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  1. jersey cubs fan
    This is an odd thread. It would be strange if DeRosa's butchery continues for long. If it does, you have to consider going with Eric Patterson, Theriot/Cedeno, and Fontenot, and maybe reinitiating talks for Roberts. Although the latter option is going to be very costly. But the same can be said about Soriano's and Ramirez's bats, Lilly's pitching, and any number of strange early season trends across the league.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Pie's got a dinged up hand, Johnson is seeing the ball well and producing, and there's another left hander going for the Pirates tomorrow. We're talking about a game or two here. This isn't about the "big picture", it's a temporary thing. Come back in off the ledge. Not really. We're talking 4 straight games after tomorrow, including against righties. 4 of 8 games does not equate to a game or two here and there, a breather, or little breaks. 4 of 8 is not a good sign, if it's a sign of anything.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    absolutely not here -- Pie already has enough motivation to succeed, he should be given the chance I don't think starting Johnson for a spell is going to take the chance to start away from Pie. He may need a little breather from time to time. Especially if he is being overmatched. A little break may do a player like him good. Little breather and a little break doesn't match up well with playing 4 games then sitting 3, soon to be 4. I completely agree with the idea of "little breaks", but game 4 was Pie's first 0-fer game (compared to Johnson going 0-fer in his second start) and then he sits. Right now, it might not be a problem, if that's an aberration. But if it's a sign of things to come, this isn't going to end well.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    In baseball? No way. It's one thing if a guy is loafing around. By fire under the butt isn't going to help a young hitter learn his job. And the fact is, as much as we'd like people to just come up and contribute, practically every young player has to be allowed to struggle in the majors before you can expect significant production. This is also why you don't go into a season where you want to break in 2 rookies with a player as horrible as Theriot at SS.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    This is a meaningless statement. It's like saying, "if the Cubs are winning with yellow shoelaces, they should keep wearing yellow shoelaces." Just because they've won some games WITH Johnson in the lineup in no way means they've won BECAUSE of him, and they haven't, and that argument shouldn't be used to yet again bench Pie when he should be playing as much as possible. What the hell are you talking about? If a guy is producing (Johnson), why should a guy who is not producing (Pie) play? I play the hot hand. Pie will get his AB's and on the job training. Let's put Johnson's production into perspective though. He had a nice game against a lefty, and should play against most of them if that continues. But his previuos game was an ugly 0-fer against a righty, and there's no good reason why he should play against them. I find it hard to call him the hot hand. He's 31 years old and has a very limited track record. He's no more of a hot hand than Mike Fontenot.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    That's not fine. The last game ended 16 hours ago. It's baseball season, as soon as one game ends our minds are on the next one. No time for dilly-dallying, I think soccer should be fined.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Unfortunately, fine isn't good enough.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Tyler Colvin
  9. jersey cubs fan
    his career numbers are far better as a leadoff hitter than batting anywhere else, which would tend to argue against your point. That really doesn't tell us anything. He's spent most of his career in the leadoff spot. He played his best season from the leadoff spot. But the only year he spent playing the majority at 5, he was better there than leading off. And the year he spent mostly at 3, he had a better OBP there than leadoff, but better power at leadoff. He's been inconsistent throughout his career, both leading off and elsewhere.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    David Haugh, predictably, says give the guy his money. Which is what he's said about everybody. There are two ways of looking at this. One, he's signed for a while longer and questionable as for his health and ability going forward. On the other hand, he's relatively cheap, and because he's still got three years to go, the Bears could "extend" him at a reasonable rate. It would be better than both pissing him off, and then being forced to talk extension closer to the time of this contract expiring. If you assume Urlacher plays well for another 2 years, at that point there will be no getting around the problem. And you will probably be forced to pay even more. As long as an extension isn't franchise crippling, I say you think long and hard about it. He may never play at the level he's played at so far, but he's still going to be a pretty darn good linebacker.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Pitt is a rainy town and they wanted to get the home opener in either today or tomorrow.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Lottery draw tonight. Let's go Hawks!
  13. jersey cubs fan
    A good 50 hours until the next reliever has to throw.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    The story of the day, walks.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    It's also fun to wake up at 5:20 in the afternoon.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    ump must have thought ball went into center, because he looked out by a wide margin.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Yes. And the runner at 3rd could have scored but he didn't run. Had he broke on the pitch, yes. But if he went after contact, the ball got to Lee so quickly he would have been out.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    It wasn't that wild of a throw. It was pretty standard given the play. No, it was wild because it pulled Lee way off the base instead of getting the out to end the inning. I'm not saying it was Cedeno wild... it wasn't wild
  19. jersey cubs fan
    It wasn't that wild of a throw. It was pretty standard given the play.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    need many more runs, let Wuertz and Lieber finish up with no need for a closer.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    phew
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Not in Pittsburgh.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Stupid Pirates radio guy: When you have a guy who is tough to run on you just have to go on first movement, put your head down and run. Or maybe you could just, I don't know, not run?
  24. jersey cubs fan
    IMO, it's not a rally if it's before the 7th inning. That's weird.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    where's here?
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