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  1. Rob
    Exactly what I was thinking. Actually, considering the situation we were in it wasn't a horrible move. Izturis lacks even the gap power required to bring Barrett home from first. The best thing he could have done would be to increase run expectancy for the next inning, which would be best served by getting the pitcher's spot out of the way during the current inning. In that case, I'd say "by any means necessary"
  2. Rob
    He has got to stop playing cricket in the offseason.
  3. Rob
    Ahhh, seven pitches to get through Floyd, Barrett, and Jones. I overestimated them.
  4. Rob
    Since Barrett got on, are we just gonna make this "through those three batters in 8 or less pitches?"
  5. Rob
    8 broken down as: Floyd: 6 Barrett: 1 Jones: 1 I'm not sure it'll be Floyd that takes six pitches, but I bet two of the above go out on two or less pitches each.
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    8
  7. Rob
    According to gameday, well inside the strike zone. Along with the first pitch, incidentally.
  8. Rob
    Yeah, pretty much.
  9. Rob
    This is one of those situations where it'd be real nice if we had more of a groundball staff.
  10. Rob
    For what it's worth, the Cubs ranked #5 on BP's Hit List.
  11. Rob
    I really liked Chris Spier I really liked him too, but the writing was on the wall after that DUI.
  12. Rob
    Was it really that shallow in CF that Soriano couldn't make it?
  13. Rob
    Since I don't have WCIU, I'm stuck watching the Cards game. The Cards announcers are talking about Helton's goatee and how it "keeps the gypsies away." I'm so happy to have had such great luck with announcers for the Cubs.
  14. Rob
    no, he didn't. pierre sucked, and pretty much everyone on this board knew he would. he made whatever hole in the lineup there was worse. and that's his fault, not pierre's. pierre did exactly what everyone thought he would do. just b/c hendry, espn and joe morgan say pierre is a good leadoff hitter, doesn't make it so. Yeah. I don't know of a single realistic person who thought Juan Pierre was even a good option for CF just for the money... let alone what we gave up to get him. And make no mistake, Juan Pierre isnt a leadoff hitter. He's a CF, and a subpar one. gotta love a noodle armed CF'er :pukel: I was more upset about his anemic bat. Sad thing is I wasn't surprised at all that he led the league in outs...
  15. Rob
    I think the problem right there is assuming each run distribution is equally likely. If G = 162, X = 850, and Y = 750, there is a near zero chance that the set begins (0, 0, 850, 0, 0, 0, etc...)
  16. Rob
    no, he didn't. pierre sucked, and pretty much everyone on this board knew he would. he made whatever hole in the lineup there was worse. and that's his fault, not pierre's. pierre did exactly what everyone thought he would do. just b/c hendry, espn and joe morgan say pierre is a good leadoff hitter, doesn't make it so. Yeah. I don't know of a single realistic person who thought Juan Pierre was even a good option for CF just for the money... let alone what we gave up to get him. And make no mistake, Juan Pierre isnt a leadoff hitter. He's a CF, and a subpar one.
  17. Rob
    Lou has to find a start for Alan Trammel somewhere first, but Murton is next in line after that.
  18. Rob
    I think this is a language barrier issue coming from Papi. It sounds like he's trying to say he used to take OTC supplements that may or may not be on the banned list now. Most supplements sold south of the border don't have good ingredient lists. Doesn't seem to me he's trying to say steroids so much.
  19. Rob
    Pudge >>>Barrett in '04 and we win the WC running away. To me, this was a critical move based on Barrett's awful D. We found an absolute bargain in Michael Barrett. Would you want to be paying Pudge's contract at this point? I certainly wouldn't. We're getting a lot more bang for our buck with Michael, and I have no problem with that. Dude, you don't understand baseball if you want an offensive-minded catcher. Blanco should be starting.
  20. Rob
    I'll be happy with either of them. Of course this is reading what others/scouts have said. I have not seen any of them play. I think we'd be best served to take Vitters. General consensus is that Wieters will slip because of his Boras connection... it's extremely doubtful he makes it to our supplemental pick, but it's a very remote possibility. I don't think Wieters is slipping just because of his Boras connection. His performance this season on its own probably wouldn't justify a top three pick, true... but his performance in the seasons prior plus everything else indicates that he's almost zero risk to be an above-average offensive catcher. But his performance this season seems to have diminished his upside in scouts' eyes... teams are gonna be pretty scared to deal with Boras for a guy that doesn't project for as much upside as he did last year... cause Boras is gonna negotiate like he's the next Joe Mauer.
  21. Rob
    You really can't draw any meaningful conclusions from one game. Yovani Gallardo on the other hand has a ton of minor league games under his belt with a very good track record. Most people place him directly behind Hughes, Bailey, and Lincecum in the pitching prospect rankings. He has major league quality stuff, too. This isn't Yusmeiro Petit syndrome where nobody knows why he's able to succeed in the minors. Gallardo is expected to perform at the highest level and he does. Ben Sheets may stay the ace of that pitching staff, but Gallardo is ready right now to give Capuano a run for #2. The Brewers are also holding Ryan Braun back from the majors at the moment for no apparent reason. With Craig Counsell and Tony Graffanino (sp?) at the hot corner right now, it wont take much for Braun to prove to be a large upgrade. Considering he could probably knock 15 dingers and steal 15 bases from this point out in the season, he'd go a long way towards making the Brewers as good in offense as they've performed to this point.
  22. Rob
    For the most part, Hendry survives as a GM simply because of his payroll. Obvious mistakes such as Pierre, Izturis, Neifi, Macias, etc... are made over and over again, simply because Hendry doesn't understand what makes for a good baseball team. Hendry has one real strong point, and that is his ability to trade for what he perceives as key pieces of the puzzle by only giving up spare parts. This is a double edged sword though. Without a great degree of baseball acumen, Hendry finds himself in a position where he can trade what amounts to nothing for Nomar and Murton... or trade Greg Maddux for Izturis, who is worth neither the money nor the roster spot. Go ahead and give Hendry credit for Aramis and Lee. Keep in mind though that every GM, no matter how crappy, makes a few great moves. Hell, even Jim Bowden... everybody's favourite punching bag... managed to trade for Kearns and Lopez while giving up nothing of any real value. Hendry isn't as bad as guys like Bowden, Bill Bavasi, or Wayne Krivsky... but he's a lot closer to that level than guys like Beane, Shapiro, or Jocketty.
  23. Rob
    I'll be happy with either of them. Of course this is reading what others/scouts have said. I have not seen any of them play. I think we'd be best served to take Vitters. General consensus is that Wieters will slip because of his Boras connection... it's extremely doubtful he makes it to our supplemental pick, but it's a very remote possibility.
  24. Rob
    I'd be more inclined to hold it. Then tell everybody that if I got enough donations (it could probably be six digits), I'd destroy it in some fantastic way with news cameras present for all the world to see. That way, you get the money, and then you rub it in Bonds' face that nobody likes him.
  25. Rob
    I believe that Cubs fans have to believe other teams will fall back and we will surge forward... otherwise the last century would have killed us.
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