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I believe you once championed Brett Jackson as not only a "future Mike Trout" but also believed he was an average MLB hitter. Your talent evaluation skills need some fine tuning, regardless of how "hot" your hatchback rides.

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I was wrong.

It happens but once a year so I figure I'm good for awhile.

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@whitesox: Abreu's nine home runs are the most by a rookie in April in MLB history.

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Hats off to the White Sox.

Looks like this guy is a fucking monster.

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Hats off to the White Sox.

Looks like this guy is a fucking monster.

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Yep.

Far, far, far better than Shitzzo

When Theo gets his prized 6th 100 loss season with the Cubs maybe he will go sell his snake oil to another team and bring Shitzzo with him....>AGAIN.


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Hats off to the White Sox.

Looks like this guy is a fucking monster.

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I'm not going to go that far. He may end up being like Chris Davis. I wouldn't really call that a monster, but he'll certainly earn that money. The thing is, you'd have to be blind to believe he might not hit 30 homers. To me, when you say something so dumb the way Terry did, it calls into question every other thing you've ever said about baseball.

And that leads me into the Ray Williams thing. bernstein is so positive he's right, so authoritative in his opinions, e.g. "this guy couldn't play today", "Lebron is the best ever", but not having any clue who a guy that averaged 20 for the Knicks for several seasons even is shows such a lack of knowledge of the subject matter that his basketball thoughts should never be taken seriously. Now let him drone on about how a pitcher's W/L record doesn't matter. Fuckin' morons.

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Hats off to the White Sox.

Looks like this guy is a fucking monster.

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I'm not going to go that far. He may end up being like Chris Davis. I wouldn't really call that a monster, but he'll certainly earn that money. The thing is, you'd have to be blind to believe he might not hit 30 homers. To me, when you say something so dumb the way Terry did, it calls into question every other thing you've ever said about baseball.

And that leads me into the Ray Williams thing. bernstein is so positive he's right, so authoritative in his opinions, e.g. "this guy couldn't play today", "Lebron is the best ever", but not having any clue who a guy that averaged 20 for the Knicks for several seasons even is shows such a lack of knowledge of the subject matter that his basketball thoughts should never be taken seriously. Now let him drone on about how a pitcher's W/L record doesn't matter. Fuckin' morons.


This is my favorite post, so far today.

The all or nothing declarative statements that BernSTINE hands down (and Terry parrots) aren't coming from some well of wisdom and deep sports knowledge. The more BernSTINE talks on sports the more he shows himself to be an ignorant STAT OF THE DAY!!!!! parrot himself.

His thoughts on the Cubs "rebuilding" process is evidence enough.

And his complete dismissal of the "W" for a pitcher is also evidence of this. He is like the teenage "follower" who reads Marx or Engels and runs around telling everyone that it's the BEST IDEA EVER and simply won't listen to contrary discussion.


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Hats off to the White Sox.

Looks like this guy is a fucking monster.

:salut: :salut:


I'm not going to go that far. He may end up being like Chris Davis. I wouldn't really call that a monster, but he'll certainly earn that money. The thing is, you'd have to be blind to believe he might not hit 30 homers. To me, when you say something so dumb the way Terry did, it calls into question every other thing you've ever said about baseball.

And that leads me into the Ray Williams thing. bernstein is so positive he's right, so authoritative in his opinions, e.g. "this guy couldn't play today", "Lebron is the best ever", but not having any clue who a guy that averaged 20 for the Knicks for several seasons even is shows such a lack of knowledge of the subject matter that his basketball thoughts should never be taken seriously. Now let him drone on about how a pitcher's W/L record doesn't matter. Fuckin' morons.


This is my favorite post, so far today.

The all or nothing declarative statements that BernSTINE hands down (and Terry parrots) aren't coming from some well of wisdom and deep sports knowledge. The more BernSTINE talks on sports the more he shows himself to be an ignorant STAT OF THE DAY!!!!! parrot himself.

His thoughts on the Cubs "rebuilding" process is evidence enough.

And his complete dismissal of the "W" for a pitcher is also evidence of this. He is like the teenage "follower" who reads Marx or Engels and runs around telling everyone that it's the BEST IDEA EVER and simply won't listen to contrary discussion.

I think if Bill James had created a stat called TWTW, he'd buy into it. I will come to Terry's defense a little bit here though -- I've heard him speak up against Bernstein when he gets too far over his skis on blind adherence to stats when discussing a guy. But you are correct in 85% of the scenarios -- much easier for Terry to say Yes than to formulate an opinion and have to defend it against the penguin.

