Murton, Maddux updates & stories for a slow day.
by Doggie Stalker on Jun 3, 2010 12:22 PM CDT
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OK as this is an off day and we can only speculate on dumping Lou for so long ( If they have not done it yet, I don't see it happening), a few small bits of information.Matt Murton is hitting .343 which is third best in his league and tops on his team. Looks like he found a good place, but I actually wouldn't mind a nice right handed OF who hits for contact.
Here is a nice bit on Maddux from Austin Bibens-Dirkx
"Having Greg Maddux as one of the guys in the organization is nice," Bibens-Dirkx said of the four-time Cy Young winner-turned-Cubs special assistant. "I sat down with him after my last start, and the knowledge he has is ridiculous. He was predicting pitches before they would happen and what the results would be. He talked with me about philosophy and when to throw certain pitches in different counts. It's nice to have him around."
And another one from Doug Glanville's new book
"Insecurity also makes players creatures of habit, doing the same things over and over, in the same order - at least, until a rival catches on." Glanville says he would always enter the batter's box with his head down, until the great Greg Maddux took note of it: "One game while my head was down, the ball was halfway to home plate before I looked up. Easy strike. Advantage Maddux."
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Dare I say we should sign Ginger?
"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 3, 2010 12:34 PM CDT reply actions
FYI I assume everyone knows Murton plays in Japan
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
I know
It was a joke.
"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 3, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Aren't the Hanshin Tigers the japanese version of the Cubs?
they can’t ever win big games.
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." John Lennon
I didn't know that.
United we stand and united we'll fall......down on our knees the day we win it all!
by Bricks and Ivy on Jun 3, 2010 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Glanville
Funny anecdote. I can totally see Maddux taking advantage of any weakness in his opponent.
"They found a delivery in my flaw." - Dan Quisenberry
This is an Odd Road-trip
2 scheduled off days on 1 road trip?
"They come to see me strike out, hit a home run, or run into a fence. I try to accommodate them at least one way every game." - Gorman Thomas
I'm not sure how much of a road trip
it was scheduled to be originally. Had the off day Monday held, I suspect the team would have flown back to Chicago on Sunday night, spent the off day at home and bused to Milwaukee on Monday night.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 3, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Which they still could do after the game on Monday afternoon....
.. they could be back in Chicago by early evening and bus to Milwaukee at noonish the next day.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Insanity!
"They come to see me strike out, hit a home run, or run into a fence. I try to accommodate them at least one way every game." - Gorman Thomas
by RiskyBusiness on Jun 3, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions
A bit off topic, but,
I just got a Yahoo alert for Fantasy Football sign-up. In June? I wonder if they’re just sending that out to Cubs’ fans to get their mind off the season?
" What are you gonna do? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I really don't know. Gonna be honest with you . I wish I had some answers, but, I just, uh, .I wish I knew fellas, I wish I knew." Lou Piniella 6/1/10
I was sitting in an airport club lounge in Tokyo in May, there was a baseball game on, and all of a sudden Murton comes to the plate and gets a hit. I forget if it was off Jason Simontachi or if they were on the same team. Watching Japanese baseball was a pleasant way to burn through part of a five hour layover.
It's a simple question, Doctor: would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs??
Do you have a link for the rest of Murton's numbers?
I’m just curious as to whether that .343 average is mostly singles or whether he’s able to hit for some power over there.
I had a link yesterday but can't find it right now
He does have 8 homers in about 150 ABs I think so not bad
FYI I found this from an interview he gave last month
“You’ve got flaming red hair that really stands out in this country. Did you have any nicknames as a kid that you can tell us about? For example, snowboarder Shaun White is known as “The Flying Tomato.”
Obviously back home anything referring to the hair was a nickname, whether it was “Big Red” or “Orange Guy” or whatever it may have been. “Ronald McDonald”—I heard it all, of course, anything referring to the red hair."
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"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Jun 4, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Didn't know about Murton playing there.
Don’t care. He didn’t hit a lot of anything overall here. The Maddux stories are nice.
"Everything has an end, except a sausage, which has two."
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jun 4, 2010 10:46 AM CDT reply actions
I always like Ginger
He was kind of underrated. He actually hit 296 in his time here. 28 homers in about 800 at-bats. I wish him the best.
"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver
by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 4, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
He lead the Cubs in BA in 2006
Lou of course stuffed him on the bench and he declined after that.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Jun 4, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
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by jesus christos on Jun 4, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
but not after that which is why he is in Japan
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 Jun 4, 2010 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah this will be my last post about it cause it's pointless given he's long gone from the majors.
But yes he hit for awhile and yet he wasn’t ruined by Lou. He stopped hitting and even if you believe that was Lou’s fault, the other teams he tried out for agreed. I like the guy and wish him the best, but he was never going to be the solution for anything.
"Everything has an end, except a sausage, which has two."
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jun 4, 2010 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions
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