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wait i can't tell, is this more irrational overreaction, or more pretending to have an irrational overreaction? these days there's a lot (too much) of both, and i can't keep track of who is doing which one.
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Official Theriot appreciation thread
TruffleShuffle replied to CubbieBum's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i'm really puzzled. not felipe lopez. not mike fontenot. not mark derosa. not khalil greene. not julio lugo. not rafael furcal. ... -
Theriot isnt a multi millionaire. Hes only there due to lack of options. ah okay, we're dumping on veterans. guys who haven't accrued enough service time to make the big bucks are exempt from criticism. in that case, feel free to put up a 10+ ERA, mr. marmol. geovany soto, you are free to put up a .400 OPS. rich hill, go back to the way you pitched early in your cub career.
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There are TWO threads that are either (a) explicitly devoted to Theriot bashing, or (b) taken over by posts bashing him. Theriot is awful. Soriano, Lee, and Ramirez have all started off badly. These statements are both true, but need not be linked at all times. Can there be threads dedicated to criticizing players not named Ryan Theriot, or is it a rule that no player can be criticized this year without also slamming Theriot? i just figured that if we're gonna dump on guys who haven't hit for beans this year, we might as well throw everyone in the pot. theriot and pie included.
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.340??!? I think he could very easily have John Olerud-like production. In his best years he'll hit around .340. john olerud hit .363 once (.375 BABIP), .354 once (.373 BABIP), and then his next best year was .302. he just happened to have two amazingly fluky years. that being said, john olerud was a very good to great player over the course of his career, and if barton has a career that good, his teams will be very happy with him. olerud didn't get a lot of attention because he had more doubles power than homers, and wasn't especially prolific in the RBI department, but he was an on base machine and played outstanding defense at first base. he really should be remembered as a great player more than he is.
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Don't forget Jim Hendry, MLB's worst GM. sadly, there are some GMs who are far worse.
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guess we are giving theriot a free pass for his 32 OPS+?
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IF you had to trade a veteran who would it be?
TruffleShuffle replied to spineguy's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
skin color. i hate eyre the most, so i pick him, even though it would be smarter to be rid of marquis or soriano for financial reasons. -
or we just suck.
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i'm pretty sure that soto will end up with a good batting average if his LD% stays at 99%
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or soriano didn't play LF like one of the special olympics athletes that i coach
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300 feet more and that would've been interesting
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it's always the wrong time to mention that _______ is on your fantasy team
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hopefully soto hits a 7-run homer and everyone goes home happy
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For whom the bell Towles. yeah the pronunciation is even more annoying. if you have a name like towles, pronounce it like the thing that you lay on at the beach, or dry yourself off with. it doesn't piss me off quite as much as the way that matt diaz pronounces his last name, though.
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that guy's name pisses me off? towles? what the hell is that.
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we don't need ARam, we got plenty of offense already
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everyone saw the cubs were up against a mediocre pitcher and figured that it was an auto loss
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that had to be quite a disappointment for regulusblue, i think he had theriot's out typed up with a snide comment, but then theriot ruined it by getting a hit.
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this is about as bad as an offense can look while striking out only once.
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doug brocail has to be 70 years old by now, right
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so they'd rather have a RHP facing ward than a LHP facing cedeno? okay, that's idiotic.
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oh good ronny's up
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yeah maybe that is the favored cub way of losing this year. spend all game behind, get a big hit to tie it up, then immediately cough up the lead the next inning. that'll be two of our three losses after today.
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that had better be two unearned runs.