UMFan83
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Good decision Dusty
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I think Ausmus is still ahead Does Neifi count? He's starting in all the Tigers' games since his acquisition. Hes not one of the 168 qualified players. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting?seasonType=2&type=reg&sort=OPS&minpa=0&split=0&season=2006&pos=all&hand=a&league=mlb&ageMin=17&ageMax=51&qual=true&count=128
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I think Ausmus is still ahead
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Damn that Dusty....always trying to get fired
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Are you referring to my comment?
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The Rnny Ceen freefall continues
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Do you think we score this series? By my inaccurate count its been 21 innings
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You gotta figure that Miller will get a start at some point, so make that 15
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Can't believe that you didn't catch this tidbit in that column:
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But dude we didnt have our horses all year
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Someone want to tell Dusty that game time is not the time to play with his kids?
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Bradley is coming off major knee surgery. I dont think you can count on him being the #2 receiver. Berrian, is probably going to be that #2 receiver, with Davis being the slot receiver. Muhammad, will continue to drop passes as the Bears #1 receiver. Exactly, we are stuck with Muhammad. Davis will be a slot receiver, and Berrian has looked very good for most of camp (with him yet to really show it in the games). Bradley will be a fallback option and most people would agree that he has potential. Worse comes to worse we have Gage. The point was, theres really no spot to play Branch unless you want to hinder Berrian and Bradley's progress.
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I don't think we need a receiver. Between Muhammad, Berrian, Davis and Bradley (not even counting Gage) we have enough quality WRs.
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Not going to watch, I'll be at the Bears game. Do me a favor Cubs and knock the Cards out of first place please.
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I remember Mike Murphy made a big deal about this in June. The hitting and pitching coaches aren't coaching the players during this time and are instead coaching these corporate execs living out their dream. Not sure if this is standard throughout baseball or not.
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Not that Dusty will be back anyways, but this would be a sort of good thing if he was coming back. At least trying to add power is better then trying to add more speedy weak hitting low OBP middle IFs. Of course this will only put us at 2005 level (79-80 wins) and thats only if we upgrade pitching too.
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11 runs? What is this opening day?
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Where can I find pitcher run support stats?
UMFan83 replied to JonnyRed's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Maybe he's a bit lucky but in July and August hes gone 8-1 with a 3.13 ERA before that he was 7-3 with a 5.60 ERA So yeah lucky until July and now just plain good. -
Did anyone else want to see Pierre go Willie Mays Hayes style leaping over the catcher, touching home and sommersaulting back to his feet?
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Wow, we have the worst baserunners and OF arms ever
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It wasn't the best play, but I've seen at least 20 worse plays on the basepaths by the Cubs this year. If that means anything at all. It was a slow chopper to the 3B, and I think ARam ran on contact.
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I did make a mistake. Dopiraks numbers in Lansing were amazing for one year and has struggled since. Patterson had a good year in 1999 then in 2000 and 2001 put up horrible numbers. I would think the two bad years out weigh the one good one. When it comes to Murton he has put up good numbers at every level, the great was a poor choice of words. As a 21 year old, second year player Corey put up an .829 OPS at West Tenn. It is true that his BA was low that season. But he drew just over a walk per 10 AB's (and got plunked an extra 10 times) & hit for very good power in a pitcher's league. While not as outstanding as his 1999 campaign in Lansing, that was still a very successful season for someone his age with his level of experience. However, how does his 2001 numbers warrant being called up and then in 2002 giving him the starting job? If he was that good of prospect was it that necessary to rush him up? Either way in my min the organization botched that up. I think he got called up likely because the Cubs were 'contending' in 2001 with Gary Matthews in CF who hit terribly. Thinking that they could win next year, and pleased with Corey's 4 HR and 14 RBI (Not hit barely over .600 OPS), they figured they would bring him up rather then sign a stop gap FA CF , leaving Corey without a spot to play.
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In my opinion, you could make a list of prospects once considered 'can't miss' in every organization that never pan out. Not sure if the number is proportionally higher in the Cubs organization, but you can use the lack of position players the Cubs have producted over the last 30 years as a key indicator.
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That was a tough call for Aramis there, I don't blame him for the play, but its funny how easily the Cubs can turn a runner on third with 0 outs into a runner on first with 2 outs.
