A Numerologist's Dream -- 09/09/09: Cubs vs. Pirates Preview, Wednesday 9/9, 11:35 CT
by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:00 AM CDT
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PITTSBURGH -- If you are into such things, here are the Cubs' results for the four "numerologist dates" in this decade (they didn't play on 04/04/04):
08/08/08: Defeated Cardinals at Wrigley Field 3-2. Jim Edmonds hit two homers.
07/07/07: Defeated Pirates at Pittsburgh 7-1. Ted Lilly threw 7.1 strong innings.
06/06/06: Lost to Astros 7-1 at Houston. Nuff said, except that the 2006 team was horrible and probably would have lost no matter what the date was.
05/05/05: Lost to Brewers 6-5 at Milwaukee. Two words describe this game: LaTroy Hawkins.
Lou held a team meeting last night. Which raises two questions: 1) Why didn't this happen two months ago? 2) Why haven't the players called a meeting before now? (Answer to the latter question may be: "Because there aren't any player-leaders on this team.")
[Lou] talked about pride -- "personal and team pride," he said.
"I told them it's been a struggle this year," he added, "but we've still got [25] games to go, and we've got to play as well as we can and as hard as we can until the end of the season, and win as many games as we can."
Well, Lou, that's a great message. Did someone just wake you up? Where was this attitude when the Cubs were going through their 11-17 month of August?
And more reminders that things can always be worse: Yahoo's Gordon Edes lists 17 things about the Pirates over their 17 consecutive losing seasons. My favorite (and you should take note of this one if you think the Cubs have had a lot of losing seasons in your lifetime):
Number of seasons in which a Pirates team did not spend a single day over .500 or in first place: 5. An additional six teams were never more than three games over .500 an entire season.
Site note: I am leaving right after today's game to drive back to Chicago. I am once again going to try to find wifi on the road to post a recap, but if not, today's game recap may be delayed until Thursday morning.
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Note: stats below are for Hart with the Pirates only. See the pitcher box for his full-season stats.
When last we saw Kevin Hart, he was pitching six good innings for the Cubs against the Astros on July 30 at Wrigley Field, after which he was traded to the Pirates. Since then he's been... not so good. He's piled up innings for Pittsburgh, but given up a lot of hits, walks and homers. This will be his first appearance against his old team; let's light him up.
The only time Z has faced the Pirates this year so far was memorable, and not for his pitching; it was on May 27 at Wrigley Field. That was the day he melted down after a close play at the plate and wound up, among other things, flinging a baseball 300 feet into left field. Needless to say, he was ejected. (The Cubs came back and won the game anyway.) The current Pirate who hits him best is Ramon Vazquez (5-for-12); the only current Pirate to have homered off Z is Brandon Moss.
Cable-only for TV today, and Chicago-only (CSN, no Pittsburgh TV). For other games today see the MLB.com Mediacenter.
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I'm going to stick to two overflow threads again today; they will post at 12:45 and 2 pm CDT. If things get too busy, please post a FanShot overflow; if I see there's a lot of activity the next couple of days, I may go back to three.
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Haven't even read the recap yet...
Quick turnaround.
by chilango2 on Sep 9, 2009 9:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
10/10/10
Cubs clinch division playoff series! Jeff Samardzija capped his improbable 20 victory season with a complete game shutout. The Cubs were powered by 2010 NL home run champ Jake Fox’s 5th home run of the play-off series. Cub broadcaster Ron Santo was quoted, "This is our year!"
"The Cubs are due in sixty-two." - Ernie Banks
by BatCubFan on Sep 9, 2009 9:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And you just jinxed it...
You’ve been listening to the morning zoos, huh?
by chilango2 on Sep 9, 2009 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Drugs?
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meetings should be few and far between
Theriot is quoted in that story as saying Baker had meetings all the time. You see how that went.
And anyway, if these guys need a meeting to be reminded to be professional, then, not to put too fine a point on it, to hell with them.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Coming on the heels of losing 2 of 3 in New York.
