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That makes 29 combined over two days. I wonder if the fielders are getting bored?

It's what happens when you lead the league in OBP. Get used to it. Yep, 9 (or hopefully 8) outs are going to be made by the Cubs to end innings. That will happen EVERY ballgame. Teams with high OBP will have runners on the bases when those outs are made. That makes sense. I am not great at math, especially when I have such vapid experience with runners on base from the past three seasons.

It is now 17-5 runners left on base. That stings, but then again we have 10 more hits than the Padres and most importantly 4 more runs.

When the opposing pitcher is right-handed, I question half of No. 1. I'll rephrase. Edmonds is not better than a Johnson/Pie platoon. Call up Hoffpauir (who's been raking ever since spring training) and start him in RF. Move Fukudome to CF. Problems solved. What is Kenny Lofton doing these days? :rotfl:

It's really hard to say that when Theriot is doing what he's doing. Even if Cedeno were playing up to this point, I fail to see how he could be doing much better than Theriot has. I'd rather play Cedeno, but at this point there's no way you can really say we'd be doing much better with him playing. I wonder if both of their success isn't tied to great scouting and great coaching, combined with the drive of competing with each other and DeRosa. Maybe I am reading too much into it, but something is drastically different from last year! I love, love, love Theriot, but if they were both falling off different sides of the Sears tower tommorrow and I could only save one I think I would reach for Cedeno - defense and upside!

Yeah I know, right. Reed Johnson would NEVER leave 4 men on base! Doesn't matter. Edmonds starts with 2 strikes on him in most Cub fans minds. Actually only one strike with me, but his first AB was great, even if he were to get out. Took 5 pitches . . . nice. Second AB not so much a 1 pitch into a DP - however, he could be pressing in his debute. 3rd AB meh, 2 pitches, found his and hit it well, maybe the wind kept it in and I can't complain. We will see. I just hate DPs and leaving runners weather it is Edmonds, Pie or DLee. Little patience, but I couldn't do better except on the XBox.

Yeah I know, right. Reed Johnson would NEVER leave 4 men on base! He might, but he would do it with GRIT! Edit - I meant and Edmonds hit, not HR sorry!

An Edmonds HR is nice, I could get used to that. Edmonds leaving 4 of the Cubs 9 stranded runners on base . . . not so much.

I hate how much he reminds me of Corey Patterson at the top of the order: Every CP/AS at bat ever goes: Pitch - Location - Result First pitch - heart of the plate - Called Strike Second pitch - Outside Low/in Dirt - Swinging Strike Third Pitch - High Outside - Foul/Fly Out Fourth Pitch - High Inside - Swinging Strike/HR Wash and Repeat. All in all I hate his approach, but enjoy the results, look forward to .280/.291/32 HR/ 76 RBI

I can't believe Soriano didn't swing, maybe he has been talking to Fukudome?

The thing I like about this signing is that Reed Johnson is a good player (I am also Canadian and have gotten to see him with the Jays for a while now). However, he isn't good enough to take too many ABs from Pie. Not by a long shot and especially with the downgrade at D when he is in the lineup over Pie. His career splits are good though LH .308 avg/.371 OBP in 701 ABs. 18 HR, 46 BB and 103 K. RH .267/.328 in 1382 AB with 24 HR, 73 BB and 281 K. He doesn't hit righties well at all. Even a struggling Pie would hit them better. With more RHP than LHP Pie will get majority time. Plus somewhere I read he is gritty (LOL), but there isn't a stat for gritty.

Did anyone else do a double take when they saw this: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_14_anamlb_chnmlb_1 Team Chi Cubs Lead-off Patterson, CF I threw up in my mouth a little, but the simularities end there as the rest of the box score included 2 hits, a walk and a .308 average. Still I have to admit it was a bit of a flash back.

That is a good point, however, I really wonder if the Cubs current structure is set up to develop talent. I don't have anything to back that up, but it seems although we are destined to aquire our most productive players via trades and free agency. The two main problems in my opinion since becoming a Cubs fan in 2002 (I cheered for the Expos until MLB took ownership). Integrating prospects productivly and maintaining the health of pitchers. Then again coming from the Expos they would field a team of prospects and couldn't keep their positional players healthy on the artificial turf.

Just an unbiased question. I like Roberts, but don't think he helps the Cubs THAT much. However, my question is: When was the last time a Cubs prospect that we drafted turned out to be ANYTHING more than a mediocre bench player or a flash in the pan? When was the last time a player camu up through the farm system and amounted to anything? I am hoping for Soto and it seems like maybe: however, at this point it is still a maybe. Zambrano? If we can develop a player every 11-12 years are our prospects worth that much? In terms of first round picks we haven't seen much: Year--Player--Pick No. 2006--Tyler Colvin, LF--13 2005--Mark Pawelek, lhp--20 2003--Ryan Harvey, cf--6 2002--Bobby Brownlie, rhp--21 2001--Mark Prior, rhp--2 (could turn things around) 2000--Luis Montanez, ss--3 1999--Ben Christensen, rhp--26 1998--Corey Patterson, of--3 1997--Jon Garland, rhp--10 1996--Todd Noel, rhp--17 1995--Kerry Wood, rhp--4 (still in progress) 1994--Jayson Peterson, rhp--15 1993--Brooks Kieschnick, of--10 1993--Jon Ratliff, rhp--24 1993--Kevin Orie, ss--29 1992--Derek Wallace, rhp--11 1991--Doug Glanville, of--12 (played for a while at least) 1990--Lance Dickson, lhp--23 1989--Earl Cunningham, of--8 1988--Ty Griffin, 2b--9 1987--Mike Harkey, rhp--4 1986--Derrick May, of--9 1985--Rafael Palmeiro, 1b--22 ; Dave Masters, rhp--24 1984--Drew Hall, lhp--3 1983--Jackie Davidson, rhp--6 1982--Shawon Dunston, ss--1 ; Tony Woods, ss--17 ; Stan Boderick, of--27 1981--Joe Carter, of--2 1980--Don Schulze, rhp--11 1979--Jon Perlman, rhp--12 1978--Bill Hayes, c--13 1977--Randy Martz, rhp--12 1976--Herman Segelke, rhp--7 1975--Brian Rosinski, of--4 1974--Scot Thompson, of--7 1973--Jerry Tabb, 1b--16 1972--Brian Vernoy, p--15 1971--Jeff Wehmeier, p--16 1970--Gene Hisler, of--19 1969--Roger Metzger, ss--16 1968--Ralph Rickey, of--15 1967--Terry Hughes, ss--2 1966--Dean Burk, rhp--5 1965--Dick James, rhp--6 Who am I forgetting?

Well if he plays catcher I hope nobody runs him . . . isn't John Cusack a big Cubs fan?