=josh]Seriously, though, despite not hitting quite as many homeruns (yet) as last year, he’s actually having an even better season overall.[/quote]I think everyone’s pitching him way differently so he can’t drive the ball as much, but that’s in a limited sample size of RC viewership.
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I’m sure there are a fair number of guys who “got it” all of a sudden and became useful members of a team. Teams keep them around because they fill out the minor league rosters, maybe they are decent coaching candidates, and that .001% chance that they could be that late bloomer. What the hell, it’s just a minor league salary.
The problem is that fans want to leach onto the Mike Morses or Garrett Joneses and think that it can happen for every guy who plays well in the minors. The fact is that most of them will end up like Roosevelt Brown or any of the other 90s era outfield prospects that the Cubs rotated in and out but who were all AAAA players. Too good for the minors, but overmatched at the MLB level.
I’m glad LaHair is getting a chance and he’s mostly been getting time in the outfield where I don’t mind seeing any of the veterans sit. he’s also added a bat in the middle of the lineup that seems to like to work the count. maybe when the book gets out on him, he’ll be easier to retire in a shorter pitch sequence, but for now, he’s been having some nice at-bats. I wouldn’t mind having him around next year as a 4th or 5th outfielder. Particularly as Soriano continues to degrade against righties.
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[quote name=Aisle424] I don’t remember his point[/quote]
(dying laughing)
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[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Wait a fucking second: doesn’t this admission basically give Jay a solid case for slander? Cesc Fabregas just won damages from a UK magazine who made up quotes when he didn’t give them what they wanted in an interview. He gave the damages to charity. I’d love it if Jay did the same.[/quote]Didn’t read the link, but, UK libel laws —————-> much stronger than US libel laws (although not always in a good way…)
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[quote name=Suburban kid 22]Didn’t read the link, but, UK libel laws —————-> much stronger than US libel laws (although not always in a good way…)[/quote]Right, I get that, but I don’t think it’s hard for Jay to prove this could have reasonably caused harm, and FOX has basically admitted they new those things to be false when they broadcasted them
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[quote name=Aisle424]I’m sure there are a fair number of guys who “got it” all of a sudden and became useful members of a team. Teams keep them around because they fill out the minor league rosters, maybe they are decent coaching candidates, and that .001% chance that they could be that late bloomer. What the hell, it’s just a minor league salary.
The problem is that fans want to leach onto the Mike Morses or Garrett Joneses and think that it can happen for every guy who plays well in the minors. The fact is that most of them will end up like Roosevelt Brown or any of the other 90s era outfield prospects that the Cubs rotated in and out but who were all AAAA players. Too good for the minors, but overmatched at the MLB level.
I’m glad LaHair is getting a chance and he’s mostly been getting time in the outfield where I don’t mind seeing any of the veterans sit. he’s also added a bat in the middle of the lineup that seems to like to work the count. maybe when the book gets out on him, he’ll be easier to retire in a shorter pitch sequence, but for now, he’s been having some nice at-bats. I wouldn’t mind having him around next year as a 4th or 5th outfielder. Particularly as Soriano continues to degrade against righties.[/quote]I agree with this. I’d say if there’s a guy you know can do better than LaHair who isn’t costing too much, fine, but I don’t have a problem trying out a LaHair and seeing if he can cut it at cost. I certainly don’t see him as a savior or anything, as a lot of casual fans might, but he could end up being a guy who has a single good year, or two good months, and contributes that way.
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http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/6997623/chicago-cubs-special-assistant-gary-hughes-resigns
This is probably more relevant to something about 20 blog posts ago, but I had no idea who Gary Hughes was before today.
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[quote name=AB]BTw what’s the deal with .[/quote]
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[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Do they fight hams, fight with hams, or are they the hams that are doing the fighting?[/quote]They fight on behalf of hams.
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[quote name=Suburban kid 22]They fight on behalf of hams.
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(dying laughing)
http://slipsum.com/
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[quote name=Suburban kid 22]They fight on behalf of hams.
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[quote name=josh]I know the implied hyphen is between Nippon and Ham, but I really prefer to imagine it’s between Ham and Fighters[/quote]Is there such a thing as logos/cartoons of flying hams with shaking fists? Or did I just used to imagine that?
