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I can't trust a man who says this:
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I need to see the Cubs win a baseball game. -
It compares a pitcher's ERA, adjusted for park effects, against other pitchers in the league. 100 is average. 150 is outstanding, 50 is terrible.
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If he has a .400+ OBP, I don't care what they call him.
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But he also hit leadoff in those years he struggled in Texas, and wasn't good. I think it's much more likely the struggles were related to the fact that everybody knew how easy of an out he was if you didn't give him stuff to hit. He's a terribly undisciplined hitter who will get himself out most of the time, no matter where he is in the lineup. He appeared to make some adjustments last year (plus he was facing an entirely new league of pitchers) so he got away with it. Soriano crapped the bed in the 2003 playoffs. About as bad of a stretch as you can have. He was villified in NY and they got rid of him. He went out and pretty much repeated his career numbers out of the 3 spot. Then in 2005 he did a little better out of the 5 spot (but was worse at leadoff).
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If you change things up and the team starts playing well, would you still put it back the other way just because of weather conditions? The only reason to bat Soriano leadoff is if he truly has a mental hangup hitting anywhere else. If he hits better somewhere else, there's no longer a reason to bat him leadoff. Then let's assume Soriano starts hitting the ball well and whoever is batting in the lead-off spot stops hitting well and it gets into a swing of things that we are in now, and we have no viable lead-off hitter? I'd move Soriano back for a few games and see if he continues to hit well. I will continue to use the example of Soriano not being able to hit well in the #3 and #5 spots while he was in TEX, in a hitters park, in the beginning of his prime years, batting in the middle of a lineup of Michael Young, Hank Blalock, and Mark Teixiera when ALL of those players were putting up incredible numbers Soriano stopped hitting in the 1st spot though, and hit better out of the leadoff spot than in it in 2004. The notion that he can't hit anywhere else just doesn't hold up to logic. He's not really a viable leadoff hitter himself.
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If you change things up and the team starts playing well, would you still put it back the other way just because of weather conditions? The only reason to bat Soriano leadoff is if he truly has a mental hangup hitting anywhere else. If he hits better somewhere else, there's no longer a reason to bat him leadoff.
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On what planet is Mark DeRosa a better hitter than Jacque Jones? DeRosa should play against lefties, but I don't see how keeping Jones on the bench all the time gives us the best chance to win. Edit: And I don't see why Soriano should be hitting 3rd. With his low OBP, he should be hitting 5th and driving in people on base ahead of him Jones should get the majority of playing time against RHP when he is hitting well. But his career is so marred by bad stretches and bad seasons that anytime he's struggling he should sit with regularity.
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63.56/ .980/ 97%. Compare this to his career averages which are 59.77/ .965/ 96%. Age isn't slowing this baseball player (http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2007/04/baseball-players.html) down. It is commentary like this nonsense that makes firejoemorgan such an vital national treasure. This stuff basically gets repeated without repurcussions. Plain old lies.
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Should games be suspended today in light of recent events?
jersey cubs fan replied to Soriano12's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I know that after watching/reading about this all day I will be looking very forward to watching 24 and the Cubs game tonight. -
Its very sad and understandable that a Cubs fan would equate 1 home run to a good start. 1 HR in 2 weeks is a power surge for a guy like Erstad.
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Should games be suspended today in light of recent events?
jersey cubs fan replied to Soriano12's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't see any reason to cancel the games. -
I remember hearing he had a HR, so I thought he was off to a decent start. .189/.262/.270 Guess not.
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4/15 Cubs Game (Jackie Robinson Day) Pictures
jersey cubs fan replied to Roast's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
His PR people have been on overtime since he started plumetting in the mock drafts. The guy has been on everything in the past two weeks. -
Sounds like he feels the main reason people compare him to Willis is the color of their skin. Veal says they don't throw alike. What does Veal generally throw, who would be a better comparison?
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Well, I would hope he plays well enough so that only about 4 of those years are truly cheap. Ideally he'd come out and play well his first year, then continue to improve enough to give the organization incentive to sign him longterm before he hits free agency. That would mean giving him near market value in years 5 and 6, but it would be worth it if he plays well enough to earn it.
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Or ugly. That's fat team.
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Murton getting benched again for lesser player
jersey cubs fan replied to RegulusBlue's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
No kidding, it's year 5 of the Hendry experiment and the lineup is still littered with crappy hitting outfielders and guys who can't get on base. And seniority remains the single most important factor to decide playing time. -
I'm convinced - Theriot for starting 2B... erm SS
jersey cubs fan replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I wasn't aware there was an Izturis thing to get into. He's been awful, offensively and defensively, since showing up last year. He didn't even have the common courtesy to have a fluke April to mask how horrible he is. The OPS is already below 600 and we might be lucky to see that OBP ever cross back over .300. -
Because he's got tools and the GM is a desperate fool.
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Soriano has been absolutely pathetic this year.
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Between Jake the neighborhood guy, Ron Santo's bimbocity and these inane interviews, listening to WGN is painful to listen to Cubs games.
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Jake the neighborhood guy needs to die of gonorrhea and go to hell.
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Guys. It's only a couple of at-bats. And a career in the minors...and last year... And replace him with what? A similarly unproductive veteran with no upside and higher paycheck?
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Oh man, I see Old Style is back to making their garbage commercials.
