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  1. Derwood
    Good question. I'd try, but have no idea where to start. :D Research past playoff history on MLB.com. Look at game 3's for the past 5 years, and let us know what % of those who won game 3 won the series ;-). I looked at the last two years out of curiosity. In 2006 the game 3 winner ultimately won 6 of the 7 postseason series (the St. Louis vs. San Diego NLDS was the exception). And in 2005 the game 3 winner won all 7 series. So that's a 13-1 record for game 3 winners. To put a little perspective to that, in series that were tied at one in 2005 and 2006, the team that won game 3 won the series all seven times. To go back a little farther, since 2000 in series that were tied at one the team that won game 3 went 21-5 in the series. The Marlins in 2003 actually lost game 3's in this situation (series tied at 1) to both the Cubs and Yankees. So yeah, when the series is tied, Game 3 is very important. but your 3rd starter doesn't always start Game 3. If you didn't clinch the playoff spot until the final day of the season, it may have been your ace who pitched on that Sunday, meaning your ace would be pitching Game 3
  2. Derwood
    i'm saying maybe he's lazy. maybe he has an attitude problem. maybe he had a run in with Lou. there's any number of things we don't know about that could be the reason for him being banished to AAA. i think it's easy to write off the organization as stupid, but there's probably a reason they are paid to make baseball decisions and we're sitting at home typing on a message board
  3. Derwood
    Then why use him all last year(with a good deal of success)? It's not as if Murton has been permanently oppressed, he performed in an extended period last year, and this year he got banished for a poor month. i'm just posing the possibility that there is more to it than "a poor month".
  4. Derwood
    i have two kids. that said, i wouldn't want to sit in the bleachers with someone else's little hellion. also, a night game? with a 10 month old? maybe i'm old fashioned, but my kids are in bed by 8pm. i'm guessing that kid will be mighty cranky by the time that game ends
  5. Derwood
    why has no one considered that maybe, just maybe, there is something about murton that the organization just doesn't like? it's easy to just say "the cubs are idiots for not using him", but is there even a hint of a chance that they know something we don't?
  6. Derwood
    he's an option, but I'd rather not keep throwing band-aids on the problem.
  7. Derwood
    i'm on a Cubs-like tear and have climbed to within 11 of the leader.
  8. Derwood
    don't know why, but i have a feeling like hendry might pull one out of the hat in august too
  9. Derwood
    Trade for Lofton AND Griffey. =P~ Lofton Lee Ramirez Griffey Soriano DeRosa/Fontenot Theriot Kendall or Lofton Theriot Lee Ramirez Griffey Soriano DeRosa/Fontenot Kendall to play along, it would more likely be: Soriano Lofton Lee Griffey Ramirez DeRosa Theriot Kendall
  10. Derwood
    Sure, except this Ryan Church bats lefty, can catch a flyball and score from third on a ball hit to shortstop. The only valid argument in that post is that he is a left handed bat. I guess I imagined Murton dropping two routine flyballs in right field. I guess I imagined the three times early in the season when his crippling indecision as a runner at third cost the Cubs runs. All you need to know about his future with the Cubs is that Lou has referred to him on several occasions as "the guy who played a little right field for us earlier in the year." Lou hasn't spoken Murton's name since he left. They called up the great Jake Fox and then Scott Moore instead of Murton. Lou's "get me somebody who can run the bases and catch the ball tirade" was directed just as much at Murton as it was Barrett. I know Murton's hitting .326 at Iowa. Good for him. I also know that Felix Pie and Ronny Cedeno are hitting .372 and .360 there. Apparently Des Moines has sprung a mountain range since we last looked and the I-Cubs are playing at altitude, it's the only explanation for why guys who can barely hit their weight in Chicago are excelling down there. Murton's only position is left field and that's booked for the next seven and a half years. Try not to get too attached. well, several PCL teams ARE at a high altitude, and, overall, PCL pitching sucks, so there are a few more explanations
  11. Derwood
    look at Lee's power drop off after a broken wrist, and we're over a year later....
  12. Derwood
    i went with NLDS loss. Assuming the other teams are some combo of ATL, NYM, MIL, SD or LA...I like our chances against the west better than the east. If the WC comes from the east, that screws someone (due to MLB's stupid rule that the best team in the league can't play the wildcard if they are from the same division)
  13. Derwood
    no way. i'd rather ride him to the playoffs and risk losing him than trade him and miss the playoffs entirely
  14. Derwood
    From what that says it seems like a winner will be picked around the world series but the winner and Zell (or whoever) reaching a deal could take a little longer (?). not if Zell buys the whole thing, and then sells the team off to someone new. Could take all winter
  15. Derwood
    I wonder if Steve Phillips has heard Lofton's name "kicked around" by the Cubs people, or by Bruce Levine, who has been talking about Lofton on ESPN AM 1000 for the last 2 weeks. he heard it from whatever intern ESPN assigned to him today
  16. Derwood
    you always have to PM a mod to do it
  17. Derwood
    Garland would be great, but if Williams is seeking a king's ransom for players like Contreras and Dye, can you imagine what he'd want for Garland? Probably Hill, Pie, and Veal for starters. Renteria for Garland is the rumor... not sure that's something Hendry can match. but it shows that KW is not looking for top prospects. still not sure we have a ML starter quality player we'd be willing to give up....unless he really wants Jock
  18. Derwood
    why are people here so willing to send 5 players for 1? a) it's unnecessary, as most deals are 2 or 3 for 1 b) the roster headaches that causes make it not worth it
  19. Derwood
    Any prolonged stretch of .600 baseball would be more than acceptable. 12-8 would leave them at 63-54, or a .538 W%, good for a pace of 87 wins. That would also leave them with 45 more games to reach the 90 win plateau, which would mean going 27-18 the rest of the way, also a .600 W%. considering the "easy" games in this stretch are on the road and the "hard" games are at home, I stand by 12-8. Not knowing the pitching matchups makes it hard to guess though
  20. Derwood
    all I know is that it was the most excruciating pain I have ever been through in my life, and I wasn't able to start ANY exercises until approximately 4 months after the operation Prior very well may be better off than me because I had laxity in addition to a completely torn labrum, but my Dr warned me in advance that the recovery would be quite similar for either injury (just so happened I had both) you should have injected steroids into your calves. that might have helped
  21. Derwood
    i think 12-8 is realistic. anything more is gravy
  22. Derwood
    i am the perfect example of this :D
  23. Derwood
    days off after losses suck
  24. Derwood
    you hate to hear this. it's amazing it doesn't happen more often
  25. Derwood
    Looking good for us. means we will be shut out You're probably right, but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say we crush Wells. 10-2 Cubs is maroth a lefty? if so then that is really [expletive] to bump him for kip wells cuz we all know the cubs problems against Left handed starters this season....Here's hopin the return of DLee starts another nice stretch of wins after *gasp* losing two in a row for the first time in a month Maroth has an 8.10 ERA for St. Louis
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