The 2010 Cubs Free Agent and Roster Moves Thread: SAVEENG OUR KUBBEEZ!!11

[Andy]

Yup, I distilled his entire season down the meaningless 115 at bats he had...with runners in scoring position.  And that .385 on base average proves that he really did have a great season after all. 

You win.

How could they have ever gotten rid of such a great player?

[JD]

Yup, I distilled his entire season down the meaningless 115 at bats he had...with runners in scoring position.  And that .385 on base average proves that he really did have a great season after all. 

You win.

How could they have ever gotten rid of such a great player?

When someone says Carlos Silva, you don't ask how much.  You ask how high.

[Yeti]

Yup, I distilled his entire season down the meaningless 115 at bats he had...with runners in scoring position.  And that .385 on base average proves that he really did have a great season after all. 

You win.

How could they have ever gotten rid of such a great player?

Did I say great? Or should we log this under "Missing the point for $100"?

They got rid of probably their 3rd best hitter from last year for a pitcher who is likely to be the 7th-8th starter (if even on the team at all) and a few million.

I said that 414 of his 473 PAs from 2009 were basically in line with his career numbers. You were more concerned with 115 PAs.. Making a point about a very small portion of someone's PAs can often lead to very bad analysis about what actually happened.

414 isn't the biggest sample of a guy's performance, but I'd rather use those 414 consecutive PAs than 115 random PAs.

[Powdered Toast Man]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd, but he wasn't as awful as people make him out to be.  Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

[Andy]

Yup, I distilled his entire season down the meaningless 115 at bats he had...with runners in scoring position.  And that .385 on base average proves that he really did have a great season after all. 

You win.

How could they have ever gotten rid of such a great player?

Did I say great? Or should we log this under "Missing the point for $100"?

They got rid of probably their 3rd best hitter from last year for a pitcher who is likely to be the 7th-8th starter (if even on the team at all) and a few million.

I said that 414 of his 473 PAs from 2009 were basically in line with his career numbers. You were more concerned with 115 PAs.. Making a point about a very small portion of someone's PAs can often lead to very bad analysis about what actually happened.

414 isn't the biggest sample of a guy's performance, but I'd rather use those 414 consecutive PAs than 115 random PAs.

Guh.

[Jon]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd, but he wasn't as awful as people make him out to be.  Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Actually, I believe that is what we do here.

But I agree with your Milton analysis.

[SKO]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd complete and utterly fucktarded dickhead, but he wasn't as awful of a baseball player as people make him out to be, and we're all enlightened enough Not to believe in such concepts as team chemistry, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a cock when he was here and now he is gone and nothing can be done about it.   Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Making everybody happy'd.

[Yeti]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd complete and utterly fucktarded dickhead, but he wasn't as awful of a baseball player as people make him out to be, and we're all enlightened enough Not to believe in such concepts as team chemistry, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a cock when he was here and now he is gone and nothing can be done about it.   Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Making everybody happy'd.

I'm not.

[MAD]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd complete and utterly fucktarded dickhead, but he wasn't as awful of a baseball player as people make him out to be, and we're all enlightened enough Not to believe in such concepts as team chemistry, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a cock when he was here and now he is gone and nothing can be done about it.   Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Making everybody happy'd.

I can work with this. 

I believe Apex said it best when he said you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.  Milton is not the reason the Cubs sucked, but he made it oh so very hard to defend him with his pathological turdism.  The guy basically went out of his way to be a misunderstood pain in the dickhole.  I think they should have held on to him, considering the flaming bag of shit they got for him, but what's done is done.  Let's move on to hating this years team.

[SKO]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd complete and utterly fucktarded dickhead, but he wasn't as awful of a baseball player as people make him out to be, and we're all enlightened enough Not to believe in such concepts as team chemistry, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a cock when he was here and now he is gone and nothing can be done about it.   Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Making everybody happy'd.

I'm not.

