You shouldn't rely on Rick to do your bidding.

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It seems, most Sock fans around here, have to go to the Cub forum to have a baseball conversation.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

That's not bad.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I don't waste my best efforts on spring training

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

This is perfect JORR right here.

He says BABIP isn't used to analyze hitters.

Three people post links from highly regarded sites showing how in fact BABIP is used to analyze hitters.

In response to one of these posts, JORR immediately states he didn't read the article (who needs to be informed anyway), but then begins to actually analyze the article about BABIP and hitters, something 4 posts ago he said was not a valid exercise.

I picture Joe Orr Road Nimrod as the guy who took three shots to pass the GED and yet is wildly cheering at a Trump rally when Donald says "I love low education voters."

Gotta stretch out....

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

My hammies are more like vealies after a long winter of being cooped up.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I didn't need to read the article. I know as much or more about the subject as who ever wrote it.

That's your problem. You deem something "highly regarded" and then regurgitate it. You won't find any "highly regarded" site using BABIP for hitters without a million disclaimers.

Do you need me to explain anything else to you?

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His mind is not for rent to any God or government.

I didn't need to read the article. I know as much or more about the subject as who ever wrote it.

That's your problem. You deem something "highly regarded" and then regurgitate it. You won't find any "highly regarded" site using BABIP for hitters without a million disclaimers.

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No, quite frankly, no you don't.

You really put way too much stock into these sites. They aren't working on quantum mechanics.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

What is an EXCEL spreadsheet?

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You keep putting your stock in some dipshit called JORR who is a sox fan but spends 100% of his time in a different team chat forum fighting windmills.

I'll put my stock in fangraphs, and espn, etc.

I'm sure you'll like your returns. As long as you traffic in manure, you'll be fine there fucko.

Schwarber has a little more range than a windmill.

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His mind is not for rent to any God or government.

but not by much..... maybe Joe will play a 5 man inf and only two OF's...

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That's a stupid statement, made by someone (actually you and the moronic Jorr) who obviously watched little Cubs baseball. Schwarber was actually pretty good in the outfield prior to the playoffs. Sure he had a couple mishaps in the playoffs and because of the stage, those miscues received a great deal of attention and subsequent discussion. But Schwarber showed surprisingly good range and athleticism in the outfield prior to the post-season and with a full training camp this spring, I believe we will see a quite competent job done in LF by the young slugger.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Schwarber was never good defensively @ any position I've seen him.. Steve, did you see him? He was pretty bad in Left even when he didn't have any errors..he took bad routes, got spun around and has no range no arm.. He brings nothing defensively.

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Cub fan on Cub fan violence is the worst.

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His mind is not for rent to any God or government.

Schwarber will likely never be considered even an average outfielder...or catcher...possibly first baseman(probably not).

He's an absolute beast at the plate and that is the only thing that gives him a shot at playing in MLB.

As long as he doesn't fuck up too often and badly in the field, he can stay in the NL...otherwise, he's destined to be a DH in the AL.

I would be amazed if he could become a serviceable MLB catcher...

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I must have had my eyes closed during the 83 (79 regular season and 4 postseason) games I went to at Wrigley.... Sec 220 Row 3 Seat 7.... that's not counting the games I went to in Milwaukee (a short drive from Long Grove) but talking about STUPID ...is there a mirror nearby....

I was just having a laugh with JORR ...

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No, but they will be able to hide him in left. Especially if they have a guy like Almora who can cover a lot of ground playing center. I just wouldn't be so certain he's this legendary slugger so many people are so excited about. He might be the second coming of Bob "Hurricane" Hazle.

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His mind is not for rent to any God or government.

to be lumped together with you by a baseball savant might be my greatest achievement in life

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No reason

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

He could be a one hit wonder flash in the pan...

If he can't adjust to what the pitchers are throwing him, now that they've watched him and learned his tendencies, he'll be a washout...obviously.





You know the old saying...Every silver lining has a JORR.

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Solid Analysis there captain obvious.

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Did I really need to put "...Obviously" at the bottom of my post?


...apparently

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The routes he takes will improve as he gets more experience (and coaching from Dave Martinez, who helped Fowler and Coghlan both become better outfielders) in the outfield in spring training as well as in the coming season. he has surprisingly good speed for his size and is very athletic. He should be able to rise to the level of at least being average as an outfielder. Better than Adam Dunn, Carlos Lee and many others who managed to play the position for many years.

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Go Cubs!!!!

You just made that up. I doubt Kyle Schwarber even considers himself "very athletic".

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I don't think Schwarber will be better than Carlos Lee. With the bat or the glove.

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