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Dammit that might have scored Theriot.
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Hill and Marquis have been inconsistent. I'd love for you to bring some facts with you to prove Marshall's inconsistency. It'd be fun to watch you try to prove it. It's be fun to watch you not be a jerk. Insults are against member guidelines. Stop it. Fair enough. Is taunting against member guidelines? Asking you to try to back up your opinion is not taunting. Yes, I think his first sentence was OK but the second one was completely unnecessary.
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How is Marshall inconsistent? OK, I guess he has yet to prove a leaning towards inconsistency and if the playoffs started today I would slot him as the #3 starter. I'm still not comfortable with that. Why? 2 bad outings all year. I'm not saying the guy is a bad pitcher. I'm just not confident that he is enough to round out the back end of a playoff rotation. Especially when they will probably need four starters. Then they'll have to roll the dice with Hill or Marquis. Come on...Anthony Reyes and Adam Wainwright did just fine. Hey, if you guys are content with what we have that's great. I'm not and hope everyone else is right. I would love to see this rotation as it is be lights out in the playoffs and carry them to a World Series.
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Hill and Marquis have been inconsistent. I'd love for you to bring some facts with you to prove Marshall's inconsistency. It'd be fun to watch you try to prove it. It's be fun to watch you not be a jerk. Insults are against member guidelines. Stop it. Fair enough. Is taunting against member guidelines?
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How is Marshall inconsistent? OK, I guess he has yet to prove a leaning towards inconsistency and if the playoffs started today I would slot him as the #3 starter. I'm still not comfortable with that. Why? 2 bad outings all year. I'm not saying the guy is a bad pitcher. I'm just not confident that he is enough to round out the back end of a playoff rotation. Especially when they will probably need four starters. Then they'll have to roll the dice with Hill or Marquis.
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Hill and Marquis have been inconsistent. I'd love for you to bring some facts with you to prove Marshall's inconsistency. It'd be fun to watch you try to prove it. It's be fun to watch you not be a jerk.
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How is Marshall inconsistent? OK, I guess he has yet to prove a leaning towards inconsistency and if the playoffs started today I would slot him as the #3 starter. I'm still not comfortable with that.
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I'd hardly say that my concern is reactionary based on today's performance. Hill, Marshall and Marquis have all been inconsistent. I have a lot of confidence in this team making the post season. Once there I think they will struggle. I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade I'd just like to see them have a solid chance at advancing and not just make an appearance in the playoffs.
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2nd best starting ERA in baseball. Only Marquis has an ERA above 4. So, you're comfortable with Hill, Marquis and Marshall starting a playoff game? Well only one of them will. I wouldn't want to see any of them start right now. The Cubs would be put in a position where they would absolutely have to win in the games where Z and Lilly started. However, the other team will be throwing their top 2 pitchers as well. The offense isn't that potent and I'd feel better if they had one more starter that was more dependable.
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2nd best starting ERA in baseball. Only Marquis has an ERA above 4. So, you're comfortable with Hill, Marquis and Marshall starting a playoff game?
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This team is in desperate need of another starter.
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You're ignoring the strategy of playoff baseball. Runs are usually at a premium because the quality of pitching is so good. Look at the San Diego Series. They have very good pitching but a very poor offense. They took 2 of 3 that series including Z's gem against them. This team will struggle to score if faced with a top pitcher or even with a middle of the road lefty. Right now I only trust Z and Lilly to do the same to the opposing team. Marshall could be OK but I wouldn't start Hill or Marquis in the post season as of today. The 2003 team's starting pitching was so dominate that you can't just shrug it off so easily. Wood and Prior were just studs down the stretch and Woody was such a force in the NLDS. They will definitely be longing for performances like that if they hold on to make the post season this year.
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What is the Cubs overall W/L record?
circlecitycub replied to badger1679666666's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Misunderstood the question. My bad. -
Luckily, there really aren't any of those in the National League. If they had another solid starter I wouldn't be too worried but after Z and Lilly I don't trust anyone to start a playoff game. Especially with the way the offense can just shut down vs lefties. Atlanta is the team that scares me right now. They have a nice lineup with Teixeira in the fold. Smoltz, Hudson, James and say goodnight Cubbies.
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This team reminds me so much of the 1989 team. There were a few really good players and then a bunch of nobodies coming out of nowhere to fill in the rest of that team. Unfortunately I'm afraid that the 2007 team will end up just like the 89 team. Yeah, they won the division but were just outmatched vs San Francisco in the playoffs. I really like this current team to win the division I just don't think they can stack up against a really good team in a playoff series.
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Even if they don't make a trade today doesn't mean they won't make a deal in the next 30 days. Hendry will find some help one way or another.
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A Return of Sammy?
circlecitycub replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He's excelling at the one area we need the most help in: hitting left handed pitching. He's be the ideal platoon guy with Floyd. He'd be cheap to aquire and would add little to the payroll. I think the added offense offests the PR issue he would create. I think people have an optimistic outlook right now and therefore not much venom to spout towards a player that has yet to fail us in 2007. If Sammy is indeed acquired I predict he will encounter a standing O as he sprints to RF in his first game back. -
With Gagne's name getting thrown about could Sosa be a part of the package as well?
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A Return of Sammy?
circlecitycub replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
This absolutely makes sense. Do it, Jim. -
He sounds kind of like Marvin the Martian as well. Not as much as Skip Caray does.
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Pat's got the green apple quick steps tonight.
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I noticed that awhile back. He seemed to break out of that after the break but then sat for his suspension. I was afraid he might slip back a little. Hopefully he can get it back.
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Which banned players should be in the HOF?
circlecitycub replied to OleMissCub's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
We don't. But we can't punish people because of speculation. For all we know Hank Aaron bet on baseball (I'd stake my life on the fact that Aaron never did...but my point remains). The hall if full of scumbags, even the Sultan of Swat literally punched out two different umpires, threw dirt in the face of another, ran up in the stands and beat a fan who insulted him ala Ty Cobb, gambled thousands of dollars, had several paternity suits filed against him, etc. I'm not so much saying that he should not be in because he did things that made him a scumbag. I'm specifically saying that he has and continues to give MLB the middle finger and yet expects the commissioner to pull out his chair for him in Cooperstown. His so called apology and confession even dripped with insincerity and greed. Pardon me if I'm not clamoring to see this man honored. Like I said, he still exists in the record books. I can and will tell my kids who the all time hits leader is and how great of a player he was. Besides all of that he agreed to a lifetime ban. Not a partial ban that he could appeal at a later date. -
Which banned players should be in the HOF?
circlecitycub replied to OleMissCub's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The problem you're failing to recognize is that, if he bets on a game, he may do something stupid like mess up the bullpen for the next several days just to try to win one game. Sometimes a manager needs to look at the bigger picture and realize that at times you need to think of future consequences (such as burning out the bullpen or leaving a starter in too long) resulting from going all out today. Yes, a manager's job is to win, but from the bigger picture of winning enough to make the postseason as opposed to winning one specific game. Basically, it's the idea that sometimes you need to lose the battle in order to win the war. Fair points certainly. My main beef is that it happened as a manager and not as a player. How do you know that he didn't bet as a player? Pete is nothing but a cheap opportunist. He denied any wrong doing for years until he realized he could write a book with a half-assed confession and make some money all the while pimping himself for reinstatement. The man dishonored the sport by betting and lying. Why should the sport honor such a man? MLB doesn't choose to act like he never existed. He is still listed in their stats database with all of the other MLBer's. So, by putting him in the HOF is nothing more than honoring an individual that definitely doesn't deserve as such. -
YES!!!