IGT Opening Series: Pirates @ Cubs

How many wins?

  • 3 - 2011 World Series here we come!!!

    Votes: 5 20.0%

  • 2 - A nice start to the season

    Votes: 14 56.0%

  • 1 - The first win is always the hardest

    Votes: 2 8.0%

  • 0 - God damn you Pirates. God damn you.

    Votes: 4 16.0%
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Boys, I'm pretty sure the point is, our offense isn't very good, and neither are our starters...and today, our bullpen wasn't either...

At least our defense wa......he did what? Nevermind.
 

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cubbies4ever said:
Thats on Quade not Byrd lol. You cant get mad at him and want to cut him because the manager doesnt use him right.
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No but Byrd isn't that good overall to be honest. We should have traded him last year.

Regardless I think Jackson if Jackson does well in April he should be up. Byrd is not here long term and honestly not that good.
 

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Sweet Lou tried Byrd off as lead off last year and if I recall correctly, it didn't go so hot. Castro impressed me today as the lead off guy. He's not a terrible option for the time being. Byrd is definitely not a 3-hole hitter though, that's for sure. In this lineup, he should be batting about 6th. I like Rami in the 4 spot, assuming he heats up and puts up Rami numbers. Pena i think will be fine in the 5th spot.
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Thank You and I was refering to Brett Jackson if he gets the call up batting leadoff not Byrd. I would like to try him at lead off. I really dont want Byrd batting leadoff I perfer Fukudome for now. But it is an area that needs adressed.


I agree Byrd should be further down in the order.
 
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poodski said:
No but Byrd isn't that good overall to be honest. We should have traded him last year.

Regardless I think Jackson if Jackson does well in April he should be up. Byrd is not here long term and honestly not that good.
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Say what you want, he was the best player we had last year. Hustled more, made more defensive plays, and played more games than anybody else I believe...May not be awesome, but was the best of the worst.....
 

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Say what you want, he was the best player we had last year. Hustled more, made more defensive plays, and played more games than anybody else I believe...May not be awesome, but was the best of the worst.....
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It was a career year.

Hustle doesn't equal performance though.

He was great last year but I would like to trade him when he has value.
 
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poodski said:
It was a career year.

Hustle doesn't equal performance though.

He was great last year but I would like to trade him when he has value.
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While I understand the premise, if you do that all the time, you never have superstar players.... no superstar players = no playoffs, homie...
 
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While I understand the premise, if you do that all the time, you never have superstar players.... no superstar players = no playoffs, homie...
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Byrd isn't a superstar
 

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X-Factor said:
While I understand the premise, if you do that all the time, you never have superstar players.... no superstar players = no playoffs, homie...
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Yeah but Byrd is no superstar and you have probably five capable outfielders.

Byrd is a journeyman having a career year he should have been moved.

Regardless he should not be hitting three.
 
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Yeah but Byrd is no superstar and you have probably five capable outfielders.

Byrd is a journeyman having a career year he should have been moved.

Regardless he should not be hitting three.
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I agree he shouldn't be hitting 3rd, but I'm saying, you can't trade guys b/c they had a career year...they have to build with him. Not around him by any means, but he has to be a piece of the puzzle. He's the best all-around outfielder we have
 
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Byrd is the worst 3rd hitter in all of baseball.

Garza sucks.
 
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bobferg said:
Byrd is the worst 3rd hitter in all of baseball.

Garza sucks.
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Garza had a career high in SO's and you say he sucks? :shifty: :nope:
 
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He gave up 12 hits to the pirates. 12 hits in 6 innings. That is a joke.
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They were all singles. I agree you can't give up runs. He also had 0 walks in 7 innings. 0 walks in 7 innings. That is a fact.
 
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They were all singles. I agree you can't give up runs. He also had 0 walks in 7 innings. 0 walks in 7 innings. That is a fact.
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So he is good because he gave up hits instead of walks?
 
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Hits which were singles. One of the strangest 16 hit games ever, where all the hits were singles.
 

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bobferg said:
He gave up 12 hits to the pirates. 12 hits in 6 innings. That is a joke.
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They weren't well hit. I am not a fan of garza but was very happy with his performance today.
 

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God why haven't we fired Quade yet!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Only 3 games but very similar problems as last year. Offense cant make good contact with runners on base. 2nd and 3rd NO outs and cant score...1st and 3rd 1 out dont score...those come back to bite you. Seems the Cubs just cant make a qualitity out. They all think they need 3 run HR..
 

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beardown28 said:
God why haven't we fired Quade yet!!!!!!!!!!!
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