5/12 Cubs (Guzman) vs. Padres (Williams) 1:20 CSN

[LoneStarCubFan]

The thing that kills me is that it always seems like the Cubs have a new plan every couple of years but that plan NEVER involves starting from scratch or going for broke on the free agent market.

 

Regardless of the GM you never see the Cubs do either of the following:

 

1. Make a splash with a big-ticket FA signing or two in the offseason.

 

2. Strip it down to the frame and play a bunch of kids.

 

Nope, instead we get the mediocre retread free agents who used to be good along with the crappy trash that had a semi-decent year for the Cubs last season with one or two rookies thrown in just to make it look good.

 

Yeah the FA market last year wasn't great but there was absolutely no reason for clowns like Rusch or Neifi Freakin' Perez to be picking up checks at Wrigley every week.

 

They have direct deposit

 

Ok, that made me laugh.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Dempster in to pitch for the CUBS

Bellhorn, pinch hitting for Cassidy, struck out swinging

Roberts walked

Cameron struck out swinging

Giles flied out to right center field

 

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

 

              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9     R  H E
San Diego     1 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 0    10 14 0 
CUBS          1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0       4 10 3 

 

Home runs: San Diego: Gonalez (2)

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Guzman     3.0  3  2  2  5  4  0  87 
Rusch      1,7  7  6  5  1  0  0  40 
Williamson 1.3  1  0  0  1  0  0  16 
Eyre       1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  10 
Howry      1.0  2  2  2  0  1  1  19 
Dempster   1.0  0  0  0  1  2  0  17 

[C.C.]

The thing that kills me is that it always seems like the Cubs have a new plan every couple of years but that plan NEVER involves starting from scratch or going for broke on the free agent market.

 

Regardless of the GM you never see the Cubs do either of the following:

 

1. Make a splash with a big-ticket FA signing or two in the offseason.

 

2. Strip it down to the frame and play a bunch of kids.

 

Nope, instead we get the mediocre retread free agents who used to be good along with the crappy trash that had a semi-decent year for the Cubs last season with one or two rookies thrown in just to make it look good.

 

Yeah the FA market last year wasn't great but there was absolutely no reason for clowns like Rusch or Neifi Freakin' Perez to be picking up checks at Wrigley every week.

 

Dude that is a great post! You hit the nail on the head! We are a big market team that never goes after the big names and always settle for middle of the road free-agents coming off "off years". Every off season it seems we are always a player away.

[sethuel1]

The thing that kills me is that it always seems like the Cubs have a new plan every couple of years but that plan NEVER involves starting from scratch or going for broke on the free agent market.

 

Regardless of the GM you never see the Cubs do either of the following:

 

1. Make a splash with a big-ticket FA signing or two in the offseason.

 

2. Strip it down to the frame and play a bunch of kids.

 

Nope, instead we get the mediocre retread free agents who used to be good along with the crappy trash that had a semi-decent year for the Cubs last season with one or two rookies thrown in just to make it look good.

 

Yeah the FA market last year wasn't great but there was absolutely no reason for clowns like Rusch or Neifi Freakin' Perez to be picking up checks at Wrigley every week.

 

They have direct deposit

 

Ok, that made me laugh.

I try.

[LoneStarCubFan]

Is Guzman the pitcher of record or was it still tied when he left?

[cheapseats]

This team has enough talent to be above .500. I think a good manager would be playing winning baseball with this team.

 

While I believe better managing would have helped us win some of those close games during the losing streak, this is truly a terrible offensive roster.

 

I really doubt any manager could make this a winning club.

 

Out of our 3 outfielders, only Jacque Jones is #48 in OPS of 97 outfielders with 75 or more plate appearances.

 

Murton, as much as we love him, is actually in the bottom half of OF's in OPS.

 

And we all know about Juan Pierre.

 

Ronny's OPS has really been falling lately, too. He's 15 out of 30 in MLB.

 

The only player we could really expect better production from is Aramis.

 

This is a wretched offense even with DLee. It is at least partly Dusty's fault for asking for these players, but this is not a team that will score many runs.

[Monco]

Aw right,we got em right where we want em.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Embree in to pitch for San Diego

[LoneStarCubFan]

Ryan Theriot out of Witness Protection

[cheapseats]

THE RIOT!