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[quote name=Aisle424]TGIF represents the Ghost of Dinner and completes the montage of people and things that the Cubs have recently chased awa along with Z, Lou, Milton, & Sammy.
MB did a post about TGIF being a replacement level restaurant. I don’t remember his point, but we figured that is as good as anything to show dinner being banished.[/quote]
haha that’s good stuff, I need to read your guys shit more frequently.
ABQuote Reply
The “never-thought-i-would-write-an-article-about-all-these-crappy-players-in-one-article” tag is great. You can use it during spring training too.
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Win
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[quote name=WenningtonsGorillaCock](dying laughing)
http://slipsum.com/%5B/quote%5D
Look, just because I don’t be givin’ no man a foot massage don’t make it right for Marsellus to throw Antwone into a glass motherfuckin’ house, fuckin’ up the way the nigger talks. Motherfucker do that shit to me, he better paralyze my ass, ’cause I’ll kill the motherfucker, know what I’m sayin’?
(dying laughing)
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That’s a good recent movie,
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Aisley out to the last night game of the year, fuckfaces.
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I just realized the last series is against the Padres. Love those 9:00 starts!
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When did Scales go to Japan? He played almost 70 games for the I-Cubs this season: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=scales001bob
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[quote name=ACT]Many fans like minor leaguers (and dislike veterans) because of their salaries. For some reason, fans get deeply offended by free agents with 7-figure salaries as if it’s their own money being spent. People say, “My god, I can’t believe we’re paying Pena $10 million! We should be getting $10 million of production.” Never mind that these fans often have no idea what “$10 million” is actually worth; they just know that it’s a big number.[/quote]Agreed, but I’ve seen numerous Cubs fans refer to 28 year old minor leaguers and young and as top prospects.
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[quote name=Mish]I think I’ve seen a couple “prospect” guys, like Ben Badler and KG (I know, I know) say they think that LaHair could hold down a ML 1B job – I don’t recall such chatter with Hoff and the rest but I wasn’t as twitter active. Does that carry any more weight with you?[/quote]I think BPro projected Hoffpauir to be about average after one of his big seasons in AAA. I also think LaHair can be about average.
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[quote name=mb21]When did Scales go to Japan? He played almost 70 games for the I-Cubs this season: http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=scales001bob%5B/quote%5DJune 27, 2011. A couple of months into the season, I guess.
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[quote name=AB]haha that’s good stuff, I need to read your guys shit more frequently.[/quote]Here’s the article: http://obstructedview.net/articles/general/tgif-is-a-replacement-level-restaurant.html
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[quote name=josh]June 27, 2011. A couple of months into the season, I guess.[/quote]Thanks, Josh
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I think Bobby was upset or just saw the writing on the wall when he didn’t make the team out of Spring Training. He got called up, had limited success, and didn’t make the team. Along comes the Nippon Ham company offering him a little more money, and the Cubs let him out of his contract, if I remember.
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[quote name=mb21]Agreed, but I’ve seen numerous Cubs fans refer to 28 year old minor leaguers and young and as top prospects.[/quote]
Some of those fans are probably old. The others are probably misinformed.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Some of those fans are probably old. The others are probably misinformed.[/quote]That’s true. My mom calls anyone under age 30 a “kid”
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[quote name=WenningtonsGorillaCock](dying laughing)[/quote]I know. It hurts my feelings that 424 doesn’t remember the point to the best article I’ll ever write here. (dying laughing)
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[quote name=mb21]I know. It hurts my feelings that 424 doesn’t remember the point to the best article I’ll ever write here. (dying laughing)[/quote]Ironically it was about dinner, which Aisley hasn’t had in a while.
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[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Right, I get that, but I don’t think it’s hard for Jay to prove this could have reasonably caused harm, and FOX has basically admitted they new those things to be false when they broadcasted them[/quote]He could probably win, but why would he want to fuck around with it? I generally don’t think these guys give a shit what the media says or thinks so it’s probably something Cutler thought about for 30 seconds. I do agree it’s bullshit they’d do it, but if I was him I wouldn’t get involved in a lawsuit.
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[quote name=Suburban kid 22]They fight on behalf of hams.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]The “never-thought-i-would-write-an-article-about-all-these-crappy-players-in-one-article” tag is great. You can use it during spring training too.[/quote]And all of the 2012 season.
