8/27 Marlins (Willis) @ Cubs (Maddux), 12:20 pm CT, FOX

[erik316wttn]

Yeah, Neifi, swing at a pitch over your head.

 

Idiot.

[Fred Hornkohl]

BEERNUTS !!

[Outshined_One]

Oh Corey. I feel so horrible for you. If you came up with any team other than the Cubs, you'd be considered one of the best young hitters in the game. But no, you had to come up with the Cubs and deal with a cadre of idiots and buffoons for managers and coaches in the big leagues.

 

If the Cubs trade him for some magic beans and he flourishes elsewhere, I'm going to have an incredible grudge against Dusty Baker.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Oh Corey. I feel so horrible for you. If you came up with any team other than the Cubs, you'd be considered one of the best young hitters in the game. But no, you had to come up with the Cubs and deal with a cadre of idiots and buffoons for managers and coaches in the big leagues.

 

If the Cubs trade him for some magic beans and he flourishes elsewhere, I'm going to have an incredible grudge against Dusty Baker.

 

Taking creative writing this semester, I see :wink:

[Outshined_One]

Oh Corey. I feel so horrible for you. If you came up with any team other than the Cubs, you'd be considered one of the best young hitters in the game. But no, you had to come up with the Cubs and deal with a cadre of idiots and buffoons for managers and coaches in the big leagues.

 

If the Cubs trade him for some magic beans and he flourishes elsewhere, I'm going to have an incredible grudge against Dusty Baker.

 

Taking creative writing this semester, I see :wink:

 

Just feeling a tad bit eloquent today. :P

[Fred Hornkohl]

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Jones in to pitch (4th), Lowell in at 3b (9th), LoDuca in at c (8th) for Florida

Garciaparra struck out swinging

Burnitz doubled down the right field line

Perez popped out to left field

Patterson grounded out to first, unassisted

 

0 runs, 1 hits, 0 errors, 1 men left on base

 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9    R H E
Florida    1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0    2 5 0 
CUBS       0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0    1 7 0 

 

W: Willis (18-8 )

S: Jones (31)

L: Maddux (10-11)

 

T: 2:25

A: 39,202

 

Home runs: none

 

pitcher     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR HB PIT
Maddux     9.0  5  2  2  2  2  0  2 102 

[Derwood]

And that's that.

[UMFan83]

Cubs at 7 games below .500 for the first time since 2002

[J.R.]

Patterson's formative years were spent under Baylor, whose Oddibe McDowell comparison is looking better and better all the time.

 

I hold a grudge against Dusty anyhow.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Just feeling a tad bit eloquent today. :P

 

A little more eloquence and a little less hyperbole will serve you well. :D

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Another losing streak of three games or longer. It's time for Dusty to be given his walking papers. Bring up the kids and let's see what we have in 2006.

[YearofDaCubs]

I hope they keep losing. That way everybody knows what a terrible job Hendry and Baker have done and hopefully Baker will be gone sooner rather than later.

[UMFan83]

Great game by Maddux today. Too bad the offense couldn't bail him out.

 

We could fall into 5th place tonight right?

Edited August 27, 2005 by UMFan83

[Laura]

*sigh*

 

Sorry, Maddux.

[TXCubsFan]

Oh Corey. I feel so horrible for you. If you came up with any team other than the Cubs, you'd be considered one of the best young hitters in the game. But no, you had to come up with the Cubs and deal with a cadre of idiots and buffoons for managers and coaches in the big leagues.

 

If the Cubs trade him for some magic beans and he flourishes elsewhere, I'm going to have an incredible grudge against Dusty Baker.

 

The Cubs could have done better by Corey, but in the end, Corey wasn't willing to do what it took to learn the game. Perhaps he will do better on a different team.

[Outshined_One]

Just feeling a tad bit eloquent today. :P

 

A little more eloquence and a little less hyperbole will serve you well. :D

 

It's really not hyperbole, though.

 

When Patterson first came back from AAA, he looked like the kind of hitter we were all told he would become. He was working counts, drawing walks, hitting the ball to all fields, and utilizing his speed effectively. In essence, it seemed like he finally might have gotten himself back on track.

 

But, instead, since then he's falling back into his old habits. He's swinging at bad pitches, using that loopy swing too frequently, and essentially regressing. That to me speaks way more about this coaching staff than Corey Patterson. The fact that he's falling back into these bad habits despite showing some promise is just a waste, to me. This coaching staff has completely screwed him over. I almost want the Cubs to trade him somewhere else so that he can shove it in the faces of these morons.

 

Gah, it's so frustrating knowing that good coaching could make him into at the very least an above average player. But instead, he's not getting that up in the bigs.

[YearofDaCubs]

I'm not going to blame Coreys struggles on Baker. Corey just doesnt get it and I think we would be better off without him.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Just feeling a tad bit eloquent today. :P

 

A little more eloquence and a little less hyperbole will serve you well. :D

 

It's really not hyperbole, though.

 

When Patterson first came back from AAA, he looked like the kind of hitter we were all told he would become. He was working counts, drawing walks, hitting the ball to all fields, and utilizing his speed effectively. In essence, it seemed like he finally might have gotten himself back on track.

 

But, instead, since then he's falling back into his old habits. He's swinging at bad pitches, using that loopy swing too frequently, and essentially regressing. That to me speaks way more about this coaching staff than Corey Patterson. The fact that he's falling back into these bad habits despite showing some promise is just a waste, to me. This coaching staff has completely screwed him over. I almost want the Cubs to trade him somewhere else so that he can shove it in the faces of these morons.

