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Shin Soo Choo of Cleveland Indians is the first Asian-born player in MLB history to reach that 20(HR)-20(SB) mark today.

No more walks to leadoff guy. I'm sick of it. Otherwise, we didn't grt single walk from Danks.

Pathetic . Two innings in a row with no out situations. No runs!!!!! :twisted:

I can't believe why it's so differnt hitters compare to last year .... :?

I don't know but here is info. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2008201525_maribuild250.html

Wrigley 49

=D> =D> =D> Nice throw.. Soriano!!!!!!! =D> =D>

YES!! Go CUBS~~~~~~~ =D>

What a play//// 2 out

Samardzija what are you doing?

Phew!! Frustrating day

I herad that he signed with cubs on Aug 2nd. He's a Busan high school student. According his coaches, he still has difficulties on curve balls and in consistency with locating the balls but he has relatively good fastball like Chan Ho Park, Dodgers was. I think that if he learned systematically from good coaches, I think he has possibility. http://www.donga.com/photo/news/200803/200803210375.jpg Photo was taken on Mar 21st,2008 when Jung was played in high school baseball tournament

Maybe not the worst but if Bavasi check Choo's OPS in last 30 days(5th place 1.173 )and last 7 days( 1st place 1.794), he would scraching his head. The worst acquisiton? We'll see. Hey rook, nice to see you on again! Have you had a chance to see that young SS the Cubs just signed play? I forgot to tell you as for scouting other two players. Recently cubs has just signed with two young Korean players in here. I'm sure that they'll get medicall test soon. 1. Soo Min, Jung - Pitcher. 186cm, 86kg ,Right hand pitcher. Mid 140 km/h . 2. Jae Hoon, Ha - OF. R/R, 181cm, 78kg Those two players are same age 18. So, cubs signed with 3 young players already. Quite aggressive scout.

Maybe not the worst but if Bavasi check Choo's OPS in last 30 days(5th place 1.173 )and last 7 days( 1st place 1.794), he would scraching his head. The worst acquisiton? We'll see. Hey rook, nice to see you on again! Have you had a chance to see that young SS the Cubs just signed play? Hi! CuseCubFan69 , Yes I did. His name is Hak Joo, Lee( RThrow/L hitter, Agent: Chi Hoon Lee-former agent of Hee Seop Choi, ).He's a quite tall guy as a SS in here 187 cm, Weight 77kg. He has good speed to reaching the fisrt base and foot work as a SS. He once played as a pither/SS in middle school so, he has good shoulder too. All I can get his data is in high school championship series (27 G, 94AB, 32H,9RBI,17R,0.340 AVG). I heard that cubs scouter(If I,m correct,he was Steeve Willson)want his speed and good throwing arms to become a leadoff hitter as a SS not a power hitter. I can tell you that he's fast guy( data shows that 11 seconds to reach 100m & 4 seconds to first bsse from the homeplate) and good arms. It's depends on his stroke ability to survive in the minors http://c2image.channel2.co.kr/C2_IMAGE/ARTICLE/ATL_1839/183943_PG1_101.jpg http://img.hani.co.kr/imgdb/resize/2008/0424/05078513_20080424.JPG

Maybe not the worst but if Bavasi check Choo's OPS in last 30 days(5th place 1.173 )and last 7 days( 1st place 1.794), he would scraching his head. The worst acquisiton? We'll see.

Aramis~~~~YES YES!!!! Nice work Jimmy too.

CUBS WIN!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sweet Game~ http://img.fannation.com/images/ap/2008/08/03/16/200808031658611365327-p2-660x660.jpg

Cubs win Cubs win SWEEP!!

Go Cubs~~~ Wrigley is something this year.

Yes Ramirez~~~

Nope. I'm just one guy yelling on Cubs winning games and Cards losing game.

Yes Fukudome..Cards still 2-1 in 9th

:lol: Hi ! soapy . Good to see you again. :stickman:

