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 Post subject: Re: OFFICIAL BAEZ THREAD
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I know it goes against the current grain but I don't like strikeouts. I like contact hitters. I like patient hitters. I don't want a home run or bust team.
if Baez gets patient, I like him a whole lot more.

So, you want Miguel Cabrera. Those type of hitters don't exactly grow on trees.

that's why Theo is here. That's why a major market team has sucked as hard as a major market team should be allowed to suck. To find such a tree and such a hitter.

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I know it goes against the current grain but I don't like strikeouts. I like contact hitters. I like patient hitters. I don't want a home run or bust team.
if Baez gets patient, I like him a whole lot more.

So, you want Miguel Cabrera. Those type of hitters don't exactly grow on trees.

that's why Theo is here. That's why a major market team has sucked as hard as a major market team should be allowed to suck. To find such a tree and such a hitter.



Paging RPB! Just sayin'.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
City of Fools wrote:
Kirkwood wrote:
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I know it goes against the current grain but I don't like strikeouts. I like contact hitters. I like patient hitters. I don't want a home run or bust team.
if Baez gets patient, I like him a whole lot more.

So, you want Miguel Cabrera. Those type of hitters don't exactly grow on trees.

that's why Theo is here. That's why a major market team has sucked as hard as a major market team should be allowed to suck. To find such a tree and such a hitter.



Paging RPB! Just sayin'.

He's saying the GM's job is to find elite talent. Bit of a stretch.
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So, you want Miguel Cabrera. Those type of hitters don't exactly grow on trees.

that's why Theo is here. That's why a major market team has sucked as hard as a major market team should be allowed to suck. To find such a tree and such a hitter.



Paging RPB! Just sayin'.

He's saying the GM's job is to find elite talent. Bit of a stretch.

when part of the GM's plan is to lose to the point of getting a top 3 pick and he then gets a shot at a top three pick not once but multiple times, he must be held responsible for those premium picks.

Theo is also attempting to assemble slightly lower level talent in droves. But that does not negate that he is looking to add at least one potential GOAT hitter or pitcher.

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He's saying the GM's job is to find elite talent. Bit of a stretch.



Do you expect him to find Cabrera? I think Reasonable Cub Fan Kirkwood agrees with me.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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He's saying the GM's job is to find elite talent. Bit of a stretch.



Do you expect him to find Cabrera? I think Reasonable Cub Fan Kirkwood agrees with me.

I expect him to find the best hitter available for that year in the draft if he's in the top 3. So does every other baseball fan if their GM is drafting that high.

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
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He's saying the GM's job is to find elite talent. Bit of a stretch.



Do you expect him to find Cabrera? I think Reasonable Cub Fan Kirkwood agrees with me.

Its hard to expect a once in a generation hitter but I expect him to find good/great ones


Keep in mind CoF likes to be the hipster against the grain fan.
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rogers park bryan wrote:
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He's saying the GM's job is to find elite talent. Bit of a stretch.



Do you expect him to find Cabrera? I think Reasonable Cub Fan Kirkwood agrees with me.

Its hard to expect a once in a generation hitter but I expect him to find good/great ones


Keep in mind CoF likes to be the hipster against the grain fan.

A hipster doofus! Am I a hipster doofus, Jerry?

No, I prefer to be myself. I can both be critical of Theo and prefer him to other alternatives.

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Do we have an over-under on total bases? I'm jonesin' for some action. I'll set it at 4. 600 ft. HR, K, K, popout to 3rd base.


I don't think I have been properly recognized for my prediction here.

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Ugh. Bro! Don't do that.

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
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I think there's a cultural thing with White Sox fans-especially oldtimers- where they have this disdain for the home run that Cub fans don't have. And I think that has to do with the respective ballparks- old Comiskey and Wrigley. The Cubs had Hack Wilson and Ernie and Kingman banging homers while the Sox were alway light-hitting, fast, with good pitching and defense. A guy like Aggravated Bob was never going to embrace Dunn even if he had had his best season in a Sox uniform.


What about the South Side Hitmen? Wasn't that team beloved?


I was thinking the same thing when I read JORR's post.

My 1st exposure to Harry and Jimmy.

And how about this nugget: After weeks of holding out for Ron Guidry as a toss-in to the April 5 Bucky Dent trade with the Yankees on April 5, the White Sox took future Cy Young winner LaMarr Hoyt instead.
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He just thought about that first pitch fastball last night ALL NIGHT :lol: :| :| Its all good.
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2 bad at bats so far tonight. Has seen 2 pitches, not the ideal approach you want to have.

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2 bad at bats so far tonight. Has seen 2 pitches, not the ideal approach you want to have.


Yeah, he's done. It's over.

Worth a shot.

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2 bad at bats so far tonight. Has seen 2 pitches, not the ideal approach you want to have.


Yeah, he's done. It's over.

Worth a shot.

This guy fucking blows.

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So he is like one for 10?

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Hi old man how is scumbana/Republic of

The one thing about living in Urbana I could never stomach...all the damn commies.

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If we're projecting, if he plays 150 games per year, he's going to average 75 home runs per season.

I don't know what that WAR is, but I'm guessing that's good for 3 wins per year.

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He might be Adam Dunn, Cubs fans. The White Sox version. Not the Reds/Nationals version.

Theo: :shock:
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Midway through his second MLB game... :lol:

He might be Mike Trout.

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Hi old man how is scumbana/Republic of

The one thing about living in Urbana I could never stomach...all the damn commies.

How do you live then? In an asylum
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Hi old man how is scumbana/Republic of

The one thing about living in Urbana I could never stomach...all the damn commies.

How do you live then? In an asylum

I'm on display, in a cage, at the Urbana Civic Center.

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Mr. Reason wrote:
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Hi old man how is scumbana/Republic of

The one thing about living in Urbana I could never stomach...all the damn commies.

How do you live then? In an asylum

I'm on display, in a cage, at the Urbana Civic Center.


Original go-go boots and all I'm sure ...

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The one thing about living in Urbana I could never stomach...all the damn commies.

How do you live then? In an asylum

I'm on display, in a cage, at the Urbana Civic Center.


Original go-go boots and all I'm sure ...

Oh, most assuredly...hot pants, too.

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Kid looks good to me. That HR woulda been gone in at least 8 ball parks!

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I'm on display, in a cage, at the Urbana Civic Center.


Original go-go boots and all I'm sure ...

Oh, most assuredly...hot pants, too.


God Bless you and your comma usage.

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I'm on display, in a cage, at the Urbana Civic Center.


Original go-go boots and all I'm sure ...

Oh, most assuredly...hot pants, too.


God Bless you and your comma usage.

It's all about the little things, Donald. They don't call you Don Tiny for nothing, after all.

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