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  1. mul21
    Instead of hamstrining themselves with big contracts at positions that can be filled internally, there should be emphasis on filling needs (yes, this has been said a million times). Let Cedeno play SS, put Murton in LF, sign Randy Winn for 2 years until Pie is ready for sure. You then have a leadoff guy and 2 relatively cheap position players. Fill in the RF hole with Giles and you've got a solid lineup. Plenty of pop with Lee, ARam, and Gile in the middle, OBP with Winn and Cedeno at the top and a lot of contact and avg. power at the bottom with Walker, Murton, and Barrett. Plus it leaves money to fill the pitching needs and give raises to guys over the next couple of years.
  2. mul21
    I think this may be more realistic: CF Randy Winn SS Ronny Cedeno 1B Derrek Lee 3B Aramis Ramirez RF Brian Giles 2B Todd Walker LF Matt Murton C Michael Barrett Rotation Z Prior Wood Maddux Millwood Pen Dempster Novoa Wuertz Ohman Van Buren Ryan/Wagner LOOGY Bench Neifi Branyan Hairston OF 1B
  3. mul21
    That would involve taking a pitch or two. I'm impressed with the approach of both Cedeno and Murton. It's nice to see somebody at the plate see more than 2 pitches every time they go up there. And they're both certainly making their cases with baserunning tonight. Man, it would have been nice to see this a month and a half ago. Damn Dusty.
  4. mul21
    It's not a debate of who should have been played because they were better in the case of Holla vs Dubois/Murton or Perez vs Cedeno. It's a case of the veteran being a proven commodity vs the rookies not having proven anything yet. Point being, you don't know if Cedeno and Murton are good options because they didn't get a chance. They may have torn up the league, they may have completely bombed. But not playing them because you have a veteran who has proven himself to be mediocre is dumb. I think the Cubs would be around .500 right now just based on numbers. But as someone referenced earlier, Smoltz said the young guys gave the vets a boost in Atlanta. Who's to say the same thing wouldn't have happened with the Cubs. People forget that momentum is a very powerful ally as well as a great enemy.
  5. mul21
    1. Send an edict to Baker that he will be repeatedly kicked in the groin if the young guys don't play the rest of the year. I don't think it's a good precedent to just let go of all the vets. Even though I despise Dusty, he does have a point that young guys can learn something from the vets. 2. Play Nomar to see if he's worth keeping. We should already know by now if Cedeno can play, but we don't. It has to be determined if he is worth keeping around at all, let alone at the price he'll be asking. 3. Baker is gone at season's end. Period, end of story, no questions asked. 4. Neifi is back as a bench guy. The other bench holes are filled with veteran FA's. Burnitz's option is not picked up, Walker's is. 5. If Nomar is back, Cedeno is at Iowa waiting for Nomar to get hurt. Lee at 1st, Walker at 2nd, Ramirez is back at 3rd after a mandated lower body conditioning program in the offseason, Murton is the everyday LF, CP or Randy Winn in CF, and a FA or trade for RF (Giles, Huff, or someone else beyond my thought process right now). 6. Prior, Z, Wood, Maddux, and Millwood in the rotation. Dempster, Novoa, Wuertz, Ohman, Bartosh or another LOOGY, and BJ Ryan in the pen. Williams is the longman/swingman.
  6. mul21
    I almost peed when I read this little nugget: Scott Ziegler (Madison,WI): Joe was that the worst collision you've ever seen, Beltran and Cameron. That could have been alot worse. Joe Morgan: Yeah, that's one of the worst I have seen. I saw one with Jesus Alou and a SS whose name I can't remember. The SS swallowed his tongue. That was pretty scary. KT: I'm sure no-name SS who swallowed his tongue is honored by your memory of this event. It kind of sounds like a weird fairy tale Joe made up. "Jesus made a guy swallow his tongue once."
  7. mul21
    I just got this absurd mental picture of Dusty a la Elmer Fudd: "Shh, we're hunting for a Wild Cawd birf... dude." Whoever made the Titanic and Dumb and Dumber poster spoofs should do one with Dusty as Elmer Fudd. The mental picture of that is just priceless.
  8. mul21
    Any word on Nomar's status?
  9. mul21
    Please god let Welly throw strikes.
  10. mul21
    That may be the 1st time someone has said that here without even a hint of sarcasm!!! :shock:
  11. mul21
    Does anyone know if Murton is capable of playing RF effectively? If not, why (arm I would guess)? I don't remember seeing him play there with the Cubs but think someone mentioned him playing there in the minors.
  12. mul21
    I'm going to have to disagree with you. Take a look at the pic and tell me Nomar wasn't pretty well put together. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/00s/030501lg.jpg Sorry, but that body isn't that big. Granted, everyones bodies are different that body can be easily had by working out. He isn't ripped by any means. Ripped has nothing to do with size. Ripped is referring to how well defined the muscle tone is. If you mean he wasn't huge, fine, but that picture shows he was in fact "ripped". I think if you look at him now compared to when he was at his best, he is noticeably smaller. I'm a big fan of Nomar and want to see him produce as much as anybody, but you have to look at the injuries and fall off in #'s and consider that steroids may have been a part of that. I'm not making any definitive statement that he took steroids, I just don't think it can be ruled out.
  13. mul21
    If Dusty is still around and can be talked into it, I see no reason why Murton couldn't be a leadoff guy. He had 18 steals at West Tenn and obviously has a good idea of the strike zone. If Nomar, Walker and Patterson are back, those 3 along with ARam and Lee would provide sufficient power to sacrifice some pop at one of the outfield spots. This is provided that they find someone to fill the void in RF thru a trade or FA. Who that is I don't know, but Giles wouldn't be bad if it was a 3 yr or less deal.
  14. mul21
    I like all those ideas with the exception of Griffey and Kent Soriano. If they stay with walker at 2nd and leave CPatt in CF it's still a solid lineup and you then have Lawton RF Walker 2B Lee 1B Ramirez 3B Nomar SS Patterson CF Murton LF Barrett C And the aformentioned pitching. Looks like a lineup that has a good mix of OBP and power, but the defense may be a question mark.
  15. mul21
    I'm going to have to disagree with you. Take a look at the pic and tell me Nomar wasn't pretty well put together. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/2002/jinx/00s/030501lg.jpg
  16. mul21
    The thing that should be valued is a player's ability to read a situation and adjust accordingly. If there are guys on 1st and 2nd and nobody out and I'm down 2-3 runs, I want my power hitter swinging for the fences. If it's the 8th inning and it's tied or down 1 with a guy at 3rd base and less than two out, yeah, cut down your swing, put the ball in play and get the run home.
  17. mul21
    But its a save opportunity now right? No, you can't create your own save ( i.e. allow runs to make it a save situation)
  18. mul21
    DING!!!! for those of you who listen to Dan Patrick.
  19. mul21
    Was that even close to a hit?
  20. mul21
    Good ol' one-pitch Perez. YES!!!!!!
  21. mul21
    What did he do? All I have is gameday.
  22. mul21
    It wasn't a DP, ramirez can still single in a run here. Bizarro World?
  23. mul21
    Let's see what DLee can do when the guys in front of him do their jobs.
  24. mul21
    what's with the mound visit in the middle of the AB?
  25. mul21
    I wish the Cubs pitchers would make note of this so they don't walk the 8th and 9th hitters in other teams lineups. Not that most pitchers hit as poorly as Perez and Macias, but you get the point.
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