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i better not hear about how arod is out of the cubs' price range if they're going to throw $7 mil at trachsel and blanco.
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yeah, i seem to remember him whiffing at a fair amount of breaking balls low and away from all of the cubs' right-handed starters. i wasn't the slightest bit worried about him.
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If you ever needed more evidence that Mike Murphy is an
abuck1220 replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
the crush the chicago fans/media have on theriot is insane. i didn't fully appreciate it until i was in chicago listening to the people at the park and on the radio. one host was glowing about how young the cubs are now, how it's nice to see the farm system produce players, etc using fontenot and theriot as his examples. some guy called in and basically called him a dummy, citing young players on the other playoff teams that are, you know, good. the radio guy didn't seem to care. they love them some theriot. by the way, soto, theriot and wood probably got the biggest ovations during introductions on saturday. weird. -
that's just a stupid way to judge a guy's personality. having been to several spring trainings and i-cub games, i've seen a lot of those guys ignore fans, and i've seen plenty of cubs be jerks to fans. i saw pie interact with fans all the time during ST as if he were a superstar...same with patterson. but i've also seen them both be very nice to fans. plus, kids at baseball games are flat out annoying, and i'd probably get sick of them too. Personal interaction and observation are a stupid ways to judge a guy's personality? when you've interacted with them or observed them only a handful of times, yes.
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that's just a stupid way to judge a guy's personality. having been to several spring trainings and i-cub games, i've seen a lot of those guys ignore fans, and i've seen plenty of cubs be jerks to fans. i saw pie interact with fans all the time during ST as if he were a superstar...same with patterson. but i've also seen them both be very nice to fans. plus, kids at baseball games are flat out annoying, and i'd probably get sick of them too.
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wow, that's an amazing job of just making stuff up.
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ubaldo jimenez needs a couple more starts and a month or so of hype to fully build up his trade value.
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Lou's Press Conference - Kendall will start Game 3
abuck1220 replied to Omar's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Good point. I think that Hill is a little lacking in the mental department. I'm not saying he's an idiot or anything, but he just comes off as being a little... shaky. I would much rather have Soto starting, but hopefully Kendall's presence helps keep Rich calm and collected. soto was catching in hill's last start (the one-hitter) and he caught hill's first big league shutout. plus, i'm guessing he caught him a lot in iowa. if anything, hill would probably feel more comfortable with soto. -
Lou's Press Conference - Kendall will start Game 3
abuck1220 replied to Omar's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
wait, i just figured it out. he wants soto to be rested for game 4, which is a day game after a night game. boy, between zambrano and soto, i don't know who is going to be fresher for the game they may not play! -
Lou's Press Conference - Kendall will start Game 3
abuck1220 replied to Omar's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
wow...this is madness. bench the only guy that's had a clue at the plate for kendall, a guy who can't hit the ball out of the infield. also, hill is horrendous at holding runners and kendall is obviously horrible at throwing. tony clark might steal four bases. unreal. -
throwing young a fastball there was idiotic, and it's pretty amazing/depressing that lilly didn't know that. good to see soto doesn't have his head up his ass, however.
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it didn't show me that he had heart...it showed me he was buckling under pressure.
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lee also handled davis' bunt very poorly. he's completely sucked.
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i expected the cubs to win in four, but unfortunately i didn't factor in the cubs' veteran millionaires crapping down their legs all series like a bunch of cowards.
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that's the most disappointing thing. the last few years the central has been horrible. now the entire NL is horrible. a team with the cubs' resources and decent amount of cheap talent should have won 3 or division titles since '03 and coasted to the world series a time or two. it's pathetic.
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well, he sure looks like he wants nothing to do with the playoffs. he looks like a freshman thrown into a varsity game out there.
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are awful. before last night: .211/.268/.289. that's a .289 slg %...ryan theriot would be ashamed of that. it's a good thing he's not a yankee.
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Play sports much in your lifetime? sometimes Testosterone + Nerves + Embarrassment + Hugely important situation = violent outburst yeah, it's called choking under pressure. lilly, like most of the rest of the team, wasn't able to handle the pressure, and his little baby fit made that perfectly clear. it was pathetic and embarrassing.
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Yes, apparently. Not like he ever played in any pressure filled games down the stretch this season. Or, for example, when he was on the team that won the World Series in '03. he hit .188 that series against the cubs. over the course of 76+ postseason ab's, he's hitting like .210 with a SLG under .300.
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seriously, start ward at 1b saturday. lee is not cut out for this type of game, apparently.
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Most of which is propped up by 2 doubles coming against the Cubs in 2003. i don't believe in clutch, but i believe in choking. and lee looks terrified out there. it's pathetic. I'm with you on that, don't believe players improve and are clutch but I believe hitters can play considerably worse in tense situations. Wouldn't the ability to not tense up be the "clutch" then? i think of clutch as improving your normal play in tense situations, which i don't think is possible. Well in that sense I agree there is no such thing as clutch. wait so why can players choke under pressure but not perform better under pressure? shouldn't it work both ways? if a player is a 7 on a scale of 1-10, he can choke his way down to a 5. but i don't see how he can make himself an 8 in tight spots. if he had that ability, he'd be an 8 all the time.
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that baby fit by lilly sums up the cubs this series...just totally buckling under the pressure.
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Most of which is propped up by 2 doubles coming against the Cubs in 2003. i don't believe in clutch, but i believe in choking. and lee looks terrified out there. it's pathetic. I'm with you on that, don't believe players improve and are clutch but I believe hitters can play considerably worse in tense situations. Wouldn't the ability to not tense up be the "clutch" then? i think of clutch as improving your normal play in tense situations, which i don't think is possible.
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Most of which is propped up by 2 doubles coming against the Cubs in 2003. i don't believe in clutch, but i believe in choking. and lee looks terrified out there. it's pathetic.
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lee came in sporting a sweet .289 career postseason SLG.