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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 05:30 PM) Yes but hits, regardless of what some sab guys will tell you are different from walks. What Dunn gives you is the same amount of hits as Quentin. He just walks 3 times a month more, so really no RBI chance without the bases being loaded. Plus, Dunn doesn't run very well anymore, so those 3 walks a month really doesn't add all that much considering you're talking an extra 100 strikeouts per season.You made it seem like they are nowhere near close. I disagree, and think the difference in salaries would make me think Quentin plus $10 million in other players is a significantly better option. Who said walks are better than hits? Quentin will also get a raise in arbitration. Especially with his home run and RBI numbers.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) I agree that one game is way too small of a sample size, and best-of-three is as well. Heck, I think best-of-five is too small for baseball. The only reason I am OK with a short series (one game or best-of-three) for this 2nd Wildcard idea is that I am OK with the Wildcard winner being somewhat random and uncertain. I feel like "eh, they didn't win their division, so they don't get that kind of security." If they want the "easy/fair" way in, they have to win the division. I don't think they can do a best of 5, takes too much time. If it were up to me, I'd try for at least 5 or 7. Hell, even 7 games isn't enough to really tell which team is the better team sometimes. There's still a lot of randomness going on, even in a 162 game season. As tangotiger once said, if you gave all 30 teams with equal talent, let them play in the same stadium, against the same number of teams, in the same weather conditions, etc etc. Not all of them would be .500. In fact, there will be 10 teams above .500, 10 around .500, and 10 well below .500. Now if all those teams played each other a million times, all of them will be at .500. Just goes to show you how much of a crapshoot the playoffs are. If even 162 games isn't enough to separate teams, how can 5 or 7 games be enough?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 03:43 PM) He gets on base 17 more times per 500 AB, so 3 times more a month. Its really not huge. If Quentin rebounds back to 2008, he's better. If he doesn't he's worse, but really not $10 million a year worse. Plus he hit 30. I don't know how many 285 pounders continue to produce at the same level as they did in their 20's. Some have remained productive, Frank Thomas, but I don't know of many more. Dunn was about as awful the second half of 2010 as any White Sox hitter, although he popped a few homers. There's a lot of red flags with this guy. If the Sox signed him and he was a bust, however, I'm sure it would be a certain coach's fault. If you think about it that way, then a .300 hitter isn't much better than a .250 hitter since the difference between them is only 25 hits per 500 ABs. And he'd only get maybe one more hit per week. But obviously, that .300 hitter is a hell of a lot better than the .250 hitter (assuming they do everything else similarly). And as bad as Dunn was in the second half, he still managed a .803 OPS in the second half. His .337 OBP and .466 SLG aren't Adam Dunn good, but they were still pretty good. Plus, with the way Dunn's season went (he had a really high BABIP for a majority of the first half), you really expected his luck to falter sooner or later. His second half swoon had more to do with the law of averages than his inability to hit. And as you said, he did hit his fair share of homers, even with a poor OPS for him.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 12:40 AM) According to Phil Rogers, it looks like MLB/Bud Selig really is going to consider some playoff changes for next year: http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...ts-way-out.html I'd prefer the one-game playoff to the best-of-three series, (in which case the true Game 163s might not have to be replaced with NFL-style tiebreakers), but in either case it will be very interesting to see how owners respond to this proposal next month! I like the best of 3 series idea. One game is nowhere near enough of a sample size to determine which team is better.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 11:11 AM) Players that I'm seeing on the list that could outperform Pierre (not necessarily in the traditional leadoff way): Crawford Crisp Damon Kearns Magglio Ordonez I'd like to see Kearns on this team. He'd make a lot of sense financially. Stick him in right field and DH Quentin. As a DH, Quentin would actually be a 2 WAR player.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 10:23 AM) So i went to trade in a couple games yesterday to pick up Fifa '11 and couldn't because I didn't have my ID on me. They said it's a state law (NY). Why? Is that the case out in IL too? Never happened to me.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 14, 2010 -> 12:31 PM) Much better? Have you looked at the numbers? Quentin actually has a higher lifetime average and is trailing in OBP by .034. He also strikes out about 100 times less a season. Dunn is a better hitter, but not by much and it wouldn't be surprising if Quentin is the better hitter in the next couple of seasons. Its amazing the fascination this board has with players who perform about the same or worse for other teams. Jim Thome was hated around here. Dunn gets on base less, hits about the same amount of homers, strikes out even more, and actually will play a position horribly which is actually worse than being a DH where the lack of defensive prowess, regardless of what Ozzie thinks, won't hurt you. A .034 OBP is the difference between a bad hitter and a mediocre hitter and a mediocre hitter and a good hitter. I can go on and on. Point being, that is a pretty big difference. Plus, you totally forgot to mention slugging percentage, which is at .521 for Dunn in comparison to Quentin's .488. Point being, Quentin may have the potential to be better than Dunn, but he's only shown it once and in spurts. He also has a injury issue and is incredibly inconsistent. Compare that to Dunn, who has been producing at a very good and stable rate for most of the past decade and you really don't have much of a comparison.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 08:41 PM) He clearly must have traded in some games. Their prices are regulated by corporate. I think you're right. But doesn't it also depend on inventory sometimes for used games?