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Tampa Bay is having a bit of trouble with some Yankees. The Red Sox are also having a bit of trouble with the Orioles. It’s like nobody wants to win that division.
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New Marlins logo, according to the interwebs:
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[quote name=GBTS]New Marlins logo, according to the interwebs:
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[quote name=GBTS]New Marlins logo, according to the interwebs:
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I like the logos that are simple. That one is OK. It only has 3 colors on the ‘M’ logo, but it feels like there is a dozen.
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To be even more confusing, apparently its the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. That’s like if the I-Cubs were the Iowa Oscar-Meyer-Hotdog Cubs,
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[quote name=mb21]I like the logos that are simple. That one is OK. It only has 3 colors on the ‘M’ logo, but it feels like there is a dozen.[/quote]I think it’s the larger white area that makes the other colors seem more numerous, and the sharp angles. Back to the drawing board, I say.
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I think I like the Marlin part, but the M needs to be shaped differently. Maybe it’s just not fishy enough (dying laughing)
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I don’t know what the hell you guys are looking at. That logo is a fucking disaster. (dying laughing)
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Why can’t they just change the F to an M?
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They incorporate all 3 colors on the bordering of the letter M. It’s odd. Why not just use one color there and the other 2 on the other part of the logo (top left of the letter)?
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Cub legend-in-the-making LaHair just LaK’d.
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[quote name=mb21]They incorporate all 3 colors on the bordering of the letter M. It’s odd. Why not just use one color there and the other 2 on the other part of the logo (top left of the letter)?[/quote]That’s what I’m thinking. I think it could be okay if they did the colors different.
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I do like the new block letters to spell out the team name though.
Non sequitur:
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Blue, Silver, and black were better colors than blue, Orangish peach and an inexplicable splash of yellow.
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[quote name=GBTS]I don’t know what the hell you guys are looking at. That logo is a fucking disaster. (dying laughing)[/quote]I don’t think it’s that bad. Put it on a hat and it’s going to look different. Will it be a black hat? I’d assume so since it’s a black background. Or a dark grey. The M should just have one color outlining it. If I was doing it, I’d outline it in white and color it with the blue and then put the other colors on those other things.
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Corey Hart —-> never surrender (1-0 Brewers)
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Corey Hart —-> never surrender (1-0 Brewers)[/quote]He attributes that hit directly to his habit of wearing his sunglasses at night.
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I think the Wilkin 1-year deal kind of confirms the theory that Tom wasn’t trying to play GM. Wilkin’s job is more important than Oneiri’s so he only gets the one year deal.
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Re: Bobby Scales (okay, dead issue, but I thought Carrie had written something on it): http://muskat.mlblogs.com/2011/06/28/628-byrd-survives-1st-rehab-game/
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Hot young prospect Tyler Colvin about to strike out…
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Phillies just lost their fourth straight game.
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[quote name=ACT]Phillies just lost their fourth straight game.[/quote]Didn’t they clinch homefield advantage?
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Castro ——> 10 home runs
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197 was out of the park. Sweetness.
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[quote name=ACT]Castro ——> 10 home runs[/quote]
15 to 20 HR in his prime seems likely to me
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At his current rate of improvement, he’ll be there next year (isn’t linear extrapolation great?).
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[quote name=ACT]At his current rate of improvement, he’ll be there next year (isn’t linear extrapolation great?).[/quote]He’ll be hitting in the hundreds of homers by the time he retires then.
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DeWitt in for Rami, is Aramis hurt or has Quade given up for the day?
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When did Cutler go to Roflisbger style first name only status? Seems like every bears fan I know just calls him Jay now. Is Cutler that hard to pronounce/spell? (dying laughing)
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[quote name=GBTS]New Marlins logo, according to the interwebs:
That is decidedly Miami, except for the little square edges on the “MARLI”. Now if they would just add some dead cats, restaurant pushers and homeless people the logo would be just like south beach.
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[quote name=GBTS]I don’t know what the hell you guys are looking at. That logo is a fucking disaster. (dying laughing)[/quote]
Agreed. Throw in a dash of yellow to liven things up? Awful. It looks like they are trying to somewhat play off the Dolphins colors with the orange along with a different shade of blue. There is nothing artful about the design or the color of that logo. It’s a disaster.