Apparently Lou felt the need to remind them that they need to actually attempt to win the game, not just show up and expect it to happen.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Sep 9, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that's what some of them thought about the division
Just throw the gloves out there . . . "we’re right where we want to be . . . " and "there’s plenty of time left . . . "
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 9, 2009 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's kind of how I feel about this year, too.
And suddenly, the Cardinals were grabbing the division by the throat and the team never responded.
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by Trey2317 on Sep 9, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe the players should have met amongst themselves.
But there doesn’t appear to be a player leader on this team.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leadership????
Sorry, Al. I need to see a stat for that.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tend to agree with Worf
I am sure if you go back through years and years of baseball stories, there were pleanty of leaderless champions and teams that disliked each other. You don’t need leaders to win, you need good baseball players to win.
by niuhuskie224 on Sep 9, 2009 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was being sarcastic -- I like leadership
And teams that dislike each other aren’t the same as having no leaders.
The early 70s A’s fought constantly with each other and their owner. But Sal Bando and Gene Tenace were the leaders. The late 70s Yankees hated each other as well, but Munson and Guidry were strong enough forces.
Leadership doesn’t mean kumbaya. It means, “Shut up and do it. Hate each other on you own damn time”
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Worf is correct.
Recent example in Cub history: the 2003 team, perhaps not as talented as some, won in part (note, IN PART) because they had two strong player-leaders, Damian Miller and Eric Karros.
The 2004 team, more talented than 2003, didn’t have those players around to keep the distractions to a minimum. Those two might have helped prevent the late-season implosion.
It DOES matter.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
I don’t think anyone would argue that we shouldn’t have upgraded the 1B position. To go from Karros/Simon to Lee was a no-brainer.
But to add Hawkins and Barrett to that mix without any thought to leadership was stupid. Throw in Mercker and Alou (and I still think dearly departed Woody had his fingerprints on some of that crap too), add an enabler like Baker, and you’ve got a disaster.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd say health
had just as much to do with the ’04 collapse as did a lack of leadership.
by elgato on Sep 9, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, definitely health first...
Losing Nomar, getting only 2/3 of a season each from Wood and Prior, and having Borowski’s arm fall off (forcing Hawkins to the closer role causing him to freak out) were the bigger problems.
by SouthernCub on Sep 9, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know if there's a vocal leader on the team
Derrek Lee has always been cited as a leader for the Cubs, but it appears he’s more of a “lead by example” type.
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by Trey2317 on Sep 9, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear Milton Bradley is pretty vocal...
by chilango2 on Sep 9, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's one of the reasons he was brought in, wasn't it?
that leadership seems to have misfired somewhere along the way.
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by Trey2317 on Sep 9, 2009 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Jim Hendry...
… misread Bradley’s aggressive nature for “vocal leadership”. I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't imagine anyone thinking Bradley was a leader
Now, maybe a spark… a fire.. a Dennis Rodman type to shake things up?
Yeah, I could see that.
But you need a strong leader to lock down a guy like that. Soriano is probably the closest thing we have, but his rotten year has hurt him.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Glenallen Hill and Charles Oakley come to mind
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 9, 2009 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not to beat a dead horse, but
Soriano can’t possibly be that big of a leader in the clubhouse, given his less-than-stellar English Language conversational abilities. Just my two cents.
by chilango2 on Sep 9, 2009 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you figure that Spanish is the first language of
Soto, Zambrano, Guzman and Marmol — young players that really need leadership, not to mention Aramis and Blanco and probably a few I’m missing, I think you’re off-base.
Soriano seems to get his point across enough. Fox has said Soriano has been great to him.
And not for nothing, Soriano seems to be the one slumping player who has owned up to it.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, Soriano speaks Japanese...
… which has probably helped Kosuke Fukudome become more acclimated.
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by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
Never would have guessed that. What in life lead to him learning that incredibly difficult language?
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by AndrewJStone on Sep 9, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He trained in Japan for a while and played with the with the Hiroshima Carp in 1997.
by bakester on Sep 9, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome.
Thanks!
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by AndrewJStone on Sep 9, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does he really speak Japanese?
