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  1. bukie
    At what point does posting the Reed/Pie stats again constitute spamming?
  2. bukie
    What if Brett Favre decided he didn't want to be retired and showed interest in the Bears? Would he be worth a one-year flyer on if Grossman/Orton doesn't work out?
  3. bukie
    When announcers on both teams are also getting into the act, it's bordering on absurd. And, I hate to say it, but if Felix Pie's and Reed Johnson's situations were switched (i.e. Johnson was the 23yo struggling to make it and Pie was the 31yo recently cut), Johnson would be getting the support.
  4. bukie
    Pie needs patience. Usually when he puts the bat on the ball, he does OK for himself. Someone needs to show him a video of Corey Pattersons time with the Cubs and title it What Not to Do. Pie's strikeout today was due to patience. He's always been more of a Soriano type hitter than a Fukudome. He'll never be a big walker, but he'll be a really good hitter. At every level he's played, it takes him a couple of months to get used to the level, and then he absolutely torches it. He's still getting used to this level. Lou just needs to use him every day against righties. There's no reason not to, because Reed Johnson is awful vs. righties.
  5. bukie
    Today's slice of Pie for CF (since Perry worked with him, April 21): Felix Pie: 6 starts, 29 PA, 8 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 7 K, .333/.413/.500/.913 Reed Johnson: 11 starts, 50 PA, 9H, 3 BB, 6K, .205/.320/.227/.547 We've now also reached the point where Pie has as many PA since working with Perry as after (well, 30 before, 29 after). Yes, he was really bad the first two weeks of the season. However, he's earned a shot to play against almost every righty the Cubs face. Lou is looking all over the place for a LH hitting outfielder when he's had one the whole time. EDIT: I missed Johnson's double from yesterday. Just wanted to be accurate.
  6. bukie
    Somehow this loss will be Pie's fault.
  7. bukie
    Now somebody needs to tell Theriot to not try to steal second.
  8. bukie
    Cordero threw one that trickled away from Bako, Fontenot was out by a good 10 feet on the throw.
  9. bukie
    It takes 6 balls to walk Soriano unintentionally.
  10. bukie
    What kind of a problem does everyone have with Pie? The guy's hitting .320 since Perry worked with him this year, and he can't even get half the starts against righties.
  11. bukie
    Pie could score on a good single. C'mon Ward!
  12. bukie
    Despite Pie's walk and defense tonight, he could really use some kind of big memorable hit to stick in Lou's mind that he's actually been hitting well the last 2+ weeks.
  13. bukie
    We've had the good Wood all year. His peripheral stats are fantastic. He's allowed 10 baserunners in 14 innings, and has a 4.1 K/BB ratio. It's just that 8 of the 10 baserunners have scored. More of a luck issue than anything else at this point.
  14. bukie
    Other than that Cedeno punk who's only hitting .380 ish, no. Do I really have to put every last ounce of sarcasm in green font?
  15. bukie
    Revisionist history. DeRosa is a perfectly capable starter and above average. He was absolutely destroying the ball before this 1 for 17 stretch. He probably could use a day off every now and then, though.
  16. bukie
    DeRosa looks like he could use a day off. Too bad the Cubs don't have anyone else that can play that position.
  17. bukie
    Man, the unrequited vitriol towards Pie in almost every thread is mind-boggling.
  18. bukie
    So that makes him what, 1 for 3? #-o 7-23. He was 4-26 prior to it. It takes a while to dig out of a sub-.200 hole before the overall averages start looking respectable. More than 5 starts at least.
  19. bukie
    Is Northwestern the only "Big 6" team that has never made the NCAA tourney?
  20. bukie
    If I were allowed a say (and Ramirez is still unavailable), I'd go with 2B Fontenot (he's been on fire lately...this is an instance where riding the hot streak might just be OK) 3B Cedeno RF Fukudome 1B Lee C Soto LF Soriano CF Pie SS Theriot P Dempster DeRosa and Johnson are playing like they need a day off. Pie and Cedeno are playing like they need a day on.
  21. bukie
    Felix Pie is hitting over .300 since Lou and Gerald worked with him on his swing. I feel like a broken record.
  22. bukie
    Pie still deserves to be starting whenever the opposing pitchers throws with their right hand.
  23. bukie
    So, Gammons says the Cubs need a LH hitting outfielder....if only they had one of those...
  24. bukie
    I don't mind Theriot getting playing time, especially if he keeps getting on at a .380 clip. Would be nice to at least mix in Cedeno more often to prevent any kind of tiring effect late in the year, which it could be argued happened to Theriot last September.
  25. bukie
    It's a byproduct of spacing out the playoffs games so far. In baseball, the difference between a 4 game series and a 7 game series is 4 days. In basketball, the difference is 8 days.
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