MeatampPotatoesMan

wow, Maby looked so athletic out there. lol

dont know how anyone can complain with what Hairston has done ever since he has become the everyday CF. there's the 3rd out...lets tie it up. um, he's been hitting better than CPat was, but his fielding doesn't even come close. that's not a complaint...just a fact.

you have to figure everyone is going to run on hairston after seeing this game. :(

and that's why cpat is the better fielder. pujols is still on first with cpat in the field.

neifi needs to get further out there for the relay throw.

I would do that, but the remote is too far away from the nice comfortable rolly chair at my computer. It doesn't roll well on carpet. :P that's what girlfriends are for. :wink: ...or boyfriends in Edmunds case (not that there's anything wrong with that!) quick, someone pat me on the backside. :cry:

I would do that, but the remote is too far away from the nice comfortable rolly chair at my computer. It doesn't roll well on carpet. :P that's what girlfriends are for. :wink: I dont think so... :oops:

I would do that, but the remote is too far away from the nice comfortable rolly chair at my computer. It doesn't roll well on carpet. :P that's what girlfriends are for. :wink:

this game is going on mute. the commentary is absolute worthless.

hahaha, prior hustled to the bag that time. :lol:

if eckstein was at least 5' 5" tall, he would have nabbed that ball easily.

whitey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good job, neifi. :roll:

ok, enough talk about the new foul pole. we get it.

ARam's going to own Suppan. I can feel it.

his location isn't good enough to really challenge anyone tonight.

why should this team ever be sellers? we aren't even close to violating the 60-40 rule. selling now doesn't mean we get to use the money later. that just goes right into the trib. co.'s pockets. btw, we aren't even close to being out of the WC race. :wink:

thank god we're only down 2.

If we go after someone, he will be a younger OF or arm for the pen. Hendry is a notoriously late dealer, but this year's trade action seems very weak. I'm not holding my breath.

fair enough. i just see the potential vs. cost for Kearns to be a whole lot greater than with Dunn, who i definitely wouldn't complain about wearing cubbie blue.

would we even be able to deal wood w/o picking up a large chunk of his contract? maybe we could steal hanley ramirez from Boston. *keeps dreaming*

i just wanted to quote this and say it was really good and that i read it, since it looks like no one else did. um, ok. i guess you should read my posts, b/c it looks like you didn't. i did say that injuries could have caused the regression. we don't really know as Kearns hasn't been 100% or has been platooning. too few data points means you can make any argument you want about Kearn's BABIP.

It's funny that we want to trade prospects in retrospect when they tank, but cry about the ones that got away (Willis) and are unwilling to move the top prospects with the most value (Pie). We don't have a crystal ball that tells us if a player is going to be and injury prone bust with tons of talent. Guzman is frustrating though, i'll give you that. he's still young though. it's not quite do or die time.

yup. you certainly don't want a dramatic episode (aka tantrum) in public.

BABIP Batting Average on Balls in Play. This is a measure of the number of batted balls that safely fall in for a hit (not including home runs). The exact formula we use is (H-HR)/(AB-K-HR) This is similar to DER, but from the batter's perspective. You're going to use this stat to decide whether or not you want this guy? That's digging deep...I agree Kearns will be cheaper, but him and Dunn are both 25, and Kearns strikes out a lot, has a so-so BA, doesn't hit the HR's that Dunn can, has a good OBP but nothing to covet, and can't bat leadoff or anything. These are the stats that I'll focus on. I just don't see the attraction in him, he looks like another Holla to me that can platoon with him in left field. It almost seems like Gerut is a more accomplished player than Kearns too...don't we want a player that's going to give us a playoff push? Another platoon man isn't going to do that... If he's going to be a great player with this Cubs I want him on my team, so I want to know what it is that'll make him that good of a player. I know what BABIP is and I wasn't the poster who used it in his argument as to why we should/shouldn't get Kearns. I was just saying that i don't agree with the argument that Kearns's career high in BABIP was unsustainable just b/c Kearns's BABIP was in the upper 20% of major league players. The decline in BABIP could have been due to injury or decreased production due to platooning with the other 4 OF Cinci was playing at the time. As to why get Kearns over Dunn...Dunn has so many holes in his game, it's ridiculous. He is proof positive that you can just sit at the plate and wait for a pitch in a certain zone and be successful. that approach doesn't lend itself to clutch hitting or fundamental baseball, which are two qualities we need to be looking for in any new acquisitions. Kearns is everything Dunn is not: a decent fielder, rocket arm, nice average hitter (when healthy), and fairly clutch (as he showed us in Cinci in this last series). Kearns is also cheaper than Dunn...by millions of dollars. Ask GMs like John Schuerholz about Kearns. He loves the kid. Scouts love Kearns. We are so OBP starved (from the 1st half of this year) that we'll take a player like Dunn with his sizable contract and obvious flaws. It's not going to help us. We don't need power. We need well rounded ballplayers.