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Jermaine Dye
gflore34 replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Wow, you can't possibly be serious. He looked very good at times during his callup last year. You consider a 5+ ERA and a 1.62 WHIP very good? He said at times. Mateo wasn't ready for the major leagues last year, but then again neither were any of the other starters (for example, look at the difference between Marshall this year and Marshall last year). He is 24 years old and has been pretty good at every level he's been at besides his callup to the majors. Either this year or next year, he probably will be ready to contribute to a major league team as either a back of the rotation starter or a good bullpen pitcher. Which won't be enough to net Dye in this case...even packaged with Murton. Why wouldn't Murton be enough? Dye' coming off the DL, his production is down, he's potentially a 2+ month rental, just what does Williams think he's going to get? -
You're forgettin jimbos dumnbess If Hendry can't see the Cubs are still a bat short he's dumber than we think. And by bat, I mean big bat i.e., Dunn, Griffey or Teixeira, etc. not, Matt Stairs - he'd still be good option for bench though.
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Was checking out The Sporting News training camp issue, there's a small Thomas Jones piece in which he fires some shots at the Bears. Including this humorus note - "...they (the Jets) have so many great (offensive) players here..." - really? Who are they? I believe the addition of Olsen is going to enable Benson to dwarf whatever Jones and those plethora of great players give the Jets.
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I love it. I don't like their points about how the Cubs cannot keep playing this well. First of all, they won't play 19-5 ball the rest of the season, but the Brewers and Padres will not play this hot as well. Second of all, we are winning with opponent miscues and unexpected pitching performances, but we are also winning short handed. Considering Lee is suspended, our closer Dempster just got off the DL, Floyd has been on and off hurt so often that we have no idea whether he's healthy or not, Wood might be coming back soon to improve our pen, Ward is now on the DL, etc etc etc, we should be improved even more. It's just a testament to the will of this team that we are able to stay afloat with all of this going on. Maybe, I'm way off but, don't good teams usually capitalize on opponent miscues?
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I love it. tune in later as we make the same comments about the brewers game! :lol: I hear ya, I remember making similar comments earlier in the season when Counsell and Graffanino got big hits. At least you got a good hitter like Aram doing the damage and not journey man flotsam and jetsom such as Counsell and Graffanino.
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I love the comment about the weakness of the Cubs' opponents - if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black!!!!!
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If Aram keeps this up we're going to start hearing MVP possibilities.
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He has an intentional walk and a hit by pitch. That's literally it. I known he's veteran with a lot of mileage but, if regression to the mean counts for anything he'll have hot streak soon.
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Does it look favorable? No. But the presence of Soriano and Ramirez in the Cubs lineup remains far superior to whatever Arizona puts on the field.
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They didn't Vs. Zito. They did a little, if I recall correctly, Zito PC was in the 60's after 3 IP, just so happens Mr. Zito decided to throw strikes that night. Of course, vs the Brewers he'll probably have issued 5+ BB's by the 3rd.
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I believe the Cubs will get to Webb today, this is far different team from the swing first ask questions later versions Webb faced 2003-2006. They've shown the ability to work a pitcher a little bit which will help with Webb.
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Let's hope steroid Barry, Winn and that OBP machine Pedro Feliz keep it up over the weekend. If they do, I believe there's a good chance they may take two of three, Lowry, Lincecum and Zito going for the Giants - yes, I know the Brewers have hit LHP well but, I wouldn't be surprised if Lowry or Zito pulled one out.
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Now is the time for a Bonds brush back....
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BFD, the Giants scored, do really believe this terrible team is going shut the Cubs down?
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Terribly. It doesn't irk me more when a below average player consistantly kills the cubs. During the Pitts series, I couldn't watch when .270 Xavier Nady came up, knowing he was going to gap it everytime. What about Kevin Mench? I was ](*,) when Cubs walked him when he rarely does it. Feliz has 18 BB's on the season and has drawn 3 this series!!!!
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Anyone else sick of seeing Feliz (sporting a robust 2007 OBP of .281, lifetime .287) getting on base and drawing BB's?
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7/18 Giants (Cain) at CUBS (Big Z), 1:20 PM CT, WGN
gflore34 replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
The only way the Giants are going to score is if Zambrano cannot find the strike zone and issues a few BB's. -
7/18 Giants (Cain) at CUBS (Big Z), 1:20 PM CT, WGN
gflore34 replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
The Giants' lineup is worse. -
7/18 Giants (Cain) at CUBS (Big Z), 1:20 PM CT, WGN
gflore34 replied to soccer10k's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
After last night its pretty apparent that if the Cubs don't beat themselves (7 BB's, misplays by Kendall) they'll win today and tomorrow. -
Not when it's ended by a game like this. great baseball teams lose 50+ games a year, even to crappy teams. i'll be worried if they play 2 games like this in a row. Exactly, if Zambrano and Lilly throw strikes they'll mow this collective crap called the Giants down.
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That's the only way a team as poor as the Giants is going to beat you, if you keep giving them free base runners...
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Way to go Will, pitching to Roberts as if he was a Major League Hitter!!!!!!
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Seriously!! Just throw a fb right down the middle to Roberts what's he going to do? Hit a HR?
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Zito, going into tonight' start had control problems but, of course, the a-hole' a strike throwing machine tonight!!!!
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...and the sucky eye of the home ump. If he calls that a strike (which it was, at least according to Gameday), the inning would've been over. ...or perhaps, the Cubs could get the pure garbage that Feliz is out!!!!