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  1. CubinNY

    CubinNY replied to otis89's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk

    And the worst ofensive middle of the diamond position players in the game. Iztuis would be ok if he played for the Red Sox or Yankees, not the Cubs.
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    I think the Cubs are out of it. However, if by some miricle that they manage to get back into by mid-september, to a large extent, it will be because of rookies and young players. I hope this fact isn't lost on Dusty and Jim. Even if they don't get back into it, they've played much better as of late. But even if they do it will be in spite of Dusty and not becuase of Dusty. FREE MATT MURTON!
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    Probably... An interview with Jim Hendry in the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Easily the highlight: hilarious. I wonder what Hendry's answer was. Simple. They're baseball players, not artists. It isn't fair to expect them to be able to draw anything. :lol: That is funny! But in reality, I don't know if hendry believes in the concept of drawing a walk. I think he thinks walks are something a pitcher allows. But really something that is not a big deal, at least not as important as BA w/RISP.
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    Nothing else. Oh yea, I heard Sam Jackson has a new movie out. Someting about snakes and planes. It should be @##$%R%#$%@$% fantastic
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    They could have tried to get him in the offseason, but instead Hendry went for JJ.
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    There's no way the Yankees give up A-Rod's offense for just pitching, especially damaged goods like Prior. He couldn't just come back healthy next year for this to work...he'd need to at least be back at his 2003 level. The Yankees need pitching and they need it badly. They already have the best offense in baseball, and with the addition of Abreu they can afford to sacrifice some offense. The Yankees are a smart, well-run organization. I think they would need to see if Prior was healthy b/f they would consider the deal.
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    The one in the mid-80s was a 12-6 curve and the one in the low 80s was probably his change. Why did Homer only go 4.2 IP? It's good to see Evan back in the lineup and healthy. Gotta root for the local kids. :) He was a little wild and gave up back-to-back doubles in front of a single that should have beeen grabbed by the third baseman.
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    (If Prior is 100% healthy) I am probably living in fantasy land here, but if I were Hendry I'd explore an A-Rod for Prior deal. Take on all of the salary the Yankees are paying. No prospects. I'd put A-Rod back at SS and move Neifi, Jr. for whatever I could get. Then I'd keep Murton in LF. Everyone wants the Cubs to get a big bat in LF. Is Carlos Lee that player? I don't think so. In addition, he will be fabuously over-paid for the remainder of his time in the bigs. Murton A-Rod Lee Aramis Barrett Jones Cedeno Slappy (I'd like the Cubs to explore other options in CF but I don't know who is available) That is a batting order that will compete for the WS, not just the division.
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    I was at the game in Montgomery AL. I also saw Evan Longoria who plays for the Biscuts. Bailey has a real smooth delivery. It looks like he just tossing the ball and then you hear the pop of the mit. He was working in the low to mid 90's all night. topping out at 95. He seemed to have two off speed pitches, one in the mid 80s and another in the low 80s. I couldn't tell from my seat what they were though. Bailey was impressive, but his fastball was very hittable (at least last night). He gave up 6 hits and two runs. Longoria was 2 for 3, with two singles and a K. He's batting over .400 now. Next week I'll be going to a Memphis Redbirds game. Going to all these minor league games this week makes me think what a hard job it must be to be a scout.
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    OK, My non-souting report. -Gallagher was a man amongst boys tonight. He was 90-93 with his fastball which he threw about 80% of the time. Great hard breaking curve ball for Ks and mixed in a few change ups. The umpire did have a huge strike zone tonight though. -Eric Patterson showed great patience at the plate. He struck out in the first on a real low strike, groused to the ump for a second or two amd walked back to the dugout. The next AB he ripped a single up the middle on the first pitch and then walked twice. The second time on a 3-2 count. The ball was in the same spot as his first k. - Thomas Atlee closed out the last two innings and dominated the Bay Bears. He was in the mid-90s with his fast ball. -Ron does a great impression of Harry Carey during the 7th inning stretch. - The stands were empty, M-T - Jake Fox gave my wife the eye and I think she liked it. -Aaron Weston looks like a baseball player but I don't know how good he is. Other than that no one else stood out on the D-Jaxx. One thing, Brandon Sing was riding the pine and Richard Lewis was at first. I was disapoined. For Mobile The catcher #34, Colt Morton crushed a long HR off of Sean in the 6th. He looks like a player.
