CubinNY

All the reasons you listed above are stupid reasons to "banish him to AAA. If the Cubs did those things they are stupid. I cannot put it any more simple than that.

I would love to hear from Bruce Miles about whether the Cubs can take on salary. I know what Hendry said publically, but I also know what has been reported elsewhere. If the Cubs cannot take on salary I seriously doubt they will be getting any big names.

He looks effing crazy with a K.

A whole nickel? I'll back Fred and take two bits.

Sure, except this Ryan Church bats lefty, can catch a flyball and score from third on a ball hit to shortstop. The only valid argument in that post is that he is a left handed bat. I guess I imagined Murton dropping two routine flyballs in right field. I guess I imagined the three times early in the season when his crippling indecision as a runner at third cost the Cubs runs. All you need to know about his future with the Cubs is that Lou has referred to him on several occasions as "the guy who played a little right field for us earlier in the year." Lou hasn't spoken Murton's name since he left. They called up the great Jake Fox and then Scott Moore instead of Murton. Lou's "get me somebody who can run the bases and catch the ball tirade" was directed just as much at Murton as it was Barrett. I know Murton's hitting .326 at Iowa. Good for him. I also know that Felix Pie and Ronny Cedeno are hitting .372 and .360 there. Apparently Des Moines has sprung a mountain range since we last looked and the I-Cubs are playing at altitude, it's the only explanation for why guys who can barely hit their weight in Chicago are excelling down there. Murton's only position is left field and that's booked for the next seven and a half years. Try not to get too attached. This post is a veritable cornucopia of knowledge and hard hitting analysis. May I subscribe to your news letter.

Prediction: 1/3 - Cards 2/3 - Reds 2/4 - Phillies 2/3 - Mets 2/3 - Houston 2/4 - Rockies 11-9 over this stretch. I think the Brewers go 9-11 as they aren't the same club on the road. I'd take that.

At least as long as the Marlins have been in existance. I don't know why the Cubs would want to worry about upgrading the bench/marginal talent (although I can undstand that that IS a Hendry move). They need a starting RF or SS. They need one fast.

One bottle of Imodium AD and hunck of cheddar should clear that up in a matter of days.

Now that is thinking like Hendry. I'd be pretty pissed if they traded Murton for Dye. I think they have to trade Murton but they won't get that much in return unless he's packaged.

The Cubs are 25th in walks, 19th in OBP, and 15th in SLG this year. They've gone through six weeks of pitching real well, playing real bad teams, and getting pretting good luck (I don't know what their team BABIP is but it has to be in the lucky range). The Cubs have pitched well and played good defense for the most part and have been lucky. They are in a good position now. I hope now that Lee has got some rest for that wrist hell start hitting some HRs and the Cubs can stay in the hunt. But they will need a lot more good luck and extremely good hitting from Lee, Rameriz, and Soriano the rest of the way.

If the Cubs somehow manage to win 95 games with the same people they have playing right now I will be so happy I cannot begin to describe it in words. At the same time, I will be so shocked I'd probably die. I just hope they keep playing good baseball. I keep waiting for them to come back to earth. They are on another planet right now.

I think Bruce Miles mentioned something about that too. Another thing, Cedeno also played in Winter ball. I have no idea if that would affect him as he's probably been playing year round for most of his life. I do know that I had a hard time playing baseball about 9 months a year when I was in highschool. It's all the day games/

If I see one person bitch about lolly-gaging around the bases I will puke. The Cubs need him to do this. Not try to get in-field hits or stretch a double. Yea!!

Regression to the mean. He's far, far more likely to produce in the second half at the level he's produced at over his previous 4000 at bats than he is to produce at his level of production over his last 200. if only baseball were hard and fast as statistics would like you to believe Yet, most people had no problem believing Michael Barrett was going to have a 2nd half regression to the mean when they were storming the castle with torches and pitchforks after Hendry traded him (and rightfully so). I guess statistics only apply to annoited messageboard favorites and not messageboard villains. two words: normal curve Every player has a career arc.

