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Subject: Bold Statements 2008
Posted by: blue hen
- Leader [710321114] Thu, Feb 21, 2008, 22:08
It took some doing, but there's finally a lot of smack talk in Dirty Dozen. I bet there are a lot of bold statements to be made around here. In the mold of Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Beltran, let's get it started.
One of the Oakland A's and Texas Rangers will finish ahead of the Angels or Mariners in 2008.
The Kansas City Royals will win 71 games and finish in last place
The Tampa Bay Rays will finish third or better in 2008
The Philadelphia Phillies will win more games than the New York Mets
Jake Peavy will NOT start the All-Star Game for the NL
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| 1 | JTSERB
ID: 91501418
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 00:49
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One of the Oakland A's and Texas Rangers will finish ahead of the Angels or Mariners in 2008.
Wrong
The Kansas City Royals will win 71 games and finish in last place
Will finish in last place wil not win 71 games
The Tampa Bay Rays will finish third or better in 2008
Wrong wil finish 4th behing sox,yanks,jays
The Philadelphia Phillies will win more games than the New York Mets
Wrong will win wild card though
Jake Peavy will NOT start the All-Star Game for the NL
Correct
I see you 1 out of 5 hen :)
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| 2 | JTSERB
ID: 91501418
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 01:07
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My 10BOLD predictions
Jim Thome will lead the American League in HR's with 47
No player in baseball will hit more than 47 HR
The Detroit Tigers will finish 3rd in the AL Central behind the Indians and White Sox. Tigers will finish with 87 wins.
The rockies will not win the NL pennant. In fact they wont even make the playoffs.
The Angels will have 3 pitchers that win 17 games. Lackey, Weaver, and Garland
Grady Sizemore will finish in top 3 in MVP voting.
Johan Santana and Pedro Martinez will miss a combined 20 starts this season.
First No-hitter of season will be by Carlos Zambrano.
There will be no perfect games thrown in 2008
Cleveland Indians will win the World Series
Any Thoughts?
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| 3 | Flying Polack
Sustainer
ID: 378582811
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 06:14
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There will be no perfect games thrown in 2008 Is that really a bold statement? There have been 17 perfect games in 128 years of baseball.
I'll bet you a $20 donation to Guru the White Sox finish behind the Tigers.
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| 4 | JTSERB
ID: 481020120
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 06:37
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Yea I guess it really isn't Polack. I never knew there were so few :) I guess the bold statement would be that there would be a perfect game then huh?
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| 5 | Kyle@work
ID: 301122210
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 11:44
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BOLD Predictions
1. Every AL playoff team will have a better record than the 2 seed of the NL. There will be 8 AL teams with a better record of the NL Central champion.
2. The Pirates won't have a pitcher on the staff that has more than 10 wins.
3. Johan Santana will win the Triple Crown in pitching, but will not be a unanimous winner for the Cy Young.
4. 3 Players will have 20-20-20-20 (20hr, 20 SB, 20 2b, 20 3b) seasons. Sizemore, Granderson, and Reyes.
5. Reyes will steal 100 bases this year.
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| 6 | philflyboy
ID: 69461320
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 11:49
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Bold Predictions
Johan Santana will not make more than 15 starts (SI curse)
Phillies will finish ahead of the Mets
Ryan Howard will lead all of MLB in HR's
NY Yanks will not make the playoffs
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| 7 | Perm Dude
ID: 32112228
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 12:23
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Pedro Martinez will win 15 games.
Yankees will finish ahead of the Red Sox. As will Toronto. The Sox will not make the playoffs.
Ken Griffey Jr. will have twice as many dingers as Jay Bruce.
Roger Clemens will ask to come back again to pay legal bills. No one will sign him.
Julio Franco will be signed by Cleveland in September and get some token ABs and lots of Cleveland love, before getting kicked to the side of the street like Kenny Lofton.
Houston will win the NL Central, and Carlos Lee will finish in the top 3 for NL MVP.
Randy Johnson will win 20 games and get 200Ks.
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| 8 | Khahan
ID: 46121614
Fri, Feb 22, 2008, 14:43
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Tampa Bay Devil Rays will have its first +.500 season
Tampa Bay Devl Rays pitching will again lead the AL in K's
A-rod will repeat as AL MVP (oh wait, these are supposed to be bold predictions)
The Detroit Tigers will not make the playoffs
The San Diego Padres will win the NL West
Barry Bonds will sign w/ an AL team part way through the season
Roger Clemens will not pitch this year
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Indians
AL West: Mariners
WC: Yankees (in a tight race with TAMPA BAY!!! ok, maybe that is a stretch)
NL East: Phillies
NL West: San Diego
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL WC: NY Mets
WS: 1986 rematch with a different outcome (this time its the aging and knee-deprived Carlos Delgado who muffs a ground ball at a critical juncture!!!!!!)
