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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:50 am 
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Spend your time worrying about guys whose collective success rate has to be less than 10% and who, if the do succeed, you will not see for years.

On the other hand, it's your time, do what you want with it.

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How else are Cubs fans supposed to get excited for 2015?

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:04 am 
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A very convenient stance.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:05 am 
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I view baseball draft watchers with the same quizzical look as I do Wolves fans.

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Thank you for your permission. My enjoyment of watching will now go up ten fold.


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:15 am 
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Who doesn't prefer masturbation to intercourse?

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:25 am 
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Sure. Most professional sport regular seasons. Baseball, hockey, and the NBA are the worst. I couldn't give a fuck unless it's the playoffs for those three sports. Baseball's regular season is too long but at least it matters since not many teams make the playoffs. The NBA and NHL are both long and seemingly pointless since so many teams make the post-season. I did watch some regular season NBA when Rose was healthy just for the spectacle of his talent.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:28 am 
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good dolphin wrote:
Spend your time worrying about guys whose collective success rate has to be less than 10% and who, if the do succeed, you will not see for years.

On the other hand, it's your time, do what you want with it.

The interest is at least 95% concentrated on the first rd, which probably has like a 50% success rate.

And the players seem to be arriving earlier these days

But its definitely not on the level of NFL and NBA


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:29 am 
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Frank Coztansa wrote:
How else are Cubs fans supposed to get excited for 2015?

Except the biggest draft fan on the board is a HUGE Sox fan


Take a day off from Cub hating, Frank. Just try not to think about the Cubs for an hour. Then try and beat that record, and so on...


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good dolphin wrote:
Who doesn't prefer masturbation to intercourse?

I believe Frank made a post a couple weeks ago alluding to this.

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You can almost say the NBA draft is irrelevant out side of the lottery. I mean you have to be a 1st rounder to even be a bench warmer mostly. Isn't it true a 2nd rounder is really a long shot to make the team that drafts him?

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:40 am 
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Sure. Most professional sport regular seasons. Baseball, hockey, and the NBA are the worst. I couldn't give a fuck unless it's the playoffs for those three sports. Baseball's regular season is too long but at least it matters since not many teams make the playoffs. The NBA and NHL are both long and seemingly pointless since so many teams make the post-season. I did watch some regular season NBA when Rose was healthy just for the spectacle of his talent.
Says the soccer fan of the board. I would rather watch every round of the MLB draft than guys running around kicking a ball for 90+ minutes that ends in a 0-0 tie.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:43 am 
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pittmike wrote:
You can almost say the NBA draft is irrelevant out side of the lottery. I mean you have to be a 1st rounder to even be a bench warmer mostly. Isn't it true a 2nd rounder is really a long shot to make the team that drafts him?


The MLB draft would is like if the NBA chose nothing but Europeans who were currently under contract to teams.

It's been exciting charting the development of Mirotic!

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:48 am 
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good dolphin wrote:
pittmike wrote:
You can almost say the NBA draft is irrelevant out side of the lottery. I mean you have to be a 1st rounder to even be a bench warmer mostly. Isn't it true a 2nd rounder is really a long shot to make the team that drafts him?


The MLB draft would is like if the NBA chose nothing but Europeans who were currently under contract to teams.

Bryce Harper
Steven Strasburg
Manny Machado
Matt Harvey
Chris Sale
Michael Wacha
Dylan Bundy


All guys that were up and helping the MLB team very quickly


This thread is outdated. Should have made it 5-10 years ago


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:19 am 
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rogers park bryan wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
pittmike wrote:
You can almost say the NBA draft is irrelevant out side of the lottery. I mean you have to be a 1st rounder to even be a bench warmer mostly. Isn't it true a 2nd rounder is really a long shot to make the team that drafts him?


The MLB draft would is like if the NBA chose nothing but Europeans who were currently under contract to teams.

Bryce Harper
Steven Strasburg
Manny Machado
Matt Harvey
Chris Sale
Michael Wacha
Dylan Bundy


All guys that were up and helping the MLB team very quickly


This thread is outdated. Should have made it 5-10 years ago


You realize what percentage of players, even if you limit it just to first rounders, this constitutes over the time frame? Even these guys, the almost 1% of the entire draft, were MLB players two years later.

I think my analogy is very valid.

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good dolphin wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
pittmike wrote:
You can almost say the NBA draft is irrelevant out side of the lottery. I mean you have to be a 1st rounder to even be a bench warmer mostly. Isn't it true a 2nd rounder is really a long shot to make the team that drafts him?


The MLB draft would is like if the NBA chose nothing but Europeans who were currently under contract to teams.

Bryce Harper
Steven Strasburg
Manny Machado
Matt Harvey
Chris Sale
Michael Wacha
Dylan Bundy


All guys that were up and helping the MLB team very quickly


This thread is outdated. Should have made it 5-10 years ago


You realize what percentage of players, even if you limit it just to first rounders, this constitutes over the time frame? Even these guys, the almost 1% of the entire draft, were MLB players two years later.

I think my analogy is very valid.

Wacha, Bundy, and Harvey were all in the majors less than a year after the draft

Anyway, that's 7 players from 3 drafts and Im only including guys who have been good.

7 of 90 is about 6%

I understand your point, but its going the other way.


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Frank Coztansa wrote:
How else are Cubs fans supposed to get excited for 2015?





The cubs will have a better record next year than the white sox, the cubs arrow is pointing up.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:21 pm 
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I think it makes it more fascinating, the idea that most of the picks will bust within 5 years, but you may not know which way a guy is heading for a few. And there is a chance, not putting a % on it, that a generational talent will be found (like Pujols in the 13th round). It is true that almost all NBA and NFL first rounders are in the league right away, but those leagues have a convenient minor league development system free of cost at their disposal. Baseball fans tend to follow organizations, the draft and development process is an extension of said organizations. I would suggest many NBA and NFL fans root for a uniform.

Just my take, some people find Indian Cricket fascinating.

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Chicago Bears 2012 First Round Pick (19) Shea McClellin

St. Louis Cardinals 2012 First Round Pick (19) Michael Wacha

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I guarantee you this. If MLB Network wasn't broadcasting this 1st Round of the MLB Draft right now, nobody would be broadcasting this draft. It's definitely different than the NFL & NBA. It's harder to figure baseball draft picks unlike the ones in football & basketball.


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Drop In wrote:
Chicago Bears 2012 First Round Pick (19) Shea McClellin

St. Louis Cardinals 2012 First Round Pick (19) Michael Wacha


you have RPB and I on ignore or are you just choosing to remain ignorant of the discussion that addressed what appears to be your point

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good dolphin wrote:
Drop In wrote:
Chicago Bears 2012 First Round Pick (19) Shea McClellin

St. Louis Cardinals 2012 First Round Pick (19) Michael Wacha


you have RPB and I on ignore or are you just choosing to remain ignorant of the discussion that addressed what appears to be your point


It's possible I posted something to draw a negative reaction. I'm surprised you didn't catch it.

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I guarantee you this. If MLB Network wasn't broadcasting this 1st Round of the MLB Draft right now, nobody would be broadcasting this draft. It's definitely different than the NFL & NBA. It's harder to figure baseball draft picks unlike the ones in football & basketball.


ESPN would.

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