Or is that an assumption people have made simply because he played in Japan briefly?
by SouthernCub on Sep 9, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From what I understand, he is no wiz but can somewhat.
by bakester on Sep 9, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The reason I ask is because it is a very difficult language...
it’s not like picking up French or Spanish.
I just wonder if people have simply said “he played in Japan, so maybe he knows Japanese” to the point that it’s become “fact.”
If it’s true, that’s very cool for him.
by SouthernCub on Sep 9, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Milton strikes me more as a "tortured artist" type.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs make me feel like this
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 9, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They've driven me to wearing black, smoking clove cigarettes and drinking vermouth.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Vampires are f**king lame!"
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ladies & Gentlemen, Your 2009 Chicago Cubs - Dome, Riot, DLee... and a cast of thousands.
Today’s lineup just in from Twittermeyer:
Dome, Riot, DLee, Hoff (RF), Baker (3B), Fonty, Scales (LF), Hill, Z
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 9, 2009 9:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy Christ
How Z isn’t batting 6th in that lineup is beyond me.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, that lineup worked yesterday...
… with the exception of Soto instead of Hill.
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by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta love the Pirates
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ramirez played yesterday too, didn't he?
He’s kinda key
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right.
True. But the rest of those guys did just fine.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta rest Rami and Bradley
for when real teams show up. The vacation against the Pirates is about over.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except for the four more games we have against them at Wrigley!
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
essentially ...
we’re subbing Fontenot for Ramirez. This does not make me optimistic.
by elgato on Sep 9, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess Lou wanted to give Dome some RBI opportunities...
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 9, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about the henhouse, but Fox is clearly in the doghouse
If only flailing away at low-n-outside pitches were grounds for being benched earlier this season…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 9, 2009 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Crap lineup! If DLee doesn't get at least 3 hits and an HR
we have zero chance. I guess Fox is never gonna get another start.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 9, 2009 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lineup per Wittenmyer:
cst_cubs Sweep lineup? Fuky, riot, lee, hoff (9), baker (5), font, scales, hill, z.
by chilango2 on Sep 9, 2009 9:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice to know the I-Cubs are playing one more game this season
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Sep 9, 2009 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On a related note,
the I-Cubs finished their season at .500 and probably So Taguchi was their MVP.
by chilango2 on Sep 9, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least they follow the company line
Play mediocre baseball
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Sep 9, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taguchi nearly got called up
Because Soriano and Reed are probably done and Fuld is hurting.
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taguchi probably SHOULD have been called up.
At least he can play defense.
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by Al on Sep 9, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is he on the 40-man?
Can he get a call now?
by chilango2 on Sep 9, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not on the 40-man...
could be called up if the team wanted to add him (we’re at 39), but I doubt he’ll get the call.
by SouthernCub on Sep 9, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuld is hurting ?
Just got back on a redeye and have not heard about this ? What is the story /
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Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 9, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
reaggravated a wrist injury he got making the fence catch in LA
Can play defense but can’t hit.
by SouthernCub on Sep 9, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got it.
Weird he can play defense though.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 9, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't need wrist strength to catch a ball
It probably stings a little when he does though. I imagine if he gets an opportunity to go out there he won’t be diving for any balls
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by Musicdude10 on Sep 9, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Again-NO FOX!!!!!!
What the hell, Lou?
Since when is Scales better than Fox? Five starts in a row????
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Goodbye Lou
I can’t wait for you to be gone!
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I suspect you're going to have to wait until 2011
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 9, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he wants to be fired and just sit back and collect his money next year
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt it
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 9, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just have an odd feeling he won't be around next year
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless Ricketts decides he wants a change, I think he's back
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Sep 9, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's begging to be canned
so he can sit on by the pool in Tampa with a bloody mary in his hand.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 9, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I mean really, they couldn't play him at 3b and keep Fronty on the bench, since I guess Scales MUST play.
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Two days in a row, to much angst for one comment!
DAMN YOU LOU, DAMN YOU!!!!!
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by AndrewJStone on Sep 9, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They reply button, man.
Its your friend.
