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Yes, I'm suprised. But I think I'm more suprised at the complete lack of good ballclubs in the NL. There's just no great baseball teams. At all. The Mets might be good, but certainly not great. I did come to the realization in March that the playoffs were not happening for us in '06. But I thought we would be .500 or somewhere in that neighborhood, not wallowing 20 games under.
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How is Murton going to get to a .380 OBP? He's short of .360 this year, and he has a slightly favorable platoon distribution(faced a higher % of LHP than if he played every day) and his BABIP is about 30 points higher than his LD% says it should, which means he doesn't really have much room for growth AVG wise. His minor league IsoD was a little higher, but his BABIP dropping 10 points is just as likely(probably moreso) as him improving those 10 in IsoD. I would think his obp would improve as he progresses a hitter and has a manager who embraces a walk instead of frowning upon it. I, too, am assuming Matt will make more improvements. Maybe that's a dangerously wrong assumption. I hope not.
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Right after Neifi signed his latest deal with Hendry, someone posted a picture of him from an article on the signing. The expression on his face just said it all. It was like: "Hey suckers laugh all you want. I'm making millions of dollars. What are you making?"
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That sucks. But yeah, Lovie didn't seem happy about it. He did say that it was his fault, though, because there's no tackling in camp. I also forgot that Harris was still playing out of position, but still, that was pretty ugly. At least Harris is putting himself in position on plays. He just needs to wrap up. This is something that is taught, so the coaches need to address it before the season starts. I'm happy with him just being in the right place for now. Also, I noted that now Kreutz is back, so the QB fumbles stopped.... Grossman is pressing, because he knows this is it for him. He needs to settle down, but everyone is ignoring several excellent throws he did in fact make, as well as 3 drops on passes that should have been caught (2 by Davis, one by Clark). Simms noted the Bear receivers were dropping way too many balls, as well. The INT was stupid. Dumb throw. And I've got to say: if I see Gabe Reid on a WR fly route during the season, then that's just pathetic. Reid's a TE, not a WR. Too slow to ever get separation on a fly route. So I think they were just experimenting on that play since you would never see it in the regular season. Definitely. I'm not overlooking Grossman. I think I'm his biggest fan (having seen him in HS in Bloomington). I love when he throws on the run. He's very accurate, and tends to focus more on making a good pass, because his feet aren't planted. The play to Berrian was absolutely beautiful. As I said, I think he needs to settle down earlier, and just move the ball downfield, not trying for the big play so much. The pressure's definitely on him this year. I am a little concerned. I do hope Turner realizes this ballclub must run the ball to succeed. If we see Rex-a-delic passing 60%/40%, I think we're in trouble. Even if Griese is the QB, I still think we must run the football and run it well.
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I'm praying you're right. Because the prospect of facing another 20 years searching for a decent 3B makes me ill.
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Agreed. I'm disappointed in Mabry. I realized he wouldn't be as productive as he was in his prime, but the dropoff was much, much worse than I thought it would be.
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I'm just guessing right now, but I'm thinking Soriano + Schmidt = too much extra payroll for the Trib to stomach. They wouldn't even cough up the dough for Furcal.
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He complained constantly about his lack of playing time in Texas and SD, from all accounts. And Bruce has made mention of the fact that he's very antagonistic with the media, often berating younger players for talking with reporters. Wow I had no idea. Maybe he'll come to his senses and realize his productive starting days in MLB are over.
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:lol: nice one.
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I'm a Murton fan...but, I don't care how hard he trained..he would be a nightmare in CF defensively. why? Not very good speed/range, not very good arm strength. i always thought murton had decent speed. agree on the arm strength (but we deal with that now with pierre), and range, well, i have to plead ignorant. but i think a winterball of playing cf and some coaching, he'd at least be competent out there, and at worst slightly below average. i'd say he'd do an equivalent job as jerry hairston given some training out there. What do you think will actually happen? I ask because I have no clue. Are they going to give Pie the shot? I think they'll try to re-sign Pierre. :puker: Then, I think they'll look to replace Murton or Cedeno with a power bat, maybe Soriano. Maybe Pierre won't start so terribly. That would soften the blow greatly. Although his noodle arm is just so frustrating for me.
