Derrick Lee
by Comfortably Numb on Jul 26, 2010 4:35 AM CDT
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PrintI'm definetly going to sound like a meathead, but the story of Sunday nights game to me was Lee's comments afterwards. "It was a great homestand....." You have to be kidding me! I understand it's a long season and there is always another game, but come on. On this homestand they had a chance to sweep the Phillies and lost, they lost a series to the Astros, and again had a chance to sweep the Cardinals and lost. Do you think Dempsters upset he put a 3-1 pitch to Pujols right down the middle? Do you think Theriot is upset he seems to be making numerous MAJOR mistakes per game? Do you think Soriano is upset he didn't get to second base on his blooper when Soto hit the next pitch into a 6-4-3? Or are all these guys sleeping good because it was a "great homestand"
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I didn't like his comment either
For once, Lou’s was way more accurate:
“I thought we should’ve been 9-1, if we hit a little bit,” manager Lou Piniella said. "That’s the way I look at it. The games we hit in, we won.
He wrapped it up with his usual “What are you gonna do?” line, which turns my hair gray, but otherwise he nailed it.
Nice 3-1 to Pujols. When he got down 3-0, I thought he would just essentially put him on. I know these guys are all confident enough to think they can get any hitter in any situation, but c’mon, Demp!
Scott Bora$ is satan.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on Jul 26, 2010 6:01 AM CDT reply actions
Truly though
What else would you have Piniella say? What ARE you gonna do? It isn’t as if Piniella or anyone else can change the mindset of some of these players.
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
and it isnt as if
Pinella can go out there and swing the bat for them…
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by hansman1982 on Jul 26, 2010 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Absolutely.
I’d add that for myself there was little mistakes for Lou in it. Yeah he can alter the batting order, pull a pitcher, even perhaps make a squeeze play but really the players had golden opportunities to take this easily and refused to. They were the ones that failed and I sure don’t see a Sandberg or any other manager making a difference for the homestand. He burned his pitchers early sometimes, but really when your bullpen sucks you have to play for a win before the 12th. Perhaps he did too quickly…but hell when you have three innings in a row with a man on 3rd, one out…don’t tell me it’s the manager’s fault he didn’t squeeze. Blame players being paid millions of dollars a year who cannot hit a bad bullpen for a sac fly.
Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10
by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 27, 2010 1:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Castro's 2-out RBI single
was very atypical of this bunch. None of them can get the clutch hit. Byrd’s AB was terrible in the 10th.
As bad as this game felt after, it wasn’t anywhere near as agonizing as that extra inning debacle to the Astros.
There, I feel better ;)
Scott Bora$ is satan.
by Canadian Cubs Fan on Jul 26, 2010 6:03 AM CDT reply actions
It's "DERREK" Lee.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al Yellon on Jul 26, 2010 6:44 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
Remember, folks:
It’s Derrek Lee and Derrick Rose.
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by daver on Jul 26, 2010 8:15 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
And Daric Barton and Derek Jeter
by jerry morales rules on Jul 26, 2010 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions
It isn't?
You mean Harry lied to us all those years ago?
"Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes..."
Something in the air.
There seem to be a lot of incomplete quotes going around BCB today. I apologize. I should’ve finished what Harry started. My bad, guys. My bad.
"Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes..."
I thought it was "Hustlin'" Derrick May
Steve Swisher - 1976 NL All-Star Catcher
by Dan Serafini on Jul 26, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
What is Kebert Xela?
"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." ~ Bill Veeck
y.....a.........M.............k.......c.....i.....r.......r.......
There’s a hit to left by Tyler Colvin
……e……………….D
Word of advice
Read your posts before you post them. It’s “Derrek” Lee.
RIP Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010).
by Ace Venom on Jul 26, 2010 10:14 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I like Googles new image search
I used it to verify this rumor. it is true – she is hot
"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella
Chicago connection
Keener had one line in the movie About Last Night, increasing her hotness.
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by RiskyBusiness on Jul 26, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
New?
that has been around for a while…
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by hansman1982 on Jul 26, 2010 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
well it started displaying the results in a new format in the last week or so
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She has a certain earthy allure.
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I prefer Christina Hendricks to any other woman on the planet
I’m just saying Keener is hot.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
Fair enough.
That’s an idea I can get behind. Also: Emmanuelle Chriqui. Though it’s all that sneaky.
Whoa
I don’t watch mad men. She’s….top-heavy. In a good way. Yay google images!
DEJESUS!!!
Is there a BAD way?
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by lostinthevines on Jul 26, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Disturbing SWL image in five and four and three and...
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I liked her in
40 y/o Virgin.
by ASpecialGuestAppearance on Jul 26, 2010 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Kim Dickens, too.
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by Gibbon Jockey on Jul 26, 2010 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions
On another note about Lee...
