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  1. bukie
    HORRY COW
  2. bukie
    Reminds me of what the Bulls did to them in game 1 of 2011.
  3. bukie
    I believe that was called "We have Patrick Kane and you don't."
  4. bukie
    17-5 will have to do, then.
  5. bukie
    Rondon in to try to preserve the narrow margin (he's pitched once since the last game vs StL.)
  6. bukie
    17 runs is the most the Cubs have scored since August 14, 2009. So yes, this is the highest scoring game in the Theo era.
  7. bukie
    We've got to be about even now, right? Currently sitting at -4.
  8. bukie
    Even Barney with the 3 for 5 night to raise his average to .188.
  9. bukie
    Lake's had a decent week tonight.
  10. bukie
    Valbuena still has around a .360 OBP this season, despite hitting just .217.
  11. bukie
    Maybe go DE? Kareem Martin, perhaps?
  12. bukie
    Kinda rooting for Tuitt to be there for the Bears' 2nd.
  13. bukie
    Yes, keep drafting offensive players, everyone.
  14. bukie
    It just struck me odd in reading, as the snippet to me reads "The Cubs need a pitcher, so look for them to get a college arm here." Not so much "the organization needs pitching", or "The Cubs are pitching-thin, so expect them to load up".
  15. bukie
    http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/2014-mock-draft-track-record-lands-rodon-atop-first-mock/ Really, BA? Drafting for current major league need in the first round? Say it ain't so.
  16. bukie
    This is where the rumor stemmed from:
  17. bukie
    Last night's game-ending play for the Pirates and Giants, that wouldn't have happened last year for two reasons: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/pirates-giants-starling-marte-instant-replay-buster-posey-050714
  18. bukie
    He's still probably the 4th best talent in the draft; now he's just available in a later round. Really diminishes the chances of Rodon making it to 4 though unless he has another numbers setback, or some hitter hits well enough to make him a preferable target anyway.
  19. bukie
    That's just because you think anyone who dares find anything positive about the organization means they approve of every last thing, and refuse to acknowledge otherwise.
  20. bukie
    I called you out for histrionics (again) because it's tired and stupid. I used Kyle as the "gold standard" for useless thick-headedness, and he mistakenly took that to mean that he was somehow relevant to the discussion.
  21. bukie
    The Cubs stockpiled arms in the minors. Good strategy, but then they let Dusty ruin them, and somehow blew the 2004 playoffs with likely the best team in the league. 2007 was a playoff run thanks to no good teams in the division. 2008 got the best offense in the league thanks to Soriano, Ramirez, Derrek Lee and about 5 bottles of lightning. That was the unsustainable part, and Hendry even managed to get wrong why the club fell apart in the playoffs (he thought they were too right-handed). Their inability to develop players from within doomed both mini-runs within a year. I think that's not giving the 07 team enough credit. Weren't they the best team in baseball after June 1st? I have no idea why they had such a [expletive] first two months but I think it really skewed the way they were perceived vs hwo good they really were. They were the 3rd best team in the NL after June 1st after Philly and Colorado (Arizona was 4th). They had a below-average offense and rode 4/5ths of a good rotation and a lights out bullpen to take a division with no good teams. The offense killed them in the playoffs.
  22. bukie
    The Cubs stockpiled arms in the minors. Good strategy, but then they let Dusty ruin them, and somehow blew the 2004 playoffs with likely the best team in the league. 2007 was a playoff run thanks to no good teams in the division. 2008 got the best offense in the league thanks to Soriano, Ramirez, Derrek Lee and about 5 bottles of lightning. That was the unsustainable part, and Hendry even managed to get wrong why the club fell apart in the playoffs (he thought they were too right-handed). Their inability to develop players from within doomed both mini-runs within a year.
  23. bukie
    Which is why things like scouting advancements and organizational development is such a big deal.
  24. bukie
    I don't think there's any ranking system that agrees with this. It goes beyond just prospect rankings, though, considering the team was the only one in the league still charting by hand and not having any video of prospects at any level. No teams could come close to the Cubs' level of improvements system-wide because the Cubs were so ass-backwards they were the laughing stock of the league. And you don't think these improvements show up in prospect rankings? Indirectly, sure, the club develops and drafts players leagues better as a result of the improvements. But no, I don't think, say, Keith Law takes facilities and development assets into account when he ranks the Cubs' farm system.
  25. bukie
    Like I said, the reason for his poor workout is essentially meaningless, since it was a poor workout, and so bad that no team in their right mind would have offered what the Dodgers did. The rumor simply provides a bit of validity to the Dodgers' bid besides "shot in the dark".
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