So when does Gerald Perry

[witty alias]

start taking some of the blame for the offense? He took a bunch of power hitters and turned them into singles hitters.

[Post Count Padder]

Power numbers have been down around the whole league too.

[back2backjax]

you beat me to the punch. i heard kurkjian say that at the all-star break last season 20+ players had at least 20 homers. this season there were 8.

 

the fact that steroid/amphetamine testing has been ramped up is one hell of a coincidence.

[bhogg]

I'm glad that Perry talked the cubs out of taking roids. Good for him.

[Jon]

It looks like HRs are down about 11% this year while the Cubs are on pace for about 24% fewer HRs than they hit in 2006.

[abuck1220]

Power numbers have been down around the whole league too.

 

well, why didn't you say so? i guess it's ok that the cubs' offense sucks then.

[Derwood]

this franchise isn't exactly celebrated for it's culpability

[Rob]

this franchise isn't exactly celebrated for it's culpability

 

Are you kidding me? Did you watch us let Dusty play out the string and then just not re-sign him? Yes sir, he got it bad.

[Derwood]

this franchise isn't exactly celebrated for it's culpability

 

Are you kidding me? Did you watch us let Dusty play out the string and then just not re-sign him? Yes sir, he got it bad.

 

that'll learn him

[Wilson A2000]

Lilly is having a good year because the wind has been blowing in. Maybe that is doing something to the Cubs' power at home. Soriano has not faired well there. What are the homerun splits for the team (home/away)?

[Sammy Sofa]

Lilly is having a good year because the wind has been blowing in. Maybe that is doing something to the Cubs' power at home. Soriano has not faired well there. What are the homerun splits for the team (home/away)?

 

Even if they have more away, which I believe they do, they're still waaaaaaaaay down.

 

And are you really attributing most of Lilly's susccess this year to the wind?

[witty alias]

I just think that if the pitching was as bad as the offense, everybody would want Rothschild fired, but I've never seen a post on here about Perry. Of course I don't read every thread so I could have missed some talk.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm not blaming Perry for the lack of power, but what I've noted is the Cubs are taking a lot of pitches for strikes. Don't mistake me. I've always wanted patient hitters, and I prefer patience to over aggressiveness...but I'm wondering if some of our hitters may be having trouble adjusting to the new approach.

[Wilson A2000]

Lilly is having a good year because the wind has been blowing in. Maybe that is doing something to the Cubs' power at home. Soriano has not faired well there. What are the homerun splits for the team (home/away)?

 

Even if they have more away, which I believe they do, they're still waaaaaaaaay down.

 

And are you really attributing most of Lilly's susccess this year to the wind?

 

I attribute Lilly's success to better pitching (I think he is walking less and striking out more), the wind direction, and playing in a weak NL and NL Central. I'm not complaining, but he isn't THIS good.

[Brian]

I'm not blaming Perry for the lack of power, but what I've noted is the Cubs are taking a lot of pitches for strikes. Don't mistake me. I've always wanted patient hitters, and I prefer patience to over aggressiveness...but I'm wondering if some of our hitters may be having trouble adjusting to the new approach.

 

Derrek Lee in particular has been watching pitches right down the middle.

[Mephistopheles]

didnt all the parks add humidors this year?

[Derwood]

didnt all the parks add humidors this year?

 

no, you're thinking internet cafes

[RynoRules]

I'm not blaming Perry for the lack of power, but what I've noted is the Cubs are taking a lot of pitches for strikes. Don't mistake me. I've always wanted patient hitters, and I prefer patience to over aggressiveness...but I'm wondering if some of our hitters may be having trouble adjusting to the new approach.

 

Derrek Lee in particular has been watching pitches right down the middle.

 

Work in progress. When you have been told to swing at everything for four years it takes a while to adjust to a philosophy of "wait for something good to hit".

[TruffleShuffle]

I'm not blaming Perry for the lack of power, but what I've noted is the Cubs are taking a lot of pitches for strikes. Don't mistake me. I've always wanted patient hitters, and I prefer patience to over aggressiveness...but I'm wondering if some of our hitters may be having trouble adjusting to the new approach.

 

he should go back to whatever he was doing in 2005... i don't care if he was being told to swing at balls behind him, whatever he did was working

 

anyway, about the steroid thing - one has to assume that increased steroid testing is the reason that home runs are down. But is it fair to indict any one player for this? Can we talk about Soriano or ARam or Jock having been on steroids? I guess it's not really fair to them, but we'd be naive to think that some guys on this team weren't using in recent years.

