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I'm pretty sure the last couple of weeks is the fluke. I hope so....but some of these players don't have the track record of being high OBP guys. DeRosa, Cedeno, Theriot and Ramirez aren't .380-.400 OBP guys in their careers Fukudome and Soto are too inexperienced at MLB to know whether their OBPs are flukes, but I have noticed Soto being less selective lately and his OBP has fallen a bit (independant of his BA) Lee is actually below his usual OBP level, and as we all know Soriano doesn't have the best OBP skills. the cubs were on pace for 780 walks at the end of april... the red sox led all of baseball in walks last year, and they were about 100 less than that figure. their pace this month is for 640 walks in a 162 game season. their pace the past 14 days is for about 550 walks in a 162 game season. the pace of like 800 or 900 walks that they were on early this year was unsustainable. the scouting report got out, and pitchers are going to attack the cubs' hitters more since they're now looking to get on base via the walk more than they have done in previous years. the players are still showing good selectivity and are working deep counts, and the cubs are still on track to be one of the 3 or 4 most patient teams in the league. no need to worry.
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Saying it over and over won't make it true. the foes list was made for CubsGM
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it was a fluke in that it was ridiculously high (on pace for like 950 walks or something absurd). the patience has not been bad in the past couple of weeks, just not quite as crazy as it was to start the year.
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:?: ian stewart is a good hitter
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yeah that is lame, but 10 PAs without an out is pretty crazy
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as homers says when he's making booze in the basement: kablammo
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marquis having his usual "hanging by a thread" outing
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thankfully his stuff is so overpowering that he can afford to walk a lot of guys and pitch from behind in the count all night
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who the hell is seth smith
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I think this sentiment is overrated .179/.210/.256 .139/.151/.222 .167/.250/.278 Last 3 years. fittingly, by far his best offensive years came with the cardinals, but he has been lousy with the bat on the braves and cubs.
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hey remember when roy oswalt was really awesome at baseball and had one of the top 10 ERA+'s of all time, and looked like a shoe-in for cooperstown?
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that poster needs more intelligent friends
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I guess Cedeno does to since he made an error the other night too. i liked the game thread the other day when someone sarcastically said "nice range theriot" after a ground ball through the infield, not realizing that cedeno was the offending party.
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Power vs Speed and Defense
TruffleShuffle replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
i am confused, but to pin any of the blame for the padres' failures on depodesta is silly -
that can't be true, corey is a lazy bum who doesn't care enough to improve his approach at the plate and become a better player.
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i really can't stand neal cotts. i think he becomes my second most hated cub immediately. even more than marquis.
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wait what??? is this a joke?
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hendry needs to start spreading a rumor that tim beckham has HIV
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there's nothing wrong with that attitude, but when you're playing a professional sport and your skills begin to erode like his are, you have to be 100 percent committed to it - both physically and mentally - or you won't be good enough to stay in the league.
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i really don't think that a 3-7 of ethier, martin, loney, kemp, dewitt is that good for a contending ballclub. those guys are all solid hitters, but there's no ARam or DLee in the bunch, at least at this stage of their careers.
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i honestly think joe morgan is better than sutcliffe
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DeRosa was just on Jim Rome's tv show
TruffleShuffle replied to splintersag's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
derosa should've asked jim rome what he thinks about geovany soto. -
walking juan pierre = completely pointless
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stupid memphis/nba for giving pau gasol to the lakers :x
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i thought this was going to be about marcus giles.