 

Gah, it's so frustrating knowing that good coaching could make him into at the very least an above average player. But instead, he's not getting that up in the bigs.

 

Sure it is.

 

Patterson          AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   TB  RBI   BB   SO     BA    OBP    SLG    OPS
08/09 - 08/09       4    1    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
08/10 - 08/10       3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    2  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
08/11 - 08/11       4    2    3    1    0    0    4    1    1    0  0.750  0.800  1.000  1.800
08/12 - 08/12       4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
08/13 - 08/13       3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    0  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
08/14 - 08/14       4    2    1    0    0    1    4    2    0    0  0.250  0.250  1.000  1.250
08/15 - 08/15       3    1    1    0    1    0    3    0    1    0  0.333  0.500  1.000  1.500
08/16 - 08/16       4    0    1    0    0    0    1    1    0    2  0.250  0.250  0.250  0.500
08/17 - 08/17       4    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
08/19 - 08/19       5    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.200  0.200  0.200  0.400
08/20 - 08/20       4    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
08/21 - 08/21       3    0    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    1  0.333  0.333  0.333  0.667
08/22 - 08/22       3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0  0.000  0.000  0.000  0.000
08/24 - 08/24       3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    3  0.000  0.250  0.000  0.250

08/09 - 08/26      51    7   10    1    1    1   16    4    3   12  0.196  0.241  0.314  0.554

 

You think one game of 3 for 4 with a walk means he's figured it all out and totally reversed 15 years, give or take, of bad habits ??

[Outshined_One]

You think one game of 3 for 4 with a walk means he's figured it all out and totally reversed 15 years, give or take, of bad habits ??

 

Darn you and your logic! :P

 

I was going more on what my eyes were telling me while watching Corey in his return (although I could have sworn he had drawn more than two walks since coming back; yikes). No, I did not think that he had completely reversed himself, that'd be asking for a miracle. Instead, it seemed more to me that he was finally making progress, which was completely different from anything we had seen from him this season.

 

However, it seems like any perceived progress I thought he was making has pretty much been flushed down the toilet.

 

Can't wait for the same thing to happen to Felix Pie over the next few years.

[Fred Hornkohl]

You think one game of 3 for 4 with a walk means he's figured it all out and totally reversed 15 years, give or take, of bad habits ??

 

Darn you and your logic! :P

 

I was going more on what my eyes were telling me while watching Corey in his return (although I could have sworn he had drawn more than two walks since coming back; yikes). No, I did not think that he had completely reversed himself, that'd be asking for a miracle. Instead, it seemed more to me that he was finally making progress, which was completely different from anything we had seen from him this season.

 

However, it seems like any perceived progress I thought he was making has pretty much been flushed down the toilet.

 

Can't wait for the same thing to happen to Felix Pie over the next few years.

 

You're right in the sense that Corey did appear to have a different approach at the plate for a few games; taking more pitches, even if he didn't draw walks, showing better discipline, hitting down more on the ball.... but the results weren't there. He reverted back to old Corey before the results ever started to show up.

 

I still don't know what to make of Pie. I realize he's not ready to come up and probably won't be next year either. But what worries me about him, more than anything I've read or seen about him, is an interview that Pat and Ron did with Von Joshua. Joshua couldn't contain himself with his glee and his praise of Felix..... and then he tells them that although Pie is hitting leadoff now, he's not a leadoff hitter. Where are we headed here ?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

You think one game of 3 for 4 with a walk means he's figured it all out and totally reversed 15 years, give or take, of bad habits ??

 

Darn you and your logic! :P

 

I was going more on what my eyes were telling me while watching Corey in his return (although I could have sworn he had drawn more than two walks since coming back; yikes). No, I did not think that he had completely reversed himself, that'd be asking for a miracle. Instead, it seemed more to me that he was finally making progress, which was completely different from anything we had seen from him this season.

 

However, it seems like any perceived progress I thought he was making has pretty much been flushed down the toilet.

 

Can't wait for the same thing to happen to Felix Pie over the next few years.

 

You're right in the sense that Corey did appear to have a different approach at the plate for a few games; taking more pitches, even if he didn't draw walks, showing better discipline, hitting down more on the ball.... but the results weren't there. He reverted back to old Corey before the results ever started to show up.

 

I still don't know what to make of Pie. I realize he's not ready to come up and probably won't be next year either. But what worries me about him, more than anything I've read or seen about him, is an interview that Pat and Ron did with Von Joshua. Joshua couldn't contain himself with his glee and his praise of Felix..... and then he tells them that although Pie is hitting leadoff now, he's not a leadoff hitter. Where are we headed here ?

 

Butbutbutbutbut, he's FAST!

[Fred Hornkohl]

Butbutbutbutbut, he's FAST!

 

Well.... that's a trait I value in girlfriends and center fielders, eh?

[Outshined_One]

Butbutbutbutbut, he's FAST!

 

Well.... that's a trait I value in girlfriends and center fielders, eh?

 

Okay, I'll admit to lolling to this.

 

Well played! :lol:

[Mark Priors Calves]

I think its appropriate that this particular game thread didn't even reach 10 premium pages 3 hours after its finished. We probably won't get past the first page by the last weekend in September against Houston.

[bobbyd20]

Is Baker contractually obligated to continue to play Neifi instead of Cedano? And to continue to play Patterson?