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by AndrewJStone on Sep 9, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't anyone else find Fox not playing, especially in a sub line-up to be stupid?
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dude... unclench
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by Worf on Sep 9, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, very stupid
This is a total garbage lineup. My guess is that it will be 35 days in row without gaining a game on STL.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Sep 9, 2009 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess everyone else is fine with it
Nothing we can do anyways. The only thing worse would be if Miles was playing.
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WTH, Lou
Scales and Fontenot — and no Jake Fox? Just terrible.
by elgato on Sep 9, 2009 10:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Someone else agreeing Fox should be playing.
Al said it in the story line about yesterday, I completely agree with him.
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How can anyone even debate
playing Scales AND Fontenot over Fox?
by elgato on Sep 9, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with this.
Fox is having issues with outside breaking balls, but I don’t see any situation in which both Scales and Fontenot should be starting over him.
by madcow256 on Sep 9, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lou thinks this is a good idea.
Fox is getting 1 ab every 2-3 days. It would have been nice to see him get 5-6 starts vs bad teams and see if he could have improved on that outside pitch.
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fox not playing...
…may have something to do with the .565 OPS he’s put up in 23 PAs over the last 14 days. Or the fact that 9 of those 23 PAs resulted in strikeouts – with no walks.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
23 Pa's in 14 days is not much. Maybe some rust is setting in.
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I recall Lou saying...
…that he didn’t want to play Fox in New York because of Citi Field’s big outfield. I’m actually not opposed to him playing today, but he’s looked pretty lost at the plate lately.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Lou just wanted to help Hart today and start the subs-but not Fox
Fronty is hitting about 56 points lower so he should be playing of course
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Having a team meeting was irrelevant
The lineup is constructed around Soriano. If he doens’t hit, the team doesn’t play well. There’s nothing a team meeting is going to do about Soriano.
by jerry morales rules on Sep 9, 2009 10:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
uh.....
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2012
by heine41 on Sep 9, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The meeting was WAY to late
There are no leaders on this team. The manager has been asleep for 3 months as well.
by TJ11 on Sep 9, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, what good would it have done?
With Soriano being abysmal, who could bat leadoff (and fulfill all that one needs a lead-off hiter to do?)? He’s getting paid $17M, it’s not as if you can bench him easily. So you put him down in the lineup where he can be a black hole instead of at the top of the order whicih is the worst place for a black hole.
When Soriano hits, all is right with the Cubs. When he doesn’t … well, not so much. Look at the playoffs last year. Sure, small sample size but this year has certainly added to that theory. In retrospect, there was no backup plan if Soriano were to fail.
No meeting would have helped create a backup plan.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti-Soriano. When hot, he is an offensive force that few players in the league can match. He is, however, streaky, and that needs to be managed. This year, it was managed poorly.
by jerry morales rules on Sep 9, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Right to the point.
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by vonde6 on Sep 9, 2009 10:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They need a sweep. The Cubs don't play again until Friday, so it would be nice for this team
to have a positive image in their heads for the next 48+ hours.
You can only take so much of the 23 hours of Michael Jordan…
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by LAcarl519 on Sep 9, 2009 11:12 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Meetings
If the players, or anybody, could meet and come up with 2-3 more run producers, then they should have had meetings. Outside of that impossibility, I don’t think meetings mattered.
The easy schedule hasn’t worked well enough, but the Cubs have reasons to finish above .500 both for themselves and for the fans. They might even play better with the pressure off of them.
by AboutTheCubs on Sep 9, 2009 11:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think I just heard the smattering of applause...
…when the Pirates took the field.
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 11:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
jump
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by dat cubfan daver on Sep 9, 2009 11:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey Al, regarding your issue of WiFi
There have been several posts on here about how amazing the iPhone is. One more really cool feature is that if you are in an area where you are getting 3G reception, you can hook your phone up to your computer and get the internet using the phone’s service. One of the cool features that people don’t really know about.
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by Musicdude10 on Sep 9, 2009 12:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Except I don't want to change to AT&T service.
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by Al on Sep 10, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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