Dallas Green
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Ohman is with Atlanta. Thank god.
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Better bring him into bases loaded situations. Lou's handling of the bullpen tonight was awful and he has to take his share of the blame. I was only following the game on gameday, but it seemed clear that Hart didn't have it tonight, but he was trotted out for a second inning. Marshall apparently can only face lefties even though he was a successful starter. Wuertz was brought in with the bases loaded and 1 out even though he's been struggling with control. Lou Yost'ed this one. True, but Wuertz has been terrible. I thought he was going to be the sleeper of the pen this year. We should've maybe sold high to Detroit?
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Yeah, I was thinking that would happen this week.
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At the post game press conf. Lou was upset at his mid inn guys and said it's been a chronic problem for a while. Since everyone's middle relief sucks and nobody willing to trade any relief pitching now, any ideas who could come up or be shuffled around. It's obvious Hart and Wuertz were who he was refering to. Hart has potential and Wuertz has become the Lou's new doghouse occupant with his wildness.
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Wrong. They are still looking for a LH bat, and Lou doesn't get all giddy over one play.
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I would give the farm for Oswalt, no way Astros trade him within div though :(
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Jim's main fault in this regard was Dusty, not the player selection. The 2003 and 2004 teams had several veterans with solid OBPs (not great) that underperformed in OBP under Dusty's command because of the philosophy enforced, and the loss of playing time for not hitting. Dusty had too much influence over player decisions in his last two years, and Hendry's worst decisions seemed to all occur during these years. Extremist thinking paints Hendry as a man obsessed with tools and lineup formulas (RH/LH, Speed at 1, etc) and nothing else, but there are numerous personnel decisions throughout his tenure that show more balanced thinking than that, including guys with plate patience and disciplined hitting (highlighted by Lee, Fukudome, Walker, Lofton, Kendall). I'd put him squarely in moderate old school, not on the extreme, with a willingness to flow with his scouting roots (which infers a willingness to embrace aspects of new school numbers). I agree with this. Hendry likes to combine guys like Gary Hughes and stat guy Chuck Wasserstrom theese days. I think Lou asking for the right kind of players helps too. How many times did Dusty challange Hendry the last two years by not playing younger players or not putting people in certain positions.
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Nice work Ralph.
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I wouldn't be opposed to either Penny or Lowe. or Billingsley or Kershaw :D WTF do people suggest young players back when this team will be playing add-on?
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Cubs like Blanton. Maybe near the deadline. I would also like a good loogy.
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Hendry's Replacement
Dallas Green replied to CubinNY's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
no Kim Ng? I have heard nothing but good things about her, and it would be sort of cool for us to break the Gender Barrier. i'd hate to see the shirts being sold with an asian FEMALE gm CUBS, Me love you long time!! -
Hendry's Replacement
Dallas Green replied to CubinNY's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Agreed. It would 2010 at the earliest, for the Cubs to have a new Gm. Good to see some rationale on this topic. Whatever your feeleings on Hendry, he and Lou and Randy Bush for that matter seem to be moving in the right direction and if they win the pennant Jim is safe for awhile. -
Olney's LF Solution
Dallas Green replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
When did Mike Murphy start writing for Buster Onley? -
Failed Test plz? It's common knowledge, test or no test. Sorry.
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I'm trying not to touch myself as I read this thread =P~
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Murton Called Up
Dallas Green replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If this is true it means Lou is already done watching E-Patt swing at crap in the dirt just like Felix. Felix makes Lou angry, and he has to keep him until they get another CF. Murton :flame: -
And I'm willing to bet we'll win one or two more before the Reds get a good look at one. The Cubs screwing the divison up bebcause there the Cubs comment was ignorant considerign they won it last year. Don't really think the goal is divison titles though.... Yes, we have alot of moronic fans out there in the bleachers, but when I heard his BS I was pissed off!!!! It's like only I can rip on my family kind of feeling. Marty and Thom are pissy with the Cubs org. in part because when Thom was here he wanted to stay here and do football for Fox as well and the Cubs told him nope, so he left and he has been a bitter little bitch since. BTW Brantley is a major drunk. He alomost got kicked out of a major d-town rest the other night won't be welcomed back. Oh yeah, and were the Cubs and will screw up winning the div we won last year, also sounded like they were pissy about the fans booing Dusty by saying they will have no one but themselves to boo.
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I just think it's a top of the order thing. The Cubs want a guy who could lead off and they thought the best choice is Patterson. Their one dimensional thinking led to this imo, not a dislike of Murton. "We like Murton, we think he's gonna be a great ballplayer. Life would be a lot easier if Matt were a switch hitter, an emergency catcher, ran a 4 minute mile and made a mean guacamole dip." No, it's true. The Cubs like Matt Murton as a person just not so much as a player. I feel the same way.
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Murton :flame:
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It's not like he was doing kartwheels out there. It was a pretty innocent little bunny hop which he's probably been doing since the first day he was playing in the outfield. If he strained his calf on something like that it was bound to happen sooner or later. What is more concerning isn't his bunny hops in the outfield but how is legs may be starting to break down (see hamstring last year) and what this means for this season and the 6 after. This contract wasn't Zito dumb but it was awfully stupid. Agreed. The guy for the most part has been healthy throughout his career, he signs a ridiculous contract and he's already breaking down. I hate that he's here. Meh, even Hendry knows they overpayed and gave too many years, but it was the price at the time. The bidding began at 7 years. Hendry said today that he expected 5 more quality years out of him, it doesn't even compare to Zito. Zito is a colassal bust. Soriano batted .300 with 30 hrs last year with time missed. He won't live up to the contract but not too many FA do.
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As of this year. TBS after carrying the playoffs last year has begun to cover Sunday day games nationally. Oh, if it's Chip were gonna here some screaming! " SWUNG ON BELTED" or the customary "LASER-BEAM" routine fly-out.
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I really think that the 03 season with Prior and Wood and the 04 rotations potential has skewed peoples expectations of what a rotation is. Rich Hill was a FINE #3 pitcher last year. Look at Boston or Colorado's staff last year for ex and tell me how much better their #3 were. You will really only have one ace these days with what pitchers are getting and we have ours in Zambrano. If we get 13-15 wins from our 2/3 starters, good.
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Suprised at Lieber and Dempster start to the season. Our staff does at least look deep. I'm not too worried about Hill, but they are always messing with him.
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Ryan Dempster – Early Season Cy Young Candidate?
Dallas Green replied to GoCubsGo1679625768's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I was as worried about Dempster as anyone. However, he really impressed me in person last week vs. Mil., and it's too bad he's not 2-0. It was good to see Wood shut them down after the HR I was worried he was loose focus after that.