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The difference between Eaton and Quentin is that Eaton has very little injury background. He had a torn UCL last year and a pulled hamstring this year. That's it for his injury history. He just seems like a player who is at high risk for injury. All speed players will have people talking about hamstring health because a slight problem can become a big one for them - look at, for instance, Scott Podsednik in the second half of 2005. I'm going to judge Eaton on the games that he misses due to injury, not the little annoyances that will be over-scrutinized because he's a small speed player who people fear will get hurt.

Power is the the one thing that you can project the least. Yes, sometimes a guy will suddenly find his power stroke in the upper minors/majors. By and large, though, if you have a player for whom you say "he'd be good IF he hit for power," you're looking at a player who isn't good. Now, Ravelo can bat .320 and have some value, so he at least has that going for him. He's not powerless, he's just low power.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 28, 2014 -> 10:14 AM) It's funny, Jim Callis was really good for Baseball America. And he knows a ton. But I think what happens is, MLB is heavily influenced by input from the clubs themselves. So even with Callis there, you still get a lot of noise. So the list has value, but not in the way you may think - it may tell you how the team is looking at certain players. I think the issue is staff. Jim Callis is great, but BA has people everywhere scouting and giving input on these lists. It very well may be that Callis and Mayo have to come up with these lists with little input outside of themselves.

He was just extended so I doubt he gets fired

There's just no way you let PK run. Having Rienzo do it is not automatically an option; there's a reason you almost never see this, especially in the AL, especially in a non-extra inning game. Pitchers need to have a lot of notice to get their legs loosened up because they didn't prepare to do any running that day. Perkins is an excellent closer and several guys didn't get the job done at the dish. Gillaspie was a pinch hit candidate as well, but of course we didn't do that either. The real issue we witness here, other than just run-of-the-mill guys not quite getting their jobs done, is the continued hamstringing of our bench due to the fact we have two DH-only players.

As often as I've thought that Big Frank bordered on arrogant, that was as much humility and gratitude as you'll ever see on that stage

I cried like a baby

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 02:35 PM) great job Adam. But don't slide into 1st dumbass I actually think that might have been the safer play. He was on track to have a body-to-body collision if he stayed up

I'm going to say that's a good play by Dayan

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 12:25 PM) Lindstrom shooting for August 7th return. Wow, I think that's as optimistic of a date as I've heard since he got hurt.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 27, 2014 -> 10:18 AM) Yeah let's kill discussion on this board again, great idea.

The idea here is that on-screen sexuality is not meant to be actual sexual behavior by the actors. When Actor Y kisses Actress X, that's work. That's two people doing a job. You have every right to not want to do that. There are lots of people I wouldn't really want to kiss. The idea is that if you can participate in all this non-sexual behavior for work with women, but not with men, you're way too terrified of people wondering about whether you're gay because your character did a gay thing in a movie. And again, you can refuse this kind of work all you want. Nobody gives a s*** when women miss out on roles for refusing to get naked and/or screwed on the big screen. I hear this all the time from the right - if you don't like the way you're being treated at work, get a new job! I was almost going to acknowledge that it sucks, whether because you're stuffy or not, to not know what you're getting yourself into in terms of your character. People like to curate their star persona, etc. Actors turn down roles for all kinds of nonsense. But then, maybe, he should have read the stupid f***ing books:

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 06:27 PM) Maybe can hit if you take them out of that park...which is going to be a huge problem going forward assessing our Charlotte roster statistically. Several things need to be said as I hear this Charlotte = Coors Field drum being beaten repeatedly 1. They have always played in a bandbox. This isn't a radical change or even one as significant as the Barons switching from a very pitcher-friendly park to a hitter-friendly park. 2. A confounding factor in evaluating the home run statistic at the new park is that the pitchers on the Charlotte team are awful. Half the time you're looking at basically IL-worst pitchers going for the home team in Charlotte. 3. Most of the players of note on the Charlotte roster have hit better on the road.

But still, f*** the Cardinals too. Especially the World's Best Baseball Fans™

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:20 PM) Terrible documentary, and completely biased. Biased? Sure. Terrible? Eh, I don't know. There are several problems about the way a few things are presented, but it's a far broader view of world healthcare than you see anyplace else. And I know it's right up Greg's alley of "give me some sad healthcare stories"

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 05:17 PM) I know Comcast has crappy customer service and all, but I have to say ... this is a thing of beauty. ...and this is over WiFi... From Chicago to San Jose, CA. There's no ISP that promises over 50 Mbps where I'm moving to. And the standard rate for that ~50 Mbps is around $80-$100/mo. Our broadband in the USA is s***ty. A South Korean would laugh at your 113 Mbps

Josh Fields and Chris Getz killed us for years

QUOTE (MnSoxFan @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 02:27 PM) Charlotte goes up against Axelrod in Game 1. I predict that one way or another, it's going to get ugly

When he was hot, he was carrying a near-40% K rate. That requires you to be extremely successful (read: lucky) on the balls you put in play to remain serviceable, and that's assuming that the reason you're striking out is unrelated to your ability to make solid contact

My fear is that he might hit like Rios and field like Magglio

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 12:49 AM) Geezus. That pisses me off. I'm so sick of some aspects of life in America (this world). Good god, what has this world come to that a human being would deny that medical service??? Sickening to me. I'd rather be unemployed than be that worker who f***ing denied that service. I have principles and trying to save the company money on that one is disgusting. Greg, you'd enjoy the documentary Sicko by Michael Moore. While many of the things it points out about the American system were remedied by the ACA, it's still very insightful and it seems like it will provide the kind of heartstring-pulling that you're aiming for

QUOTE (farmteam @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 12:45 PM) Hope everything is ok. What's the plan for whenever Reinsdorf steps down/is no longer with us? Passes to Einhorn/rest of the ownership group? Passes to Michael Reinsdorf? I believe Michael will run the Bulls and the rumor was that he'd probably sell the team/his stake in the team in the case of the Sox. This was talked about recently in the media, so someone will remember better than I do

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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 26, 2014 -> 12:20 AM) I know a lot of posters aren't huge fans of him and that's fine. But I really like him, his work ethic and his personality. I think he could develop into a Magglio type player at his peak. And with Abreu that's a contender IMO. He definitely has the tool-set to be Maggs-like. There are reasons to be concerned about Avi, but there are lots of reasons to be excited, too. I can't wait until I can watch him play every day

Getting AT&T U-verse at my new place in a couple weeks. Landlord doesn't allow satellite so it was down to this and TimeWarner. Getting 470 channels, inc. HBO/SHO/Cinemax/Starz, all regional sports networks, NFL Redzone/MLB Strike Zone/sports miscellany, two DVRs, 45 Mbps downstream broadband for $130/mo. for 12 months plus $200 in Visa gift cards. The same package from TWC would have been ~$200/mo. Free installation too, which could turn into an adventure given what I hear about U-verse installs. They told me to prep for what is supposedly on average a 4 hour installation