1. 04-03-12 01:53 AM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobby heenan View Post
    its a crazy world....guys like lackey and mike hampton make a killing....and are going to see every penny...meanwhile youve got some very good football players out there who wont ever come even close to seeing that kind of money....
    Baseball has no salary cap and neither should football but it is what it is.
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  2. 04-03-12 02:09 AM #37
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    I'm gonna make my kid play baseball now. Lol. Screw football and hockey.
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  3. 04-03-12 10:53 AM #38
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    great move for SF...Cain is a workhorse and pitches consistently lets just hope SF brings the bats this year to back up the great-pitching
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  4. 04-03-12 11:15 AM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marigold HD View Post
    I'm gonna make my kid play baseball now. Lol. Screw football and hockey.
    seriously

    have a batting cage installed at your home....send him to baseball academies.....i love football but i dont even know if id let my son play if I had one....**** head injuries/trauma.......darn near impossible to make it to the pro level....but maybe a free education out of it if you are lucky..... a buddy of mine went to college with a kid whos played in the major leagues for about 6 years with the reds, a's, and padres....dudes like a 4th/5th outfielder......went to a d-3 school in mass.
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  5. 04-03-12 12:19 PM #40
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    Guy is a stud on the mound.
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  6. 04-03-12 12:22 PM #41
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    Apparently Matt Cain is the greatest right handed pitcher of all time according to his contract
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  7. 04-03-12 12:37 PM #42
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    hey its just money right?

    pretty random that he is getting paid like this. He's probably the 4th best pitcher
    in his division behind Kershaw and Lincecum and Kennedy.
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  8. 04-03-12 12:50 PM #43
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bear View Post
    hey its just money right?

    pretty random that he is getting paid like this. He's probably the 4th best pitcher
    in his division behind Kershaw and Lincecum and Kennedy.
    Reminds me of Joe Johnson. Right place, right time. Terrific money.
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  9. 04-03-12 04:07 PM #44
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    People dont seem to understand the concept of run support. When the giants dont score runs, its not Cains fault.

    Thankfully Brian Sabean is smarter than most sbr posters who think its Cains fault when Giants hitters waltz up to the plate and ground out to the shortstop.
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  10. 04-03-12 05:27 PM #45
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    Quote Originally Posted by LordVodka View Post
    Baseball has no salary cap and neither should football but it is what it is.
    I wih there was no salary cap in the NFL, then teams like the Redskins would further bury themselves in bad contracts. I love when moronic teams do this.
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  11. 04-03-12 09:52 PM #46
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    nobody mentioned the most important thing...21 scoreless innings in the postseason..hes worth every penny
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  12. 04-13-12 05:50 PM #47
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    Masterful 1 hitter today.
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  13. 04-13-12 05:53 PM #48
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    lol using pitching wins to determine a pitchers value.

    books love when you bet.
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  14. 04-13-12 08:14 PM #49
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    great day for cain today...1 hitter
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  15. 04-13-12 09:55 PM #50
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    If the Giants didn't have a horrible offense, they'd have a shot at 2 guys having 20 win seasons. Put their starters on a team like Boston, Yanks or Phillies, they'd probably be close to 80 wins
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  16. 04-13-12 09:59 PM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bear View Post
    hey its just money right?

    pretty random that he is getting paid like this. He's probably the 4th best pitcher
    in his division behind Kershaw and Lincecum and Kennedy.

    Kennedy went 21-4 last year vs Matt Cains 12-11 record... they both had the EXACT SAME ERA.

    Further, Cain has already been CLUTCH in the post season. Not to mention almost 2 full seasons more MLB experience at the same age.
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  17. 04-13-12 10:10 PM #52
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    Quote Originally Posted by superjeff24 View Post
    If the Giants didn't have a horrible offense, they'd have a shot at 2 guys having 20 win seasons. Put their starters on a team like Boston, Yanks or Phillies, they'd probably be close to 80 wins
    horrible offense??? SFG has scored 38 runs in 7 games... thats not bad at all
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  18. 04-13-12 10:39 PM #53
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    20 million is ridiculous for Cain its not like hes halladay
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  19. 04-14-12 01:41 AM #54
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    Cy young Candidates Clay Bucholtz?? Cmon talk about a homer lol. Clay has potential but will never be a cy young candidate, he's barely the 3rd best pitcher on his own team lol and gets about 5k's per 9 innings, lol. Clay is solid but holy cow, you are talking about Cain and Lester, and you throw in CB?? lol what a joke!!
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  20. 04-14-12 01:51 AM #55
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    Quote Originally Posted by vyomguy View Post
    he would have gotten that kind of money anyway in FA next year.Not sure how giants can afford both him and tim...now tim will ask for more than 23.5 mil per season...tim will be looking for 25 mil per season atleast. Nearly 50 mil tied up on 2 pitchers is scary.
    timmy is no longer an ace. guy fell off
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  21. 04-14-12 02:09 AM #56
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZetaPsi808 View Post
    timmy is no longer an ace. guy fell off
    Z, what happened to Timmy? Is he on the snow?

    And what's up w/ Landers? This guy is getting MORE square, if that's possible.
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  22. 04-14-12 03:35 AM #57
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    if i remember correctly hes had the worst run support avg since he joined the big leagues, behind Roy Oswalt.
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  23. 04-14-12 08:08 AM #58
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post
    greg maddux went 16-6 and 19-2 when he was at his best, it shows you what a dominant pitchers WL record can be
    W/L record is the probably the worst way to judge the ability of a pitcher... Hint baseball is a team sport...
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  24. 04-14-12 08:26 AM #59
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    Quote Originally Posted by shawnjohn5 View Post
    Cy young Candidates Clay Bucholtz?? Cmon talk about a homer lol. Clay has potential but will never be a cy young candidate, he's barely the 3rd best pitcher on his own team lol and gets about 5k's per 9 innings, lol. Clay is solid but holy cow, you are talking about Cain and Lester, and you throw in CB?? lol what a joke!!
    Buchholz was robbed of the Cy Young in 2010 he was definitely a candidate
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  25. 04-14-12 10:18 AM #60
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    If Cain pitched vs the Pirates more often, he would be in line for another pay raise.
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  26. 04-14-12 01:24 PM #61
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    Gauging a pitcher's value based on his record. Fukking classic.
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  27. 04-14-12 01:39 PM #62
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    Cain is the opposite of LBJ. He's clutch written it matters.
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