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  1. TruffleShuffle
    He'll end up the season just like he always does - with a low OBP and a league-average OPS. Not bad if he's one of your weaker hitters, but the Cubs aren't paying him like that, and are relying on him for more than he will really do.
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    That's pretty telling, when a corner outfielder with a sub-.800 OPS is one of your more positive things so far.
  3. TruffleShuffle
    Two bombs for Swisher today! He and Jonny Gomes are my two favorite players now :D I'm even developing a soft spot for Jason Giambi, just because he was a dark horse pick from Group C.
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    Thru games of Wednesday, 5/11... 106 TruffleShuffle 100 XZero77 99 TrueBlueCubFan 96 Mizzou 95 DCNashville UMFan83 94 Serena 93 Outshined_One Jazz Garwilly jd6762 92 soccer10k 91 KarenMac RocketSauce sherwood921 90 ndistops 89 wade J-Shils 88 srbin84 87 VanceTheCubFan SeldomSeen SouthSideRyan 85 TheDude 84 MrWood 83 rawaction 82 bukie IMB! 81 AramisFan RoastTheD---Goat Bob's Keeper 80 NCCubbieFan Scott G.F. Cubbies75 79 sethuel1 Pistolcub42 77 TransmogrifiedTiger reggiemiller rules 76 tadowdaddy Southpaw19 75 Treeman 74 Vinestal 73 MarkPrior'sCalves Derwood 72 Marco4 Joe_Cub 71 CubsinNC DJAXXFAN 69 MarkR otis89 66 Dobson HHHBK21 62 sandberg23 61 Guancous 60 Flames24Rulz cubfanfromoz 55 UBlink and the runaway leader for the Rey Rnez award... 47 HawkCub perfect score: Group A: Ortiz (12) Group B: Pujols (18,) C. Lee (15) Group C: Berkman (12), Delgado (12), Giambi (12) Group D: Gomes (12), Holliday (10), Shelton (10), Swisher (10) Bonus: Thome (14) Total: 137
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    Great, and the Cubs have 3 automatic outs in the 6th.
  6. TruffleShuffle
    You know, if I were to heckle Jose Vizcaino, I'd just yell that Mike Matheny is batting ahead of him in the lineup.
  7. TruffleShuffle
    Fun drinking fact: Ordering a "double" at a bar screws you. For some reason that I cannot remember right now, you don't actually get double the alcohol. Yes, I'm aware of this... but sometimes when I'm hammered the words "double Jack and coke" manage to find their way out of my mouth. NSBB drinking night...man does that sound like good times. Yeah, shouldn't be hard to set up since the team we root for is driving us to the bottle.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    Fun drinking fact: Ordering a "double" at a bar screws you. For some reason that I cannot remember right now, you don't actually get double the alcohol. Yes, I'm aware of this... but sometimes when I'm hammered the words "double Jack and coke" manage to find their way out of my mouth.
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    Darn, I almost called it exactly right.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    Top of the 3rd: Neifi Perez made a weakly hit out Rich Hill struck out Juan Pierre grounded out to 2B
  11. TruffleShuffle
    Yeah, but he's fast!
  12. TruffleShuffle
    Can't Ususally Bear to See or Consider Using a Better Shrink
  13. TruffleShuffle
    Be more specific with your thread titles. Edmonds has sucked every year - this is just the first year that he's done his sucking on the field too.
  14. TruffleShuffle
    Well, I said 74 wins before the season began, and I'm sticking with that figure.
  15. TruffleShuffle
    Given the health of the Cubs the last two years, I think I might actually know more than the doctor.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    He's a major league baseball player. If he can't take booing without going in the tank, he should find another line of work. cubs fans might as well become impulsive philly fans then. doesn't matter right? Having lived outside Philly for most of my life, I'll let you know that you don't know what you're talking about. Philly fans are very knowledgeable and don't just boo because a guy makes an out or fumbles the ball once, or allows one soft goal. They boo guys for lack of effort or suckitude over a long duration. I think it'd be hard to argue that Pierre hasn't been awful this year. If I suck at my job, I get canned, and I make probably 1% of what Pierre makes. I don't buy this ridiculous notion that we should give players a pat on the back and an encouraging cheer when they crap the bed for thirty games.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    The Cubs are going to get one of those "well we have to put someone from that team in the ASG" selections
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    Mike Harkey
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    :lol:
  20. TruffleShuffle
    He's a major league baseball player. If he can't take booing without going in the tank, he should find another line of work.
  21. TruffleShuffle
    Yes, another brilliantly planned strategy by those cunning Cubs.
  22. TruffleShuffle
    Sitting in the 90-92 range with touches of 94 is not bad, especially if he shows more control than he has throughout much of his career. His pitches have always had plenty of movement on them, too.
  23. TruffleShuffle
    Do you think that the Cubs are the only team with this sort of problem with top prospects? Just looking back over past drafts, 3 of the top 5 picks in the 2002 draft still haven't even played in anything above A-Ball. Usually each year the top picks are based alot on hype and signability. The draft is always filled with guys that haven't done much yet but are just waiting to bust out, while others have already reached their peak and will only get worse in the pros. Yes, but look at all the great prospects the Cubs supposedly had back in the 2001-2003 stretch when the system was considered the strongest in baseball. Patterson, Montanez, Choi, Kelton, Guzman, Cruz, Prior, etc. How many impact players on the Cubs actually came from that group? Prior, but even he can't stay healthy. At least they've used some of those pieces (like Hill and Choi) to acquire the two best hitters on the team, but even the players they traded away in those deals have busted. Whether it's bad luck or poor player development, or a combination of both - the potential of the minor league system has been far behind the actual output.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    Neither does a good eye
  25. TruffleShuffle
    Well at the rate the Cubs are going, they'll have a high first round draft pick to select a future centerpiece of the team like Corey Patterson, Luis Montanez, or Ryan Harvey. Oh wait, did I say centerpiece? I meant colossal flop.
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