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  1. Bruce Miles
    That's how I see it too. The only thing is, if I buy a car and turns out to be a lemon I will do whatever I can to get rid of it and get something more reliable. The Cubs just try to make lemonade. That's what they're going to have to do: hope some team needs a lefty and will pick up most, if not all of the contract.
  2. Bruce Miles
    Cubs lineup: Womack, 2B Pierre, CF Walker, 1B Ramirez, 3B Jones, RF Cedeno, SS Bynum, LF Blanco, C Maddux, P
  3. Bruce Miles
    The sentiments expressed here are all well and good, but the Cubs will not DFA Glendon Rusch. It just isn't going to happen, not with a contract that runs through next year.
  4. Bruce Miles
    Don't know how Reds line up, but the Cubs will go thusly, as of 3 Eastern Time: Pierre, CF Womack, 2B Barrett, C Walker, 1B Ramirez, 3B Jones, RF Murton, LF Cedeno, SS Rusch, P
  5. Bruce Miles
    Did he hurt it on the fall yesterday or is it just a recurring thing that comes and goes? Apparently, it's been bothering him.
  6. Bruce Miles
    Jones has a bad back.
  7. Bruce Miles
    So the best strategy would be a revolving door of minor league players. For some reason, no one does this. If Dusty really believed this, you wouldn't see rookies sitting on the bench their entire callup. Believe what you will, but I'll take it from pitchers like Rod Beck, Greg Maddux (who has faced minor-leaguers in spring training games), Ryan Dempster who say that minor-leaguers are tough to face, especially when you're trying to work on stuff. It does not mean that minor-leaguers can't hit good pitches or that they are better hitters or that teams should stock their bench with minor leaguers. If a guy like Greg Maddux tells me it's difficult (and you should see him when he faces minor leaguers _ he takes it seriously), then it's good enough for me. All I'm trying to do is add a dose of perspective.
  8. Bruce Miles
    Thanks for brightening our day Bruce! :wink: If the Cubs make it to the Playoffs this year, I am all for extending Dusty. If that happens, I will post pictures of me eating my own hat. (and happily might I add) A year ago, I was writing just the opposite. But it seems to me Dusty did a 180 at some point. He expressed interest in staying during spring training. Nobody wants to be fired, of course, and if the Cubs turn things around and he's offered an extension, I have no doubt whatsoever he'll accept it.
  9. Bruce Miles
    I can sympathize with this. Last night I played poker with someone new, and was giving out massive strong hand signals when I was bluffing, but he wasn't used to thinking along with me and called my bluff, robbing me of a pot I could have won from anyone else at the table who knew me. Like I said, it sounds crazy, but there's something to it. Now the second time a big-league pitcher faces a minor-leaguer, chances are he'll blow him away with an overpowering fastball or throw him some hellacious breaking pitch he simply can't hit.
  10. Bruce Miles
    If Baker is offered an extension, he will accept it.
  11. Bruce Miles
    Baker's comment is neither crazy nor stupid. Most major-league hitters "think" along with the pitcher, making them easier to set up. When a big-league pitcher rehabs in the minors, he has a hard time "setting up" hitters because they don't know they're being set up. Hence, they hit a lot of pitches they shouldn't hit. I've heard this from many a big-league pitcher whose gone down to rehab or tried to resurrect his career in the minors. Yes, it sounds crazy and people like to jump on everything Baker says, but there's some truth to it.
  12. Bruce Miles
    Dusty said something about Walker playing well, Womack playing well and Nevin not playing much first base. Looks like Nevin will start tomorrow.
  13. Bruce Miles
    We're going to talk with him on a conference call in a minute, so I don't think he'll be here. He'll probably join the club in St. Louis.
  14. Bruce Miles
    Lineups Reds Freel, 2B Lopez, SS Griffey, CF Dunn, LF Kearns, RF Hatteberg, 1B Encarnacion, 3B LaRue, C Milton, P Cubs Pierre, CF Perez, 2B Barrett, C Ramirez, 3B Walker, 1B Murton, LF Jones, RF Cedeno, SS Zambrano, P
  15. Bruce Miles
    My feeling in writing the story I did was that the Cubs need an Adam Dunn-type player (even though they can't get the real thing). You're stuck with Jones. Pie will play center. You need some power from left. Nobody likes Murton more than I do, but I don't know if it's going to happen for him here the way we'd like it to happen. As I wrote (and I haven't seen Kiley's story), he'd pan out for somebody else, given the Cubs' luck.
  16. Bruce Miles
    Read my stuff over the past few weeks. I constantly mention it and ask about it. How do you know nobody has asked about it? I ask about it every day and write about it more than anybody. This is an organization that clearly thumbs their noses at stats. fixed /woah, did I just "fix" Bruce? //runs Uh, I didn't write "thumbs their noses at stats." They don't. They just seem to value the wrong ones.
  17. Bruce Miles
    Read my stuff over the past few weeks. I constantly mention it and ask about it. How do you know nobody has asked about it? I ask about it every day and write about it more than anybody. This is an organization that clearly values other stats. But why? How can they continue to deny that speed does no good if you can't get on base or that really good defense will only result in all of the runs being earned in yet another loss? At what point do they look at the standings and statistics and say "gee, maybe we're doing this wrong"? You'd think it would kick in at any time now. I don't get their stubborn nature over this.
  18. Bruce Miles
    Read my stuff over the past few weeks. I constantly mention it and ask about it. How do you know nobody has asked about it? I ask about it every day and write about it more than anybody. This is an organization that clearly values other stats.
  19. Bruce Miles
    Lineups Cubs Pierre, CF Hairston, 2B Walker, 1B Barrett, C Ramirez, 3B Murton, LF Jones, RF Cedeno, SS Wood, P Marlins Ramirez, SS Uggla, 2B Cabrera, 3B Willingham, LF Jacobs, 1B Hermida, RF Abercrombie, CF Treanor, C Olsen, P
  20. Bruce Miles
    Any thoughts on Dusty re-signing? I've always been of the opinion that Hendry was looking for the right time to extend Dusty. As of now, I don't know when that time would come.
  21. Bruce Miles
    Uh, the upcoming off-day? I don't know. Aramis seems to be coming out of it. Beyond that, there's not much.
  22. Bruce Miles
    To answer Goony's question, the humidity is very humid down here, about 100 percent. It ain't a dry heat, that's for sure. Enjoy the game.
  23. Bruce Miles
    Lineups Cubs Pierre, CF Cedeno, SS Walker, 2B Barrett, C Jones, RF Ramirez, 3B Mabry, 1B Murton, LF Marshall, P Marlins Ramirez, SS Uggla, 2B Cabrera, 3B Willingham, LF Aguila, RF Jacobs, 1B Abercrombie, CF Olivo, C Nolasco, P
  24. Bruce Miles
    Beaten to it! Nice work.
  25. Bruce Miles
    Lineups Cubs Pierre, CF Cedeno, SS Walker, DH Barrett, C Jones, RF Ramirez, 3B Mabry, 1B Murton, LF Hairston, 2B Hill, P White Sox Podsednik, LF Iguchi, 2B Thome, DH Konerko, 1B Dye, RF Pierzynski, C Crede, 3B Uribe, SS Anderson, CF Garcia, P
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