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If by good offense in 2003 you mean by watching the likes of Hee Seop Choi, Bobby Hill, Alex Gonzalez, Lenny Harris, and Damian Miller all in the starting lineup at the same time, well then yes, by all means we had a good offense. And Randall Simon, Tom Goodwin and Paul Bako on the bench. My Lord, how did we get anywhere? Pitching, Sammy Sosa, and Aramis Ramirez. I don't think Aramis did too much in the regular season. He only hit in the .250s and had average power. It wasnt until 2004 when he started playing like a stud (2001 notwithstanding)
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Agreed. There were a lot of interesting swings this year pertaining to All Star balloting. Obviously the Pujols/Lee (this guys great but this guy is even better this year) was intreaging The NL SS which went from Nomar to Caesar to Eckstein AL OF where a grassroots campaign from Red Sox Nation got Johnny Damon in the game.
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Jason Schmidt to White Sox?
UMFan83 replied to treebird's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I don't think a SP is the White Sox pressing need. In a 7 game series Buerhle, Garland, Garcia, Contraras is still extremely formidable. I'd still take Prior, Zambrano, Wood, Williams over that but the margin is lessening day by day -
Corey has 11 HRs. :wink: Sorry, I must have mistaken one of his popouts to second as a HR :oops:
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I'm not sure, Lee has some competition from Corey, seeing as each of his 12 HRs are solo. Lee probably has a few more but not by much
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none of the cardinals starters should be there. the outfield should be abreu in center and Carlos and Miguel on the corners. Felipe Lopez should be at SS. Aram or Morgan Ensberg should be at 3B. What a farce. Are you referring to Carlos Beltran? He has been pretty average this year. If you're keeping guys at their positions, the OF should be Cabrera, Andruw Jones and Abreu; if you're playing guys out of position then put Jason Bay or Abreu in CF. I don't have as much of an issue with Edmonds starting because he has at least been good this year and hasn't been much worse than Andruw Jones. Rolen is not even close to ARam, David Wright or Ensberg (the latter two got left off) and Eckstein is way, way behind Felipe Lopez. Even Bill Hall deserved to make it ahead of Eckstein. Cesar Izturis doesn't belong on the team, either. I'm assuming by Carlos he is talking about the one playing in the far north Chicago suburbs.
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My bad, I was doing a spot start while at work, so I didn't bother to look up any of my info. I thought I heard something about 3 road NL east series, but I must have misunderstood 2 road series and 1 home vs. Wash
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The 4th of July has come around and it finds the Cubs continuing to run in circles. After an 8 day period which saw the Cubs win 4 in a row and turn around and lose 4 in a row, the Cubs look to put a 2-4 homestand behind them and go back on the road to take on three of the tougher teams in the NL, the Braves, Marlins and Phillies. It starts tonight as Kerry Wood makes his second start off the DL, returning to the place of his greatest triumphs as a pitcher, namely Games 1 and 5 of the 2003 NLDS. Also in his last start in April 2004, he dominated the Braves striking out (I believe) 11, and at one point had 6-7 K's in a row (at work, don't have time to look up the numbers). He will go up against the rookie Kyle Davies. Not much is known about the youngster (from me at least), but he has put up respectable numbers in his brief stint in the majors. The matchups: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/134268.jpgKerry Wood - 1-1, 5.29 ERA vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/434678.jpgKyle Davies - 3-2, 4.63 ERA Let's pick up a win, get back over .500 and gain some ground in the Wild Card all in one 9 inning period. Go Cobs! Go USA!
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Nomar could be sounding genuine because he knows if he remains a fan favorite in Chicago, he can get the most money from the Cubs this offseason despite yet another disapointing year.
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Despite what I put in my prediction entry for NSBB, I had a feeling this team would be a .500 club with no bullpen, one of the weakest OF's in baseball, and an overall injury prone team. They just don't have it this year, and I think being buyers is a bad idea. I'd almost rather be a seller, so we can find out our keepers and people who should leave. Fire Baker, trade away Burnitz, Corey, Remlinger, etc. to contenders, find a way to play some youngsters full time and get ready to suprise a lot of people next year. It sorta worked in 2002 when we got to give Corey, Zambrano, Prior, Jobo, etc a lot of playing time which led to more confidence in the team we had going into 2003. Even if we make a trade and play better, I just don't see the 2005 Cubbies winning the World Series. I don't think this is the year. Wait until next year has more meaning every additional year, but I think next year can be our year if we play it right
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Yeah yeah yeah, you know what I mean. But I'll leave it unedited for the hilarity.
