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Its funny you say that, yet are clamoring for DLee to go to DL and Hoff to take over. Hoffpauir is good defensively. It's not an insane suggestion because of defense. Hoffpauir is a fantastic defender but he's not as good as Lee. I didn't mean it that way. I said it to convey that suggesting Lee to the DL for Hoffpauir is a bad suggestion for a lot more reasons than defense at 1B.
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Its funny you say that, yet are clamoring for DLee to go to DL and Hoff to take over. Hoffpauir is good defensively. It's not an insane suggestion because of defense.
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It's probably a combination of the long string of consecutive games that the Cubs are in, and the fact that Gaudin threw 52 pitches yesterday. It's not like they're stretching Dempster out in this game..they're just not taking him out early. Samardzija could pitch the last 2. Howry 1. Marmol or Wood 1. 90 pitches isn't a short outing. He was at 90 before this inning. It's not like Dempster is a 20 year old rookie. He should be fine. That's not the point. 5-run lead, he showed signs of ineffectiveness last inning. His spot came up in the order in the bottom of the inning. It made no sense to throw him another inning. He wound up throwing 21 pitches to get 1 out and could have still had his ERA go up.
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2.85, but that could go up depending on what Marmol does here.
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And that's why you don't bring him out for the 8th. Three long ABs later, and he has thrown 110 pitches and gotten 1 more out than he had otherwise.
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It's probably a combination of the long string of consecutive games that the Cubs are in, and the fact that Gaudin threw 52 pitches yesterday. It's not like they're stretching Dempster out in this game..they're just not taking him out early. Samardzija could pitch the last 2. Howry 1. Marmol or Wood 1. 90 pitches isn't a short outing. He was at 90 before this inning.
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Why did Dempster hit? He should be done for the day.
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Everyone in the lineup has a hit now, except for Kosuke, who has been on base twice.
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When I saw where gamecast had that pitch. I knew "in play: run(s)" meant a double down the LF line. Soriano's hands are quick.
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nah.... it's only 3.25 ! When I said it he had given up 4 BBs and 9 hits in 3 1/3. 3.90 WHIP :P Off-topic: Hey rawaction, did you hear the actor who played Shonuf died? I'm not sure if that's why you made him your avatar. Yeah, that's why I have the avatar. Actually had it before about 2 years ago, but had to bring it back in memory! Who's the Baddest!!!! Kiss My Converse!
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And Neal Cotts! ... and Bob Howry ....... and Dan Gaudin. Or Dan's Brother Chad.
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nah.... it's only 3.25 ! When I said it he had given up 4 BBs and 9 hits in 3 1/3. 3.90 WHIP :P
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Odalis' WHIP is about 4 right now.
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This one ain't getting blown.
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Yay! Lee drives in a run and everyone still irrationally hate him!
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Why is everyone mad at Fukudome when Soto is the one that screwed up most last inning?
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Was that on a 3-0 count?
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I hate the idea of putting an all RH lineup against any pitcher, even a LHP. It's stupid. It allows the pitcher to settle in and throw the ball in the same place all day. If he's a pitcher that doesn't come inside, he'll just have to aim at that outside corner to righties all day long.
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But he helps his teams get to the playoffs! Proven winner!
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Be nice not to use anyone good out of the pen. That means only Howry at this point.
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Theriot running away with the league lead...
rawaction replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Derrek is quite the slugger these days.... Derrek actually has the most HRs on that list. Tejada, Atkins and Russell Martin are on there too. The first 2 have taken huge hits in power too. -
Yeah, Wolfe has no purpose if Jones is healthy. At this point, keep PJ Pope on the practice squad in case all hell breaks loose and there are muliple backfield injuries. Wolfe is the 3rd string returner, and Bennett or Vasher could do that just as well. He doesn't have a ton of value as a 3rd down back because Forte and AP are good at catching the ball out of the backfield. When you had Benson last year, Wolfe had more of a purpose. As for the defense, the starters played almost 3 full quarters. They got ate up. The D-line was the worst I've ever seen them play. SFs O-line is very good, but that was ridiculous. Briggs still refuses to tackle people this preseason. Urlacher and Mike Brown look like they forgot where they're supposed to be. Tillman is apparently trying to pad his preseason tackle stats, as he lets completions happen in front of him. He committed a penalty everytime he played tight D. Vasher was similar. That being said, the defense will be fine when it counts. Still sucks as that was probably the last real chance they had to shine before the season. The o-line was encouraging, but SF didn't bring anybody all night and they have a weak Dline. Still not a good run blocking unit, though Beekman was pretty good last night.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-21-2008
rawaction replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Well, Samardzija really turned the corner after I badmouthed him. Quick somebody get started on Rich Hill and the Cubs offense. -
Jason Marquis day! Who knows what's going to happen! The guys the Nats will lineup will be hitting about .400 as a group against Jason. Lannan completely shutdown the Cubs the only time he faced him. If Marquis is anything, he's inconsistent. 22 starts, 9 quality, 5 disasters. The one thing he has been consistent at is shutting down poor offenses, and Washington will send out the game's worst. Against the bottom 6 teams in OPS (Wash, SF, Pit, SD, LA, Cin), Marquis has thrown 54 1/3 innings, allowing just 48 hits and 18 ERs, for an ERA of 2.98, with 6 of his 9 QS. Throw in an outing vs. the now horrid Braves offense last time out and a game earlier vs. the Rockies with Holliday, Hawpe and Tulo on the DL. Marquis, against the rest of the league, has been beat up to the tune of a 6.15 ERA. Lannan has been dominant on the road with a 2.40 ERA and .234 BAA. He is an extreme groundball pitcher. However, he is entering uncharted territory in innings pitched, and it is starting to show. He's walked 3 or more in 6 of his last 8 starts, after doing so twice in 11 May/June starts. He walked 9 in his last 2 starts. Cubs can put the ball in play against this guy even with 2 strikes, so they need to be patient and make him get the ball up. Low ball hitters should have a good day for both teams.
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Dave Toub for head coach and team president!