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Z covered first base with FIRE! and INTENSITY!

Conine has hit lefties very well this year, but it's only been about 30 AB. From 2003-2005, Conine's OPS against lefties was just .790 or so. It would be better than Jacque, for sure, but Conine's not something I'd want to give up anybody for.

Right field sucks! Right field sucks! Says the man sitting in the UDR seats! I'll take 518 and 523 over the bleachers on most days. 527 is nice, too. What was Z's batting average last year, and why did he bunt with 1 out?

Right field sucks! Right field sucks!

Nice hit by Jacque Jones. Seriously.

Nice play by Mayberry, but since we hate him, let's ignore it and pretend it didn't happen, k?

How often is Zambrano gonna have to pitch his way out of jams? He's like Woody. Wildly effective with great stuff but horrible control. Woody Williams has great stuff?

How often is Zambrano gonna have to pitch his way out of jams? It depends on how much FIRE! and INTENSITY! he has tonight.

Premium So you guys think you're better than us eh? I don't have Premium, I just pay attention. :P I'm so broke, I can't pay attention !! I hear Rodney Dangerfield's voice when I read Fred's posts. Is that weird?

Will Alou call for a sac bunt here? :?: :?: :?:

So do St Louis outfielders!

he can't hear you. unless... is Z a poster on this board? Why do you think Z has carpel tunnel. Yanr = Carlos Zambrano. He was banned obviously, but he still reads the board obsessively. sorry I was so slow. i just had never put 1 and 1 together. hate that he's banned, but it's for the good of the team.

he can't hear you. unless... is Z a poster on this board?

no so idealistic. yeah, and you're also an idiot. (Just saying what he actually means) can't take it when dusty ball works? If by "works," you mean "lowers the chances of us scoring more than one run," it worked. http://www.tangotiger.net/RE9902.html

Whatever happened to Calvin and Hobbes? Hit by a truck.

You're right, no one celebrated the home run at all. I'm glad you admitted it.

JACQUE STRAP!

asdfl;asdjkfklsaj omg justification for my beliefs someone please don't quote this and say "sample size" sample size

at? sneezing

/points to sig

his standard 4-3 would have done the same thing. And there would have been a chance (however small) that Pierre would actually get a hit and save an out. But anyway, we SCORED! SMALL BALLS RULES!

Because one run is all we need! Cedeno steals! GO COBS!

Pierre hitting second might be worse than Pierre hitting first. Last year he hit into double plays at a high rate. He wasn't as bad as Neifi, but he hit into double plays about one out of every six chances.

They need more fire. FIRE! They have been week minded since 2004...Every year is the same thing over and over again. The Bears "Defense" has taken on the personality of both Rivera and Smith. That "personality" is a low-talking, hard-hitting do the job on the field attitude. The Bulls have taken the personality of that of Scott Skiles. That personality is that to play incredibly hard, and play to the UTMOST of your talent, if not exceed it. In other words...overachieve. The White Sox have taken the personality of that of Ozzie Guillen. Don't understand what they heck they are doing, but they play the game right and hard. (Can ANYBODY truly understand what Guillen says? :? ) No excuses. The Blackhawks.....well NM, they ain't professional. That means the Cubs have taken on the personality of Dusty Baker. That means...Dusty is incredibly inept of the foundamentals. Incredibly sensitve (ahem weak minded), excuse laden team that Don Baylor would be proud of. In other words....This engine is broke, and the Cubs need a completely need engine. Lovie is a good defensive coach. Could it be that the Bears are playing good defense because they have good schemes? As for Skiles, he, too is a good defensive coach. Are the Bulls playing harder for him than they were for Floyd? Probably. But that shows up on defense. "Intensity" doesn't help out a whole lot on the offensive end. It might get you an offensive rebound every now and then or a loose ball, but it doesn't help you make a jump shot. How, exactly, would intensity help the Cubs? Getting in Jacque Jones' face is not going to make him a better hitter. Would a fiery manager make Neifi less useless than he is right now? Would a good motivator make Pierre's arm stronger? There are some things that a more intense manager might correct - getting the outfielders to hit the cutoff man, getting Aramis to run out groundballs, getting Glendon Rusch to cover first, etc. But annoying as those things are, they aren't the main reasons the Cubs have lost 8 games in a row. And almost invariably, the old school in-your-face type managers that might correct such things are also the ones who would have their starters throw too many pitches and sac bunt in the first inning.

Fixed. :cry: Too true. Juan hit into double plays just as frequently as Moises Alou last year.