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  1. CUBZ99
    That's my point. You can't use lack of confidence in one pitcher as an excuse to misuse another. If the guy is on the team, and you've clearly given him the role, use him. Don't carry a long man if you are afraid to use him with a 6 run lead in a game when your pen was hit early. The Cubs have an off day tomorrow and a pretty relaxed week, I don't see why you have a problem with Dusty taking advantage of the schedule and using the best pitchers available. Seems a little nit picky of an otherwise well managed game.
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    The radar gun today seemed like it was slow all day. I didn't see anybody hit 90 until Howry hit it once or twice.
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    This is one of the strangest off seasons that I can remember. Dusty must have officially thrown away the Dusty dice. :D
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    This guy doesn't look horrible. I was expecting alot worse when I heard that Koronka was traded.
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    A struggling Cedeno at least offers the chance for success in the future, which could be the very near future. Neifi only guarantees failure, because he's done it so often and for so long, we know he's not a capable starting major league baseball player. Even if Cedeno is performing below what you would expect for Neifi, you have to give him plenty of time to possibly get back over the Neifi line, which shouldn't be that hard. You don't lock yourself into no produciton (Neifi) if you have the opportunity to get much greater production. If Cedeno produces at a level similar to Neifi he deserves to play. It is real simple for Cedeno, he was given a great opportunity and the only thing he has to do to keep playing is produce. The difference of 60 - 100 pts in batting avg. and OBP is significant. Neifi produced as an Avg. SS offensively last year and arguably above average defensively. You don't purposely downgrade just out of the mere hope that someday Cedeno is going to be better. It is possible that Cedeno is never going to be better than Neifi. If Cedeno tanks, I agree with M & P the burden should fall to Hendry for not addressing the issue over the offseason, when there were alot of options available.
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    That didn't work with Corey Patterson. Giving someone playing time does not insure progress. Giving Neifi playing time will ensure losing. Then giving Cedeno, if he is performing below Neifi's level, also ensures losing? I would rather have a guy hit .280 with a ..298 OBP than a guy hit .216 with a .230 OBP. I think you are assuming that any player will a better option than Neifi. Would like to see you support that argument in some way.
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    I think the big story is that Dusty is sticking with Cedeno to start the season in spite of his horrible spring. The Cubs don't have the luxury to sit around and hope that Cedeno is going to improve if he gets off to a bad start. Cedeno has already proved this spring training that things could get alot worse than Neifi.
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    If I remember correctly he got an outright release from colorado...How does a guy who couldn't make the Rockies get a 2 year deal with us? This was went over at length during the offseason, but Neifi's offensive #'s were average for a National League SS last year. The thing that makes me mad about the whole ordeal is that Hendry did nothing to solidify the SS position and is now stuck with potentially two players that can't hit. Here's to hoping that Cedeno is just in a funk right now and will turn it on once the season starts. Otherwise, I couldn't fault Dusty for benching him, just wish Dusty had a better option than Neifi.
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    I agree with you on Cedeno, there is no way his play this spring justifies him starting. But, the Cubs have shown some ability to judge pitchers. With Marshall it may just be the case of him putting it all together at the right time. The simple reality is that he outperformed everyone else that was auditioning for the job and some of the guys in the rotation. I haven't seen anything about Marshall that is not to like. Sure he doesn't throw 95 mph on a regular basis, but he seems to have good control and some pretty filthy stuff. It has been awhile since the Cubs have had a good lefty in the rotation.
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    Bruce is verifying (in the Game thread) the report that Marshall is slated as the the 4th starter. :D So maybe the inside the ivy guys can get it right once in awhile. :lol:
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    :D Good to hear.
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    Can anyone with a subscription state exactly what he said that caused the headline. Not that I doubt it, but this was the same site that had us undeniably acquiring Furcal and trading for Soriano. There's a credibility issue with the site, needless to say. Headline says that Sean Marshall himself said that he was told he was the 4th starter. :shock:
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    Was Russ Rohlicek the pitcher that was protected on the 40 man last year, leaving Sisco open to be selected in the rule 5?
  14. CUBZ99
    Now that Grissom and Macias are gone, we need somebody to complain about beside Rusch and Neifi.
