Jump to content
North Side Baseball

General Cubs Chit-Chat

Sammy Sofa

By Sammy Sofa,
in Chicago Cubs Talk

 Share
  • Replies 8.8k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Top Posters In This Topic

Tracer Bullet Knoxville Smokies

Tracer Bullet

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
[tweet]https://twitter.com/rianwatt/status/793484212070412289[/tweet]

 

as much as i disliked hendry the GM, i always thought he was a good dude so this gave me the warm and fuzzies a little

 

GMs get probably more credit and more hate than they deserve and Hendry got a lot of hate. And he does seem like a good guy. He didn't have the ownership Theo has but he also wasn't as good at the job. Classy of Theo to give him credit (also, an easy thing to do given that Theo is playing with house money already).

jehr Prep Ball

jehr

Verified Member
Posted
Posted

I was just going back over some roll up stats on the season and came across one that I didn't notice... Given how healthy the staff was, with only Lackey had a short-term DL stint, only Lester broke 200 innings (barely).

 

Joe clearly had a quick hook for Kyle at times this season, as he only hit 188 innings despite not missing a turn through the rotation. Given his success this season, does Joe give him a longer leash next year? Or does Joe manage him exactly the same...because it's hard to argue with the results Kyle obtained given how Joe was managing him? What's the over / under on innings? I'm going to guess he'll break 200, but barely, assuming he stays healthy.

mul21 Myrtle Beach Pelicans

mul21

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

He wasn't nearly as restricted on a per game basis as he was in 2015. The whole rotation was limited in total innings by design and while he didn't miss any turns through the rotation, the innings total was definitely affected by the 6 man rotation and skipping/pushing guys back when possible.

 

I don't think you'll see much limiting within games where PC isn't an issue, but you'll see the same strategy of limiting total innings on the season so guys have bullets left for the playoffs. It certainly worked out this year.

BigSlick South Bend Cubs

BigSlick

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I think Jim Hendry did a bad job and wasn't and will never be a very good executive, but it does give me some warm fuzzies to know he was given credit for getting some of the talent (some very meaningful talent) that led to the World Series.
davell Chicago Cubs

davell

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
Didn't we just hire this guy during the season? Well, bye.gif

 

 

[tweet]

[/tweet]

 

Cubs hired him Sept 2015.

 

Those effing ring chasing scouting dudes.

CubInOK ACL Cubs

CubInOK

Verified Member
Posted
Posted
And they didn't even trade him for any chicken beer. THANKS, THEO.

This is the Diamondbacks we're talking about. We should be disappointed we didn't send this guy + Soler for Goldschmidt.

UMFan83 GOAT

UMFan83

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted

I was randomly going through B-R's play index to see who led various categories in Cubs postseason history, felt compelled to share:

 

HR: 4 tied at 5 (Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, Fowler)

RBI: Addison Russell (14)

Hits: Dexter Fowler (28)

Doubles: Dexter Fowler (7)

Walks: Sammy Sosa (13 - Bryant with 12)

HBP: Anthony Rizzo and Frank Chance (3)

K: Kris Bryant (33)

AB: Dexter Fowler (108)

WrigleyField 22 Knoxville Smokies

WrigleyField 22

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I was randomly going through B-R's play index to see who led various categories in Cubs postseason history, felt compelled to share:

 

HR: 4 tied at 5 (Rizzo, Bryant, Schwarber, Fowler)

RBI: Addison Russell (14)

Hits: Dexter Fowler (28)

Doubles: Dexter Fowler (7)

Walks: Sammy Sosa (13 - Bryant with 12)

HBP: Anthony Rizzo and Frank Chance (3)

K: Kris Bryant (33)

AB: Dexter Fowler (108)

Obviously counting stats are helped by WC, Division eras. Still cool to see. Also, pretty impressive for Sosa.

biittner77 South Bend Cubs

biittner77

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I met Steve Bartman's parents today. It was... odd.

 

How does that come up in conversation?

 

Them: "Are you happy that the Cubs won the world series?"

you: "Actually I'm a Cards fan"

Them: "Oh, then we are actually the parents of Steve Bartman, who provided the greatest moment in Cardinal's history"

you: "You're thinking of Sox fans"

bukie All-Star

bukie

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I met Steve Bartman's parents today. It was... odd.

You make it sound like you were Ace Ventura visiting Finkle's parents.

bukie All-Star

bukie

Old-Timey Member
Posted
Posted
I met Steve Bartman's parents today. It was... odd.

You make it sound like you were Ace Ventura visiting Finkle's parents.

"Steve is such a good boy, he did what he was supposed to do. It was all that Moises Alou's fault."

NonProfitCow ACL Cubs

NonProfitCow

Verified Member
Posted
Posted
I met Steve Bartman's parents today. It was... odd.

 

How does that come up in conversation?

 

Them: "Are you happy that the Cubs won the world series?"

you: "Actually I'm a Cards fan"

Them: "Oh, then we are actually the parents of Steve Bartman, who provided the greatest moment in Cardinal's history"

you: "You're thinking of Sox fans"

I'm in sales in SWMO.

 

Warming them up they kept talking about being Cubs fans, lived in a NW suburb of Chicago {Northbrook maybe if that's place), and had a home in AZ and watched lots of Spring Training games. I know a horsefeathers ton of Cubs stuff from here (NSBB), so was asking him about the improvements to Wrigley, new ST park vs Hohokam, etc.

 

He tells me I seem to be a baseball historian, I tell him yes I suppose, and he says I must have noticed their last name. Told him of course, but didn't want to bring it up just in case , and he said "it's OK, Steven is our son."

 

They were all super happy with the Cubs WS win. His life is an on and off media hell. Checked up on them 2 days after I sold them and they said Steve had WSLR or something truck outside his house.

 

TL;DR - Huge Cubs fans and their boy got a bad deal. Neat meeting them though.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
The North Side Baseball Caretaker Fund
The North Side Baseball Caretaker Fund

You all care about this site. The next step is caring for it. We’re asking you to caretake this site so it can remain the premier Cubs community on the internet. Included with caretaking is ad-free browsing of North Side Baseball.

Become a Caretaker

  • Member Statistics

    6,793
    Total Members
    13,056
    Most Online
    Kevin OBrien
    Newest Member
    Kevin OBrien
    Joined
×
×
  • Create New...