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I hate people sometimes. It really pissed me off. It was a picture perfect night and the field looked beautiful. The Cubs just won. Why would you trash your own field after a win? I believe many of the beer tossing people aren't true Cub fans (and probably not of Baseball for that matter), they attended for the game for the "experience". As a result, they really don't care about the condition of Wrigley Field or the Cubs - so the beer flies.
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Izturis, how sad is it that the at bat vs Farnsworth (03, I think) is probably the offensive highlight of his career? I could be wrong, but I think you're thinking of Alex Cora. And I think it was against Clement in 04. But again, I could be completely wrong. My memory on that one is foggy. What keeps coming to mind with Farnsworth was the low and away slider (3-2?) that Julio Franco crushed to right center after a bunch of fouls. I think you're right, boy, was I off on that one, therefore, Izturis hasn't any offensive highlight to hang his hat on.
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Izturis, how sad is it that the at bat vs Farnsworth (03, I think) is probably the offensive highlight of his career?
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Who knowns maybe this team will wake up and realize it should pound a LHP once in a while. Tonight would be nice...
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As mentioned above, Paxson is well aware of the need for an inside scoring presence, given the Knicks (Bulls own their pick) have only a .019 chance at winning the Lottery. I doubt he'll be able to address need for an inside scoring option via the Draft. He may have to trade one of Deng or Gordon along with the Knicks' pick. If it nets a Kevin Garnett, I'm for it, team him up with the likes of Deng or Gordon along with Hinrich, Nocini, etc. and the Bulls have a pretty good chance of being dominate in the future. The Bulls won't beat the Pistons this year but, they're on their way up, the Pistons window of opportunity won't be open much longer.
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Not to mention he's pale shadow of the player he used to be, don't be fooled by one good game. His best days/effectiveness are way behind him.
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assessment on marquis, thus far....
gflore34 replied to Magnetic Curses's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Are you suggesting that Larry may have found and fixed something the great Dave Duncan and Cards coaching staff didn't find or fix? Isn't that against the law or impossibility? And don't forget Leo Mazzone and the Braves coaching staff. I remembered that as well, however, we all know its a mortal sin to question the Braves MO. -
assessment on marquis, thus far....
gflore34 replied to Magnetic Curses's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Are you suggesting that Larry may have found and fixed something the great Dave Duncan and Cards coaching staff didn't find or fix? Isn't that against the law or impossibility? -
Are the Brewers going to run away with the Central
gflore34 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Their lineup to date is better than the Cubs. I just don't think they are running away with the div., which I loosely define as being 10 games up on Sept. 1. They very well could win it, however. Will it continue to be so once Soriano starts to hit? Having gotten nothing from Soriano, the Brewers have still only scored 5 more runs than the Cubs - 117-112. -
Are the Brewers going to run away with the Central
gflore34 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I was gonna say the exact same thing. The Reds had such a great April last year they stayed in contention playing mediocre ball the rest of the way. The Reds were also a less talented team getting awfully flukey pitching last April. True but, I find it hard to believe that a rotation made up of the likes of Claudio Vargas and Dave Bush is going to allow them to play .600 ball. Add to this Ben Sheets with a groin injury(as we know, groin injuries have a way staying around all season) and the prospect of them running away with the Central doesn't appear good. -
Atlanta? The Brewers are pretty damn good. They're all right. But the times they beat us, they trotted out guys like Claudio Vargas. And we made Jeff Suppan look like Cy Young. We did beat Sheets both times, so I guess we have that going for us. I'll agree, the Brewers are the best team in the NL Central. But being the best team in the NL Central does not equate to being a good team. Any team getting wins from the likes of Claudio Vargas and bigs hits off the bats of Craig Counsell and Tony Graffinino is not the best of any division.
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Heat, playing and hacking with all this "energy", up only 3? The Bulls may not win today but, clearly Miami hasn't much of a chance, they're nearly done.
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So, how many RBI's will cream of crap Counsell have today? In addition to this team underperforming, the most frustrating aspect of this season may be below average players Counsell, Wilson, et. al. looking competent vs.the Cubs.
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How about this: Lee hitting a HR or Zambrano issuing less than 5 BB's in his remaining starts?
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At this point a QS from Miller would be considered a near miracle.
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Lord knows why. I'm pretty sure he played SS his whole time at LSU, and has played some SS in the minors. At worst he'd be adequate, and his bat is so much better than Izturis/Cedeno that it'd make up for the difference in defense. Yeah. My guess is they don't think his arm is strong enough to play SS, but hell that hasn't stopped Eckstein. Heck, there's little leaguers with more of an arm than Eckstein, his arm can't be that bad.
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Lord knows why. I'm pretty sure he played SS his whole time at LSU, and has played some SS in the minors. At worst he'd be adequate, and his bat is so much better than Izturis/Cedeno that it'd make up for the difference in defense. I too, believe he'd be at least adequate defensively, his bat and baserunning are far superior to Cedeno/Izturis.
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Upon Soriano' return why wouldn't Lou go with Theriot at SS, DeRosa at 2B, Soriano in LF, Pie in CF, Jones/Murton/Floyd in RF? This means Cedeno will probably be DFA, along with Miller (I hope). Well Cedeno doesn't have to be DFA, nor should he be. He's still young with options. But, I would love a line-up that looked something like this: LF Soriano SS Theriot 1b Lee 3b Ramirez RF Jones/Murton/Floyd C Barrett 2b DeRosa CF Pie/Jones For whatever reason, they don't seem to want to put Theriot at SS. But, could Theriot play CF? Pie could be sent back to Iowa, and Theriot could get his ABs splitting time with Jones in CF leaving RF for Murton or Floyd. But if Lou wants to go with 12 pitchers doesn't that mean one of the positions players has to go?
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Upon Soriano' return why wouldn't Lou go with Theriot at SS, DeRosa at 2B, Soriano in LF, Pie in CF, Jones/Murton/Floyd in RF? This means Cedeno will probably be DFA, along with Miller (I hope).
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I still maintain Slappy or even, Eckstein will hit a HR before Lee does.
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Yet, the Cardinals with largely a collection of crap will win 90 games.
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He won't, probably be into 100's by the 4th, will fall flat on his face.
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I'll see your 200 and raise you 50, in fact, Slappy will hit a HR before Lee does.
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This Cardinal team might be worse than last year' yet, they'll still probably make the playoffs. Beyond Edmonds, Rolen and Pujols is there a player on this team that would start for any other team?
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If Pujols is under 35, I'm going to be elected President in 2008.