Rowand44

QUOTE(Antonio Osuna @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 08:38 PM) Terrence Long GIDP with the bases loaded...is now 0-5 for the day. 8-3 isn't a safe lead against the Twins. They'll be down only 10 games within a few innings, given KC's terribleness. My hunch about you was correct. I hope you don't bring the same crap to this site that you brought to wsi.

QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 10:16 PM) and who do they plan on putting there that is going to be any better I could get on base more then Corey Patterson. I fail to see how this is a bad move by the Cubs, if I was running that organization I'd do the same thing.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 04:56 PM) Rowand is 9th in OPS for all AL CF's. Only Finley, Reed and Logan have a lower OPS. Hunter and Damon are tied for 1st with a .845 OPS, Grady Sizemore already has a .805 OPS. Oh, Rowand has a 60/16 K/BB ratio BTW. Gracias. I honestly didn't know where he compared to all the other centerfielders. I believe last year he led all al cf's in ops, no?

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 04:40 PM) I realize i'm the only one here who realizes it's not 2003..... But it's always nice to see so many people make the guy who would have an ERA well over 6 or 7 in our park as the Ace... The key to trades is to not make our team worse... Schmidt does nothing for this rotation... Ohhh and did I mention it's not 2003... :headshake ...and I looked, he was never an ACE. He was a guy who had 4 decent fluke years out of a very long career... Sorry but :puke As for Vizquel.... HE WEAKEN'S OUR DEFENSE. THE VERY SLIGHT DIFFERENCE HE'D GIVE US IN OFFENSE AS OUR NUMBER 9 HITTER ISN'T WORTH IT. OZZIE WOULD BE A FOOL TO TAKE GOOCH OUT OF THE ROLE HE THRIVED SO MUCH IN! 4 fluke years?

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 04:49 PM) Mr consistent has a .724 ops as a whole and has hit .250 verse rightie with a .675 ops. His defense may be consistent but his offense? It sucks. I know, i know... he is clutch. Just curious, can you compare that to other centerfielders in the al?

QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 04:45 PM) That would be the KW fired immediately and blackballed from baseball trade.... I mean why would JR take on such an awful contract when Rowand is one of the most consistant players on the team on both sides of the field... Gotta stick up for your man crush, jeckle

QUOTE(Nokona @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 04:44 PM) I feel bad for Cubs fans. No you don't, don't lie.

Without looking at his career numbers I'd say he's pretty deserving. He was a dominate offensive force in his day.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 04:13 PM) Any idea where you "Heard" this at? Millar's another one of those guys who's numbers have taken a severe hit this year compared to last. Season G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 2004 150 508 74 151 36 0 18 74 57 91 1 1 .297 .383 .474 .857 2005 72 249 28 68 13 1 4 32 25 35 0 0 .273 .351 .382 .733 You know...looking at his numbers, I can't find anything that tells me he's gotten less playing time than last year...we're barely over 1/2 way through the season, and he's 5 at bats away from having 1/2 of his at bats from last year. His slugging is also way down this year...less power, lower average, and it seems to be stuck that way. I wouldn't be surprised if Olerud took more of his playing time the 2nd half. They talked about it a lot on bbtn last night. Millars not happy with Olerud taking some playing time away from him says Peter Gammons.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 03:51 PM) I think what you will see next year is Dye at 1B, Anderson/Everett platoon in RF and Konerko gone with Frank as the DH. To be honest that's what I'm hoping for.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 01:32 PM) That was Brando. lol I know, I was saying that because me and you were fighting him on the issue.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2005 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 01:29 PM) Other than Prior, Zambrano, Lee, Ramirez, they don't have much to offer. Pssh, I was told last year they had unreal talent and they were going to win the series, what happened?

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 01:23 PM) Funny thing is, Franco was old when he was with us in '94. To think that he's still a productive player at the age of 104 is impressive. As far as the Cubs go, through the first month or so I thought they were just going through the motions of a long season. It's really starting to look like they aren't a very good team. They might be sellers soon. They wont be sellers, they'll still try to be buyers.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 01:24 PM) Kevin Walker. Who?? Never heard of a major league pitcher with that name.

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 01:20 PM) oh come on...hes having a good year, but the guy is like 90 ( ok 35) and hasnt had a year where his ERA was under 4 since 1997....thats 8 years ago! sure, hes a solid lefty outa the pen, but come on "very good"? i dunno about that Last year as a reliever his era was also under 3. He's a left handed reliever and he is a very good pitcher coming out of the bullpen.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 12:56 PM) If it ended today, the playoffs would be Soxs v Soxs Anaheim v Twins Angels are 3 1/2 games up on Boston for 2nd best record and the Twins are 1 game up on Cleveland for the WC (others include Bal 2 1/2 back, and Yanks 3, Texas 3.5, Tor 4 GB) Is it to early for me to say if the Twins don't win the division that they have the wildcard locked up??

QUOTE(daa84 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 01:02 PM) just outa curiosity, whats up with your fetish for ron villone? Prolly the fact he's very good.

What are you smoking buddy. Garcia>Clement. Garland>>>Wells. Garcia>>Washburn. Also, Schilling is still very much so a question mark.

QUOTE(Steff @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 12:58 PM) Oh my.. they just had another one on.. Something about eating the other team for lunch.. They added that one once Bobby got called up.

QUOTE(whitesoxin' @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 12:57 PM) Say no to Eddie! He has lost velocity and is playing with a partially torn rotator cuff. He is a trainwreck waiting to happen. He keeps getting the job done though. The thing with Eddie is he never relied on velocity to get hitters out so while it's obviously still a concern, his drop in velocity isn't a career ender like it was for Koch.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 12:51 PM) Id never deal Gio, kids gonna be great. He's in high a ball. He's got a long way to go with some injury and durability questions hanging over his head. He's got a chance to be special but that's far from happening at this point and Burnett already is special.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 12:44 PM) Jenks has pitched 1 inning in the minor leagues, and Baj 8, if the Sox have a chance to acquire a proven veteran like Eddie the Eagle to put him in that role, they'll do it. Actually Jenks has pitched more then 1 inning in the minor leagues and Baj has pitched more then 8

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 12:42 PM) The thing is, he's probably going to get more than Freddy, since he'll be the only real good starter available in FA if he decides to go that route. Some team like Detroit could offer him $12 million a season for 4 to 5 years. If he gets on the open market he's going to make a s***load....no doubt. Think about it though, if you can trade for Burnett and lock him up, not only is this years team set but next years is basically as well.

If AJ gets traded here expect him to be resigned quickly. Think Freddy or even quicker.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 12:35 PM) Prior gave up 6 runs and 5 in the 5th inning. Julio Franco hit a 3 run homer with 2 out. I love Julio Franco, that guy never ceases to amaze me.