I sort out some numbers BA,OBP,SLG,OPS among 500 major players who has minimum 50 PA(reason is that Choo also had little AB due to he joined 31st,May from rehab). I tried to sort the numbers from 14AB Murton has but minimum was 25 plate appearances so I couldn't. Original msg said if soriano out more than 6 weeks, so I thought choo could be options if possible comparing with his ages and salary. But I think that you could figure out the difference at least in 2008. If Murton produce the same amount, then I'll buy that. Sortable Batting RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Russell Branyan MIL 53 11 16 4 0 7 11 0 0 10 20 .302 .406 .774 1.180 2 Lance Berkman HOU 250 63 90 23 3 19 57 11 2 37 38 .360 .445 .704 1.149 3 Ryan Ludwick STL 213 45 66 20 2 16 54 4 1 25 53 .310 .380 .648 1.028 4 Chipper Jones ATL 234 44 94 12 0 15 42 2 0 42 27 .402 .491 .645 1.136 5 Josh Willingham FLA 91 16 31 5 2 6 16 2 0 9 16 .341 .406 .637 1.043 6 Chase Utley PHI 269 55 83 18 2 22 61 6 0 33 41 .309 .401 .636 1.036 7 Albert Pujols STL 222 41 77 15 0 16 42 2 1 52 23 .347 .475 .631 1.105 8 Milton Bradley TEX 216 47 71 20 0 15 46 4 2 47 54 .329 .451 .630 1.081 9 Ryan Doumit PIT 136 29 47 10 0 9 22 0 0 8 18 .346 .388 .618 1.005 10 Dan Uggla FLA 249 52 71 23 1 19 48 4 1 29 78 .285 .365 .614 .979 RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 11 Shin-Soo Choo CLE 41 10 13 6 0 2 11 0 0 8 10 .317 .420 .610 1.030 12 Alex Rodriguez NYY 184 36 60 15 0 12 37 6 1 24 36 .326 .411 .603 1.014 13 Pat Burrell PHI 226 40 64 18 0 18 47 0 0 56 53 .283 .425 .602 1.026 14 Rafael Furcal LAD 134 34 49 12 2 5 16 8 2 19 15 .366 .448 .597 1.045 15 Josh Hamilton TEX 287 47 90 18 3 18 73 2 0 22 50 .314 .356 .585 .942 16 Clint Barmes COL 134 15 46 13 2 5 20 3 2 7 20 .343 .376 .582 .958 17 J.D. Drew BOS 196 50 63 13 2 11 38 2 1 36 45 .321 .428 .577 1.004 18 Nate McLouth PIT 270 54 80 22 3 15 47 7 3 32 37 .296 .385 .567 .951 19 Jay Bruce CIN 76 15 26 5 0 4 12 2 2 11 14 .342 .432 .566 .998 Sortable Batting RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Russell Branyan MIL 53 11 16 4 0 7 11 0 0 10 20 .302 .406 .774 1.180 2 Lance Berkman HOU 250 63 90 23 3 19 57 11 2 37 38 .360 .445 .704 1.149 3 Chipper Jones ATL 238 45 96 12 0 15 44 2 0 43 28 .403 .493 .643 1.136 4 Albert Pujols STL 222 41 77 15 0 16 42 2 1 52 23 .347 .475 .631 1.105 5 Milton Bradley TEX 216 47 71 20 0 15 46 4 2 47 54 .329 .451 .630 1.081 6 Pat Burrell PHI 228 40 66 18 1 18 47 0 0 58 53 .289 .433 .614 1.047 7 Rafael Furcal LAD 134 34 49 12 2 5 16 8 2 19 15 .366 .448 .597 1.045 8 Josh Willingham FLA 91 16 31 5 2 6 16 2 0 9 16 .341 .406 .637 1.043 9 Shin-Soo Choo CLE 41 10 13 6 0 2 11 0 0 8 10 .317 .420 .610 1.030 10 Ryan Ludwick STL 213 45 66 20 2 16 54 4 1 25 53 .310 .380 .648 1.028 RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 11 Chase Utley PHI 274 56 83 18 2 22 62 6 0 33 42 .303 .394 .624 1.018 12 J.D. Drew BOS 199 51 64 13 2 12 39 2 1 37 46 .322 .429 .588 1.017 13 Alex Rodriguez NYY 184 36 60 15 0 12 37 6 1 24 36 .326 .411 .603 1.014 14 Ryan Doumit PIT 136 29 47 10 0 9 22 0 0 8 18 .346 .388 .618 1.005 15 Jay Bruce CIN 76 15 26 5 0 4 12 2 2 11 14 .342 .432 .566 .998 16 Dan Uggla FLA 253 53 73 23 1 19 49 4 1 30 80 .289 .369 .613 .982 17 Jason Giambi NYY 187 35 49 11 0 15 37 1 1 35 33 .262 .400 .561 .961 18 Clint Barmes COL 134 15 46 13 2 5 20 3 2 7 20 .343 .376 .582 .958 19 Nate McLouth PIT 270 54 80 22 3 15 47 7 3 32 37 .296 .385 .567 .951 20 Josh Hamilton TEX 287 47 90 18 3 18 73 2 0 22 50 .314 .356 .585 .942 Sortable Batting RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Chipper Jones ATL 238 45 96 12 0 15 44 2 0 43 28 .403 .493 .643 