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I have three major problems with this thread. The first is Oakland finishing behind the Rangers. The Rangers have nothing. No rotation, no bullpen... not even much offense anymore!
The second is the Braves in front of the Mets. I can see someone predicting a Phillies NL East win, even if I don't agree (speaking of teams with nothing after their 1-2 guys... the Phillies if anyone, are that team). I don't see the Mets losing out to a Braves team with nothing going for them.
The third, which totally shot any credibility he had, was saying Pat Burrell is a potential MVP candidate. The guy is like a worse Adam Dunn! He had 2 good months, maybe 3, last year, and all of a sudden he's an MVP? He's without question the most hated man in Philadelphia sports, and lets be honest... he just isn't very good! Anyone saying something that incredibly positive about Burrell automatically loses all credibility. Not that he isn't good, or doesn't have upside... but you would never catch anyone, Burrell least of all, saying he has MVP potential.
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Response to kolodziej_s: I understand your post, but the one thing you must consider in my post is that I never said that pitching was the ONLY thing that wins games. Hitting, of course, wins games too (consider the walk-off homers), but if a team doesn't have adequate pitching, it won't survive the rigors of a full season. The Arizona Diamondbacks won the NL West last in batting average in the majors (.254). Nobody has ever won a playoff spot finishing last in ERA (at least in the modern era, 1962-present).
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Response to Ozymandias: Most of your points are valid except for one in particular: one concerning the Rangers. Consider the fact that neither the Rangers, nor the Athletics have a particularly stable rotation. But, the Rangers do have some offense. If you heard news out of spring training, Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler are both tearing the cover off the ball (batting close to .500) Of course, this won't last for a full season, but experts said even before spring training that these two players are expected to have breakout seasons. Heck, I even drafted Kinsler in my fantasy league, and laughed at those who drafted other second basemen outside Chase Utley, Brandon Phillips, Dan Uggla, Robinson Cano and Brian Roberts. (I got Kinsler in Round 12) If you go to the website below:
<a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?statType=1&statType=Overview&teamPosCode=all&timeFrame=1&c_id=tex&sitSplit=&venueID=§ion1=null&Submit=Submit&subScope=pos&baseballScope=WS2&timeSubFrame=23&&sortByStat=AVG"> http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?statType=1&statType=Overview&teamPosCode=all&timeFrame=1&c_id=tex&sitSplit=&venueID=§ion1=null&Submit=Submit&subScope=pos&baseballScope=WS2&timeSubFrame=23&&sortByStat=AVG
You can also see that others like Michael Young and Kevin Mench are producing, although I wouldn't read too much into Hank Blalock's numbers. Alkso consider the fact that the Rangers' slugging percentage last season was 6th in the AL (out of 14 teams), and I will argue that the trade of Mark Teixeira won't affect those numbers dramatically enough to take the Rangers off the offensive map. See the stats here:
<a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/stats/historical/team_stats.jsp?statType=1&HS=true&Submit=Submit&c_id=tex&groupByTeam=true&baseballScope=AL&timeSubFrame=2007&sortByStat=SLG"> http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/stats/historical/team_stats.jsp?statType=1&HS=true&Submit=Submit&c_id=tex&groupByTeam=true&baseballScope=AL&timeSubFrame=2007&sortByStat=SLG
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Response to Ozymandias (revised)
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Response to Ozymandias (revised)
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Response to Ozymandias: Most of your points are valid except for one in particular: one concerning the Rangers. Consider the fact that neither the Rangers, nor the Athletics have a particularly stable rotation. But, the Rangers do have some offense. If you heard news out of spring training, Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler are both tearing the cover off the ball (batting close to .500) Of course, this won't last for a full season, but experts said even before spring training that these two players are expected to have breakout seasons. Heck, I even drafted Kinsler in my fantasy league, and laughed at those who drafted other second basemen outside Chase Utley, Brandon Phillips, Dan Uggla, Robinson Cano and Brian Roberts. (I got Kinsler in Round 12) If you go to the website <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/stats/sortable_player_stats.jsp?statType=1&statType=Overview&teamPosCode=all&timeFrame=1&c_id=tex&sitSplit=&venueID=§ion1=null&Submit=Submit&subScope=pos&baseballScope=WS2&timeSubFrame=23&&sortByStat=AVG"> here, you can also see that others like Michael Young and Kevin Mench are producing, although I wouldn't read too much into Hank Blalock's numbers. Alkso consider the fact that the Rangers' slugging percentage last season was 6th in the AL (out of 14 teams), and I will argue that the trade of Mark Teixeira won't affect those numbers dramatically enough to take the Rangers off the offensive map. See the stats <a href="http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/stats/historical/team_stats.jsp?statType=1&HS=true&Submit=Submit&c_id=tex&groupByTeam=true&baseballScope=AL&timeSubFrame=2007&sortByStat=SLG"> here
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Why are my weblinks failing!?
