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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Carlos Lee hit an inside the park HR in the bottom of the first. The next hitter made an out to end the inning. Alex Rodriguez then lead off the top of the 2nd with an inside the park home run.
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    that's the thing - lou considers everything to be a disaster. after the bases became loaded, the blue jays' chance of winning the game was 7.1%. i'm well aware that marmol is the best pitcher in that spot, but lou seems to think that the only way to get out of that situation is to use marmol. pretty much any guy in the bullpen is likely to get out of that spot with the cubs still a heavy favorite to win the ballgame. sometimes you have to trust people other than your best pitcher to get outs. The only problem with trusting the other pitchers is that they need to prove they can be trusted. Even the last couple of weeks Lou has tried to rest Marmol and then the pitchers he uses end up imploding, in which case he uses Marmol anyway. I'm not saying I always agree with using Marmol for every single sticky situation, but none of the other guys, other than Kerry and Scott, have proven they can do it. Re-post from the game thread: ERA+ of our bullpen guys(coming into today) INF INF 201 178 161 137 89 We have a very good bullpen. They've all proven they can do it.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Encarnacion isn't clutch.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    And round and round we go, this topic was addressed a long time ago in this thread. Willie Randolph's team tied for the best record in MLB in '06. He is widely regarded as a buffoon. The other manager that had the best record that year was Joe Torre, who had a below 500 record before being blessed with managing the Yankees. Art Howe in '02 tied for the best record in baseball (103 wins) Oakland allowed him to jump ship to the Mets, where the Mets were terrible for 2 years and Howe was fired. Lou Piniella had the best record in '01. 2 years later he was beginning a pathetic stint as manager of the Devil Rays where he put up a .412 winning percentage. The point in all this is that really bad teams are going to be bad regardless of the manager. Really good teams are going to be good regardless of the manager. Now to be fair, I think the work of Gerald Perry(who was brought aboard by Piniella) is a big reason the Cubs are a really good team. I just don't want to see this team suffer injuries late in the year, or lose home field advantage due to some dumb decisions due to Piniella's in-game managing.
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    The only way that coulda been a catch is if the ump thought it bounced out of the glove. He obviously didn't catch the ball cleanly barehanded. The way he came in, I don't know how you could judge that as hitting his glove first.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    That was a really blatant non-catch, I would be really pissed if this was a Brewers game.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    So your basis is if somebody else pitched that inning, AND gave up a few more hits, then the Blue Jays would've been a grand slam away from tying the game? I'll take my chances.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Mark Grace is a terrible announcer.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Totally unrelated For someone who just called out Howry, you should see the relation No there is no relation at all. Its a differet point in the game. I wasnt clamoring for Howry last inning. But if you think just because Howry gave up a triple there, then he would have if he was brought in in the 8th, then I dont know what to tell you. Not the triple but the fact that he can't get people out is the problem. I am sure you will pull some stat out of your rear to prove me wrong, but beyond Wood, Marmol and Eyre, the back end of the bullpen is not entirely reliable. Isn't 3 guys the back end of a bullpen? Bullpen ERA+s (coming into today) INF INF 201 178 161 137 89 The Cubs have a great bullpen.
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    Eh, he was still an OBP machine before moving to Oakland, but his power had already fallen off of a cliff in Pittsburgh. His defense had already taken a hit as well.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    But we have 7 bullpen guys. Howry had a terrible April, he's been very good since then.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Wouldn't it be easier to ask which posters OMC's sister hasn't hooked up with?
  13. SouthSideRyan
    I woulda stuck with Marquis, DeRosa shoulda caught that line drive, he wasn't getting rocked, and his pitch count was low. Wasting Marmol here was pretty dumb.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    Kendall was a great player before messing up his ankle.
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Ozzie Smith and Vizquel are so similar, at least as far as offensive output is concerned. Smith: .262/.337/.328, 9396 AB's, 2460 hits, 28 HR, 402 2B, 69 3B, 793 RBI, 580 SB Vizquel: .273/.339/.356, 9565 AB's, 2615 hits, 77 HR, 419 2B, 71 3B, 876 RBI, 381 SB So, Vizquel has more power and Ozzie more steals. Looks like a wash offensively. Context. Look at the offensive environments the guys played in. Cool pictures you posted, Jimmie Foxx was frikkin jacked. He'd certainly get some baseless steroid accusations thrown his way.
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    WHOOOOOOOO
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Aramis Ramirez has had an incredible approach at the plate all year, I can't get mad at him because he fouled off a pitch that's in the seats in most stadiums. To do so seems pretty absurd. At least the Brewers are gonna lose.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Lou Piniella found a way to use his entire bench and a pitcher in 9 innings of an AL game.
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    I'm not sure what that really means. They look like baseball players to me, at least when they wear baseball uniforms. Murton is slugging under .400 against AAA pitching. He can't play defense. He runs the bases like he's drunk. I understand that he can get on base at a decent clip, but he's nothing more than 4th OF material at this point in his career. I don't know why people are so upset he didn't get called up. Because we already had Eric Patterson on the roster, his name is Mike Fontenot. Someone who can hit LHP with power off the bench is something we don't have, and Murton could have provided it. Again, I'm trying to figure out how a guy that can't slug over 400 in the PCL can provide consistent power at the MLB level. TT said "someone who can hit LHP with power." It should be no secret to anyone who has followed the Cubs the past few years that Murton hits lefties well. It's also no secret that he doesn't hit well off the bench. There is an open spot in LF for him to start in. He's put up a .295 .363 .451 line over ~950 PAs in the big leagues. I don't know what else he has to do.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Sutter and Perez for sure. Gossage probably doesn't belong either.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    4-0 Twins, 4-1 Phils.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Or I could start reading entire threads before I post rather than repeat what Kyle just said.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    It's always a matter of how much you have to give up. It's annoying when people argue back at this, saying how long do you want to wait, it's been 100 years, trade em all. Getting Milton Bradley doesn't guarantee a world series, getting Brian Fuentes doesn't guarantee a world series, even getting C.C. doesn't guarantee a world series. It's not as cut and dry as either sell the farm and go straight to the world series or stand pat and do not pass go, do not win a game in the NLDS.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    DeRosa as an All Star? I don't know about that. I think the only two positions where the Cubs shouldn't get all star consideration is 2B and CF. CF and 1B Well look who was a page late to this conversation.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    DeRosa as an All Star? I don't know about that. I think the only two positions where the Cubs shouldn't get all star consideration is 2B and CF. CF and 1B
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