Murton Recalled

In the event anyone is still concerned about this guy.

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Well, good for him.

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

by Al on Apr 29, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks

I needed some good news today. I had a root canal and the Cubs are losing 4-0.

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on Apr 29, 2009 4:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Which was more painful?

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

by Al on Apr 29, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The game at first

I had enough stuff pumped into me during the operation not to feel much ( though it took an extra dose) , but now it is wearing off so lets say a tie,

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on Apr 29, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

aw, look!

he’s still a Cub!

"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella

by drewishdrewid on Apr 29, 2009 4:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

At this point in time

I wish Murton was patrolling right field for us.

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by DTJchris on Apr 29, 2009 5:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

...and I wish Rick Reuschel was still one of our starting pitchers

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Apr 29, 2009 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

bring back Brant Brown

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 Apr 29, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously?

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bradley hasn’t changed my opinion that he was a bad signing. I would rather be paying Murton a lot less to probably be providing us with more offense and better defense than what we are currently getting our of RF. Plus, I know that Murton always gives it 110% out there, regardless of what he is being paid.

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by DTJchris on Apr 30, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I understand that you, like many Cubs fans...

…are frustrated by Bradley’s groin injury and slow start to the season. But suffice to say you’ll have a very, very hard time defending the position that Matt Murton would outplay Milton Bradley offensively or defensively (especially in right field) over the course of a season – and, yes, even if Bradley only appears in, say, 100 games.

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I miss Ginger too

but not THAT much. :D

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by drewishdrewid on Apr 30, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, I know that

That’s why I stated my argument in the present tense instead of more general past/present/future tense.

Basically what it comes down to is my inability to root for Milton Bradley. I want him to be a monster for our club and everything, but I am just finding it very difficult. And yes, as Drew said, I miss that ginger and the pictures of him on unicorns.

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by DTJchris on Apr 30, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh, what the heck, for old times sake

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by DTJchris on Apr 30, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess I see what you mean.

I’m just having a hard time getting to this parallel universe in which the Cubs held on to Matt Murton to play right field when he really wasn’t very good at that position defensively and brought little to none of the offensive production one would expect out of a right fielder.

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is that the one where Jacque Jones

played Center field, with his amazing throwing arm of DOOM?

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by drewishdrewid on Apr 30, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep, and perhaps Jason Dubois in left field.

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yet

Theriot still plays short. So there are SOME similarities. :P

"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella

by drewishdrewid on Apr 30, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

move him to RF

and let Murton play SS

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 Apr 30, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, cause we wouldn't want a RF

with questionable defensive skills whose primary offensive abilities is in their On Base Percentage right?

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by DTJchris on Apr 30, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OBP doesn't do you much good...

…when you can’t run particularly well. Plus, his career OBP vs. RHP is much less impressive – .339.

Oh, and you probably should’ve stopped with “…we wouldn’t want a RF with questionable defensive skills…”

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

psst: Note to self:

he’s talking about Bradley.

To which I say, while Bradley is a lot better, he’s probably not REALLY 100%, he hasn’t really seen a fly ball in two weeks, and he’s not Fukudome.

"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella

by drewishdrewid on Apr 30, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, self, if he's describing Bradley...

…as having “questionable defensive skills,” he’s wrong. In fact, I’d go so far as to say a Milton Bradley recovering from a groin injury is a better defender than a healthy Matt Murton. Oh, yeah. I went there.

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

so say

me all.

"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella

by drewishdrewid on Apr 30, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think the Murton/Patterson/Nomar post

all could have been one post, titled “ex Cub updates” instead of three seperate posts

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 Apr 29, 2009 7:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Eh, it IS just a fanshot (or three of them)...

but yeah, it does seem a bit silly to make it three separate successive posts with the exact same statement when it could have been combined.

by SouthernCub on Apr 29, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They were done by two different people.

Discussion might be different on each one. I don’t have a problem with those being separate fanshots.

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

by Al on Apr 29, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dont have a problem with it either

was just a personal opinion. An X-Cub Round Up FanPost might not be a bad idea. Seems many are more interested in two things (so far)

1. explaining how the season is over
2. letting us know how every former Cub is doing

again, jsut my personal opinion, not saying it is right or wrong

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 Apr 29, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good! finally he'll be able to contribute

Movement to make Jeff Samardzija our closer!

by Chanman25 on Apr 29, 2009 9:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He struck out as a PH last night.

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

by Al on Apr 30, 2009 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

heh, well only where to go is up then!

Movement to make Jeff Samardzija our closer!

by Chanman25 on Apr 30, 2009 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Matt Murton

What’s next, 8-part series on the career injustice being done Jason Dubois and Josh Kroeger? Or a retrospect on how Tuffy Rhodes was destined to be one of the all-time Cubbie greats if only he wasn’t jerked around by the organization?

The love Cub fans have for Triple A journeyman outfielders with little tangible major league skill set is amazing. Murton is treated as though he actually sprouted out of some of your wombs.

The window for winning a World Series may have waned.

by BLou on Apr 30, 2009 10:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Congratulations.

You have just won today’s Hyperbole Award. I see nothing here regarding that, merely a mention that an ex-Cub was recalled.

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

by Al on Apr 30, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cmon, be truthful

you write copy for Glenn Beck.

"That’s the great thing about baseball, you never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out." — Lou Piniella

by drewishdrewid on Apr 30, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As posted here before

Apparently our fans aren’t the only one to think great things of him: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/free-matt-murton

by madcow256 on Apr 30, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw that article a while back...

…and was a little disappointed in the fact that it completely glossed over his shortcomings as a player. As the article mentions, however, he does hit LHP very well.

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

As usual, you wildly overstate things...

It was a freaking FanShot with a throw-away statement. Not a single person has professed their undying love to him in this thread (at least not seriously).

But I guess all it takes is saying the words Matt Murton to get you foaming at the mouth.

Do other word combinations work as well? I’ll try:
pitch count
Rich Hill
Piniella isn’t god
on-base percentage

by SouthernCub on Apr 30, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wish Matt the best.

His flaws as a player have been so well-documented there’s really not much sense in repeating them. (I would presume the Rockies are going to be facing some LHP in the near future.) So, again, I wish him the best.

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by dat cubfan daver on Apr 30, 2009 11:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs