Five tool player available!

by mykalmorgan on Nov 5, 2009 3:54 PM CST

There's a hot center fielder on the market that I think the Cubs should jump on and his name may sound familiar: Corey Patterson. His name may sound familiar because he is the older brother of a former Cubs prospect by the name of Eric. Eric was traded away to fetch the greatest change-up pitcher ever to come from the Great White North, Mr. Rich Harden! He may be hard to pry away from the Milwaukee Brewers since he's cheap on just a minor league contract, but I think the Cubs should put together a dynamite package to blow away our division rivals. This guy is that good!

Now I know the elder Patterson's stats from the last year may not look pretty, but he only had 30 plate appearances last year, and I think he'd really shine if given the opportunity! He's a top prospect that I think people have given up on too early. He's really toolsy, cuz he has run fast, thrown hard, and had some hits! Also, I really think the Cubs need to get a little less Canadian, and Patterson's from Georgia which is just about as non-Canadian as you can get! Not to mention he throws righty and HITS left-handed, and EVERY team can use more guys like that! He does strike out a bit, but he really makes up for it because we need a center fielder so we can move Mr. Kosuke Fukudome back to right field.

I don't know about you all, but it's potential moves like this that make me glad to be a Cubs fan!

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Everyone's a comedian

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Nov 5, 2009 3:57 PM CST reply actions

Sorry, I'm depressed.

Baseball season’s over and winter’s coming in Chicago.

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by mykalmorgan on Nov 5, 2009 4:00 PM CST up reply actions

This is..

just rude.

by Damen Jackson on Nov 5, 2009 4:35 PM CST up reply actions

in their own minds at least

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren

by lookingdeadred on Nov 6, 2009 8:39 AM CST up reply actions

Har dee har har

Seriously, I’d rather get J.J. Hardy from the Brewers.

Catch my act on Twitter as @dat_cubfan_dave.

by daver on Nov 5, 2009 4:00 PM CST reply actions

I'd be ok with that

as some middle-infield insurance.

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by mykalmorgan on Nov 5, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions

I'd definitely like to see the Cubs kick the tires on Hardy.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 5, 2009 4:04 PM CST up reply actions

i hear hes going to be the next willie mays

"hey

by jesus christos on Nov 5, 2009 4:03 PM CST reply actions

Here, you forgot this!

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 5, 2009 4:04 PM CST reply actions

Best line of the post

Also, I really think the Cubs need to get a little less Canadian, and Patterson’s from Georgia which is just about as non-Canadian as you can get!

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 5, 2009 4:05 PM CST reply actions

I don't even think there's a single peach tree IN Canada.

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by mykalmorgan on Nov 5, 2009 4:09 PM CST up reply actions

Strangely enough...

… there are enough to have an entry in the Canadian Encyclopedia.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 5, 2009 4:16 PM CST up reply actions

That'll teach me to make vaguely anti-Canadian statements

without doing my research first.

There’s a Canadian Encyclopedia? I’ll have to see what else I can learn in there about that magical country!

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by mykalmorgan on Nov 5, 2009 4:19 PM CST up reply actions

Here’s an article about Canadian baseball.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 5, 2009 4:26 PM CST up reply actions

Huh.

I had no idea Jackie Robinson played in Canada.

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by mykalmorgan on Nov 5, 2009 4:32 PM CST up reply actions

There are peach trees galore!

Every summer, Penticton, B.C. (not far from where Rich and I grew up) has something called “Peachfest”, where young women walk around in the 100 degree heat in bikinis. Good times. Fond memories of college.

Scott Bora$ is satan.

by Canadian Cubs Fan on Nov 5, 2009 6:00 PM CST up reply actions

OK, you got me

I TOTALLY had the venom ready. Well-played. Well-played.

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by Worf on Nov 5, 2009 4:11 PM CST reply actions

First it was DeRosa and Woody, then Rich Hill, and now Corey Patterson?

Clearly some BCBers have seen the light and are on a mission from God.

They’re getting the team back together!!!!!

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Nov 5, 2009 4:21 PM CST reply actions

Ahhh, didn't bite on this one.

Reference to C-Pat as having 5 tools in the present sense brought me back to reality.

if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand

by N Oakley on Nov 5, 2009 4:27 PM CST reply actions

We used to joke in the bleachers about Corey's "five tools".

Chainsaw, phillips-head screwdriver, ball-peen hammer, socket wrench… we never could figure out the fifth one.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 5, 2009 4:30 PM CST up reply actions

I was sitting in the R-CF Bleachers

during this bizarre game and I was just shocked that he was really there. I don’t recall people being too harsh to him, maybe because he makes us sad more than anything.

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by mykalmorgan on Nov 5, 2009 4:45 PM CST up reply actions

I think the fifth one was "hacksaw".

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Nov 5, 2009 5:19 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Win

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Nov 6, 2009 10:26 AM CST up reply actions

shovel?

so he can “dig” for that low and away pitch

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Nov 6, 2009 5:10 PM CST up reply actions

I'd guess flyswatter...

…as he always seemed to be swatting at pitches up around his eyes.

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by daver on Nov 9, 2009 10:54 AM CST up reply actions

hehe

“His name may sound familiar because he is the older brother of a former Cubs prospect by the name of Eric.”

Well played.

by elgato on Nov 5, 2009 5:06 PM CST reply actions

Patterson, Patterson, Patterson???

Didn’t he play 2B for the Cubs for awhile?

That’s not true!!! WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AHOLE!! Ok maybe your right but you gotta give a little something here for it to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do this is the worst thing I’ve ever read, this day could not get any worse. Fine, F*ck it, you’re right.

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by gaclaudy on Nov 5, 2009 5:09 PM CST reply actions

LH reliever in the 90s

umm… just to be clear – that’s 90s as in 1990s, not throwing in the 90s.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Nov 5, 2009 5:14 PM CST up reply actions

Oh you meant...

C. Patterson. Played outfield for Cincy, in ’09.

That’s right Clare Patterson played Outfield for the Cincinnati Reds in 1909.

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by gaclaudy on Nov 5, 2009 5:23 PM CST up reply actions

Yabbut when you mentioned Cincinnati...

… I couldn’t help being reminded of this famous Corey Patterson scene:

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 5, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions

Obviously

He didn’t have the right tool for the job…

"When you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill

by vonde6 on Nov 6, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions

I got to see the beginning of the end of this young man.

The game against St. Louis in 2003 where he tripped over 1st and got hurt for the year.

Randy Wells. A product of the Roy Halladay School of Pitching, located in Toronto, Canada. Possible relocation.

by Cub Style on Nov 6, 2009 10:33 PM CST reply actions

I remember that.

For half of the year, he was great, and seemed to be fulfilling his promise. After that injury, he really stunk it up.

My guess is that he was eventually going to tank, injury or no injury.

IF IT TAKES FOREVER!!

by Cubfansince1957 on Nov 7, 2009 12:42 AM CST up reply actions

Actually...

… Patterson had a pretty good year in 2004 — not great, but decent, with a .771 OPS, 24 HR and 32 stolen bases. But the strikeout total was alarming (168, third most in the NL and fourth-most in Cubs history), and in 2005 he fell off the cliff, having the worst offensive season of anyone since 1968.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 7, 2009 7:56 AM CST up reply actions