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  1. Bruno7481
    Any chance of Dusty getting canned, or submitting his resignation tomorrow? It can't get any more embarassing than this.
  2. Bruno7481
    Booing is fine, trashing the field is classless. You can get your frustration across by booing, no need to also make yourself look like an idiot and throw trash on the field.
  3. Bruno7481
    Christ Todd.... I never want to see the argument that he is a good defensive 2B.
  4. Bruno7481
    Walker owes Marshall a dinner or two.
  5. Bruno7481
    Or, you're reading something into the post that isn't there? His splits are very strange. That was my point. Fair enough. Although anybody's 0-2 splits are going to be pretty bad.
  6. Bruno7481
    Unreal.... The guy has pretty much played beyond expectations all season, and been one of the two most consistent hitters (other being Barrett) all season. Yet, in order to reach the "bash Jacque" quota, a crazy stat like this has to be posted.
  7. Bruno7481
    Wow, vintage Steve Stone on ESPN. Wondering aloud why Maddux is hitting, considering everyone is rested. Said it makes no sense whatsoever.
  8. Bruno7481
    What are the suppose to say? Of course they back the manager....then they support the new manager, just the way it is. Why the bother printing this I'll never know. That is my exact point. Eyre received some criticism on here a few days ago for the same type of comments. I seem to remember a line about all he does is "eat ho-hos and injure D Lee". It is a non-issue, 99.9% of players will publically back their manager regardless.
  9. Bruno7481
    The tone is the same though, both players feel the focus should be off Dusty. It is completely natural for them to stand up for him, I wouldn't expect otherwise. It is not their decision of whether or not he is reatained though, and that is a good thing.
  10. Bruno7481
    Zambrano made some comments yesterday about allowing Dusty to finish out the year and to blame the players, not him, etc. Is he going to get attacked like Eyre was for his (very similar) comments?
  11. Bruno7481
    Hmm... nothing like a little self-promotion.
  12. Bruno7481
    I wonder how many would be so forthcoming face to face.... Putting myself into Eyre's situation I might feel the same. It is obvious he has respect for Baker, I don't find it odd that he is supporting him. It is no secret the team has struggled, the Tribune knows that, Dusty knows that, so does Eyre. I don't think they are trying to lose. Dusty, faults and all, wants to win. I'm sure the team wants to win as well. Saying Eyre took time out from eating ho-ho's and injuring Lee is ridiculous. Come on.
  13. Bruno7481
    Ahhh... Wouldn't be a Cubs/Brewers game without Carlos Lee hitting a HR.
  14. Bruno7481
    which begs the question why double switch?im not worked up. but seeing it day after day gets a bit old Baker doubleswitched because he wanted to keep Novoa in the game, without having him hit in the 8th. If you bring in Novoa straight up he would have been leading off the top of the 8th. By double switching you can put in Pagan and have him hit instead.
  15. Bruno7481
    didnt this happen last night too? or am i imagining things? it happens almost everytime Matt gets a start Is it that big of deal in a blowout? Getting Pagain some time isn't that bad of an idea. Murton has been in the pretty much everyday and playing well lately. I don't think him missing out on one AB is going to ruin him. i'd rather see him going in for jones or JP, murt needs the playing time...and didnt Pagan drop a ball on his first chance last night? It is one inning and one AB, not going to get too worked up over that. He doubleswitched w/ Murton because he is furthest down in the order. Double switching w/ Pierre, who was due up 2nd in the inning would have made absolutely no sense at all.
  16. Bruno7481
    didnt this happen last night too? or am i imagining things? it happens almost everytime Matt gets a start Is it that big of deal in a blowout? Getting Pagain some time isn't that bad of an idea. Murton has been in the pretty much everyday and playing well lately. I don't think him missing out on one AB is going to ruin him.
  17. Bruno7481
    Angel "Carlos Beltran" Pagan strikes again...hehe.
  18. Bruno7481
    Who knows, but if he is truly injured then Prior is about as frail as my grandmother. The argument that he has just been victimized by freak injuries as opposed to being injury prone is loosing steam/
  19. Bruno7481
    Why? I didn't look at the stats, Hairston's numbers may be a bit better, but if so they probably aren't by much. I should have said that they were similar players, yet Hairston never got this treatment.
  20. Bruno7481
    Nobody that plays as often as he does is insignificant. Who cares if somebody else has been worse? The fact is he's dreadfully awful. There's no getting around that fact. He's proven it time and time again over the course of a long career. I care, because I think it is major hyperbole to repeatedly claim he is "the worst player in the league, worst in history of MLB, etc." He is a lightning rod and he shouldn't be. Blame Baker/Hendry and Co. for signing him. Personally I think Neifi has contribute more to the Cubs in a positive manner than Jerry Hairston Jr ever did.
  21. Bruno7481
    The risk would have been completely reasonable if Hendry had even done a moderate job of filling out the rest of the lineup. Every team should try and blend in a kid or two a year, it'll allow them to spend more on actual difference makers. The problem is when you need those guys to be really good in order for your lineup to be any good. With the way this lineup was constructed, Murton had to platoon with Jones and they needed another impact corner OF. Agreed. Having Cedeno and Murton in there together wouldn't be as bad if the lineup was better. I'm not against playing young guys, I enjoy watching them play. I just don't expect huge production from them either.
  22. Bruno7481
    No, it's not decent, a .299 OBP is pathetic. It's terrible overall, and it's bad even for a shortstop. Then what would you consider Ronny's line against lefties to be? This arguent blows up every couple of weeks it seems. Put me in the cam that believes Neifi catches a lot of unncessary criticism. SHould he have a 2 year deal? No. Would it hurt my feelings if he wasn't on the team? No. Is he as bad aas everyone wants to make him out to be? No. He's insignificant and doesn't merit as much discussion as he seems to generate. His playing time doesn't support the claim that he is insignificant. And yes, he is as bad as people claim him to be. No he's not. There have been a few guys in the past few years that have been as bad or worse than Neifi. I'm not saying he is good, don't get me wrong. Neifi doesn't control his playing time, neither do I, neither do you. He is rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
  23. Bruno7481
    I'm not sure where Nomar would have played, really liked the guy, but I can't flame hendry too much for not committing more money to him. I'm with you on Cedeno/Murton though. It was a risk, despite the "play the kids" drive that was going around at the time. I'm all for playing them if they are good enough, so far they haven't been.
  24. Bruno7481
    No, it's not decent, a .299 OBP is pathetic. It's terrible overall, and it's bad even for a shortstop. Then what would you consider Ronny's line against lefties to be? This arguent blows up every couple of weeks it seems. Put me in the cam that believes Neifi catches a lot of unncessary criticism. SHould he have a 2 year deal? No. Would it hurt my feelings if he wasn't on the team? No. Is he as bad aas everyone wants to make him out to be? No. He's insignificant and doesn't merit as much discussion as he seems to generate.
  25. Bruno7481
    Who knows what will happen here. It is obvious Pie is not ready, unless he goes on a tear to finish the year I think it would be a mistake to hand him the CF job next season. Maybe they will investigate extending Pierre, or maybe they will look outside of the organization.
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