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Why was Hairston removed from the 7/26 game?
Transmogrified Tiger replied to WindyCity's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
He did. That's why he's out today and was replaced last night. Weird. Wasn't that in the 1st inning? Strange that he'd play through it for most of the game and then come out. -
You can't compare a free agent contract to an arbitration case, it's a completely different animal.
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Holla gets shafted, then chases eye-high again.
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Good hustle ARam!
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It was in fair territory and hit his bat again. Oh, I thought it hit his foot. Either way, what is there to argue after the ump calls it a dead ball? He's out regardless. It didn't look to me like anyone was arguing. The umps called Z back to the plate, then conversed and called him out. No one really protested that I saw.
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It was in fair territory and hit his bat again.
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Zambrano is clinically insane.
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Humiliating, Hollandsworth.
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Aram is a lazy $%% ...../sigh He's lazy and his errors have been numerous lately....earn that money man! we should trade him now, if only some other team would take him. Never said anything close to Trade him....told him to earn his money.. He's been the best hitter in the NL for the last 2 months, IIRC. He's earning his money.
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I don't think we have an equivalent to Marte, and IMO, Williams > McCarthy > Mitre. So maybe Williams and Wuertz?
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Unfortunately, this isn't something that just popped up this year. For many Sox fans, it's a state of mind. Take a look at a typical Sox fan site, and see how many anti-Cubs screennames, avatars, icons, or sigs there are. Then take a look at a Cubs fan site, and compare.
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Isolated power: SLG-AVG Here we go with another obscure stat. The guy is hitting over .400 and we're worried about is ISOP. Assuming Nomar comes back with some power, we have at least average or better power at 1B, 2B (for the position), SS (for the position), 3B, RF, & C. The last time I looked, the WSox were running away with their Division without a power-hitting LF. I guess I'm too old to get excited about all of these new statistics. Give me the good old days when a guy hitting .400 should be playing. Instead, everyone wets their pants over a guy hitting .240 with 8 million strikeouts and thinks we ought to trade half our farm system for him. I never said that Murton shouldn't play, I was just pointing out why he might not be a long term solution, because he certainly isn't going to hit .450 for the rest of his career. Just because a statistic is unfamiliar doesn't mean it's useless or overly complicated. Heck, IsoP isn't new at all, or complicated.
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Twice now Murton's gone 4-5 and gotten benched the next game. STOP MAKING SO MANY OUTS. Macias will get 2 hits today, he always does when he starts. That doesn't make playing him and leading him off any less of a joke though. WE WANT JODY!
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Brandon Sing appreciation thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to TruffleShuffle's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Branyan put up a 1061 OPS at High A ball at age 21. Sing put up a 782 OPS at High A ball at age 21. Dopirak has a 659 OPS at High A ball at age 21. -
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO
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Phil Rogers wrote that article, so it's just his uninformed speculation. Wickman has been an okay reliever this year, and his save totals will inflate his trade value. Miller, Rhodes, Howry, Riske, and Betancourt have all been better than Wickman this year, and that's just in the Indians bullpen. I'd love to get my hands on Riske or Betancourt.
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Sox fans obsess because they are always second fiddle. They will always get less media coverage because their fan base is significantly lower, yet some don't recognize this as the reason. This causes them to be angry at the Cubs and look for ways in which the team, the fans, the ballpark, and the media that covers them screws up
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Mmm... Damon
Transmogrified Tiger replied to KatJ's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I started a thread about the article in this forum a couple days ago. It was titled "Damon likes the Cubs" or something to that extent. The link was in there. -
I understand what you are saying but you also have to take into account the overall team the Cubs have. All things being equal I'd like to have power at every position, but as we all know that is not what the Cubs need. We have been harping about OBP all season when we haven't been harping on taking pitches or what terrible people LaTroy and Corey are. Long story short, Murton is exactly what the Cubs need right now. They need a guy to get on base infront of Lee et al. They don't need another Burnitz or similar player. Check that, a team always needs a big bopper but the issue at hand is OBP and Murton provides that. I agree with what you're saying, I'm just saying that we shouldn't be so enamored with Murton that it keeps us from acquiring a bat.
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What makes you so certain the power won't develop? Maybe it will, but before this year, he didn't hit a lot of doubles, which are a good indicator of future power. This year he's hit more doubles, maybe that's an indicator that he's developing it. I really like Murton, he seems like a great guy from the chat he did, and I love what he's done at the plate so far. I'm just trying to give some perspective on the situation for when he's no longer hitting .450.
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Isolated power: SLG-AVG
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I'm as excited as anyone about Murton, but I'd like to point out that he probably isn't a fix at this point. The knock on Murton before this year was his lack of power as a corner OF. Murton's IsoP 2003: .111 2004: .145 2005: .156 He has improved each year, which is a very encouraging sign. However, it's still low enough that he's going to need to hit .300+ to crack an .800 OPS. Could he do that? Sure, but to expect that right away(if it ever happens) isn't wise, and Murton's performance shouldn't preclude us from acquiring a productive LF.
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Running Full Speed Out of the Box
Transmogrified Tiger replied to fiver's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think it's prevalent throughout the league, I don't understand it. When I made a routine out, I always ran it out hard as a sort of vent of frustration. -
The thing is, if you keep Novoa, then you have only Novoa. If you keep Remmy, you have him and Novoa at AAA. I don't think that either is much better than the other that it would be worth getting rid of one just to keep the other on the major league roster.
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I recall at least 4. One of them I remember thinking it was lucky that he got on, but the other 3 I remember were created by his speed. So while he has been fortunate, a lot of it is due to his skill set.
