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  1. CubColtPacer
    I believe domestic violence has always been a problem. It's simply that awareness has been lifted considerably, and so many more women feel safe enough to report it, which is quite a good step.
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    Yeah, he had an error (an easy fly that he dropped) and a misplay (ball bounced past him-this was more due to his inexperience in RF, not as much of a problem). I think you're remembering last year a little wrong though. Murton had the fulltime job until June (through June 4th Murton had started all but 4 games of the season) When he started slumping badly, he got sat down for 6 days in a row for Nevin. In July and August, Murton split time with Pagan-it was during these months when he was splitting time that Murton really got hot. He got more of the job in September, although he still was splitting time a little bit, and he remained hot. Murton didn't get hot though when he got the everyday job-he got hot when he lost the everyday job and starting sharing LF.
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    Was Lenny Harris's OPS higher than .316 in 2003? Okay I know it was but I am thinking it was below .500 in something like 140 ABs. Yeah-if you have 100 AB's as your qualification for a bench player (which seems reasonable) Lenny Harris almost has to be the 2003 representative. .183/.255/.229
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    BTW, I thought the quote from the same article was interesting. This is what Hendry said about Pie and what he could work on in the minors:
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    I have both pitchers in fantasy-I think I have to go ahead and start both of them. With that said, it won't impact my wanting them to crush Hamels tomorrow. I'm glad to see some success in the batter/pitcher matchups, even though they are very, very limited samples.
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    Tank Johnson is scheduled to meet Wednesday with Roger Goodell: http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/10033511
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    I bet you'll probably see a lineup of Ramirez/ Floyd or Ward/DeRosa/Floyd or Ward next inning.
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    don't patronize me. i am completely aware that we have a lot of left-handed bats (and not once did i say i wanted a right-hander in CF - i don't care. don't put words in my mouth). the fact of the matter is that pie could potentially hit them (but a moot point now that he was optioned). jones has proven over the course of his entire major league career that he can not. IIRC, Jones had a higher OPS in the majors against LHP last year then Pie did against them at Triple A. Maybe Pie will learn to hit them later in his career, but playing Pie against left-handers right now would not produce good results.
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    No, not really. He's having to learn the position on the fly, he will make mistakes. I don't see how he's learning on the fly? If you're an OF and have played the game for any length of time you have seen flyballs coming at every position from just about every angle. He's probably caught hundreds of those type of flyballs in his lifetime. He just screwed up and dropped a ball that he should have caught. I didn't see the play but it sounds like a bad drop. But you're wrong if you think any OF has seen flyballs coming at every position from just about every angle. A flyball in RF looks different than one in LF. There is definitely an adjustment. It's just a shame they spent all of spring training with Jacque in right, Soriano in center and Murton/Floyd in left, and then decided 3 weeks in to completely flip flop everybody. Every OF regularly takes balls at every single OF position in practice.
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    One error. The other was Z's. Officially yes, but I think he's referencing that Murton let the ball bounce right past him in the first which let the Pirates go for extra bases.
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    It's down from last year, but it's above league average. http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=6307&position=OF&page=0&type=full
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    I haven't seen him drop his arm in this inning (haven't seen all the pitches)-that at least is an improvement.
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    I don't think any of those fit this sentence: Bako is a journeyman catcher who wasn't paid much and has been on 3 other teams after the Cubs. Blanco was going to be signed by the Yankees if the Cubs hadn't signed him in the offseason, so even though he's overpaid there was a market for him. Remlinger and Erye were overpaid, but neither are replacement level players. I'm not convinced that Howry is overpaid. None of those players fit all the qualifications of that sentence. I think Hendry has overpaid a lot-but I challenged that post in particular because I think that sentence is overstating it, and I see variations of it all the time. well, I'm not going to get into a semantic argument - my point is that hendry doesn't learn from his mistakes and regardless of the cost of the players, continues to stock the roster with players of limited or replacement level value. I would argue that he did learn from his mistakes this year-Soriano, DeRosa, Ward, Floyd-none of those players are anywhere close to replacement level. The only one that was is Blanco-and that was only the high expense, because he's one of the better backup catchers out there.
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    At the end of the day today, Floyd will have around 5 AB's more than Murton. While a 50/50 split may not be ideal, it's far from demonstrating a veteran fetish.
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    I don't think any of those fit this sentence: Bako is a journeyman catcher who wasn't paid much and has been on 3 other teams after the Cubs. Blanco was going to be signed by the Yankees if the Cubs hadn't signed him in the offseason, so even though he's overpaid there was a market for him. Remlinger and Erye were overpaid, but neither are replacement level players. I'm not convinced that Howry is overpaid. None of those players fit all the qualifications of that sentence. I think Hendry has overpaid a lot-but I challenged that post in particular because I think that sentence is overstating it, and I see variations of it all the time.
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    Pagan probably will start 1-2 games a week-that's about the average amount of times the team should face a left-hander, and Pagan was brought up to play against LHP. That makes no sense...Pagan was terrible vs LHP last season. So is Jones, and so is Pie. It's not a great option, but it will hopefully be a small improvement, and Pagan has been good against LHP so far this year in the minors.
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    Pagan probably will start 1-2 games a week-that's about the average amount of times the team should face a left-hander, and Pagan was brought up to play against LHP.
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    Can you give a list-I can only think of two players right now-Perez and Izturis. I'll start: Macias Pagan Womack . . . He said absurd prices for a large role-all of those players were minimum salary players, and as far as I know none of them were signed to be anything other than a bench player.
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    Can you give a list-I can only think of two players right now-Perez and Izturis.
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    During the offseason, Bruce said that the Nats were "asking the moon" for Church, and obviously the Cubs weren't willing to pay that just for a CF for one year at most.
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    Lineups Pirates Sanchez Bautista Bay Doumit Nady LaRoche Paulino Wilson Maholm Cubs Soriano Theriot Lee Ramirez Murton DeRosa Blanco Pagan Zambrano
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    The only stats I think that are known about Pagan against LHP besides this year's data is his major league data from last year, when he was terrible against them in 56 at-bats. Hopefully that was an aberration. His 2005 numbers are just as bad. Where are you finding his 2005 splits?
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    The only stats I think that are known about Pagan against LHP besides this year's data is his major league data from last year, when he was terrible against them in 56 at-bats. Hopefully that was an aberration.
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    That's just fine. While Pagan if he's anything like last year won't be the defensive help that the team needs, he will be a better offensive player right now than Pie especially to play against left-handers. Add in the help to Pie's development and this makes this a very good move.
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    Maybe, but I would be surprised-the team has faced 4 left-handers this year, and Izturis hasn't started at SS against any of them.
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