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Robb

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #705 on: May 20, 2011, 08:22:06 am »
He was a moron. He would celebrate a strikeout after giving up the lead.  He was mediocre at best but thought himself an all-star. 

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« Reply #706 on: May 20, 2011, 08:47:52 am »
Jones is another on my list of most disliked Cubs, tho there are many that rank higher.  I think Alfonseca would have to lead the list tho, even tho there were many that performed worse...i just could not stand him for some reason.
A vote for Todd Hundley

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« Reply #707 on: May 20, 2011, 09:03:52 am »
Notes from the BleacherNation blog

We’re two weeks away from the Draft. The Cubs pick 9th in the first round, and most mocks have them taking uber prospect Bubba Starling, and then throwing a ton of cash at him to keep him from playing football (which is the Cubs’ MO) at Nebraska.

Assistant GM Randy Bush sounds like he would probably disagree with me about firing Jim Hendry. On the subject of the farm system, Bush says continuity is the reason things are looking up. “We’ve got the right [scouting director] in place. And we’ve got some continuity now, with the people underneath [Wilken] that he feels real comfortable with. I think a lot of other [successful] organizations will tell you one of their keys is continuity of people in key evaluation positions.” We know that Randy reads Bleacher Nation, so maybe the Hendry article nudged him a bit.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #708 on: May 20, 2011, 10:39:12 am »
Carlos Pena is hitting .333/.470/.667 this month, good for a 1.136 OPS.  Among the 207 major leaguers who have at least 50 PA this month, that is good for third best behind Jose Bautista (1.345) and Matt Joyce (1.226).

Among the 104 NL hitters with at least 50 PA, Carlos Pena ranks #1, which is 100 points ahead of the second place hitter (Carlos Beltran, 1.035).

It's probably time to start thinking about giving him some games hitting #3.
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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #709 on: May 20, 2011, 10:53:19 am »
Pena is now at .237 BA and .373 OBP for the season.  I'd take that right now if he can end the season there.

He just needs to get his slugging % up by 100 points.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #710 on: May 20, 2011, 11:40:31 am »
No list of worst Cubs should exclude Mel Rojas or Milton Bradley.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #711 on: May 20, 2011, 12:08:52 pm »
Actually the one guy that came to my mind was Estes when i made that post, though i left him out.  I remember Jes wanting him(think it was Estes) to bomb so bad that they would actually waive him and i actually sorta started doing that myself(even if on days he pitched i couldn't help but root for him and be happy if the cubs won the game)...i was a big picture thinker till the game actually started.  lol

Thinking back on past trades, I didn't really like the Lee trade because I wanted to see Choi succeed.  I loved the Ramirez acquisition at the time, however and had been rooting for that for some months.  Hated Karchner trade along wtih everyone else i believe.  I still can't believe they did that.

I started watching the Cubs in 1989, spending most of my summer with my grandpa who died the next year.  I loved playing the game but at first found it boring to watch.  There was one play that summer that turned me into a Cubs fan and made me look forward to watching them.  It was a defensive play by Shawn Dunston.  It was a high chopping ball that he jumped up and fielded with his bare hand and made the throw to first as he was coming down.  He was my all time favorite Cubs player until Kerry came along. Anyone recall that play, or know where to find it?  I'm curious if the play was anywhere near as good as the memory of the lil boy that i used to be claims it to be.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #712 on: May 20, 2011, 12:58:41 pm »
As noted by Jayson Stark:

It's supposed to be an NL Central-versus-AL East year. But the only AL East teams the Cubs get to play are (lucky them) the Red Sox and Yankees. Meanwhile, the Cardinals play every AL East team EXCEPT the Red Sox and Yankees.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #713 on: May 20, 2011, 12:59:20 pm »
And yet I'm sure Tony will cry about the schedule not being fair to the Cardinals.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #714 on: May 20, 2011, 01:08:51 pm »
What a joke the schedule is with interleague play.  The Cardinals get the Royals 6 games while the Cubs get the White Sox. 

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #715 on: May 20, 2011, 01:12:31 pm »
I can understand that with the intercity and interstate rivalry but the Yankees/Redsox thing defies explanation.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #716 on: May 20, 2011, 03:03:42 pm »
An Atlanta blogger thinks the Braves are interested in Aramis Ramirez

http://www.bleachernation.com/2010/08/17/rumor-atlanta-braves-are-trying-to-land-aramis-ramirez/

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #717 on: May 20, 2011, 03:04:30 pm »
I dont want any part of a woman GM.I dont care how good or smart she is.Im just being real with you all.

Casey Coleman's fiance coaches a t ball team in my hometown and Im the umpire.

She's way out of his league.

He was at the field a couple weeks ago.

I probably know Casey at this point better than any former Smokie Ive ever met.

He really is a great,polite,well mannered dude.

And the all time worst time of me being a Cub fan was easily the Bartman/NLCS mess.

I was absolutely devastated and was for months.

That's when I posted the post that you all say was the all time best.

I must admit that does make me proud but I was just being real.

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Re: Cubs in '11
« Reply #718 on: May 20, 2011, 03:31:07 pm »
Cactus - check out the date of the blog.

Rumor: Atlanta Braves are Trying to Land Aramis Ramirez

By Ace on August 17, 2010

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« Reply #719 on: May 20, 2011, 03:50:38 pm »
Cactus - check out the date of the blog.

Rumor: Atlanta Braves are Trying to Land Aramis Ramirez

By Ace on August 17, 2010
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