 

Derrek Lee in particular has been watching pitches right down the middle.

 

Work in progress. When you have been told to swing at everything for four years it takes a while to adjust to a philosophy of "wait for something good to hit".

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm not blaming Perry for the lack of power, but what I've noted is the Cubs are taking a lot of pitches for strikes. Don't mistake me. I've always wanted patient hitters, and I prefer patience to over aggressiveness...but I'm wondering if some of our hitters may be having trouble adjusting to the new approach.

 

Derrek Lee in particular has been watching pitches right down the middle.

 

Work in progress. When you have been told to swing at everything for four years it takes a while to adjust to a philosophy of "wait for something good to hit".

 

and that's my point. I don't think Perry really wants the hitters to let good pitches go by, but they may not have the skills or at least haven't learned enough pitch recognition to make Perry's philosophy work really well.

 

For the most part, our hitters are much more patient it seems than last season. On the other hand, often they end up 1-2 or 0-2 after looking at some really hittable pitches...and often this occurs in times where we need a hit or at least good contact.

[Derwood]

I'm not blaming Perry for the lack of power, but what I've noted is the Cubs are taking a lot of pitches for strikes. Don't mistake me. I've always wanted patient hitters, and I prefer patience to over aggressiveness...but I'm wondering if some of our hitters may be having trouble adjusting to the new approach.

 

Derrek Lee in particular has been watching pitches right down the middle.

 

Work in progress. When you have been told to swing at everything for four years it takes a while to adjust to a philosophy of "wait for something good to hit".

 

and that's my point. I don't think Perry really wants the hitters to let good pitches go by, but they may not have the skills or at least haven't learned enough pitch recognition to make Perry's philosophy work really well.

 

For the most part, our hitters are much more patient it seems than last season. On the other hand, often they end up 1-2 or 0-2 after looking at some really hittable pitches...and often this occurs in times where we need a hit or at least good contact.

 

since when do All Stars like Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez need to learn how to hit?

[soapy]

I don't know where to post this, so this seems like a good spot.

 

I was really annoyed last night when Bob said something along the lines of (talking about the next game): "Offensively, you have to expect more than you've seen tonight."

 

Why? Why should I expect more? At what point do you just face the reality that this offense just isn't what we thought it would be? I think that time has come and gone. And now, it's likely too late to make any meaningful upgrade and we are stuck hoping that some of these guys will re-discover their strokes (namely Lee (power wise), Ramirez (power wise), Jones, Floyd, Murton and Kendall).

 

I can see holding out hope for Lee, Ramirez and Murton but not the others.

[Derwood]

I don't know where to post this, so this seems like a good spot.

 

I was really annoyed last night when Bob said something along the lines of (talking about the next game): "Offensively, you have to expect more than you've seen tonight."

 

Why? Why should I expect more? At what point do you just face the reality that this offense just isn't what we thought it would be? I think that time has come and gone. And now, it's likely too late to make any meaningful upgrade and we are stuck hoping that some of these guys will re-discover their strokes (namely Lee (power wise), Ramirez (power wise), Jones, Floyd, Murton and Kendall).

 

I can see holding out hope for Lee, Ramirez and Murton but not the others.

 

this team isn't going to score 2 runs and strike out 13 times every game from now thru September, so yes, you should expect more

[soapy]

I don't know where to post this, so this seems like a good spot.

 

I was really annoyed last night when Bob said something along the lines of (talking about the next game): "Offensively, you have to expect more than you've seen tonight."

 

Why? Why should I expect more? At what point do you just face the reality that this offense just isn't what we thought it would be? I think that time has come and gone. And now, it's likely too late to make any meaningful upgrade and we are stuck hoping that some of these guys will re-discover their strokes (namely Lee (power wise), Ramirez (power wise), Jones, Floyd, Murton and Kendall).

 

I can see holding out hope for Lee, Ramirez and Murton but not the others.

 

this team isn't going to score 2 runs and strike out 13 times every game from now thru September, so yes, you should expect more

they may not strike out 13 times, but getting shut down by the likes of Woody Williams doesn't inspire one to expect more runs.

[Wilson A2000]

didnt all the parks add humidors this year?

 

I think that only Colorado is using one