02-07-2009, 01:35 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->General manager Jim Hendry seems to be paying attention to on-base percentage, a stat the Cubs have not been known to embrace in the past.
"We've been paying attention to it for a while," said Hendry, insisting the Cubs began emphasizing it in the farm system when Dusty Baker was the manager. "We've made adjustments to the modern era.
"At the same time, I still like guys … you can take their batting average in the first six innings, and to me it's about half as important as the batting average in the seventh, eighth and ninth. But you have to take notice when people like Bradley have that kind of pop and still have that tremendous on-base percentage<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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"We've been paying attention to it for a while," said Hendry, insisting the Cubs began emphasizing it in the farm system when Dusty Baker was the manager. "We've made adjustments to the modern era.
"At the same time, I still like guys … you can take their batting average in the first six innings, and to me it's about half as important as the batting average in the seventh, eighth and ninth. But you have to take notice when people like Bradley have that kind of pop and still have that tremendous on-base percentage<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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