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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.
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no no no....it's the "charm of wrigley field" to sit behind a post +1 -400 (dollars).
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my dad called and asked for a full refund...we'll see what happens. hopefully the guy will be ok with it. at least this way he'll get the tickets back and he can try to sell them again. his other option is to be forced to give us our money back (through ebay or paypal) and not get the tickets back in time to sell them before the game.
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probably. but they're not the only seats left. Well I hope you can at least see home plate / pitchers mound. That will make it much more enjoyable. I think if I had a choice between having to croon my neck a little to see portions of the outfield, or having to deal with people walking in front of me the whole game, I would choose the former. So hopefully there won't be much of the latter for you. yeah, after thinking about it, it's not as bad as i initially thought. in fact, i probably wouldn't complain about it if i knew going in there was going to be a post there...but the seller's dishonesty is what really pisses me off. i think we overpaid regardless and even more so with the post there. but i agree...i'd rather be in the first row behind a post than in the fifth row behind the post.
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probably. but they're not the only seats left.
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Has any Cub gone from goat to hero more quickly than DeRo?
abuck1220 replied to badger1679666666's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
not a hero, but i'll take 70 ribbies from my utility man every day and twice on sundays he's not the utility man. but i'm still ok with him. -
Has any Cub gone from goat to hero more quickly than DeRo?
abuck1220 replied to badger1679666666's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
i don't think he was ever a goat, i don't think he's currently a hero, and any transformation he made was not quick. so, i guess my answer would be yes. -
saturday.
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i realize i'm fortunate to be going, but it's still pretty scummy to not mention that in the auction. i think you'd still be able to see home plate even from the first seat, and i'm sure we can move our heads around, but still...
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the guy mailed the tickets today, THEN called my dad to tell him they were obstructed view. i'd like to murder this a-hole with my bare hands.
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http://www.seatdata.com/images/mlb_cubs/800x600/516.jpg looks like we're right behind that pole. awesome.
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sorry...516.
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it's very frustrating trying to buy playoff tickets (and spending lots of money to do so) when you don't know where all the stupid posts and whatnot are. we just got seats in the first row of section 501, and the ebay seller called to tell us the seats are "partial view" or something. how can the front row of that section have an obstructed view??
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Is Rich Hill better or worse than he seems?
abuck1220 replied to badnews's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm fine with it, simply because he will be on a very short leash if he is not on. However if he is on it could be a great thing against them. Arizona doesn't score a whole lot of runs they are 28th in BA and OBP, and 15th in K's. You just have to be ready to pull him at any point of the game. I'm fine with that as long as Zambrano is on the same short leash. He has been much more inconsistent. He has not pitched his way out of trouble very well. He has no previous playoff success. Zambrano has playoff experience. yeah, but he's been terrible. -
wow, that was quite the furious push at the end. after getting like 1 point for my first four starts hill, laffey and especially ubaldo came up huge. however, i really, really think we should either cut the last week out completely or combine it with the next to last week for a two week championship so the importance of the iffy last week is diluted a bit. we both missed a TON of innings from key players this week. that being said, i'm pretty happy to take my third straight...now let's start talking trades!