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  1. abuck1220
    Is that for sure? that's what len said.
  2. abuck1220
    so gooz only pitched one inning last night in case the cubs needed to bring him up soon...of course by pitching that one inning, he's probably not available until maybe saturday. and of course, you have the whole thing about how they couldn't get him to chicago by thursday even though he was in des moines on wednesday. well played, cubs, well played.
  3. abuck1220
    len and bob say guzman was taken out in case the cubs needed him. could the cubs have handled this entire situation any worse? he's too far away in las vegas to make it to chicago to start thursday, but he's not too far away to start in des moines on wednesday. and then he pitches one inning wednesday in case he needs to pitch soon for chicago...even though by warming up and pitching an inning, he probably won't be able to throw again until saturday (?) at the earliest. so that one inning was pretty pointless. wow.
  4. abuck1220
    how is brynes not a cub? speed? check. defense? who knows. hustle? and how. hard work? apparently...he's really dirty. hendry has to be licking his chops.
  5. abuck1220
    good grief, could marmol ever use another full year in the minors. i've been saying for a while that he's due for a disaster start, so this isn't really a surprise.
  6. abuck1220
    Yeah he was playing on the track. it hasn't been just today...i think len and bob have commented on it before. i'm just mad that he's played enough for anyone to even notice it.
  7. abuck1220
    pagan plays the deepest lf i've ever seen.
  8. abuck1220
    did anybody catch the bit on the colbert report about the walker trade? they were doing a bit where they take calls from "viewers" and one of the callers, who thought he was calling a sports talk show, started in about how the cubs were stupid to trade walker (though he was ok with them trading maddux). he even mentioned ceda by name and noted that walker had the second highest OBP on the team. that's right, even comedy central knows the value of OBP.
  9. abuck1220
    it's shocking that someone who actually believes this would get to such a high-ranking position in baseball.
  10. abuck1220
    Prior is guranteed to start the season on the DL. Anything else you can guarantee? i don't know how many times we have to have this dicussion...if something happens once, it's a 100% probability that it will happen again. it's math, people.
  11. abuck1220
    dusty is aware of the concept of air travel, no? guzman wouldn't have to ride a mule from las vegas to chicago. maybe guzman can pick him up a glove on his walk from las vegas.
  12. abuck1220
    hell, send him out for the 8th.
  13. abuck1220
    how in the holy hell did those guys remain on the field for so long before monday took the flag away? 2 down!
  14. abuck1220
    i'm glad hill's going back out for the 7th, but i'm afraid dusty's going to leave him out there too long in the name of saving his bullpen (which is, of course, pointless) and he'll end up tiring and ending the outing on a bad note. at least he has the lower third coming up...
  15. abuck1220
    the curve to strike out easley was unhittable.
  16. abuck1220
    Not to change the topic, but isn't it incredible that his average increased this year 31 and 36 points from his previous two seasons, yet his OBP remained the same as '04 and dropped from last year? 14 walks on the season, which is obviously pathetic.
  17. abuck1220
    he hasn't thrown all that many, but when he has thrown it, he's had better command of it than last time out. fb has been 89-92.
  18. abuck1220
    big out for hill on a 3-1 pitch.
  19. abuck1220
    that was a pop up. it must be really windy.
  20. abuck1220
    let rich swing!
  21. abuck1220
    you couldn't be more incorrect.
  22. abuck1220
    Tell that to the White Sox who won a WS on Pitching and Defense. Their team BA was .262 with a .322 OBP and yet they managed to win a WS. they hit a crapload of homers. True..but they had 200 HR to our 194. They had a .262 AVG with a .322 OPB while we had a .270 AVG with a .324 OBP. So what was the difference between the two teams offensively? The difference must be in the clutch hitting because defense means very, very, very little. Honestly, that's the first time I've heard that Defense means very little in baseball. In fact it's crazy. You can go back to the 2004 Red Sox when they upgraded their defense they went on to a WS title. Defense is hugely important! I can't believe you really believe that? yeah, because that red sox team was TERRIBLE until they got doug m and cabrera.
  23. abuck1220
    Tell that to the White Sox who won a WS on Pitching and Defense. Their team BA was .262 with a .322 OBP and yet they managed to win a WS. they hit a crapload of homers.
  24. abuck1220
    I think he can save us 30-40 runs a year on defense. He can make 4-5 extra outs per week, which will save us 1-2 runs a week. These will come from partly some balls that he can get to that other people cannot, and partly doing things like turning more double plays effectively when he gets the chance. I think 30-40 is on the high side, but whatever. How many runs would someone like Tejada get us over the course of a season with his offense? Hmm-well, I'd say again about 4-5 hits a week, but that will cause us to get 2-3 extra runs a week because some of those will be XBH, so more like 55-60 runs. The difference between the top 5 shortstops and everyone else offensively is too high to make up for the change in defense. first of all, no way he takes away 5 hits a week. that's crazy. second of all, i'd love to see a play where a shortstop takes away an extra base hit. Uh-the last one you quoted was Tejada's offense, which is where the XBH came into play. you're right...too many quotes...
  25. abuck1220
    I think he can save us 30-40 runs a year on defense. He can make 4-5 extra outs per week, which will save us 1-2 runs a week. These will come from partly some balls that he can get to that other people cannot, and partly doing things like turning more double plays effectively when he gets the chance. I think 30-40 is on the high side, but whatever. How many runs would someone like Tejada get us over the course of a season with his offense? Hmm-well, I'd say again about 4-5 hits a week, but that will cause us to get 2-3 extra runs a week because some of those will be XBH, so more like 55-60 runs. The difference between the top 5 shortstops and everyone else offensively is too high to make up for the change in defense. first of all, no way he takes away 5 hits a week. that's crazy. second of all, i'd love to see a play where a shortstop takes away an extra base hit.
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