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Baker's world of delusion
Transmogrified Tiger replied to badger1679666666's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I assume that he didn't just say it in the paper. I assume that what he said "to the paper" was a paraphrase of what he told his team. If you think that there's zero chance of players taking something like that seriously, then why even have a manager? If your players respect you, I do believe they'll listen, and maybe even (gasp!) "try harder". It's a dangerous assumption to make. Many coaches berate players in private while not bashing them publicly. And besides, think about what the criticism is. It's not basketball or football where increased hustle makes an extraordinary difference. -
You do realize that he's batting .311/.363/.432 against righties this year. It's lefties he's struggling against at .140/.178/.140 Murton is .246/.325/.348 against righties. He's not hitting anyone right now. I'm interested to see if those splits are just a reflection of the ton of lefties we saw during the homestand.
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I'm resigned to the fact that most if not all managers are going to make similar veteran favoring/sac bunting stupid decisions that Dusty will. On the other hand, I don't know how hard it would be to find someone who has a concept of starting pitcher fatigue.
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Baker's world of delusion
Transmogrified Tiger replied to badger1679666666's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Chris Shelton: Hey Pudge, did you see the paper with what skip said about the series? It's not very nice. Pudge: Now that I think about it, he's right. I guess I'll try harder. -
Delmon Young's in Big Trouble...
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Jehrico's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Excessive, IMO -
He is out of options, right? They had to outright him to AAA, which I believe forces them to take him off the 40-man and allows other teams to take him. Oh, that makes this an even worse move.
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What's the point in taking Restovich off the 40 man now?
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NO
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Goodbye Fassero
Transmogrified Tiger replied to thedaymen's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
WHIP is a dangerous thing -
Be careful- someone might point out the starting 3B, LF, DH, one starting pitcher and the closer all spent time on the DL last season. Depth is actually a good thing, keeps teams from using injuries (especially injuries to the same player over and over again) as excuses. He said a serious injury. Crede and Podsednik were both at 130 games last year, and the worst starter on the team(including his replacement) was the only one that didn't make 30 starts(but still made 22). Thomas maybe, but he plays the easiest possible position to replace, and wasn't exactly a force himself.
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Bullpen Rest Dempster Eyre Williamson Howry Ohman Novoa Rusch May 8 1IP/17p DNP DNP 1IP/11p DNP DNP 2.1IP/47p May 7 DNP DNP DNP DNP 2IP/35p .1IP/28p 1.1IP/23p May 6 DNP .2IP/17p DNP 1IP/9p DNP 1.1IP/23p DNP May 5 DNP 1IP/14p 1.1IP/30p 1IP/17p DNP DNP DNP May 4 DNP 1IP/11p DNP DNP 1IP/18p DNP 2IP/26p May 3 DNP DNP 1IP/16p 1IP/20p 1IP/16p DNP DNP
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Because his OBP is south of .280 - speed only helps if you actually get to first. sarcasm
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v. RHP Murton Walker Ramirez Barrett Jones Mabry Cedeno Pierre v. LHP Murton Cedeno Walker Ramirez Barrett Jones Hairston Pierre
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For the love of all that is good and holy, just let Rusch have an at bat, he's just as good as Neifi.
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Welcome back, 40 year old Greg Maddux
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:| THE EMOTICON MAKES IT OKAY
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I don't think it was the Cubs.....
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wtg Juan
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*applause for hitting the ball to the outfield*
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It doesn't matter ONE IOTA whether Wood wanted to be shutdown. He's as much of a competitor as anyone out there. That's why Hendry is the GM. He has to make those decisions. No player is going to want to be shutdown, it's up to management to make the tough decisions. good luck resigning a guy when you give up so easily. Those quitters in New York aren't letting Zambrano pitch anymore this year, and they're in first place! Equating not letting Wood pitch to quitting is lunacy.
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Welcome! Always say how many teams are in the league, it's really tough to gauge otherwise.
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Dum dum Dum dum Dum
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Detroit is looking dominant, again. (against a pretty good offensive team, to boot) 'Nother finals appearance? out of the 4 times Cleveland played Detroit this season, they were only close to 100 once and that was when they scored 97. That was also the only game they were able to beat Detroit in the regular season. They lost by double digits the other 3 games. Detroit's defense is real good. No team in the East is close to them. I'll be real surprised if Cleveland takes this series to 6. It's worth pointing out that the one game they won and scored points in was the only game the Cavaliers had Hughes for. Detroit's not going to shoot 70+% from three point land all series long, I'm looking forward to see how crunch time plays out when the deficit isn't as great.
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Emil Brown could make a nice platoon partner for Jones.
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Bruce's Take
Transmogrified Tiger replied to soapy's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
While you're looking up stats, why don't you check his OBP? OBP is about the ONLY thing right now, Giles is good for. With his OBP hovering around .400 he SHOULD have more then 17 runs (in 31 games). Now you can't fault him for ONLY scoring 17 runs, you can fault those guys hitting behind him, but the proof is in the pudding. That OBP is an empty .400. At this stage of his career, if he can't slug around .450, then Giles should be a 2 hitter in the lineup. And for slightly under $8 mill per, Giles is so overpaid. Dare I say...Giles would have a BIGGER impact with St. Louis then he would in San Diego. :evil: An empty .400? He's in an offense that has been terrible, he's the only one with an OBP over .340. And that 17 figure is second on the team to Barfield's 18. Also, Giles' 3 year splits('03-'05) for April: .221/.372/.405/.777
