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  1. bukie
    Ward up, let's see if Lou can restrain himself on the double-switching.
  2. bukie
    Willie Randolph, John McLaren, Ken Macha (who I am putting here for completionist's sake, as the Oakland management didn't care for him). Baker was looked at as a good option because the Giants had been to the World Series that year. It doesn't mean there weren't other options.
  3. bukie
    The Mariners and Phillies are middle-of-the-pack spenders, and the Mariners have won recently without a huge payroll. And nobody is claiming that the Dodgers, Orioles and Giants are run well, either. :)
  4. bukie
    Besides the awful analogy, what you are basically saying is that everything that went wrong for the Cubs was beyond Hendry's control. Injured players were beyond Hendry's control, even if they had a history of injury prior to being acquired. No other teams ever had to account for injury problems. Players with poor strike zone judgment was a coaching issue, not an organizational philosophy issue. Even if those players never had good strike zone judgment, it was up to the coaching to make sure they developed it, and it had nothing to do with Hendry's philosophy on acquiring and developing hitters. Same with pitchers with poor command. Totally out of Hendry's control, and purely a coaching issue. Not Hendry's fault that the players in the Cubs system were incapable of throwing strikes consistently, and not Hendry's fault that the players he acquired had the same problem. Again, nobody is saying Hendry is solely responsible for everything bad happening with the Cubs system. The ones that have a problem with Hendry are criticizing that his organizational philosophy is incorrect, and it hasn't helped the Cubs do what they should be doing as an organization with the funding and farm system they had.
  5. bukie
    The Yankees have made the playoffs every year. The Cards made the playoffs in '04, '05, and '06. Neither of them had the young arms and the farm system the Cubs had in '03, and neither of them failed to take advantage of the opportunities they had. The Red Sox have contended for the playoffs every year. The Mets were the only high spender that failed recently, and they changed their entire organization. The Cubs, however, keep trying to make things work with the current system, and it hasn't worked.
  6. bukie
    My biggest beefs with Hendry are this: - Over 4 years with 3 of the most promising young arms in franchise history, along with one of the top 5 payrolls in baseball to fill in the missing pieces, the Cubs have not won. They have played worse than .500 baseball over a period when any other team with the pitching and farm system the Cubs had with a payroll the Cubs have would and should have made the playoffs every year. - The most glaring reason for the struggles has been obvious: the Cubs haven't been scoring runs. Hendry saw the problem as a lack of hitting with runners in scoring position, when even a cursory glance at the statistics would show the Cubs were near the back of the majors in OBP, which indicated there simply weren't runners in scoring position. When you're only getting 9 chances a game, coming through 3 times shouldn't be seen as a flaw in execution. - Once Prior and Wood were shown to have arm problems, rather than have a backup plan at the ready, the plan was sheer hope that they would be ready. Glendon Rusch and revolve-a-starter was not a solution, and it was compounded by trading away most of the promising young pitching for speed and defense, which again didn't address either issue with the team.
  7. bukie
    The thing is, though, it hasn't been Sheets that has been the anchor of the staff so far. His numbers have been mostly pedestrian. Suppan and Capuano have been the "aces" of the staff, and the bullpen has been fantastic. Looking at Sheets' numbers, he may already be injured.
  8. bukie
    I think any way you look at it, the Cubs simply need to play well, all year, to be in contention. They can't bank on backing into the playoffs with 85 wins, as many speculated at the beginning of the year. Milwaukee being good didn't come out of left field this year. They have a solid young team that can hit and pitch. They should be there all year, and the Cubs can't expect every team to have a month as bad as their April was, in order for them to catch up. I have a feeling that Milwaukee, NY, San Diego and LA will be good all year. Probably the Braves as well. I don't see SF or Arizona keeping this up.
  9. bukie
    Was trying to come up with something witty about 32 teams being wrong. Maybe the Cubs count three times? :)
  10. bukie
    I'm guessing Soriano at 2nd, Ward in left.
  11. bukie
    Make him pitch you a strike, Aramis.
  12. bukie
    Guzman's longest outing of the year officially, now. Like to see him go 6 with less than 100 pitches.
  13. bukie
    C'mon, Angel, make them miss or make them hit it fair. :)
  14. bukie
    Ah well, at least they tied it.
  15. bukie
    Really, the Cubs need to keep playing well, or it will quickly become a 1-team race. The Brewers need to do the same; They don't have a big lead on the Cubs. They have a 5 game lead on the Cubs, and a 6-7 game lead on the rest of the division. It's not like there's a clear separation right now between the Cubs and the rest. There is, however, a clear separation between Milwaukee and the Cubs.
  16. bukie
    Really, the Cubs need to keep playing well, or it will quickly become a 1-team race.
  17. bukie
    The Bulls had better at least learn something from this embarrassment.
  18. bukie
    No quickness, no rebounding, no shooting, no ball movement, not taking care of the ball, not forcing turnover, no easy baskets, and down 13. If they can play any semblance of well, they'll win this series.
  19. bukie
    Stop trying to just take long-range jumpers. They aren't falling.
  20. bukie
    From this point forward, until Duhon looks like a capable basketball player, I shall simply refer to him as Duh.
  21. bukie
    Dang it, Duh.
  22. bukie
    Gordon needs to settle down.
  23. bukie
    So much complaining about fouls. Should be a tech.
  24. bukie
    Lu got the call because he pulled up for the jumper, making it all the more obvious that Delfino flopped.
  25. bukie
    Bulls really need to box out better. Settling for too many outside shots and not getting any second chances.
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