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[quote name=melissa]Agreed. Throw in a dash of yellow to liven things up? Awful. It looks like they are trying to somewhat play off the Dolphins colors with the orange along with a different shade of blue. There is nothing artful about the design or the color of that logo. It’s a disaster.[/quote]
That color scheme is present all over Miami. I personally never cared for the pastel pallet but it definitely represents the city.
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[quote name=mb21]Here’s the article: http://obstructedview.net/articles/general/tgif-is-a-replacement-level-restaurant.html%5B/quote%5D
Don’t forget that it was inspired by a post on Tango’s blog (that i’m too lazy to look up on my phone) where he bitched about being kicked out of a TGI Fridays in Manhattan for loitering after his meal (dying laughing)
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[quote name=Berselius]When did Cutler go to Roflisbger style first name only status? Seems like every bears fan I know just calls him Jay now. Is Cutler that hard to pronounce/spell? (dying laughing)[/quote]
Doesn’t seem that unusual to me, people always referred to Grossman as “Rex.” I think part of it comes from the coaches because Lovie always refers to him as just “Jay”. (insert jazz hands here) I think your Packer loving is the major irritant here, not people calling Cutler by his first name.
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[quote name=cdw]That is decidedly Miami, except for the little square edges on the “MARLI”. Now if they would just add some dead cats, restaurant pushers and homeless people the logo would be just like south beach.[/quote]The artist forgot to take his talents to South Beach. Or maybe he just took the fourth quarter off.
/cross-meme’d
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[quote name=cdw]That color scheme is present all over Miami. I personally never cared for the pastel pallet but it definitely represents the city.[/quote]
True but the bright yellow clashes with the other two colors combined. I also don’t like the font of the big “M” in contrast with the Marlins. It lacks continuity.
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Boston just shit the bed (dying laughing)
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Cashner —> 97 mph
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Wow, Bard and Papelbon rarely fail. Now we just need the Rays to make in improbable comeback, for the AL Wild Card to get interesting again.
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[quote name=melissa]True but the bright yellow clashes with the other two colors combined. I also don’t like the font of the big “M” in contrast with the Marlins. It lacks continuity.[/quote]
The yellow does seem out of place within the design. Maybe if they had used it to outline the Marlins it would feel more integrated. The font clash is more subtle. I think they tried to marry the common blocky elements of traditional baseball and south beach fonts. The peaks on the M are obviously an homage to the massive ta-tas compressed by lycra in the club lines in MIA.
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Boston blows save in 8th inning.
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Keep in mind Baltimore’s closer is Gregg, so no ninth-inning lead is safe.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Boston just shit the bed (dying laughing)[/quote]To be more accurate they just piled more shit on top of the shit already on their bed
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[quote name=cdw] The peaks on the M are obviously an homage to the massive ta-tas compressed by lycra in the club lines in MIA.[/quote]
Now that’s a perspective I’d never have considered. (dying laughing)
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[quote name=Rice Cube]DeWitt in for Rami, is Aramis hurt or has Quade given up for the day?[/quote]Report says a mild quad pull.
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Casto’s HR: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19449319
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[quote name=ACT]Report says a mild quad pull.[/quote]Bummer.
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[quote name=ACT]Keep in mind Baltimore’s closer is Jim Johnson, so no ninth-inning lead is safe.[/quote]
fixed
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Bummer.[/quote]Don’t worry. It’s probably just code for “Aramis is lazy and wanted to sit down for a while.”
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[quote name=ACT]Don’t worry. It’s probably just code for “Aramis is lazy and wanted to sit down for a while.”[/quote]ACT —-> David Kaplan?!
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I like how on Reed’s TOOTBLAN he was out by a foot.
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Shit, the Giants are facing Kershaw and Lincecum just gave up a run. Giants lose.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]I like how on Reed’s TOOTBLAN he was out by a foot.[/quote]
He gets style points for working in a head first slide. That’s always icing on the TOOTBLAN cake.
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Did the Brewers just employ a “Blake DeWitt Shift?” (dying laughing)
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[quote name=Rice Cube]ACT —-> David Kaplan?![/quote]How dare Aramis sit out with a minor injury when there are impressionable kids on the team? What kind of example does that set?
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[quote name=melissa]Did the Brewers just employ a “Blake DeWitt Shift?” (dying laughing)[/quote]It’s the scrappiness protection shift.
