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  1. gflore34
    Yet other article attempting to paint Dusty as the victim: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-0608280121aug28,1,1170439.story?coll=chi-sportsnew-hed This and other articles by Dusty apologists are growing quite tiresome, face it, Dusty, you're a poor manager and no amount excuse making is going to hide that fact.
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    Pierre is going to get a multi-year contract offer from someone. I hope it isn't the Cubs. If he accepts arby and plays here one more year, then I'm fine with him sticking around. But I really don't want him signed to a multi-season deal. Yep! I can't see Hendry signing Pierre to a multi-year deal knowing Pie is getting very close... I disagree, I can readily see Hendry being doped by Pierre' recent success and his "hard working" approach into signing him to a multi-year deal. Maybe no Baker next season will keep Pierre from re-signing but, I believe Hendry' going to offer a multi-year deal, see Rusch and Perez.
  3. gflore34
    This is what I would do. Offer Pierre arbitration-we would like him to decline, but if he accepts, it wouldn't be that bad to have him play CF for another year. Do not sign him to a multi-year deal. exactamundo! And make it clear up front in the negotiations that we're only interested in a one year deal since Pie will soon be ready. We have a winner!
  4. gflore34
    Anyway we could put these statistics in front of Hendry?
  5. gflore34
    How can something so simple be beyond them? Scoring runs begins and ends with baserunners, the more you have the greater are chances you'll score runs.
  6. gflore34
    Hendry isn't a young man. He's 5 years younger than Dusty. And he was around the college game most of the time. As far as I can tell, college baseball is even more "old school" in its approach than MLB. There aren't too many Beanes in NCAA. Hendry is a "baseball man", the kind of guy with relationships throughout the sport, and a complete unwillingness to think his contemporaries are anything but the best at what they do. I had high hopes for Hendry, largely because I ignored all the signs that he completely undervalued the walk (both in terms of negative value associated with giving them up, and positive value when taking them). And the fact he coached at the college level has shown up in some of his acquisitions. I may be way off but, if Hendry had a choice between a good Baseball player and an athlete who currently isn't a good Baseball player but loaded with potential, he'd choose the athlete 10 out of 10 times. As a college coach you'll take a chance on a good athlete and try turn him into a good Baseball player however, it’s not a wise thing to do at the Major League level that is, if you're interested in winning.
  7. gflore34
    Doesn't Ramirez know the progression is: HR 3B 2B 1B or 1B 2B 3B HR? :lol:
  8. gflore34
    What of Rusch for Diaz? Looking at aquiring Diaz makes way too much sense for Hendry...
  9. gflore34
    Well, that kills any interest I might have had in Leyland. Check out the Tigers offensive stats for this year. This has been a very lucky team and Leyland is getting a lot of undeserved credit, imo. Guess OBP doesn't mean much to Leyland either, where in the world did Baker and Leyland get the idea that Perez is a top of the order guy? The Tigers success is due largely to their pitching, having watched quite a few of their games I've noticed offensively, they're just as aggressive as the Cubs. In fact their team OBP is in the lower half of all of Baseball yet, they're 10th in RS, for whatever reason, the BA with RISP has taken a huge spike this year. Time and time again some one comes up with the big hit that, elusive clutch hitting.
  10. gflore34
    Set back and watch Leyland utilize what Neifi brings to the table in the right way.
  11. gflore34
    Unfortunately, there are racist fans every where it's not exclusive to Chicago. As for the rest of the article, it reads as yet another thread amongst the many lame excuses the Cubs have thrown at us for not winning.
