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  1. Warren Brusstar
    They were hot, but they just got swept. They are no longer hot. Hot and cold is all about streaks, and Colorado is on a 3-game losing streak. I wouldn't say they're struggling, or in a rut, but they aren't hot anymore. This is a really silly argument. If a team had won 100 games in a row and then lost three straight, would you say they're not hot? What if they had lost 100 in a row, but then won 3 straight? Is that team hot? It's really maddening that you would quibble over whether a team that went 20-7, then 0-3, qualifies as "hot". Look who is doing the quibbling. You started it. In post that had a bunch of other points, you decided to take issue with my assertion that the Rockies were "hot".
  2. Warren Brusstar
    They were hot, but they just got swept. They are no longer hot. Hot and cold is all about streaks, and Colorado is on a 3-game losing streak. I wouldn't say they're struggling, or in a rut, but they aren't hot anymore. This is a really silly argument. If a team had won 100 games in a row and then lost three straight, would you say they're not hot? What if they had lost 100 in a row, but then won 3 straight? Is that team hot? It's really maddening that you would quibble over whether a team that went 20-7, then 0-3, qualifies as "hot".
  3. Warren Brusstar
    I'd like to see the trend continue. I'm not sure how they should handle the Hill situation (being he is out of options), but I'd like to see Patterson, Cedeno, Soto and Murton brought up. If they could form a good supporting cast for Ramirez, Lee and Soriano, along with Pie, Fontenot, Theriot and DeRosa, might as well get them playing together sooner rather than later. Send Jones, Eyre, Izturis packing and figure out what to do with Koyie Hill, and it would be a done deal. Of course, that pushes the pitching staff back to 11, but I think that's where they should be anyway. You have to figure the Cubs will need to go cheap with new ownership coming in. That's what a lot of new owners do. If they could get Zambrano signed for what it costed for Barrett, Eyre, Jones and Izturis, they wouldn't necessarily be upping salary that much for 2008. That's the direction that I've wanted them to go for 20 years. 8-10 highly paid core veterans, surrounded by talented young players making the minimum. I really hope the days of signing mediocre veterans are over. There's just no good reason to go out and sign Jock or Floyd or Burnitz or Izturis or DeRosa or Hawkins or Howry or Eyre or Remlinger or Blauser or Bere or Tavarez. It eats payroll and it adds marginal value.
  4. Warren Brusstar
    Unless MIL goes 2-4, I'd be disappointed in a 3-3 home stand this week. At this point any loss of position is going to be disappointing. And if your goal is .500 by the all star break, 3-3 isn't going to cut it. They should pick up some games on .500 against Pitt and Washington, but they'd need to go 6-1 in order for it to be reached. We're playing the two hottest teams in the NL and the pitching matchups are not particularly favorable all week. If the Cubs can sneak out a win tonight (when the pitching matchup is definitely not favorable), I like our chances of going 4-2. If not, 3-3 would be swell. FWIW, me miss both Vargas and Suppan against the Brewers, instead facing Bush, Gallardo, and Sheets. Colorado lost 3 in a row. That's not all that hot. Regardless, a 3-3 record makes reaching .500 by the all star break extremely difficult, and if go to be Sunday night no close to Milwaukee than they are now, it's going to be disappointing. They're 20-10 in the last 30 games. That's .667 baseball. That's pretty hot.
  5. Warren Brusstar
    I think I'd rather see the Cubs face Vargas and Suppan rather than the other 3. I agree. That's why I'm suggesting that the pitching matchups are unfavorable.
  6. Warren Brusstar
    Unless MIL goes 2-4, I'd be disappointed in a 3-3 home stand this week. At this point any loss of position is going to be disappointing. And if your goal is .500 by the all star break, 3-3 isn't going to cut it. They should pick up some games on .500 against Pitt and Washington, but they'd need to go 6-1 in order for it to be reached. We're playing the two hottest teams in the NL and the pitching matchups are not particularly favorable all week. If the Cubs can sneak out a win tonight (when the pitching matchup is definitely not favorable), I like our chances of going 4-2. If not, 3-3 would be swell. FWIW, me miss both Vargas and Suppan against the Brewers, instead facing Bush, Gallardo, and Sheets.
  7. Warren Brusstar
    office scheduling the hearing on D Lee's appeal for Thursday (so he'll sit this weekend against the Brewers)?
  8. Warren Brusstar
    The imminent goal should be .500 at the All-star break. This week is very difficult; I wouldn't at all be disappointed with a 3-3 home stand, particularly with the way the pitching matchups work out. The seven games in Pittsburgh and Washington provide a very good opportunity to pick up some games on .500.
