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NAME G GS W L Sv QS Hld IP H ER R HR BB SO K/9 P/GS WHIP ERA Angel Guzman 10 10 0 6 0 0 0 42.2 61 44 46 9 29 46 9.70 87.6 2.11 9.28 ??? Can we put a moritorium on the Guzman lovefest until he is sufficiently stretched out to be a starting pitcher and putting up some good starts? Don't think so. He was very good as a starter last year and his stuff is roughly a trillion times better than Steadman's. He needs to be in the rotation instead of him.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070119/SPORTS02/701190437/1050/ A little more detail into the interview Me too. I just can not imagine a manager saying this about a player and a player that may be playing for him this year. What's so hard to believe? Did you listen to the audio provided by the radio station? The exchange in Amazing_Grace's sig actually happened.

That's funny. You'd rather give the big money long term contract to the guy who's not as good and it 3 years older. Ramirez was the only FA worth Beltran money. And MLBtraderumors is garbage. This rumor is as valid as any of the other ones concerning Ramirez. Can you imagine Hendry finally caving in to the 6yr/$90M demand at the last minute and Kinzer telling him that it wasn't enough all the sudden? I think other reporters like Bruce will have the inside skinny on what happened. But this story, is the first to actually provide some insight on Hendry's thinking. Not that I agree with it. If that happened or not doesn't change the fact that giving Soriano a Beltran-like contract would be historically dumb. But if true, it mean ARAM had not intention of signing with the cubs and was going to test the market anyway. What is the hometown discount 7 years 110m?

Comcast cable only, I believe What is that? Can directTV users get that, or not?

Please don't make un-founded black and white statements. Maddux far from sucks. He is a rental that chews innings. This is fairly desirable for many teams. Please go look at his ranking compared to many other pitchers for ERA/WHIP/well (He is in the top 30% of all starters for most stats) just about anything and you will see he doesn't suck. I have no issue if you want him traded just don't crap on the guy and act like he has no value. If this is true (although his last two starts belie this), then there's no reason to trade him for a minimal prospect. What he brings to the team in terms of the clubhouse is not really worth a minimal prospect. If its a A or B prospect, however... What does Maddux bring to the clubhouse? 3 years of his veteran poise certainly hasn't produced the predicted mentoring effect on the other pitchers and if he stays he'll take away starts from rookies. And he sucks. At this point Maddux has NOTHING to offer the Cubs.

he had retired 13 in a row, i don't have an issue with it. maybe a ca thing

Choi's numbers in 2003 post all star. I am fairly sure this was mostly against right handers. I understand the get back into shape and it was only 43 ABs but I think it was possible to be worse than Karros Post-All Star 43 1 6 2 0 1 5 5 0 20 0 1 .140 .229 .256 .485 again, in the month after Choi returned, Karros had an OPS around .930. its pretty damn hard to maintain those numbers while only hitting lefties well, so he was probably doing something right against righties. it may have been difficult to be worse that Karros against righties, but Choi sure gave it a run with his pathetic numbers. and again, a three team pennant race is not the time to be working back into shape. if he'd done anything with his opportunities, I'd think the argument is valid, but he didn't. he failed miserably actually. and beyond the stat sheet, it didn't take a baseball guru to see that Choi simply was not catching up to fastballs after his return and was being fooled badly by almost every off speed pitch. prior to getting randall, karros had an ops of .849 in april & may, .870 in june & .936 in july. that's pretty respectable. it's amazing the complaints about sitting choi, and the excuses and rationales for him still exist. choi looked lost after he returned from injury. platooning him with karros for the remainder of the 2003, probably kills the chance of a lee trade and the cubs getting into the playoffs. randall saved us.

I assume by reading many of your posts you are talking about yourself Ignorance of baseball + poor logic + sweeping accusations = one really bad post.

Fine, here is his line vs. Left handers the last three years vs. Left 340 46 88 26 0 9 45 15 1 42 7 1 .259 .291 .415 .706 Hairston's line vs. Left 290 36 80 18 2 2 24 25 0 28 9 9 .276 .331 .372 .703 Completely reasonable to start him. Ignorance of baseball + poor logic + sweeping accusations = one really bad post. That's it. I see now. It is COMPLETELY unreasonable to insert Neifi into the 8th hole of the batting order in favor of the likes of Jerry Hairston when Neifi has shown the ability to hit the starting pitcher in the past. You're right There's simplly no way to justify that decision. Heck, it doesn't even matter one bit that Neifi ended up with a double off of that pitcher. Carry on with your regularly scheduled Neifi/Dusty hate.... I hope the added personal touch of your post helps you feel a little better. I certainly don't think 3 AB's against a particular pitcher is enough to constitute having "shown the ability to hit" him. I'll look at his hundreds of career AB's instead.

This statement makes no sense and I hardly know where to start. You want kids to play ok, I guess I can see that if you consider Hill is 26 and the other two have never been in the major leagues, otherwise ok. But you want 2 SP and one OF to start over two bench players, one of which has been great off the bench, that play the infield. BTW you know we have 3 youngs guys playing every day, or every 5th with Sean. Please keep your hatred towards Dusty to logical arguments as stated above.

gutless and classless

Great, then if he does well in the W/L column he should stay right. He has a great W/L % in his career. I agree if the cubs don't perform he should be fired that is the nature of ALL pro sports. I should have said players love playing for him AND think he is a good manager. Managing a baseball team is not a popularity contest. If the Cubs don't perform then the manger has to go. Great managers not universally loved by their players: Bobby Cox Billy Martin Casy Stengel Leo Derousher Jim Leyland Chuck Tanner Dick Williams Joe McCarthy Sparky Anderson

He has had a 3.5 era and a 4.3 ERA as a Cub starter in two years. He has done a good job starting. Also, do you want to kick Marshall off the team for one outing and a 8.3 era? You'd rather give rusch more innings to do damage? Who said that? (besides you) Rusch has been more productive in the rotation than the pen. I asked, not said. :wink: He's doing awesome right now. Love that 9+ ERA in the rotation. Read the rest of my and you'll see my feelings on Rusch in the rotation or try and remember my posts in the past, how I wanted Williams over Rusch last year as well as Hill over Rusch at the end of last year. Trying to look intelligent by showing how poorly Rusch is doing, helps prove my point. Then look at his numbers as a starter compared to a reliever and you'll see what I'm talking about, instead of using stupid smilies. Starter or Relief we can do better than Rusch, that's for sure.

He is universally loved from all players that have played for him past and present. (see sports illistrated pole each year) It is not just current players. Secondly, that is insulting to say you don't care what any player thinks. I don't know what you do for a living but what if I can in and said it doesn't matter what you think about your profession cause all people in your profession are idiots. Joe Morgan may be an example but not all people who play baseball are idiots and don't understand the game. A job of a professional sports manager is to get the team ready to play and have egos fit together. Many discount this but it is critical in professional sports to get big egos to work as a team with defined roles that they feel they can accept. I doon't think one can take seriously anything a player says about a current manager. And quite frankly, I don't care what a player says. Look at Joe Morgan. He is the poster boy for playing smart baseball, but when he talks it is almost like he was a different human being then the one who played baseball.

2004 as a starter =3.50 (16) 2005 as a starter = 4.32 (19) Looks like 4.00 to me. The genius of Hendry and his love for mediocrity. Wait, are you saying Glendon Rusch is not mediocre? If 4.87=4.00, then you are correct.