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Rays —–> running out of time
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Guess they figured out Bryan LaHair a bit earlier than expected (dying laughing)
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Three K’s for LaHair? Feed him to GODZILLA!
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Rays —–> running out of time[/quote]Boston —-> Loses anyway
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Albert Pujols —> 97 RBI
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How does Rich Harden still have a job? He hasn’t been effective since 2008 and he can only pitch like twice a month.
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If your team allows Lance Berkman to steal a base, everyone should be fired.
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[quote name=Berselius]Don’t forget that it was inspired by a post on Tango’s blog (that i’m too lazy to look up on my phone) where he bitched about being kicked out of a TGI Fridays in Manhattan for loitering after his meal (dying laughing)[/quote]I linked to the article. I had forgotten that inspired the article, but it was seriously one of the most ridiculous threads I have ever read over there. Not only for how uninformed they were, but for reading about the quality of food these guys regularly eat. I know I’m picky. (dying laughing)
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Albert Pujols —> 97 RBI[/quote]The RBI stat is a lot like batting average; I’m glad it exists (partly because I grew up with it, partly because it tells me something I want to know), but I think it may do more harm than good (in terms of how most fans evaluate players).
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[quote name=ACT]The RBI stat is a lot like batting average; I’m glad it exists (partly because I grew up with it, partly because it tells me something I want to know), but I think it may do more harm than good (in terms of how most fans evaluate players).[/quote]I think in terms of bubble gum stats I like how consistently Pujols has gotten his .300/30 HR/100 RBI throughout his career. I’d be curious to see when it finally tapers off. I imagine it will happen when every single one of his teammates sucks and he won’t be able to drive in anyone but himself on home runs (dying laughing)
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[quote name=melissa]True but the bright yellow clashes with the other two colors combined. I also don’t like the font of the big “M” in contrast with the Marlins. It lacks continuity.[/quote]For what it’s worth…
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Ryan Theriot —-> hero
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[quote name=ACT]The RBI stat is a lot like batting average; I’m glad it exists (partly because I grew up with it, partly because it tells me something I want to know), but I think it may do more harm than good (in terms of how most fans evaluate players).[/quote]I think it’s okay — just okay — for a guy like Pujols, though, since his value is derived more from driving in runs than simply getting on base, isn’t it? It doesn’t weight the runs in any way. What about like a scaled RBI calculator, weighted for how important it was in that particular game.
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I can’t help but think if that Cubs logo was introduced today that people on the internet would talk about how horrible it is. Especially if it was on the same page as the lettering. I’ve never been as fond of the logo as some. Don’t really care all that much to be honest. (dying laughing)
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[quote name=mb21]I can’t help but think if that Cubs logo was introduced today that people on the internet would talk about how horrible it is. Especially if it was on the same page as the lettering. I’ve never been as fond of the logo as some. Don’t really care all that much to be honest. (dying laughing)[/quote]Man, don’t you like anything? Sheeeeeit…
I like the Cubs logo you posted. I don’t like the road uniforms because they’re so bland. My favorite is the alternate blue jersey with the bear embedded with the C.
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I like some of the Cubs alternate and older logos better, e.g., the red C with the blue bear, the one with a silhouette of a bear holding a bat, etc.
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[quote name=cdw]The yellow does seem out of place within the design. Maybe if they had used it to outline the Marlins it would feel more integrated. The font clash is more subtle. I think they tried to marry the common blocky elements of traditional baseball and south beach fonts. The peaks on the M are obviously an homage to the massive ta-tas compressed by lycra in the club lines in MIA.[/quote]I just think it looks busy, which is odd considering there are only 3 colors. The bordering of the M is what bothers me. I think one solid color (don’t care which one), would make it look a lot better.
Regardless of whether the logo sucks or not, I think we can all agree that the Marlins will win their 3rd, 4th and 5th world series before the Cubs win one.
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[quote name=mb21]I can’t help but think if that Cubs logo was introduced today that people on the internet would talk about how horrible it is. Especially if it was on the same page as the lettering. I’ve never been as fond of the logo as some. Don’t really care all that much to be honest. (dying laughing)[/quote]One thing you can say about the Marlins logo is it’s striking and memorable. It kind of stays with you.
