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Why does Milt Pappas have to the answer to every trivia question? -
Soto definitely needs the day off.
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It's really interesting to compare how the ball flies off his bat with how it comes off Theriot's.
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Finally adjusting? It would appear so. His stride had looked a bit straighter in the past few games, but it was very blatant there. Whether it stays that way or not is up in the air, but it's a good sign.
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Facing Johan Santana, not many would look good.
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It's less ridiculous than the claims that Theriot had gap power.
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Fukudome's stride was almost straight towards the mound there... interesting.
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Who was against the Cubs getting Piniella?
Rob replied to Buford T Justice's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Agreed. At the time I saw him as an angrier, whiter Dusty Baker. I was all about Fredi Gonzalez. -
Who was against the Cubs getting Piniella?
Rob replied to Buford T Justice's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Guess you can say he was a pleasant surprise :) I don't know about that. He still has had problems allowing rookies to adjust to the bigs... Pie had almost no chance at all, and Fukudome getting benched with the lead we have in the division was just plain stupid. And there's no doubting that he's made plenty of stupid in-game moves... and they seem to come more often in games he deems critical, which makes me nervous about seeing Soto trying to bunt again during the playoffs. He's been better than I expected, but he hasn't been fantastic. -
With the speed they seem to be attributing to him, it seems his range would profile pretty well unless his routes are terrible. He seems to be 75% of the top end projection for Tyler Colvin, basically.
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BA had him as the #8 Indians prospect in 2007. And #25 in 2008.
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Nope. He was drafted in the 14th round in 2006, so we've still got a while.
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Wrong
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He's obviously Dusty's #1 PH... which is hilarious.
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Guesses on Cubs in the top 100 for BA next year?
Rob replied to davell's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
is anybody, really? i guess oneri fleita. I like the direction the system is heading in... seems to be a lot more high-risk, high-ceiling types. This really isn't true. We did that with a couple guys this season (Carpenter and Wilson), but the last three drafts have been very safe relatively speaking. We haven't been going for high risk high reward guys. Even the Vitters pick as a HS pick isn't considered that. Schafer probably belongs in that group as well, as do guys like Lake, Huseby... hell, even Ryan Harvey fits the bill. Samardzija was the quintessential boom or bust. I like having guys like that in the system, even if sometimes they don't pan out. Lake? Junior Lake? I was under the impression he was a toolbox with plate discipline issues. Gotcha, I thought you were only talking about drafted guys which confused me. (Amongst Latin guys, I'd also mention Nelson Perez and Starlin Castro as really toolsy, raw kids.) Nah, I was going for a huge sampling of that type of player. I went with the college pitcher with injury questions, the toolsy import, the high school pitcher with injury questions, the high school hitter with off the charts power who can't put the bat on the ball, and Samardzija... who doesn't really fit into a common archetype. -
Is there really a chance that Z won't start Game 1? Unless he goes to Lou and says he'd rather pitch on the road, he'll be starting Game 1.
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Guesses on Cubs in the top 100 for BA next year?
Rob replied to davell's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
is anybody, really? i guess oneri fleita. I like the direction the system is heading in... seems to be a lot more high-risk, high-ceiling types. This really isn't true. We did that with a couple guys this season (Carpenter and Wilson), but the last three drafts have been very safe relatively speaking. We haven't been going for high risk high reward guys. Even the Vitters pick as a HS pick isn't considered that. Schafer probably belongs in that group as well, as do guys like Lake, Huseby... hell, even Ryan Harvey fits the bill. Samardzija was the quintessential boom or bust. I like having guys like that in the system, even if sometimes they don't pan out. Lake? Junior Lake? I was under the impression he was a toolbox with plate discipline issues. -
Hopefully I'll still be celebrating then.
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Brew Crew just tied the game up.
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Unless I'm mistaken... Mets - 4 Phillies - 3 Brewers - 1
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.298 :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: If you root against any Cub player in here again, you'll be done at NSBB. I just felt a cold chill up my spine... is Modzilla around?
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Wont happen. The Brew Crew is already circling the drain.
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Milwaukee is already in trouble vs Cinci.
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Fox's HD feed sucks.
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Guesses on Cubs in the top 100 for BA next year?
Rob replied to davell's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
is anybody, really? i guess oneri fleita. I like the direction the system is heading in... seems to be a lot more high-risk, high-ceiling types. This really isn't true. We did that with a couple guys this season (Carpenter and Wilson), but the last three drafts have been very safe relatively speaking. We haven't been going for high risk high reward guys. Even the Vitters pick as a HS pick isn't considered that. Schafer probably belongs in that group as well, as do guys like Lake, Huseby... hell, even Ryan Harvey fits the bill. Samardzija was the quintessential boom or bust. I like having guys like that in the system, even if sometimes they don't pan out.