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Washington AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg B. Wilkerson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 J. Spivey 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 J. Guillen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305 V. Castilla 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 M. Byrd lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 C. Baerga 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 B. Schneider c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 J. Carroll ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 R. Drese p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg J. Hairston Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 T. Walker 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 D. Lee 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .386 J. Burnitz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 A. Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 T. Hollandsworth lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 N. Perez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 M. Barrett c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 C. Zambrano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hmm...little worried about Barrett pitching to Z, as well as Neifi hitting ahead of Barrett, but I'll take it
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I can see Jerry Hairston wondering if this is some practical joke
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Nope, I refuse to believe this is true....not until I see it...Dusty getting a lineup (minus Cedeno) correct is beyond the realm of my imagination.
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I'm telling you, I think Sosa is done after this year. His pride and ego are shattered and he has nothing left.
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Last year he seemed to have a clue at the plate :(
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Not so far this season. VS AB H K BB AVG OBP SLG OPS lefties 68 13 20 3 .191 .225 .309 .534 righties 233 59 58 13 .253 .293 .416 .709 Sad that seeing him hit .253 at something seems awesome
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Again, because Dubois is a different type of player then Cedeno, I could potentially buy that. But look at May, where he at one time started 17 out of 19 games. His numbers for May were less then stellar: .224/.268/.403/.671. How much time do we need to give him? Eventually he would catch on, as Cedeno might, but I don't think Cedeno is goin to go in there and be a perfect top of the order hitter without some time to adjust. If he does need adjusting, then you are just as well of hitting Neifi 2 as Cedeno.
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If Lance Carter can be an All Star, Sisco certainly can. The 1B and OF are deep, Tony Graffanino sadly might be an option as well except the fact this his power numbers at a power position are not adequate. So yeah, I'm buying Sisco for All Star game (followed by a swift departure to the Cubs minor league system ;))
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I think he'd be well-suited to the two spot at this point. He'll see plenty of strikes hitting in front of Lee, has a very respectable AVG/OBP, and could contribute effectively there from the get-go. Might as well give him those opportunities and acclimate him to hitting at the top of the order, ya know? That is a logical theory, but don't forget good OBP in the minors doesn't always translate into good OBP once they get into the show. For instance, Dubois had a .389 OBP with Iowa last year, but since he's arrived in the majors he has had a terrible K/BB rate. Not saying this will happen to Cedeno, seeing as how he is a different type of player, but I still think that for now he needs to prove his ability to get on base consistantly in a less pressure filled position in the lineup.
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This year yes, but those look about AGone's numbers at SS in 2003
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Baker Forcing a Trade??
UMFan83 replied to PackLandVA's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Adding to the 1-2 problem, here is a list of situations Derrek Lee has come up in the last 4 games. See a problem here. (These are in reverse order) AB 1 - 1 ON, 1 0UT AB 2 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 3 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 4 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 1 - 0 ON, 2 OUT AB 2 - 2 ON, 2 OUT AB 3 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 4 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 1 - 1 ON, 0 OUT AB 2 - 0 ON, 2 OUT AB 3 - 0 ON, 1 OUT AB 4 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 1 - 0 ON, 2 OUT AB 2 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 3 - 0 ON, 0 OUT AB 4 - 0 ON, 2 OUT -
Baker Forcing a Trade??
UMFan83 replied to PackLandVA's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Could be. I missed the question during today's postgame, but I heard a response from Baker that was: "Until we get a full-time leadoff hitter" -
I was almost a little disapointed that Novoa didn't walk in a run so I could use the "You can't walk across the plate" quote.
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Yeah they should be called "Believe! (and maybe with dumb luck it will eventually happen...but don't count on it)" Braclets
