CubfaninCA

I'd still trade his career average for Youkilis' beefy .431 (It is .350 BTW, and its been dropping for a while) epstein won't and where does youkilis play in chicago? he's a 1b/3b right?

3 more singles and the cubs could have pushed another run across the plate. lol @ the cubs scoring 4 runs in an inning. that would mean a couple extra base hits in one inning. about the only type of hit the cubs can produce is a single.

Anyone who predicted a .267 obp for Pierre can pick my lottery numbers next time I play.

can't see how a guy w/ a .950 ops "isn't playing the game" & is "mediocre." simply amazing.

the cubs didn't pass on him right?? i recall weaver being considered a tough person to sign. anaheim was an ideal fit since he's a socal guy. but aren't most of them....

of course, obp's important. unless you have outstanding pitching, you need a good batting average to win. walks are nice and all,but not nearly as important as batting average. the importance of the walk is overvalued. Any way a guy gets on base is important. But to your point, the Cubs have had plenty of baserunners this year -- just look at how many games we lost when we outhit our opponent --- today's game is another exampe. I place a high value on OBP and I place a high value on batting avg. However, this Cub team has neither and that's why they have a pathetic offense. a few 3 run homers would be nice. this teams lack of power is appalling. they have to be close to last in home runs too.

Well, if you go back a few years ago, there was a Sosa & Patterson for Andruw Jones rumor a few years ago, so missing on Jones has to go in the top 2. Of course, Jones was ripped cause he didn't take enough walks. Just like that guy w/ 17 homers this year, Soriano. Some had the foresight to want both Jones & Soriano. (Patting myself on the back) :) So the new order of Hendry mess ups: 1. Not making the Prior for Tejada trade. 2. Not making the Patterson & Sosa for Jones trade. 3. Not making the Murton for Soriano trade. 4. Not signing a top of the line pitcher. 5. Trading for Pierre instead of Castillo. 6. Not signing Dye after 2004. Castillo, Soriano, Lee, Tejada, A. Jones, ARam, Dye & Barrett. I guess that's as plausible as Bradley in LF, Patterson in CF, Giles in RF,and Nomar @ SS. :D

of course, obp's important. unless you have outstanding pitching, you need a good batting average to win. walks are nice and all,but not nearly as important as batting average. the importance of the walk is overvalued.

And you wonder why people call you a troll. actually i don't wonder. some people just don't like having their theories/beliefs & comments scrutinized. Pointing out that bean doesn't bat 1000 with draft picks scrutinizes/challenges no one's beliefs. he was referring to more than this one post. hence my answer which encompasses many subjects. A defense for "He was pointing to this post and others" cannot consist of talking about other subjects exclusively, especially when this post is the example given. huh? example of what? my initial post was a joke. i've said several times that beane's a great drafter, and that the cubs shouldn't try to model oakland or atl (bring up the kids to fill holes) cause the cubs suck at drafting. Classic, he responds to "you were trolling" with "I was trolling" as a defense. that's [expletive]

And you wonder why people call you a troll. actually i don't wonder. some people just don't like having their theories/beliefs & comments scrutinized. Pointing out that bean doesn't bat 1000 with draft picks scrutinizes/challenges no one's beliefs. he was referring to more than this one post. hence my answer which encompasses many subjects. A defense for "He was pointing to this post and others" cannot consist of talking about other subjects exclusively, especially when this post is the example given. huh? example of what? my initial post was a joke. i've said several times that beane's a great drafter, and that the cubs shouldn't try to model oakland or atl (bring up the kids to fill holes) cause the cubs suck at drafting.

In 2004, Oakland was 15th in runs & 5th in walks. The Cubs were 16th in runs and 25th in walks. The 2005 stats are skewed because the idiot manager used patterson & neifi 1-2 too much. Oakland was 5th in walks and 9th in runs in 05. Cubs were 20th in runs. Near the bottom in walks.

My guess is they probably aren't sac bunting enough, or aren't gritting their teeth hard enough. They need more gritty gamer types. Total Plate Appearances 18) Oakland 1798 29) Chicago Cubs 1677 ABs 16) Oakland 1585 29) Chicago Cubs 1522 BBs 5) Oakland 183 30) Chicago Cubs 116 % of Walks Taken Oakland: 10.2% Chicago: 6.9% OBP 22) Oakland .328 30) Chicago Cubs .301 Batting Average 27) Oakland .246 28) Chicago Cubs .245 Runs 22) Oakland 211 30) Chicago Cubs 167 If the Cubs had as many PAs as Oakland, they'd be projected as having ~179 runs. If the A's had as many PAs as Chicago, they'd be projected as having ~197 runs. They have comparable BAs...yet Oakland walks more and has more runs. I'm seeing a correlation going on here. It helps to have a good BA, that much is obvious. But if one team gets more baserunners than the other, yet both have similar BAs, guess which team scores more runs? Give the Cubs Lee & a DH and the Cubs are ahead.

the baker is losing on purpose theory is bullcrap.

bynum took some of prior's roids..

neifi's been a bad luck charm ever since they brought him in in 2004. bring back randall simon!

And you wonder why people call you a troll. actually i don't wonder. some people just don't like having their theories/beliefs & comments scrutinized. Pointing out that bean doesn't bat 1000 with draft picks scrutinizes/challenges no one's beliefs. he was referring to more than this one post. hence my answer which encompasses many subjects.

hey bbb question.. why is oakland 5th in walks and 22nd in runs?

And you wonder why people call you a troll. actually i don't wonder. some people just don't like having their theories/beliefs & comments scrutinized.

i was wondering if dempster's may be hurt too. he just didn't seem to be going after the braves' hitters.

Obvious sarcasm, so you admit that acquiring and playing Bynum is a horrible decision. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, fool me repeatedly in agony, shame on Hendry and Dusty. Actually, no. I don't read that as sarcasm. I read that as a subtle little slam on anyone who likes how Billy Beane does business. It's not sarcasm, it's trolling. We've tried to tell CubfaninCA over and over again that the walk was invented long before Billy Beane was ever born and that Billy Beane did not invent OBP. But, it doesn't seem to sink in. That's okay. I only wish it would sink in with Hendry and Dusty. Today was a perfect example of what a walk can do. Atlanta got 9 of them. The Cubs got one. The Cubs only walk was an intentional walk to get to the pitcher. Atlanta scored 3 runs off of walks. The walks didn't drive in the runs, but they were on base when someone else drove them in. The more runners you get on base, the chances increase of driving in a runner. The Cubs are dead last in OBP, and their dead last in runs scored. It's actually pretty elementary. The Royals have scored more runs than the Cubs, and they've played 2 less games than the Cubs. Hudson threw 70 pitches in 6 innings. Zambrano threw 120 in 6.2 innings. This particular line in the box score pretty much looks the same everyday. lol. i've praised beane's ability to draft on various occasions. lighten up.

Obvious sarcasm, so you admit that acquiring and playing Bynum is a horrible decision. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, fool me repeatedly in agony, shame on Hendry and Dusty. obvious to you at least. maybe bynum has something. *shrug* beane's track record is quite good.

this team has 4 hitters.. walker, aram, barrett and jones.. the 4 other spots in the order has turned into a crapshoot. 2b, ss, lf and catcher aren't hitting. they should just move walker back down to 2nd in the order.

bynum was a 2nd round pick by oakland in 2000. beane never misses.

they shouldn't have got runs 4 & 5 off dumpster. rusch had nothing to do w/ the loss. neifi should retire today.

i'm not suggesting pulling him. hopefully, he turns it around. would suck having to find another closer again.