Lee's impact

[CubfaninCA]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

[srbin84]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

 

Didn't someone write an article here that said it would cost us 2 or 3 games this year?...turns out it was 2 or 3 games a week.

[stitchface]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

 

Didn't someone write an article here that said it would cost us 2 or 3 games this year?...turns out it was 2 or 3 games a week.

 

That's ridiculous. The offense was bad with Lee and now its downright terrible. There are a few more factors than just Lee being out. For instance, the Cubs had an amazing BA with RISP prior to Lee's injury - the last few games its been terrible. Walker has cooled off.

[rocket]

runs allowed in the 1st 14 games: 58

 

last 14: 75

[MPrior]

It's pretty bogus to suggest that Lee's absence is what's causing this dearth of offense. Yes, Lee was extremely productive. And yes, we miss him terribly, and so does the team. But the overall suckiness of the entire lineup has less to do with Lee than it does with the terrible performance of the players who are actually playing.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

runs allowed in the 1st 14 games: 58

 

last 14: 75

 

Well, he was one of our best pitchers.

[CubfaninCA]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

 

Didn't someone write an article here that said it would cost us 2 or 3 games this year?...turns out it was 2 or 3 games a week.

 

think i saw that mentioned.

 

lee already had 10 rbis and 11 runs scored and gave walker tons of protection. i guess if the cubs had david ortiz backing him up, maybe it would cost 2-3 games. :)

[CubfaninCA]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

 

Didn't someone write an article here that said it would cost us 2 or 3 games this year?...turns out it was 2 or 3 games a week.

 

That's ridiculous. The offense was bad with Lee and now its downright terrible. There are a few more factors than just Lee being out. For instance, the Cubs had an amazing BA with RISP prior to Lee's injury - the last few games its been terrible. Walker has cooled off.

 

5 runs per game is bad?? :shock:

[CubfaninCA]

runs allowed in the 1st 14 games: 58

 

last 14: 75

 

subpar pitching causes bad hitting?

[dalgreen]

He is definitely valuable. There aren't too many All-Stars who aren't valuable to their team. I wonder how well the Cardinals would be doing if they had to go three weeks without Pujols let alone six to eight weeks. However, this goes to show that Hendry had another subpar off-season. Many of us on here said we needed a corner outfielder with a high OPS. I will give him props for improving the bullpen, but he still didn't get the lead-off guy we needed-- unless you call a guy with speed, who doesn't get on base a good leadoff guy. Admittedly, I don't know who we could've gotten in terms of a corner outfielder, especially since many Cub fans inexplicably deem Prior or Wood as an untouchable. I'm still scratching my head as to why we have Perez, Hairston and Bynum on the team. I can see one of them, maybe even two of them, but all three?

[stitchface]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

 

Didn't someone write an article here that said it would cost us 2 or 3 games this year?...turns out it was 2 or 3 games a week.

 

That's ridiculous. The offense was bad with Lee and now its downright terrible. There are a few more factors than just Lee being out. For instance, the Cubs had an amazing BA with RISP prior to Lee's injury - the last few games its been terrible. Walker has cooled off.

 

5 runs per game is bad?? :shock:

 

 

:shock: :shock: :shock: -a thoughtless post :shock:

[oldstyle81]

It's pretty bogus to suggest that Lee's absence is what's causing this dearth of offense. Yes, Lee was extremely productive. And yes, we miss him terribly, and so does the team. But the overall suckiness of the entire lineup has less to do with Lee than it does with the terrible performance of the players who are actually playing.

 

Well whats going on now really dosent back your statement up, with the exception of 1 game (sunday at St louis) we have been hard pressed to get a hit let alone a run

 

Lee if nothing else provided protection and we were scoring when he was there, now thats not the case

 

hell if we had 1 run in this game, we wouldve won it

Edited May 6, 2006 by oldstyle81

[CubfaninCA]

He is definitely valuable. There aren't too many All-Stars who aren't valuable to their team. I wonder how well the Cardinals would be doing if they had to go three weeks without Pujols let alone six to eight weeks. However, this goes to show that Hendry had another subpar off-season. Many of us on here said we needed a corner outfielder with a high OPS. I will give him props for improving the bullpen, but he still didn't get the lead-off guy we needed-- unless you call a guy with speed, who doesn't get on base a good leadoff guy. Admittedly, I don't know who we could've gotten in terms of a corner outfielder, especially since many Cub fans inexplicably deem Prior or Wood as an untouchable. I'm still scratching my head as to why we have Perez, Hairston and Bynum on the team. I can see one of them, maybe even two of them, but all three?

 

there you have it. who could we have got. rf's don't grow on trees.

[Outshined_One]

5 runs per game is bad?? :shock:

 

So they were going to continue to average that for the rest of the season?

