Cubs All-Decade Team

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=84221:date=Mar 23 2010, 04:42 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 23 2010, 04:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84220:date=Mar 23 2010, 03:41 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Mar 23 2010, 03:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84212:date=Mar 23 2010, 04:31 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 23 2010, 04:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84203:date=Mar 23 2010, 03:17 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Mar 23 2010, 03:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->McGriff? He was pretty damn good during his short time with us. 145 and 125 OPS+ in 2001 and 2002.

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Yeah McGriff was fine... it's just those 2 years were considered such disappointments and people thought getting him could put us in the playoffs, so he's seen negatively. Plus you can't hate on the dude for the Tom Emanski commercial alone.

I'd put Hollywood Hoffpauir.
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He killed at the plate in 2001. It wasn't his fault that he couldn't single-handedly launch us into the playoffs. Weren't people just upset with him for holding up the trade? He dragged his feet a little in accepting the trade, IIRC.
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I'm agreeing with you... I'm just saying why. And yes that was a part of it as well.
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And I was agreeing with your agreement -- just adding a reason why Cubs fans didn't really embrace him.