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#Post#: 116--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: February 17, 2011, 12:43 pm
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Now I can't see the photo.
#Post#: 117--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: February 17, 2011, 1:04 pm
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The Carlos Pena photo has reappeared. I copied it from Paul
Sullivan's twitter page which indicates he may have been doing
something with it.
#Post#: 121--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: FITS
Date: February 17, 2011, 1:37 pm
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I still can't see it. Wonder why.
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: February 17, 2011, 5:17 pm
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Another attempt to use copy/paste to post a photo
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Boris From Downunder
Date: February 17, 2011, 9:38 pm
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Will Jiggy tell us any stories about Mexican food in 2011?
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Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: February 23, 2011, 7:53 am
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Fred Mitchell:
Sights seen: Cubs
HTML http://bbf.createaforum.com/topic/sports/baseball/chicago-cubs-ORSPT000165.topic<br
/>catcher Geovany Soto
HTML http://bbf.createaforum.com/topic/sports/baseball/geovany-soto-PESPT004353.topic,<br
/>who looks muscled up and in great shape, dining at Benihana
HTML http://bbf.createaforum.com/topic/economy-business-finance/benihana-incorporated-ORCRP001799.topic<br
/>and at Sapporo in Scottsdale. …
#Post#: 165--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: JR
Date: February 24, 2011, 11:32 am
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Just wondering, why are there createaforum search links for
Cubs, Geovany Soto, and Benihana in Cactus's post?
#Post#: 166--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: Cactus
Date: February 24, 2011, 12:02 pm
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--- Quote from: JR link ---
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> Just wondering, why are there createaforum search links for
Cubs, Geovany Soto, and Benihana in Cactus's post?
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They were in the Tribune column I copied that from. Strange.
#Post#: 169--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: StrikeZone
Date: February 25, 2011, 1:09 pm
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Second-year shortstop Starlin Castro will bat second and third
baseman Aramis Ramirez will hit in the cleanup spot. But (Mike)
Quade was even hesitant on naming Castro in the second spot.
"He hasn't earned the right to think he is going to hit
anywhere," Quade said. "He did hit .300 in the 2-hole. I'm smart
enough to think I'll take .300 in the two-hole."
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Hitting Ramirez cleanup is a mistake, in my opinion, because
he's the only hitter on the roster that can actually qualify as
a Major League three-hole hitter (when healthy).
Who does Quade think is going to hit third, Marlon Byrd? Carlos
Pena?
Yuck!
#Post#: 170--------------------------------------------------
Re: Cubs in '11
DIR By: JR
Date: February 25, 2011, 2:21 pm
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I was about to say I don't remember Ramirez being a very good
hitter in the 3-hole at all the handful of times we've tried him
there. Particularly, I remember him hitting badly in 2006 in
the 3-hole after Derrek Lee got hurt. Still, his OPS hitting
third that year overall as 1.066, so my memory there is kind of
scewed on how bad of a start he had to that season.
I think it's a comfort factor more than anything else, though.
Ramirez has about 7 times as many at bats hitting cleanup as he
does hitting third. He's only had 27 AB the past three years in
the 3 hole. He's used to hitting cleanup, so there's not much
sense moving him around unnecessarily when there are other
quality options for the 3 hole available.
Marlon Byrd will probably be the 3 hole hitter to start the
year, and while he won't be spectacular, he should be adequate
there. Really lineup order doesn't matter much anyway, so
whether they decide to hit Ramirez 3rd or 4th, it's not really
going to matter a whole lot.
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