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  1. CubinNY
    http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/cs-060320soxborchard,1,4372875.story?coll=cs-home-headlines for lefty reliever Matt Thornton.
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    The article can be found here. edit - He also includes this link to help explain Prior's injury. What Carrol wrote is exactly what I expect to happen. Prior will be lucky to make five starts and he will go under the knife at some time this season. Then we will get to hear about injuries and their unpredictable nature from the Cubs front office and field manager. Whoopie!
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    I'm not sure if I am reading your post the right way, but Baker was criticized in SF for pulling his starting pitchers too soon and burning up his pen. I think that criticism coupled with the less than stellar bullpen performance has, in a way, contributed to the ills in the pitching department (i.e, overuse of both the SP and select bullpen arms). so because he pulled his starters too soon in sf our starters are overworked? i don't know if i understand what you are getting at. In a way that is exactly what I'm getting at. Baker is notoriusly thin skinned. Now I don't know know if that is THE reason, but he certainly has worked the starting pitchers. I also agree about his misuse of the pen too. It seems to me that Baker is not good at managing a pitching staff. Before Fox's arm nearly literally fell off I think he pitched three days in a row. We all know about his fetish for righty/lefty matchups. And then there is his usage patterns of Farnsworth and others while leaving some guys to rot in the pen. Overall, he is just not good at what he does.
  4. CubinNY
    I'm not sure if I am reading your post the right way, but Baker was criticized in SF for pulling his starting pitchers too soon and burning up his pen. I think that criticism coupled with the less than stellar bullpen performance has, in a way, contributed to the ills in the pitching department (i.e, overuse of both the SP and select bullpen arms).
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    Nothing positive can come from an injury to the shoulder, you just have to hope it's nathing major at this stage. It appears to be "minor", not sure how any injury to the shoulder is really minor though. I wasn't counting on Wood for anything this year. Now I'm not counting on Prior for much ether. It helps to lower my expectations. Lowered expectations is a Cub fan's best friend.
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    -I don't give it much credence. I think Hendry felt by acquiring Miller that he was getting extra. Myguess is that the Cubs will do what they have said; go with a 4-man rotation and work in a minor league arm when the 5th spot is needed (unless Prior is able to pitch by April 15th). I concur. It is a little early to hit the panic button. Besides, Wood and Miller should be ready by May, Prior too. If Wood and Miller can stay healthy the Cubs will have a formitable rotation. Plus they also have Guzman, Marshall, Hill, and perhaps Ryu who can step in. Unless Hendry knows something we don't (actually he probably know a lot more than us) I don't see the Cubs getting some filler pitcher before they know how things are going to shake out.
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    Very athletic play there by Jer.
  8. CubinNY
    What's he hitting this spring? M Grissom .259 12 27
  9. CubinNY
    And Marquis swings at the first pitch. WTG! Lucky for him the wind was swirling.
  10. CubinNY
    What is up with the guy wearing the "he gone" shirt and cubs visor? Somebody should slap him uside his goggin.
  11. CubinNY
    Ok, I just got finished buliding a new porch and watched exactly one pitch and I am already sick of hearing Harelson. I will watch the rest of the game on mute.
  12. CubinNY
    Team record by leadoff hitter Patterson 15 14 0.517 Hairston 39 37 0.513 Macias 4 4 0.500 Perez 13 13 0.500 Theriot 1 1 0.500 Lawton 7 11 0.389 Gerut 0 1 0.000 Totals 79 83 0.488 As always, nice work Fred!
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    I don't really have a strong feeling for him, one way or the other. I think it's interesting that not ONE critic of Pierre commented on these numbers. The main reason is because those stats have no bearing whatsoever on the converstation. They were illustritive that Pierre saw pitches and made contact, nothing else.
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    Koronka is tossing beach balls.
  15. CubinNY
    Both Augie and Pie in. Augie at SS Pie at CF
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    In the off-season Sammy lives in Aventura FL. I lived about 5 blocks from him and saw him frequently. He trained with other S. Florida MLB residents at St. Thomas university in Miami. He has a house in the DR but visits infrequently. I'm not saying he did or didn't take steriods. Just trying to set the record straight.
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    Poetic justice 1-0 our neighbors from the South.
  18. CubinNY
    I don't quite understand that? Howe would that work? Would Japan then go?
  19. CubinNY
    Mexico hit a homerun that hit the right field foul/fair pole about 10 foot up and Bob Davidson was about 30 feet away and called it a double.
  20. CubinNY
    I hate to say this but I hope the USA gets beat and bad.
  21. CubinNY
    How much is USA baseball paying Bob Davidson? That call is inexcusable even for a little league umpire.
  22. CubinNY
    Please let's not have this discussion again. Wins are a team stat not an individual stat. Can we agree on that?
  23. CubinNY
    There is a thread in transactions that is discussing this.
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    Ahh, makes me think of Corey... Makes me think of Angle Pagen as the Cubs starting CFer.
  25. CubinNY
    That is just ridiculus beyond the point of obsurdity. BTW pes·si·mist n somebody who always expects the worst to happen in every situation Encarta® World English Dictionary © 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Reacting to the situation at hand (i.e., Prior and Wood injuries. The prospect of trading Walker for donuts, over paying for medicore bullpen pitchers and lead off men) is not pessimism. Get over yourself and soon.
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