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[quote name=ACT]I like some of the Cubs alternate and older logos better, e.g., the red C with the blue bear, the one with a silhouette of a bear holding a bat, etc.[/quote]This one?
It’s my favorite too
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Regardless of whether the logo sucks or not, I think we can all agree that the Marlins will win their 3rd, 4th and 5th world series before the Cubs win one.[/quote]They’ll still have to pay people to show up for their games, however.
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I like this one better than the current one
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I like this one.
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[quote name=ACT]They’ll still have to pay people to show up for their games, however.[/quote]It’s got to be weird playing in front of like 100 people. Really, that must be extremely disconcerting to the players. You can hear each individual fan yelling at you.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Man, don’t you like anything? Sheeeeeit…
I like the Cubs logo you posted. I don’t like the road uniforms because they’re so bland. My favorite is the alternate blue jersey with the bear embedded with the C.[/quote]Of the current logos, me too. I’ve never really understood why people disliked the blue jerseys or the bear logo. Maybe that’s just because I’ve liked them and I like that logo better than the current one.
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I also like the simplicity of the Cubs hat:
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Just FYI, MB, your image links are FORBIDDEN (dying laughing)
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[quote name=mb21]Of the current logos, me too. I’ve never really understood why people disliked the blue jerseys or the bear logo. Maybe that’s just because I’ve liked them and I like that logo better than the current one.[/quote]I’ve never been a big fan of the pointy C like the Bears have. It confused the hell out of me when I was a kid.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Just FYI, MB, your image links are FORBIDDEN (dying laughing)[/quote](dying laughing)
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[quote name=josh]I’ve never been a big fan of the pointy C like the Bears have. It confused the hell out of me when I was a kid.[/quote]In my opinion it looks a bit too similar to the Cincinnati Reds C…it’s also used by the University of Chicago.
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Pac 12 votes against expansion.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]In my opinion it looks a bit too similar to the Cincinnati Reds C…it’s also used by the University of Chicago.[/quote]You don’t want to be like the maroons, fore sure.
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They’ve informed Texas and OU and the Pac is done expanding.
Wow. Is this going to be like the last time? Texas gets turned down by the Pac and then the Big Ten?
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[quote name=josh]You don’t want to be like the maroons, fore sure.[/quote]This school isn’t known for its sports fo sho (dying laughing)
/Maroon
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[quote name=Rice Cube]This school isn’t known for its sports fo sho (dying laughing)
/Maroon[/quote]Did you know UC was actually one of the founding members of the Big Ten? I worked there for a couple of years and a lot people were actually angry that they brought back the football team.
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As for the RBI discussion, the reason RBI is a relatively useless stat is that it’s heavily dependent on where a player bats. A leadoff batter will have fewer runners on base and fewer runners in scoring position than any other spot. The 3rd, 4th and 5th spots have the most. When looking at only RBI, we’re not taking into account the number of opportunities. BPro has OBI% (Others Batted In Percentage), which is a much better stat than RBI.
Nothing wrong with liking RBI though. People like round numbers and 100 RBI is always pretty cool. Just as batting .300 is
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Aramis can has defense here and there:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19445471
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Aramis can has defense here and there:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19445471%5B/quote%5DHe looked like he came up limping on that play. Once again Aramis’s kryptonite is defense.
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[quote name=Bruce Miles Twitter]#Cubs Ramirez said he “probably” has played his last game as a Cub at Wrigley, saying it looks like he’ll hit the market.[/quote]Good luck to you, Aramis Ramirez.
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[quote name=josh]He looked like he came up limping on that play. Once again Aramis’s kryptonite is defense.[/quote]That’s probably why they lifted him later on. It was a really nice catch though, Ryan Braun was pissed (dying laughing)
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[quote name=josh]Did you know UC was actually one of the founding members of the Big Ten? I worked there for a couple of years and a lot people were actually angry that they brought back the football team.[/quote]Yeah, I’ve seen the very first Heisman trophy and everything.
