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now mark cant find the zone, i am sure he is going to be hurt again soon.

hey lets put one on the black instead of right down the middle.

:roll: way to come up big mark.

I'm not calling him a defensive genius, but I know for a fact that he got a throw from Patterson last year on a sac fly attempt for a succesful 8-2 DP So last year when we would have gotten him, you don't think his .383 obp would have maybe helped us in the playoffs. This year is the first time in like what 10 that his obp isn't .340? Whereas Barrett has only had one year above that marker. I am happy with Barrett as our catcher with the stick, but for some to think we are geniuses for passing on Pudge is just ignorant. I am sure he would have won us 4-5 games more last year with just his game calling and defense, let alone his .383 obp. Hey that prolly gets us in the playoffs. with Barrett's improvment defensively and offensively (keep in mind, his offensive numbers are kept down by a completely freakish stretch of bad luck hitting for the first month and a half), Rothschild calling half the pitches when he's catching anyway, and most importantly the difference in salary, I would rather have Barrett on the upswing of his career than Pudge on the downside of his. I don't like Barrett's ability to take throws either and block the plate either, but the fact is the play at home happens rarely, and probably 95% of the time is a function of the outfielder's ability, not the catcher's. but back to the topic Gawd Neifi Perez sucks. Yes he does, yes he does. I would rather have Ty Griffin playing everyday right now then Neifi Perez. I am only half kidding.

who you guys rooting for Hou or Was?

I'm not calling him a defensive genius, but I know for a fact that he got a throw from Patterson last year on a sac fly attempt for a succesful 8-2 DP So last year when we would have gotten him, you don't think his .383 obp would have maybe helped us in the playoffs. This year is the first time in like what 10 that his obp isn't .340? Whereas Barrett has only had one year above that marker. I am happy with Barrett as our catcher with the stick, but for some to think we are geniuses for passing on Pudge is just ignorant. I am sure he would have won us 4-5 games more last year with just his game calling and defense, let alone his .383 obp. Hey that prolly gets us in the playoffs.

I'm not calling him a defensive genius, but I know for a fact that he got a throw from Patterson last year on a sac fly attempt for a succesful 8-2 DP you sure it was him, or was it Bako? I swear I don't remember him catching much of anything.

Pudge will be a hall-of-famer, but it won't be because of the great season he's had this year. .295/.305 is a freaking joke. Vlad is .306/.360, not the same at all. so would you rather have pudge a guy who on most accounts is a great defensive catcher who can call a good game, or would you rather have Michael Barrett who hasn't caught a throw clean from the outfiled in his two years here? There is a reason all of the pitchers prefer pitching to Blanco. Yeah Pudge is having a down year but you can't tell me as an overall baseball player he has less value than what we have.

and what's funny about that is his swing reminds me of Larry Bowa's in his Cub days. it's about as week as it gets. Neifi needs to realize that his team would be much better off if he never took the bat off his shoulder and wore 100 lb. boots so he's not so adept at getting out of the way of the inside pitch. the one pitch he can hit as a lefty he's bailing out on 95% of the time. it drives me nuts. and some how he has a knack to GIDP when a strikeout would have been better and K or pop up when a GIDP ball would have been fine. Neifi is second to bottom of all ML batting title qualified players in BB/PA. Pudge is worst (anyone really think not signing him was a mistake?). he's behind Corey, Jose Reyes, and Alfonso Soriano. he's nearly doubled his career total in HBP this year with 3. his P/PA is 5th lowest in all of baseball. He's allegedly fast, but is tied for 13th in GIDP when most of his ABs have come after the pitchers spot or Corey (the only middle infielder ahead of him is Renterria batting behind Damon's .400+ OBP). last winter alot of people mentioned how, by some measures, Neifi is the worst hitter in 50 years or something like that. I was skeptical, but Neifi's made a believer out of me. Oh yeah he is just horrible. Great stat, still doesn't take away that Pudge will be a hall of famer. Vlad Guerreo never walks unless it is intentional, but I bet you wouldn't want him either. :roll:

