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  1. kente777
    My recollection is like yours, that as a starter he tended to struggle with his control more in his first inning, and then sometimes settle down later on. The stats seem to show that while he was wild in the 1st, it was no moreso than his typical wildness, and other innings were worse. Here is my point....do we want any wildness from our closer? It is a heck of alot easier to recover from wildness if you are pitching in the 1st as opposed to trying to close out a game in the 9th. There is no doubt in my mind that Kerry has the stuff to be a dominant closer. The question in my mind, aside from the issue of season long stamina, is whether he can control his wildness coming into a close ballgame cold off the bench. I have my doubts.
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    You may be right, and that stat you quoted about 1st inning OPS is interesting. I'm too lazy to look this up, but does anyone know how his walks in the first compare to other innings. The mentality of a closer has to be different. To me, it would be a little easier (pressure wise) starting a game, rather than coming in the 9th with the game on the line. One walk could unravel a pitcher if he is not mentally tough. Ken P.S. Has Lou or Hendry mentioned the possibility of Wood as closer. I know he's coming back as a reliever, but I'm not sure if I have heard the words Wood and closer coming from managment.
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    Actually, he has done this in the past. I will NEVER forget the Cub/Cardinal series right before they shut Woody down in 2005. He was hitting 99-100 on the gun and making the best hitting team in the NL look like HS kids. He most definately is capable of being THE dominant closer in the game, and he has proven that he can come out and dominate for one inning. I guess I should have said he hasn't proven he can CONSISTENTLY come out and dominate for one inning. Granted, he hasn't really been in a closer position and I'm using his starting pitching as a measure of how he might be coming in to pitch cold out of the bullpen. I'd certainly like to try, because he has the potential. As we all know, though, walks in the ninth can kill a save. Ken
  4. kente777
    I've heard several people alluding to the possibility of Wood being the dominant closer the Cubs need. Personally, I have my doubts. Kerry has always had shaky first inning outings before settling down. I think he could be much better as a middle reliever provided he doesn't get too many innings. I just don't know if Kerry can come in and pitch one inning of dominant baseball. He hasn't shown this in the past. Ken
  5. kente777
    I'd love to have Huff!! Why hasn't his name come up before?
  6. kente777
    We need front end guys. We've got the backend covered. You've got that right, because from the looks of it, our rotation is ass! I'm not so sure. I've got a feeling that both Miller and Hill will have a good year. The wild card is Prior. If he comes back and pitches 25-30 games, we could have a kick ass rotation. We need some good luck for a change!
  7. kente777
    What's the edited title all about???
  8. kente777
    I had heard that the Yankees expressed some interest in Schmidt, but that he ruled them out. Is this true? If so, why would he want to come to the Cubs when the Yankees could very easily outbid any team? Ken
  9. kente777
    Maybe the Best guy doesn't want to come here? That's exactly what I'm thinking. He wants West Coast and that may be the deciding factor. Some players (albeit rare), think more about location, family rather than $.
  10. kente777
    sounds like Schmidt is off the table. :( Nothing in either of those articles gives any indication at all that Schmidt is off the table. Of course it doesn't....but seriously, if we are close to landing BOTH Meche and Lilly, we ain't goin' after Schmidt....I can guarantee that. Ken
  11. kente777
    Get used to the idea....it looks like that's what we're gonna get. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/161350,CST-SPT-cub06.article
  12. kente777
    sounds like Schmidt is off the table. :(
  13. kente777
    Hendry will add one more pitcher...either Schmidt or Jennings. Watch and see! :) Ken
  14. kente777
    Is McGuire truly deserving to go into the Hall, steroid issue aside? What did he do other than hit home runs? IMO, he was a one-dimensional player not deserving the honor. The steroid issue only puts icing on the cake.
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    Let's not forgot that after Alou missed the ball, He threw down his glove screaming at the crowds....Prior was also coming unglued. And where was Dusty when all this was going on? In the dugout, chewing on his damn toothpick. A smart manager would have come out, at a minimum, to calm down his pitcher. He would have also done so to give his bullpen more time to get ready. Dusty Baker is the reason the curse still lives on. McKeon made Baker look like a little league manager. Ken
  16. kente777
    Exactly the point! Any respect I had for him just got flushed down the cr*pper.
  17. kente777
    I'm curious as to his win/loss total and his E.R.A. Ken
  18. kente777
    I'd wait until you find out whether he sucks or not.
  19. kente777
    Why?
  20. kente777
    I just cringe everytime I think of that team. Absolutely the best lineup in the NL. Not really. Maybe in name only, but that's it. 7th in NL in runs scored. 14th in BB, 11th in OBP. They were an impatient, and predictably inefficient lineup. I agree with your assessment. Perhaps on paper they were the best lineup, but they sure didn't produce like it.
  21. kente777
    Wasn't this our problem in 2004? Either we would win with the long ball or we sucked. Piniella has stated that the home field should be an advantage to us. If that is true (and I believe it is), then we had better learn how to win when the wind is blowing in at 20 mph. Power will not help us much in that situation. As with any good team (coach), you have to learn to adjust to the environmental conditions of the ballpark, particularly with Wrigley. If we want to be a playoff contending team....we have to learn how to use Wrigley as an advantage to us. Ken
  22. kente777
    Fun??? And what might that be?
  23. kente777
    I think at this point, we have to consider the real possibility that Theriot will be bench/utility. I think he might need another year before he's ready to start everyday. I won't argue that, I think he may need more seasoning, but outside of signing Loretta for 2 years, I liked the option of giving him the job. You can't not look at his numbers and not consider him a starter possibility in ST.
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    I don't think that's true.
  25. kente777
    I liked this quote:
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