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and how many years has he played 145 games in a season? huh? is he injured right now? i don't see your point.

the one with the lifetime .800 OPS from a power position. a measly .886 ops from 2003-2005 too. what a loser.

wtg pierre. a run in consecutive innings? come on guys, let's not get too greedy

i think on force plays, it doesn't matter one way or the other.

NO FN WAY

2 runs in an inning? let's not get selfish, cubs.

WOW OTIS89 HASN'T PITCHED IN A WHILE

This organization's philosophy HAS to change. If it doesn't, then it doesn't matter if we fire/keep Dusty. The results will be the same.

:(

hahahahahaha, the 1st one is funny because i literally just got done watching spinal tap.

Greg Maddux's K rate isn't that low.

griffey returns with a 3 run walk off blast

How do you expect someone to prove something that is essentially impossible to improve?

I beg to differ. Lou is as much of a loon as Bowa. Yes but he would be our loon! Baker walks out of the dugout to argue and you don't think anything of it. Lou P comes out and you get interested really fast. The players see this and see the fire. With Dusty they see someone just awaken from a nap! Aramis: Well gee, I wasn't gonna try and hit a homer. But now that I see Lou is angry and the crowd is pointing and laughing at him, I shall now hit a monstrous homerun to show my appreciation for Lou! *CRACK* I hate that ridiculous and condescending reaction to this argument. It oversimplifies a complex issue and says a lot about theperson posting it, IMO. No one is arguing that the Cubs don't need better players and a manager -who in addition to holding his players accountable and demanding concentration - understands how to fill in a lineup card and manage pitching staff. In spite of this fact, many members continue to generalize and twist statements. In deference to people who just don't get it, let me spell it out plain and simple: 1) The Cubs need better players; 2) The Cubs need a manager who understands in-game strategy, how best to lineup his position players, and how to manage a staff; and 3) The Cubs need a manager who, unlike Baker, demands accountability and concentration, and doesn't make every excuse in the world for his players (i.e., the weather is cold; we travel too much; we play day games; black guys react better to the heat or whatever). What the hell? The post I was replying to was made tongue in cheek (I presumed), so I made one too. It wasn't a comment that we need to keep Dusty. Settle down.

I submitted my ballot that featured Barrett as the only Cub. btw vance any chance of convincing others to put dunn on the ballot?

Zambrano's stuff did look the nastiest I've seen all year. His pitch that got Bonds looking should be outlawed in its unfairness.

I beg to differ. Lou is as much of a loon as Bowa. Yes but he would be our loon! Baker walks out of the dugout to argue and you don't think anything of it. Lou P comes out and you get interested really fast. The players see this and see the fire. With Dusty they see someone just awaken from a nap! Aramis: Well gee, I wasn't gonna try and hit a homer. But now that I see Lou is angry and the crowd is pointing and laughing at him, I shall now hit a monstrous homerun to show my appreciation for Lou! *CRACK*

At least 6 innings and no more than 3 runs.

wtg jacque

yeah, because the guy w/ speed is in a massive slump. get murton on w/ a single or walk and they need two base hits to get him in. good luck stringing those hits together, w/ this club. bat cedeno first instead and up the chances of getting someone across the plate. station to station baseball doesn't work w/ one power hitter. probably not even two. get three and probably. But Murton getting on base more and going station to station definitely outweighs Pierre rarely getting on base and maybe taking an extra base.

Just because Shawon Dunston played a lot I wouldn't say he panned out. .269/.296/.416 for his career. Yikes.

Fixed. :cry: Nah, they would have to be hard hit grounders for that. I can see your point. Murton draws a walk. Pierre hits a soft grounder, Murton out at 2nd, Pierre is too fast/ball is hit too softly for a double play to occur. Now Pierre is at first and can get in the pitcher's head and Cubs score 13 runs!

What a worthless team.

The Cubs need someone on base at leadoff before they need speed. Speed at the top has done nothing for us this year, it's time to get guys on base first. Murton has decent speed anyways.

Todd Walker would have been a fine leadoff guy. Leadoff man was only a weakness when Dusty would bat Corey leadoff.