Then just shut up and stew somewhere quietly. We get it, you decided to dabble in the world of sabermetrics and somehow figured out that the most appropriate way to show off your fancy new metrics was to draw a line in the sand at Milton Bradley and stand by him until the end of time. Why exactly you chose him, no one knows. Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone. Go back to the FDB2 messageboards and grind your axe with other bitter, broken people who will argue the same point that no one else wants to debate for days and days without making any progress towards an end. Leave it be, Yeti.


And fuck downstate Illinois.

[Yeti]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd complete and utterly fucktarded dickhead, but he wasn't as awful of a baseball player as people make him out to be, and we're all enlightened enough Not to believe in such concepts as team chemistry, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a cock when he was here and now he is gone and nothing can be done about it.   Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Making everybody happy'd.

I'm not.

Then just shut up and stew somewhere quietly. We get it, you decided to dabble in the world of sabermetrics and somehow figured out that the most appropriate way to show off your fancy new metrics was to draw a line in the sand at Milton Bradley and stand by him until the end of time. Why exactly you chose him, no one knows. Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone. Go back to the FDB2 messageboards and grind your axe with other bitter, broken people who will argue the same point that no one else wants to debate for days and days without making any progress towards an end. Leave it be, Yeti.


And fuck downstate Illinois.

Is Iowa better?

[Powdered Toast Man]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd complete and utterly fucktarded dickhead, but he wasn't as awful of a baseball player as people make him out to be, and we're all enlightened enough Not to believe in such concepts as team chemistry, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a cock when he was here and now he is gone and nothing can be done about it.   Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Making everybody happy'd.

I can work with this. 

I believe Apex said it best when he said you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.  Milton is not the reason the Cubs sucked, but he made it oh so very hard to defend him with his pathological turdism.  The guy basically went out of his way to be a misunderstood pain in the dickhole.  I think they should have held on to him, considering the flaming bag of shit they got for him, but what's done is done.  Let's move on to hating this years team.

DONE.  I already hate them.

[Eli]

Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone.

EXACTLY. 

Yeti's recent sabermetric burst has shown me just how annoying I've been all these years.  I'd like to apologize to everyone for everything I've ever said, and I'm truly sorry for all those times I quoted made-up stats from Fangraphs. 

[Yeti]

Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone.

EXACTLY. 

Yeti's recent sabermetric burst has shown me just how annoying I've been all these years.  I'd like to apologize to everyone for everything I've ever said, and I'm truly sorry for all those times I quoted made-up stats from Fangraphs. 

You're sorry that you don't argue in favor of judging someone off of 100 random ABs or point out how stupid it is to do so?

[Oleg]

Nobody.  Gives.  A.  Shit.  I can't even remember what team Milton was traded to.  And, I don't care.  He was a turd complete and utterly fucktarded dickhead, but he wasn't as awful of a baseball player as people make him out to be, and we're all enlightened enough Not to believe in such concepts as team chemistry, but that doesn't change the fact that he was a cock when he was here and now he is gone and nothing can be done about it.   Can we stop arguing over this stupid shit?  Or, is that what we do here?

Making everybody happy'd.

I can work with this. 

I believe Apex said it best when he said you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.  Milton is not the reason the Cubs sucked, but he made it oh so very hard to defend him with his pathological turdism.  The guy basically went out of his way to be a misunderstood pain in the dickhole.  I think they should have held on to him, considering the flaming bag of shit they got for him, but what's done is done.  Let's move on to hating this years team.

DONE.  I already hate them.

I have enough hate for both.  Why can't we hate both?  If we can't hate the past, then we can't complain about not hating the future.  Wait, is that right?  I don't care.  Fuck the 2009 Cubs, and I look forwad to fucking the 2010 Cubs, too!  Shit, I did it again, didn't I?  You know what I mean!

Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone.

EXACTLY.  

Yeti's recent sabermetric burst has shown me just how annoying I've been all these years.  I'd like to apologize to everyone for everything I've ever said, and I'm truly sorry for all those times I quoted made-up stats from Fangraphs.  

Come on!  No one can take away the awesome sense of self-righteousness I feel when someone defends Juan Pierre because he gets 200 hits.