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CurtOne

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #780 on: May 22, 2011, 05:22:45 pm »
DMF and BR are Barney Bashers!  Deny it all you want!

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« Reply #781 on: May 22, 2011, 06:56:43 pm »
Apparently that rule has been changed.  It used to be that the injury had to be at the same position before the ten day limit was waived.  If so, it sounds like the PTBNL rule changes - anything to get around the rule is fine.

Several sources suggest that Justin Berg is taking Marlon Byrd's roster spot.

That rule only applies to post-season roster swaps.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #782 on: May 22, 2011, 06:59:48 pm »
Byrd is DL'd with "facial fractures" and will be evaluated in Chicago.  That sounds like something that could take a while to come back from.

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« Reply #783 on: May 22, 2011, 07:09:11 pm »
According to Mike Quade, during his pre-game show, Geovany Soto is on schedule to return from the DL around May 26 or 27.

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« Reply #784 on: May 22, 2011, 07:10:20 pm »
That rule only applies to post-season roster swaps.
That may be true now, but it did apply to the regular season until very recently.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #785 on: May 22, 2011, 10:36:55 pm »
DMF and BR are Barney Bashers!  Deny it all you want!

It's true.  Barney just isn't grizzled enough.  What's Fernando Vina doing these days?  Or maybe they could get Mickey Morandini to play 2nd.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #786 on: May 23, 2011, 06:07:00 am »
LOL  Hey, I spent several hours with Fernando in January...he looks like he's still in playing shape!

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #787 on: May 23, 2011, 07:46:59 am »
Naked Man Runs Across Field During Marlins vs Cubs Baseball Game!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiMcd4tya88&feature=player_embedded

I can't even remember the last time I saw as many empty seats at a Cub game as are seen in that video.


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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #788 on: May 23, 2011, 08:25:03 am »
Last night, it began when their gold glover, Pena missed a ground ball that most first basemen would have gotten.

Though I have only seen a few games and a couple of "hi-lights" this season, I have been VERY disappointed with Pena as a "gold glover."  One of the most important functions of a first baseman is to catch the damn ball when it is thrown to first base, and too many times I have seen him make lame stretches as if he is anchored to the bag instead of being willing to come off the bag to catch a ball which is just short or just wide.  A good first baseman gives up on trying to keep his foot on the bag and catching the ball to beat the runner on throws that are wide or low and instead simply stops the ball.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #789 on: May 24, 2011, 12:13:40 am »
Iowa Cubs manager Bill Dancy has confirmed that Montanez has been called up.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #790 on: May 24, 2011, 05:42:05 am »
I'm curious who Quade is going to actually play in CF now.  Paul Sullivan suggests it will be Reed Johnson, and I guess that's probably the best option - even though I expect playing regularly will expose Johnson's weaknesses far more than playing irregularly has. 

I hope it will not be Fukudome, who has shown he's a better RF than CF.  And while Byrd isn't a great CF, he's better than Fukudome, seems to me. 

I think I would like for them to give Campana a chance to show that he can or cannot handle it.  This season seems destined to be, at best, a transition one in any event.  Too bad Jackson isn't ready to move up. 
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #791 on: May 24, 2011, 06:25:00 am »
I think I would like for them to give Campana a chance to show that he can or cannot handle it.  This season seems destined to be, at best, a transition one in any event.  Too bad Jackson isn't ready to move up. 

I'd like to see Campana get some time too.  Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of light hitting leadoff men who don't walk very regularly like most around here, but if he can hit .290 or .300, he'd add a different dimension to the offense that we could really use.  If nothing else, it'd add at least a little more entertainment value to an offense that right now can only score when it strings 4 or 5 singles in an inning together.

If he does hit for average, maybe we can talk a team that really values the Juan Pierre's and Rajai Davis's of the world to give up something good for him, or perhaps we find out he can be a cheap source of anti-awful for a year or two.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #792 on: May 24, 2011, 08:43:23 am »
I'd like to see Campana get some time too.  Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of light hitting leadoff men who don't walk very regularly like most around here, but if he can hit .290 or .300, he'd add a different dimension to the offense that we could really use.  If nothing else, it'd add at least a little more entertainment value to an offense that right now can only score when it strings 4 or 5 singles in an inning together.

If he does hit for average, maybe we can talk a team that really values the Juan Pierre's and Rajai Davis's of the world to give up something good for him, or perhaps we find out he can be a cheap source of anti-awful for a year or two.
Phil Rogers

Left-hander Jonathon Niese starts for the Mets tonight at Wrigley, and that probably means Reed Johnson starts in Marlon Byrd's spot. But right-hander Dillon Gee goes Wednesday, so Mike Quade should give rookie Tony Campana his first start. The horrific beanball suffered by Byrd opens a spot for at least a month-six weeks and it's a great chance to give the under-sized Campana a real look. Very few scouts ever looked at him and saw a big-league regular in center field and the leadoff spot; he's been viewed as an extra guy, at best. But as recently as the start of spring training that same chorus was being raised about Darwin Barney and he's hitting .315 looking the part of long-term second baseman. Now's the time to find out if Campana can follow in his (size 9) footprints. ESPN's Bobby Valentine called Campana arguably the fastest player in the majors. Wouldn't it be nice if the Cubs finally had some speed?     

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #793 on: May 24, 2011, 08:48:15 am »
My biggest problem with Hendry is the band-aid, reactive approach.  There seems to be no long term plan, no guiding philosophy, no system wide approach to the game.

That is also true of most, if not all of the WS winners over the last 10-15 years.   The Giants certainly seemed to have no "guiding philosophy" in 2010.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #794 on: May 24, 2011, 09:32:32 am »
The corner outfield version of Koyie Hill will be joining the Cubs:

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/5747