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  1. Bull
    He did the same thing with the D-Rays and when Piniella asked him why he didn't even react when the border line pitch was called strike three to end the game he supposedly responded "What difference does it make?". That pretty much sums up Grieve, talent but no drive or passion. What a waste. Or maybe he has respect for authority. And he knows that arguing balls and strikes with an umpire won't "make a difference" unless you want rung up. So he has respect for authority, but he answered his manager's legit question with "what difference does it make". That's a nonsense argument. It makes no positive difference to argue with umpires. One of the things I have against Moises Alou.
  2. Bull
    Those stats show that the Cubs haven't gotten any significant production production out of their recent shortstops, and shouldn't be used to backup any point about why Neifi isn't that bad. Here are more relevant statistics: Out of all NL shortstops who had 500 PAs last year, Neifi ranked 10th out of 11 in OBP Out of all NL shortstops who had 500 PAs last year, Neifi ranked 7th out of 11 in SLG. He is a poor hitter and we all know that. What people here hate isn't Neifi, it's that even with his pathetic offensive production Dusty still batted him at the top of the order, preventing Derrek Lee from turning his doubles and HRs into more runs. That being said, I like him on my team as a 25th guy. I hate him being used as an everyday player batting in front of Derrek. This is the first good point in this thread. Dunston and Bowa were in an era where Shortstops weren't expected to produce. And AGonz can't be used to legitimize anyone's production.
  3. Bull
    they have a bias against teams that do dumb stuff. some of their writers are even self-loathing cub fans. fixed
  4. Bull
    He did the same thing with the D-Rays and when Piniella asked him why he didn't even react when the border line pitch was called strike three to end the game he supposedly responded "What difference does it make?". That pretty much sums up Grieve, talent but no drive or passion. What a waste. Or maybe he has respect for authority. And he knows that arguing balls and strikes with an umpire won't "make a difference" unless you want rung up.
  5. Bull
    Not to nitpick, but I think you've reversed them. Dr. Henry Jekyll was the scientist, while Edward Hyde was his deranged alter-ego. but i bet hyde had a better fastball. He was a clubhouse cancer. Alas, I did have them reversed. :oops: Hyde did have the better fastball. But, it was all over the place and he kept walking people. Whereas the Dr. was spot on everytime. :-) I think you have them confused with Dr. Maddux and Mr. Farnsworth
  6. Bull
    The big picture for me is Hendry hasn't built a great team yet, and he's been awful the past two offseasons. Unlike some fans, and apparantly the Cubs management, I'm not satisfied with mediocrity. It's hard to have a great team when you build the team around dominant pitching only to have your dominant pitchers not stay healthy. Not to mention when two of your middle of the order guys can't stay on the field consistently. If Wood, Prior, and Z each make 30 starts this year and we don't win 90 games then Hendry is to blame. But until we can keep our best players on the field I don't think Hendry is entirely at fault. well maybe if hendry relied a little bit more on building a team with a top 5 OBP, we wouldn't have to rely so much on pitching. I'll take dominant pitching over top 5 OBP always. Dominant pitching wins championships not top 5 OBP. Why not try to have both if you have the financial means?
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  8. Bull
    Don't stone me, but Hidalgo looks like a classic case of steroids to me. Either way he's seen major decline by age 30!?! Stay away.
  9. Bull
    no, its like camparing apples to apples that before they were ripe looked really good and then before they got a chance to ripen were ripped from the vine, were told for 2 solid years that the WERE oranges and then were smashed between the but cheeks of a fat hairy guy named Bubba and then left out in the sun to rot.
  10. Bull
    way too much has been made abour pierre's bas year. he still hit what .275 and stole what 50-60 bases? both his request, prior, and zambrano's are legitimate in my opinion. It doesn't surprise me either. He has no sense of loyalty to the Cubs, the media hyped him, Hendry paid big in prospects, why not in cash? I don't think he would get it in arby, but Hendry won't find out. He'll pay.
  11. Bull
    ouch. Well played.
  12. Bull
    I would suggest that your friend is more of a Cubs fan than a Phillies Phan.
  13. Bull
    :shock: (really, I hadn't noticed he didn't get his high, that's astonishing) In '02 and '03 he walked 98 and 88 times respectively. Last year, only 85 walks. The Chubbs really do hate the walk. I usually want a guy to try to work the count for walks. But if a guy is seeing the ball and hitting like Lee was last year, if he gets a pitch he can handle I want him to drive it. I guess I'm saying I'd rather see his OBP go up with a double than with a walk. Bottom line is: its about OBP not walks, and his OBP was a carreer high. It's still shocking that as well as he was hitting he wouldn't have enough PAs where the pitcher had no interest in throwing a strike to top his best But that's still not evidence of the Cubs' hitting philosophy not valuing walks. (not that we need that peice of evidence for a conviction). Its evidence that either the league continued to think Lee would slow down, or that since their was no one on base and often no threat behind him, that they weren't that worried if he gapped a double. I'm going with 2.
  14. Bull
    :shock: (really, I hadn't noticed he didn't get his high, that's astonishing) In '02 and '03 he walked 98 and 88 times respectively. Last year, only 85 walks. The Chubbs really do hate the walk. I usually want a guy to try to work the count for walks. But if a guy is seeing the ball and hitting like Lee was last year, if he gets a pitch he can handle I want him to drive it. I guess I'm saying I'd rather see his OBP go up with a double than with a walk. Bottom line is: its about OBP not walks, and his OBP was a carreer high.
  15. Bull
    He can't stay healthy for even a half year. He makes Wood look like an iron man. (Not knocking Wood, he's one of my favorite players.) He needs to do something pretty soon to justify his spot on the 40 man roster. well, not much was lost this year. I guess that evaluation can be made next fall. They should have traded Guzman a couple years ago. I am wondering if drafting and developing pitchers is really a good way to go. I sure hope it is. That's the only legitimate, consistent plan we've seen from the Cubs over the last 5-10 years. It has resulted Wood over Jamie Jones or Todd Helton, Prior over Teixera or Chris Burke (ok, just Teixera). Though the failures have been many, the few times it is successful outweigh the greater likelihood of injury.........i think. I dunno
  16. Bull
    Detroit paid him last year. But no, he didn't appear in any games. now there's a philosophy we could use with Neifi!
  17. Bull
    And substantially better than Corey was at 26. Remember Corey at 22 and 23 was "untouchable" :(
  18. Bull
    I agree Wheelimus. Not an excuse, but in what other big city is "the team" so important? New York and LA have much bigger celebrities, and boston isn't quite the city Chicago is.
  19. Bull
    How close is this to what Dawson had done a bazillion times?
  20. Bull
    Mabry can play 3rd and may be the reason the Cubs released Macias. then he's definitely better than Hollandsworth!
  21. Bull
    Todd Walker ends up on the Cubs' bench.
  22. Bull
    You answered you own question. Most who would want Vidro would prefer to keep walker. But if you MUST trade Walker, Vidro fits the mold they like as well. That's why Hendry won't.
  23. Bull
    buh-dum-chee
  24. Bull
    I've got to agree with this wholeheartedly. Makes me wonder why we'd even contemplate Prior in a trade for tejada I have no sound reason to believe this, but I get the strange feeling that Prior is the one who wants Walker's defense gone. Its been stated all along that "the pitchers" want better defense. You trade Prior, you keep Walker. Keep Prior and hello Neifi!
  25. Bull
    1. Zambrano already had a breakout year...or two...just nobody noticed. 2. He predicts Lee and Carpenter to to revert to norms...duh.
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