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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Actually, he's just trying to make Lou look good. By playing like absolute crap, he feels he's justifying Lou's decision to rarely play him at all. Quite a team first attitude if you ask me, sacrificing his own personal stats to make others look good. But to answer the other question, yes, I do believe I saw him playing in khaki's and a golf shirt quite frequently, and not just on casual fridays.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    It's just a shame they tried to model the organization off the Braves, but by doing so decided that what they needed to do was the try and build a once in a generation type pitching staff, which, by definition, would be next to impossible to pull off. If the Cubs never focused so heavily on building through a surplus of arms (and then subsequently running those arms into the ground, or out the door) while ignoring the lineup, there's a chance the heavy investments made over the past decade and a half would have paid off by now.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Don't make me watching you guys lose in person.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I'd prefer the prospect route to Tejada. I would too, but not sure how the Cubs can find one.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    You can find that quote with the daily Carrie "literary scribe" at cubs.com. The difference is that the veterans Piniella is referring to are actually pretty good players, whereas Baker would talk about sitting a top prospect in favor of people like Neifi There's really no difference. Lou's an idiot with regard to this. Hopefully he's not as dumb as Dusty with everything else.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I responded to the post as you wrote it. I never asked to run him off. I'd like him traded if they can get value, but I called from the start of spring to have him in CF. Prior to that I wanted him in a platoon in a corner spot. One way or another, he can't play as frequently as he does.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    halfway decent really? Because last year he ranked 16th out of 84 in OPS among outfielders with 300 or more PA against RHP. Just ahead of Soriano, Vladmir Guerrero, Cuddyer, Dunn, and (believe it or not) Matt Murton. But yeah you're right, it's only "halfway decent." Last year was also the 2nd best number on your list. It's a little foolish to list 6 data points and only focus on one of them to describe the whole thing. Furthermore, since his OPS is SLG weighted, and OBP weak, his actual production isn't as good as the OPS suggests. But that's a different story. I see 2 bad years, 2 good years, and 2 okay years. But then again, it's only his numbers vs RHP. If you have a guy whose making $5m as a platoon player, he should be considerably better than what you are showing against the pitchers he supposedly hits well against.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    halfway decent
  9. jersey cubs fan
    that could be fun
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Practice? What are you talking about practice for? Is this before or after finals week? Seriously, practice? Taking a couple balls off the bat of a coach doesn't come close to the same effect of actually playing the position in games. The fact is the morons running the Cubs have an OF that's completely flip-flopped from the one they spent all spring practicing. Oh, and I see Dammit continues to own the Cubs. That guy is unstoppable.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    No, not really. He's having to learn the position on the fly, he will make mistakes. I don't see how he's learning on the fly? If you're an OF and have played the game for any length of time you have seen flyballs coming at every position from just about every angle. He's probably caught hundreds of those type of flyballs in his lifetime. He just screwed up and dropped a ball that he should have caught. I didn't see the play but it sounds like a bad drop. But you're wrong if you think any OF has seen flyballs coming at every position from just about every angle. A flyball in RF looks different than one in LF. There is definitely an adjustment. It's just a shame they spent all of spring training with Jacque in right, Soriano in center and Murton/Floyd in left, and then decided 3 weeks in to completely flip flop everybody.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Leaving aside the rest of your ignornace, are you really trying to say this game brings to light why the Red Sox dumped him? Wow, that's just plain stupid. That's more stupid than truffle trying to pretend Murton didn't have a great approach last year.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    The OF is in shambles. It would be pretty funny if they put Soriano in RF, and pretty much destroyed any notion of putting him in one spot and not moving him around. That would make all three of spots and 2B.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Not really. Plus, he's playing out of position. Out of position? It's a routine fly ball for god sakes. Murton has no business in RF. Period. Neither does Floyd. We have too many LFers and no RFers. And no CFers
  15. jersey cubs fan
    stupid murton backers
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I don't see how he could be. I don't think I have the energy to be outraged about another destroyed stud arm.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I honestly don't see how he could possibly be healthy.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I don't believe it is, because it always seems to show balls right on or near the plate.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I am a Murton backer and I'm right here.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Have you ever had a measured reaction to anything? They called up Pagan because they assume he will hit LHP because he is a switch hitter yet was horrible vs. lefties last season. Again I say, this organization is a complete joke. I'll take that as a no. Please, inform me and my un-measured reaction, why calling up Pagan is a good move? He hits LHP no better than Pie, and is fraction of the defensive player that Pie is. If Pagan hit LHP well than I could see it. The key to the move is sending Pie back to AAA to play everyday. Pagan is far from ideal. But Pie had to get off the bench.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I think he got a hit in his first AB vs a lefty. And then he tripled in an at bat against a lefty in STL. But that's about it.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't go so far as saying horrible, but I didn't think he looked particularly good. The way he hesitated in LF, he looked no better than Murton.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    a baseball clubhouse is not really comparable to an office-setting. drinking in the clubhouse is not the problem, it's alcoholism in general. they might as well just ban drinking in general for all the good this will accomplish. Alcoholism isn't the reason people drink and drive. The problem is drinking in a setting in which you are pretty certain to be driving afterward. It's like suburban strip mall bars. Providing beers in a home clubhouse pretty much ensures somebody will be driving home under the influence.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    The only stats I think that are known about Pagan against LHP besides this year's data is his major league data from last year, when he was terrible against them in 56 at-bats. Hopefully that was an aberration. His 2005 numbers are just as bad. Where are you finding his 2005 splits? http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/pl/434/434636NorILb05.html Not "just" as bad, but bad nonetheless.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I hate people sometimes. It really pissed me off. It was a picture perfect night and the field looked beautiful. The Cubs just won. Why would you trash your own field after a win? The bolded part probably sums it up best. They are selfish people. They probably don't think twice about littering anywhere, the type of guy who unwraps his cigarette box and lets the plastic fly. They spent their childhoods being told how special they are and took it to the extreme later in life. All that matters is their personal level of enjoyment.
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