Cubs vs. Astros

[PcB]

Hey, there's a game on today.

[PcB]

Why was Bradley taking his warmup swings RH when he's batting LH?

[PcB]

This booing of Bradley is fucking ludacris. He grounded out in the first inning for God's sake. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be a Cubs fan, these people are fucking retards.

[jeffy]

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Yay, let's boo one of the few guys on our team who has actually been productive over the past few months!!

[jeffy]

Nice to have Blanco's defense back at least.

[PcB]

Amazing catch by Blanco. I want him at short in '10. Theriot wouldn't be able to make that catch if he rubbed a lamp and got 3 wishes.

[Giff]

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I <i>love</i> Blanco's glove, but no way I want him starting for this team next year. When offense is the problem, you can't afford to have him playing every day.

[jeffy]

<!--quoteo(post=61278:date=Sep 2 2009, 01:04 PM:name=Giff)-->QUOTE (Giff @ Sep 2 2009, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61276:date=Sep 2 2009, 01:59 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 2 2009, 01:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Amazing catch by Blanco. I want him at short in '10. Theriot wouldn't be able to make that catch if he rubbed a lamp and got 3 wishes.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I <i>love</i> Blanco's glove, but no way I want him starting for this team next year. When offense is the problem, you can't afford to have him playing every day.
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QFT.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

KABONG!

[Coldneck]

<!--quoteo(post=61278:date=Sep 2 2009, 03:04 PM:name=Giff)-->QUOTE (Giff @ Sep 2 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61276:date=Sep 2 2009, 01:59 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 2 2009, 01:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Amazing catch by Blanco. I want him at short in '10. Theriot wouldn't be able to make that catch if he rubbed a lamp and got 3 wishes.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I <i>love</i> Blanco's glove, but no way I want him starting for this team next year. When offense is the problem, you can't afford to have him playing every day.
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See, that's the thing Giff. I think defense up the middle is just as important as quality hitting. I would gladly sacrifice 50 points in average for the difference in Theriot and Blanco. And we'd be moving Theriot to 2B, so we'd really be replacing Blanco's bat with what we've had at 2B this year.

But I'd rather have someone that is great at SS and has some prowess at the plate. The problem is that those guys are expensive and we don't have very much cash to spend due to our future commitments.

[1060Ivy]

<!--quoteo(post=61263:date=Sep 2 2009, 01:38 PM:name=PcB)-->QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 2 2009, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This booing of Bradley is fucking ludacris. He grounded out in the first inning for God's sake. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be a Cubs fan, these people are fucking retards.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Bradley broke his bat on the play which slowed the ball through the infield si he had a decent chance of beating the throw. Unfortunately, he took 3 steps toward first and gave up.

[PcB]

<!--quoteo(post=61289:date=Sep 2 2009, 02:25 PM:name=1060Ivy)-->QUOTE (1060Ivy @ Sep 2 2009, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61263:date=Sep 2 2009, 01:38 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 2 2009, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This booing of Bradley is fucking ludacris. He grounded out in the first inning for God's sake. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be a Cubs fan, these people are fucking retards.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Bradley broke his bat on the play which slowed the ball through the infield si he had a decent chance of beating the throw. Unfortunately, he took 3 steps toward first and gave up.
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Yeah...nobody else does that... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

He gets booed for everything he does, this was just todays example.

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=61291:date=Sep 2 2009, 02:34 PM:name=PcB)-->QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 2 2009, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61289:date=Sep 2 2009, 02:25 PM:name=1060Ivy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (1060Ivy @ Sep 2 2009, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61263:date=Sep 2 2009, 01:38 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 2 2009, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This booing of Bradley is fucking ludacris. He grounded out in the first inning for God's sake. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be a Cubs fan, these people are fucking retards.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Bradley broke his bat on the play which slowed the ball through the infield si he had a decent chance of beating the throw. Unfortunately, he took 3 steps toward first and gave up.
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Yeah...nobody else does that... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

He gets booed for everything he does, this was just todays example.
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Lack of hustle...such as giving up on a ball hit in the infield...well...everyone guilty of that should be booed.

[Giff]

<!--quoteo(post=61287:date=Sep 2 2009, 02:23 PM:name=Coldneck)-->QUOTE (Coldneck @ Sep 2 2009, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61278:date=Sep 2 2009, 03:04 PM:name=Giff)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Giff @ Sep 2 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=61276:date=Sep 2 2009, 01:59 PM:name=PcB)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PcB @ Sep 2 2009, 01:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Amazing catch by Blanco. I want him at short in '10. Theriot wouldn't be able to make that catch if he rubbed a lamp and got 3 wishes.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I <i>love</i> Blanco's glove, but no way I want him starting for this team next year. When offense is the problem, you can't afford to have him playing every day.
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See, that's the thing Giff. I think defense up the middle is just as important as quality hitting. I would gladly sacrifice 50 points in average for the difference in Theriot and Blanco. And we'd be moving Theriot to 2B, so we'd really be replacing Blanco's bat with what we've had at 2B this year.

But I'd rather have someone that is great at SS and has some prowess at the plate. The problem is that those guys are expensive and we don't have very much cash to spend due to our future commitments.
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Normally I would agree with you, however the problem all season has been scoring runs. Defense from the middle infield obviously hasn't been anything special, but it hasn't been a reason at all why this team has struggled. And as bad as 2nd base has been offensively, replacing that would Blanco would be even worse. If I was convinced this offense would go back to performing like 2008, with Ramirez, Soto, Soriano, Bradley, and Fuk all being big contributors, then I would love to see Blanco at short everyday. And I've said it numerous times, if he got a chance to play everyday, he would win a Gold Glove.

[rok]

Keep Theriot and move him to 2B, then upgrade SS both offensively and defensively any way you can. Hopefully Ricketts can at least approve 1 upgrade at the position player level. Otherwise, I don't see the rest of the everyday lineup changing much, nor should it if people revert to their career averages next season.

Blanco would be a fine backup. Leave him in that role.