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  1. jersey cubs fan
    He can't play every day. Ok, well I think he can. I also think he needs to be surrounded by better talent. I also believe he should be a 2nd base, not at shortstop, but they have many 2nd baseman right now. One thing i was wondering, does his batting average drop corralate with his spot int he lineup? His batting average drop correlates with playing everday, because he shouldn't be doing it.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    You're right. Howry's inability to properly execute a simple rundown had no effect on yesterday's game. It's not like he let the winning run get safely back to second in the bottom of the 9th. Oh wait. This is what I'm talking about. A game where the starting pitcher gives up 5 early runs and the thing people most complain about is a rundown. It was a bad play on his part. But you know what, teams don't lose on one bad play. The Cubs offense was pathetic in Texas. What were the odds they were going to score against that bullpen in extra innings? They'd have lost one way or another. When teams win, people say they do everything right. When they lose, they have poor fundamentals. We've been hearing about fundamentals for years. For some reason nobody paid any attention to the fact that the team was always last in walks taken and 1st in walks allowed. They were unproductive hitters and ineffective pitchers. Produce and the plate and be effective on the mound and all these fundamental flaws won't be so glaring.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    The papers? If you are in a very loud, emotional face to face argument, would you ever think that getting closer to the other person would be a good way to settle things down? The papers reported that Barrett went into the clubhouse to calm things down, that was after the initial fight. The physical aspects of that fight very much fall on Barrett's shoulders. They both reached out and grabbed each other simultaneously.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Hill has the higher ceiling, but can probably get you more in return. I'd try and include Murton, Colvin and Marshall in a deal for a solid bat.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    My favorite part was when somebody took that comment seriously. The standard defense against Hendry blasting has been, "Yeah, but he got us Ramirez and Lee so he can't be a bad GM."
  6. jersey cubs fan
    That's how I read it. Writers don't like to say players suck. They talk around such topics.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I hope he's taking advantage of the per diem while he can.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    No way, he'd get sued for all he's got, and possibly face jail time. It's one thing to get pissed off over a few million dollars in overpayment for a draftee, but to counteract that with screwing around with something that'll amount to hundreds of millions, if not a billion dollars, would not fly.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I would consider Atlanta's run a dynasty however I understand if people feel differently. That's why I called them an exception. If it was a 5-6 year run with 1 ring they aren't, but that run was unprecedented and tremendous.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Where did I say he wasn't good. I refuted the claim that he built a dynasty.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    There's quite a few 22 year old and older players on the list. Are these guys converting from one position to another, rehabbing or starting over? Or are they recently drafted college players who aren't advanced enough for Boise? Is the extremely college heavy draft making it difficult to come up with 17/18 year old players for Mesa?
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I'm curious about that as well. Perhaps there are some other things he overlooks and he's just threatening to enforce those things if teams don't cooperate. There's the money rule in trades, where the commish can veto any trade involving more than $1m. It would be like cops harrassing somebody by ticketing them every time they go 1 mph over the speed limit.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    If they fail to make a run in the next month, or at least draw closer, I'd hope they would shut him down.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Looking up and down the Cardinals roster and their minor league system, I would steer clear of this guy. Sure, he lucked into a World Series Championship this year, but he most certainly didn't build a dynasty. He's better than Hendry, but that ain't sayin' much. Pretty close to a dynasty unless WS rings is your only criteria. I wouldn't say anywhere close to a dynasty. Rings are the most important category if you're talking dynasty. 1 doesn't cut it. The only exception is what Atlanta did with their incredible run and 1 ring.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    In the last 11 years the Cardinals have won seven divison titles, two NL pennants and a World Series. In the last 11 years the Cubs have won one division title (by one game) and one wild card. But did he trade for DLee and Ramirez?
  16. jersey cubs fan
    One could argue that's what the Barrett trade was. That was tossing deck chairs off the titanic, because they thought the deck chairs were weighing the thing down.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I gave Barrett partial blame from the outset. Z started the argument, Barrett chose to escalate, and they both chose to get physical at the same time. I don't recall Barrett escalating anything. He gestured towards DeRosa I believe it was to ask his opinion on something after Z bitched him out and then Z slugged him. Not even close. The first physical contact was each player grabbing at each other. Right before it happened Z was backing up and Barrett was moving toward him.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    yeah, i was gonna say, losing koyie hill should be at the bottom of the cubs concerns. With the sudden influx of young catching depth, concerns about losing Koyie Hill should be completely non-existent. Worst case scenario if you lose him is you still have Bowen and Soto for the rest of the year. You have Blanco still under contract through 2008. Donaldson just signed. Fox is not going to stick as a starting big league catcher, but he provides emergency type depth at the position.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I gave Barrett partial blame from the outset. Z started the argument, Barrett chose to escalate, and they both chose to get physical at the same time.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Normally I just hope to see the Cubs win a series. But it's getting to the point where they have to take advantage of the matchups agianst the worst teams by sweeping a series or two. After the White Sox the Cubs face a hot Rockies team and the Brewers. If they lose all three series, and Milwaukee wins their series against KC and HOU, the Cubs are suddenly 11.5 back and pretty much out of it.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    There's a 48 hour window for all trade talk, this deal went down Wednesday morning so any and all discussion revolving around the deal must cease and desist ASAP. Does that mean we can't bitch about the Pierre trade anymore? Has he been traded within the past 48 hours?
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Listening to the radio in NY yesterday I heard both a Mets fan and a Yankees fan call up to complain about the lack of fundamentals. I think fundamentals is a catch-all crutch of a complaint whenever a team loses. I honestly don't believe "fundamentals" are the reason the Cubs are losing. The Cubs don't have very good hitters, and they don't have very good pitchers. They do have a couple of hitters and pitchers who are very bad. The Cubs need better players, not just more work on the fundamentals. Over the course of 162 games, there are going to be a lot of "fundamental" mistakes. Outs will be made without advancing runners, guys on third won't be driven in with less than 2 outs. Bunts will turn into pop ups. All that stuff happens to every team. When your team loses, that typically gets the blame. But the bottom line is they need more productive hitters and more effective pitchers.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Perhaps the people who were saying that before aren't the same people who are asking about sending him down now.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    He can't play every day.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Hope he is able to build off the experience. I don't like when teams treat position players like yo-yos, but it's not a bad thing to have a pitcher come up and get some exposure before going back and working on things. Hopefully Sean can build to the point where he's ready to fight for a rotation spot next spring (unless he's needed to fill a spot this year following a trade).
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