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Zambrano, Ramirez, and LaHair
Banedon replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I know we aren't used to this as Cubs fans, but it might just be that Theo was talking up his assets rather than smashing them to pieces before getting garbage for them. We're all used to Hendry destroying any value a player has before selling them low. -
He was the worst. He had this whole "who does this punk kid think he is?" attitude through the show. I hope Theo's arrival means that the Chicago media actually starts to learn some things about baseball.
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He's good at giving the same answers to similar questions. The "Wrigley Riddle" answer was on CTL last night, too.
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Please post summaries of the Mully and Hanley and ESPN 1000 interviews if anyone is able.
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No. I don't see any scenario where Z pitches for us again. Theo wasn't as sure about that on ctl as you are. He said starting pitching is something the cubs need and thzZ does have talent. But said he needed to do a lot of listening.
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huh EDIT - oh. I didn't see it. A lot of people didn't, things were moving a mile a minute back then, lol share share If you want to keep believing in the magic, don't look at the link in the spoiler... Yeah, that was a joke.
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Apparently they mentioned that Lackey needs TJS!
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The argument is that it's boring, and means you don't get to see the best players bat as often. This sort of micromanaging the rules has no benefit. There are repercussions to the IBB, you are putting a guy on base, and potentially throwing off your pitcher's rythm. There's a slight benefit in a situation where there's runners on 2nd and 3rd and less than 2 outs in a close game, setting up the DP to get out of the inning without damage. But I'm guessing that putting that runner on increases run expectancy despite this "benefit" And beneficial or not, managers do it. The argument being made isn't whether or not it works...it's to discourage a "boring" part of the game.
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How are you going to differentiate between intentional walks and a 4 pitch walk? The same way they do now? I'm confused. The point if you institute a rule specific to an IBB, then teams could just "unintentionally intentionally walk" someone. Who's job is it to determine intent? So if you create a rule to try to discourage IBB's (which clearly, most on here oppose), you'd have to do it in such a way that it affects 4 pitch walks, rather than just IBB's, so as to not have umpire's determining whether it was "intentional".
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Lucchino pretty much credited Cherington with the Beltre signing.
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I agree. What's wrong with that question? Coaching is fine. Hiring a coach for a specific player is a strange suggestion. I didn't hear the comment, just read it on here, so maybe it was presented differently than I read it.
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The argument is that it's boring, and means you don't get to see the best players bat as often.
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So what would happen if someone threw 4 straight balls to start an AB?
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Man, Bernstein used to be good....it's sad how dumb he's gotten. It's frustrating because he's the only person that knows about advanced stats and he'll actually cite BP and Fangraphs and he'll cite things like WAR, but then he just has completely idiotic takes on things/opinions. I think you guys are missing the point he was making. Simply that Castro is not strong in some of the areas that Theo seems to deem as pretty important, like defense and plate patience. He was just saying Castro may need a little extra help to become what he potentially can and be a Theo type of player. All I got was what Lo Pan said...so yeah, I'm sure I'm missing details... But it's not the first dumb baseball thing that Bernstein's ever said.
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How are you going to differentiate between intentional walks and a 4 pitch walk? The idea would be that it would encourage less intentional walks though. How many times would you actually see this come into effect? Are teams going to want to put Pujols on 2nd or 3rd base intentionally? Nope. They'll pitch to him instead. I'm playing some devil's advocate here, cuz I'm not sure what I think of it. But it's fun discussion fodder.
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Quade or not, that's not something that will change overnight.
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Man, Bernstein used to be good....it's sad how dumb he's gotten.
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Free Agent Predictions
Banedon replied to UMFan83's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
What is a day full of boogers? That sounds like a crummy day. -
He mentioned having a "Cubs Way" that would be documented and be started from the dominican summer league team all teh way up through the minors to the big club. Defense was only mentioned because Rich King brought up errors, and Theo said the "Cubs Way" would include defense.
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Rashied Davis won't be able to sleep tonight I wonder how many WR's have ever played for both teams? Obviously at least two...lol.
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He only had 2 IBBs this season. But had 11 four pitch walks (IBB's included).
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HE HAS A NAME The dude posted here as "PurpleShirtGuy" or something. He's owning it.
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Not exactly a new topic, but Rob Neyer has an article about how horrible the IBB is. It seemed like just whining for a while, but there's some suggestions at the end, and they don't come from Rob. This one sounds interesting, from A Game of Inches... The suggestion is that the first time a four pitch walk happened, it would be just like a normal walk. After that, a rule such as the above would take effect. It would allow the managers to "save" an IBB for a strategic moment, presuming their pitcher didn't accidentally waste it. Other ideas in the article... http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/10/25/2512355/intentional-walks-the-scourge-of-the-game
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I thought he was saying he wanted to know more about Theo and Jed's separation of power. Oh. Maybe I misunderstood. It was right as I was getting out of the car.
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Zach Zaidman mentioned it this morning during Mulley and Hanley.
