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Nice Walk Bautista to get to the best hitter in the NL (avg wise) <----sick of Dempster
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Bruce, should you happen to see this...
BeerHere replied to n l doormat's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This is true. He was my JV football offensive line coach in the fall of 1980, at Miami Columbus HS. He was the head baseball coach and taught geometry. He is one intense mofo. That dude punished us everyday. From what I remember of him and from people who know him at Creighton, he was a wild man. He also works nonstop. The Sun-Sentinel mentioned that when he was managing a summer league team while working with the Marlins, he was up at 6am everyday. I have friends who know people who work with him now who say he is in the office first thing in the morning and is there until 10 or 11 at night. I think he was much more suited to be a field manager than to be a gm. He is a motivator, a people guy, not a numbers cruncher analytical guy like most GMs. Up at 6am, works till 11pm I do that and have done that since......I don't really remember when but it's been a long time. It merely means that he likes what he does. If there's one thing that experience has taught me, its that you shouldn't confuse working hard for working smart. -
Baker: Lee would've won us 10-15 games on his own
BeerHere replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It's one excuse after another. When he's not making an excuse(injuries, rookies), he's setting one up for use later (racist mail). This man is a pathetic, old-school former player who refuses to take any responsibility for the teams poor fundamentals, baserunning gaffs, throwing to the wrong base, no-walk approach. He's gotta go and I believe Hendry sees it now. The season was over by June and I think Hendry realized it. Out of respect he's given him the rest of the season so he doesn't have to fire the man he hired. -
I'd hardly call a bloop single and a solid hit falling apart-and even if it is, the pitcher has done better 2 of the 3 times Larry has visited the mound (a much higher percentage than normal, that's for sure) And a walk...
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Not a good inning for Howry
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If he dives and misses it, the potential winning run scores. He made the right play.
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Predict the ending to this game BeerHere: Pierre scores the winning run on an Ramirez double in the 9th
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He goes to the plate with no approach. Agreed. He's trying too hard and needs to relax. IMO..he needs to suck for the rest of the season in order to convince Hendry that he isn't the 2B solution in 2007. Why are you so down on the kid? He's what, 20...21? Give him a chance to develop. This team is going nowhere this year, why not see what the kid can do in his first full year before writing him off?
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He goes to the plate with no approach. Agreed. He's trying too hard and needs to relax.
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What these high risk/high ceiling picks seem to be showing is a lack of development/coaching in the system. The Cubs should take the BPA every time, not avoid him because there's a higher risk in picking him. Monantez is not the same situation as Harvey - he wasn't the BPA and there was a prearranged contract. The Cubs passed on the higher risk Kyle Drabek (BPA, imo) for Tyler Colvin this year. Didn't Drabek have "make up issues"?
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Consensus or not, the Cubs took a guy high who has been a major disappointment, again. Agreed. But saying the Cubs could have taken players like Murton, Markakis - even Wood or Billingsley at 6 would have been reaches and would have caused the reaction the Colvin pick created this year. Few teams, if any, would have rated these guys who went lower as higher than Harvey. And, of course, in the Cubs system, we're not sure if these other players would have developed the same (and, of course, if Harey was picked by another team, he might have developed better). It just seems like a pointless complaint to be upset the Cubs passed on Billingsley or Wood for Harvey. Doesn't mean I'm not mad the Cubs passed up on Milledge. Call me crazy, but I have a feeling that Milledge might be traded this offseason. The Mets will be in the market for at least one starter. I'd send them a young pitching prospect that already has pitched in the big leagues for him. Might even throw in Harvey for that matter.
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Consensus or not, the Cubs took a guy high who has been a major disappointment, again. Agreed. But saying the Cubs could have taken players like Murton, Markakis - even Wood or Billingsley at 6 would have been reaches and would have caused the reaction the Colvin pick created this year. Few teams, if any, would have rated these guys who went lower as higher than Harvey. And, of course, in the Cubs system, we're not sure if these other players would have developed the same (and, of course, if Harey was picked by another team, he might have developed better). It just seems like a pointless complaint to be upset the Cubs passed on Billingsley or Wood for Harvey. Doesn't mean I'm not mad the Cubs passed up on Milledge. Pointless? I disagree, it's an evaluation process in my mind and if Jim Hendry was reading this post he would probably disagree with me. It does tend to make me wonder what could have been and that is pointless.
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Feel free to question the Colvin pick all you want, but until the guy flames out in A ball I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, at least initially.
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Like I said, the draft is definitly a crapshoot. Hendry has a history of taking high risk/high ceiling players early though and that concerns me. A team with this budget shouldn't spend the money freely just because they can, their is still some projection that needs to happen and a strength/weakness evaluation. I'm not saying that these things didn't happen but the Montanez, Christiansen, Brownlie and Harvey picks suggest an over-emphasis on high risk players early in the draft. If they're the consensus picks, great. Let someone else pick em. I look forward to Wilken's drafts for this very reason, although the Colvin pick has me scratching my head a little as well.
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I'm glad Wilken is running the drafts now. The have been really burned on some of these high school players. Luis Montanaz, wasn't he the 4th or 5th overall pick? I don't even wanna know who they passed on that year. 2000 wasn't a strong draft but the notable players that were selected after Montanez were: Rocco Baldelli, Chase Utley, Adrian Gonzalez, Boof Bonser, Aaron Heilman, Xavier Nady, Grady Sizemore and Cliff Lee. Fast Freddie Bynum went in round 2. Chase Utley reminds me of Ryno. He would be the perfect second baseman for this team. Patience, good pop, decent range, hits from the left side. We missed that one big-time.
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I'm glad Wilken is running the drafts now. The have been really burned on some of these high school players. Luis Montanaz, wasn't he the 4th or 5th overall pick? I don't even wanna know who they passed on that year. 2000 wasn't a strong draft but the notable players that were selected after Montanez were: Rocco Baldelli, Chase Utley, Adrian Gonzalez, Boof Bonser, Aaron Heilman, Xavier Nady, Grady Sizemore and Cliff Lee.
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What's special about Eric Duncan? Nothing. But when compared to Harvey his .840+OPS in AA is respectable (age notwithstanding). It should also be noted that the Cubs passed on Murton who was taken in the supp. round by the rsox.
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What's special about Eric Duncan? Nothing. But when compared to Harvey his .840+OPS in AA is respectable (age notwithstanding).
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The more he plays, the more Harvey will make the Cubs regret the 2003 draft. Picking at 6 the Cubs passed on Markakis, Stewart, Milledge, Aaron Hill, Conor Jackson, Brandon Wood, Chad Billingsley, Carlos Quentin and Eric Duncan. For Harvey The draft is a crapshoot, but is there anyone on that list that you wouldn't take ahead of Harvey now?
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http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060822rowand,1,5221273.story?coll=cs-home-headlines
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Hitting his spot with the FB seems to be his issue. Needs a little better command and he'll be fine. The HR to Utley was a FB I believe.
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Awesome.... when's someone going to cold-[expletive] Dusty? It was Lilly http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2556925
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GameCenter: Braves v. Pitt Braves 3 Bucs 0 Final Smoltz: 8ip, 10k 3h 1BB W 3ER huh?
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HRUtley GameCenter has all 5 as earned.