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  1. jersey cubs fan
    He's had 3 really bad outings in his last 4. After a nice April, his May has been an absolute disaster, and he's coming off a completely pathetic season. He didn't allow a run for a while to start the season, but I think that masked his pitching effort. He's walked just about 5 guys per 9 inning this year, walking 4 each in 8 innings of work in both April and May. Maybe he hasn't been terrible overall, but he hasn't been particularly good either, and he doesn't have a track record to fallback on that would make one believe he really should be allowed to work through this stretch.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    First thought was, who? Was the draft that long ago already?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    no, clemens could play for any team in baseball.... todd walker is retiring because nobody would give him a job. Yesss. I understand that. My point was either say you are not in a hurry to come back or your are retiring. Retire = To withdraw from one's occupation, business, or office; stop working. Not, I'm retiring, BUT I might think about it if someone calls. It's my peeve on the usage of the word "retire". I was not saying Walker is as good as Clemens. Only that he sounded like Clemens. There's no law that says retirement has to be permanent. People who retire go back to work in some fashion all the time, many in the same line of work and many doing many of the same duties. To me he's saying right now he's retired, but if something changes in the future maybe he'll come back. I don't get why people have a problem with this. I don't get why people have a problem with athletes struggling with the retirement issue in general.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    As davearm noted, the grand jury testimony is almost certainly inadmissable. They need to bust him outside the realm of the grand jury testimony. They need a positive test or admission of guilt. That is why this most recent semi-apology/admission provides them with more ammo (although my guess would be not enough).
  5. jersey cubs fan
    That's only if you use the old school way of judging production, by R and RBI. R and RBI are team and teammate dependant. They don't show as much of what the player did than as much as what the team is doing. The only thing the player can control is his own production, which is measured much more effectively in AVG/OBP/SGL terms than in counting R and RBI.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    And the Cubs have picked up .5 game in that time. Nobody is crowning their ass, they are expressing the need for a little urgency in turning things around. The Cubs have spent the past 3 years talking about how "early" it is to worry about the standings. For once I'd like to see the team play like it realizes games count in April and May and that big holes to start the season aren't something to scoff at.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Why now? Why again? Because Giambi was quoted recently (USA Today?) once again apologizing for using "that stuff", and saying "we" should have been more honest. He gave them ammo to once again look to getting out of his contract. He gave them more ammo? That ammo had already been given with his grand jury testimony in 2003. I don't see how he gave them more ammo, he just game them the same ammo again. He (sort of) admitted to using steroids for the second time. Which gives them ammo to revisit the notion of getting out of his contract. Had he not said anything, they wouldn't be leaking this story. It's not that confusing.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Actually that's just a single combo. A double would entail two combinations. Not if you're talking fastfood, where a double combo could simply be a double cheeseburger combo meal.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    The key word there is simple. You are judging the two based on how their teammates have played around them, as opposed to how they have done themselves.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I didn't vote for other, but it should probably be Beltran, the best player on the best team in the league, playing a premium position and contributing a fantastic all around game. And Hardy is not playing a premium position and contributing a fantastic all around game? I said no such thing, your post was pointless and ridiculous. I simply listed a name that I thought should be considered under any "other" category.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    That would certainly be an interesting way to go about getting the most out of your players. It would cement his reputation as acting very fatherly, giving his boys enough rope to hang themselves only to show them the errors of their ways.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not so sure this was an option before. It seems to me that Lou just flipped a lid, decided he needed to make a change, then spent a couple days figuring out what kind of change he could make. It's very disheartening to me how willing this organization is to make decisions based off the most recent outcome.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Why now? Why again? Because Giambi was quoted recently (USA Today?) once again apologizing for using "that stuff", and saying "we" should have been more honest. He gave them ammo to once again look to getting out of his contract.