Iowa has Answers
by columbusOHcubsfan on May 25, 2009 7:33 PM CDT
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PrintAfter reviewing the statistics of AAA Iowa I think that some callups need to be conducted. Jake Fox is so hot that you can't help but give the guy a look. He's hitting .423 with 63 hits in only 40 games. Other outfielders such as Doug Deeds, from Ohio State, and veteran Jason Dubious are tearing up the PCL. It's a short term solution for our slumping offense, but I think it could help to give these guys like Fox that we haven't seen a solid chance at the Major League level.
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Hmmm....
There’s a Fanpost topic that NEVER comes up around here ! Why not call up Jake Fox the DH !!!! Why didn’t we talk about this before !?!?!?
Awww, come on guys, it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course. It's all ball bearings ...
Well we have a 30M dollar DH in Right Field, so whats one more?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Almond Joys got nuts, Mounds dont?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
well the one can play defense for 3-4 week stretches before his leg explodes
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Fox the left fielder or right fielder
by columbusOHcubsfan on May 25, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions
cant send him down
which has been explained unteen times. He is a Rule 5 draft.
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
BCB has the answers.
Really what we need to do is call up BLou to take over managing the Cubs. It’s obvious that Larry Rothschild is old and in decline. He’s the shadow of his former self. Mike Quade is overexposed at 3B, even with the batting helmet on. Gerald Perry is a guess-coaching hack, maddeningly inconsistent. Lou is fat. He looks like a former Starbucks addict who’s off the juice and on just bottled water now. I hate to say it, I really do. There’s just no other explanation. BLou needs to be called up to manage.
Derrek Lee is good.
this has been talked about alot
but yes Fox does need to be brought up. especially given that patton doesnt pitch. I say no to deeds and dubois though.
Didn't you get the memo?
Jason Dubious has been robbed of major league opportunity by the former Dusty Baker and current Lou Piniella. He needs to be given major league opportunity !!!
Awww, come on guys, it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course. It's all ball bearings ...
nice newsies reference there
It's not about money. It's about winning and getting over the hump. We've had the appetizer now, but we left the main course on the table.
-rod beck
by laidbackliam on May 26, 2009 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Ask Clevland if Dudois is ready for the bigs
I unfortanatly think Debious is another Steve Balboni
Adam M. Uhlhorn
Wait, Jason Dubouis still plays baseball???
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
If anyone's keeping track:
We’ve had:
Dubois*
Dubious
Dubouis
Debious
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
Hey this is a serious question, no sarcasm here:
Has anyone thought about Vitters?
It came across my mind the other day, what about calling him up in Ramirez’s abscense? It beats Scales, Fontenot and Freel, doesn’t it?
I don’t know what to think of it, honestly. There could be positives and negatives. Could he bring some life to this team?
I don’t know what kind of 3B he plays, defensively but maybe this should be looked at.
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
Whoops. **absence,
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
A 19-year-old kid thrown into...
… the pressure that is Wrigley Field during a pennant race? No way.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Agreed, however...,
With the good showing he’s having at A, how long until he should be considered for promotion to AA?
I understood the intent was for him to play most of the season at A and possibly earn a promotion to AA at year end, but with the current need at 3rd base, should that timetable be stepped up a month or two if he continues to tear up A ball?
Not saying he should be in the majors, but is he given a chance at AA to see if he can continue to grow in the event help is still needed in September at third.
if this was still new to me, i wouldn't understand
He should absolutely be at Daytona right now.
If he dominates that level, he could be in AA by the end of the year.
Under NO circumstances would I put him in the major leagues before September 2010.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
The other side to this...
is his Options. It just makes no sense to start his options clock if he is only going to be used for a couple of months.
"When two Whales Fight, many Shrimp Die" - Korean Proverb
by TheRiot Police on May 26, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Pennant race?
Did I miss something or is this the same Cubs team that has lost 8 straight and fallen behind the perennial contenders CIN?
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on May 26, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
The closest thing....
Justin Upton at 19: .221 / .283 / .364.
That assumes he could even match those numbers. I don’t see it as the answer.
Vitters is way too young and raw
But Tony Thomas should be looked at
by IllinoisCubs on May 26, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Jason Dubois and Doug Deeds...
… are Triple-A roster filler, nothing more.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
What ?!?!?
Jason Dubious is roster filler?!?!? When did THAT memo come out ?
Awww, come on guys, it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course. It's all ball bearings ...
There is no cavalry.
There will be no rescue mission.
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lets just call up all of the Iowa roster
and DFA the entire MLB team.
wait, WHAT?
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
...in Iowa?
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on May 26, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
No....but the pig crap is always deeper
Awww, come on guys, it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course. It's all ball bearings ...
Maybe pig crap could help the Cubs at this point?
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on May 26, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Now now Sue
is that really the truth or are you just lashing out?
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on May 27, 2009 8:05 AM CDT up reply actions
its a scientific fact
just go to www.swinepoo.com and it will have all the answers
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
Another example
of how poorly run this organization is. I mean come on, how many outfielders/first basemen who can’t play defense can we have on one team?
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack." - Sun Tzu
Hoffpauir is generally regarded as a decent defensive first baseman.
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He hasn't been horrid in RF either
We lived for 12 years with Sosa in RF. I’m sure we can live with Hoff’s defense.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
In case
You haven’t noticed, the league has figured out how to pitch to Hoffpauir. His average has been in a free fall and his strikeouts have been rising.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -- George Santayana (1863-1952)
along with his RBIs
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
And that has what to do with his defense?
By the way, not that I give much of a rat’s ass about batting average, but his “free falling” BA went up 14 points last night.
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Fun fact: baseball’s minor leagues are filled with imperfect players.
I think the idea has been to try to train Fox up to where he is just above mediocre
If he could just improve at 1B, he is clearly the future.
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