Jordan4life_2007

I don't like Gordon Beckham anymore.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) Hopefully the one week benching he'll face with games at NL parks will do him well. We've all been pining for Viciedo over Pierre. I think it's just about time to sit Adam for a week or 10 days and let Dayan DH. Because Juan ain't goin' nowhere. I think Ozzie MIGHT sit Dunn.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 01:39 PM) AJ just keeps on rolling. Yes, I have to give him credit. His throwing still sucks. But he's swinging a hot stick.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 01:35 PM) Epic. I'm confident I could sport those numbers. Just pay me in beer. Nothing to lose.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 01:33 PM) Ozzie just needs to stop playing him against lefties. Hell, any confience he had after Friday night probably was negatively impacted after he struggled against the lefty yesterday. Have you ever seen a fall of this magnitude by a proven player over the course of one offseason in history? I know Wite's faith has to be waning by now.

If my math is correct, Dunn is on pace for a .187 BA, 14 HRs, 64 RBI and 214 Ks.

Dunn is so bad that when you describe him you're going to automatically sounds hyperbolic without intending to. I can K at his rate for half the price.

Make that K number 97 in 228 at bats. Now officially ahead of Mark Reynolds record breaking pace.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 01:20 PM) I can't believe Pierre hit it as far as he did after he completely stopped his load, and then just poked at the pitch. Viciedo ain't sniffin' Chicago until August now.

What the? An extra basehit?

Well that was a pleasant top of the first.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 12:49 PM) Fair enough on Edwin, but I maintain that having Peavy relieve is a massive waste of money and we're less likely to win games with him as a RP than a SP. That's a fake Heads.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 01:02 PM) What about Infante? Pena is awful. 5.10 ERA last year (1.52 WHIP) and 6.20 ERA (1.72 WHIP) this year. The guy is just not good. Without sounding hyperbolic, we have a lot of guys on our 25 man roster who are no good or performing at a level that does not meet the criteria of a productive baseball player. But you have to keep running them out there over and over and over and over and over and over and over again because, well, you have to get a return on your investment. NO.MATTER.WHAT.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jun 26, 2011 -> 10:41 AM) Brent goes out and has a 3-4 game, and gets to ride the pine today. Great. To be honest, I don't really like Morel, as a baseball player, of course. But yeah, Ozzie is death to young players.

Happy birthday, bros!

Better than Lucas Harrell. I'd rather call up a new guy and he perform below average at his place of employment than call up the same guy to perform below average at his place of employment.

With 3 more whiffs today, Adam Dunn has now K'd 96 times in 227 at bats. That's a K% of 42.3. Exactly the same percentage that all-time single-season whiff champion Mark Reynolds K'd at last season. We've still got half a season to go. But unless Adam Dunn does something incredibly extraordinary from here on out, I feel confident in saying that year 1 of Adam Dunn era on the Southside has been less than exemplary.

Good win. But these winner threads just aren't as enjoyable when the team is still below .500. It'd be nice to finally reach this milestone by July 1.

I'm not particularly looking forward to another 4-5 at bats from Juan Pierre tomorrow.

Juan Pierre's June slashline: .200/.259/.240/.499. He's 1/2 SB/SBO. It is of my belief and unprofessional opinion that JP is not performing at an acceptable standard of what should be expected for even an average Major League baseball player. Despite these terrifying/embarrassing splits, he still leads the team in plate appearances for this month. That, to me, demonstrates that our manager, a man who's paid handsomely to, well, manage and put this group of 25 professional ball players in the best position to succeed, is either not seeing what is painfully obvious (and you would then naturally have to question his baseball intelligence) or that he's so, what's the word, obstinate (yes, that will suffice), that he'd rather go down his way than to adapt or adjust on the fly, in essence doing something that you don't really want to do but doing so because it would be beneficial for the team he gets paid to manage. We are now three months into the season and all the "it's early" talk no longer holds sufficient water. You simply cannot give a player of Juan Pierre's caliber another 300+ PAs because of staunch adherence. There's no legitimate logic behind this. Well, other than, let's see, "I'm DA focking manger and I make da facking lineups" or "You guys have to work real jobs. Wat do you know?"

Edwin hasn't looked this good since the Tampa game.

No comment.

That, um, sucked.

Jackson is nasty this night. It'd be nice to score a run.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 24, 2011 -> 08:08 PM) Weeks? You drive a hard bargain. I'll get back at you.