2006 Cubs Thread! - Page 9

Modern Relic · 05-06-2006, 11:50 PM

And there goes the no-no. Darn!

mauboy · 05-06-2006, 11:56 PM

Marshal made a little mistake there, should be two outs if he hustled to first, but I understand, he went to the ball first then thought Walker would make the play, but Walker is no Lee. Tie goes to the runner on the close play though.

Anyhow, I hope we can get out of this inning as the Cubs offense cannot be counted on to score another run tonight.

mauboy · 05-06-2006, 11:57 PM

And there goes the shut out. Thanks, Giles.

Modern Relic · 05-07-2006, 10:03 AM

Another punchless loss. Sheeesh!

mauboy · 05-07-2006, 11:24 AM

Oh, well. What can I say?

At least some of the guys were pumped. Eyre, Marshal.. ermm, I think that is about it. Cedeno, too.

Malleus Dei · 05-07-2006, 11:38 AM

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They've scored like, five runs in over 60 innings or some crap. That's not even averaging one a game. HORRIBLE.

Yes, this is definitely major suckage.

But, honestly, what did you expect?

piperclap · 05-08-2006, 03:43 PM

Cubs called up Ryan "The Riot" Theriot today.

Hopefully they send Neifi down.

mauboy · 05-08-2006, 05:08 PM

Chances of Neifi being sent down are slim to none. Not uh, no way, no how! Not with Baker around, anyways. I really wish that would happen.

We also need to start thinking about the players of the future. Pie has been playing pretty well at AAA, along with this guy named Buck Coats, he's battin' .362 right now. Not too shabby. I don't know much about him, should I?

Bobbie Brownlie sucks. He got rocked in AAA and got moved down to AA, so we won't be seeing him anytime soon.

I don't know. I guess it's just time to let the crappy team play and go about 30 games under .500 for the rest of the year. Yay.

piperclap · 05-08-2006, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mauboy

Chances of Neifi being sent down are slim to none. Not uh, no way, no how! Not with Baker around, anyways. I really wish that would happen.

We can always dream!

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We also need to start thinking about the players of the future. Pie has been playing pretty well at AAA, along with this guy named Buck Coats, he's battin' .362 right now. Not too shabby. I don't know much about him, should I?

Take a look. I haven't seen him play at all, but I know he was drafted as a 2b/SS, and has been playing some OF recently from what I've seen. He'll be a 6 year minor league FA if he's not added to the 40 man this fall, so I assume we'll see him sometime next year. He spent last year at AA. His history suggests high average/low power, so I'm wondering why they moved him to OF.

edit: his defense sucks in the infield, hence the move to CF. He's got a little speed and is a lefty bat. We've no need for him this year and a full year at AAA would be good for him.

He's 23, so he's on the old side to drastically change his output.

I'm guessing he'd be a valuable bench guy...to replace Neifi. Because after this year, Baker is gone and he'll take his pet SS with him. I hope.

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Bobbie Brownlie sucks. He got rocked in AAA and got moved down to AA, so we won't be seeing him anytime soon.

I don't know. I guess it's just time to let the crappy team play and go about 30 games under .500 for the rest of the year. Yay.

Yeah, he sucked when we drafted him.

UngratefulDead · 05-08-2006, 05:38 PM

Coats is just an organizational soldier who had little value as a middle infielder and none as an outfielder. No power and he hasn't shown patience since he was 21 in low A ball.

Undoubtably he'll push Matt Murton to the bench in two months.

piperclap · 05-08-2006, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by UngratefulDead

Coats is just an organizational soldier who had little value as a middle infielder and none as an outfielder. No power and he hasn't shown patience since he was 21 in low A ball.

Undoubtably he'll push Matt Murton to the bench in two months.

Ah! Corey patterson 2.0!

Modern Relic · 05-08-2006, 07:42 PM

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Ah! Corey patterson 2.0!

Yuck. I read a recent article about K-K-K-K-Korey and he is still spouting the same crap about how he's not going to change his game. Yes, that's worked out sooo well so far. I'd keep it up too.

TonyJ · 05-08-2006, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Modern Relic

Yuck. I read a recent article about K-K-K-K-Korey and he is still spouting the same crap about how he's not going to change his game. Yes, that's worked out sooo well so far. I'd keep it up too.

Sounds like Sean Burroughs as well (although his problem is that he is too patient and refuses to drive the ball, the exact opposite of Korey). I believe they were from the same draft IIRC in a rather ironic twist.

piperclap · 05-08-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Modern Relic

Yuck. I read a recent article about K-K-K-K-Korey and he is still spouting the same crap about how he's not going to change his game. Yes, that's worked out sooo well so far. I'd keep it up too.

