minnesotacubsfan

thank god for cramps.... think it spossible Guz coould see the rotation next year if he put up spectacular #'s for the rest of the season>?

as long as we can spin off Rowand for ANYONE I really hate him......just a personal thing tho

Over/Under: 125 pitches by Neifi out of the pen tonight. I'll take 25

oo yes, I'ma idiot. I forgot Sandberg.

he'd have to pull himself away from the buffet first, that aint happening anyday soon

1. Banks 2. Brown 3. Anson 4. Sosa 5. Williams I am just a huge fan of Mordecai and the deadball era to forget the past like that

The column is about how Steve Dahl's son was a co-founder of an anti-Mariotti website. My understanding is that Jay is on an "eight week time out". I dont' think this would have happened had he not lashed out at his employer on TV. Who knows...he may never be back. Mariotti had every right to rip his editors for not backing him up. For them to possibly have put him on an extended leave for calling that out is really, really wrong. Whatever his personal and professional flaws (and he has tons of professional ones), he deserved to have the backing of his editors when it comes to a manager of a professional team using hateful slurs to deride him. agreed. I never liked Marriotti much, but he is right this time in a huge way.

Using a stretched out extreme example negates any value in your example. It's pretty interesting to note that in nearly everyone of your diatribes about what is and is not worthwhile, you use extreme examples that have no basis in reality. I use extreme examples because it easier to see my point. So let's use a real life example. The Cubs sign somebody who has a .400 OBP, and bat him 7th. He gets on base 40 percent of the time, but he dies on first because Neifi and the pitcher strike out everytime he is on base. So this guy never scores even though he gets on base a great deal. If you moved him to 2nd in the order though in front of Lee, this person would be driven in 30 percent of the time. Therefore, run production would go up. How do you account for the fact that Neifi Perez has arguably been our best RBI man this year ??? Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/18 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Perez 20 59 0.253 Blanco 15 45 0.250 Walker 31 96 0.244 Jones 33 112 0.228 Barrett 26 89 0.226 Ramirez 37 136 0.214 Murton 23 103 0.183 Lee 10 55 0.154 Nevin 9 51 0.150 Mabry 6 36 0.143 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Cedeno 20 130 0.133 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 2 16 0.111 Pierre 12 101 0.106 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 267 1172 0.186 thats easy, Fred, hes clutch, and saves us many many times Yeah, and if you throw out a couple of 1 game wonders in Theriot and Barrett, he's also been our best option in the number 2 slot. :wink: 04/03 - 07/18 AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Theriot 4 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 0.500 0.600 1.250 1.850 Barrett 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0.500 0.500 0.750 1.250 Perez 54 6 18 4 0 0 22 4 1 4 0.333 0.339 0.407 0.747 Walker 109 14 30 6 1 2 44 10 8 14 0.275 0.319 0.404 0.723 Murton 12 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0.250 0.308 0.250 0.558 Cedeno 97 6 25 1 2 1 33 5 2 20 0.258 0.273 0.340 0.613 Hairston 27 4 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 0.185 0.185 0.222 0.407 Pierre 13 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.154 0.154 0.154 0.308 Bynum 13 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.154 0.154 0.154 0.308 Pagan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 ok....now your starting to scare me.......

Since when? he's OBVIOUSLY referring to road ticket sales since the Sox are so beloved across the nation :roll:

sounds like Fox Sports Net to me. that whole network is full of hacks. too bad they didnt do a list of excuses for the Astros, such as: -Bagwells shoulder -Biggio and "The Hill" -Larry Deiker -Santana, Guillen, and who else??