  12. gflore34
    I'm well aware of the differences. However, both are rookies with limited experience in the big leagues. The Cubs are going to get inconsistent outings from both at this point; neither is a guarantee to go out there and pitch 6 good innings. However, if we go into next season with a rotation of Z-Schmidt or Zito-Prior-Young Guy #1-Young Guy #2, I'm not liking the Cubs' chances. Health problems could inevitably lead to one or two more rookie SPs coming into the rotation at some point. I like the potential and the depth the Cubs have at SP right now, but we don't know what to expect out of those young guys in terms of consistency. Getting a halfway decent #3/#4 guy along with some one like Zito or Schmidt would go a long, long way. While the offense has had its share of problems, getting a strong pitching staff would make life a lot easier for everyone involved. I wasn't addressing your idea about acquiring 2 arms. I was just refuting the insinuation that they were the same player. Guzman should be starting now to get past that "he's an inconsistent rookie" phase as quickly as possible. There's a chance he could be a solid starter next year. Marmol doesn't really stand much of a chance to be a good starter in 2007. Which makes perfect sense to someone who knew what he was doing however, when a team has Dusty Baker for a Manager...
  13. gflore34
    I have a feeling he might become despised by Cubs' fans. In the same way that Edmonds and Matt Morris are/were disliked. Probably, because in typical Cardinal fashion, he's playing waaaay over his head - .271/.358/.448 career ML numbers.
  14. gflore34
    Is Dick Vitale Duke Fan #1?
  15. gflore34
    I believe we have to take or accept as fact the 2007 Cubs DP combination is going to be Cedeno and Izturis, along with Pierre in CF. Leaving LF as the only position in which an offensive upgrade is a possibilty...
  16. gflore34
    You can try out different lineups here: http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/LineupAnalysis.py According to the simulator, Murton and Barrett would be the ideal 1 and 2 hitters for the Cubs, but as goony said, the difference in runs per game isn't very much (about .7 runs) no matter how you shuffle the same 9 players around. .7 runs total, or .7 runs per game? It's per game. And I don't understand how you can say .7 runs per game isn't very much--is a pitcher with a 3.80 ERA not much better than one with a 4.50 ERA? Yeah, that's why I asked. .7 runs a game would push us from the 20th best offense last year to the 5th. It would have pushed Pittsburgh from the 28th best offense to the 7th best offense. I know we probably don't have the absolute worse lineup, but even a .2 to .5 difference per game is signficant over the course of a season. I was thinking along the same lines, over 120 games that translates to 84 more runs, pushing the Cubs' total to 593.
  17. gflore34
    goony I haven't the stats in front of me but, do you believe lineups with a 1 and 2 of Murton and Barrett instead of Baker' inane MO of a speedy OF and MI would have made much of difference this year?
  18. gflore34
    What of the ball Huff hit in the 4th? I believe some with Pierre' speed should have caught that ball.
  19. gflore34
    That's why Dusty and Co. are paid the Big Bucks.
  20. gflore34
    Regardless of what Prior says or thinks what about the physical evidence? Keeps missing high, velocity is down, if he was as heallthy as Prior and Cubs claim, would this be as ongoing as it has? Haven't Baker or Rothschild noticed this?
  21. gflore34
    Of course it's moronic but, Hendry did, amongst other moves, sign Perez and Rusch to multi-year contracts and, will probably do so with Pierre along counting again on Prior and Wood being healthy. You don't believe he's capable of such stupidity? Honestly, wouldn't Hendry salivate over an offer of Jeff Suppan and Aaron Miles for Prior? Or, Jason Marquis and Aaron Miles?
  22. gflore34
    As a few have already stated I believe something is wrong, I'm not ready to give up on Mark Prior. In the off-season, should he get traded for the peanuts he's currently worth to a competent Organization; it'll go down like the Lou Brock trade. That Organization will find out what's wrong and take whatever time is necessary for a 100% Prior who, will perform as expected - book it.
  23. gflore34
    The Cubs could only wish they had Detroit's offensive deficiencies. Detroit is 7th in run production. Cubs are 30th. Give them the Cubs' staff, do you believe they'd be .500 or better?
  24. gflore34
    I'm not ready to give up on Prior but, I believe he's done for this season, shut him down and find out what's wrong.
  25. gflore34
    6 in row!! Can he reach 10?
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