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and neither am I. Unfortunately, others will. That is modern day baseball where these suspicions run wild--and for good cause.

That's impossible!

Wasn't Cabrera a young (for MiLB) teenager for most of those AB's, though? It's a little more understandable there. Not that I have any doubts about Soto, I'm just saying. Yes, Cabrera was a young teenager for most of those at bats. And going back to my original comment, players develop at different stages. Soto just got it going later. No disrespect intended, but you have no more idea if this is true than I do if the juice is true. In modern day baseball, when a guy's numbers change as dramatically as this, esp at his age, it brings suspicion.

I'm hitting what you are pitching BBB but Cabrera also came upt to the bigs when he was 20. I don't like this automatic assumption that every players who had a good/great year is no the juice. Unfortunately, that is part of the deal today. If Soto was a Cardinal, we would be buying into it.

One can only hope.

well said. I like to really know how many of the posters here go 100% at work 24/7. I'd guess many posters are at work while they are browsing NSB. Im at work right now on here and Im giving about 3.5% today well done! :)

well said. I like to really know how many of the posters here go 100% at work 24/7. I'd guess many posters are at work while they are browsing NSB.

I haven't read this whole thread, but Soto's power numbers out of nowhere make me suspicious. I hope I am wrong.

What's your point? Where did I say otherwise? My point is that umpires aren't perfect. And my point is that they made two terrible calls in the 7th inning, both of which went against the Brewers, leading to 4 runs in an absolutely critical game. maybe, maybe not. You are free to make your points. You seem a bit up tight today. You're disputing that they were terrible calls? Nope, taking your word for it. I haven't seen them. I trust you.

I think he's done a lot better lately, but gave a lot of vets a lot of playing time when they were playing really bad, and let the young guys rot on the bench. Murton, Pie, and Soto didn't get any significant playing time until just recently, and Pie still hasn't. Jacque, Floyd, Izturis, Koyie, Trachsel, Miller, and Monroe have all gotten far too much PT. Lou has corrected many of his mistakes though...that's where he beats out someone like Dusty, who just rides his mistakes into the ground. I know that some of that has to do with Hendry handing him these players, and that he's had to make do. I recognize that, and I do give Lou credit for what he's done with this team. But he's had his fair share of mistakes this year. Waiting till now to unleash Soto is one of them. I don't care what other managers would do. They'd be wrong too. Well the last sentence just means that you choose to look at it with no perspective at all. Some of your playing time gripes are just ridiculous. Monroe has gotten 46 plate appearances in the 30 games since being acquired. Murton didn't get any significant time until recently? Really? Jacque disappeared in the first half when he stunk. Lou went back to him after Felix struggled in June and Jacque got hot. He cooled down but he still has an .800 OPS in the second half and no one else could contribute that this year in CF. Wade Miller had a total of 3 starts. Izturis only got 50 PA's in the 24 April games. In May his production wasn't much off of what Theriot has done (.350 OBP). Following that in his last 44 games on the roster he got 69 AB's. On the contrary Pie got 44 PA's in his first 12 games here. He had 100 PA's in June. That's not significant playing time? That's much more than the guys who you claim got too much time and it was 4th most on the team in June. You're always going to have non-productive players getting time, especially when your roster consists of what we had at C, SS and the outfield. Guys have to fail before they get their time taken away. Then in most cases, when someone produced he kept them in the lineup. well said

What's your point? Where did I say otherwise? My point is that umpires aren't perfect. And my point is that they made two terrible calls in the 7th inning, both of which went against the Brewers, leading to 4 runs in an absolutely critical game. maybe, maybe not. You are free to make your points. You seem a bit up tight today.

What's your point? Where did I say otherwise? My point is that umpires aren't perfect.

Umpires are not perfect.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070923&content_id=2225707&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc What about Trachsel and Ramirez? Wound a little tight?

statistics are obviously telling, but worshipping those stats is a mistake. Baseball is much more than mathematics.

To refute this, I'm saying that a player's performance does not shift whether or not there is a base runner on or not. The fact that his numbers are different with runners on is all just a matter of coincidence. A player doesn't suddenly gain better offensive ability (or worse), based on the situation at hand, i just cannot believe that theory. Well, you're wrong. Pitchers pitch differently with RISP, and are likely to leave more balls over the plate. Therefore, there is a difference when hitting with runners on. Good hitters, like Ramirez, will make pitchers pay for challenging them. Agreed. Some hitters are more locked in at the plate in big situations too, and on the flip side some hitters get more jittery in big spots. Baseball players are human after all, and don't always go up to the plate with the same mindset. exactly. This is true in all sports. Some guys are clutch free throw shooters, some are not. Believe me, in the day, you would much, much rather have Billy Williams up in a big situation than Ron Santo.

Actually, the umpires manual says if it is the first visit to the mound, the only thing a manager has to do is notify the ump of the double switch BEFORE he calls in a reliever. Lou did nothing wrong. You are allowed to talk to the pitcher before you tell the ump about the double switch.

Does a brief article about him cause us all to "worry" about him? Relax.

agree, the Cub Nation stuff bugs the crap out of me. The "Nation" stuff is almost always hung on a negative. And, yes, it would be terrible if the Cubs won the World Series. Where does this crap come from?

why would it be bad?

big article in post dispatch today on the seatlle thing. check online

double-switched Braun? Wow.

unavailable is now pitching

where is Braun?

hell, some people here are worried we WILL make the play-offs! There is a 14 page thread on that. Let's just play the games and the better team will win.