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Stop your defense of Kosuke, your wasting your time. He's not giving anything to this team. The Cubs are 31-40. NINE games under .500. With that poor of a record, a team usually is in the need of a shakeup. Whether that is trading a guy, playing someone else, bring a kid up from the minors, etc. Kosuke is not winning us games.

 

is marlon byrd giving anything to this team? i mean, we're NINE games under .500

 

You need to DFA Soto too. After all, we're NINE games under .500.

 

Better get rid of Marmol and Marshall too. If they really cared, they'd somehow hit in some runs despite never batting.

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Who cares if it's a summer month? If we're talking about 2009's numbers he killed it in July and August, so there goes the whole "he sucks in the summer months" theory from looking at last season, unless you're now declaring September to be a summer month, too.

 

I don't know if I'd call a .254 average with 27 RBI over the three summer months "killing" it.

 

Wait, what? How does July and August become three months? How can someone come to the conclusion that he sucks in the summer if he's a very good player for 2 of the 3 summer months? It's not like his July and August numbers are propped up with a decent performance stretched out over relatively few PA. In July he had 103 PA and managed a .926 OPS. In August he pulled off a .904 OPS, again in 103 PA. His horrible June was over the course of 96 PA.

 

I am simply baffled as to how anyone can come to the conclusion that he sucks in the summer based on his 2009 numbers. This tangent just gets increasingly bizarre.

 

And now he's getting slammed for "only" having 24 RBI in July and August? What? He had 12 RBI's in each month, which is 2nd only to his April, where had 15, that people keep talking about like it was some amazing month he'd never come close to again.

 

June, July, and August being summer months is not the point. 96 PA compared to 103 PA the other two months? Wow, that's such a BIG difference. C'mon man, I had 7 plate appearances in my own two games this past weekend.

 

I never said Fukudome "only" has X number of RBI, as you stated. I'm saying how many he had over that span. Baseball (statistically speaking), as you should know, is based of averages and percentages. Earned-run average, batting average, winning percentage, etc. That is an average of 9 RBI per month. With about 25-30 games per month, that is pathetic for a starting position player, which he was.

 

Lastly, I haven't been on this board enough lately, but the notion to trade or bench Fukudome in favor of Colvin is not as crazy or absurd as you make it sound. Colvin is a pure hitter, while Fukudome still has his cork-screw like swing. Fukudome is NOT the future. After his contract is up, he will NOT be back. Since you used the term "simple" in your defense, I will too. It's that simple, man. This is the MAJOR LEAGUES, where you play the future. AND Colvin is a solid player. He's a baseball player who takes advantage of his opportunity when he gets it, and when he doesn't play he stays humble and does his job accordingly. Fukudome is solid defensively, but saunters on the bench when he's not starting and is not the definition of a "baseball player". Do you ever wonder if he CARES about winning baseball games!?

 

Stop your defense of Kosuke, your wasting your time. He's not giving anything to this team. The Cubs are 31-40. NINE games under .500. With that poor of a record, a team usually is in the need of a shakeup. Whether that is trading a guy, playing someone else, bring a kid up from the minors, etc. Kosuke is not winning us games.

 

This is superb.

 

Could you please go into a bit more detail on the whole sauntering on the bench thing? Thank you in advance.

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Wait so Fukudome isn't a baseball player? Is he a soccer player? Or maybe he's a football player? I need to find out exactly what Fukudome is because even though the Cubs are a shitty baseball team, I'm pretty sure all the guys on the team are still baseball players.
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jersey cubs fan

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Wait so Fukudome isn't a baseball player? Is he a soccer player? Or maybe he's a football player? I need to find out exactly what Fukudome is because even though the Cubs are a [expletive] baseball team, I'm pretty sure all the guys on the team are still baseball players.

 

He's a guy who plays baseball, but not the definition of a baseball player.

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Steve Nash considers himself a soccer player who plays basketball, so I guess anything is possible.

 

Sometimes I wonder if anybody on this Cubs team is truly playing baseball. Maybe they are confused and that is why they have sucked. Quick, SOMEBODY TELL THEM IT'S BASEBALL! HURRY!

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Steve Nash considers himself a soccer player who plays basketball, so I guess anything is possible.

 

Sometimes I wonder if anybody on this Cubs team is truly playing baseball. Maybe they are confused and that is why they have sucked. Quick, SOMEBODY TELL THEM IT'S BASEBALL! HURRY!

