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  1. FergieJ31
    Hill's game is no more surprising than the last time a Cub starter threw a CG shutout: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B06140CHN2005.htm
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    I think his main problem is confidence, not unlike Rich Hill earlier this year. Guzman has nasty stuff. Let's hope he can put it together next season. Confidence is not a problem, throwing strikes is the problem; or rather not throwing them. Confidence is an outcome, not a cause. Guzman has struggled not becuase of what is between his ears, same with Hill. I usually agree with your posts, CubInNY, but I have to say this one is way off. Read Maddux's favorite book, http://www.amazon.com/Mental-Game-Baseball-Guide-Performance/dp/1888698543/sr=8-1/qid=1158282278/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-8502880-0459841?ie=UTF8&s=books and see if it changes your mind. It's a fantastic book.
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    One of my fave ex-Cubs - nice work Junior.
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    Even with the low bar I wouldn't say he is better until he wins a game. No one is claiming that, of course, even if he wins tonight.
  5. FergieJ31
    Remember in '03 and '04 when we kept hearing Guzman might eventually be even better than Prior? Little did we know how low Prior would set the bar this year, so that prediction almost turned out to be true for all the wrong reasons... :(
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    Agreed 100%. Glendon has been nothing less than a class act in his entire tenure as a Cub, not to mention a pretty decent '04. Heard an hour ago that he's "out of danger", according to Cubs trainer Mark O'Neal. Get well soon big guy.
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    Jim Ed-dumbs doesn't like chicago and chicago doesn't like him. Don't worry. 0% chance. He does like Chicago for "chasing tail".
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    welcome to the cubs Wade! There should be a sign about the Cubs' clubhouse: Abandon all hope all ye who enter here.
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    :lol: great line
  10. FergieJ31
    Ah yes, those are the bleachers of my youth ... and how appropriate to put up a screencap of Bay's bomb. Curious to get opinions on the following: If the White Sox make the playoffs, will they outdraw the Cubs next year? Will they outdraw the Cubs even if they miss?
  11. FergieJ31
    Duke's career numbers against the Cubs: WL: 4-1 ERA: 1.66 WHIP: 1.08 in 38 IP, including 1 complete game shutout. So I'm thinkin his last Wrigley outing was the exception. I fully expect the Cubs to strengthen their hold on the cellar with a feeble outing today against the soft-tossing lefty.
  12. FergieJ31
    Attendance tonight: 31,494, lowest since June 5 2003 ... let the down trend begin. All together now, good and loud: WE'RE NUMBER SIX! WE'RE NUMBER SIX! WE'RE ...
  13. FergieJ31
    Wait, that's SERIOUSLY the injury? Oh you've gotta be kidding. :shock: seriously, infested tear duct? I should have an infested tear duct from all the crying I've done the past 3 years.
  14. FergieJ31
    General rule of thumb for the Cubs: best players injured, worst players not.
  15. FergieJ31
    It seems to me Nevin wasn't so much a clubhouse cancer as he was a guy who would piss off reporters by barking at them for asking stupid questions in the process of defending his teammates. That sort of behavior will earn you a bad public image. And team "chemistry" or character is almost certainly correlated with winning, but the causation is the other way: winning usually begets chemistry, not the other way around.
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    Paging New York Knicks, paging New York Knicks... The Knicks? At least they won a couple of titles in the 70's and made the finals a few times in the 90's. This has been debated before on this board but my vote for the worst organization in professional sports still goes to the Blackhawks ... by a wide margin. And is it a surprise that the Blackhawks reside in Chicago? Meh. Chicago has nothing to do with it; being owned by the Wirtz family is the killer.
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    Full Article Amen. CLASS! You don't hear a lot of players leaving bitter. Who wouldn't want to play in Wrigley in front of great fans... Exactly! Karros was another class act; I wish he would release that video he shot of the 2003 run. And so the Nevin era ends ... who needed him and his 832 OPS anyway.
  18. FergieJ31
    Paging New York Knicks, paging New York Knicks... The Knicks? At least they won a couple of titles in the 70's and made the finals a few times in the 90's. This has been debated before on this board but my vote for the worst organization in professional sports still goes to the Blackhawks ... by a wide margin.
  19. FergieJ31
    OBP is only half the story - OppOBP is just as important. As long as Hendry is GM I've given up on the idea that the Cubs will put up an above average team OBP. Or even an average team OBP. But I haven't given up hope for a playoff berth on the strength of a better pitching staff (especially cutting down on the damn base-cloggers of course). In 2003 the Cubs nearly made it to the WS with a team OBP that was better than only 3 other NL clubs. That club won on the strength of its SP, as we all know too well. If Hendry and the new manager can mold a high quality pitching staff, the Cubs will compete for a WC at the very least.
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    I wouldn't be one bit shocked if Brenly got the job. I would be royally pissed, but not shocked. However, I don't see the manager mattering much as long as Hendry consistently builds weak to medicore teams. He may have been a good scout and perhaps a good farm director, but he is not a good GM. And Hughes makes me want to vomit. A team cannot win with a bench full of Freddy Bynums, a pitching staff full of ? and two guys who can drive in 100 runs. Quoted for truth.
  21. FergieJ31
    None of the asinine practices of this organization surprise me much anymore, but this one is particularly galling. Penny wise and baseball foolish.
  22. FergieJ31
    I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you are a Frasier fan (Kelsey grammar) :wink: That blurb was hilarious. Ozzie's head would explode by the time he got to the Uggie question.
  23. FergieJ31
    Absolutely. Good grief, I wish someone in this organization would put the dots together. Dusty was here for 2004 and 2005; apparently he has a very very short memory or (more likely) he is just in denial.
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    Utley-Howard 8) why can't we develop position players like those two?
  25. FergieJ31
    What are you saying here - did James compare offensive stats of white pitchers vs black position players?
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