Sammy Sofa
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It would be cool if he could even prove that he can consistently be a starting corner OF in the minors first. Let's put it this way: there's absolutely no reason to rush Colvin or make definitive assumptions about his ability in the majors right now. It's cool that he's knocked out so many HR in such relatively limited playing time, but holy God, the rest of his offense is in this same stretch is mostly appalling and wildly all over the place. -
Or they attempt to get another OF on a short term deal after Kosuke is ideally traded and let Colvin go back to the minors. My prediction on our OF situation for 2011: Fukudome traded away in offseason, Soriano in LF, Byrd in CF, and Colvin in RF to start the year. By June, our starting OF will be Soriano in LF, Brett Jackson in CF and Marlon Byrd in RF with Colvin settled in as a solid 4th OFer, where he will likely remain for his career as a Cub. I like the cut of that fanciful jib.
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Or they attempt to get another OF on a short term deal after Kosuke is ideally traded and let Colvin go back to the minors.
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Man, people are in for a rude surprise when Colvin regresses in the second half of this season or in 2011. No kidding. It'd be great if Colvin panned out to be a useful full time player, but man, some people are so easily swayed by home runs. Hopefully his power is indicative he can do more, because right now he can basically only hit home runs sometimes and that's it. Very nice day today, yeah, but going into it today over his last 5 starts (23 PA) he posted this amazing line: .130 .130 .130 .261 Over the last 2 weeks (with 10 starts and 45 PA)? .178 .178 .311 .489 And that was with 2 home runs. The last month (16 starts and 75 PA)? .247 .267 .438 .705 And that's largely due to 4 home runs and a couple of doubles. And striking out 19 times (21 including today) compared to 2 walks. Yes, sample size, but his success falls under the same skewed perspective. He has a TON to prove, and that so many people seem ready to hand him the keys to be a starting OF for the Cubs already is really odd. As it stands right now, unless he keeps hitting home runs at an insanely ridiculous rate when compared to his obvious flaws elsewhere, this is a kid who has a lot of work to do.
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Should Hednry get another chance?
Sammy Sofa replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
A bunch of assholes. -
Carlos Zambrano's brouhaha and apology
Sammy Sofa replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Lotsa LULZ at the "absolutely everyone must be fired" sentiments. -
Should Hednry get another chance?
Sammy Sofa replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
What? No. -
Yes, which is why it would be better to see if he can have another July surge since it would potentially mean the Cubs would have to send less money along with him or could even get a better return. Fukudome does have value and it's hardly a remote possibility that the Cubs could deal him. Colvin getting extra starts between now and the deadline isn't anywhere near as important.
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I wouldn't be adverse to moving Marmol in the right deal, but I don't know much about Heisey.
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It's still a pointlessly shortsighted decision. Fukudome did indeed look like total crap in limited playing time over June, but Colvin's June numbers also look pretty bad (though granted, yes, not as bad). This team is a bust; yes, Colvin getting more time isn't a bad thing, but ideally they need to move Fukudome by the deadline. He's been working with his old hitting catch for a while now, and that certainly had a huge positive effect last summer. Fukudome needs to be starting against every RH pitcher between now and the deadline in the hope that he has another July surge like he did last year to make him more appealing to teams shopping. If Fukudome is moved Colvin will be able to get plenty of starts. Shopping Fukudome now is actually better for the Cubs' long term plans than starting Colvin over him.
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Why the hell is Theriot leading off? Why the hell is Colvin starting vs. a RH pitcher over Fukudome? How the hell did Wells get through the first inning 1-2-3? ANSWER ME, GOD.
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You know Castro and Lee have the same...
Sammy Sofa replied to kroth1342's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Dammit, you suck at everything. -
He does? A blindfolded, deaf chimp could have a winning managerial record with the teams he's luckily fallen backasswards into.
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Most prospects don't live up to the hype or expectations people have of them.
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This makes absolutely no sense.
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Why the [expletive] would Torre be a good fit?
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It's not possible for this team to be fun bad.
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What the hell is the Cubs' hype machine?
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Lou's not running anything into the ground.
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I don't understand why you think any "response" from management this season would mean you would somehow end up not consistently watching a crap Cubs team for the rest of the year. I agree with what someone brought up in the other thread, that ideally this shitty, shitty team isn't going to be dumped on anyone else this year.
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Nobody gives a [expletive] about the Cubs besides Cubs fans, Cardinal fans and White Sox fans. Calm down.
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Gwyneth Paltrow's gigantic dick.
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The Cubs need to just let Colvin play full time if and when it is conducive for them to do so.
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He could play every inning from now until October and there would still have to be questions about how future. True. A better way to say it would be remove as much doubt as possible I guess. Honestly, it would basically be impossible to do so. Colvin is too young and his professional career is too limited.
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Time to be a hero, Tyler.