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SomeGuy wrote:
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Hats off to the White Sox.

Looks like this guy is a fucking monster.

:salut: :salut:


I'm not going to go that far. He may end up being like Chris Davis. I wouldn't really call that a monster, but he'll certainly earn that money. The thing is, you'd have to be blind to believe he might not hit 30 homers. To me, when you say something so dumb the way Terry did, it calls into question every other thing you've ever said about baseball.

And that leads me into the Ray Williams thing. bernstein is so positive he's right, so authoritative in his opinions, e.g. "this guy couldn't play today", "Lebron is the best ever", but not having any clue who a guy that averaged 20 for the Knicks for several seasons even is shows such a lack of knowledge of the subject matter that his basketball thoughts should never be taken seriously. Now let him drone on about how a pitcher's W/L record doesn't matter. Fuckin' morons.


This is my favorite post, so far today.

The all or nothing declarative statements that BernSTINE hands down (and Terry parrots) aren't coming from some well of wisdom and deep sports knowledge. The more BernSTINE talks on sports the more he shows himself to be an ignorant STAT OF THE DAY!!!!! parrot himself.

His thoughts on the Cubs "rebuilding" process is evidence enough.

And his complete dismissal of the "W" for a pitcher is also evidence of this. He is like the teenage "follower" who reads Marx or Engels and runs around telling everyone that it's the BEST IDEA EVER and simply won't listen to contrary discussion.

I think if Bill James had created a stat called TWTW, he'd buy into it. I will come to Terry's defense a little bit here though -- I've heard him speak up against Bernstein when he gets too far over his skis on blind adherence to stats when discussing a guy. But you are correct in 85% of the scenarios -- much easier for Terry to say Yes than to formulate an opinion and have to defend it against the penguin.


That's the thing that's kind of funny about the Abreu and 30 homers thing. That's where Terry decided to take a stand against bernstein.

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Many home run hitters are streaky. Abreu could hit 7 in April and 1 in May. That would be 24 HR on the season if averaged out.


What if he hits 10 in April?

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Lookie here now.... McGwire hit 49 as a rookie in Oakland. We may have a challenger.

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Many home run hitters are streaky. Abreu could hit 7 in April and 1 in May. That would be 24 HR on the season if averaged out.


What if he hits 10 in April?

I eat crow.

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Guy is having the best April in the history of baseball. Not much to criticize there. Sox got a good one.


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Guy is having the best April in the history of baseball. Not much to criticize there. Sox got a good one.

Best rookie April.

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Yeah this kid is awesome to watch hit. Gives me a reason to tune in thats for sure. Fuck , he may go 40 and 120 this year. :shock:

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Yeah this kid is awesome to watch hit. Gives me a reason to tune in thats for sure. Fuck , he may go 40 and 120 this year. :shock:

60 and 150.

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Being out of town I can't get the real feel. Is Abreu creating general media buzz in Chicago? Or is he being overlooked for Bulls, Hawks or Cubs stories?

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He's getting buzz. Hawks get more, but Abroo is still there. The Cubs are merely an afterthought on the local sports reports.

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A bit of buzz, but it isn't all over the place.

He repeats it in May and it'll be on the Puig level.

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Sort of too bad with Bulls and Hawks hot for Sox. They could get some traction if they really talked him up in media more then.

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Hats off to the White Sox.

Looks like this guy is a fucking monster.

:salut: :salut:


Yep.

Far, far, far better than Shitzzo

When Theo gets his prized 6th 100 loss season with the Cubs maybe he will go sell his snake oil to another team and bring Shitzzo with him....>AGAIN.

You should really start posting as yourself and not frame every post as a shot at Bernstein.

You're way more interesting than simply posting stuff like WINS DONT MATTER and WHY DO YOU CARE


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how this for a comp: right handed ryan howard with not as many walks?

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Ill stick with my original 35-40 homer prediction


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I predict anyone who makes baseball predictions will be proven wrong most of the time.

Your wrong

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I was talking about Abreu this weekend and a good point made by a friend - it's too bad we won't be able to see this guy play 15 seasons with the Sox given his age.


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With Konerko and Dunn almost certainly gone next season, Abreu will most likely move to DH. Do the Sox have a 1B in waiting or any good 1B/DH going to be on the market?


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With Konerko and Dunn almost certainly gone next season, Abreu will most likely move to DH. Do the Sox have a 1B in waiting or any good 1B/DH going to be on the market?


If he continues to hit, move Viceiedo to DH and find a new corner OF.

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