Does Murton have a chip on his shoulder?

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You obiously have no interest in discussing anything rationally since Murton is a God to you and can never do any wrong in your eyes. And for what it's worth I'm simply a Cub fan wanting to see the Cubs win. No nefarious scheme to ruin the Cubs. The more you type the more ridiculous you get. Later...

 

I wouldn't necessarily consider your discussions in this thread to be rational.

Give me a break...Murton simply is not as good as most around here thinks he is. Especially the dude that has started a church named Murton. I wish he were. We'd probably be undefeated. But hey, people posting on an internet board are much more knowledgable then people actually running the teams. LOL The lunacy of it all.

 

Murton is far from great, but he's better than Floyd and that's the point.

For the 999th time. I never said he wasn't.

 

Well, then you're talking to yourself.

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Murton is far from great, but he's better than Floyd and that's the point.

For the 999th time. I never said he wasn't.

 

i guess when you started comparing him to Neifi, i just assumed that's what you meant.

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Murton is far from great, but he's better than Floyd and that's the point.

For the 999th time. I never said he wasn't.

 

i guess when you started comparing him to Neifi, i just assumed that's what you meant.

Okay, one last time. The comparison was not a comparison of Murton the player vs Neifi the player. The comparison was to illustrate just how unproductive Murton has been this year. At the time of the comparison their production was close to the same and Neifi had 19 ABs to Murton's 68. Yes, Neifis numbers were mostly the result of 1 game but no one wants to admit that Murton's was heavily influenced by one game also, in Saturdays game with the homer and 3 RBIs.

 

I'm not saying Neifi is better than Murton. I'm not saying that Floyd is better than Murton. I think that Murton is pretty average and I wish we had someone better than him to play RF but at this point we really don't. He's had a good couple of games. I hope he keeps it up but wouldn't bet on it. I want the Cubs to win and am not leading some sinister plot to destroy the Cubs as I was accused of earlier in this thread.

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The platoon of Pagan and Jones in CF is ideal, in that it is the best option we have, right now. The obvious solution is to trade Floyd, so Murton can start, and use Ward and DeRosa in the OF when neccessary.

 

Why does Floyd need to be traded? I keep reading about how it's a huge problem and we need to deal 1 or 2 of our OFs. The problem is Piniella playing the right players, not the existence of the players themselves. God forbid we have a bat off the bench who can actually hit.

 

Its not good to have guys who want to/deserve to be everyday players not starting everyday. It takes them out of their comfort zone. Lou plays them all as much as he can to try to keep them in their comfort zone. That is not a good setup. A bench needs players who can come in for a month or something if a player is hurt and perform, and accept that as their role. Have 4 outfielders who deserve/want to play everday is a bad thing.

 

The Cubs need someone like Hollandsworth back in either 03 or 04 can't remember which year. Hollandsworth new his role was to come off teh bench and be a spot starter when someone got hurt.

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You obiously have no interest in discussing anything rationally since Murton is a God to you and can never do any wrong in your eyes. And for what it's worth I'm simply a Cub fan wanting to see the Cubs win. No nefarious scheme to ruin the Cubs. The more you type the more ridiculous you get. Later...

 

I wouldn't necessarily consider your discussions in this thread to be rational.

Give me a break...Murton simply is not as good as most around here thinks he is. Especially the dude that has started a church named Murton. I wish he were. We'd probably be undefeated. But hey, people posting on an internet board are much more knowledgable then people actually running the teams. LOL The lunacy of it all.

 

Murton is far from great, but he's better than Floyd and that's the point.

 

Murton is not a god to me, nor anyone that I know. I am enamored with the fact that we have an OBP threat on the team finally who comes at a great discount, and its exactly what this team needs.

 

Murton IS as good as I think he is, because he's proven it with numbers. He's also likely to get better over time. He is a .297/.365/.444 hitter who showed flashes of being real good last year, and pretty much throughout his career with the Cubs. His second half last year was tremendous at .320/.392/.527 and 9 of his 13 HRs on the season (after the ASB). He can play LF, and get a real shot at being a contributor for years to come.

 

I think he's a missing cog in our broken down offensive machine, which is why I like him so much. I think you'll find that sentiment all over this board.

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^ It's a shame he won't get to play LF unless the Cobs get a brain and move Soriano to RF, where he should have been since ST started.