Cubbies Alert
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Yes they do.... closer by comittee. The same could be said of Phillie (Lidge), SD (Bell) Indians(Wood) or even Mets (Rodriquez) all are capable of coming in and easily blowing up. It seems like it has been a horrible year for closers.
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Gregg is the first pitcher to give up 3 walk off hrs in a season since 1981.
Lotta people lost money on cubs last nite, and they might lose again tonite.
That's why I hate chase systems..."padres beat cubs 5 in a row no way do they lose 6, double up on cubs at -230". :mj07:
No thank you.
Lotta people lost money on cubs last nite, and they might lose again tonite.
That's why I hate chase systems..."padres beat cubs 5 in a row no way do they lose 6, double up on cubs at -230". :mj07:
No thank you.
Lou Piniella Is Asleep at the Switch as the Cubs Plummett toward .500
Kent Sterling/1070 The Fan
It took Piniella two-and-a-half years to figure out that Alfonso Soriano is not a leadoff hitter despite striking out 145 times per 162 games and walks 41. It also took Lou four-plus months to come to the stunning realization that Kevin Gregg is not a closer. For this level of decisiveness, the Cubs pay Piniella in the neighborhood of $4-million per year.
The former fiery manager looks like Jack Nicholson as Randall P. McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" after the lobotomy, and is running months behind my wife in figuring out the obvious. Kevin Gregg has thrown BP all year with the exception of a brief stretch in June and July, where he was reasonably effective and made life as difficult on teams as he should as the closer of the team with a top five payroll.
Piniella rarely bunts because his players do it poorly. I've watched baseball a long time, and have never seen a group bunt into force-outs at third with anything close to this level of regularity. Piniella seems to grouse periodically to pitching coach Larry Rothschild and bench coach Alan Trammel, but as far as holding players directly accountable for their poor play and passionless behavior, they get a pass.
Maybe the team has tuned out Piniella. Maybe GM Jim Hendry assembled such a group of dolts that Tony LaRussa couldn't get them to 90 wins. I don't know. What I do know is that Piniella is not getting shit out of this group physically or emotionally. The Cubs are dead men walking, and I'm sick of it. Watching Kevin Gregg is brutal. There is never a doubt that the hitters are going to make solid contact. All we can do is hope they hit it at someone.
How many ways do the Cubs need to fail before Lou is shown the door? Play like zombies? Check. Bullpen pitches like idiots? Check. Baserunning mistakes? Check. Lack of focus in the field? Check. Miss cutoff men? Check.
What's going well? The starting pitching is pretty good. And..... Ummmm.... Well, the starting pitching is pretty good.
Stop investing in managers who've already made their bones. Joe Girardi was the guy two-and-a-half years ago. Hendry screwed that up too by hiring Leo Durocher with hair (and slightly smaller ears). Leo missed a game to visit his stepson at summer camp. Lou misses games to catch up on his sleep.
Hendry, hey Hendry! Hire someone who has the energy to push the right buttons, and can remember the names of his players. You should have hired Girardi. Nope. You spend money like the crazy assholes at craps tables covering every dumbass novelty bet. Aaron Miles was the answer to what question? Milton Bradley is worth $10-million? It was obvious that he wasn't when you put ink to that contract. Obvious to all but you. Lou has done nothing to make him less volatile or more productive. Rothschild has every goddamned pitcher on your expensive staff convinced they can't get people out by throwing strikes.
This embarrassingly mediocre franchise has hit a new low, and still the dopey drunken 25-year-olds buy tickets. When the City of Chicago wakes up and decides that there are many ways to spend $50 that beat sitting in the bleachers watching somnambulists manage ande play a game while being paid more this pathetic season than most will make in their lifetimes.
I demand total and utter demolition of the front office staff. The Ricketts need to go Colonel Frank Slade on the front office and "take a flamethrower to this place". Self-centered, self-aggrandizing, self-immersed morons permeate the entire organization, and they all need to go. Bradley? gone! Gregg? gone! Soriano? gone! Niedermeyer?
I've had it. The shit is too deep. No amount of digging can extract the pride of the Cubs. Dr. Louis Leakey couldn't uncover the pride of this franchise.
I'll be watching for signs of life, but I won't hold my breath.
Kent Sterling/1070 The Fan
It took Piniella two-and-a-half years to figure out that Alfonso Soriano is not a leadoff hitter despite striking out 145 times per 162 games and walks 41. It also took Lou four-plus months to come to the stunning realization that Kevin Gregg is not a closer. For this level of decisiveness, the Cubs pay Piniella in the neighborhood of $4-million per year.
The former fiery manager looks like Jack Nicholson as Randall P. McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" after the lobotomy, and is running months behind my wife in figuring out the obvious. Kevin Gregg has thrown BP all year with the exception of a brief stretch in June and July, where he was reasonably effective and made life as difficult on teams as he should as the closer of the team with a top five payroll.
Piniella rarely bunts because his players do it poorly. I've watched baseball a long time, and have never seen a group bunt into force-outs at third with anything close to this level of regularity. Piniella seems to grouse periodically to pitching coach Larry Rothschild and bench coach Alan Trammel, but as far as holding players directly accountable for their poor play and passionless behavior, they get a pass.
Maybe the team has tuned out Piniella. Maybe GM Jim Hendry assembled such a group of dolts that Tony LaRussa couldn't get them to 90 wins. I don't know. What I do know is that Piniella is not getting shit out of this group physically or emotionally. The Cubs are dead men walking, and I'm sick of it. Watching Kevin Gregg is brutal. There is never a doubt that the hitters are going to make solid contact. All we can do is hope they hit it at someone.
How many ways do the Cubs need to fail before Lou is shown the door? Play like zombies? Check. Bullpen pitches like idiots? Check. Baserunning mistakes? Check. Lack of focus in the field? Check. Miss cutoff men? Check.
What's going well? The starting pitching is pretty good. And..... Ummmm.... Well, the starting pitching is pretty good.
Stop investing in managers who've already made their bones. Joe Girardi was the guy two-and-a-half years ago. Hendry screwed that up too by hiring Leo Durocher with hair (and slightly smaller ears). Leo missed a game to visit his stepson at summer camp. Lou misses games to catch up on his sleep.
Hendry, hey Hendry! Hire someone who has the energy to push the right buttons, and can remember the names of his players. You should have hired Girardi. Nope. You spend money like the crazy assholes at craps tables covering every dumbass novelty bet. Aaron Miles was the answer to what question? Milton Bradley is worth $10-million? It was obvious that he wasn't when you put ink to that contract. Obvious to all but you. Lou has done nothing to make him less volatile or more productive. Rothschild has every goddamned pitcher on your expensive staff convinced they can't get people out by throwing strikes.
This embarrassingly mediocre franchise has hit a new low, and still the dopey drunken 25-year-olds buy tickets. When the City of Chicago wakes up and decides that there are many ways to spend $50 that beat sitting in the bleachers watching somnambulists manage ande play a game while being paid more this pathetic season than most will make in their lifetimes.
I demand total and utter demolition of the front office staff. The Ricketts need to go Colonel Frank Slade on the front office and "take a flamethrower to this place". Self-centered, self-aggrandizing, self-immersed morons permeate the entire organization, and they all need to go. Bradley? gone! Gregg? gone! Soriano? gone! Niedermeyer?
I've had it. The shit is too deep. No amount of digging can extract the pride of the Cubs. Dr. Louis Leakey couldn't uncover the pride of this franchise.
I'll be watching for signs of life, but I won't hold my breath.