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    My wife and I are going to Jackson to see Gallagher pitch and root on the D-Jaxx's. I let everyone know how things went.
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    Why do you write that? Is it because he is the proverbal horse? Even a Clidesdale will break down if it is driven too hard.
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    I love Ron Santo on the radio. It's like sitting next to your uncle who's a huge Cub fan. To me he and Pat make the games much more entertaining to listen to. I am probably in the minority, but I don't care.
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    Squeeze Box is one of my favorite all time songs, but I had I will played by a string quartet at my wedding, so I'm going witht the Beatles on this one.
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    That almost worries me. If the Cubs like him, there must be something wrong with him. Vance can correct me if I'm wrong since he's been on the Freddie bandwgn for a long time, but I think they interviewed him before they hired Dusty.
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    The Treatment- Retarding the development of a young player by giving the player selcted playing time and subing for him in late innings. http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/cubs.asp you decide?
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    If you're talking payroll, the Cubs are much closer to the Yankees than the Marlins are. As for Girardi, all he's done is guide a team that started a ton of rookies and had a $15 million dollar payroll to third place in the NL East and a 54-61 record. I understand that the record doesn't sound like anything special but that team was expected to have one of the worst records in the major leagues this year. I would take Girardi. Talent wins managers do not. All a manger can do is place his team in the best postion to win. From what I've seen Joe likes to waste outs. He's criticized his best every-day player on multiple occasions for "not hustling" even though this player is putting up spactacular numbers. The Cubs are much closer to the Yankees for sure. But that's is like saying that the bag boy at Krogers is much closer to being a millionare than the guy who is cashing in cans to buy a bottle of Thunderbird.
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    Prior has probably been injured since last year. I don't think he's brittle. He's been misused, of that I'm sure. At the same time Hendry and Co. have done nothing to quell the rumors that he's soft. Soft. Soft in the sense that he's tried to pitch through injuries for the better part of two seasons.
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    I don't really want Giardi managing the Cubs. I think he needs more experience. The Marlins aren't the Yankees and neither are the Cubs. I also haven't seen anything that would make me want him to manage the Cubs. Admitedly, I haven't seen the Marlins much. I'd rather have Derkier or Bobby Valentine.
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    I just don't see how anyone involved in this entire organization can just allow this to continue on unchanged. It's completely unfathomable to me. It's like you park your car on a hill, and get out and it starts rolling because you forgot to put it in gear, but rather than try to get back in and stop it, you let it slowly gain momentum and just hope it stops on it's own eventually in a perfect spot so it's undamaged, when reality is that it's probably going to end up hitting a telephone pole. Man I'm coming up with some crazy analogies lately. I think they (Hendry, Hughes, etc.) have as much contempt for the media as Dusty. I think they don't really care what Dusty says because of that contempt. I'm sure they are nice. The kind of nice I get when I talk to a good ole' boy in South Alabama. They tolerate me, but I will never understand becuase I'm a Yankee. Just the same way a beat reporter can't understand becuase he never played The Game. Look at Dusty's innane comments throughout his tenure. From Black players playing better in the heat and on and on.
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    Yeah...I'm not enjoying Z's race for the Cy Young award right now. All individual awards in baseball are good for is the player's next contract/arbitration. I hope Z doesn't come up lame this year or next.
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    Len getting a little frisky with the moron radio dudes. I love it.
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    Hill hater :D Seriously, I think GMs value lefties with upside more than any other *intangible* tool (I know, I know) Obviously, the rankings are heavily dependent on performance for the rest of 2006 2007 Marshall Hill Marmol Guzman Trade value Hill Marshall Guzman Marmol Long term Guzman Hill Marmol (as a closer) Marshall
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    I was comparing him to other leadoff hitters in the NL. Ok, he's 10th out of 16 teams in the NL. That doesn't sound any better does it?
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    You really should qualify that better - he's 10th in the NL in OBP among qualified CF's. If he were 10th in the NL, we'd be very happy with his .398 OBP. Unfortunatley for us, ol 43 is 74th in the NL in OBP. That's simply horrific for a lead-off hitter. No he's 10th in the NL in OBP among qualified Leadoff hitters... The positon in which the manager chooses to place a batter is irrelevent. He is 74th in OBP.
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