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  1. TruffleShuffle
    crap patterson flies out to the wall in left... i-cobs down by a run heading to the 8th.
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    yeah hopefully iowa just needs a need a backup utility guy because fontenot will be sticking with the big club
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    tennessee is down 3-0... huntsville dropped the first game of their doubleheader and has one more to go. If Tenn loses they'll be down a half game, and if Huntsville wins later, our smokies will be in trouble.
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    eyre might as well stay up there and put up the numbers during the game... he's not doing anything else
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    Right, but just going through the BA handbook I see on most teams at least two SS prospects, many of whom are Dominican. A lot of guys with a smaller frame. Many of them end up being busts because their defense is better than their offense, and they end up being worse than Rey Rnez with the bat. But what pisses me off most about the Cubs minor league system (aside from the inability to develop hitters with a good approach at the plate) is the ineptitude when it comes to mining Latin American talent. many of them end up being busts because the ones with good bats and average gloves move elsewhere along the diamond because teams value defense at SS so much. The Cubs problems developing LA SS talent doesnt have anything to do with SS. It's the talent in general, as you have said. who's in charge of that now? Jose Serra? Somebody has to be accountable, and while they've done a solid job finding LA pitchers, their ability to find/develop LA hitters has been atrocious. Considering that some of the team's most prominent hitters (Sosa, ARam, now Soriano) have been from the region, they really should have a better program down there.
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    christiano ronaldo, or how about the entire italian and brasilian teams
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    Hoffpauir has 57 RBI in 64 games... call him up.
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    Right, but just going through the BA handbook I see on most teams at least two SS prospects, many of whom are Dominican. A lot of guys with a smaller frame. Many of them end up being busts because their defense is better than their offense, and they end up being worse than Rey Rnez with the bat. But what pisses me off most about the Cubs minor league system (aside from the inability to develop hitters with a good approach at the plate) is the ineptitude when it comes to mining Latin American talent.
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    mike caruso
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    That must've been somebody else I watched strike out 110 times last year. Ronny Cedeno has K'd 18% of the time in his career as a Chicago Cub. League average for K's by non-pitchers is about 17%. Again, adjustment season. Given his K% of 18% in the minors the fact that it was very very low against AAA pitching I would bet he's at worst league average when it comes to King. He's not prone to them. believe me, I hope he turns it around. God knows we've got problems at SS, and haven't really had a solid SS since Shawon Dunston (and even he didn't know how to get on base). Izturis is lousy and Theriot is a utility player; Fontenot is ideally a 2B or utility guy too. The FA class at SS is a joke - the lawn gnome otherwise known as David Eckstein is the best option. Dylan Johnston looks like a bust and there are otherwise no good SS prospects in the pipeline. It seems like every organization manufactures at least a couple of good Latin American prospects at SS, but Ronny is the last one we found, and he was signed 6 or 7 years ago. If he doesn't turn out to be the answer, I'll be damned if I can figure out who is.
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    sam horn
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    ugh jenkins just hit a grand slam for the brewers ](*,)
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    ok i probably should've been more specific and said "baseball" flops clint hartung (how many people get that one?)
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    thumbs down on putting "-gate" after every any given controversial incident
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    Cub or non-cub... I'll go first. carlos quintana
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    That must've been somebody else I watched strike out 110 times last year.
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    ugh, rick ankiel homers for memphis. He now has 9 HRs more than Edmonds. I really think he might be a better hitter at this point :lol:
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    I'm glad Ronny can hit at Iowa, because he can't seem to hit anywhere else. Given how bad he was last year, I'm going to need to see some more proof that 2005 was not just the exception to the rule.
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    Lucky for us, he's a right-hander :D He's still pretty tough though, and the Cubs only managed 1 run in 7 innings last time. Z will have to be on top of his game to keep up because the Cubs likely won't get all that many off of Young. In fact, Young has not allowed more than 3 runs in any outing since April 26th. Chris Young is righty? I'll be damned. I always thought he was lefty... but I guess until last year I always thought Will Ohman was black too.
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    not in the lineup... OF is (left to right) hoffpauir, walker, coats. Wonder why Murton isn't playing; I think he has to be in the lineup every day. Daryle Ward is playing first for the I-Cobs tonight, btw, and Soto is back at catcher. My guess is that Murton has decided to take his whole 72 hours available to him to get to the minors-which should mean that he should be in there tomorrow night. i can't blame him, he probably wanted to see scenic... (trying to think of something between chicago and des moines)
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    that nomar trade summary was pure genius
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    not too optimistic about this one... pretty tough lefty against this lineup could be ugly
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    Don Baylor apparently guest-managing for Iowa tonight. Patterson hits a leadoff double and with Cedeno (.983 OPS this year), Daryle Ward (solid major league hitter) and Soto (.940 OPS) coming up, Cedeno lays down a pointless sac bunt. Then Patterson walks home on a Ward double. Not sure about the wisdom of playing small ball in the first inning of a game in which both the starting pitchers have an ERA north of 6.
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    not in the lineup... OF is (left to right) hoffpauir, walker, coats. Wonder why Murton isn't playing; I think he has to be in the lineup every day. Daryle Ward is playing first for the I-Cobs tonight, btw, and Soto is back at catcher.
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    I guess you've seen him play SS? Word of mouth says he's a bad fielder, but he's looked pretty good out there so far, and Iowa certainly didn't seem shy about putting him at SS. He'll be below-average defensively, no question, and probably one of the best defensive SS in baseball, but he'll be fine on balls that are hit to him and I'd be willing to bet that his bat would make up for the loss of range that your boy Ronny would have. You really like using the word "[expletive]"... how old are you, 13? And by the way, I based my argument on his strong performance at Iowa last year and this year, plus his PECOTA numbers - not his solid last week. Oooh good one... really showing that maturity again. I'm gonna guess you don't have a whole lot of friends in real life, is this an accurate assessment?
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