I appears the Texas Rangers are looking at him
http://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/19569607215
The Texas Rangers are deep in conversations with Marlins for Cantu, taking close look at Cubs’ Lee, and want another starter.
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good
he is an anchor this year. Retrospectively he should have been traded after his .970 OPS last year, maybe Cubs can trade Samardijza with him as a package.
Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."
Tell me another funny joke.
Both have no-trade rights.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Do you think Lee would waive his no-trade to play on a contender?
I just checked Cots. Cubs and no-trade seem to go hand in hand there.
"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 Jul 26, 2010 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Slight bonus for Lee
The Rangers are in the West, he’d play near home a decent bit
"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." ~ Bill Veeck
"Near home"?
Texas isn’t “near home”.
Oh, you must mean the two series the Rangers have left in Oakland. Which is 90 miles from Lee’s home in Sacramento. That’d make for an easy commute.
I laugh when I hear about players from one coast or another wanting to play “near home”, when home is a one-hour plane ride from the city they’re talking about. When you have to get on a plane to be home, it’s still not that close.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
At the same time, Al.
It would be much easier for family to come out and drive 90 miles for a couple of 3 game series than a few hundred miles. I know it’s not the same as being home, but when you’re on the road as much as these guys, even just getting your family with you for a few days can feel like home.
If moving to Texas means seeing your family 7-10 more times in the course of the year, that’s a big thing to thing about.
The Rangers play seven games in Oakland.
The Cubs play four games in San Francisco next month.
So it’d be a big deal for three days? Not so much, I’d think.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
To be in a platoon with Chris Davis
We wont get anything worthwhile for him if thats the case.
Sshhhhh! (Whispers) We're trying to trade him.
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If Davis still has options...
…they could just send him down to Triple A. His offensive numbers over the last two seasons are pretty horrible.
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Yes, you sound like a meathead...
I didn’t read any further after “Derrick” Lee and that comment.
Spelling is your friend.
It's 106 miles to Chicago...
by BDR529 on Jul 26, 2010 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Derrick:
Derrek:
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
by Al Yellon on Jul 26, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Both Played in Memphis
Well, Derrick Rose supposedly didn’t take the ACT that was cleared by the NCAA clearinghouse. The University of Memphis got snagged for it. We can’t expect the NCAA to blame itself for anything.
Derrek Lee played for the Memphis Chicks in 1996.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
LOL You spelled his name wrong!
LOL! :-P~~~
by Flatley on Jul 26, 2010 11:33 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Post the whole quote
next time said that folks get the full context. He said exactly what you wanted him to say but you were too lazy to hear it.
Here is the rest of the quote..
Derrek Lee said it was a “good homestand” and the Cubs can take some positives out of it. But he agreed with Dempster’s assessment.
“Playing .500 ball or a little bit over doesn’t get it done,” he said. “We have to play great baseball the rest of the way, so we’ll see what happens.”
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by TheRiot Police on Jul 26, 2010 11:53 AM CDT reply actions 5 recs
The next time this team plays "great baseball" this year....
will be the first time.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 26, 2010 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
there have been a couple
games of great baseball in the last month
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by hansman1982 on Jul 26, 2010 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
meh....
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 26, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
What?
A guy can’t say, “Stop Talking, Friendly Urchin” any more?
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
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Well played in your moment of need.
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by Sandberg's evil twin on Jul 27, 2010 1:36 AM CDT up reply actions
no, I don't think Soriano
is even aware he should have been on 2nd, and that it was “one of the little” things that could have allowed Cubs to win it 9.
Worse, I highly doubt that anyone on the coaching staff said a word to him about the lack of hustle play.
"The Cubs are due in sixty-two." - #14
The Cubs are all about fundamentals and hustling!
Lou always holds the players accountable for not doing these things!
Maybe the Rangers can trade for Hoffpauir...
He could give the same stats as Lee and come much cheaper!
Unfortunately
this year, you are right.
"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray
But Hoffpauir's lefthanded.
The Rangers already have a lefthanded hitting 1B (Chris Davis).
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I know that....Talking about stats.
If we had the Hoff the year instead of Lee, and they were doing the same thing, would Lou have batted Micah 3rd all year?
Or is the lineup made according to stats from other seasons?
I guess the only reason Lou is still employed is because of stats from another time.
Man, your facade is really slipping.
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Just asking a question man....
Here I will rewrite it…..
I think its awesome that Lou is giving tribute to Derrek Lee’s career by batting him 3rd all season!
So what if he is having a little bit of an off year? His track record shoes he should still be treated the same way as before!
That’s why Lou should be treated the same, he has won 1800 games and we should not be questioning his judgement! We should be worried that he is really going to follow through on this retirement thing. Tom Ricketts needs to get with it and offer the extention to him and Hendry NOW!
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