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Exactly. "But Jim Hendry traded for Aram in 2003", pleaded the teary eyed Cubs fan...... And has a large part of the responsibility for turning this team from a perennial doormat to back-to-back division champs. There are lots of reasons why hendry is not a great GM, but he's not as terrible as you'd love to make him seem. Before that he turned them into back-to-back disastrously awful seasons. The money did more to make this team successful than Hendry did.
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Wood was a ballsy move, letting a high paid closer walk because high paid closers are overrated. But he negates that smart move by trading for another over compensated relief pitcher who gets the "proven closer" tag. If you don't want to waste money on a reliever, good for you, but don't then go right back out and waste money on another reliever. -
Font is my biggest disappointment this year. I really thought he was capable of coming in on an everyday basis and putting up a .285 .360 line with 15 HR pop. How in the world is Fontenot a bigger disappointment than Bradley? Because Bradley looks like he's coming around, other than the power stroke. Fontenot looks as clueless as ever. Fontenot gets paid peanuts and his being used out of position but he's still outhitting Bradley against RHP, which is what Bradley was supposedly specifically brought in to do, for big money.
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Font is my biggest disappointment this year. I really thought he was capable of coming in on an everyday basis and putting up a .285 .360 line with 15 HR pop. Same here. :( And really, there was nothing that would lead you believe otherwise before this year. I mean sure he's going to regress from that 906 OPS or whatever he posted last year....but I didn't think this would be what would happen upon him receiving a starting role. Really depressing. Nothing? He hit double digit HR once as a pro and just barely put up those AVG/OBP as a relatively older minor leaguer. His pre-2008 numbers didn't come close to what he did last year and every indication was he was not an everyday player, because he can't hit against LHP. I thought he'd be a little better than he's been, but not much. His numbers are dragged down by a 400 OPS against LHP in more PA than he should really be getting against them. But his .246/.342/.401 line against RHP is not that disappointing from realistic expectations. Last year was a fluke. He's 29 now and he's not getting any better.
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who exactly are you benching to get Mr. Dunn into the lineup? Can I choose more than one?
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Ran over Theriot trying to make a wide ranging play rather than letting Theriot make the easy play on a ball hit right to him. The Detroit radio guys described it as normally the 3B's ball. If he can get to it it is his play.
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The legs are the first thing to go. yeah but they didnt go at a normal rate. he went from 40 stolen bases to below average in no time. I don't see how he went to below average in no time. He still stole 19 in 2007 and had a higher rate. The difference is he attempted more in Washington. But that's a stupid strategy. He got thrown out a lot. When he was in his mid-to-late 20's he stole just as much with a higher rate of success. And as he passed into his early 30's he started to get injured and his legs got worse. It wasn't over night. He's a worse runner now than he was in 2007, pre-injury.
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The legs are the first thing to go.
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foxy bomb
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These Detroit guys are very sympathetic to the Cubs problems.
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Hoff with another just foul almost HR. Detroit radio people saying Lee's flyout was on a "lazy breaking ball" and that he got himself out there.
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He's stunk all year and hasn't been close to healthy. He has to sit frequently. What is the confusion?
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Fuku still has an OBP near .400 and we dont have anyone better to play CF. And that's why I'd like to see him batting leadoff, or at the minimum #2, so that he at least has a CHANCE to be driven in when he's on base 40% of the time. When he's got Fontenot or Soto or some crap behind him, when he's hitting 6th, he's completely worthless in the lineup. It's "still" that high only because it started off so much higher. He's had a .267 OBP in June.
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Boise/AZ Cubs Roster Speculation
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
He's finishing out his commitment to the Canadian national team before coming to Mesa in July. What is the Canadian national team doing right now? http://66.241.210.162/files/2008-09%20Junior%20Schedule.pdf Looks like they are playing the USA Collegiate National and then the Cuban Junior National Team. -
That's about all they have available.