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    Who? [expletive] = Rusch. The Cubs love Rusch, they've always loved Rusch. They've kept him in the rotation when he didn't deserve it. They feel they took a gamble on him and he paid off, so they owe him the benefit of the doubt. Williams hasn't done anything for them yet, so they don't care about dissing him. Plus, Glendon is a "proven veteran" while Williams is still a kid, and this team certainly puts more emphasis than is necessary on tenure. They put Williams in the minors and made it clear they wanted him to lose weight. They never did anything like that with Rusch, which tells me they are comfortable with Rusch's self motivation, and feel the need to use the hammer more with Jerome. I agree that Rusch may not be the best available person to pitch in the rotation this year, but Rusch has been above average as a 5th starter when compared to the #4's and #5's in the NL Central. I think we tend to exaggerate how bad he is. Sure a 4.5 ERA and 1.50 WHIP is not good, but as I pointed out in a previous post, compared with his peers in the division he actually outperforms a majority of them. So the fact that the Cubs see him as a viable #4 or #5 guy is realistic.
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    Good point, but Pagan has two things McClain didn't have -- youth and speed.
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    Does it seem odd to anyone else that the Cubs are actually starting to make some decent moves? In the past it seemed like they were less willing to take a chance on a young player or give a spot to a more deserving player. This year, Marshal and Hill both have a shot to win a job, Pagan probably made the team, Murton and Cedeno are starting and Theriot actually has a small chance to break camp.
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    Wuertz looked good today. There is really no need for 3 lefties in the BP. In my opinion, Koronka should not win a spot over Weurtz or Ohman. I have yet to see anything that suggests that Ohman is in danger of not making the club. Didn't he just get a salary raise in arbitration?
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    Rozner and Bruce are from the same paper though, so unless there is no communication between the two, Dusty may have had a change of heart. Rozner is a columnist writing opinion pieces. I don't know one way or the other, but I'd be surprised if there was a change of heart and Rozner suddenly has some inside scoop about the great rookie infusion of 2006. You are probably right, but the Cubs seem to be doing strange things this year like giving Murton and Cedeno a chance, and bringing in a majority of minor leaguers for spring training.
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    Rozner and Bruce are from the same paper though, so unless there is no communication between the two, Dusty may have had a change of heart.
  21. CUBZ99
    Grissom has done nothing to show that he will be productive this year.
  22. CUBZ99
    From Rozner: Makes complete sense. I wonder if he has the inside scoop? http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/rozner.asp?id=171648
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    Um, this isn't true. A message board is intended as place for the exchange of ideas. If Corey or Dusty or Neifi don't want to hear what we're saying about them, then they don't have to come read the message board. They have no choice about hearing the boos, which, if they accomplish anything, as you claim, it's to belittle the player and shatter their confidence. EXACTLY what you want to do to them immediately before they have to perform. That's perfect. So it is better to bash somebody behind their back, as long as you fake like you like them in their face (at the game)? Once again, players in all sports get booed and cheered for all of the time, it all comes with their job. I hope that your not suggesting now that Corey's poor performace was based on fans that booed him. Corey was horrible prior to the booing, so I think you will have a hard time convincing me that by being booed it somehow made him perform worse. Corey is a big boy, and if being booed affected him to the point where he collapsed he was never going to make it in the Major Leagues in the first place.
  24. CUBZ99
    It's an emotional reaction when you boo a bad play that just happened. It's a premeditated act of immaturity when you boo the name being announced in the starting lineup, or as the player strides to the plate or after every move me makes. Sorry, still not buying your "poor Corey" argument. As a major league player he has got to take the good with the bad. Booing a player who is performing poorly is no worse than getting on a message board and complaining constantly about Dusty, Neifi, or Rusch or no more immature than calling a player "slappy" or "gremlin" etc. In fact, booing a player at a game probably accomplishes more, as Corey was finally run out of town. Neifi and Glendon are still here.
  25. CUBZ99
    I'm much more embarassed about the way Cubs fans treated Corey than the Cubs. Why? If you can't guess, I probably can't explain why. Its as simple as "if you dont' perform you might get booed." It is not a new concept in sports or to the Cubs. On top of Corey's problems, he continued to do the same things that made him a failure in the first place (like always swing at the first pitch, swing at a fastball above his head, etc. ). Corey may have been the nicest guy in the world, but there is nothing embarrasing about a team's fanbase expressing displeasure with a player that is not performing. It happens all of the time and it is part of the package. I'm sure that if Corey would have put together a great year, the same people booing him would have been cheering him the loudest. I hope that Corey does great with the Orioles, too. But I don't feel the least bit sorry for him, he is a big boy.
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