Using a stretched out extreme example negates any value in your example. It's pretty interesting to note that in nearly everyone of your diatribes about what is and is not worthwhile, you use extreme examples that have no basis in reality. I use extreme examples because it easier to see my point. So let's use a real life example. The Cubs sign somebody who has a .400 OBP, and bat him 7th. He gets on base 40 percent of the time, but he dies on first because Neifi and the pitcher strike out everytime he is on base. So this guy never scores even though he gets on base a great deal. If you moved him to 2nd in the order though in front of Lee, this person would be driven in 30 percent of the time. Therefore, run production would go up. How do you account for the fact that Neifi Perez has arguably been our best RBI man this year ??? Percentage of baserunners driven in 04/03 - 07/18 BDI LOB RBI% Restovich 1 2 0.333 Perez 20 59 0.253 Blanco 15 45 0.250 Walker 31 96 0.244 Jones 33 112 0.228 Barrett 26 89 0.226 Ramirez 37 136 0.214 Murton 23 103 0.183 Lee 10 55 0.154 Nevin 9 51 0.150 Mabry 6 36 0.143 Bynum 4 25 0.138 Cedeno 20 130 0.133 Hairston 4 27 0.129 Pagan 2 16 0.111 Pierre 12 101 0.106 Womack 1 14 0.067 Theriot 0 3 0.000 CUBS 267 1172 0.186 thats easy, Fred, hes clutch, and saves us many many times

I disagree that the lineup order would improve this team much. Wow Thanks for the insight. OBP off all of those spots in the lineup with current players and splits included. Pierre (320), Barrett (399), Lee (396), Aramis (324), Jones/Murton (372), Walker (356), Jones/Murton (287), Cedeno (280). no need for the sarcasm just because your argument has been proven wrong by dozens of people who do nothing but analyze baseball. I all fairness stitch, you arent really providing much of an arguement here. WHO says WHAT in your arguement? what are you saying??

exactly what I was thinking. actually, I was dinking last night as well....although not driving anywhere...

I love watching the kid pitch. stupid lucky Twinkies...

is that alll??? you Rogers apologist bastard you!!!!

amen. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa snap. outta beer............ Time to break out the whiskey. oo..I'm sorry, I meant "locally" as in the can I am holding. Plenty in the fridge... brb

amen. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa snap. outta beer............

St. Louis' pitching seems to go in some pretty awful spurts. The Padres didn't hold the Braves down in the first three games of the stretch either. Yeah that's true, but I also remember the same Cardinals staff giving up something like 20 and 14 runs in back-to-back games against the Sox a few weeks ago. Mulder was hurt. At least he is an excuse. fixed

I'd like to punch him in the babymaker. I wouldn't want my hand near it...but that's just me. I'd rather just "accidentally" push him into the Grand Canyon. naaaa..he might bounce and discover were we hid Enrique Wilson, and re-sign him

I like your willingness to think outside the box but up-the-middle defense is incredibly important to a championship team, so Zambrano playing 2nd probably isn't a good idea. He might be good for a few more runs than Neifi on offense, but Neifi is a gold-glover and probably saved the Cubs from losing 25 or 26 games last year. You're either drunk or not conveying sarcasm well. Sorry. I need to use this :wink: more often. I laughed out loud when Neifi got thrown out stealing second by a mile --- on a one-hop throw. :twisted: I can just pitcher him slidding into second holding onto his balls....... Could you let us in on how you do that exactly? beer + cubs frustration + mental image i wish not to have = ^^^^ :D

I like your willingness to think outside the box but up-the-middle defense is incredibly important to a championship team, so Zambrano playing 2nd probably isn't a good idea. He might be good for a few more runs than Neifi on offense, but Neifi is a gold-glover and probably saved the Cubs from losing 25 or 26 games last year. You're either drunk or not conveying sarcasm well. Sorry. I need to use this :wink: more often. I laughed out loud when Neifi got thrown out stealing second by a mile --- on a one-hop throw. :twisted: I can just pitcher him slidding into second holding onto his balls.......

I like your willingness to think outside the box but up-the-middle defense is incredibly important to a championship team, so Zambrano playing 2nd probably isn't a good idea. He might be good for a few more runs than Neifi on offense, but Neifi is a gold-glover and probably saved the Cubs from losing 25 or 26 games last year. You're either drunk or not conveying sarcasm well. he's drunk. his other comment tonight had something to do with Nevin and getting to the playoffs..

ok.......gameday is saying Nevin CREAMED that one...thats gotta be a lie

Marmol's a pretty good one lol OUR PITCHERS have to do the hitting? :shock: I wouldn't mind if they pinch-hit Zambrano in for Neifi and kept him at 2nd for the rest of the game. He's tall enough that he just needs to fall on the ball in any direction to reach it and it's nothing but short throws anyway. @ 96 mph w/movement....have fun with that Lee

Marmol's a pretty good one