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
AL RoY: no clue. He'll start the season in AAA
NL Cy Young: some noname called Johan Santana
NL MVP: Aramis Ramirez
NL RoY: no clue
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| 9 | clv
Sustainer
ID: 5911351713
Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 18:45
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The Detroit Tigers will win the AL Pennant.
The Atlanta Braves will not only win the NL East, but the Pennant as well.
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Angels
WC: Indians
NL East: Braves
NL West: Dodgers
NL Central: Cubs
NL WC: Mets
WS: Braves-Tigers
AL Cy Young: John Lackey
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera
AL RoY: Daric Barton (A's)
NL Cy Young: Jake Peavy
NL MVP: CHIPPER JONES (you asked for BOLD!)
NL RoY: Jay Bruce (and it's not even close)
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| 10 | blue hen
Leader
ID: 710321114
Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 23:00
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Such a homer. Chipper winning MVP is more likely than second in the division, if you ask me.
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| 11 | filthy
ID: 186293016
Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 07:41
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Would predicting the entire season (wild card playoff included) qualify as bold?....
AL East: 4 teams over .500 with the Orioles barely breaking .300 ... Red Sox edge out the Jays and Yanks.
AL Central: Tigers sleepwalk their way to the title. Indians, White Sox, Royals, Twins round out the division.
AL West: Mariners are the team to beat. Angels will give them a run. A's younguns will have a strong second half to leave the Rangers in the dust.
AL Wild Card: Jays, Yanks, Indians, Angels in a 4 team wild card tourney. Halladay will toss a complete game gem to clinch the playoff berth.
ALDS: Tigers too much for the Jays. Mariners shock the Sox.
ALCS: Mariners shock the Tigers.
AL MVP: David Ortiz
AL CY: Erik Bedard
NL East: The Braves will win it, and Chipper will carry them. Definitely not a homer, but if he can play the whole year, it'll happen. Phillies, Mets will battle for the Wild Card. Nationals and Marlins won't be horrible but won't be good enough for this division.
NL Central: Brewers are another year better and will shock the Cubs. Reds will be better than the Astros. And the Cards and Pirates will take some lumps.
NL West: DBacks are gonna keep improving, should win this one handily. Dodgers will fall short of the Wild Card. Padres and Rockies will fight for 3rd and the Giants will struggle.
NL Wild Card: Mets should edge this one out at the buzzer.
NLDS: DBacks handle the Mets. Brewers take out the Braves.
NLCS: DBacks outpitch the Brewers.
NL MVP: Prince Fielder
NL CY: Dan Haren
World Series Champions 2008: Arizona Diamondbacks.
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| 12 | Great One
ID: 19057139
Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 10:39
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Khahan none other than Jacoby Ellsbury is ROY eligible... there is your answer. Perhaps Evan Longoria depending on when his callup is.
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| 13 | DWetzel at work
ID: 278201415
Tue, Feb 26, 2008, 11:19
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Miguel Cabrera will win the Triple Crown.
Barry Bonds will hit at least 30 home runs.
The Yankees will finish under .500, despite re-signing Roger Clemens around the All-Star break.
The AL wild card will not come out of the Central division.
The Oakland A's will lose at least 95 games. However, the Minnesota Twins will lose more.
The Rockies will finish fourth in the division.
Ichiro will miss at least 30 games due to injury.
Fukudome will hit over .300 for the Cubs.
Brad Lidge will be mentioned in a steroid/HGH investigaton.
Tampa's Evan Longoria will be joked about in a Desperate Housewives and/or Tony Parker context by every radio announcer in the American League.
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| 14 | revvingparson
ID: 49110216
Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 08:26
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Tampa Bay will finish with a better record than Det
Santana will pitch well until September when an arm injury derails his season
F. Cordero will wish he had stayed in Mil
Braun will suffer a sophomore slump and be benched by June
Scott Rolen will be come back player of the year
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| 15 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 13:03
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Just for Ref...
