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  1. CubUgly
    Whether you want to call it closer or high leverage, for me the bottom line remains.
  2. CubUgly
    I don't see how you can use him as or consider him a closer anymore. Even with his scoreless outings of late there has been almost no swing and miss. I don't think you can be a closer with pitch to contact stuff these days I just don't. And if we see that the Cubs see that. The Giants announcers were openly discussing if he was tipping his pitches it got so brutal they could not even give their guys credit anymore!!! And if a veteran like him WAS tipping his pitches that's inexcusable!
  3. CubUgly
    I'm not a big Boog guy, his smartest guy in the room schtick ain't for me. And I don't necessarily dislike Cohen in a vacuum, but the chemistry between he an JD is downright awful, so much so I'm at the point where I prefer Boog!!
  4. CubUgly
    Yeah, honestly never thought I'd miss Boog...but the chemistry between JD and Cohen is BRUTAL!!
  5. CubUgly
    Reuschel is one of the more underrated Cubs ever, but Taillon is beginning to earn the comparison. After a pretty ugly first 3 months with the Cubs he's earned his salary and this year has even seemed to have found a little something extra that may lead to his best year as a Cub and maybe his career. He's really looking good.
  6. CubUgly
    Yes, there was some bad luck for sure, then he just wore out from sheer pitch volume that inning. Death by a thousand cuts with all the singles.
  7. CubUgly
    Correct! Even the A's are a .500 team if you remove the 3 games vs the Cubs.
  8. CubUgly
    Ironic that they were both part of the Dodgers pen blowing the game tonight and Yates gave up a walk-off to Texas over the weekend.
  9. CubUgly
    I don't know I think I agree with JD there, he could have frozen right there and still got doubled off that ball was hit so hard and in such a fortuitous spot for the defense to turn that DP.
  10. CubUgly
    Oh, I would agree with 21 and 22 and giving Jed some leeway there. It's after that.
  11. CubUgly
    I think both things can be true and are, the Rickett's put him in some tough situations, but that in the context of those situations one can still absolutely hold Jed accountable for not even performing to a reasonable standard even within those "restrictions".
  12. CubUgly
    The fact that the Brewers are consistently outperforming us with about half the payroll is definitely a mark against Hoyer and honestly a hard fact to get past.
  13. CubUgly
    I see in the latest MLB power rankings the Dodgers and Padres were ranked one and two and third wasn't even really that close. So after today we will have played what right now is considered the two best teams in baseball in more than half of our overall games and still have two more left to play against the Dodgers before the end of this month.
  14. CubUgly
    Ha! Yeah I love Sutt, but I can absolutely only take him in small doses. Maybe a couple of innings before I have to mute that volume.
  15. CubUgly
    Most of the miked up on field interviews come across very awkwardly in my experience. The only one I can ever remember watching and thinking it went very well was one with Joey Votto.
  16. CubUgly
    And worse they started the wave.
  17. CubUgly
    I've heard that day-to-day before. Typically turns into day to days.
  18. CubUgly
    I guess what would be considered an earnest attempt is relative. My instinct on this is they will make an offer, maybe even an initially competitive offer, but my inclination is that when the offer is called and then raised, our side folds the cards.
  19. CubUgly
    I'm not a fan of giving 4-year deals to relievers, they are so volatile, so I actually was not nearly as upset about not getting Tanner as many. And I do like Keller so far and Hodge's stuff looks good but outside of that man we still are way too shaky in the pin. We really need to start developing more from within and get more arms like Hodge to emerge. I do think Assad could help in the pen, he's been effective there before and Brown's pitch mix may be better served as a reliever?
  20. CubUgly
    I was hoping against hope that Workman would work out, even though folks kept telling me his minor league strikeout rate was really bad. Hell, I definitely did not expect his spring success to continue, especially with sporadic AB's. But with his glove league average or slightly below would have been fine. But man....he's looked bad.
  21. CubUgly
    I did read somewhere that he had a 1.99 ERA in his last 30 some innings so there's that I guess but I live among some passionate Astro fans and almost to a man they are all glad to be rid of him FWIW.
  22. CubUgly
    Well, you know how passionate fans can be. Probably is a bit harsh but most Astros fans are done with him I can tell you.
  23. CubUgly
    Yeah, my in-laws are die hard Astro fans - they are dying to get rid of him. My sister-in-law went to a Stro game on his bobblehead day and refused it.
  24. CubUgly
    I could say the same of you.
  25. CubUgly
    Agreed, ALOT came out toward the end of his career here and after it substantiating what you say above. The "I no speak English" fiasco in front of Congress was particularly disappointing and embarrassing. But a lot of Cub fans still worship the man and want to be able to honor him as their hero come home like my generation does for Billy Williams and Fergie. So, I'm happy for their sake. I'm personally fairly ambivalent about it.
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