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  1. Rob
    I dont have a problem with it loading up. The fact I have to choose between seeing the box score, the field, and the play by play bothers the bejeezus out of me. But it loads. You can click on "Classic" at the top and it will go to last year's version. Even if that works all year, it wont next. But thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize it was an option.
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    I dont have a problem with it loading up. The fact I have to choose between seeing the box score, the field, and the play by play bothers the bejeezus out of me. But it loads.
  3. Rob
    It's always a nice feeling to get that first win out of the way. A nice eighth inning comeback too. Great work by the bullpen.
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    Awesome.
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    Yeah, not a fan of letting Reed Johnson face a righty. Even if you don't want to burn Fukudome (hoping he gets a shot in the 8th or 9th), you have to use DeWitt there. Otherwise, why is he on the bench?
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    Yeah, the ump even made a point of saying he was out at the plate when Sori looked at him. Calm down people.
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    I'd rather have Starling than anybody in this draft not named Cole or Rendon. But when it comes down to it, if the difference in money is really that large... I'd rather spend it on a few super-slots or maybe a first round guy that falls to the 2nd. It's not like he's gonna be that much better than anybody else on the board (and there should be plenty).
  8. Rob
    Even if he is ultimately pen-bound, I'd like to see him get some time in the Tennessee rotation to work on the changeup if only to give him a workable pitch to use against lefties.
  9. Rob
    Good catch. I've had a long day.
  10. Rob
    I am not a fan of the new mlb.com Gameday. They took all the information off the screen and made it so you can only look at one thing at a time... the improved graphics don't make up for that.
  11. Rob
    Got back not too long ago. A few random notes: 1.) It was miserable weather. low-mid 40s and raining through most of the game. Just enough wind to rub it in too. 2.) Neil Walker freaking destroyed that baseball. 3.) Kinda mad at Quade for leaving Demp out there for ~115 pitches in bad weather when he obviously didn't have his best stuff. It's opening day, no need to stress arms this early. 4.) Soriano caught the boo-birds LOUDLY at the end of his last at bat. 5.) Castro looks like he's done some work on his fielding. I wasn't happy with his attempt to throw out Tabata though... He still needs to work on his decision making some. 6.) Fukudome's definitely lost a step in the last few years, even accounting for the field conditions. 7.) The fans started ducking out of the game really early. I know conditions were nasty, but we weren't down by that much. It makes those of us who care look bad. 8.) Marlon Byrd can't catch up to a good fastball. 9.) I'm officially (finally) ready to give up on Jeff Samardzija. I don't know how you can look that nasty and fool nobody, but he does it. 10.) The Pirates have some actual offensive talent for once. Tabata, Walker, McCutchen, and Alvarez are all quality players... at least on offense anyways.
  12. Rob
    Well, the rest of the defense can fractionally help. If Ramirez, Casto, and Pena all had excellent range and Dewitt's main problem was a lack of range they could make that up with positioning. If Castro and Pena were both excellent at catching throws and DeWitt had issues with that then they could help in that regard. But I don't think either of those is particularly true so I don't think the rest of the Cubs defense would help DeWitt much. Yeah, defense can be impacted by the other guys on the team. It's one of the reasons I like the Carlos Pena signing... a tall 1B that can pick em out pretty well stands to benefit the left side of our infield quite a bit, as they are both facing some accuracy issues. One moreso than the other.
  13. Rob
    I saw what the weather looked like and decided against buying myself a ticket. Fate however saw fit to hand me a free one (all the way up in Section 119). And I can't pass that up, can I? So if you're watching the game tomorrow, I'll be the really cold guy in jeans and a sweatshirt. I may even have a poncho if it's raining hard enough.
  14. Rob
    Did I say all-time?
  15. Rob
    It's always great to watch two of your greatest rivals get crushed in exciting fashion. Kinda sucks the Reds had to win a great one, but I don't see a way around that... short of double forfeit on account of the biggest damn brawl ever.
  16. Rob
    I'm sure that you would concede that if we knew our projections about everybody were spot on 100% accurate and that somehow, in some freak coincidence, we needed to squeeze an extra two runs out of lineup to be guaranteed a playoff spot, it'd probably make sense to move Castro down. And since I'm only arguing the technical point of it (even going so far as to say I'm glad Castro is batting 2nd in my initial post), I really don't see the need to argue exactly at what point the picture becomes blurry enough that player development concerns (if they exist) override it.
  17. Rob
    You're speaking from the perspective of a typical lineup. I'm talking purely about lineup optimization. If you want to make arguments about player development being more important than scoring more runs in the short term, have at it. I'm not barking up that tree. At a glance, I'd guess the optimized lineup looks something like this... Fukudome Soto Aramis Pena Soriano Castro Byrd Pitcher Barney If the org is too scared to use an optimized lineup and has to go with a typical one as not to confuse the fans, I don't care if Castro bats #2. He's better than the other crap we'd toss in that spot normally.
  18. Rob
    Prepare to be one-upped. This name popped up in my brother's game of Baseball Mogul. No kidding, no editing at all. Spoilered for language (seriously) That is the best thing I have ever seen.
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    Castro should be hitting lower in the order NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. He should. Sorry. Best hitters 1, 2, 4. Lean more towards OBP than SLG from front to back. Then next best at 3 and 5. Then 6 & 7, pitcher 8, worst 9.
  21. Rob
    Castro should be hitting lower in the order, but times like these I'm just happy it's him batting #2 and not a guy like Barney, or Cesar Izturis, or Neifi Perez, or all the other guys we put there to "handle the bat a bit." blech.
  22. Rob
    I don't think anybody here will disagree that Baker deserves to be facing all the lefties, so I wont adress that half of the platoon. As far as who is facing righties, I really don't see it as making any difference. DeWitt is probably the best hitter, but is pretty awful on defense. Baker has had awful numbers hitting righties in his career, but nobody has a platoon split that bad. He's probably the 2nd best hitter, as well as about an average defender... maybe a tick above. Barney is the worst hitter of the three, but his skillset probably isn't the type we have to worry about the sort of implosion we might see from Ronny Cedeno. Barney should be pretty much a carbon copy of Ryan Theriot last year (at least on offense) and if the reports are to be believed, he's a plus defender in the field. None of the three options are good. But they aren't far apart, either. Any way you want to cut it, we'll probably need to make a move for a 2B if we want to stay in the race all season.
  23. Rob
    Yesterday, that wouldn't have been a problem. As of today, Blake DeWitt would have to clear waivers to be sent down.
  24. Rob
    Meh. They're all pretty similar value. We will look to make a trade later if we are still in it.
  25. Rob
    It really seems like people are having a hard time letting go of his injury riddled 2009. Yes, he looked awful in the field and at the plate. It was horrifying. He was fine last year. He wont be worth anywhere near what we paid him, but that's a sunk cost. His play on the field isn't one of the glaring issues with this team.
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