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  1. David
    Strikeouts are overrated for hitters. For pitchers they say a lot more. How so? What's the difference? You're going to say if a hitter strikes out with 2 out and no one on it doesn't matter. In that case...who cares if a pitcher strikes out a guy with 2 out and no one on or if that guy hits a flyball to left for the third out? Depending on the situation, sometimes I'd rather take the flyball if it means less pitches. IMHO, strikeouts can be used in conjunction with walks and/or innings pitched, and various other statistics to tell a lot about a pitchers stuff and control. With regard to hitters, they can be a lot more misleading. I'm just basing this on general observation...nothing concrete. You don't have to agree with me. :wink:
  2. David
    Well, assuming he isn't a 100% complete wreck, I'd rather have CPatt in CF than Hairston if Lawton is going to be manning LF. The beauty is we don't have to force Corey into a role in which he doesn't belong (top of the order)... Plus, not that it's a huge deal, but Corey is a far better CF than Hairston. I could live with Corey in the 7th spot or so... Lawton, Walker, Lee, Ramirez, Burnitz, Nomar, Patterson, Barrett (or something similar) isn't too bad... It's not as nice as some of the Manny and Dunn fantasy lineups.. but oh, well.
  3. David
    Strikeouts are overrated for hitters. For pitchers they say a lot more.
  4. David
    Haha, so you've determined Murton isn't good and is a one-tool player after 32 major league at bats? Is it the .469 BA, .526 OBP or .594 SLG you don't like about him? :lol: I'm still trying to figure out which one the "one tool" is... :-k
  5. David
    PLS PLS PLS PLS DUNN
  6. David
    Still, could be more than an hour till we find out about any moves... We'll soon find out.. I love it, though! :) :)
  7. David
    There's that "great" Neifi defense.. :pukel:
  8. David
    No, no.. Ankiel...
  9. David
    Meh... While I'd like to see an upgrade in LF and in the bullpen, I could live with our current team +Nomar and Williamson, assuming Murton continues to get a good portion of the starts in LF. Still, I'm holding out hope that we'll get a new LF in the next 16.5 hours or so...
  10. David
    Will Carroll said that the Cubs and Twins are done making deals. Other than that there hasn't been a whole lot else new. Manny didn't start tonight, and there's rampant speculation to the reason for it, ranging from him not showing up at the ballpark, to a trade being consumated. So our big deadline trade was Jody Gerut? Yay, we're on the way to the Series now... I suppose that's the case...if you choose to believe Will Carroll. As far as rumors go, I don't consider him a very reliable source...
  11. David
    No way...they're playing the Twins? That's pretty weird. They were playing the Twins last year when our deal went down...
  12. David
    Yea, we heard pretty much the same spiel this time last year...
  13. David
    BURNITZ!!!! AHHH Ramirez has to stop at 3rd.. :evil:
  14. David
    Same.. I'm just hoping our interest in him is purely to ship him to Bos for Manny...
  15. David
    Maybe this just means Hendry wants in on his own 3-way for Manny w/TB and Boston... :twisted: :D I can dream, can't I? 8)
  16. David
    I highly, *HIGHLY* doubt that... The White Sox won't pick up that salary... Who knows, though. I could be wrong.
  17. David
    i'll be smiling from ear to ear for probably the whole week :D And people here will still be saying the Cubs offense sucks. You're right...but that just made me think of how sick this lineup would be... :shock: Hairston, Walker, Lee, Ramirez, Ramirez, Burnitz, Nomar, Barrett Wow :shock: :shock: Oh, and take your pick with the ManRam and ARam 4/5... :)
  18. David
    Tell me about it. In my head, I was thinking... Board really slow = Tons of people online = people talking about a Cubs trade that's just happened Yes, the deadline is driving me crazy hehe, no kidding... Same EXACT thought process just went through my mind.. I resorted to the ESPN and Cubs.com boards for a minute (not until seeing if anyone was on the NSBB emergency board)... lol.. Deadline time is one of my favorite times of year.. :)
  19. David
    Actually, I much prefer that second lineup.. although I'd line it up more like.. Hairston, Walker, Lee, Ramirez, Floyd, Nomar, Burnitz, Barrett As for that first lineup, that's quite a creative outfield you have in that first one too... Burnitz in CF? I know he's played there, but I'm not sure I'd want him there everyday.. And Soriano leading off? :pukel:
  20. David
    Oh please no.... :x :x :x :shock: :shock:
  21. David
    Ah well.. I think we can all agree that Soriano would be an improvement in LF. Not the improvement many of us would like to see (myself included), but a pretty significant improvement, nonetheless. If we put him at 2B and dump off Walker, I'm not too keen on this. I like Walker, and his OPS is not too far off from Sori's this year (and it's not inflated by a really high SLG/low OBP like Sori's).... I can't say I'd be angry if we got Soriano... but I'd rather get someone else.. Theo Epstein, ya there???
  22. David
    I'm really conflicted on this one. On one hand, it goes against every grain of my being (as a baseball fan, at least, lol) to want a player who has such horrible patience at the plate. He's only going to add to the problem on those days where everyone is swinging at the first pitch and getting easy outs for some no-name pitcher. On the other hand...it would make a big splash, and as much as I hate to admit it, I kinda like it when the Cubs make a big splash. :) He's been a productive hitter despite his deficiencies and it would make the lineup pretty imposing...at least power-wise (not that we need that.. what we need is more baserunners)... Still.. Hairston, Walker, Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, Nomar, Burnitz, Barrett... looks pretty scary.. :twisted: I think I'll just hope that Hendry makes this easy on me and ships him off to the Mets for Floyd or someone else who can help us in both SLG and OBP...
  23. David
    So you're judging the decision simply based on the result? The fact that we got 0 runs, wasn't based on the double switch. Gerut led off the inning with a double, so he did his job and the decision to put him in paid off. Unfortunately we stranded him at 3rd. Again, please tell me what was wrong with leaving Ohman in to pitch the 7th? He's our best situational lefty and there were two lefties leading off the 7th. On the last page I posted what Ohman has done in situations where he's been asked to go 1 and 2/3 innings. He's done it 6 times for a total of 10 innings with 5 base runners allowed and 0 runs. He can obviously handle working more than 1 inning. I think he's judging the decision on how stupid it is to play for ONE RUN...regardless of whether they got it or not. The fact that they scored none only makes it look even dumber in hindsight.
  24. David
    BURNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  25. David
    HAHAHA YES!!!!
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