Sammy Sofa
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Yeah, where the hell was Theriot? -
Another single up the middle by Rowenson(sp?), Burrell scores, runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out.
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Coast(sp?) bounces one off the mound and up the middle for a single, runners on 2nd and 1st, 1 out.
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Buhrl(sp?) singles to RF.
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Rowand grounds out to SS, 1 out. Pagan and Pie for CF, please.
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Seriously, can we stop any and all "Jacque was hot" talk? Jacque got lucky for a week or two. He was hitting the same pathetic dribblers...they just happened to find holes in the offense. His hitting looks incredibly weak.
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Jacque, shocker, grounds out weekly to 1st. 3 outs.
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DeRosa walks, Aramis on 2nd, 2 outs.
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Floyd flies out to the warning track in RF, 2 outs.
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Aramis rockets a double off of the LF door, Theriot scores, 1 out, Cubs 2-0.
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Lee groundsout on the 1st pitch, Soriano scores, Theriot to 3rd, 1 out.
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Bunt by Theriot, Eaton throws it into the bullpen, Theriot to 2nd, Soriano to 3rd.
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Soriano just beats out a grounder to Rollins for an infield hit.
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Strikes out Howard swinging for the 3rd out.
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Rollins grounds out, Iguchi to 2nd. 2 outs.
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Leadoff flew out to LF. Iguchi walks on strike 3.
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Marquis the slumpbuster? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww...
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Stinkerballer Jason Marquis. Oh, I kill me!
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I say Marquis gives up at least 2 runs in the first inning and is pulled by the 3rd.
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.273/.327/.399/.726 is the average line for ALL shortstops, including backups, so those numbers are going to be down a bit from the average starting SS. Theriot is at .282/.349/.370/.719 So yes his OBP is probably a little above average for a starting SS, but his power is definitely lower. All in all, he's not a terrible option with the numbers he's put up this year. Power is very over rated, especially for a number 2 hitter. Power is pretty much never overrated. Agreed. MurtonFan seems to have the very Dusty-esque opinion that a #2 hitter HAS to be a speedy guy above anything else. MurtonFan, let's make up a crazy hypothetical situation where the Cubs got Pujols and ARod and still have Ramirez, Soriano and Lee. Pujols, Rammy and ARod would somehow fill the the 3-5 slots in the lineup. Sori is batting leadoff...would you rather bat Lee or Theriot at #2?
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.273/.327/.399/.726 is the average line for ALL shortstops, including backups, so those numbers are going to be down a bit from the average starting SS. Theriot is at .282/.349/.370/.719 So yes his OBP is probably a little above average for a starting SS, but his power is definitely lower. All in all, he's not a terrible option with the numbers he's put up this year. Power is very over rated, especially for a number 2 hitter. Power is pretty much never overrated. what it all comes down to is runs scored, not homeruns. POWER ISN'T JUST HITTING HOMERUNS.
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Has Jaque really been "on fire?" He's had some creeper hits that found some holes and taken a few more walks, but he's still showing the same complete lack of power he's had all year.
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Are you going to change the argument every time you can't reply to the previous one that you also basically started?
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in one statistic (albeit an important one) How 'bout 6 of 14 in BA okay so now we're delving into the unimportant statistics. Shall we head along to stolen bases? I already did, in terms of unimportant, Henderson waves hello Did you just compare the Riot to Rickey Henderson? No i said SB was important. They're much less important now than they were in Ricky's heyday. The game is much more reliant on power now to advance and score runners. Because we all know the Cubs are leading the league in HR :roll: "Power" doesn't only mean home runs. And I'm not saying that stolen bases can't help the team from time time...you were stating that "SB are important" in terms of baseball in general, and they're not as important as they were when guys like Ricky were playing. Stolen bases should not be the major driving factor for a player to be signed/traded for/drafted/assigned playing time/etc..
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Scoring estimates? Seriously, unless Marquis pulls out a miracle like he did in the series with the Brewers, we're likely getting absolutely murdered tonight, even if the bats switch back on. I say Cubs lose, 9-5.
