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I like what Barrett did and I think too much is being put on him for the stolen bases. He is not the best at throwing out runners, but most of the time I think baserunners are stealing off of our pitchers and not off of Barrett. If your staff is not good at holding runners on and have slow delieveries to the plate, there is not much the catcher can do. But I do not absolve Barrett for some of his airmailed throws into centerfield, just saying I think the pitching staff has as much to do with the amount of SB as does Barrett.
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Have you been watching the games and seen how bad this offense is? Unless Hendry makes some miraculous moves this team is going nowhere.
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With how the offense has looked, and we knew it was not going to be that good to begin with, I don't see much hope of catching anybody. The Cubs may only be 6.5 games back, or whatever it is but there are 4 teams in the division that are ahead them and many more in the wildcard. With how things stand now, in reality, this team doesn't stand a chance in H E double hockey sticks.
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Bringing in a new manager might not improve the talent, but it might improve the fundamentals, and if they bring in a new hitting coach, he may be able to help some of these guys break out of their slumps. If we could at least see mistake free baseball it would ease the pain a little bit, but that will never happen under Dusty Baker and his carefree attitiude, Dude.
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The Dusty Baker Getting Fired Watch
badgercub replied to XZero771679666304's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If they stay where there at? This team has lost 9 of 10 and is going nowhere fast. They have no semblence of an offense and the idiotic manager is batting Murton 8th and continues to put a guy in the lineup who can't hit a lefty to save his life. Leaving out the discussion of Hendry's mistakes, Dusty is a horrible manager and has no clue as to what he is doing from the time he makes out the lineup card til the game is over. He is pathetic and I am getting a little tired of hearing people use the injury excuse to give him a pass. He was a bad manager in S.F. and he has been a horrible manager in Chicago from Day 1. -
Personally I would rather see Walker 2 and Murton 3. Or even put Murton in the leadoff, Cedeno 2nd and Walker 3.
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Walks will haunt. This game is over
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Not covering first, what do they work on in spring training. Pathetic
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Hendry & his minor league track record
badgercub replied to Wilson A2000's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Plus Hendry passed on a lot of position players early in the drafts deciding to go with pitching pitching pitching. -
How much value does Rich Hill even have? I think so far in the Major Leagues he has been exposed as a one pitch pitcher. He has a good curve ball, but when major leaguers can just sit on it, it really loses a lot of it's effectiveness. His minor league numbers look great because for the most part those guys can't hit a curve, otherwise they'd be in the Majors.
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as far as a long term approach, no player is safe and anyone is available in the right trade. Secondly, the Cubs have enough money that they don't have to unload contracts, crappy players yes, contracts no. At the deadline I would look to possibly add payroll looking toward 2007. If you can find a young power hitting right fielder about to enter his prime and will be too expensive for a small market team team next year, you see what it would take to get him ala ARam and DLee. So in other words, I don't just look at unloading some of the veterans to contenders for prospects, but also trading some prospects and cheaper talent for other teams salary concerns.
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How do you explain the 80's, and early 90's? I don't see the point in using such absolutes. It's not remotely true. and really, how difficult is it to make the NBA playoffs? I wouldn't exactly call that a great accomplishment. Have the Mavs made it to the conference finals even? Cuban has done a lot to revive that franchise but making the playoffs in the NBA is quite different than doing it in MLB.
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The nice thing about the late games is, when they get down by more than a run or two in the third inning you can turn the game off and not feel like you are missing anything.
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I know this team is bad, and part of this is due to injuries, but what I am tired of is people using it as an excuse to justify the poor fundamentals that have been manifest in every one of these Baker/Hendry teams. There should be no excuse for it and as a fan we should all be upset that current management GM and Manager are completely inept.
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Willis/Cabrera
badgercub replied to Monco's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Then you just have to do that. And put Cabrera in right field. But I think you're wrong, that wouldn't get their attention at all. Agreed, I think they would probably want a Murton or Pie, plus a mid level position prospect, and maybe a Jae Kuk Ryu. -
You don't have to necessarily call them out, but when they continually make mental mistakes and play poor fundamental baseball you can set their butts on the bench. Case in point, what in the wild wild world of sports was he thinking by starting Neifi at 2nd base last night? What was the point of bringing up The Riot? Dusty is a nincompoop.
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Again, I completely disagree, but that's how it goes. I think that if you call out the group rather than single out individuals, it can have a positive effect. If that's the case then the Cubs' fans of 1983 should have been the best fans in the world after Lee Elia's tirade. :lol: The 5000 that showed up every day? Don't they work? Go out and get a job. It's a playground for them ..... rip them....... those were the days pre '84. you could get a bleacher ticket for $4.
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This team is reminding me of the futility of what were the Cubs of the late 70's early 80's. It is nice to see a younger generation get to experience that kind of joy. And guess what the common thread of todays team is to those teams. It's Gene Clines who played for the Cubs oh so many years ago.
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So, how has that not calling people out been working? They can't play any worse so let's try something different, or would you rather see more of the same?
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With the emergence of Sean Marshall, and the flashes of good pitching from Guzman, and with Wood coming back soon, I think Jerome may be traded before the the July trading deadline. How about WIlliams and Aardsma for LaTroy Hawkins?
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Whoever does replace him, if it is in the middle of the season, will be on an interim basis, so I am not to concerned about that right now. It is in the offseason that they will truly replace him, and that is a long and torturous way off.
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If the Hendry dumps Baker, I am sure whoever they hire would only be interim, and I doubt Brenly would take that gig on an interim basis. I used to like Stone and even defend him, but hearing some of his gibberish on the score has turned me off to him. No wonder he hasn't gotten a job as a GM. Which is what he wants. He doesn't want to manage or coach.
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Talk about a trade
badgercub replied to larhur's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Don't they have a pretty solid near-ready guy at AAA? Injured I really don't see why the Pirates would worry about who would play first base. Their season is over. They are 15 under .500, 12.5 out of first, 11 out of the wild card, and worst of all, behind the Marlins. Who cares who plays first? If they can get some quality in return for a guy, they'd be foolish not to deal. Potential financial benefits also help. Let Joe Randa play first. Let Jose Hernandez, he already has a couple outings there this year. Make the Cubs include a body that can fill time there. It doesn't matter. Get a 3-way deal that sends Matt Stairs back over there. He and Burnitz together would be funny. Plus Pitt would be dealing from a position of strength seeing as how desperate the Cubs are to score runs. -
so, because you are a high school coach you are an authority? give me a break. My high school coach was a disciplinarian and called people out and sat them on the bench for less things than I have seen happen with players on this team, bottom line he got performance, and he got W's he won the private school championship 4 years in a row and lost in the championship game my senior year, went on to coach at the U of Minnesota and is now head coach at University of Illinois Chicago. He was a firm believer in the fundamentals (which has become obviously apparent that Dusty does not) and drilled them day in and day out and if we made mental mistakes on things we practiced all the time during a game we would stay after the game and practice until we got it right. I'd like to see Dusty get a pair and start calling people out, not just in the clubhouse, because if he is it isn't working, but in the media. Maybe then they will get back to doing what got them to the majors in the first place. This is not meant to excuse Jim Hendry for his role in this debacle either.
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Can't believe I'm saying this...Firing Baker would be bad
badgercub replied to Caryatid's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't buy the fact guys want to play for Dusty. Guys go where the money is, and there are a lot of guys that would love to play in a packed stadium day and day out and be part of bringing a championship to Chicago. In Dusty We Busty