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I would have sent him.
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Mabry had been looking okay with the bat lately so naturally Dusty had to get him out of the lineup.
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Hey Dusty, think you should get someone warming up?
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Hill to start 7/27 / The Rich Hill Thread
cubfan1955 replied to soccer10k's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Glendon Light? -
Baker WILL not be fired, will finish season
cubfan1955 replied to oldstyle81's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Like I've said many times...opening day 2007 rolls around and your Cubs manager will be Dusty Baker. I've never had any doubts... -
And you would be lucky to get that in return. There is no GM in baseball, except Hendry, that wants Rusch. Even the historically pitching poor Texas Rangers released his sorry...left arm.
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Let's see, he had just given up a run and walked the bases loaded and he's upset Dusty removed him from the game? He should really concentrate more on throwing strikes than acting like a spoiled 12 year old.
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Good trades involving good players don't happen after the July 31st deadline because those good players have to clear waivers and other teams most likely aren't going to clear waivers. As an example, suppose the Cubs work out a deal to send Maddux to the Red Sox after the deadline. No way are the Yankees going to let Maddux slide by and go to the Red Sox. Even if they don't want Maddux they'll put in a claim just out of spite for the Red Sox. Deals that happen after the deadline are usually fringe deals at best.
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If hustling to first base is going to cause a 28 year old player to pull something as a regular concern when 100% healthy, then the player has no business being an athlete. It's absurd to think a player his age can never hustle due to lack of proper stretching and preparation. He's not Frank Thomas in the twilight of his career. Everyone is entitled to make a living as long as someone is willing to pay for his services. The way it is right now there are major league baseball teams waiting in line to hire a guy that can hit a baseball the way Aram can. And who says he doesn't do proper stretching and preparation?
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It's a no win situation for Aramis. Either he looks like a lazy bum that is loafing or he pulls something if he runs hard. The outcome is either benched for lack of hustle or on the DL injured. Either way you lose his bat. Not that it makes it ok. It's just the way it is.
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Don't forget Beltran. Abreu in LF, Beltran in CF, Vlad in RF with ARod at 3B, Tejada at SS...and Dusty managing we'd still probably be trying to catch the Pirates for last place with a $200 million dollar payroll. :cry:
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Do the injuries preclude a trade?
cubfan1955 replied to Southpaw191679666239's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Search the Cubs farm system high and low and find the worst LHP not named Rusch and put him into the starting rotation and you've improved upon a rotation with Glendon in it. They could trade/shoot Glendon right now and it would improve the team. So no, I don't think the injuries should affect them as far as Glendon goes. Maddux, who knows? -
I agree with the others that it's not our most pressing need but it's pretty comical at times to see Pierre and Jones throwing. Pierre probably has the weakest throwing arm I've ever seen and Jones will throw a ball straight into the ground one time and then turn around and lob a wedge into the pitchers mound the next. Murton isn't great but he's not nearly as bad as Jones and Pierre. I remember a lot of people ragging on how badly Soriano would be in the outfield and he has something like 13 or 14 assists in LF this year.
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You make ZERO sense. You almost make negative sense which is impressive. Firing Dusty and getting an interim manager will allow our youngsters to play and allow us to get an idea of what we have in our system. It will also allow us NOT to EVER see Neifi Perez batting 2nd. It will allow us to make sure Zambrano doesn't get ridden to an arm injury. In fact, despite the fact that "that's all you're going to say", it doesn't make ANY sense to keep him lame duck through the season. I'm all for firing Dusty right now but I don't think an interim manager is going to come in here and play a lot of untested youngsters. Remember, he is interim and needs to do something to convince Hendry to keep him. Playing .350 ball probably won't get him the gig permanently. The cubs are on pace for 100 losses. I obviously don't trust Hendry, but I think he'd give someone who came in at this point some leeway, especially if he was clearly working to make the team better for next season. Remember, Dusty is harming Hendry by not trying to make the Cubs better for next year I wish I shared your optimism about Hendry but really, Hendry and Baker are a page from the same book. And it's a horror novel.
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You make ZERO sense. You almost make negative sense which is impressive. Firing Dusty and getting an interim manager will allow our youngsters to play and allow us to get an idea of what we have in our system. It will also allow us NOT to EVER see Neifi Perez batting 2nd. It will allow us to make sure Zambrano doesn't get ridden to an arm injury. In fact, despite the fact that "that's all you're going to say", it doesn't make ANY sense to keep him lame duck through the season. I'm all for firing Dusty right now but I don't think an interim manager is going to come in here and play a lot of untested youngsters. Remember, he is interim and needs to do something to convince Hendry to keep him. Playing .350 ball probably won't get him the gig permanently.
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he probably would actually Not if pitchers don't throw you hittable pitches. If they don't throw him hittable pitches, he should take walks until the pitchers realize that's a bad idea too and start pitching to him again. Pitchers have tried. It's just that the other Cardinal hitters have made them pay when they pitch around Pujols.
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That's up to the opposing pitcher. If he chooses to pitch to you as opposed to the guy in front or back of you, you stand a better chance of getting a good pitch to hit. And the opposite is true if he chooses to pitch to one of the other hitters. The secret is to have too many hitters to pitch around. When Lee was out and jones wasn't hitting it was too easy to pitch around Ramirez. His problem was that he was overanxious trying to hit bad pitches and getting himself out. Jones hitting some lately and the mere presence of Lee has given him better pitches to hit lately...and he's been hitting them.
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Ho Hum...
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he probably would actually Not if pitchers don't throw you hittable pitches.
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Frank Robinson is no baseball manager mastermind. If anyone could contend for worst manager in baseball with Dusty Baker, Frank is the man.
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Neifi will save us !! :wink: Everyone was giving Neifi high fives for the popup that would not have scored anyone not named Pierre and even he should have been gunned down. I think him running shocked Kearns and he threw the ball offline out of shock. But you are right...Neifi saved us again. Oh, lighten up. :wink: If I lighten up will it help the Cubs win some games? I mean could it be my fault the Cubs are as bad as they are becuase I'm too hard on them? It's not the CUBS I'm worried about.... it's your blood pressure. :wink: Thanks for the concern but my blood pressure is fine. If I let the way the Cubs play affect my health I would have been dead years ago.
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Neifi will save us !! :wink: Everyone was giving Neifi high fives for the popup that would not have scored anyone not named Pierre and even he should have been gunned down. I think him running shocked Kearns and he threw the ball offline out of shock. But you are right...Neifi saved us again. Oh, lighten up. :wink: If I lighten up will it help the Cubs win some games? I mean could it be my fault the Cubs are as bad as they are becuase I'm too hard on them?
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Neifi will save us !! :wink: Everyone was giving Neifi high fives for the popup that would not have scored anyone not named Pierre and even he should have been gunned down. I think him running shocked Kearns and he threw the ball offline out of shock. But you are right...Neifi saved us again.
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Can we score the man from 3rd with one out?
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Is it possible for the Cubs to make outs any faster?