Banedon
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Hmm...I don't know how much credit should go to Lou here. I'm sure he has a lot of input on which minor leaguers to bring up, and the Cubs didn't want anything to do with Soto most of the year, instead preferring to trade for Kendall and give Koyie Hill far too much PT. Soto got called up because he was the league MVP, and he's playing everyday because even Lou can't sit a guy that's hitting near .500 and hitting just about everything that's thrown his way. I'll give Lou credit for a lot of things, but I think Soto forced this with his performance. Hahaha...so after all this credit was given to Lou, now we go back to Kendall. That IS how players earn a spot---by their performance. ^^scratches head^^ Like Kendall has?
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Hmm...I don't know how much credit should go to Lou here. I'm sure he has a lot of input on which minor leaguers to bring up, and the Cubs didn't want anything to do with Soto most of the year, instead preferring to trade for Kendall and give Koyie Hill far too much PT. Soto got called up because he was the league MVP, and he's playing everyday because even Lou can't sit a guy that's hitting near .500 and hitting just about everything that's thrown his way. I'll give Lou credit for a lot of things, but I think Soto forced this with his performance. Hahaha...so after all this credit was given to Lou, now we go back to Kendall.
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2008 Schedule Thread (FULL SCHEDULE RELEASED)
Banedon replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Sure but all sports have bad divisions that boost the record of other teams. Heck the main three have bad CONFERENCES...the NFC, NL, and Eastern Conference are all bad, and so the "good" teams in those conferences have a natural advantage. My problem is more that there isn't an even schedule for teams in the same division. Part of that is a function of interleague. Part of it is a 6 team division. In any case, it's a pet peeve that I'd like to see fixed. -
Wow...Floyd even admitted in the paper this morning that he sucks as a PH.
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Not giving A-ram anything to hit.
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As long as one goes out, ok by me.
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That looks horrible on Gameday.
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Gameday has that looking like a pretty iffy 3rd strike.
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Or even if he doesn't get on probably.
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Well now you're just TRYING.
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I sure as hell hope this wakes them up. I certainly hope they wake up from this awful funk they've been in this month. You know, you can call me out on the Chicken Little stuff, but are you honestly going to try to make the leap that from that post I meant the Cubs have been bad all month. Seriously. Then what do they need to wake up from? Did you think we were going to score 8 runs a game the rest of the year? Offenses go cold from time to time and there's not always great reasons for them. They look complacent and impatient at the plate. I am by far not the only person to make this point. But yet I'm the bad guy. But I digress...... Nah...all the chicken littles are bad guys...you're not alone. :)
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Willis up around 100 pitches now.
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This game is Rex Grossman's fault.
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Um...you realize that if the Cubs win 3 of the last 5, then the Brewers can at best tie by going PERFECT through the end of the season?
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Glad someone can still smile and make fun of others, with only having a 2 game lead with 5 still left to play. When Brewers have another easy W left with the Cards tomorrow. The Brewers have had a lot of "easy W's" turn into losses. And there's a long way to go in this game.
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I keep seeing all the doom and gloom, and I keep looking to see if the Marlins have scored more runs or something...but nope.
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The Score said earlier that Trachsel probably would NOT pitch on Thursday, but I only caught part of the report so I don't know what the story is there.
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They won in the first inning? Amazing. I'm sure that lights out bullpen of the Brewers will shut them down too. Cuz they haven't blown a game all year.
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Ok wow...that was incredibly fast.
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Nice start Matty.
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Well I just got here...and I see the Cubs are down 4-0. Of course, reading this thread you'd think they were down 10-0.
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I hate WCIU. It needs to die.
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Jim Callis of BA on the Cubs Young Guys
Banedon replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I have no problem with most of this, but to say that Theriot or Fontenot weren't major contributions, no matter how much they've cooled off, I think is wrong. They both had some hot streaks that helped keep the Cubs afloat and get back into this race during the middle summer months. They've come back down to earth, and fortunately it's been when the big boppers finally started coming around. Now that said, I don't think BA underranked these guys...they just had some conveniently timed hot streaks. -
Not to derail this thread...but frankly I put less and less stock in what Steve Stone says these days anyway. I still think there's a lot of bitterness there toward the Cubs. I think he's burned a lot of bridges and looks for ways to criticize them. That said, I don't think anyone was saying (seriously) that Ankiel was on any performance enhancers until there was at least some kind of actual proof. Even Cubs fans. There may have been some snide, troll-like remarks in jest...but I don't think it was seriously considered. And he was a whole heckuva lot better in a short amount of time than Soto.
