02-07-2009, 03:07 AM
<!--quoteo(post=16565:date=Feb 6 2009, 11:35 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Feb 6 2009, 11:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>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.
"<b>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. </b>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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Did we actually need further proof that Jim is bad at math?
"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.
"<b>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. </b>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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Did we actually need further proof that Jim is bad at math?
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