I just love hearing how we are only playing well cause we are playing bad teams. While they are in the middle of playing Padres, Nationals, Reds, and Pirates.
No, that would be the case under the old rules, but now, this game would be suspended and picked up later where it left off because of the lead change. Cool, when did they ammend that rule?
Nope, a disaster would have been us getting through this game without getting Miles in. It would have been dumb to use Fontenot to leadoff and then play second. What with Fontenot being a much better player than aaron.
With the amount of money we spend on our team there is no way he will ever start for us barring an injury. We will always have a better first and third.
I'd be a big fan of his plate discipline...... if he had any !!! CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/06 - 08/14 P PA P/PA
Fukudome 1741 421 4.14
Fontenot 1431 347 4.12
Scales 270 66 4.09
Bradley 1454 356 4.08
Fuld 184 46 4.00
Soto 1122 281 3.99
D Lee 1744 440 3.96
Freel 125 32 3.91
Baker 261 68 3.84
Gathright 57 15 3.80
Soriano 1825 483 3.78
Ramirez 687 182 3.77
Hoffpauir 723 193 3.75
K. Hill 740 200 3.70
Theriot 1831 496 3.69
Fox 566 157 3.61
Johnson 595 166 3.58
Miles 523 147 3.56
Blanco 358 106 3.38
CUBS 17117 4469 3.83 Good to see I'm not crazy. For the last couple of weeks, I've been saying that its the one thing that holds me back from thinking he can keep this up. He's hit .250/.309/.446/.755 over his last 22 games. Which isn't bad but is definitely down from where he started. Eh he's a backup. It's not like he should ever be getting a ton of at bats. I imagine he will get more selective as he gets older.
I'd be a big fan of his plate discipline...... if he had any !!! CUBS pitch counts at the plate......... 04/06 - 08/14 P PA P/PA
Fukudome 1741 421 4.14
Fontenot 1431 347 4.12
Scales 270 66 4.09
Bradley 1454 356 4.08
Fuld 184 46 4.00
Soto 1122 281 3.99
D Lee 1744 440 3.96
Freel 125 32 3.91
Baker 261 68 3.84
Gathright 57 15 3.80
Soriano 1825 483 3.78
Ramirez 687 182 3.77
Hoffpauir 723 193 3.75
K. Hill 740 200 3.70
Theriot 1831 496 3.69
Fox 566 157 3.61
Johnson 595 166 3.58
Miles 523 147 3.56
Blanco 358 106 3.38
CUBS 17117 4469 3.83 MIles has way too much power to take pitches. He can hit anything out. Why take any of them?