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 11:44 PM) NBA 2k11 is breaking my balls. I'm enjoying the hell out of it, but it's impossible to do some fairly basic things on offense. Like driving, scoring in the paint, and running a fastbreak. Or throw some medium range passes. They really need a patch to tone down the defensive aggressiveness.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 10:16 PM) It's going to take another 2004-05 offseason (and we can't jettison Lee/Ordonez/Valentin and reallocate those resources) to be competitive. We're hemmed in by Teahen, Linebrink and Juan Pierre (to an extent)... Basically, the Twins have to decide to pull back on spending, not re-sign Pavano (definitely), not replace Pavano with an even better frontline starter (they will undoubtedly rue not putting together a package of Ramos, another minor leaguer and/or Slowey/Blackburn/Baker for Lee), for Morneau/Neshek/Nathan (2 of the 3) not to come back 100%, losing Cuddyer/Guerrier/Rauch, etc. They can replace Orlando Hudson and probably non-tender Hardy and instead throw Hughes and Casilla out there to save $10-15 million. It's going to take a fallback from the Twins (75% chance) more than I believe that we can improve our team dramatically (25% chance) going into 2011. God I do hope that happens. Hardy's one of the best defensive shortstops in baseball. Getting rid of him to a non-tender would be really stupid...

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 06:38 PM) It doesn't matter. People want Dunn's horrible defense and high strikeout totals at one of the more important positions. Manny played left field forever. I'm not arguing that Carlos is HOF worthy but a guy who can hit 40 HRs and drive in 100 can find a place to play. Carlos has the potential to do that every year, you can't argue that. Whether he can do that or not is the gamble that GMs might want to take, defense aside. There are plenty of butchers at plenty of positions on every team. It's part of the game. We harp on AJs horrible defense but yet he's had a job here for 6 years because of "intangibles". Carlos has tangibles. We trotted Carlos Lee out there for years. Isn't Ryan Braun a butcher? Ethier...butcher. Dunn is a much better hitter than Quentin though. And I mean MUCH better. Potential is one thing, ability to perform is another. And first base might be important, but it's not all that valuable. It's one of the easier positions to fill because you can stick just about anyone there and they'll live.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 04:47 PM) Exactly. People are forgetting about the log-jam at 1B they have. I don't think Votto is as untradeable as ya'll are making him out to be. They need pitching. Despite all of Quentin's issues this year he did put up 26/87/.342. That .342 is pretty remarkable to me considering the season he had. Replacement level my ass. He's got horseloads of value based on results AND potential still. Ok, so say the Reds wanted to cash in on Votto's year, you think they'd rather want unproven Beckham over Danks/Quentin? They would want somebody to mash in Votto's place; that ain't Beckham. The Reds have to trade somebody to get pitching. Alonso doesn't get you near top flight pitching. Votto gets you anything. So does Danks/Quentin I feel. This won't happen, I realize this, but this is the type of player we should be targeting with a Danks-based package. He's one of the worst right fielders in baseball. That makes him replacement value.

QUOTE (T R U @ Oct 13, 2010 -> 12:08 AM) I agree, but I got BioShock 2 from Gamestop for like $15 so it wasn't a big deal.. I felt that the ending of both games were a little off, but for gameplay and looks I enjoyed it.. I do wish BioShock 2 would have had a little different feel to it, it was pretty much rehashed BioShock with some new things.. I ended up just starting to harvest the little sisters because it was annoying that after you adopted one you had to wait for them to find two people to save them.. Why is your GameStop so much better than mine?

I got destroyed by Cleveland in the 69 point game somehow. Don't know how.

Yeah, let's not pay our MVP 1B arbitration. I know! Instead, we'll get two inferior players and pay them MORE! Walt Jocketty = financial and baseball genius.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 12, 2010 -> 10:55 AM) So why is it that Bobby Cox always seemed to get a free pass for his club continuously coming up short in the postseason, yet Gardenhire is the worst manager that ever lived because he keeps losing to the AL all-star team? 14 straight division championships. And probably because Braves fans just don't care that much.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Oct 12, 2010 -> 10:05 AM) BioShock 2 is completely skippable. It's almost exactly the same as Bioshock except the storyline is lame and the world isn't new and interesting anymore. A lot of BioShock was nostalgia. The environment and gameplay were unique when it first came out. Now that it's been done twice already, it's not that cool anymore.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 11, 2010 -> 10:18 PM) I can't complete The Arrival. Closest I got was 60 and 5. I won, scored 67, and had 8 assists.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 11, 2010 -> 10:40 AM) So in otherwords it is pretty universal that fan bases think they have the worst manager in their game. It's kind of normal. The more you are exposed to a certain person, the more you see in his flaws. It's not like every manager is perfect.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 11, 2010 -> 03:25 PM) Yes it is. Plus fans get caught up in thinking their team is better than it really is. Did you see the quotes Chet posted? Those people aren't normal fans, they're probably either 13 year old kids or just uneducated.

Got Medal of Honor on PC. Maybe not as good as MW in terms of presentation and some other stuff, but it's a very fun experience.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Oct 10, 2010 -> 03:28 PM) Isn't he listed as a Type A? Do we get picks if he signs elsewhere? Only if we offer him arbitration, which isn't going to happen.

What the hell is Claussen throwing?

At least they took up some time with that drive.

Please put Hanie in.