Chien Ming Wang will win fewer than 11 games in 2008
Jeff Francis will win fewer than 16 games in 2008, and definitely will not win 17 or 18
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| 16 | beastiemiked
ID: 65112917
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 13:19
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-Florida finishes the season better than .500.
-Cincinnati wins the Central.
-Boston misses the playoffs.
-Kerry Wood gets 40+ saves.
-Pujols plays less than 20 games.
-Juan Gonzalez plays more than 20 games.
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| 17 | blue hen
ID: 16322314
Fri, Mar 14, 2008, 13:31
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Man those are bold.
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| 18 | Boldwin
ID: 3013265
Thu, Mar 20, 2008, 01:11
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Doug Mirabelli will be missed.
Schilling on the Bosox dumping of a backup catcher so popular he rated a police escort thru town and standing O on his return to the stadium.
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| 19 | JeffG
Leader
ID: 01584348
Mon, Mar 24, 2008, 10:47
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ALE: NYY Bos(WC) TB Tor Bal
ALC: Det Cle CWS Min KC
ALW: Sea LAA Oak Tex
NLE: NYM Phi Atl Fla Was
NLC: Chi Cin(WC) Mil Hou StL Pit
NLW: LAD Col Ari SD SF
Bold Statements
- Reds as NL Wild Card, Mariners win AL West.
- Subway World Series Yankees in 6 over Mets
- First managers fired NL/AL: Tony LaRussa, John Gibbons
- A NY Met will finally throw a no-hitter this year, but it will be someone other than Johan Santana.
- President Bush pardons Roger Clemens.
- Clemens and Bonds are not signed by any team, both now HOF eligible for same class in 5 years.
- A second wave of steroid/HGH names are released as other whistle blowers go public.
- Curt Shilling does not pitch in 2008, becomes field reporter for NESN.
- All Star game - AL 5 NL 4 11 innings, everyone panics that there are not enough pitchers if game goes longer.
- City of Tampa will actually catch Rays fever in 2008.
- Unlike 2007, there will be NO April rain or snow postponements.
- An all time low in total number of complete games in all of baseball.
- ARod - 50 HRs, 3 scandals, another MVP.
- NL MVP - Pujols
- CY Young - NL - Chris Young, AL - James Shields (Really Bold prediction)
- Rookie of year NL Bailey, AL Barton (not Joba, Buckholz or Ellsbury)
Milestones.
No
Bonds needs 65 to 3000 hits, needs 4 RBI for 2000.
Johnson needs 16 wins for 300.
Yes
Griffey needs 7 for 600 HR. 500 HR club adds Manny (needs 10) and Sheffield (needs 20).
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| 20 | Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 19:02
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AL Least: Bos-NYY-TB-Tor-Bal
Central: Det-Cle-MIN-Chi-KC
West: LAA-Sea-Tex-Oak
NYY win wildcard with 89 wins.
NL East: Mets-Atl-Phi-Wash-Fla
Central: Mil-Chi-Hou-Cin-Stl-Pit
West: Ari-Col-LA-SD-SF
Atlanta wins wild card-playoff game versus Philly.
Baseball is so pathetic in the Bay Area that both teams move to Brooklyn into a brand new, first of its kind Frank Gehry designed baseball/basketball arena/stadium. Made of titanium, it's bright and bold, as well as light and strong!
The American league is not very compelling. Boston is the only team to win over 100 games. Detroit's offense is outstanding, their pitching is disappointing, but the rest of the league is snooze city. Everyone can't stop talking about the 80 win Tampa Rays. The A's and the O's fight for the worst record. Anyone who thinks the Twins lose 90 or more games is a MORON.
National League is chock full of suspense. The Cubs just miss the wild card play-in game by a game. Colorado is one game above the Dodgers and one game behind Arizona. The Brewers take out their 2007 frustrations on the Cubs and win by 7 games.
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrerra
AL CY Young: Matsusaka-san
AL ROY: Phil Hughes
NL MVP: For the second straight year, Matt Holliday will be the most valuable player
NL CY Young: Brandon Webb
NL ROY: Felix Pie
Fantasy:
This will be remembered as the "Year of the Injury" as four of the top 20 players miss significant time this year.
Ryan Howard hits over 55 homers
Jose Reyes leads baseball with 64 steals
No pitcher wins 20 games
5 pitchers save 40 or more games
The owners of BJ Upton, Robinson Cano, Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia, and Curits Granderson will all be very disappointed with their performances.
Albert Pujols will deliver a .330/38HR/115rbi performance without missing much time, as huge sighs of relief spread across the land.
