Random Baseball Musings

[Cubswin11]

The only 2 things I can remember from Pierre are the weak groundouts to the right side every other AB and thinking we'd have Furcal batting behind him at the top of the order.

[Guest]

i'll never forget his wiggly feel

[Sammy Sofa]

I was always annoyed he never brought back the 'stache.

 

Though we'll always have this:

 

http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/03/this-column-is-eternal.html

[Andy]

The only Pierre moment I can think of is him robbing Bonds of #714.

That was probably the highlight. Of course it wasn't entirely his fault the rest of the team was so freaking terrible.

[SouthSideRyan]

Neifi Perez had a great extra innings game winning home run in St. Louis, and there was the month or so that he hit like .500. I can't think of a single highlight of Juan Pierre. I think he may have hit a triple in his first at bat on opening day that's about it.

 

He hit like .371 for us down the stretch in '04 as a Nomar injury replacement.

[SouthSideRyan]

The only Pierre moment I can think of is him robbing Bonds of #714.

 

Leadoff triple down the line in his first PA

[Sammy Sofa]

Neifi gave us dat ass.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Neifi Perez had a great extra innings game winning home run in St. Louis, and there was the month or so that he hit like .500. I can't think of a single highlight of Juan Pierre. I think he may have hit a triple in his first at bat on opening day that's about it.

 

Neifi's greatest Cubs highlight came as a member of the Rockies.

[OleMissCub]

Neifi's best highlight was when he landed the first punch on these guys

 

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/tomgamboa_zpsp0sny1hv.gif

[d_money]

Rick Aguilera was god awful

[Cubswin11]

Chris Sale broke his foot, out at least 3 weeks

[Clem Fandango]

I hope he slipped and fell out of a hot tub

[Derwood]

I hope he slipped and fell out of a hot tub

 

He was loading his truck

[snoodmonger]

Juan Pierre @JPBeastMode · Feb 27

I do have one regret I finished with 18 homeruns really wanted to get 20 so if any team wants to sign me for 3yrs that should be enough time

[Banedon]

Juan Pierre @JPBeastMode · Feb 27

I do have one regret I finished with 18 homeruns really wanted to get 20 so if any team wants to sign me for 3yrs that should be enough time

 

http://media.giphy.com/media/gHcIlrz5bbD5S/giphy.gif

[Banedon]

Today, the Phillies opened up their exibition schedule with a matchup against the Division II University of Tampa Spartans.

 

Phillies lose this one, 6-2. They left 10 men on base.

 

http://www.philliedelphia.com/2015/03/phillies-spartans-division-ii.html

 

The regulars weren't playing, but still worth a chuckle.

[champaignchris]

The problem with Juan Pierre was that the Cubs traded three pitching prospects for him, all of whom made the Big Leagues, and one of whom, Ricky Nolasco, ended up having a pretty decent career. Trading all that for one year of Juan Pierre was the height of stupidity. Pierre came in and did exactly what Juan Pierre does for his one year and then walked in free agency.

 

It was the 2nd most emblematic transaction in the Hendry era.

 

#1 was the sequence of transactions leading up to the 2009 season that essentially exchanged Felix Pie, Ronny Cedeno, and Michael Wuertz for Joey Gaithwright, Aaron Miles, and Aaron Heilman. Basically replacing some young, cheap players with older, more expensive, worse players with fewer years of team control.

[Clem Fandango]

When Juan Pierre was acquired I had very little baseball knowledge under my belt beyond that of what typical meatballs pay attention to, and considering Juan Pierre was from my alma mater, when the news broke that the Cubs acquired him I jumped for joy because "We finally got a lead off guy who can steal bases and get hits!"

 

Ugh.

[Banedon]

@BrendanKutyNJ:

2015-03-02 17:53:03 UTC

 

Chris Young just struck out against the pitching machine. #Yankees

[Sammy Sofa]

The problem with Juan Pierre was that the Cubs traded three pitching prospects for him, all of whom made the Big Leagues, and one of whom, Ricky Nolasco, ended up having a pretty decent career. Trading all that for one year of Juan Pierre was the height of stupidity. Pierre came in and did exactly what Juan Pierre does for his one year and then walked in free agency.

 

It was the 2nd most emblematic transaction in the Hendry era.

 

Please explain, because that's not the kind of move Hendry made a lot.

[Guest]

When Juan Pierre was acquired I had very little baseball knowledge under my belt beyond that of what typical meatballs pay attention to, and considering Juan Pierre was from my alma mater, when the news broke that the Cubs acquired him I jumped for joy because "We finally got a lead off guy who can steal bases and get hits!"

 

Ugh.

 

You know who was a pretty good lead off guy who could steal bases and get hits?

[apete6]

Great article on Adam Dunn and Juan Pierre. Will probably upset the Pierre over-haters and/or Dunn over-lovers.

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/adam-dunn-juan-pierre-why-we-need-wins-above-replacement-stat/

[Sammy Sofa]

Why? Pierre sucked and Dunn ended up sucking; what's the big deal?

[apete6]

Why? Pierre sucked and Dunn ended up sucking; what's the big deal?

 

No big deal really, but a fascinating article that pointed out that they finished with basically the exact same WAR and Dunn made about twice as much money in his career. Most fans and GMs would prefer Dunn, but overpay to do so, which is exactly what happened.

[Sammy Sofa]

WOULD have preferred Dunn; I don't think anyone is sitting here thinking that Dunn ultimately was the better option. And yeah, people would have paid more for Dunn because presumably you could have moved him to 1B or as a DH and just let him do his thing without his defense dragging him down; for whatever reason it didn't work out that way.