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  1. Rob
    So much for the perfect game.
  2. Rob
    2 Walks, Barney singled. People following on GameDay are going to be really confused, all it says is Fuku walks, Barney scores, Hill to 3rd. Whatever happened, it broke ESPN's game center thing. For those that didn't see, Montero tried to pick Koyie Hill off 2nd base after ball 4 and it got into center field.
  3. Rob
    I love Castro. Sucks Fukudome got thrown out, but it wasn't a bad attempt.
  4. Rob
    I'll take it.
  5. Rob
    Cubs hitters seem to be seeing Enright well. 4 batters and 4 well-hit balls so far.
  6. Rob
    Because that approach worked so well with Corey Patterson. Dusty was actively trying to change Corey from a power guy to a "slap the ball on the ground and use your speed" guy.
  7. Rob
    I fully expect him to be. It seems very Cubs to make sure the rookie pitcher has a veteran defense-oriented catcher behind the dish for his starts.
  8. Rob
    Glad to see Cashner get off to a good start.
  9. Rob
    Is Beltran a RF now? I know they moved him over to keep him healthy, but are his days over in CF? Even still, shifting Fukudome over to center and calling up Jackson late in the season to split time and ease him in would make this club better. But are the Mets really interested in letting Beltran go? And Reyes has no interest in moving to 2B, does he? I know Alderson isn't pleased with his OBP, but do you really seem them parting ways? Reyes is a FA after the season. If the Mets are out of it (and they will be), he should be available. Whether he'd be willing to play 2B is another question. He did it earlier in his career, but I don't know how he feels about it now.
  10. Rob
    I don't like seeing Hill in the lineup more than anybody else. I do like seeing he's batting 8th though.
  11. Rob
    Butterfly effect, man. Post the lineup 1 second too late and it changes everything. Who is to say it hasn't caused a strikeout or a dropped pop fly'?
  12. Rob
    Vehemently disagree. What would I do with all my spare time? Pottery? Your third grade teacher tells me you made a hell of an ashtray.
  13. Rob
    Sori is really timing his hits well. I can't imagine pinch hitting Johnson for Pena was a good idea.
  14. Rob
    It doesn't take much power to make a SS stand out. 18-24 HR a year (along with his high batting average) would make him a media darling.
  15. Rob
    Well, you can't go all year without an extremely frustrating bad-beat like this. Glad to get it out of the way so we wont have to deal with any more like that.
  16. Rob
    Wonderful.
  17. Rob
    I love you Ronny Cedeno.
  18. Rob
    In any important situation, I want Starlin Castro to bat.
  19. Rob
    Darwin Barney is slated to come up 3rd this inning.
  20. Rob
    Reed Johnson? Really?
  21. Rob
    Are you [expletive] kidding me?
  22. Rob
    Put the ball in play, jog to first, repeat as desired.
  23. Rob
    I could have stomached Ojeda as the back up SS for a couple of months just to delay the clock on Barney, but I think you are over estimating the importance of defence and Barney's bat if you think its about a wash between him and Baker on their side of the platoon. If you think so little of Barney why on earth are you worried about starting the clock on him? Besides which, he was up last season so he was going to burn an option anyway. Jeff Baker career vs. RHP - .244/.300/.378. He's also a about a +4 defender in the field. Barney I see as a .270/.315/.335 type, maybe a bit better if the work at camp colvin paid off. He was supposedly a plus defensive shortstop, so I'd guess he's in the +6 to +10 range at 2B. Where should I be seeing something to get upset about?
  24. Rob
    So you really think Barney is our best option at 2B right now, or are you just playing devil's advocate? I am mostly upset that they brought him up at all to start the season and especially upset he is hitting second. Barney was going to be on this team at the start of the season regardless. He's the only person we've got capable of backing up Castro at SS. We could have went to Augie Ojeda, but I think everybody can agree that really doesn't seem like an upgrade. As to the question of whether I think Barney is our best option at 2B, I'm willing to say I don't know. I honestly don't see any one of Barney/Baker/DeWitt as being obviously better than the others. I'll let the Cubs try to sort it out, knowing that the difference between the best of the three and the worst of the three is probably less than a single win over a full season. I'm not happy he's batting 2nd though. If you're gonna go with a guy just because of his glove, you don't bat him at the top of the order. Since Toronto is basically already out of it, can we just trade for Aaron Hill now and call it good? They can have Barney, Baker and DeWitt. I would love to have Aaron Hill.
  25. Rob
    So you really think Barney is our best option at 2B right now, or are you just playing devil's advocate? I am mostly upset that they brought him up at all to start the season and especially upset he is hitting second. Barney was going to be on this team at the start of the season regardless. He's the only person we've got capable of backing up Castro at SS. We could have went to Augie Ojeda, but I think everybody can agree that really doesn't seem like an upgrade. As to the question of whether I think Barney is our best option at 2B, I'm willing to say I don't know. I honestly don't see any one of Barney/Baker/DeWitt as being obviously better than the others. I'll let the Cubs try to sort it out, knowing that the difference between the best of the three and the worst of the three is probably less than a single win over a full season. I'm not happy he's batting 2nd though. If you're gonna go with a guy just because of his glove, you don't bat him at the top of the order.
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