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  1. Rob
    I'd rather have Murton than all the relievers Jim Hendry can get his grubby little paws on.
  2. Rob
    We get a talented outfielder. Tampa Bay gets to feel it has done its civic duty. And Mrs. Dukes can sleep safe and sound. Sounds like a win-win-win.
  3. Rob
    I sure am glad I kept reading after the first post that said Hill was in RF, cause even though I don't like Jacque all that much, I'm not about to trash my apartment in reaction to one of our three RFers playing in right.
  4. Rob
    So you don't think a team with Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, David Ortiz, Chase Utley, and Adam Dunn all batting in a row would finish in last place? It stands no chance without a leadoff man like Juan Pierre.
  5. Rob
    Perfect, I can already see him becoming our closer when we send Dempster to the rotation and Marshall to the bullpen. I guess we'll have to cut Gooz to make room for him on the 40 man, though.
  6. Rob
    the smart thing to do would be to go out and get a C using a Murton (while he still has a high ceiling). Barrett more than likely wont be resigned next year, so we could just go ahead and plug whomever in that hole. I would like Salty, and barrett being from Atlanta would be a good fit there, but dont think Murton and Barrett get that deal done. Think that the Braves would be asking for a lot more b/c Salty has a chance of being something special. If we're asking for Salty, the Braves will want Guzman or someone of his caliber for starters. Being able to have a long term, high quality type player at catcher might be worth it. I'd consider it as well. Salty is an excellent defender and probably will hit. ... in a Cubs uni?
  7. Rob
    Wasn't there an incident with Murton earlier this year where Zambrano showed him up? I can't recall what exactly happened, but I do vaguely remember something taking place. I can remember one with Murton and one with Walker. I think there have been others as well. Zambrano, as much as I've liked him, is a punk. His bravado is fun and entertaining when he's going well, like his predicting the Cubs will win 110 games or his claiming he'll win the Cy. But when things go bad, he's an immature jackass. Barrett's an emotional player as well. We've seen this with Oswalt and AJ. The difference is Barrett is usually taking on the other team and not his own. That behavior may not be good, but it's world's better than pouting and blaming your own teammates. Zambrano was acting like a baby and Barrett called him on his prima donna attitude. Maybe if Zambrano started throwing the ball better and quit trying to act like Kent Tekulve he'd get more outs this year. Nice Tekulve reference.
  8. Rob
    the smart thing to do would be to go out and get a C using a Murton (while he still has a high ceiling). Barrett more than likely wont be resigned next year, so we could just go ahead and plug whomever in that hole. I would like Salty, and barrett being from Atlanta would be a good fit there, but dont think Murton and Barrett get that deal done. Think that the Braves would be asking for a lot more b/c Salty has a chance of being something special. That might've gotten the deal done when Langerhans was batting .056 in LF for the Braves... but now that they've got a workable platoon in left and Lou has sucked all the trade value from Murton and Hendry is probably about to put himself in a situation where he feels he has to unload Barrett, there's no way it gets it done. Hendry, the master of selling low. We'll get an oft-injured high A flamethrower with great stuff and no results for Barrett.
  9. Rob
    Blanco, with either Koyie Hill or Soto backing him up. Which is hilarious, considering I was against the Blanco signing.
  10. Rob
    Considering the odds are good that Barrett ends up being a net positive for the team, while Lou has probably already put himself out of position to have any chance of a positive contribution, I'd say that's just about dead on.
  11. Rob
    Well I haven't seen that fight, so I can't really comment on it. ladies and gentlemen, Joe Morgan. nothing against you WF22, i just had to. The same Joe Morgan who blasted Billy Beane for writing Moneyball (which he didn't) and who ridiculed all the points of the book (which he didn't read)?
  12. Rob
    Actually, I think that's completely justified in that situation. whole situation is avoided if barrett just mans up and takes it. Whole situation is avoided if Zambrano isn't a baby, or doesn't try and blame his team for the 13 hits and six earned runs. Whole situation is also avoided if Barrett plays like a competent major league catcher rather than committing both a passed ball and an error to allow a run to score, then following Zambrano to the clubhouse for more. Zambrano's mainly to blame, but Barrett isn't innocent here. I don't think anybody is arguing Barrett is innocent, but it seems to me more of the blame has to fall on Z for this one... and the way it seems Lou is embracing Z's "passion" while sticking it to Barrett is infuriating.
  13. Rob
    Really, where was Yosh? I thought Yosh moved to the visitor's clubhouse.
  14. Rob
    Not if we have to watch Murton. Trade him while you can. He's a bad outfielder, no real speed and can't hit with men on. Pagan can fill his role and can play defense. But Pagan can't hit at all. He hits as well as Murton and at least has some power, which warning track Matt doesn't seem to have. Other than some OBP what does Murton add? Defense-no. Speed-no. power-no. Just what does he add other than misguided belief that he'll be some kind of star? You do realize Murton adds about 60 points of OBP, the single most important offensive stat? Pagan's power isn't enough to make him an average hitter, just cause he doesn't get on base at all. At any rate, I'd be real surprised if we don't see Floyd hit the DL after today's events. Odds are pretty good we suspend Barrett for a while, and we can't really afford a short bench. I really think we'll DL Floyd and bring up Soto.
