Sammy Sofa
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Everything posted by Sammy Sofa
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Wow, the Pirates' SS has no range. Maybe anti-range. -
The Riot has actually been pretty decent lately. Great. He'll manage another good month that'll inflate his season stats and blind the management to how badly he stinks the rest of the season.
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List of Cubs prospects to be excited about
Sammy Sofa replied to imb's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
What about that O'Malley kid? He's clearly nothing, but he had one good game against a crappy team, he's tiny and white and Irish, so the boozers of course will love him. Just call him "McGritty." -
How much do you think he is making?
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You truly do love your hyperbole, don't you? Personally, I was guilty of supporting Theriot but frankly I don't care who they play at SS anymore (although Theriot has been hitting the ball the last couple games). Whoever does play SS should hit 7th or 8th. As far as your Hill comment, that is just silly. The Cubs put him in the pen for only 2 games yet you act as if the Cubs, and those who supported this TEMPORARY move, want to banish him to the bullpen forever and never see him again. You do realize he's starting Friday, and like most who supported this temporary move, I'm hopeful a few extra bullpen sessions helped him mechanically. Flip on either of the Chicago sports radio stations or WGN's postgame shows to hear exactly what I'm talking about over and over and over and over again, or just overhear plenty of people in or around the ballpark. My comment wasn't slamming the Cubs...it was slamming a very large, very vocal segment of Cubs fans.
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*SIGH*
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Cubs fans never cease to baffle me. Players like Aramis get busted on for being "lazy" and Murton is somehow regarded as abust or generally not good, Hill is a complete headcase and should be in relief, but then they'll fight tooth and nail for someone like Theriot and demand he gets as many A's as possible starting at the top of the order.
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He's walking through all this, at least. I can't even imagine what the lineup will be like if Lee, Ram, Fuk and Sori are all hot for a stretch at the same time. Not likely, but would be ricockulous How nice would it be to have Fukudome walking ahead of Derrek? Glorious. And then Soto right after Aramis? Heavenly.
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Yeah, it's been stupid that Hendry hasn't traded him the last couple of seasons, given that his trade value is next to nil. Makes complete sense.
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He's walking through all this, at least. I can't even imagine what the lineup will be like if Lee, Ram, Fuk and Sori are all hot for a stretch at the same time. Not likely, but would be ricockulous And then backing them up you'd have DeRosa and Soto proving themselves to being very solid. Sigh.
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There's a gaping hole in this thread.
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Jeez...imagine if Aramis was back to his usual self while Lee and Fukudome are raking.
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What are you basing this on? Outside of Gallagher and Pie, Murton's name is the only one that's come up as a Cubs "young player" that multiple teams are definitely interested in.
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Except hit home runs and play average defense. Murton knows he needs to do this to play everyday in the bigs. Unfortunately he just can't. Wow, you're just knocking them out of the park left and right today. What do you think is the real reason Murton isn't starting or in the bigs? Does Jim Hendry not like red heads? He's not starting because he can only play the corners and we have Fukudome and Soriano. He's not in the bigs because the Cubs haven't traded him yet.
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Wow.
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What?
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I find you odd. Since when did asking a guy to hustle make anyone odd? It's odd dwelling on a ridiculous and subjective intangable over the actual concrete production a player accomplishes.
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I find you odd.
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Except hit home runs and play average defense. Murton knows he needs to do this to play everyday in the bigs. Unfortunately he just can't. Wow, you're just knocking them out of the park left and right today.
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Is there a specific speed at which one crosses the line from "loafing" to "hustle?" Yes. It's like the difference in speed when you hit and home run and when you hit a double and run in to second. Soriano runs like he hits a homerun whether he hits a double or is running for a ball down the line or in a gap. Ramirez has this problem too. He started to hustle early last year, but then decided that he will get paid regardless. See his home run, I mean double last series. Are you seriously saying that Aramis would have had a triple off of that hit if he "hustled?"
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Is there a specific speed at which one crosses the line from "loafing" to "hustle?"
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I... ... What?
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Yep. He is so overmatched at the plate it's comical at times. The question now is do you keep him with the big league team and give him a start every 10 games or so and let him be a late inning defensive replacement or send him down and let him work on shortening his swing? I know, I know...he crushes AAA pitching and has nothing more to prove. Clearly he does have more to prove because nothing he did down there is translating here and now. i know he's been bad. but can you really give up on him 2 weeks into the season? if he's struggling like this in june, then i'd look for some other solutions. No one is giving up on him, but he has to EARN a job, it cant just be given to him....the best player has to play and he isnt the best yet How is he supposed to EARN it by riding pine after only two weeks or sporadic starts?
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Has anyone else started to soften up to the DH?
Sammy Sofa replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The thread title is ironic, since creating the DH is the softest thing baseball has ever done. -
Love the anti-logic of "helping" a player who is "overmatched" by benching him. What is he gonna learn through, osmosis? Magic?
