TruffleShuffle
-
Posts
50,942 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Joomla Posts 1
Chicago Cubs Videos
Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits
2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking
News
2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
Guides & Resources
2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks
The Chicago Cubs Players Project
2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker
Blogs
Events
Forums
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by TruffleShuffle
-
5/7 Postgame: A Star(lin) is Born
TruffleShuffle replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
starlin went from contact to third base in 10.8 seconds on his triple... i don't know what normal times are for triples but that seems pretty damn fast. -
hurry up and get through the middle of the order so we can get to the guys who can hit.
-
the BA prospect handbook mentioned specifically that he hits breaking pitches well. they said he usually takes the first one from a pitcher he hasn't seen and then attacks the next.
-
brb need to change pants
-
i love brian boucher's style of goaltending. lie down to make the first save and then stay lying down for the next five seconds, hoping that an NHL forward can't hit the top half of the net which is wide open.
-
I'll say it. He's going to be A-Rod that's his floor... ceiling is babe ruth's bat with ozzie smith's glove.
-
most reports indicate that cashner at least has a decent changeup.
-
If Ezequiel Astacio ever faced Harang, then that matchup would be the ugliest. no way http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/ChadFinn/6e_1.jpghttp://pushpull.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/gene-conley.jpg
-
i believe you've forgotten someone: http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0827/mlb_a_hernandez_576.jpg
-
-
first item - mike stanton (no not that one). this one belongs to the marlins. he reportedly hit a 500 foot home run yesterday, and now leads all of baseball with 14 home runs. he hit 28 home runs in 129 games last year, and is tearing up the southern league to the tune of a .340/.477/.840/1.317 line at age 20. the biggest concern with him was swinging-and-missing (144 K's in last year) but he's struck out only 31 times in 29 games this year, while drawing 26 walks (probably because pitchers have figured out that it's a bad idea to pitch to him). looks like the marlins may have another emerging star in their organization. hopefully we can trade for him when he becomes too expensive for them, assuming that they're still in florida in 5 years.
-
God i hate the cubs
-
actually you may want to talk about the minor leagues every day, the big league club is too depressing.
-
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-6-10
TruffleShuffle replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
in 2 months we'll be so far out of first there's no way hendry could justify a trade like that. -
holy crap this team sucks a fat one
-
wait hold on i have a question
-
teams don't have all the good bounces going for them one year and then against them two years later. that's nonsense. the wings won the president's trophy and the championship two years ago because they were a better team, not because they just had good luck on their side. i think the wings are the 5th best team in the league after SJ, Chi, Van and Pit.
-
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-5-10
TruffleShuffle replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
yeah as i mentioned above, unless you've got a phenomenal eye and great ability to foul off pitches, your walks will evaporate if you can't punish easy pitches beyond smacking them for a single. jackson and castro don't profile as prolific power guys but if you can have jeter-type power - he's averaged 33 2B, 4 3B, and 17 HR per year - you can draw a good amount of walks. if you hit like orlando cabrera then nobody will want to walk you. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-5-10
TruffleShuffle replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
obviously you want rickey henderson in the leadoff spot, but unless your leadoff hitter is remarkably gifted, he's not going to hit for a high average, take walks and hit for very little power. the walks will generally start to dry up one pitchers realize you can't hurt them with extra base hits. take theriot for example - he walked a lot in 2008 but his walks were down in 2009 and down again this year. it's not that he stopped having a good eye; pitchers just attack him in the strike zone more than they did. -
Probably because they aren't playing a good team. Plus, for some reason I feel like Philly always has a reputation for being better than their record would show. talent-wise they are better, but they have a bad goalie who's become their starter by default and two of their best forwards are out for the series. they didn't really have much of a chance.
-
yeah that is my favorite banner, lou standing there looking all pregnant. i wonder if there's a clause where he can wear a muumuu if he can't fit into a baseball uniform any longer.
-
in the sharks-red wings series, the favorite is prevailing. actually in every series the favorite is leading right now. you overreacted to the wings playing a great game against the 'yotes. they were fantastic in game seven obviously, but the rest of that series they weren't all that great and they haven't been better than the sharks. yes, if the red wings play their absolute best in every game they will win the stanley cup. but that doesn't happen.
-
any team that gets swept by the pirates should be relegated to AAA.
-
i get the impression they play theriot there because he's cheap and adequate.
-
Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks Thread!!!!!!
TruffleShuffle replied to chuckywang's topic in Other Sports
because once the scrum starts they probably all could be called for something...so they just sent the player who went out of his way to instigate the whole thing The play I'm talking about there wasn't really a scrum, it was just the Vancouver guy sitting on Toew's face. sounds kinky