04/14 Brewers (Bush) vs. Cubs (Wells) 1:20 CSN

[Andy]

McGeehee is pure luck... He was a projected utility player at best who would bring little offensively. I still think thats where he ends up.

I don't know about pure luck, but we have guys entrenched at both positions he can play. I suppose we could've kept him as a bench bat.

Edited April 14, 2010 by Andy

[Prizefight]

Thankfully Milwaukee's pen is real bad. Plenty of outs left.

[Sammy Sofa]

It really is sad that anything hit to LF I have to hold my breath for till I see it in his glove .

 

Which is silly, since it's tiny minority of the plays he handles that he ends up screwing up.

[SouthSideRyan]

Everytime McGehee does something good I thank god Jim Hendry is our GM. Way to identify what you have Jimbo.

 

Casey McGehee sucks

[illiniguy]

Everytime McGehee does something good I thank god Jim Hendry is our GM. Way to identify what you have Jimbo.

 

Nobody identified what they had. There's plenty to slam Hendry over, but expecting to somehow magically know that McGehee would have any type of sustained success in the majors based on what he had shown up until he was claimed is absurd.

I don't want to look it up, but didn't we have two spots open on the 40 man when we let him go? Couldn't we have at least tried to get something for him?

[illiniguy]

Everytime McGehee does something good I thank god Jim Hendry is our GM. Way to identify what you have Jimbo.

 

Casey McGehee sucks

No Aaron Miles sucks, but we had room for him on our team last year.

[Sammy Sofa]

McGeehee is pure luck... He was a projected utility player at best who would bring little offensively. I still think thats where he ends up.

I don't know about pure luck, but we have guys entrenched at both positions he can play. I suppose we could've kept him as a bench bat.

 

No, it is pretty much luck. When he was claimed he had shown basically nothing that would project him to be a backup player at best. He also hasn't proven that he will continue his success. Thinking that he has is like thinking Fontenot was set in stone.

[Sammy Sofa]

Everytime McGehee does something good I thank god Jim Hendry is our GM. Way to identify what you have Jimbo.

 

Nobody identified what they had. There's plenty to slam Hendry over, but expecting to somehow magically know that McGehee would have any type of sustained success in the majors based on what he had shown up until he was claimed is absurd.

I don't want to look it up, but didn't we have two spots open on the 40 man when we let him go? Couldn't we have at least tried to get something for him?

 

Why bother? He was a zilch at the time.

[Keener98]

It really is sad that anything hit to LF I have to hold my breath for till I see it in his glove .

 

Which is silly, since it's tiny minority of the plays he handles that he ends up screwing up.

 

I understand that, but anything he has to move to his left or right on is never easy for him. He does make the routine pop fly with relative ease, but moving side to side is an adventure. Hes so damn scared of that wall its ridiculous.

[SouthSideRyan]

Everytime McGehee does something good I thank god Jim Hendry is our GM. Way to identify what you have Jimbo.

 

Casey McGehee sucks

No Aaron Miles sucks, but we had room for him on our team last year.

 

Well you can get pissed about everyone that was let go within the past year then, because they were likely more useful that Miles too

[Sammy Sofa]

It really is sad that anything hit to LF I have to hold my breath for till I see it in his glove .

 

Which is silly, since it's tiny minority of the plays he handles that he ends up screwing up.

 

I understand that, but anything he has to move to his left or right on is never easy for him. He does make the routine pop fly with relative ease, but moving side to side is an adventure. Hes so damn scared of that wall its ridiculous.

 

Not really. It's a brick wall and he's not an outfielder.

[Schwarber Fan]

seriously though, we hit into a lot of bad luck

[illiniguy]

Everytime McGehee does something good I thank god Jim Hendry is our GM. Way to identify what you have Jimbo.

 

Nobody identified what they had. There's plenty to slam Hendry over, but expecting to somehow magically know that McGehee would have any type of sustained success in the majors based on what he had shown up until he was claimed is absurd.

I don't want to look it up, but didn't we have two spots open on the 40 man when we let him go? Couldn't we have at least tried to get something for him?

 

Why bother? He was a zilch at the time.

Because he was still our property and there was no reason to allow him to go to another team within the division for nothing. I know in the grand picture it doesn't matter a ton, but it's annoying as crap to watch him do pretty well for them knowing they didn't even give us anything for him.

[jersey cubs fan]

It really is sad that anything hit to LF I have to hold my breath for till I see it in his glove .

 

Which is silly, since it's tiny minority of the plays he handles that he ends up screwing up.

 

I understand that, but anything he has to move to his left or right on is never easy for him. He does make the routine pop fly with relative ease, but moving side to side is an adventure. Hes so damn scared of that wall its ridiculous.

 

Not really. It's a brick wall and he's not an outfielder.

 

He's scared of all walls, brick or not, and he's been in the OF for nearly half a decade now.

[apete6]

This John Deere ad on Gameday can eat my ass.

[Sammy Sofa]

Everytime McGehee does something good I thank god Jim Hendry is our GM. Way to identify what you have Jimbo.

 

Nobody identified what they had. There's plenty to slam Hendry over, but expecting to somehow magically know that McGehee would have any type of sustained success in the majors based on what he had shown up until he was claimed is absurd.

I don't want to look it up, but didn't we have two spots open on the 40 man when we let him go? Couldn't we have at least tried to get something for him?

 

Why bother? He was a zilch at the time.

Because he was still our property and there was no reason to allow him to go to another team within the division for nothing.

 

You're assuming they could have even gotten anything in return for him. You seem to be talking about him like they could have centered a trade around him when in reality he'd be a last minute add-on to a trade at best at the time.

[SouthSideRyan]

But McGehee never should have been rostered to begin with, which would've left him open to Rule 5 last offseason.

[Sammy Sofa]

It really is sad that anything hit to LF I have to hold my breath for till I see it in his glove .

 

Which is silly, since it's tiny minority of the plays he handles that he ends up screwing up.

 

I understand that, but anything he has to move to his left or right on is never easy for him. He does make the routine pop fly with relative ease, but moving side to side is an adventure. Hes so damn scared of that wall its ridiculous.

 

Not really. It's a brick wall and he's not an outfielder.

 

He's scared of all walls, brick or not, and he's been in the OF for nearly half a decade now.

 

Fantastic. He's still not an OFer and never will be.

[Andy]

Byrd needs to quit hitting double play balls.

[illiniguy]

 

You're assuming they could have even gotten anything in return for him. You seem to be talking about him like they could have centered a trade around him when in reality he'd be a last minute add-on to a trade at best at the time.

I'm aware we wouldn't have got anything good for him, but at the least we could have sent him to the American League. Where he couldn't beat us.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

Remember when Lou put Soriano at second at the end of a game in 2008 and everyone was getting excited that Lou may move him back?

[apete6]

Remember when Lou put Soriano at second at the end of a game in 2008 and everyone was getting excited that Lou may move him back?

 

The hilarity that would ensue would be epic.

[Bote McBoteface]

Pat just said "That ball was a foot outside."

 

Soriano swung at it.

 

 

heh.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

You're assuming they could have even gotten anything in return for him. You seem to be talking about him like they could have centered a trade around him when in reality he'd be a last minute add-on to a trade at best at the time.

I'm aware we wouldn't have got anything good for him, but at the least we could have sent him to the American League. Where he couldn't beat us.

 

I guess. It's really inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.

[Keener98]

Dont think that one has the distance