  15. Rob
    I've heard of beating yourself, but I haven't heard of following yourself. :D Hey, is it somehow my fault I started drinking mid-game today? Mr. Hancock would claim it's the Cubs' fault for putting you in a mindframe to get drunk. :D And the gas stations' fault for selling me a case a week ago when it was obvious from my jersey that I was a Cubs fan.
  16. Rob
    The more I think about it, I think Barrett deserves blame! Carlos went up to the clubhouse while MB was on the bench. Obviously, Barrett ended up following Z and a second fight ensued. That was unnecessary. MB has played horribly this year. Hell, his stupidity turned an already bad outing into a rout (coupled with some of the other dumb things he's done in recent games...) Would Barrett have followed Z down there if Z hadn't started the first fight? Or if Lou had taken control? And who knows? Maybe Z was shouting profanities about Barrett's mother from the clubhouse? Long story short, Z at the very least antagonized Barrett and goaded him into the first confrontation. Was Barrett wrong to follow Barrett to the clubhouse? Absolutely. But this wasn't near so much his fault as Lou is pretending it is. How exactly do you propose Lou 'taking control'. Something such as telling Z to get the [heck] out of there and expecting Michael Barrett to behave like a grown man? I dunno, send Z off, grab Barrett, give him a good yell to "sit the hell down right there" instead of letting him wander around? Pretty much the same way I take control of my drunk friends when they start fighting? The one that always works? I've heard of beating yourself, but I haven't heard of following yourself. :D Hey, is it somehow my fault I started drinking mid-game today?
  17. Rob
    The more I think about it, I think Barrett deserves blame! Carlos went up to the clubhouse while MB was on the bench. Obviously, Barrett ended up following Z and a second fight ensued. That was unnecessary. MB has played horribly this year. Hell, his stupidity turned an already bad outing into a rout (coupled with some of the other dumb things he's done in recent games...) Would Barrett have followed Z down there if Z hadn't started the first fight? Or if Lou had taken control? And who knows? Maybe Z was shouting profanities about Barrett's mother from the clubhouse? Long story short, Z at the very least antagonized Barrett and goaded him into the first confrontation. Was Barrett wrong to follow Z to the clubhouse? Absolutely. But this wasn't near so much his fault as Lou is pretending it is. Edit: Gah!
  18. Rob
    I'm not trading DLee for anything less than enough to overhaul our entire roster with top prospects.
  19. Rob
    It really looks like it's all Carlos to me. Barrett stepped toward Zambrano, but he didn't really seem all that aggressive to me. It certainly didn't look like Michael was going to take a swing or anything. Z should be suspended and fined. Barrett charged at Z and then Z shoved Barrett. Lol Barret did not charge at Z. He might have stepped towards him but definatly didnt charge lol. From the TBS feed, it looks like BarRett charged Z. Watch the Comcast feed where you can get a good look at it.
  20. Rob
    From that angle it looks like Barrett took a step towards Z, but you can't tell for sure if it was an agressive step like he was going to hit him, an agressive step like he was going to get into his face, or neither. Z reacted too quickly for us to find out. And do people really worry this much about a little fighting? I'm not trying to support it and there should be some ramifications, but people tend to get passionate about sports like this. I know just playing H.S. football there were times in practice me and a guy could get into each others faces similar to that. At the end of the day we were still fine and we both were gonna do what was best for the team. . Yeah, I've been there before. I laid out a teammate with a headbutt just to prove a point. Funny thing was, he was wearing a helmet, and I wasn't. The point was taken, though. And we were fine again within the week.
  21. Rob
    Randy Bush probably had a press conference because situations like this demand upper management oversight. Lou has obviously lost control of the team, and since Jim apparently wasn't available, Randy was the next best thing. At first I assumed they'd traded Barrett inside of two minutes, though.
  22. Rob
    It's not warrented? For round 2? Maybe. I can't know if he was being yelled at from the clubhouse or not... but round one wouldn't have happened if not for Z instigating it. Though honestly I blame Lou for not handling it after one fight. But Z's getting a free pass for his "passion" and Barrett is getting blasted. It's a double standard and considering each of their lackluster performances to this point, I hardly see the justification for it.
  23. Rob
    Barrett is definately being made the scapegoat for this one.
  24. Rob
    Oh Christ... that last line isn't gonna help the damn team.
  25. Rob
    Please tell me you're kidding. Oh, sorry. I guess I wasn't being sarcastic enough. My sarcasm detector could be broken, too, though. You never know. Well just to be safe, I'll throw in extra "!!!" after each sentence next time. Include one of these: @#$ OMG!!! WHAT A GREAT @#$ IDEA!!! Perfect. @#$ :lol:
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