1.136 2 Albert Pujols STL 222 41 77 15 0 16 42 2 1 52 23 .347 .475 .631 1.105 3 Milton Bradley TEX 216 47 71 20 0 15 46 4 2 47 54 .329 .451 .630 1.081 4 Rafael Furcal LAD 134 34 49 12 2 5 16 8 2 19 15 .366 .448 .597 1.045 5 Lance Berkman HOU 250 63 90 23 3 19 57 11 2 37 38 .360 .445 .704 1.149 6 Pat Burrell PHI 228 40 66 18 1 18 47 0 0 58 53 .289 .433 .614 1.047 7 Jay Bruce CIN 76 15 26 5 0 4 12 2 2 11 14 .342 .432 .566 .998 8 Chone Figgins LAA 138 21 43 7 0 0 8 12 5 28 31 .312 .431 .362 .793 9 J.D. Drew BOS 199 51 64 13 2 12 39 2 1 37 46 .322 .429 .588 1.017 10 Sean Casey BOS 94 6 35 9 0 0 8 0 0 8 6 .372 .422 .468 .890 RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 11 Shin-Soo Choo CLE 41 10 13 6 0 2 11 0 0 8 10 .317 .420 .610 1.030 12 Jack Cust OAK 197 36 51 8 0 11 32 0 0 54 72 .259 .420 .467 .887 13 Augie Ojeda ARI 73 8 24 3 1 0 13 0 0 8 8 .329 .419 .397 .816 14 Nick Johnson WAS 109 15 24 8 0 5 20 0 0 33 25 .220 .415 .431 .846 15 Aramis Ramirez CHC 243 48 73 19 0 10 45 1 1 40 41 .300 .412 .502 .914 16 Alex Rodriguez NYY 184 36 60 15 0 12 37 6 1 24 36 .326 .411 .603 1.014 17 Joe Dillon MIL 46 7 13 3 0 0 4 1 0 9 13 .283 .411 .348 .759 18 Brian Giles SDG 260 33 79 20 2 4 26 1 2 46 29 .304 .410 .442 .852 19 Russell Martin LAD 235 34 73 11 0 6 31 6 4 39 33 .311 .409 .434 .843 20 Joe Mauer MIN 225 41 73 16 1 2 27 0 1 34 18 .324 .408 .431 .840 Sortable Batting RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Chipper Jones ATL 238 45 96 12 0 15 44 2 0 43 28 .403 .493 .643 1.136 2 Sean Casey BOS 94 6 35 9 0 0 8 0 0 8 6 .372 .422 .468 .890 3 Rafael Furcal LAD 134 34 49 12 2 5 16 8 2 19 15 .366 .448 .597 1.045 4 Lance Berkman HOU 250 63 90 23 3 19 57 11 2 37 38 .360 .445 .704 1.149 5 Greg Dobbs PHI 92 10 33 5 1 2 18 1 1 5 20 .359 .394 .500 .894 6 Moises Alou NYM 49 4 17 2 0 0 9 1 1 2 4 .347 .389 .388 .777 7 Albert Pujols STL 222 41 77 15 0 16 42 2 1 52 23 .347 .475 .631 1.105 8 Ryan Doumit PIT 136 29 47 10 0 9 22 0 0 8 18 .346 .388 .618 1.005 9 Clint Barmes COL 134 15 46 13 2 5 20 3 2 7 20 .343 .376 .582 .958 10 Jay Bruce CIN 76 15 26 5 0 4 12 2 2 11 14 .342 .432 .566 .998 RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 11 Josh Willingham FLA 91 16 31 5 2 6 16 2 0 9 16 .341 .406 .637 1.043 12 Jerry Hairston Jr. CIN 125 20 42 13 1 1 14 12 2 9 20 .336 .382 .480 .862 13 Ramon Vazquez TEX 146 26 49 11 3 4 20 0 1 18 29 .336 .404 .534 .938 14 Gabe Kapler MIL 106 19 35 6 1 5 22 3 0 6 17 .330 .363 .547 .910 15 Augie Ojeda ARI 73 8 24 3 1 0 13 0 0 8 8 .329 .419 .397 .816 16 Milton Bradley TEX 216 47 71 20 0 15 46 4 2 47 54 .329 .451 .630 1.081 17 Johnny Damon NYY 259 43 85 20 3 6 31 12 5 28 34 .328 .392 .498 .890 18 Dioner Navarro TAM 168 19 55 11 0 3 27 0 2 10 19 .327 .363 .446 .810 19 Alex Rodriguez NYY 184 36 60 15 0 12 37 6 1 24 36 .326 .411 .603 1.014 20 Hideki Matsui NYY 237 35 77 13 0 7 34 0 0 29 28 .325 .405 .468 .874 RK PLAYER TEAM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 21 Joe Mauer MIN 225 41 73 16 1 2 27 0 1 34 18 .324 .408 .431 .840 22 Jeff Keppinger CIN 148 17 48 7 1 3 21 2 0 12 8 .324 .373 .446 .819 23 J.D. Drew BOS 199 51 64 13 2 12 39 2 1 37 46 .322 .429 .588 1.017 24 Toby Hall CHW 53 3 17 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .321 .357 .377 .735 25 Howie Kendrick LAA 97 10 31 9 1 0 12 2 3 3 15 .320 .350 .433 .783 26 Matt Holliday COL 214 35 68 17 2 8 29 8 1 27 37 .318 .402 .528 .930 Alexi Casilla MIN 107 17 34 6 0 3 23 3 0 9 15 .318 .367 .458 .825 28 Jorge Posada NYY 85 11 27 7 1 3 17 0 0 12 15 .318 .402 .529 .931 29 Shin-Soo Choo CLE 41 10 13 6 0 2 11 0 0 8 10 .317 .420 .610 1.030 30 Darin Erstad HOU 95 17 30 10 0 2 14 1 2 5 18 .316 .350 .484 .834