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Thanks to 3 home runs so far today, my offense has held up the 10 point lead I had going into today with 0 starts against 2 starts. Hope all of my closers get some work today. But, I'm still predicting that my Bonderman start that I can't use will be the difference between a win and a loss.
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Ugh. That's NOT good. -
I don't think Barrett was moved because of his poor defense. I think it had a lot more to do with the Cubs just wanting him gone. I wouldn't expect the catching situation to be any better with Hill/Bowen.
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I take that back. 2 of the steals last night came off Josh Bard.
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The same Barrett had 5 guys steal out of 5 attempts the day before with Chris Young on the mound. One of those steals was Russell Martin stealing 3rd. Barrett was never good at blocking balls, but he's been absolutely brutal this year in regards to passed balls. And 3 guys did still bases successfully against Barrett last night, including Luis Gonzalez. So basically, he nailed 1 out of 9 in the last 2 games.
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Eyre could not do this without burning himself to the ground, considering he is a gasoline can.
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I sorta always thought that the NBA had more time off between games because it's a much more energy draining sport and needs more time between games for rest. I doubt anyone takes issue with the length of the NBA regular season. It's when they extended playoffs and nearly half the field qualifies to play in the post season that people lost interest. That and Michael Jordan retiring from the Bulls, which was my reason for giving it up. :D
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The Brewer's bats must be extremely tired about right now. Cubs win this game.
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I most certainly feel the love.
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I win the dumb manager of the week award. I meant for Halladay and Bonderman to take my last two starts this week, so I put James Shields on the bench and replaced him with Adam Wainwright just to keep a full 5 pitchers active. Lo and behold, I look at Live Scoring today and Wainwright is scoring points. Well, he was scoring points. So now I have to bench Bonderman since I burned his start with Wainwright, who got me a whole 1/2 a point. Yee haaaa.
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Sure wish Cub bats could hit lefties like the Brewers do.
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We can still hope Cordero blows it again in the 9th. Any chance he could give up 9 runs before they take him out?
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Called the toll free ESPN fantasy baseball phone number and am expecting a call back. I'm sure they know about it already. But, just in case.....
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I don't like it either, but I think Cubs management does.
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Anyone else able to sign in to ESPN today? I need to make a roster change for today but I can't get in.
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As much as I'd love to see Izturis get cut, I seriously do not see it happening anytime soon. Marquis is an extreme ground ball pitcher, and I think Lou likes using Izturis at SS to get to more grounders than DeRosa, Fontenot or Theriot might get to. If somewhere down the line Lou finds that Fontenot's bat can make up for a few grounders that might get past him is worth cutting Izturis, only then will he be sent packing. Too small of a sample size at this point. Jones probably isn't going anywhere at this point. What team will take on his contract? Only a deal that sends a bad contract back will get the job done, and I wouldn't expect to see a deal like that right now, since most teams would rather shed contract rather than swap it. By deduction, Theriot will be sent to AAA. Unfortunately, this won't be a good move for him, since Cedeno and Patterson will likely gobble up most of the playing time.
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Ehh, I didn't bother. No way I was gonna beat Tim's offer anyways. go ahead and offer. My deal was rejected and I was asked to include Upton. My deal is off the table as a result. Holy crap.
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I may be out of the loop here, so forgive me if I'm offending anyone, but is Vance not playing any longer? No, Juan made a change. I've had the same problem w/ trade requests with that team as well. Who has the Severe Tooterstorms? Haven't heard back anything from him either. That's Matt and he's active. Trade offer must have sucked. :D
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One less team to trade Jacque Jones to.
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Hope he does it again tomorrow.
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It wasn't even celebration. He was hopping sideways hoping to see it leave the park. It was pre-celebratory excitement that he may have just hit a walk off home run.
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so he'll pry be thrown at tomorrow, correct? Aramis wasn't showboating. He was hopping and hoping, it least that's how I viewed it. Considering how many balls the wind has knocked down today, I don't think Aramis was 100% sure it was leaving the park.
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Yeah, the OBP correlation to runs scored has been discussed ad nauseum around here, but I still think Hendry still doesn't get it. From 2003 to the end of 2004, he didn't know what OBP stood for. From the beginning of 2005 to the end of 2005, he learned what it stood for, but wrote it off as a fluke that OBP and runs scored are directly related. From the beginning of 2006 to the end of 2006, he purposely went out of his way to disprove the theory that OBP translates to run production. From the start of 2007 to present, he now understands what OBP is, how it translates to run production, and knows that his previous ignorance on such an important topic will likely shorten his GM career significantly. How did he finally learn in 2006 that OBP is directly related to run production? It was staring him right in the face. It was impossible to miss it. His pitching staff walked people, and those people scored. Over and over and over and over. Too bad the light went on way too late. They couldn't fire him quick enough to satisfy me, even in the midst of a 6 game winning streak.
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BigbadB replied to justlikethecubs's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
And if the Cubs had money laying around to throw at Ramon Hernandez, couldn't we just throw it at Zambrano instead? -
I've seen plenty of posts where someone announces that someone is available. This is the first time I noticed an actual player auction. If everyone's cool with public auctions, I'll keep quiet. no need to keep quiet - I think we do better with new opinions and a few heated debates. Thanks for the vote of confidence. Yeah, I'm opinionated. Hell, I poop opinions. And I rarely back out of a debate, even if it means taking the opposite side of my own beliefs. :D I like to stir things up. And I better get my way or there will be hell to pay. :P
