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see, you're assuming that he had "it" and that it was somehow "lost." the truth of the matter is he temporarily "lost" the crappy pitching and found a momentary blip of goodness. it's like when a good player goes into a slump...he has a temporary bad spell...he momentarily "loses" it. except glendon's career has been pretty much awful, so you have to look at a temporary run of effectiveness as you would look at a temporary run of ineffectiveness from a good player. you seem to be looking at this like cubs management looks at the whole team...refusing to acknowledge the fact that most of the players suck, and believing that they're currently going thru a rough patch that will somehow eventually even out. that's not how it works.
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false.
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so he should bunt every time up?
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Looks like one was a line drive single to right. Nope. One yesterday, one the day before. i can't even figure out what your point is in this thread. you seem to be saying that bunting is the key to corey's success this year, even though it's been shown that he bunted successfully at the same rate in 2004 (when he wasn't very good). The point is that his numbers are poor when swinging at the ball. wow...just when i thought you couldn't make any less sense.
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Tori Hunter in a CUBS Uniform??
abuck1220 replied to PrimeTime's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
he'd be replacing the most overrated player in the game, so he'd be somewhat of an upgrade. -
Looks like one was a line drive single to right. Nope. One yesterday, one the day before. i can't even figure out what your point is in this thread. you seem to be saying that bunting is the key to corey's success this year, even though it's been shown that he bunted successfully at the same rate in 2004 (when he wasn't very good).
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When I see how much money the medium market D-Backs are willing to eat for an unproductive player, I can't figure out why big market Hendry won't do the same with the equally unproductive Glendon Rusch, who has one less year and significantly less money owed to him than Ortiz. Must be that lefty thing - different topic for a different day I guess. Seems to me that Hendry prides himself as a player's GM. I don't think he wants to humiliate a player for a short-tem gain. He may be trying to keep a good rep with future free agents. if that potential free agent doesn't sign w/ the cubs b/c he is concerned about the possibility of getting DFA'ed once he goes in the toilet...well, i can live w/ that.
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wow...i saw that he got the save and had an inning pitched, but i didn't realize the [expletive] storm he walked into. four homers, two QS, and points from all my RP help me double up HBC on the day. how the hell does sele give up 11 baserunners in 4 innings and only get charged w/ one earned run??
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and guys like pierre de-legitimize it.
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sorry...i didn't know that by saying that marmol and marshall "remind" you of wood and prior that it meant that you merely enjoyed watching them pitch as much as you enjoyed watching wood and prior. when someone says that something "reminds" them of something else, i foolishly assume there's a comparison involved.
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with a little "change of scenery," "proven veteran," and "post-season experience" talk sprinkled in.
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Calling Minor League Experts...
abuck1220 replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
He'd go back to Vegas. I just checked this out, LaRoche was promoted to AAA Las Vegas yesterday. Sorry, Vance. come on, now, you didn't think i'd forget laroche, did you? I didn't know you knew anything about the minors besides Rich Hill. :P all right, that's it. i was going to offer you laroche for soriano since you seem to like laroche so much, but now it's off the table. -
the cubs have to be at the forefront of baseball innovation in something.
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Aren't those couple bad starts sprinkled in between his great starts considered "growing pains" we should let our young pitchers go through? of course. but comparisons to 2003 prior and wood seem quite premature. by the way, thanks to everyone for jinxing him tonight...
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marshall to AAA, ortiz to the rotation.
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Calling Minor League Experts...
abuck1220 replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
He'd go back to Vegas. I just checked this out, LaRoche was promoted to AAA Las Vegas yesterday. Sorry, Vance. come on, now, you didn't think i'd forget laroche, did you? -
wow...worst hitting decision ever.
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Calling Minor League Experts...
abuck1220 replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
i'm far from an expert, but... mississippi's got saltalamacchia, who is one of the best catching prospects in baseball. yunel escobar is also fairly well-regarded. jacksonville was a loaded last year, not as much this year. ss chin-lung hu is probably the best prospect on that team. orenduff's a decent pitching prospect. and greenberg, of course! -
the cubs, who may well be behind the rest of the league in scouting, player development, recognition of OBP, and nearly every other facet of the game, are WAAAAAAAAAY ahead of the curve when it comes to.... bullpen phone technology! that's right, kids, the cubs are the first team to utilize some mobile type technology for their bullpen phones. so...we've got short grass, a left-handed bp pitcher, and top notch phone technology. look out for the cubs in the second half.
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if that's what you want to believe, fine. we've had this argument before, and i don't know what else to tell you. he was good in 2004...there, i admitted it. you can tell yourself that he was good for most of 2005 all you want, but a 4.50 era and (especially) a 1.57 whip say otherwise. like i said, i don't know what else to say. glendon rusch was terrible in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. his career era is a shade under 5, and his career whip is 1.46. if you can look into those numbers and find hope that he's going to be worth the 4 mil he has left on his contract, knock yourself out.
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hill turned 26 in march. if you look at his stats in the minors the last 2 years i dont see how you cant put him in the "prime pitcher" catagory. age aside, he has been the most dominate lefty in the minors the last 2 seasons. he also has had great command in the minors this year as opposed to when he has pitched in the bigs (for whatever reason). I don't think that's quite true. He's a better than average lefty in the minors who's now (my bad on the age) 26 and still can't stick. Not prime. say what you want about hill and his big league prospects, but it's crazy to say he's merely better than average in AAA. 2005: 65 ip, 53 h, 14 bb, 92 k's 2006: 50.2 ip, 35 h, 11 bb, 70 k's 162 k's in 115 2/3 innings and a whip under 1 is dominant, i don't care how old you are. and he's doing it in what is likely the toughest pitcher's league in the minors.
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His control has always been an issue. I wouldn't expect those problems to completely disappear after a double jump to the big leagues. all right...that's enough doom and gloom from you, mr. i've followed marmol's career for more than 10 innings. [-X
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2007 Rotation
abuck1220 replied to soapy's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
like crap? yeah, sign me up for some more of his steady decline. keeping maddux for another year just b/c they let him go too early in the past is pretty foolish. i think the chances of him getting away from the cubs again and winning 200 games and a bunch of cy youngs is pretty slim at this point. i don't want anything to do w/ him next season unless he's pitching for like 2 mil. -
terrible. which is what they are. you seem to want to discount his bad spells with the cubs as if they are the exception. i look at his good spells as the exception. and if you look at the rest of rusch's career, i'd say my view is probably more likely.
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ah...just how i was hoping to start the week...two [expletive] starts and a two inning win for todd jones.