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Not at all sorry for not posting this until now. 

Mookie Betts - 7
Alex Bregman - 10
Byron Buxton - 15
Cody Allen - 13
Whit Merrifield - 12(FA)
Carlos Santana - 18

This movie would've been awesome without Whedon's involvement.  Snyder cuts of Man of Steel and BvS were awesome.  Joss Whedon should stick to the dubba yuh B.  He sucks.

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Norman Lear's autobiography.

I cannot recommend this highly enough.

I heard this was a movie.  Wrong thread.

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Me and Yeti still need an owner for a fantasy baseball league.  It's not head to head.  It's points.  It's a keeper. 

It's a good league. Or so I'm told

Fangraphs stats for realz?  Stafaggory?  I'm in.  Send me an invite.

Invite sent.  Or so I'm told.

I'm in.  Thanks.

Yeah, you are!

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Me and Yeti still need an owner for a fantasy baseball league.  It's not head to head.  It's points.  It's a keeper. 

It's a good league. Or so I'm told

Fangraphs stats for realz?  Stafaggory?  I'm in.  Send me an invite.

Invite sent.  Or so I'm told.

Me and Yeti still need an owner for a fantasy baseball league.  It's not head to head.  It's points.  It's a keeper. 

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Jock Jones or Jason Heyward?

Jeromy Burnitz

Henry Rodriguez

Roosevelt Brown

Matt Stairs

Jerry Mumphrey

Brant Brown

Oh no!

Anyone besides me remember when Brant Brown had 3 Friday afternoon walk-off HR's, like 5 weeks apart or something, earlier that year during the Summer of '98?

Ohhhhh, yeah.  I remember.  The Cubs had definitely a few walk-offs that year.   

Speaking of fantasy baseball leagues, there's an opening in a league me and Yeti are in.  It's a keeper league.  It uses the Fangraphs points system.  You'd be taking over a team.  There's a 30 dollar buy-in, but you don't HAVE throw in to play.  However, I don't want you in the league if you're not gonna ante up.  So, in a way, you actually DO have to be willing to pony up the cash, whatever that means.  You might win it back, though.  I don't know.  Maybe you're good.  Maybe you're the best.  Step up to the streets and see, backstreet.  Greatness awaits.  No Fear!

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I'm probably late to the party but I'm about a third of the way through this book having picked it up with precisely zero knowledge of what it was, and what it was about.  As with "The Truman Show", had I heard anything about it before I started it, I probably wouldn't have bothered - but now I've begun I don't seem to be able to stop.

Has anybody else read it?  Please tell me it doesn't fizzle out...

Wrong thread.  This was a movie.

It can be two things

So, now you want me to read a book?  Nice try, bub.  I did not read books THEN and I do not read books NOW and I will not read books LATER.

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What % of these reclamation projects turn into gold for the Cubs? Or at least good enough to be traded for big upgrades, Theo/Jed haven't missed on much in this category, and most have somehow turned platinum in some way from either Arrieta beign a stud or these 1st-half wonders turned into major prospects. There's also a reason we call Bosio the Wizard as under his watch we've turned people into studs.

I think that, in a lifetime, turning one turd into Jake Arrieta is about the best anyone team could ever possibly hope for.  I'm not saying they shouldn't try but I'm not exactly counting on anything coming from Eddie Butler.

If he turns into a useful #4, that would be a major win.

Even outside of Jake, they're gotten decent to very good "unexpected" value (in performance and/or return) from:
Hammel
Strop
Feldman
Wood (he's certainly been better than Marshall)
Rondon
Cahill

I'm sure they're are more.

The whole they're are? To be fair to Marshall, it's easy to be better than someone who's been hurt pretty much this whole time.

I'd say Wood-for-Marshall is hardly "certainly" in Wood's favor.  Marshall was an All-Star reliever for a competitive contender.  Wood was an All-Star for a shitty team and a useful, contributing factor to a World Championship.  I'd say that one's a wash, on balance.

Flags fly forever.  Wood is awesome and a much better hitter than Marshall.  Marshall wasn't even that cool.  Forget about Marshall, would ya?  Wood.  Wood for the win.  Geez.

Hey, JD.

Sup, bro.  You hear that Pen is messing with the setting in the fantasy baseball league? 

He's making fantasy baseball great again.

Not my commissioner!

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Jock Jones or Jason Heyward?

Jeromy Burnitz

Henry Rodriguez

Roosevelt Brown

Matt Stairs

Jerry Mumphrey

Y'all hackjackin' my thread!

Jock Jones or Jason Heyward?

Quote from: Tonker on May 21, 2014, 07:13:07 AM
I'm probably late to the party but I'm about a third of the way through this book having picked it up with precisely zero knowledge of what it was, and what it was about.  As with "The Truman Show", had I heard anything about it before I started it, I probably wouldn't have bothered - but now I've begun I don't seem to be able to stop.

Has anybody else read it?  Please tell me it doesn't fizzle out...

Wrong thread.  This was a movie.

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What % of these reclamation projects turn into gold for the Cubs? Or at least good enough to be traded for big upgrades, Theo/Jed haven't missed on much in this category, and most have somehow turned platinum in some way from either Arrieta beign a stud or these 1st-half wonders turned into major prospects. There's also a reason we call Bosio the Wizard as under his watch we've turned people into studs.

I think that, in a lifetime, turning one turd into Jake Arrieta is about the best anyone team could ever possibly hope for.  I'm not saying they shouldn't try but I'm not exactly counting on anything coming from Eddie Butler.

If he turns into a useful #4, that would be a major win.

Even outside of Jake, they're gotten decent to very good "unexpected" value (in performance and/or return) from:
Hammel
Strop
Feldman
Wood (he's certainly been better than Marshall)
Rondon
Cahill

I'm sure they're are more.

The whole they're are? To be fair to Marshall, it's easy to be better than someone who's been hurt pretty much this whole time.

I'd say Wood-for-Marshall is hardly "certainly" in Wood's favor.  Marshall was an All-Star reliever for a competitive contender.  Wood was an All-Star for a shitty team and a useful, contributing factor to a World Championship.  I'd say that one's a wash, on balance.

Flags fly forever.  Wood is awesome and a much better hitter than Marshall.  Marshall wasn't even that cool.  Forget about Marshall, would ya?  Wood.  Wood for the win.  Geez.

Hey, JD.

Sup, bro.  You hear that Pen is messing with the setting in the fantasy baseball league?