Did you catch his "highlight" the other day? WHen the left fielder killed himself against the wall, Korey had like 28 seconds to tag up at first, and still got doubled off.

He went to the Dusty Baker/Wendel Kim school of baserunning.

Modern Relic · 05-08-2006, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TonyJ

Sounds like Sean Burroughs as well (although his problem is that he is too patient and refuses to drive the ball, the exact opposite of Korey). I believe they were from the same draft IIRC in a rather ironic twist.

Speaking of Sean Burroughs, is my memory wrong or didn't he appear on the Letterman show after his team won the Little League World Series?

Modern Relic · 05-08-2006, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by piperclap

Did you catch his "highlight" the other day? WHen the left fielder killed himself against the wall, Korey had like 28 seconds to tag up at first, and still got doubled off.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

mauboy · 05-08-2006, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by piperclap

Did you catch his "highlight" the other day? WHen the left fielder killed himself against the wall, Korey had like 28 seconds to tag up at first, and still got doubled off.

He went to the Dusty Baker/Wendel Kim school of baserunning.

Yeah. He was literally like two steps away from first at one point too. He kept looking around like an idiot..

I still like the kid though.

mauboy · 05-08-2006, 11:36 PM

Swept.

Malleus Dei · 05-09-2006, 12:35 AM

http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/be...iles&id=186433

"Message is clear: Cubs woeful"

Read it and weep. The Cubs suck even worse than you can imagine.

AnotherAlias · 05-09-2006, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Malleus Dei

http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/be...iles&id=186433

"Message is clear: Cubs woeful"

Read it and weep. The Cubs suck even worse than you can imagine.

We get the point. Why don't you just STFU about the Cubs.

It's painful enough without you rubbing it into people's faces.

Up next: Should they fire Dusty?

05-06-2006, 11:50 PM	#161
Modern Relic All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,266	And there goes the no-no. Darn! __________________ American Folklore Baseball League (closed): Commissioner/GM - Mudville Nine (ruled!) Former member of Boys of Summer: GM - St. Louis Browns (doormats!) Former member of the OTBL: GM - Gashouse Gorillas (also ruled!) "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby

05-07-2006, 10:03 AM	#164
Modern Relic All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,266	Another punchless loss. Sheeesh! __________________ American Folklore Baseball League (closed): Commissioner/GM - Mudville Nine (ruled!) Former member of Boys of Summer: GM - St. Louis Browns (doormats!) Former member of the OTBL: GM - Gashouse Gorillas (also ruled!) "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby

05-08-2006, 05:38 PM	#170
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	Coats is just an organizational soldier who had little value as a middle infielder and none as an outfielder. No power and he hasn't shown patience since he was 21 in low A ball. Undoubtably he'll push Matt Murton to the bench in two months. Last edited by UngratefulDead; 05-08-2006 at 05:39 PM.

05-06-2006, 11:56 PM	#162
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	Marshal made a little mistake there, should be two outs if he hustled to first, but I understand, he went to the ball first then thought Walker would make the play, but Walker is no Lee. Tie goes to the runner on the close play though. Anyhow, I hope we can get out of this inning as the Cubs offense cannot be counted on to score another run tonight.

05-06-2006, 11:57 PM	#163
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	And there goes the shut out. Thanks, Giles.

05-07-2006, 11:24 AM	#165
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	Oh, well. What can I say? At least some of the guys were pumped. Eyre, Marshal.. ermm, I think that is about it. Cedeno, too.

05-08-2006, 03:43 PM	#167
piperclap All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 671	Cubs called up Ryan "The Riot" Theriot today. Hopefully they send Neifi down.

05-08-2006, 05:08 PM	#168
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	Chances of Neifi being sent down are slim to none. Not uh, no way, no how! Not with Baker around, anyways. I really wish that would happen. We also need to start thinking about the players of the future. Pie has been playing pretty well at AAA, along with this guy named Buck Coats, he's battin' .362 right now. Not too shabby. I don't know much about him, should I? Bobbie Brownlie sucks. He got rocked in AAA and got moved down to AA, so we won't be seeing him anytime soon. I don't know. I guess it's just time to let the crappy team play and go about 30 games under .500 for the rest of the year. Yay.

05-08-2006, 11:36 PM	#178
mauboy Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 2,906	Swept.