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[quote name=mb21]I can’t help but think if that Cubs logo was introduced today that people on the internet would talk about how horrible it is. Especially if it was on the same page as the lettering. I’ve never been as fond of the logo as some. Don’t really care all that much to be honest. (dying laughing)[/quote]
The Cubs logo isn’t paired with the “Chicago” on the front of the road jersey like the Marlins with their new logo. Together it looks awful but maybe they won’t put it together, don’t know, don’t care. The picture posted above looks horrendous. The Cubs logo is nowhere near the same level of suck regardless of how little you may like it.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Good luck to you, Aramis Ramirez.[/quote]He’ll be back. He’ll pull a Woody.
EDIT: Okay, that sounded gross.
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[quote name=melissa]The Cubs logo isn’t paired with the “Chicago” on the front of the road jersey like the Marlins with their new logo. Together it looks awful but maybe they won’t put it together, don’t know, don’t care. The picture posted above looks horrendous. The Cubs logo is nowhere near the same level of suck regardless of how little you may like it.[/quote]I would assume that those parts won’t be arranged in that exact way on the uniform or anything. I don’t know, it’s kind of growing on me, like a fungus.
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http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19454465
I don’t know if Reed was admiring his shot for a millisecond, but I think it’s less of a TOOTBLAN and more Ryan Braun doing something awesome.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Yeah, I’ve seen the very first Heisman trophy and everything.[/quote]I didn’t see that, but I did see some sweet ass ancient Mesopotamian temple sculptures at the Oriental Institute. The stuff they
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[quote name=josh]I didn’t see that, but I did see some sweet ass ancient Mesopotamian temple sculptures at the Oriental Institute. The stuff they
stoleacquired for that place is stunning.[/quote]The Heisman is in Ratner now. The Oriental Institute is pretty awesome, my wife loves it. Especially because it’s free.Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19454465
I don’t know if Reed was admiring his shot for a millisecond, but I think it’s less of a TOOTBLAN and more Ryan Braun doing something awesome.[/quote]Weeks kind of missed the tag. Perfect throw though.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]The Heisman is in Ratner now. The Oriental Institute is pretty awesome, my wife loves it. Especially because it’s free.[/quote]Donations *ahem* accepted.
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Fix it yourself, I guess.
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[quote name=josh]Donations *ahem* accepted.[/quote]Saw a lecture by the curator (or head of the department or something) once. I guess they literally have a warehouse full of stuff they never opened from the before WWII. Not quite as big as the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but still, they don’t know what they even have yet.
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[quote name=josh]Saw a lecture by the curator (or head of the department or something) once. I guess they literally have a warehouse full of stuff they never opened from the before WWII. Not quite as big as the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, but still, they don’t know what they even have yet.[/quote]Could spend hours just looking at the stuff they DO have out. Nice place.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19440565
This was a tough play, I guess Ramirez should’ve had it but it was hit super hard.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Could spend hours just looking at the stuff they DO have out. Nice place.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=19440565
This was a tough play, I guess Ramirez should’ve had it but it was hit super hard.[/quote]Yeah, he had to dive to get to it, but it hopped up. Tough one.
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we should 100% offer arb to ramirez yes>?
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[quote name=mb21]Pac 12 votes against expansion.[/quote]
I can hear people in Ames cheering from here (dying laughing)
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Yeah, I’ve seen the very first Heisman trophy and everything.[/quote]
That was a recent award that I enjoyed
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[quote name=melissa]The Cubs logo isn’t paired with the “Chicago” on the front of the road jersey like the Marlins with their new logo. Together it looks awful but maybe they won’t put it together, don’t know, don’t care. The picture posted above looks horrendous. The Cubs logo is nowhere near the same level of suck regardless of how little you may like it.[/quote]I assumed they weren’t paired together. I figured the MARLINS was on the front of the jersey and that M was on their hat. I don’t particularly like the Cubs logo in part because it seems like something a 7 year old randomly drew while bored in school. I would love to see what the fan reaction to that logo was when they introduced it. I’ll almost guarantee you that people laughed at it because it is just silly. However, I couldn’t care less. The Cubs could wear bright purple uniforms with neon yellow and green lettering for all I care. They could spell it Shikago Kubbz and I wouldn’t care. I’d just go buy a new Kubbz hat.
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[quote name=josh]I would assume that those parts won’t be arranged in that exact way on the uniform or anything. I don’t know, it’s kind of growing on me, like a fungus.[/quote]Yeah, who has a big logo in the middle of their uniform? That has to be what’s on the hat.