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Why are my weblinks failing!?
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Why are my weblinks in my last two posts failing!? I hope it's not because the websites i've linked have a long web address!
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Why are the White Sox so bad?
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Why are the White Sox so bad?
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sj10689, though I don't agree that they are a last place team (probably because of my bias toward them), you did a great job of backing your claim. That was very impressive. You did put a lot of thought into this and I wish more people on here posted like you, because I'd be on these message boards a lot more often. Great job, sj10689...I definitely take no offense at you saying they will finish last after reading that post (though, obvoiusly, I hope they don't finish last).
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Sorry about the multi-post. Stupid Dell computers....of course the Braves would also lose to the Mets on the same day I posted this, so we'll see how the season goes!
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thelostsoul - what are you talking about?
just like redskins - so the Red Sox, yanks and Dodgers don't go and spend boat loads of money either? Besides the Sox - how many WS have the Dodgers and Yanks won since 2000? ANswer 1 - when Mets playes the yanks in the world series. Please tell us before the 2007 season who the mets spent a boat load of money on?
picked for the World Series every year - you seriously? They were picked last year and maybe 2006 which they missed by one game in 2006 and were picked last year and choked. I think you're thinking of the other NY team.
also your reference to Pedro is off, every year he pitched more than 25 games for the Sox which was 6 of the 7 years he had 19, 23, 18, 20, 14 and 16 wins with them and his first season with the mets 15 wins - so when he makes the starts he does win 15 or more. Do some research next time
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How can anybody seriously sit there and say that neither the Mets nor the Yankees will make the playoffs? Then dig himself a deeper hole, and say with a straight face Pat Burrell is a serious MVP canidate? That would mean in the up coming season, pat was more valuable then howard, rollins, chase, and hammels, if thats the case, the Phillies cant win the nl east
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Why are the White Sox so bad?
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Why are the White Sox so bad?
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Well, even though I did say that the White Sox will probably finish last, it's a long season, and nothing is guaranteed. As for backing up my claims, I try not to post any bias for or against any team in particular, and try to choose a well-rounded approach. I appreciate your compliment, QCrules1, and though I don't take much credit for it myself, I'm glad to see that I'm contributing to the community as a whole. Many posts I see here are one-sided propagandas aimed at supporting a team, and I usually don't respond to those
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LostSoul this is one of the poorest posts I've seen.
Your numbers are wrong in regards to Pedro and you're from MA so I don't understand that one. Also you state that the Mets and Skins are comparable. How? The Mets the aren't the ones spending the most money in the league also they are never favored to be in the world series. This thread is even about how they aren't favored. And I can assure you the the Skins are never favored as well. Not sure where you were going with that... Poorly done.
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LostSoul this is one of the poorest posts I've seen.
Your numbers are wrong in regards to Pedro and you're from MA so I don't understand that one. Also you state that the Mets and Skins are comparable. How? The Mets the aren't the ones spending the most money in the league also they are never favored to be in the world series. This thread is even about how they aren't favored. And I can assure you the the Skins are never favored as well. Not sure where you were going with that... Poorly done.
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LostSoul this is one of the poorest posts I've seen.
Your numbers are wrong in regards to Pedro and you're from MA so I don't understand that one. Also you state that the Mets and Skins are comparable. How? The Mets the aren't the ones spending the most money in the league also they are never favored to be in the world series. This thread is even about how they aren't favored. And I can assure you the the Skins are never favored as well. Not sure where you were going with that... Poorly done.
Oh and from a
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This guy must smoke crack!
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This guy must smoke crack!
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Reputation:96
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LostSoul this is one of the poorest posts I've seen.
Your numbers are wrong in regards to Pedro and you're from MA so I don't understand that one. Also you state that the Mets and Skins are comparable. How? The Mets the aren't the ones spending the most money in the league also they are never favored to be in the world series. This thread is even about how they aren't favored. And I can assure you the the Skins are never favored as well. Not sure where you were going with that... Poorly done.
Oh and from a Giants
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LostSoul this is one of the poorest posts I've seen.
Your numbers are wrong in regards to Pedro and you're from MA so I don't understand that one. Also you state that the Mets and Skins are comparable. How? The Mets the aren't the ones spending the most money in the league also they are never favored to be in the world series. This thread is even about how they aren't favored. And I can assure you the the Skins are never favored as well. Not sure where you were going with that... Poorly done.
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