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  1. jersey cubs fan
    If he were to return to pre-Cubs DLee, you better hope he's traded. That was unimpressive second rate production for a first baseman. Saying he was 2nd rate before the Cubs is a stretch. Saying he was anything better than 2nd rate is just plain wrong.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    If he were to return to pre-Cubs DLee, you better hope he's traded. That was unimpressive second rate production for a first baseman. I might be mistaken wasn't he a .280 25-30hrs and 90ish RBI guy, I could be wrong, but thats not a second rate production first baseman. 1st base isnt a very deep position and thats those are above average numbers. First off, BA/HR/RBI isn't a good way to describe somebody's production. Second, he was a 820-880 OPS guy before 2005, ranking anywhere from the 20's to as high as 9th for MLB 1st baseman, and a good 200 OPS points off the leaders. He was 2nd tier at a very deep position. The Cubs can't afford to get that little production out of such a highly compensated player, especially if you combine him with Soriano.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    If he were to return to pre-Cubs DLee, you better hope he's traded. That was unimpressive second rate production for a first baseman.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I expect Pie to be in the line-up today. Hitting 2nd, 8th, doesn't matter. Just in the line-up. I just wonder who goes when Ward comes back. I'm hoping that Jones does but we'll see. If they are truly sticking with Pie longterm, then I think you are right, somebody will be gone within 15 days - when Ward returns.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I can certainly blame the media. If you're a casual fan of another team I wouldn't expect you to know the story. But if you are a professional writer getting paid to follow football, you have to know that primetime isn't the only time he played.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Agreed. Agreed and you(Stichface) claiming that Dlee is past is prime is incorrect hes 32 its not like hes 40. I think you are also forgetting that hes the best fielding first baseman in the major leagues. 26-28 is a players' prime years, generally speaking. Once you hit your early 30's you are getting past your prime. I don't really know what it means to overhaul the entire roster. Obviously I wouldn't need 25 guys in return for him. I'm not all that interested in dealing him, but I wouldn't complain if they got 3-4 really solid pieces.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Definitely. The thing is, you can make an argument that the Bears are overly loyal to Grossman, but when you do so by being overly critical of him, and distorting the facts, it overshadows whatever solid points you might have. I never liked the Grossman pick, but my lord, the fact that they went to the Super Bowl with him and he's still such a huge target for negativity from the press makes me all the more supportive of him. As long as they keep looking to develop other QBs to potentially take over, I'm more and more on the side of going for broke with the guy. There's no clear cut better option, so you might as well go with the guy who at least stands a chance of being truly great, especially if you are already winning games while he's developing.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Abreu and Dye have been pretty similar this season, Bobby with more OBP and Dye with more SLG. Prior to last year Abreu was regularly the better of the 2 players. And they are the same age. Perhaps he makes them worse, but it would be quite difficult. And maybe he makes them better. It would definitely be a change of scenery inspired move.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Did you see what Peter said about Grossman? Something about having 2 good games and 3 bad ones. I understand why there should be criticism of Rex. But why can't the critics get the facts straight? He had 10 good games last year, and 5 bad ones. Then 1 that was bad for much of the game but then he won it in the end. In the playoffs he was okay. It just boggles my mind how King can be such a Tony Romo lover and so anti-Grossman. But if you are going to be anti-Grossman, at least stick to the facts.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I went with Pierre. Some of these guys, like Hundley and Blauser, were disappointing, but predictably bad (Hundley in Chicago was very similar to most of his non-peak years, Blauser's time in Chicago was practically a mirror image of 3 of his previous 4 seasons), but all these guys cost was money. Pierre, on the other hand, cost money and prospects. He was predictably terrible, but the Cubs went out of their way to acquire him because of an over-the-top misguided desire to find a stereotypical leadoff man. Even though he was only here for 1 year, he pretty much defines the wasted opportunity that has been the Jim Hendry era Cubs.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Agreed. A lot of those other guys were miscast by bad management. Most being role players who were made regulars. Todd Hundley got a boatload of money and just plain stunk!!!!!!!!! he was a tool, but hendry actually made a positive out of him when all was said and done Hundley should be a warning to the Cubs when they think about what they'll do with Barrett. Hundley did next to nothing early in his career. During his age 26-28 seasons he exploded onto the scene as one of the top hitting catchers. But he suffered a series of injuries and began to breakdown by the time he was 30. He had a resurgence at 31 in partial playing time, but that turned out to be a fluke as he reverted to non-peak form after signing with the Cubs at 32. As Barrett moves into his early 30's, the Cubs can't make the same mistake.