Juan Pierre steals over 50 bases and all you haters can kiss his fleet little feet.
Next year the top 10 players rank will look like this:
AROD
Hanley Ramirez
Matt Holliday
Chase Utley
Ryan Howard
Miguel Cabrerra
Carl Crawford
Jimmy Rollins
Jose Reyes
Johan Santana
Pujols goes under the knife. David Wright stops stealing bases.
And just like last year [undrafted] comes out of no where and kicks ass. He'll be a tenth round pick next year!
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| 21 | clv
ID: 39429310
Thu, May 15, 2008, 08:38
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Interesting to take another look at these as we near the quarter pole!!!
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| 22 | Khahan
ID: 46121614
Thu, May 15, 2008, 10:13
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I have 2 comments sticking out to me that seem to against the grain of probably 90-95% of fans that look to be possibilities:
The Tigers don't make the playoffs and the TB Devil Rays are in the WC hunt.
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| 23 | Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Mon, May 19, 2008, 19:14
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Your pick of Justin Verlander as the AL Cy Young winner is the one that sticks out to me ;)
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| 24 | Khahan
ID: 46121614
Tue, May 20, 2008, 12:06
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Yeah, Verlander is a big ???. I was figuring he'd pitch closer to expectations and maybe even exceed them. Man has he been a boner so far.
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| 25 | blue hen
ID: 30311814
Tue, May 20, 2008, 17:58
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Mike Piazza will announce his retirement on May 20
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| 26 | clv@folks'
ID: 1711132312
Thu, Jun 05, 2008, 22:00
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"NL MVP: CHIPPER JONES (you asked for BOLD!)
NL RoY: Jay Bruce (and it's not even close)"
Cough, cough. ;-D
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| 27 | blue hen
ID: 0022514
Fri, Jun 06, 2008, 00:10
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Bruce lost money today in TSN. Votto's still a good bet to finish higher. And I hear they have some teammates...
And Chipper was just a homer move. Besides, isn't Utley the MVP?
All of my predictions in the first post look pretty good, although KC will probably win fewer than 71 games.
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| 28 | JTSERB
Donor
ID: 481020120
Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 00:46
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BUTT, getting closer to the season..... Some picks looked pretty good
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| 29 | JTSERB
Donor
ID: 481020120
Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 00:47
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There will be no perfect games thrown in 2008 Is that really a bold statement? There have been 17 perfect games in 128 years of baseball.
I'll bet you a $20 donation to Guru the White Sox finish behind the Tigers.
Good thing I wasn't to confident in my team eh Polack?
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| 30 | Donkey Hunter
ID: 33630819
Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 01:23
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Is it too late to do these?
The Rays will have the best record in baseball.
Manny Ramirez will be traded to the Dodgers.
K-Rod will set the record for most saves in a season.
Twins will win the AL Central.
Cliff Lee will win the AL Cy Young.
CC Sabathia will win the NL Cy Young.
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| 31 | blue hen
ID: 30311814
Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 10:30
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The NL Cy Young? Isn't he in the AL?
But seriously, isn't it amazing that both Cy Youngs started the year on the same team, and that team kind of sucks?
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| 32 | Seattle Zen
ID: 49112418
Tue, Sep 09, 2008, 20:04
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Pujols goes under the knife. David Wright stops stealing bases.
Albert Pujols told a St. Louis television station that he's considering offseason surgery to repair a damaged ligament in his right elbow, a procedure that could cost him the start of next season.
Wright has a measly 14 swipes.
The owners of BJ Upton, Robinson Cano, Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia, and Curits Granderson will all be very disappointed with their performances.
Albert Pujols will deliver a .330/38HR/115rbi performance without missing much time, as huge sighs of relief spread across the land.
The Upton owners may be a little upset that he has not shown much power, but those 42 steals are alright.
Let it be said now so y'all won't forget over the off season: R. Cano is a frickin' BUM and it was obvious to me last year. Don't buy the NY homer crap of "he hit .300 and 7 homers after the All-Star Break." Hey, if you want your team to throw in the towel in April, by all means, draft that clown.
Verlander, Sabathia, and Granderson, right, right and right. CC, yeah, that's right, ask any AL-only drafter of that tub of lard if he was happy with that pick.
NL MVP: For the second straight year, Matt Holliday will be the most valuable player
NL CY Young: Brandon Webb
Just a few weeks on the DL is all that's needed to ruin what should have been a MVP season for Holliday. Webb is holding on by the skin of his teeth.
AL MVP: Miguel Cabrerra
AL CY Young: Matsusaka-san
Miguel is coming on strong, but is the worst of my four picks. My Matsusaka pick is easily the best of the few AL Cy Young picks above: Eric Bedard (ugh!), Verlander (nope), Lackey (not awful), Shields (actually would have loved this to be true).
I won't mention my POY picks or believing FLA was worse than WAS.
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| 33 | blue hen
ID: 30311814
Wed, Sep 10, 2008, 11:18
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Post 13:
Brad Lidge will be mentioned in a steroid/HGH investigaton.
Uhh, nope?
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| 34 | Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, Sep 11, 2008, 11:57
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1. Every AL playoff team will have a better record than the 2 seed of the NL. There will be 8 AL teams with a better record of the NL Central champion.
This still has a chance of being 1/2 right. The Mets are 82-63 and the White Sox are the only AL playoff team that is behind them. And it's only a 1 game difference. The NL Central Champion won't be behind 8 AL teams though. The West Champion could be...
2. The Pirates won't have a pitcher on the staff that has more than 10 wins.
Paul Maholm is 8-8 right now. This stands to hold true!
3. Johan Santana will win the Triple Crown in pitching, but will not be a unanimous winner for the Cy Young.
Again 1/2 right. Johan will not win the Cy Young unanimously, but he won't win the Triple Crown.
4. 3 Players will have 20-20-20-20 (20hr, 20 SB, 20 2b, 20 3b) seasons. Sizemore, Granderson, and Reyes.
Sizemore needs 15 triples, Granderson needs 2 HR, 7 triples and 10 steals, Reyes needs 2 triples and 7 HRs. Dang...
5. Reyes will steal 100 bases this year.
Does he have 51 more swipes in him? No...
They were bold and wrong.
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| 35 | Khahan
ID: 1065339
Thu, Sep 11, 2008, 15:52
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3. Johan Santana will win the Triple Crown in pitching, but will not be a unanimous winner for the Cy Young.
Again 1/2 right. Johan will not win the Cy Young unanimously, but he won't win the Triple Crown.
Just bustin your chops, don't take it too personally but I don't think you got this one at all right. Sounded to me like you were saying he'd win the cy young but won't win it unanimously despite being the triple crown winner. Think we gotta strike 3 from the record here. Don't worry though, I picked him for the Cy Young myself. ;)
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| 36 | Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, Sep 11, 2008, 15:55
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Oh no, I wasn't saying he'd win the Cy Young. He won't win the Cy Young, which means he definitely won't win it unanimously.
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| 37 | Seattle Zen
ID: 358591721
Mon, Sep 29, 2008, 12:14
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Albert Pujols will deliver a .330/38HR/115rbi performance without missing much time, as huge sighs of relief spread across the land.
.357/37/116. Not bad, if I do say so myself.
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| 38 | blue hen
ID: 30311814
Mon, Sep 29, 2008, 13:45
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Nice one with the Pirates starting pitchers. Turns out you were right about the fact, and also correct that it meant something (announcers have been making a big deal about it).
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| 39 | Toral
ID: 4155487
Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 15:10
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I can't find a Bold Statement 2009 thread by searching so I'll make do with this one:
Stephen Strasbourg will not win 100 games in major league baseball.
Toral
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| 40 | Seattle Zen
ID: 395191015
Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 16:20
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Stephen Strasbourg will not win 100 games in major league baseball.
I don't know if that is a particularly bold statement.
When you consider that there are only 37 active arms with 100 career wins, forecasting that milestone for a kid in college is rather iffy. Looking at the list, there are only two arms under 30 years old. Consider that Jeff Weaver has 96 and Sidney Ponson has 91 and one conclusion you can come to is perseverance is more important than actual talent. Then consider that Strasbourg will be given tens of millions of dollars before he throws his first pro pitch and you have to wonder if he would continue to press his case for a major league roster spot if by age 30 he has only met moderate success.
Furthermore, he will the property of the worst franchise in all of baseball for at least seven years, further hampering his chances of earning those fickle W's.
In conclusion, not that bold a statement.
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| 41 | Razor
ID: 371502414
Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 17:12
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I agree that it's not that bold of a statement. In any given draft class, there are probably, what, only 5 or so 100 game winners?
However, I will note that prior to 2008, Tampa Bay could have easily been considered the worst franchise in baseball. 162 games later, they had ended the Yankees 13 year playoff streak and relegated the World Champs to the wild card. The Nationals' fortunes could change rather quickly if guys like Strasbourg pan out.