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Nationals to fire Acta; replaced by Riggleman
jersey cubs fan replied to manbearcub's topic in General Baseball Talk
They weren't referenced in the earlier post. But they sucked for a long time before finally being run properly. Still, they were a little lucky to get there, still lost, and probably won't be back in the playoffs this year. Washington would have to seriously change course to get to that level of play. The Cubs are much better off. Regardless of the woe is me attitude amongst Cubs fans, there's no good reason why they can't win a WS before the Nationals. -
Nationals to fire Acta; replaced by Riggleman
jersey cubs fan replied to manbearcub's topic in General Baseball Talk
That's a stupid bet. I'm sure someone said the same thing about the Diamondbacks and Marlins when they were expansion teams and being terrible. Both of those teams had owners who aggressively purchased players in order to win in the short-term, and they won in their 4th year. The Washington Nationals are in their 5th year (if you don't count the 36 in Montreal) and so far have just gotten worse each season. -
Nationals to fire Acta; replaced by Riggleman
jersey cubs fan replied to manbearcub's topic in General Baseball Talk
That's a stupid bet. He might not own very much. -
That's too extreme. I'd rather have him pitch every 5th day rotating between a 5-6 inning starter and the first guy out of the pen in a Marshall start.
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I would definitely do whatever possible to give him more than 4 days rest before starts, or be prepared to piggyback he and Marshall, or eventually put him in the bullpen to pitch 1-2 innings 2-3 times per week. If I were Lou, and I clearly am not, I would alternate starts with he and Marshall. I am not sure what that would do to Marshall's ability to come out of the pen on weeks that Harden was starting though. If they alternated, presumably they could relieve 3-4 days before and after their start. It could look something like this: Monday- Harden start, Marshall available in pen Tuesday - Harden unavailable, Marshal available in pen Wednesday - Harden unavailable, Marshall available in pen Thursday - Both unavailable Friday - Harden potentially available in pen, Marshall unavailable Saturday - Marshall starts, Harden available in pen Sunday - Harden available, Marshall unavailable Monday - Harden available, Marshall unavailable Tuesday - Both unavailable Wednesday - Marshall potentially available, Harden unavailable Thursday - Harden starts, Marshall available That's assuming no off days of course.
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I would definitely do whatever possible to give him more than 4 days rest before starts, or be prepared to piggyback he and Marshall, or eventually put him in the bullpen to pitch 1-2 innings 2-3 times per week.
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Other than the fact that it's fun to pick on White Sox personel, I don't get the Reinsdorf hate. His teams have won lots of games and multiple championships. He spends money and doesn't screw people over.
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I think he's capable of filling the 3rd WR spot on a decent team without being a detriment to the offense. He's not a difference maker, nor is he capable of being the primary or secondary receiving threat, but he can make some plays. He won't make a mediocre QB better, but he won't make a good QB worse either. There's no reason why he can't be in a WR rotation. But if you can get better players, there's no reason why he can't be bumped down either.
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It's not like they are all that great at getting on in the first place. They have a .313 OBP in June, 11th in the league, and they are 12th in SLG. So they aren't getting on all that often, and when they do, they get mostly singles. They need to get on more often and hit the ball with more authority if they want to improve.
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He did have some big catches for Grossman a couple years ago as the 3rd WR. Some think getting him back in that role will be good for him. He was forced to be on the field way too much last year due to Booker's suckiness and Lloyd being hurt. NFL Replay just showed the week 15 game against the Saints last year, and Davis had at least a couple flat out drops in that game. It seems to me that wasn't a rare occurrence. I'm not a Davis fan, but did the guy really give him too much credit? He called him solid and said he'd have 40 catches. He had 35 last year with Orton/Grossman and the presence of Lloyd and Booker on the field. I see him as a 3rd receiver type player who should be able to get about 40. I'd love for one fo the younger guys to push him off the roster, but I'm not sure any of them are ready to step up.