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I'm a Murton fan...but, I don't care how hard he trained..he would be a nightmare in CF defensively. why? Not very good speed/range, not very good arm strength. i always thought murton had decent speed. agree on the arm strength (but we deal with that now with pierre), and range, well, i have to plead ignorant. but i think a winterball of playing cf and some coaching, he'd at least be competent out there, and at worst slightly below average. i'd say he'd do an equivalent job as jerry hairston given some training out there. What do you think will actually happen? I ask because I have no clue. Are they going to give Pie the shot?
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I could live with that. I just don't think it's such a terrible thing to have a 24 year old play a little bench ball for a year or two if necessary. I don't view it as a bad thing, necessarily. Especially if it means bringing in a big power bat to complement Lee & ARam.
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I'm a Murton fan...but, I don't care how hard he trained..he would be a nightmare in CF defensively. why? Not very good speed/range, not very good arm strength.
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He doesn't have the power though, and we're getting out-blasted just about every day out there. I love Matty Murt, but I see no reason why he can't be a solid bench player in favor of a power-hitting LF. It's not like our bench doesn't need a TON of work. Every player doesn't have to be a starter to be a good Cub.
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That sucks. But yeah, Lovie didn't seem happy about it. He did say that it was his fault, though, because there's no tackling in camp. I also forgot that Harris was still playing out of position, but still, that was pretty ugly. At least Harris is putting himself in position on plays. He just needs to wrap up. This is something that is taught, so the coaches need to address it before the season starts. I'm happy with him just being in the right place for now. Also, I noted that now Kreutz is back, so the QB fumbles stopped.... Grossman is pressing, because he knows this is it for him. He needs to settle down, but everyone is ignoring several excellent throws he did in fact make, as well as 3 drops on passes that should have been caught (2 by Davis, one by Clark). Simms noted the Bear receivers were dropping way too many balls, as well. The INT was stupid. Dumb throw. And I've got to say: if I see Gabe Reid on a WR fly route during the season, then that's just pathetic. Reid's a TE, not a WR. Too slow to ever get separation on a fly route. So I think they were just experimenting on that play since you would never see it in the regular season.
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Well, they just said Robinson was named the best defensive catcher in the Tigers' organization last year. So he probably can't hit, but hey Blanco won't be here forever. 319 AB, 92 H, 22 2b, 1 hr, 47 rbi, 6 sb, 72 so, .338obp, .367slg, .288 avg OK........ So then Detroit's insane. The guy has good D and at least passable O, and they handed him to us for the human no-playoff guarantee. :lol: -
The Sun just came out! Kids have started playing in the streets again! Flowers are blooming! My life seems more meaningful!! *weeps with joy*
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Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Halle-luuuu---uuuu--uuuuu---jah!!!!! 8)
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Well, they just said Robinson was named the best defensive catcher in the Tigers' organization last year. So he probably can't hit, but hey Blanco won't be here forever.
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Tell you what though. Phillips was right. Gotta give him props, he called this on Wednesday, right? Pretty good.
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Even Ben Wallace is happy for us!
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It's two years late, and Hendry traded Neifi AFTER making the mistake of paying him more unwarranted $$$$. But hey, at least he's gone. Watch him systematically dismantle the Tigers.
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I had no idea OSU was going to be ranked #1. Guess I'm out of touch. I'm having a hard time believing Texas will be able to maintain it's dominance without Vince Young. Having that ace in the hole all year helped them immensely, including in the title game when Vince basically loaded up all of Texas on his shoulders and carried them to the title.
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Kid tosses a shutout from nowhere for the team he loves. Couldn't have scripted a better story. Good for him. And now, no matter what happens, he can always show his kids & grandkids the video of the time he went to the big leagues and got the Cubbies a win.
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i hope he was joking. Wow, if he wasn't kidding, that reaches whole new levels of pathetic. Wowza. Even if he was joking it's not a wise thing to say given the circumstances.