[sethuel1]

There's no way that's Theriot. He's still at the hotel in San Fran.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Is Guzman the pitcher of record or was it still tied when he left?

 

Rusch is the pitcher of record.

[LoneStarCubFan]

Is Guzman the pitcher of record or was it still tied when he left?

 

Rusch is the pitcher of record.

 

Good.

[Banedon]

This team has enough talent to be above .500. I think a good manager would be playing winning baseball with this team.

 

While I believe better managing would have helped us win some of those close games during the losing streak, this is truly a terrible offensive roster.

 

I really doubt any manager could make this a winning club.

 

Out of our 3 outfielders, only Jacque Jones is #48 in OPS of 97 outfielders with 75 or more plate appearances.

 

Murton, as much as we love him, is actually in the bottom half of OF's in OPS.

 

And we all know about Juan Pierre.

 

Ronny's OPS has really been falling lately, too. He's 15 out of 30 in MLB.

 

The only player we could really expect better production from is Aramis.

 

This is a wretched offense even with DLee. It is at least partly Dusty's fault for asking for these players, but this is not a team that will score many runs.

 

Agreed for the most part. The offense is bad, bad, bad, but I still think it could be above .500 with the state of the NL. I just don't think the NL is very good, which only makes losing hurt more.

[cheapseats]

The thing that kills me is that it always seems like the Cubs have a new plan every couple of years but that plan NEVER involves starting from scratch or going for broke on the free agent market.

 

Regardless of the GM you never see the Cubs do either of the following:

 

1. Make a splash with a big-ticket FA signing or two in the offseason.

 

2. Strip it down to the frame and play a bunch of kids.

 

Nope, instead we get the mediocre retread free agents who used to be good along with the crappy trash that had a semi-decent year for the Cubs last season with one or two rookies thrown in just to make it look good.

 

Yeah the FA market last year wasn't great but there was absolutely no reason for clowns like Rusch or Neifi Freakin' Perez to be picking up checks at Wrigley every week.

 

They have direct deposit

 

Apparently, the Nationals don't:

 

http://www.nbc4.com/news/9157619/detail.html

[Fred Hornkohl]

Theriot, pinch hitting for Dempster, walked

[Flames24Rulz]

nice AB by Theriot.

[LoneStarCubFan]

Ok, they're just a grand slam away from being a three-run homer away from winning this thing.

[Fred Hornkohl]

That's 2 walks on the day for the CUBS. [sigh]

[sethuel1]

There's a woman sitting near Pat and Ron that is either incredibly drunk or mentally [expletive].

[Flames24Rulz]

that was the hardest hit ball by Pierre this year :shock:

[Fred Hornkohl]

Pierre doubled to left center field, Theriot to third

[WindyCity]

Ok, they're just a grand slam away from being a three-run homer away from winning this thing.

 

 

:lol:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:cry:

[cheapseats]

This team has enough talent to be above .500. I think a good manager would be playing winning baseball with this team.

 

While I believe better managing would have helped us win some of those close games during the losing streak, this is truly a terrible offensive roster.

 

I really doubt any manager could make this a winning club.

 

Out of our 3 outfielders, only Jacque Jones is #48 in OPS of 97 outfielders with 75 or more plate appearances.

 

Murton, as much as we love him, is actually in the bottom half of OF's in OPS.

 

And we all know about Juan Pierre.

 

Ronny's OPS has really been falling lately, too. He's 15 out of 30 in MLB.

 

The only player we could really expect better production from is Aramis.

 

This is a wretched offense even with DLee. It is at least partly Dusty's fault for asking for these players, but this is not a team that will score many runs.

 

Agreed for the most part. The offense is bad, bad, bad, but I still think it could be above .500 with the state of the NL. I just don't think the NL is very good, which only makes losing hurt more.

 

I think we'll just disagree, then. There's no good way to measure a manager's impact on the team, but I figure no manager is going to be more important to a team than Derrek Lee was last year, and Derrek was good for an extra 10 or 11 wins.

 

I'd love to see a guy come in and do something crazy, like go to a four-man rotation (using strict pitch counts, of course), but there's no innovation in modern managing.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Perez popped out (foul) to second base, Theriot scored