[Sammy Sofa]

Clearly, a healthy Lee's presence in the dugout is the equivalent of the monolith appearing before primitive man in 2001. Stats cannot contain the power and wisdom he shares! Without him, you just get Neifi beating Blanco to death with a jawbone. The horror...the HORROR!

[Careless]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

 

Didn't someone write an article here that said it would cost us 2 or 3 games this year?...turns out it was 2 or 3 games a week.

If only Lee was hitting his 200 Hr a year for us :(

[Sammy Sofa]

5 runs per game is bad?? :shock:

 

So they were going to continue to average that for the rest of the season?

 

I think you mean they're only going to score 5 runs TOTAL for the rest of the season.

 

Man, imagine how awesome those runs are going to be.

[CubfaninCA]

It's pretty bogus to suggest that Lee's absence is what's causing this dearth of offense. Yes, Lee was extremely productive. And yes, we miss him terribly, and so does the team. But the overall suckiness of the entire lineup has less to do with Lee than it does with the terrible performance of the players who are actually playing.

 

yes, some guys have sucked, but lee's absence could trim a run or two per game. that's a lot!

[dalgreen]

He is definitely valuable. There aren't too many All-Stars who aren't valuable to their team. I wonder how well the Cardinals would be doing if they had to go three weeks without Pujols let alone six to eight weeks. However, this goes to show that Hendry had another subpar off-season. Many of us on here said we needed a corner outfielder with a high OPS. I will give him props for improving the bullpen, but he still didn't get the lead-off guy we needed-- unless you call a guy with speed, who doesn't get on base a good leadoff guy. Admittedly, I don't know who we could've gotten in terms of a corner outfielder, especially since many Cub fans inexplicably deem Prior or Wood as an untouchable. I'm still scratching my head as to why we have Perez, Hairston and Bynum on the team. I can see one of them, maybe even two of them, but all three?

 

there you have it. who could we have got. rf's don't grow on trees.

 

I said corner outfielders, or heck anybody with a high OPS. The problem is a lot of fans want to complain about the offense, but also want to call certain players "untouchable". I couldn't believe all the upset people at the Prior/Tejada rumor. Or the Prior/Abreu rumor from last season. I'll say what many of us said going back to before spring training: Everything would have to go right for this to be a really good season. And so far plenty hasn't gone right.

[oldstyle81]

It's pretty bogus to suggest that Lee's absence is what's causing this dearth of offense. Yes, Lee was extremely productive. And yes, we miss him terribly, and so does the team. But the overall suckiness of the entire lineup has less to do with Lee than it does with the terrible performance of the players who are actually playing.

 

yes, some guys have sucked, but lee's absence could trim a run or two per game. that's a lot!

 

if we were scoring, this would be as bad but we cant even hit the ball to get a run

[CubfaninCA]

5 runs per game is bad?? :shock:

 

So they were going to continue to average that for the rest of the season?

 

with lee, maybe. are they not?

[rocket]

runs allowed in the 1st 14 games: 58

 

last 14: 75

 

subpar pitching causes bad hitting?

 

no. just saying lee's absence isn't the only reason this team sucks.

[rocket]

Hope I'm not stealin Fred's thunder...

 

If my number's are correct, big IF... :)

 

The Cubs scored 71 runs in the first 14 games with Lee and 36 runs in the 14 games since the wrist injury. I'm not counting the LA game where he got hurt.

 

The man's pretty valuable.

 

Didn't someone write an article here that said it would cost us 2 or 3 games this year?...turns out it was 2 or 3 games a week.

 

That's ridiculous. The offense was bad with Lee and now its downright terrible. There are a few more factors than just Lee being out. For instance, the Cubs had an amazing BA with RISP prior to Lee's injury - the last few games its been terrible. Walker has cooled off.

 

5 runs per game is bad?? :shock:

 

 

:shock: :shock: :shock: -a thoughtless post :shock:

 

you don't remember lee's 810 rbi + runs last season?

Edited May 6, 2006 by rocket

[srbin84]

I wonder if the NSBB team discussed in the polls section a while back could have scored two runs in 4+ games. Edited May 6, 2006 by srbin84

[Careless]

It's pretty bogus to suggest that Lee's absence is what's causing this dearth of offense. Yes, Lee was extremely productive. And yes, we miss him terribly, and so does the team. But the overall suckiness of the entire lineup has less to do with Lee than it does with the terrible performance of the players who are actually playing.

 

yes, some guys have sucked, but lee's absence could trim a run or two per game. that's a lot!

Ok, now you've just called Lee the most valuable player in the history of baseball. a run or 2 a game=240 runs over an average replacement first baseman, who will most likely get 100 or so rbi+runs in a season...

Lee, your 200 RBI, 140 run MVP!