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Everything posted by bukie
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Yeah, I can't believe this pathetic offense. They never score runs. No wonder they've lost six straight. -
So, this is what it's like to not score 10 runs a game.
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As far as first-pitch swinging goes, I have no problem with the pitches Ramirez and Fukudome swung at. They were both right down the middle, and one of them just barely missed a HR. Sometimes the first pitch is the best pitch you'll get all AB. If it's a hittable pitch, go ahead and swing at it. There's no point in being patient just for the sake of patience and taking a pitch right down the middle.
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That was the first 1-2-3 inning since the first inning last night for the Cubs (the first inning today wasn't technically 1-2-3 as it involved a DP)
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Actually, you couldn't have an at-bat, a walk, and have an OPS of 1.000. Pretty sure he meant a PA, not an AB. I will get into a semantics argument if I darned well please! :)
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Actually, you couldn't have an at-bat, a walk, and have an OPS of 1.000.
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Historically, Fontenot has been a better hitter than Theriot. He's bound to snap out of it eventually. I don't mind him playing so much as batting him first. EDIT: Actually, I was more concerned that Blanco would be catching with a day game after an extra-inning night game.
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I can understand pulling Hill and maybe Wuertz. I would have left Marshall in longer rather than going to Lieber then. Perhaps Lou remembered Hill falling apart quickly in the 6th last year in Coors. I have no problem pulling him a little early there. I had no issue with Lou pulling Hill there, mostly because 7 of his first 9 pitches were belt high or higher. Barmes homered at a pitch above the belt, and Helton walked on pitches at eye level. He was missing badly. Also had no issue going to Wuertz in the 6th, and having the quick hook when it was clear Wuertz didn't have anything either. Marshall, though, is more than capable of pitching to hitters on both sides of the plate.
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Planning ahead for the Pats pick, I'm pretty sure they need secondary help, especially CB. Are the CBs left on the board a reach? Maybe Charles Godfrey from Iowa or Tracy Porter from IU.
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Looks like the four-run barrier is the key on both hitting and pitching. Yes, I do believe the Cubs are undefeated in games where they score at least 4 runs and allow fewer than 4 runs... :)
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If this hot start continues, though, get ready to hear "best start since 1969" a lot, as the Cubs were 75-44 that year on August 16, the day the season abruptly ended for the Cubs.
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hill to be skipped; injured in 5/16 AAA start
bukie replied to abuck1220's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The decision in the series wouldn't be Hill or Marquis (unless you are talking about which to skip), but bumping Hill down to the St. Louis series bumps Zambrano up to the last game of the Milwaukee series. Marquis was scheduled to pitch anyway. -
hill to be skipped; injured in 5/16 AAA start
bukie replied to abuck1220's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Marquis, Zambrano and Dempster. They play Washington next, then have a day off, then Milwaukee. -
with Dusty at the helm, they may take underachievement to epic levels. Yeah, I could definitely see any of the Cards, Astros and Pirates finishing ahead of the Reds, even though the Reds are likely the 3rd most talented team in the division.
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This is the last game in Coors for the Cubs this season. Let's make it a good one.
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Well, with Soriano hitting as he's been hitting, he should bat next to the pitcher. With him at the leadoff, the order is simply switched. Maybe we can all pretend he's the 9 hitter after the first inning.
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It's only the fourth time in the last century that the Cubs started this well (In 1907 they started 17-4). In 1975, the Cubs started 15-6, lost their next game, and finished the season tied for last at 75-87. In 1932, the Cubs started 15-6, got to 17-6 before losing their next game, and finished the season 90-64, losing the World Series to the Yankees. In 1969, the Cubs started 15-6, got to 16-6 before losing their next game, and finished...no, the season was never finished.
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They were 83-73 last year going into the Marlins series.
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What the Reds Have to Look Forward to With Baker
bukie replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
Still a classic Dusty-ism, though. -
What the Reds Have to Look Forward to With Baker
bukie replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in General Baseball Talk
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Wagner was hardly a flame-out prospect at the time of the trade. He was a 24-year old that torched up a relief role in AAA. Kearns and Lopez were two of the better hitting players the Reds had, and were just entering their prime years. Unless Krivsky knew they were both going to fall off the map at age 27, it's difficult to give him credit for that. Harris was probably the best part of the deal for the Reds, but they gave him away for nothing at the end of the year, where he finally caught on offensively in Tampa. Majewski was no better than Wagner could've expected to have been, and was two years older. Bray is currently in his 4th year of AAA as a relief pitcher, getting an average of about 22 innings a year. This year, though, he looks pretty good after 6 innings. Thompson was drafted in 2003, and spent part of 2006 in rookie ball. He's finally moving up the levels, but isn't among the top 20 prospects the Reds have. At the time of the trade, this was a historically lopsided trade, and everyone from Rotoworld to BA was blasting it, particularly because the Reds traded two quality young starters for a reliever (Majewski) and two low-rated prospects, while at the same time trading away their best young reliever (Wagner). It was a very bad trade at the time, and only looks better now because Lopez and Wagner declined.
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Cincy got nothing out of Harris. At the time of the trade, Cincy was giving up the three best players in the deal, and nobody has done anything to dissuade that perception aside from Harris, who's in Minnesota.
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ESPN so far only reporting Krivsky fired. I had almost forgotten about this trade: Wow, was that a historically bad trade. When you are giving away the best three players in a seven player deal involving Jim Bowden, you got worked over.
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Despite the fact that I believe Fontenot shouldn't be starting, he IS a better hitter than he's been this year. Murton is a perfectly serviceable backup RF/LF that should be able to get on base at a .360+ clip over the course of the year, even with PH duty. Both can be useful bench pieces (more useful than some light-hitting defensive whiz that would probably take up the 25th spot otherwise). Until Eyre comes back, I don't see the problem with having 14 position players and 11 pitchers on the roster when you already have 3 long relievers. The Cub relief corps has already settled into defined roles with 2 long men (Hart, Lieber), 2 stopgap short guys (Howry, Wuertz) and 2 game finishers (Marmol, Wood). Marshall doesn't have a clear role in the pen other than LOOGY, which is a waste of Marshall. Much better suited to someone like Eyre (if he can come back effectively), while Marshall starts in AAA to give the Cubs a clear, valuable starter for when one of the five currently in the rotation (personally, my money's on Marquis first) implodes, gets traded, or gets injured. Much better than simply banking on those five to come through over the entire year with no hiccups (see: 2004).
