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  1. Jon
    Both swinging for the fences there.
  2. Jon
    Trying to do too much up there.
  3. Jon
    Because Derrek Lee's OBP is .457. .... and he leads the world in home runs, no ? 1 every 12 ABs, yes. But what about the other 11? If you were to take HRs out of the equation, Lee's OBP is still going to be higher than Burny's. Lee & Burnitz combined get on base more than Lee alone, don't they ??? It's RBI potential vs. OBP potential. More than likely, Burnitz is going to make an out. I'll take my chances with Ramirez behind Lee's OBP with a better chance to drive him in than trying to get both on, especially with OBP guys batting 1-2. Burnitz batting 4th just makes it less likely that Ramirez would come up with the top of the order guys on. And a .382 OBP for June isn't the largest sample size. He put up an OBP .101 points lower in May.
  4. Jon
    What a throw...
  5. Jon
    Because Derrek Lee's OBP is .457. .... and he leads the world in home runs, no ? 1 every 12 ABs, yes. But what about the other 11? If you were to take HRs out of the equation, Lee's OBP is still going to be higher than Burny's.
  6. Jon
    Because Derrek Lee's OBP is .457.
  7. Jon
    Cordero didn't have it this inning and Ramirez made him pay. Beautiful.
  8. Jon
    Jerry couldn't take advantage of a mistake fastball down the middle.
  9. Jon
    Thanks to the shift. Spivey probably gets that if it gets past the pitcher. Unbelievable...
  10. Jon
    That could have been disaster for Derrek. Certainly not a bad game for Carlos, but he's still not himself. 120 pitches.
  11. Jon
    I don't think Carlos did it intentionally, but he moved his body to make it look like he was going to let the ball drop in front of him. Nice DP.
  12. Jon
    he has given up 1 er through 4 today so this game will help most likely. he cant win because our offense is a joke. Both are earned because the first RBI came on a double. Carlos only has 2 ground balls today. That's not good for him.
  13. Jon
    That was just a terrible pitch. 2-strike changeup letter high. It's been too long since he's had his good 2-seamer...
  14. Jon
    If Carlos can keep that slider for deeper counts instead of using it to get ahead of batters, it's going to be more effective. And 3 HRs in 3 innings isn't too good, Mulder.
  15. Jon
    It looks like Carlos is finally letting up on his 2-seamer. Now all he needs is a little more control.
  16. Jon
    What does my education care? I just don't want Burnitz hitting cleanup and protecting Lee and don't care much about splitting up the righties. At least not enough to have Burnitz batting 4th instead of 5th. If you didn't get what you wanted, then say that. Don't tell us there's "no reason" to do it any other way. You're smarter than that. The bottom line is that Ramirez is the better hitter out of the two. With Lee hitting third, you want the 2nd best hitter on the team hitting 4th. That's Ramirez. Burnitz isn't as valuable to the offense and doesn't require the same protection. And now that you have some OBP in the top of the order, Ramirez hitting 4th statistically gives him more opportunities to hit with men on base.
  17. Jon
    I could care less about entitled. It's quite counter-productive and if it does anything, it hurts the team's chances to win. And please. I'd like to hear how you jumped from "booing is terrible" to "all booing is terrible." Is it not possible that it could also mean booing is terrible on average? But then again, that doesn't really concern me.
  18. Jon
    What does my education care? I just don't want Burnitz hitting cleanup and protecting Lee and don't care much about splitting up the righties. At least not enough to have Burnitz batting 4th instead of 5th. Carlos is slider happy again today and doesn't have his good 2-seamer yet.
  19. Jon
    Watch the overthrowing, Carlos.
  20. Jon
    Z really relied on that slider last time out. Let's hope he can do it with his 2-seamer today.
  21. Jon
    What fans do? I'd like to hear how booing a player for taking what should be ball 4 is what good fans do.
  22. Jon
    Watch it. You're starting to stray into Lee Elia territory here. The word censors will do their best to prevent that.
  23. Jon
    Hollandsworth has been hitting well lately. But I agree with you Ramirez should be 4th. He has for the past couple of weeks, but it's still not much. And if Ramirez is hitting 4th, you'd likely split up the lefties with Barrett in the 6 spot. It's a better lineup. He's hit well for over a month. He hit around .350 for the month of June. I just meant consecutively. He had a week in June where he didn't do as well.
  24. Jon
    yeah but the boo birds were really going to be on him after that pop up on the 2-0 count with two guys on. And that is why booing is terrible. He could have easily been on base 4 times on Friday if Welke got some glasses and yet he's booed for taking pitches out of the zone in 3-2 counts. If you're want an player to improve, don't hate him when he does it. I love how a select percentage of fans can dictate what happens. Especially since based on my experiences at Wrigley, most of them are drunk and not paying much attention to the game. They're just waiting for a chance to boo him.
  25. Jon
    Hollandsworth has been hitting well lately. But I agree with you Ramirez should be 4th. He has for the past couple of weeks, but it's still not much. And if Ramirez is hitting 4th, you'd likely split up the lefties with Barrett in the 6 spot. It's a better lineup.
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