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Seriously, why can't we hit this clown? -
Why wouldn't Joe Mather be closing in on Fukudomes power numbers? :banghead:
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nice 0-2 pitch.
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pixie dust.
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Who would have ever thought in a cubs cards game thread we would be fired up for an edmonds homer?
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Why can't we hit this bum?
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That isn't a strike. This is Chicago.
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That isn't a strike. This is Chicago.
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Marquis defies the we should logic. We should take him out of the rotation. We should DFA him.
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Oh yeah Bob Derrek is a big guy who drives the ball a lot. To the shortstop.
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How many years you think Marquis has to pitch until he realizes the walk to Pence is why he always gets beat and left off post season rosters? And at what point do we put Carlos Lee on his ass?
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and now they take the lead.
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don't let the muppet drive him in.
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Another big at bat.
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[expletive] you Carlos Lee. And you too Howry.
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We are so losing this game.
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The real question is how many more will Rodriguez give up? I don't see him getting out of the 5th. Wandy is done.
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8/3 Bucs(Snell) @ Cubs(Z!) - 1:20 WGN TV
illiniguy replied to tfarks's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
This damn team is setting us all up. Setting us up good. -
8/3 Bucs(Snell) @ Cubs(Z!) - 1:20 WGN TV
illiniguy replied to tfarks's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
God dammit this was a cakewalk. -
good thing you're not ignoring the next 6 years of his career, because that would look awfully ridiculous. Yeah, the .927, .830 (injury shortened), .602 (injury shortened), .848, 1.022 years were weak. note that his highest two OPS seasons have come at age 29 in AAA and age 30 at the major league level - both of which happened after he joined the cardinal organization. he profiled as a hitter like jose guillen, not manny ramirez. Even Jose Guillen had a .900+ OPS season, and you're a year off on his ages. Guillen cheated too, although never served his suspension. I think they really wanted to punish him and made him play for the Royals.
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When is the last time we had an outfielder, not named Sosa, put up an OPS as high as the reject that is Ludwick? Hack Wilson? He isn't quite up to Ludwick's numbers, but here is the Cubs version: Jerry Mumphrey. He never had higher than an .813 OPS in any season over a long major league career, and then suddenly busted out to the tune of a .934 OPS. http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mumphje01.shtml The only other OF I saw match Ludwick's numbers (besides Sosa) from 1987-present was Glenallen Hill over the final 2 months in 1998. Leon Durham put up a 151 OPS+ (Ludwick's is 155) for the Cubs in 1982. To find a person who actually beat Ludwick in straight OPS, you'd have to go back to Billy Williams and 1972. He had a 1.004 OPS and a 172 OPS+. Yep, that's what I figured. I thought it would have to be Billy Williams. I would be shocked, but then again they are the Cardinals.
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8/2 Other Games Thread
illiniguy replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I don't think it's too hard to make sense of losing 4 to the best team in the NL, then turning around and beating one of the worst teams in the NL a couple times in a row ('cuz after all the trades n' injuries, the Braves are now surely one of the NL's worst). I'm looking at the Crew's upcoming schedule. It's incredibly easy so the Brewers should be an auto-win machine all month long. I think he is trying to pretend that we aren't very good. Whether we're very good or not, we're still better than the Brewers...probably by a significant margin. Yeah, I am aware of this, but Brewers fans don't want to hear or believe it. -
When is the last time we had an outfielder, not named Sosa, put up an OPS as high as the reject that is Ludwick? Hack Wilson?
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8/2 Other Games Thread
illiniguy replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I don't think it's too hard to make sense of losing 4 to the best team in the NL, then turning around and beating one of the worst teams in the NL a couple times in a row ('cuz after all the trades n' injuries, the Braves are now surely one of the NL's worst). I'm looking at the Crew's upcoming schedule. It's incredibly easy so the Brewers should be an auto-win machine all month long. I think he is trying to pretend that we aren't very good. -
8/2 the Bucs (Maholm) @ CUBS (Lilly) 12:05 - CSN
illiniguy replied to tfarks's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
.347 BABIP in 08 that's not as high as i would've expected, actually. he's a really good fastball hitter; i guess his defense sucks, but when your catcher is OPS'ing over .900 you don't really worry about that. They have a guy do this every year. Sanchez was really good one year too. Wilson had a decent year. If he stays that good they will just trade him away.