Maddux for Duke is a lot better than Maddux for PTBNL. This sounds fishy, very fishy though.

If I were a betting man I'd bet that Bonds used steriods. However, here is a little food for thought. I'm sure that the Babe didn't use steriods and I think it is safe to assume Aaron didn't use either. I did a little study using descriptive statistics. It is pretty simple and I think even the least numberd minded person could understand it. I took the at bat (AB) and home run (HR) totals for Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, and Babe Ruth a came up with a ratio based on AB/HR. Then I looked at 4-5 year periods in their careers. Here is what I found Aaron Age AB/HR 25-30 24 31-36 16 36-41 17 Bonds Age AB/HR 25-30 14 31-36 12 36-41 9 Ruth Age AB/HR 25-30 11 31-35 10 36-39 13 (Babe was pretty much a broken down player after 38) What do those numbers mean to you? I won't tell you how to think, but to me they show that each palyer got better at hitting HRs as they got older. And stayed pretty much the same for their entire career. The spread from highest to lowest for Bonds and the Babe are pretty similar. Edit: Typo. Edit 2: I want to add that I think Bonds is and was a great HR hitter steriods or not. I also want to add that it is too bad that Boston had Ruth pitching for the first 6 seasons he played baseball. If he were in LF instead of on the mound the HR record would probably be untouchable.

Matt Murton waves hello.

thank you. that is just one of many things in this thread that have baffled me. cubinny's bizarre tirade is still #1, though. Pointless yes, bizarre no. Actually I'd say mildly bizarre. Give me a 1-10 rating on bizarreness. How about we get back on topic rather than make you the focus of attention? ok

thank you. that is just one of many things in this thread that have baffled me. cubinny's bizarre tirade is still #1, though. Pointless yes, bizarre no. Actually I'd say mildly bizarre. Give me a 1-10 rating on bizarreness.

you should probably stop clicking on threads with the words "Adam" or "Dunn" in the title. just a suggestion. Personally, I like use of the word "irregardless".

No he's not. I'd definitely prefer to have my pinky toe cut off than my entire leg. Wait, so you would prefer that the Cubs get rid of Pagan before getting rid of Jones? No. I don't want either my leg or my toes to be amputated. I prefer that neither happen just as I prefer that niether Jones nor Pagan were on the team.

thank you. that is just one of many things in this thread that have baffled me. cubinny's bizarre tirade is still #1, though. Pointless yes, bizarre no.

And I think the fact she's mentioned at least twice that Bruce can back her up adds credibility as well. It's not her fault if nobody actually takes her up on it and asks Bruce. What does credibilty mean? That she actually works for the trib or that she has inside information that she can only hint at while sounding important? I can believe the former and I question the latter. I suppose. I kind of stopped caring about credibility on this board once I realized it's just a MB and not in and of itself a source of truth. If I can't check the real sources, then I'll just do what comes naturally, take it with a grain of salt. No one on here knows who anyone is anyway, outside of Bruce who is probably more brave than any of us to let it be known his actual identity. If I'm not going to reveal who I am, then I don't feel like I should demand anyone else do so. And I'm not going to reveal who I really am. That's just my 2 cents. I agree. The entire point of this (it really is pointless however) is that normally people don't make acusations about having inside information and then say "trust me" and get to get away with it. No one is asking the person to reveal who they are. However at the same time I don't think it's proper to float inuendo either. I guess it's the principle of the matter and it's gotten way out of control. Anyway, whatever.

And I think the fact she's mentioned at least twice that Bruce can back her up adds credibility as well. It's not her fault if nobody actually takes her up on it and asks Bruce. What does credibilty mean? That she actually works for the trib or that she has inside information that she can only hint at while sounding important? I can believe the former and I question the latter.

Man, the Giants look like a real bad team today. That is the second near collision. They are just playing bad baseball. That's a suprize to me because I like Bochey and think he's a good manager. Their play really reflects poorly on him. They are mailing it in.