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Found this interesting interview with Brooks Kieschnick, including the quote...

"You know, honestly, I knew my career was in trouble the minute the Cubs drafted me. (laughs)"

I am sure Brewers fans are giggling themselves silly over that line.

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If the guy had any talent

this might be interesting. But, he’s a failed position player. That’s on him.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on May 21, 2009 11:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

he's got lots of excuses

being beat out by brant brown bummed him out big time

by doofus cubs guy on May 21, 2009 11:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no crying in baseball

who cares what this poor mans ankiel says.

by TheHawkRules on May 22, 2009 2:00 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

If the Cubs had had any brains in that era...

… they’d have converted him to pitching full time. He might have made a decent relief pitcher. It was ridiculous for the Cubs to have drafted him as a hitter, he had no position.

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

by Al on May 22, 2009 7:46 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

Kieschnick was a great pitcher at the University of Texas. Pitchers are more in demand than outfielders. The White Sox made Bobby Thigpen of Mississippi State a full-time pitcher. Thigpen played a lot of outfield in Starkville. Maybe, Kieschnick could have been a quality relief pitcher.

"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on May 22, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

his number is retired at Texas

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 May 22, 2009 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, what a bitter person.

Blaming someone else for his failures? That’s pretty pathetic.

by kanderber on May 22, 2009 8:37 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The same?

You mean the same Brooks Kieschnick that I saw choking down cigarettes with a permanent beer belly while trying to entice presumed single women at Game 1 of the Boston-Colorado World Series a couple of year ago? That same Brooks Kiechnick? The guy that has slipped into irrelevancy but holds onto his MLBPA card? Oh, that’s the guy…

Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?

by krummy12 on May 22, 2009 11:51 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

To be fair the Kieschnick

The Cubs of 1993 were a completely clueless organization. That’s probably what he was referring to.

I consider the era between Dallas Green’s firing in 1987 and Andy MacPhail’s hiring in 1994 to be the dark ages. The Cubs completely destroyed their farm system and ran Greg Maddux out of town.

That’s how horrible they were in that period. Andy MacPhail was a major step up.

by Josh77 on May 22, 2009 12:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What a chump

Talent and hardwork prevail on the field. Excuses are the lament of the failed. You weren’t that talented Brooks, and you admit you didn’t work as hard as you could have. This is one of the most infuriating things to come across. Guys that had marginal talent that could have maybe made it, but they pissed it away.

by Nibbles on May 22, 2009 9:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

atleast he didnt juice to offset it

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 May 23, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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