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| 42 | Perm Dude
ID: 154552311
Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 17:46
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Actually it is now 38, Zen. But this is a very interesting list--in my opinion, that number might jump up to 45-50 before the end of the season.
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| 43 | Toral
ID: 4155487
Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 18:50
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You have a point, Zen et al.
So...
1. Stephen Strasbourg will never win 75 games in major league baseball ;)
More seriously... Strasbourg may be in MLB after 2014. But he will never be any kind of "impact" player after that. He will never win more than 10 games in a season more than once after that.
2. Stephen Strasbourg will be out of professional baseball by and after 2018, not counting some Todd van Poppel like comeback try.
NOTE: Pitchers with personalities like Strasbourg's and great stuff almost never become successful MLB pitchers. With his motion, he will almost certainly blow out his arm within 3 years. Add that to the general record of pitchers with great arms so young....
Toral
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| 44 | KrazyKoalaBears
ID: 12353217
Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 19:38
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*cough*cough*Strasburg*cough*cough*
I mean, if you're going to rag on the guy... :)
I follow the Nats quite closely and I'll make a few bold statements of my own, particularly with the departure of Jim Bowden, who was the Nats' #1 problem. Seriously, go look at the moves he made (Cabrera, Olsen, Rauch, and Cordero oh my!).
1. The Nats will be within 10 games of .500 in 2010.
2. The Nats will be at, or above, .500 in 2011.
3. Stephen Strasburg will win at least 100 games in his career AND be top-10 in Cy Young voting in at least one season before he hits free agency.
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| 45 | Toral
ID: 4155487
Wed, Jun 10, 2009, 20:01
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He's not worth looking up his name yet.
Let him face folks who aren't two echelons below him a bit.
I'd bet you on that KKB 'cept it's so long term.
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| 46 | Seattle Zen
ID: 395191015
Thu, Jun 11, 2009, 01:35
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Actually it is now 38, Zen.
Nope, Tom Glavine is out of baseball.
I would imagine the over/under on Strasburg's career wins is somewhere just north of 75.
What is Strasburg's "personality" and how did you learn of it, Toral? I don't know much about him.
Top-10 Cy Young before he's a free agent? That's bold.
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| 47 | blue hen
Dude
ID: 710321114
Thu, Jun 11, 2009, 10:05
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I'd take the over on 75. I'm not quite ready to annoint him yet, but these highly touted guys do occasionally find success. After all, Kyle Lohse, Gil Meche, Joel Pineiro, Ben Sheets, and Jason Marquis are all over that number at age 30. He doesn't have to be Johan or even Webb to hit 75. I think that's pretty safe for Strasburg although you never know. I hope this thread keeps coming back.
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| 48 | Perm Dude
ID: 154552311
Thu, Jun 11, 2009, 10:30
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Nope, Tom Glavine is out of baseball.
Ah, I see. Don't tell that to Glavine.
By that standard you can take off Byrd, Morris, Trachsel, Mulder, and Pedro off the list as well.
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| 49 | blue hen
Dude
ID: 710321114
Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 12:23
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Bold prediction: On September 27th, 2009, Matt Tuiasosopo will hit his first major league home run, on a 3-1 count in his second at bat of the day on a fastball from Brian Tallet to left-center field.
You heard it here first.
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| 50 | Toral
ID: 4155487
Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 13:12
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Glad you BUTTed this, BH.
I want to amend my prediction:
Stephen Strasburg will never win 87 games in MLB.
That was my exact idea at the time, but I succumbed to the attraction of the round number.
Toral
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| 51 | blue hen
Dude
ID: 710321114
Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 15:13
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Toral, you didn't even bother to google my comment.
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| 52 | Electroman
ID: 565182111
Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 18:15
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Here you go, won't have to google.
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| 53 | Toral
ID: 4155487
Wed, Sep 30, 2009, 19:15
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Dull story.
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| 54 | Seattle Zen
ID: 10732616
Tue, Jan 18, 2011, 14:23
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Tis a sad day.
Gil Meche announced Tuesday that he is retiring. He retires with a 84-83 record in 10 seasons with Seattle and Kansas City.
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| 55 | astade
ID: 78462922
Tue, Jan 18, 2011, 20:45
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he's right, he did make a lot of money, ~$51 mil. wow, to be a mediocre pitcher in the bigs :)
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