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i'm not basing it on a single play, though that play certainly had an effect. he plays waaay too deep in LF and just looks like he gets terrible jumps.
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wouldn't shock me.
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he does realize, of course, that his big league team is far from fundamentally sound, right? i can't even believe he'd have the nerve to say that after yesterday's game (assuming that's when he said it).
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i just saw the replay of mench's double today...pagan looks like todd hundley out there. for someone so athletic and fast he has no defensive ability. and his instincts appear to be pretty terrible as well...i've never seen a LF play so deep, and he gets really bad jumps and takes horrible angles. what's his deal?
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where to even start with those quotes...?
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you don't often see the starting pitcher left in long enough to give up five eighth inning baserunners. stupid francona.
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Liriano out indefinitely (forearm injury)
abuck1220 replied to baseball7897's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
No way. Liriano didn't get dusty'd. He was averaging 93.5 pitches/game started. Which goes to show you there is no way to fully protect a pitcher... so you should just have them throw 150 pitches per start because they could end up getting hurt anyway. -
phil rogers was just on xm w/ steiner praising hendry for the trade, mostly talking about his defense. steiner then notes that he can't hit and that he puts up a bad OBP, but that if you can surround him with a good offense you can make him the centerpiece of your defense. rogers then agrees. how can you agree that he's a bad offensive player that needs to be hidden in a lineup of good hitters, look at the cubs' lineup of not good hitters, and then praise the trade? rogers also mentioned the 'he lead the league in hits for two months' stat. talk about working some mileage out of something completely random and meaningless. wow, he was quite effective at slapping singles around the field for two months...whoop de doo.
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Reds trade again
abuck1220 replied to kylescubs23's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
so they basically got a lefty reliever that can give you 3 innings a week for two guys that will give you a combined 40 ab's a week. good deal. -
it's those darn rookie pitchers that poor dusty has been complaining about. during the 11-4 run... hill, marmol, mateo: 5-1 z, prior, rusch: 3-3
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saw that tim picked up miller off waivers. however...i picked up an andrew miller (listed as a detroit tiger) off the FA list a while back and included him in my troy glaus deal to severe tooterstorms. that transaction now shows up as... Blalock, Hank 3B TEX - Traded from Galesburg Hand Sanitizers Cano, Robinson 2B NYY - Traded from Galesburg Hand Sanitizers , - Traded from Galesburg Hand Sanitizers the miller i traded to ST has now turned into a comma. long story short, ST should probably be the rightful owner of andrew miller and not a comma.
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i'm so pissed that i dropped garza earlier this year. so pissed.
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perhaps my favorite thing about hill (besides his insane k rates) is his ability to (so far) stay remarkably healthy. hope i didn't just jinx him...
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-7-2006
abuck1220 replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
i once saw an oakland player refuse a little kid's autograph request. stupid moneyball. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-7-2006
abuck1220 replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
you threw waaaaay to many pitches in the 1st inning (36)...going full on 4 batters...you walked 2 but escaped with the bases left loaded and you lead 1-0 after 1. and i really hate the money ball philosophy...these guys take Forever between pitches when hitting and pitching....put it in perspective...Kane County has played 30 9 inning games this year of 3 hours more...The Chiefs have played 4...and 3 of those at Kane County and none of those at home!! what chapter was that in? -
This year will be his career year. Next year will look more like 2005 than 2006. and you're basing this on....? He's 28 years old, and his #1 comp in PECOTA (with a very high score) is Joe Randa. His BABIP is quite high, indicating that he won't keep hitting for such a high average, but to be fair, his line drive percentage is very good, so it's not like he's just hitting seeing eye grounders. I'd love to see him do well, and it's possible that he's just a late bloomer, but if I had to bet, I'd bet against it. true, but he's always had very good minor league numbers. outside of 44 games last year in AAA, he's hit at or above .300 at every stop.
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It might get old, but it's pretty hard to find an informed observer who approves of the way Baker handles pitchers, especially young pitchers. Its not just Dusty and the way he handles pitchers. Its acquiring Izturis. Its Hendry. Its almost every single thing someone from BP writes that mentions the Cubs. They can't say something positive without having some cynical attack in there as well. Its rather unprofessional, if you ask me. yeah, it's hard to believe they can find a way to criticize an organization with a 95 mil payroll that has been 30 games under .500 over the past two seasons. how dare they?!
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geez...nobody's bitching about it. someone mentioned that they liked izturis' defense, and i mentioned that he looked pretty bad yesterday. i didn't intend for it to spawn a new thread. he looked bad yesterday, i don't know how anyone can say any different. there was no comment about his overall defensive ability. end of story. and if it weren't for negative comments about the negative comments some other people would be the silent type.
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This year will be his career year. Next year will look more like 2005 than 2006. and you're basing this on....?
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Doesn't sound that terrible of a day? I guess you had to see it... for izturis, who is supposed to be the second coming defensively, i'd consider a day with two misplays to be a bad day. but back to hill's greatness...don't want to divert the thread too much. :D
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big game this week...a loss by HBC would really make it tough for them to win the division since i would have the head to head and points tie breakers. a win by me would give me a nice two game cushion.
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don't pull anything patting yourself on the back, dusty. :pukel:
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let a foul pop drop (which led to hill's only walk) and bobbled bay's (?) ground ball, but was fortunate enough to recover and get him by a half step.
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kinda off topic, but izturis looked terrible defensively yesterday.
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Yes, but the sample size was also too small for him to be declared a bust, as many were doing after a few poor outings last year and this year. When he's had as many good outings as he's had jaw-droppingly bad ones, then it'll be safe to say he's "turned the corner." it's getting close.