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#Post#: 360225--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: October 12, 2018, 3:07 pm
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In my observation, the vast majority of times that Cub hitters
looked back at umps and made faces on called third strikes were
on pitches that were close but missed the strike zone. Also, I
didn't notice them doing this more than players on other teams.
#Post#: 360226--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: CUBluejays
Date: October 12, 2018, 3:37 pm
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I can't remember it for certain, but I thought Schwarber led the
majors in called strike outside the zone.
#Post#: 360229--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: CurtOne
Date: October 12, 2018, 5:24 pm
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--- Quote from: craig link ---
>
> I agree with that, Davis seemed primarily a Theo guy more than
Maddon.
> In his press conference, Theo said that he'd been a hard
worker. Heh heh, kinda faint praise, seemed pretty evident he
was going to be replaced.
>
--- End Quote ---
Reminds of a time years ago, I was coaching a girls softball
team. I'm driving the team van one day and the girls are
talking about things coaches say, knowing full well I could hear
them. One girl said, "I hate it when he says I'm a trooper."
"Why," someone asked. "Trooper means you try hard but you
suck."
#Post#: 360233--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Robb
Date: October 12, 2018, 6:28 pm
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Hey Ron, you think Chili will be let go yet?
#Post#: 360235--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Deeg
Date: October 12, 2018, 6:50 pm
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Theo is an amazing exec, but it's amazing the contortions people
(though not Theo himself, generally) will go through to
exonerate him from any blame whatsoever when things go badly.
#Post#: 360237--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: ben
Date: October 12, 2018, 7:20 pm
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Deeg, I'm glad Theo has the highest expectations for the Cubs
and is determined to improve the team's hitting next season.
However, I personally think 95 wins (and tied for the best
record in the NL) establishes that things went quite well
overall - not badly - for the Cubs this year.
Of course, I've been following the Cubs one helluva lot longer
than Theo has!
#Post#: 360238--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: guest61
Date: October 12, 2018, 7:38 pm
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I dont buy into all the gloom and doom either.
A few moves this offseason and Im not even talking Machado or
Harper and we'll be NL favorites again.
Theo and Jed have made a few mistakes but what GM hasnt?
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Playtwo
Date: October 13, 2018, 8:13 am
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When things don't go as well as expected, blame must be placed,
right?
#Post#: 360254--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: davep
Date: October 13, 2018, 11:26 am
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It is just like the stock market. The experts can always tell
you exactly why it went up or down yesterday, but can never tell
you whether it will go up or down tomorrow.
The front office of every team makes hundreds of decisions every
year. The vast majority of those decisions are successful or
unsuccessful because of events that could not be foreseen or
controlled. No one could have been certain that Darvish would
have had injury problems that rendered him worthless? If
instead, he had performed well, the Cubs would probably still be
playing.
If Bryant had not hurt his shoulder diving into first base, the
offense might have been a strong point this year, rather than a
weakness. Especially if Contreras had not been worn to a nubbin
with overuse. If Chatwood had merely performed as he has in
past years, we would have had a much stronger rotation. He did
not need to be a star to help the team. Instead, he harmed the
team greatly.
Most of these decisions are balanced on a razor edge. Minor
events, totally unable to be foreseen, can change a decision
from a brilliant one to a horrible one. Pointing to any one
failure, or even several failures in a short period of time can
be a fun intellectual discussion, but anyone that actually
believes that they could have foreseen all these events isn't
living in the real world.
The only way to evaluate a team or a front office is their
performance over an extended period of time, and the performance
of this particular front office since they have been in power
has been magnificent. Rooting for a team should be fun. Let's
nor make ourselves miserable over something that should be
making us feel great.
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Re: Cubs in '19
DIR By: Ron
Date: October 13, 2018, 11:43 am
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--- Quote from: davep link ---
>
> The only way to evaluate a team or a front office is their
performance over an extended period of time, and the performance
of this particular front office since they have been in power
has been magnificent. Rooting for a team should be fun. Let's
nor make ourselves miserable over something that should be
making us feel great.
>
--- End Quote ---
Well said.
Theo stressed from the beginning that there would be mistakes
and disappointments, and that progress is never linear. It
should be no surprise that some decisions have turned out badly.
But few things in life go as well as the performance of the Cubs
has over the last four years.
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