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No. Not at all either. I think if the Cubs wanna go far in the playoffs they're going to need to aquire a #2. Most people here have been saying that for most of this season. Lilly isn't this bad, but he's not a "true" #2 that you can hinge your playoffs on with the ace. yep...this is why i constantly pray for the bluejays to loose at least 95% of their games till the allstar break... BURNETT CHA CHA CHA Or we could just call our number 2 back up from Iowa. Rich Hill has not performed like a #2 at any point this season. I hope he does, but he's got to get things going in the right direction. Yes in his what, 3 starts up here he wasn't great. Which is shocking. Most guys are great every game they pitch. Come on we gave him 3 to 4 starts and then jerked him around. You know my stance on Hill, I'm not his biggest supporter, but I don't dislike the guy. Its not that his starts "weren't great". He was amechanical mess and had no idea where the ball was going. It would have been better if he was just getting hit, but he couldn't get it over the plate.
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No. Not at all either. I think if the Cubs wanna go far in the playoffs they're going to need to aquire a #2. Most people here have been saying that for most of this season. Lilly isn't this bad, but he's not a "true" #2 that you can hinge your playoffs on with the ace. yep...this is why i constantly pray for the bluejays to loose at least 95% of their games till the allstar break... BURNETT CHA CHA CHA Or we could just call our number 2 back up from Iowa. Rich Hill has not performed like a #2 at any point this season. I hope he does, but he's got to get things going in the right direction.
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No. Not at all either. I think if the Cubs wanna go far in the playoffs they're going to need to aquire a #2. Most people here have been saying that for most of this season. Lilly isn't this bad, but he's not a "true" #2 that you can hinge your playoffs on with the ace. yep...this is why i constantly pray for the bluejays to loose at least 95% of their games till the allstar break... BURNETT CHA CHA CHA DL ChA CHA CHA...
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Working the count is fine, but if you do it too much you are going to find yourself behind the count a lot with Cook.
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It was a bunt hit that he used his only tool, speed, to beat out. I understand crticism, but these game threads are ruthless.
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I was at that game...good times.
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Have you collected your award for "Most optimistic poster" yet? :wink:
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Even our forfeit lineup look pretty good. Theres nothing wrong with Ramirez is there? He's 0-10 against the starter, so it's a nice day to give him a break. Except that past performance in 10 at-bats has absolutely no predictive value. I used to give the benefit of the doubt to managers who made lineup decisions based on past batter-pitcher performance (Brenly goes crazy over those stats), but the research of Lichtman/Tango/Dolphin pretty much squashes the idea that certain pitchers own certain hitters and vice versa. I think it has to hold some value in certain situations. Whether it be a tought LH against a fellow lefty which is not as common as the R/R matchup. Obviously 0-10 is a very small sample size, but I don't think you can completely disregard it in other instances. Some guys, for whatever reason, hit well against certain pitchers.
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130 PC Night Moves Big Z to 2nd in PAP
Bruno7481 replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think he'll be fine. Obvioulsly you don't want to see him do this every time out, and he hasn't. You can't just look at pitch count either, it is too simplistic. There are other more imprtant things involved, mechanical issues, etc. It isn't the number of pitchers, its how you are throwing them in most cases. -
Good pitch...needed the K there.
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I guess Cedeno does too since he made an error the other night also.
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The Cubs have now won at least 15 games in April and May. Winning 15 games a month will give you 90. Keep it up!
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5/28 Dodgers (Lowe) @ Cubs (Z!) 7:05 pm ESPN2/WGN
Bruno7481 replied to erik316wttn's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Haha. Left-handed batters hit 100 points of OPS better against Lowe, but Fontenot and Edmonds are on the bench. Johnson's career numbers against Lowe probably have zero predictive value according to the research of Tango, Lichtman, and Dolphin. Edmonds is sitting because of his career numbers against Lowe. 5-30 .167/.194/.300 -
Hehe... Gotta love the Cubs. Brant Brown-esque.
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Hank "the hitting machine" Blanco.
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The Brewers are 6 games behind the Cubs. Cubs were 8.5 behind the Brewers last June. This cubs team is way better than last years team that was able to run them down. The point is that being 6 games up right now doesn't really mean all that much. It's nice, and anyone would rather be 6 games up than 6 games back, but it doesn't guarantee you anything. Which is why paying any serious attention to the standings right now is pretty useless.
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Its May... The Cubs keep winning and playing well and there will be nothing to worry about. I cant get upset about a Mil-Was score right now.
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I love the 12 hopper to CF for an RBI single.
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Nice hustle by Lee. Have to go for two on that.
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Did I miss the announcement? Is this (Insert announcer name here) is a jerk.douchebag/idiot day?
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Which is why I don't really care right now. Its May, the Cubs just need to keep winning and play a little better on the road. The standings don't mean a lot to me until post All-Star break.
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I don't think he had a lot of choice. Those guys didn't have the grades. Probably, but usually they try to get them up through summer school. In these cases, they were either too low to bring up or he just didn't want to deal with them. He picked up a pretty good PG for 09 last week, local boy Jordan Hulls.
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Needed that.....Wow.
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It might be ugly for a while in Bloomington but I expect Crean to do a good job. I think it says a lot that he is willing to kick off half the team and just deal with the losses.
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So close to a triple....