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[quote name=mb21]I assumed they weren’t paired together. I figured the MARLINS was on the front of the jersey and that M was on their hat. I don’t particularly like the Cubs logo in part because it seems like something a 7 year old randomly drew while bored in school. I would love to see what the fan reaction to that logo was when they introduced it. I’ll almost guarantee you that people laughed at it because it is just silly. However, I couldn’t care less. The Cubs could wear bright purple uniforms with neon yellow and green lettering for all I care. They could spell it Shikago Kubbz and I wouldn’t care. I’d just go buy a new Kubbz hat.[/quote]
Just so long as they play at Fuck Chicago In The Ass Stadium (dying laughing)
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[quote name=bubblesdachimp]we should 100% offer arb to ramirez yes>?[/quote]It’s never 100%.
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[quote name=mb21]The Cubs could wear bright purple uniforms with neon yellow and green lettering for all I care. They could spell it Shikago Kubbz and I wouldn’t care. I’d just go buy a new Kubbz hat.[/quote]
I’d like to request a Shikago Kubbz hat in the OVstore please.
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[quote name=Berselius]Just so long as they play at Fuck Chicago In The Ass Stadium (dying laughing)[/quote](dying laughing) yeah, wouldn’t care about that either. I wouldn’t even care if they built a stadium that looked exactly like an asshole.
Wait a minute. They’ve been there, done that.
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Actually, didn’t there D’backs have those bright purple unis back in the day? Or at least their hats were purple. They were ugly but not as bad as the Padres’ shit-brown unis from the 80s or so.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]I’d like to request a Shikago Kubbz hat in the OVstore please.[/quote]Great idea.
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[quote name=Rice Cube]Actually, didn’t there D’backs have those bright purple unis back in the day? Or at least their hats were purple. They were ugly but not as bad as the Padres’ shit-brown unis from the 80s or so.[/quote]Nothing is worse than shit the A’s wore. The A’s and Pirates hats were unbelievably bad. The current Royals pale blue is ugly in my opinion. The Cubs when they wore those pale blue ones were atrocious looking. The Astros uniforms back in the day were ridiculous.
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[quote name=Berselius]I can hear people in Ames cheering from here (dying laughing)[/quote]No you can’t. There is no way you can hear 7 people cheering that far away. I doubt the neighbors even heard it. (dying laughing)
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[quote name=mb21]No you can’t. There is no way you can hear 7 people cheering that far away. I doubt the neighbors even heard it. (dying laughing)[/quote]
Those 7 people are really excited though (dying laughing)
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[quote name=mb21](dying laughing) yeah, wouldn’t care about that either. I wouldn’t even care if they built a stadium that looked exactly like an asshole.
Wait a minute. They’ve been there, done that.[/quote](dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
I could actually picture a stadium that looked like a giant asshole and guys in there playing baseball.
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[quote name=Berselius]Those 7 people are really excited though (dying laughing)[/quote]The more I think about it the more I realize that they don’t even know yet. They stopped paying attention after the Iowa game.
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[quote name=Mucker](dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
I could actually picture a stadium that looked like a giant asshole and guys in there playing baseball.[/quote]If I had a lot of money and owned a team and didn’t mind wasting some of it, that’s exactly what I’d do. From the outside it wouldn’t look like an asshole, but from above it would. It would be awesome to see the reaction when people figured my brilliant plan out. (dying laughing)
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[quote name=mb21]If I had a lot of money and owned a team and didn’t mind wasting some of it, that’s exactly what I’d do. From the outside it wouldn’t look like an asshole, but from above it would. It would be awesome to see the reaction when people figured my brilliant plan out. (dying laughing)[/quote](dying laughing) Would you make the parking lot look like a giant taint?
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[quote name=Mucker](dying laughing) Would you make the parking lot look like a giant taint?[/quote]The fans will do that themselves. (dying laughing)
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FIP formula on SI
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What numbers do you have to plug in for the variables to get Brad Pitt’s face?
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Pitch framing: another thing Soto is much better than Koyie Hill at: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=15093
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new shit: http://obstructedview.net/articles/major-league-baseball/on-mariano-riveras-fwar-and-rwar.html
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Did you guys see this already?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14981021
(dying laughing) that they picked the Cubs to represent all of baseball to a nation that can’t recognize any non-Yankees baseball team.
Anybody know if any of these guys any good?
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