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    are you familiar with a team called the Yankees? You got me there. Yankee fans would run Bobby Cox out of town after 3 months. Cubs fans would at least give him 4 or 5. Most Cubs fans took forever to turn on Dusty Baker.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Move him down in the order and you might get 2 or 3 runs on that one swing of the bat. Pretty simple really. And it would be great to have a bat like Soriano hitting leadoff if we had Beltran in CF, Tejada at SS and Carlos Lee in RF. just because he hit a solo homer to lead off an inning doesn't mean he'll do anything with runners on base. you want your best hitters hitting early, so they get the most at bats. All the more reason not to have Soriano leading off.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think the Cubs thought he was going to be this much of a project. They apparantly were ready to fast track him, considering the contract they gave him and where he started the year. If they thought he was going to be how he has been, I'm sure they would have started him in low A.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    To get it reduced, which won't happen...manager suspensions almost never get reduced. I thought the meeting was to determine the length, and that people are just speculating it's going to be 5.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    If the team was winning, that % would be microscopic. Yeah, nobody was complaining in 2003. I agree to an extent, but there is always going to be people upset. In 2003 it was Wood/Prior pitch counts, and probably rightfully so. But I still feel a good majority of those folks would have complained had Baker shut them down. "Those people" refer to nobody specifc, just trying to think back to the general themes of discussion from that year. They weren't really winning all that much in 2003. They won 88 games. It was a slightly above average season. I'm talking about if they had a good manager and the team was looking like a solid 95-100 win team. That's winning.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    If the team was winning, that % would be microscopic.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I think the only reason he's saying he really wants to stay here is because he's still here. I think that as soon as he's traded, he loses any sort of hometown feeling for the Cubs and would go directly to the highest bidder, likely the Mets.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    How much blame does Lou get for the team's struggles? 30%? 50%? The team has sucked all around, not just Lou. I would say much less than 30%. But that's not the point. It's not like the Cubs are missing anything without him on the bench.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I doubt he's back next year. Everything is lining up perfectly for him to leave. The Cubs owership is going to change, likely bringing about a complete front office overhaul, and what will be an opportunity for the new people to hire their own man. More importantly, the Yankees job is likely to come available, and nobody in NY thinks Mattingly is ready for the job. Girardi may be next in-line, but I think George has been dying to go with Lou for quite a while now, and the fan base would love it. If he doesn't have an out in his contract, I could see the Cubs new front office people allowing him out of the contract if the Yankees come calling, possibly accepting some nominal player in trade.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I think MLB was taking into account Lou's statement that he didn't care if he was really out, he was going to get himself thrown out regardless. Lou has handled the past 2 weeks with about as little amount of poise and professionalism as you can. Going ballistic the day after the brawl was ridiculously predictable, just like a lot of beanball wars are predictable. Enough with the ridiculous "MLB is after us" nonsense. Do you really think MLB wants to keep the Cubs from winning? The Cubs in the playoffs draw some of their biggest numbers possible. MLB would kill to see the Cubs win big and play deep into October.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I think there's something to it, especially the way he's worked with relievers. I understand getting pissed at walks, but I don't think pulling a guy after the first walk is the way to go. And that's how Lou seemed to handle bullpen issues early in the year. If you didn't get the first guy you faced out, you were pulled. I think he's been far too willing to make changes based on the last game. And I also believe that his response to the Dempster meltdown was just a joke. It would be easy to see how players would start to roll their eyes at him.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Well, because I predicted that would happen before he signed and Jim Hendry still hired him. Dusty was a known entity when he came here. He didn't fool us by all of a sudden doing crazy dumb things.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I think they can win with him if they got a smart GM. But I'd be fine with getting a haul for him as well.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Ya, looks like Z made first contact, but Barrett was the one who was initiating contact. That's my take. Barrett was the physical aggressor but Z made first actual contact. MB was moving forward and reaching out as Z was backing up, and he made a defensive push off.
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