 

Actually, Nash also considers himself a film director who plays basketball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, seriously, Nash has directed one of ESPN's 30 for 30 films.

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Stop your defense of Kosuke, your wasting your time. He's not giving anything to this team. The Cubs are 31-40. NINE games under .500. With that poor of a record, a team usually is in the need of a shakeup. Whether that is trading a guy, playing someone else, bring a kid up from the minors, etc. Kosuke is not winning us games.

 

is marlon byrd giving anything to this team? i mean, we're NINE games under .500

 

You need to DFA Soto too. After all, we're NINE games under .500.

 

Better get rid of Marmol and Marshall too. If they really cared, they'd somehow hit in some runs despite never batting.

 

I'm lost on your sarcasm.

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not the definition of a baseball player

 

 

great line. Incredibly stupid thing to say, but great line nonetheless.

 

When I think of baseball player, I think of players like Colvin, etc. I would give some other names, but then I would get crucified for putting those guys' names in the same sentence with Colvin.

 

My point with the "baseball player" remark was that when I look at Colvin, I see a young player who is eager for his opportunity, but still goes out and hits in a lesser role. And when he does start, he's got a hop in his step and it is just fun to watch him out there. I don't really get the same vibe from Kosuke, that's all.

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jersey cubs fan

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not the definition of a baseball player

 

 

great line. Incredibly stupid thing to say, but great line nonetheless.

 

When I think of baseball player, I think of players like Colvin, etc. I would give some other names, but then I would get crucified for putting those guys' names in the same sentence with Colvin.

 

My point with the "baseball player" remark was that when I look at Colvin, I see a young player who is eager for his opportunity, but still goes out and hits in a lesser role. And when he does start, he's got a hop in his step and it is just fun to watch him out there. I don't really get the same vibe from Kosuke, that's all.

 

you can keep on going with this as long as you like as far as I'm concerned.

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italianocubsfan7

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not the definition of a baseball player

 

 

great line. Incredibly stupid thing to say, but great line nonetheless.

 

When I think of baseball player, I think of players like Colvin, etc. I would give some other names, but then I would get crucified for putting those guys' names in the same sentence with Colvin.

 

My point with the "baseball player" remark was that when I look at Colvin, I see a young player who is eager for his opportunity, but still goes out and hits in a lesser role. And when he does start, he's got a hop in his step and it is just fun to watch him out there. I don't really get the same vibe from Kosuke, that's all.

 

you can keep on going with this as long as you like as far as I'm concerned.

 

Alright, enjoy continuing to visit this average Cubs board filled with members that have poor baseball IQ's and don't know a darn thing.

jersey cubs fan GOAT

jersey cubs fan

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Alright, enjoy continuing to visit this average Cubs board filled with members that have poor baseball IQ's and don't know a darn thing.

 

Nuts & Gum doesn't even look like a Poster.

 

When I think of Posters, I think of guys like chuck_cubs

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not the definition of a baseball player

 

 

great line. Incredibly stupid thing to say, but great line nonetheless.

 

When I think of baseball player, I think of players like Colvin, etc. I would give some other names, but then I would get crucified for putting those guys' names in the same sentence with Colvin.

 

My point with the "baseball player" remark was that when I look at Colvin, I see a young player who is eager for his opportunity, but still goes out and hits in a lesser role. And when he does start, he's got a hop in his step and it is just fun to watch him out there. I don't really get the same vibe from Kosuke, that's all.

 

You understand that baseball players don't have choices in their "role", right? It's not like Colvin says "You know...I'm not really ready to be a regular starter, so I think I'll take a backseat while I learn my place in this game."

 

The "vibe" you get from players is a poor argument to use on this board.

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not the definition of a baseball player

 

 

great line. Incredibly stupid thing to say, but great line nonetheless.

 

When I think of baseball player, I think of players like Colvin, etc. I would give some other names, but then I would get crucified for putting those guys' names in the same sentence with Colvin.

 

My point with the "baseball player" remark was that when I look at Colvin, I see a young player who is eager for his opportunity, but still goes out and hits in a lesser role. And when he does start, he's got a hop in his step and it is just fun to watch him out there. I don't really get the same vibe from Kosuke, that's all.

 

So you would consider Soriano the absolute, unequivocal definition of a baseball player, then?

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Baseball (statistically speaking), as you should know, is based of averages and percentages. Earned-run average, batting average, winning percentage, etc.

 

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