  9. Warren Brusstar
    I know the Matt Murton fan club doesn't agree (irrationally so, I believe), but Lou has done a tremendous job playing the most deserving players, young or old. We've gotten tremendous contributions from Theriot, Pie, Fontenot, Hill, Marshall, Pagan, and Marmol. Dusty never would have given Marmol high-leverage opportunties, preferring instead to trot Bob Novoa out there every other day Dusty never would have given Fontenot an every day job, preferring instead to play Izturis every day (batting him second). And Dusty would have stuck with Wade Miller for at least 80 games.
  10. Warren Brusstar
    [Hendry] What is this buy low thing you speak of? Is that when you pay other teams money to take off your hands those players that reached their lowest value (i.e. Sammy Sosa and Michael Barrett)? [Hendry]
  11. Warren Brusstar
    Hendry isn't going to rebuild Pretty soon, it's not going to be Hendry's choice to make. (Dear God: Please let me be right)
  12. Warren Brusstar
    Guys that absolutely belong in the major leagues: BOEAU HART
  13. Warren Brusstar
    I don't even want to try to read this thread, but I just want to provide the following to refute the absurd idea that Barrett "costs pitchers with his game calling": Barrett joined the Cubs in 2004. In the 3.5 years he's been with the Cubs, they've allowed 1622 earned runs in the 3426 innings that he's caught. In the 1455 innings that someone else caught, they've allowed 699 earned runs. So, with Barrett catching, Cubs pitchers have a 4.26 ERA. With someone else catching, Cubs pitchers have a 4.32 ERA
  14. Warren Brusstar
    Why don't you go through and check how of those blown saves were in the 9th inning. Every middle reliever in baseball has the exact same numbers. Every time he's blown a lead in 8th, it counts as a blown save. On the other hand, he rarely (and maybe only 4 times) gets a chance to earn a save.
  15. Warren Brusstar
    Their record might be the worst, but they're probably a .500 team in the National League.
  16. Warren Brusstar
    Definitely the right foot, turns you toward 2nd base so your route is more direct, and you get there faster. No. This is wrong. Why the left foot then? Because you make a sharper turn (which is the goal). Using the right foot tends to make the runner drift towards right field (and thus run further).
  17. Warren Brusstar
    Definitely the right foot, turns you toward 2nd base so your route is more direct, and you get there faster. No. This is wrong.
  18. Warren Brusstar
    There have been a few mentioned here as "unbreakable" that are not so, including: Ripken's consecutive games Hack Wilson's 191 RBI Dimaggio's 56 game hitting streak The truly unbreakable records: Cy Young's win, loss, innings pitched, and complete game records Sam Crawford's 309 triples
  19. Warren Brusstar
    Hell, even Ryan Church: .270 .367 .465 OPS+: 125. Hendry tried to get Church though. Was that really Hendry trying, or was it just the media and us wishing? Bruce told us that Hendry was really interested in Church and had tried to get him, but the Nationals were "asking the moon" for him. That doesn't tell us anything though. To Hendry, "asking for the moon" might mean that they wanted Izturis.
  20. Warren Brusstar
    He should be a mortal lock.
  21. Warren Brusstar
    I'm pretty sure you're not seeing those things in the same at-bat (unless the umpire called the fastball "right the middle" a ball.
  22. Warren Brusstar
    Against LHP? Of course. Against RHP? Uh, no.
  23. Warren Brusstar
    I know how to fix this! I should find an aging middle reliever coming off the best 60 innings of his entire career and throw $20 million/3 years.
  24. Warren Brusstar
    Matt Murton's career OBP = .368 That is not an "OBP machine" under even the most liberal definition of that term. Even assuming Murton's numbers don't go up in the next 3 years as history would indicate (he's entering his peak years now), his .365 OBP last year was top 25 in the NL. Of NL outfielders, it's top 10. For ML outfielders he's tied for 16th. I don't know how good someone has to be to be considered a "machine" but I think being 16 out of 90 in your first full season (when you're 25) is pretty darn good. If we want to quibble over whether that makes him a machine or not, fine. Either way, his OBP isn't something we should be looking to ship out of town to make Cliff friggin Floyd happy. Apparently, the list of OBP "machines" last year included: Nomar Omar Vizquel Rafael Furcal Jamey Carroll Ichiro Gary Mathews, Jr. Robinson Cano Mark DeRosa Look, I hate to quibble over semantics, but Murton's many advocates on this board have enough good arguments without misrepresenting the facts with a bunch of overinflated rhetoric.
  25. Warren Brusstar
    Matt Murton's career OBP = .368 That is not an "OBP machine" under even the most liberal definition of that term.
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