TruffleShuffle

oh the basketball hotbed of israel.

what, was he holding out for the clippers or grizzlies? bad franchises draft early, sorry pal.

i really didn't think holiday would get down to the sixers at #17.

"[expletive] those fuckin' fans who come out here and say they're Cub fans that are supposed to be behind you rippin' every ' thing you do. I'll tell you one fuckin' thing, I hope we get fuckin' hotter than [expletive], just to stuff it up them 3,000 fuckin' people that show up every fuckin' day, because if they're the real Chicago fuckin' fans, they can kiss my fuckin' ass right downtown and PRINT IT. "They're really, really behind you around here... my fuckin' ass. What the [expletive] am I supposed to do, go out there and let my fuckin' players get destroyed every day and be quiet about it? For the fuckin' nickel-dime people who turn up? The [expletive] don't even work. That's why they're out at the fuckin' game. They oughta go out and get a fuckin' job and find out what it's like to go out and earn a fuckin' living. Eighty-five percent of the fuckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A fuckin' playground for the cocksuckers. Rip them [expletive]. Rip them fuckin' cocksuckers like the fuckin' players. we got guys bustin' their fuckin' ass, and them fuckin' people boo. And that's the Cubs? My players get around here. I haven't seen it this fuckin' year. Everybody associated with this organization have been winners their whole fuckin' life. Everybody. And the credit is not given in that respect. "Alright, they don't show because we're 5 and 14... and unfortunately, that's the criteria of them dumb 15 motherf***in' percent that come out to day baseball. The other 85 percent are earning a living. I tell you, it'll take more than a 5 and 12 or 5 and 14 to destroy the makeup of this club. I guarantee you that. There's some fuckin' pros out there that wanna win. But you're stuck in a fuckin' stigma of the fuckin' Dodgers and the Phillies and the Cardinals and all that cheap [expletive]. It's unbelievable. It really is. It's a disheartening fuckin' situation that we're in right now. Anybody who was associated with the Cub organization four or five years ago that came back and sees the multitude of progress that's been made will understand that if they're baseball people, that 5 and 14 doesn't negate all that work. We got 143 fuckin' games left. "What I'm tryin' to say is don't rip them fuckin' guys out there. Rip me. If you wanna rip somebody, rip my fuckin' ass. But don't rip them fuckin' guys 'cause they're givin' everything they can give. And right now they're tryin' to do more than God gave 'em, and that's why we make the simple mistakes. That's exactly why."

i thought fontenot would be fine, and i still thought it was a stupid move. fontenot doesn't hit lefties, so even if you used a strict platoon, derosa would start about a quarter of the time. you're also going to a 2B who doesn't hit well again power RHP, so derosa could start again them. then you have an aging roster with a 3B, LF and RF who are good bets to miss at least some time due to injury. a proven bat who can fill in capably at all those positions becomes invaluable. and in case fontenot can't be an everyday player, derosa gives you insurance there. instead they trade him for three marginal prospects and sign aaron miles, saving the relatively small sum of $3M to bring in a guy who cannot hit. great move.

no, hes representing the baseball team. he is not representing you.

by that standard, pro athletes should also not drink alcohol (except for a glass of wine a day) or eat fatty foods.

it's not.

wouldn't that also explain the difference in OBP, since soriano's OBP is a terrible .294? i'm not saying that the cubs' primary focus should be improving their numbers with RISP - clearly the lack of OBP this year is a bigger problem, though I would argue that they should be more aggressive in run-scoring situations than they have been. my point is that the cubs' lack of production in those situations has cost the cubs a bunch of runs and probably about 3-4 wins already. since you mention soriano, he's certainly one of the major culprits: soriano: nobody on: .241/.291/.442 RISP: .154/.297/.288 lee: nobody on: .308/.374/.567 RISP: .236/.371/.418 soto: nobody on: .222/.293/.444 RISP: .200/.352/.218 hoffpauir: nobody on: .263/.311/.386 RISP: .220/.250/.341 fontenot: nobody on: .222/.283/.376 RISP: .196/.322/.304 miles: nobody on: .237/.266/.289 RISP: .107/.194/.179 johnson: nobody on: .283/.367/.509 RISP: .225/.273/.350

it's baseball and he's a catcher, how frequently is he going to run enough to lose his breath?

Fixed...and kidding. Good luck Brett. Hopefully you can make MLB quickly. He's 20, in short season A ball. He's several years away from MLB. Hopefully they don't rush him. If things go well it'll be: 2009- Boise 2010 - Peoria 2011 - Daytona 2012 - Tennessee 2013 - Iowa/Chicago 2014 - Chicago that's pretty slow for a guy who played three seasons of college baseball in a big-time conference. most college players don't take 5 years to make the bigs.

I don't know about you, but that looks "nearly as bad" to me. A significantly lower OBP with a higher SLG equates to just about as pathetic. yeah but drawing a walk when you've got runners on 2nd and 3rd doesn't do as much good as a double or home run. their BA and SLG are a lot lower with RISP, which means they're not producing nearly as many runs in those situations as they should be. the cubs are #7 in HR/AB with the bases empty, and #21 with runners on. they're also averaging a K in 24.3% of their ABs with runner on, versus 22.1% with the bases empty. taking a look at the clutch category on the hardball times stats page, most of the team is below zero, some far below zero.

.223/.330/.344/.674 with RISP this season. the BA, SLG and OPS are worst in MLB. with nobody on, they're at .248/.311/407/.718... not nearly as bad. i sort of feel like they're being TOO passive with RISP. it seems like a lot of guys are getting behind in the count and then either striking out or making a weak out. if you have 1st and 2nd with less than 2 outs, or bases loaded, the pitcher is going to try to get ahead in the count. that's probably a good time to look for a pitch early in the count that you can mash.

cobs

leave him in, he's rollin'

who are the guys on the AZL Cubs we should give a crap about?

marmol is also infuriating.

last in all of MLB with RISP coming into tonight's game, and those numbers got a lot worse tonight.

that was a garbage call, but 1-for-15 with RISP in the game. the lack of clutch hitting is killing us.

fernando rodney is spanish for kevin gregg.

nice job marmol! way to get that BB/IP over 1!

101, 101, 103, 101, 101. bye fontenot.

i'd like to know how many more runs/wins the cubs would have if they were simply hitting as well with runners on base and RISP than they are in bases empty situations.

1 for 12 with RISP in this game! looks like that MLB-worst .223 BA with RISP will be heading even farther south!

someone do something positive please.