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Z won't throw a no-hitter today. :(
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Indeed.
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I think we're in for a healthy dose of Hank White today.
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Barrett with a sac fly. Z's on the hill today, so I fully expect a shutout. No need to play for more than one run. Tomorrow, though, we need to play for 12 or 13 with Rusch pitching.
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Trainer out. Barrett pulled something.
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Barrett = probably not bunting.
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GREAT! Look for Womack to bunt Pierre over here. That would be good solid fundamental baseball.
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I'd bat Murton 2nd or 6th right now. I'd put the lineup together as follows: Walker Murton Jones Nevin Ramirez Barrett Cedeno Pierre Murton is a double-play machine. According to BP's NETDP statistic, which measures the number of additional double plays hit into compared to an average player, he's #10 in all of MLB at hitting into double plays. I'd hit him first rather than second. By the way, this team does hit into a lot of double plays. Aramis Ramirez is #20 on the list. Phil Nevin, when he was at Texas, was at #21. Derrek Lee is at #29. Michael Barrett is at #31. The only position players who aren't hitting into DP's at a higher-than-average rate are Todd Walker and Juan Pierre. As a team, the Cubs are #3 in MLB at total GIDP's, behind SF and Pittsburgh. However, we're second-to-last in the league in OBP, so we probably hit into double plays a higher percentage of the time than those two teams.
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From today's Under the Knife: Could the Cubs be one of those teams?
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How exactly would another minor league start help him? It's not as if his minor league starts are any less stressful than a major league start would be.
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I asked Ray King to sign a cheeseburger once. He didn't think it was funny.
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Womack up, Theriot down
cheapseats replied to Larry Horse's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=2483498&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines I guess Jim Hendry would fail the GMAT. -
NEIFI IS OUR SAVIOR!
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I thought that Dusty wanted to leave way back in '03 when he put Lenny Harris in the leadoff spot. But now I believe he just thinks his way is the right way. And that's the scary part.
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Haha. Pierre, Arod, and Dunn would be the cornerstones of the non-clutch team. Latroy Hawkins would be the closer.
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Remember last year when we rallied against Lidge?
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Dusty remembers Mike Remlinger.
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This game is not looking good for the Cubs now.
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Really? What are they praising him for? They've said (me paraphrasing) Perez has had a great career. Perez is a fine guy to have on your team. There's lots of talent in Perez's family. They've talked about him being a great player on more than one occasion. Which goes to show that watching baseball everyday doesn't automatically make you a good judge of talent. See also: Marty Brenneman.
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No spoilers in this thread, please. I plan to watch while I work tomorrow.
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I think that was a bad play by Pierre, he should have atleast held Lane to 3rd. The ball was only looped into the alley and Pierre jogged over to it. Pierre is a gamer.
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I wouldn't care if there were a different batting order every day if the right players were in that batting order. We don't have enough right players to fill out a lineup, eh? "Right," in this case, is relative of course. When I really think about it, the "right players" really means "not Neifi Perez."
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We definitely agree there. The manager should fill out the lineup card and, as much as possible, stay out of the way.
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I wouldn't care if there were a different batting order every day if the right players were in that batting order.
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This board needs more team speed.