This spoils a ton of goodwill for me – Ivy’s last couple of diaries had actually been readable, mildly interesting, spelling error-free, and most surprisingly of all, concise.

But just when I was about to start giving him a chance again, he posts this. I mean, when even I think something is too pretentious, you know it’s bad.

What are we supposed to do – go back and comb through every single diary/fanpost and thread about each and every one of those players and try to glean some sort of consensus about what the “BCB community” thought of them?

Many of the people who allegedly bitched and moaned about the DeRosa signing probably don’t even post here anymore. (And, for the record, I had a good feeling about DeRo from the git-go.) And, um, I think just about all of us who dismissed the idea of acquiring the aged Jim Edmonds as pure lunacy have long since dined on crow and welcomed him to the fold.

Y’know, there was an actual Cubs game going on today, Mr. Walls…

I think Ivy Walls has a medical condition where his head will explode if he goes 4 days without a FanPost/Diary.

Is he even pitching regularly now? I can’t remember the last time I saw his name (previous to this).

Here’s the thread in question.

….271/.339/.363, which isn’t unreasonable, and really not too far off the mark – .316 wOBA projected versus .330 actual last I ran the numbers on his performance so far this season.

Oh, and:

.91 projected BB/PA, 1.10 actual
.091 projected ISO, .057 actual

Cubs fans underestimated his walk rate a little but overrated his ability to hit for extra bases; it pretty much comes out the same in the wash.

Theriot
AB: 360
R: 42
H: 95
2B: 16
3B: 1
HR:3
RBI: 28
AVG: .247
OBA: .305

Replaced as the everyday shortstop by June 1st.

by MDBNIU on Feb 18, 2008 4:43 PM EST

It hurts my brain so much when you write things, Mikey. Alright, let’s talk about this…

1) Re: Jim Edmonds. Usually, it’s not a good idea to pick up 38-year old outfielders who haven’t had a good season in the past 3+ years. Especially when you have a kid who is expected to be a really good major league CF. Those of us who didn’t want Edmonds were going with the percentages. In all honesty, we weren’t “wrong,” just like a poker player who moves in with pocket aces preflop isn’t wrong when he gets unlucky and a chump with pocket 4’s sucks out and hits a third four. The Cubs hit an entirely unexpected jackpot… lucky for us.

2) Felix Pie hasn’t gotten a proper opportunity. How many major league ABs does he have, Mikey? The kid never got a legit chance to play at this level.

3) Harden is an injury risk. I don’t think many here howled at the thought of getting him… but instead were apprehensive about acquiring him given his propensity for injury. Which I don’t think you can blame them for, given the Wood/Prior years.

4) Most importantly… Theriot. You know what… I’m going to write a fanpost about him.

I think I’ve proven enough times that you’ve had more than your share of wrong.

…as flies on dog crap. BlueMike lives for opportunities like this – to vent his indignant rage on the “lunatic fringe” of BCB. Yet another reason Ivy Walls showed poor judgement in the premise and execution of this fanpost.

…how many? Who? When?

and the principle of my argument still stands – otherwise we wouldn’t have traded for Harden. I said and still say that Prior for 4 mill was the kind of lottery ticket the Cubs should have taken unless they had medical news that made his odds 1-in-100 that he’d be one of the Cubs top 4 pitchers in the playoffs. The Cubs may have had that info. We don’t know. I always made allowances for the Cubs having more medical info than we. What’s more I predicted that someone, not getting the argument, would look back sometime in 2008 and say “See he’s injured, therefore it was the right decision” even when I had said all along that the best odds on Prior were that he’d have a 1-in-5 shot of being healthy and effective, that, in other words, 80% of the time, Prior would disappoint. What makes this “nanny-nanny-boo-boo-I-wuz-wight” so rich for me is that it’s the biggest Get-Harden proponent who’s missing the boat here. When you’re swimming in $$$ like the Cubs, taking the Upside gamble is ALWAYS worth it.

maybe, what, three?

I don’t think I remember seeing hardly ANYONE unhappy about releasing Prior. In fact, they were unhappy the team spent so much money trying to rehab him after it was obvious (to some) that he was done.

Thanks for playing our game.

And you just got an e-mail from a very angry Alex Rios.

And, yeah, it looks like Ivy Walls got what he was looking for – triple-digit comments in this snidely worded fanpost.