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    You would think he could, but that's not even a guarantee, given the fact that he hasn't started much in several years now and was really bad when he did. I have to think the Cubs are thinking they did such a great job transforming Marquis from a crappy starter to a servicable one that it'll be just as easy with Dempster. Of course, Dempster actually has a worse history than Marquis with starting and has the whole "stretching out his arm" issue to work with. Plus, the shine may be coming off the Marquis experiment with his 7+ ERA in the past week and unimpressive peripherals for the season as a whole. if you are looking for guarantee's then you are rooting for the wrong sport. Baseball has something along the lines of guarantees, if not just great bets. There are some guys you can be pretty certain will be better starters than Miller, ie Guzman. Most guys should be able to be better starters than Miller, but Dempster has been just as bad at times and hasn't started effectively in years.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    You would think he could, but that's not even a guarantee, given the fact that he hasn't started much in several years now and was really bad when he did. I have to think the Cubs are thinking they did such a great job transforming Marquis from a crappy starter to a servicable one that it'll be just as easy with Dempster. Of course, Dempster actually has a worse history than Marquis with starting and has the whole "stretching out his arm" issue to work with. Plus, the shine may be coming off the Marquis experiment with his 7+ ERA in the past week and unimpressive peripherals for the season as a whole.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I didn't vote for other, but it should probably be Beltran, the best player on the best team in the league, playing a premium position and contributing a fantastic all around game.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    well that's not even close to being true, but whatever did you not remember how we complained when we had (whatshisname) who struck out more than 100 times se veral seasons in a rowand we went nuts about that? Dunn strikes out that manyy times as well, I thought this year was suppose to be about OBP. Adam Dunn's career OBP is .379. How many current Cubs have a career OBP that high? I'll give you a hint - the number is not larger than zero. Is it 4? It's 4 right? It's gotta be 4. Maybe 6?
  18. jersey cubs fan
    right, to play where? As the clubhouse attendant in charge of getting the Cubs roids and avoiding detection.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Then execute him as an example to the others. Or they could give him two turns as the 5th starter and then a week at closer to see if he can handle other jobs.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    How can the Cubs consider Dempster for the 5th starter role? He had one good year as a starter, at 23, and every other seasons has been a disaster. His ERA is a full run higher in his career as a starter. His OPS against goes from roughly 650 to 800 moving from reliever to starter. His brief stint as a starter to open 2005 was just flat out brutal. He's just not a good candidate to start a major league baseball game. He's got a live arm and some talent, but he has proven he isn't worthy of the role. He's been decent as a major league closer, probably because it's a lot easier to not give up a run in 1 inning of work than it is to not give up 4-5 runs in 5-7 innings of work.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Strikeouts by hitters don't matter. Production does.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    well that's not even close to being true, but whatever did you not remember how we complained when we had (whatshisname) who struck out more than 100 times se veral seasons in a rowand we went nuts about that? Dunn strikes out that manyy times as well, I thought this year was suppose to be about OBP Most people who understand the issue don't bother worrying about strikeouts.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Is that even stellar? Seems to me the truly great ones are usually around 1-1.2 per 9, and that there's a significant chunk that are under 2 per 9. What sort of ranking would 3.11 be? I'm guessing it's better than average, but not really all that impressive.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I saw it on comcast sportsnight, and it looked pretty clear to me Dempster was eagerly anticipating going back to the rotation, and largely motivated by his desire to no longer be the closer. But that's just my interpretation of his body language, tone of voice and words.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Wow, this team is a mess. Just grasping at straws now I guess. I have to believe el presidente is a little put off by the public image Hendry and Lou are setting with this circus. Zambrano still looks like a mess. Dempster sounds like a guy who doesn't want to close anymore, and we all know he can't start. The best 5th starter option is now going to be a middle reliever. Marquis's early season streak of luck may be running out. Just when the offense starts putting up crooked numbers on a regular basis, the pitching staff steps into a more all-around funk, as opposed to when it was just one guy at a time. For all the happiness and excitement of winning a the first two against the (highly mediocre) White Sox, it's tough to ignore the fact that the Cubs are under .500 and about to embark on their yearly "oh crap please done implode" west coast swing. Then, after 3 vs Florida at home, they play 10 games against Atlanta and Milwaukee. Now is not the time you like to be experimenting with ill advised roster shakeups. And yet the Cubs decision makers can't seem to make a sound decision and stick to it.
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