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  1. Jon
    I think his success this year says a lot about his willingness to learn. I only wish that Corey really was stubborn last year and could have blocked out everything Clines and company were telling him about changing his swing instead of focusing on strike zone recognition. That's great, but what are the reasons he was so horrible in about his first 800 ABs/830 PA's, had a pretty good half season when Dusty and his crew first arrived, slipped back to around average in 2004 then all of the sudden reverted back to his rookie form? There is a lot more to his career than just last year. It's pretty widely agreed that he was brought up too soon (a .700 OPS in 367 ABs at AAA before coming up to the big leagues for good), but as I've pointed out before, his 2004 has probably been understated. He finished with a .772 OPS, but it was as high as .821 as late as mid-September. And I'd probably classify his 329 ABs in 2003 better than pretty good. He was 4th in OPS among CFers with more than 300 ABs that year. It was a very good pace. And he doesn't turn 27 until August.
  2. Jon
    I think his success this year says a lot about his willingness to learn. I only wish that Corey really was stubborn last year and could have blocked out everything Clines and company were telling him about changing his swing instead of focusing on strike zone recognition. In terms of Corey's willingness to learn, didn't he refuse to go to winter ball and the Cubs urged him to then he said he would go at the midpoint of winter ball. But, when the midpoint came he refused again saying he wanted to get away from the game for a while. Was this a true story or blown out of proportion? Probably blown out of proportion in terms of importance, but he also reported to Mesa about four days after the season ended last year to work with Von Joshua on his hitting.
  3. Jon
    Corey had 2,176 career ABs coming into this season, Pierre had 3,411.
  4. Jon
    I think his success this year says a lot about his willingness to learn. I only wish that Corey really was stubborn last year and could have blocked out everything Clines and company were telling him about changing his swing instead of focusing on strike zone recognition.
  5. Jon
    Wins on WGN: -April 3 -April 7 -April 12 -April 23 -June 11 That's sad.
  6. Jon
    And he warmed up yesterday, I believe. Don't want him to get rusty.
  7. Jon
    dont think so, hes on the DL Isn't he due to come off this week though? As of a few days ago, I believe he was planning on starting against the Cubs. EDIT: He's going Tuesday.
  8. Jon
    Yeah, Ronny! A HR and a walk for him in the same game.
  9. Jon
    "Pedro Martinez: 10 of 19 walks this year have come on the road" Most pointless ESPN2 crawl stat ever (Bonds updates not included)?
  10. Jon
    Eric Milton's career has just reached a new low
  11. Jon
    It's a shame the Jaxx weren't able to watch Marmol's start today.
  12. Jon
    Heck of a job by Marmol.
  13. Jon
    They were hoping he'd get into a rookie league game this weekend, I believe.
  14. Jon
    Dusty Baker, the manager who puts his players in the best position to succeed.
  15. Jon
    Like Novoa or Aardsma? Nah. And remember that Dusty was saying that he wanted to stay away from Eyre today. Who was the first arm he warmed up?
  16. Jon
    This strike zone is ridiculous. Apparently the outside corner is down the middle of the plate.
  17. Jon
    From Z's last start: I love delusional flashbacks.
  18. Jon
    Missing: One outside corner for Cubs pitchers
  19. Jon
    I love how Dusty set a 100 pitch count limit on Z a couple of starts ago because he was around 120 pitches in his previous two starts, yet he does absolutely nothing to prevent Z from throwing that many pitches when it can easily be prevented two starts in a row.
  20. Jon
    Where exactly were some of those pitches?
  21. Jon
    That was an...interesting...route to the ball, Pierre.
  22. Jon
    Way to go, Barrett! That thing was destroyed.
  23. Jon
    Nice. About time, too.
  24. Jon
    Okay, now I'm convinced that the color guy on Univision is really Stephen Colbert.
  25. Jon
    How the heck was that a yellow and why the heck weren't they allowed to finish the play? Does not knowing Spanish take anything away from this broadcast? I say no. Especially since the color guy sounds a little like Stephen Colbert.
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