Well I was around for a lot of it, and let me tell you, your post brings back some bad memories. 1B-Eric Perry -- don't remember him, 2B-Ty Griffin -- a stud -- against Cuba in the Olympic games. SS-Luis Montanez -- and the waiting, is the hardest part. 3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench -- hmm, I remember being excited about Gary Scott, for about 5 games. F-Earl Cunningham -- Ate his way out of Pro ball. Tuffy Rhoads -- 3 hrs on opening day and then dissapears Derrek May -- had the name of a star but never did a thing P-Lance Dickson -- Mr. Fragile. Micha Bowie -- We got jobbed by the Braves Jeff Pico - Dont remember enough about him. Mike Harkey -- Bob Gibson lite Jamie Navarro -- Mr. Have a great year, come to the Cubs and suck. Eric Perry played for the peoria chiefs, he was never a huge prospect. Just some guy who played basketball at Landmark with my dad. As a result I met him a couple of times and even got his autograph. He was released in the middle of the year one year when he was hitting over .300. It was very strange. Although he was like 27 in low A still.

C-Rick Wilkins 1B-Eric Perry 2B-Ty Griffin SS-Luis Montanez 3B-Kevin Orie or Gary Scott the one starts the other off of the bench OF-Earl Cunningham Tuffy Rhoads Derrek May P-Lance Dickson Micha Bowie Jeff Pico Mike Harkey Jamie Navarro C-Rick Wrona 2B-Chad Meyers OF-Kevin Roberson-some power off of the bench Ced Landrum-gotta be able to steal a base Doug Dascenzo-can also pitch in a pinch SS-Alex Arias BP-Jim Bullinger-could even pinch hit with him Scott Downs Les Lancaster Calvin Homerun Ball Schiraldi- he was better than Clemens in college CL-Mitch Williams With this team I am pretty sure I could manage them to a 45-50 win season then we can get the top pick in the draft the next year and take a high school pitcher who throws really hard. :lol: God the late 80's early 90's must have been hell, thankfully I wasn't old enough to remember a lot of it.

Just remember...if the Cubs are getting blown out, don't be afraid to run onto the field and tackle Pujols. We'll all be proud of you. I don't think the wife will let me...but I'll take that under advisement. right because, no offense Vance, but in your pics you don't look big enough to tackle Pujols. Actually I don't know if all of us at NSSB are big enough to tackle the JOLS. I'll take out Eckstein then! Heck yeah and take out Taguchi for playing way over his head

Just remember...if the Cubs are getting blown out, don't be afraid to run onto the field and tackle Pujols. We'll all be proud of you. I don't think the wife will let me...but I'll take that under advisement. right because, no offense Vance, but in your pics you don't look big enough to tackle Pujols. Actually I don't know if all of us at NSSB are big enough to tackle the JOLS.

yeah right he had all offseason to fix the bullpen, that worked out well didn't it? He will do like he always does and wait until the deadline. Again it will be too late.

It isn't just one game. a win here would have sent us into St Louis on a serious role. Now we split with crappy ass Cinncy, you know the same team the Astros just swept in Cinn or one of the teams that beat us out of the playoffs last year in the same type situations. The fact remains this will continue to happen with the clown we have managing our team and bullpen.

Oh I thought it was the sound of the Astros passing us again.

This is great I was hoping to not bring in Dempster. It isn't like this game is important for momentum before we go into Busch. Please Jim, fire Dusty it will be the biggest move you can make to help this team.

This is great I was hoping to not bring in Dempster. It isn't like this game is important for momentum before we go into Busch. Please Jim, fire Dusty it will be the biggest move you can make to help this team.

I loathe our bullpen

and of course they lead off with a hit.

nice job offense way to put the pressure back on them. Bring in Dempster now.

of course he is Kerry Wood is made of glass.

man why can't dusty leave well enough alone. was he not happy with scoring 7 plus everygame? The guy shouldn't be allowed to manage professional teams.

nothing like winning 9 of 10 only to gain 2 game son Houston. I guess we better beat up on em a lot when we play as they have went into their annual we don't lose in the second half march. :roll:

dangit Casey is just a pest.