IST: Chicago Cubs (1-1) at Colorado Rockies (2-0)

[Parade_Rain]

He may not ever be a 3-time AS, but he may be the better defender. I for one, want the best defensive SS we can have. I could care less that Russell develops his so-called power or not, or if Castro is a .300 hitter sometime again.

You put the players in the best positions to succeed.

Furthermore, we need to stop with the 3-time AS bit on Castro. If he were as advertised, teams would be lining up to pry him off the Cubs, and the Cubs would have their ACE already in return and not have to delve into the farm. Just my opinion though so no need to get all hasty people.:nope:

A team has to score runs to succeed. You get offense from where you can. No one even knows , except beckdawg, whether Alcantara will be successful. You can bring Russell up when he's ready and move Castro to 2B or vice versa. There is no reason to get rid of Castro. I like Russell better than most, but I also value the art of putting the bat on the ball more than most.

 

[SilenceS]

A team has to score runs to succeed. You get offense from where you can. No one even knows , except beckdawg, whether Alcantara will be successful. You can bring Russell up when he's ready and move Castro to 2B or vice versa. There is no reason to get rid of Castro. I like Russell better than most, but I also value the art of putting the bat on the ball more than most.

Agreed. I like Russell a lot but lets take it one step at a time instead of trying to push off one the best SS in the league because of a shiny new toy.

 

[Parade_Rain]

I did research on this a couple of years ago. David Ortiz can be considered clutch because he has had some ridiculous post seasons. Clutch is real, but not like people think. Bill James was against clutch hitting but has soften his stance by saying that there are some performers who just excel in the spotlight and some that suck. Ov average, most are going to perform around the same at all time but there are that few that raise their game and become clutch.

Agreed. It's a lot fewer than most think, but also, the post-season is a small sample size and removes players on teams that aren't as successful. IOW, Tulo wouldn't be able to compete with Ortiz in that category.

 

[TC in Mississippi]

Russell hasnt taken a major league at bat and isnt considered a GG type but you are ready to push Castro off? Also, you do realize there is no shot of them moving Castro off short this season. None.

Absolutely true. Personally I think Russell will be up this year but it will be at 2B or 3B and if he comes up its because they think they're contending and want his bat. I that case why would you remove one of the best bats in Castro from your lineup? Answer, you wouldn't. This team is going to struggle to score runs, if they're in the thick
of the Wild Card race it will be all hands on deck and no way to they trade Castro. Next year Russell may play SS and Castro could be on 2B or might have been traded (still not likely)but this year he's you're wire to wire SS barring injury.

 

[SilenceS]

Off topic, but Miguel Cabrera is not human. He cant be.

 

[zack54attack]

Rizzo batting 2nd.

 

[SilenceS]

Fowler
Rizzo
Soler
Coughlan
Castro
Montero
Alcantara
Hendricks
Herrera

 

[Parade_Rain]

Maddon must have decided to stick Castro in the 5 to get him ready for Bryant coming up and honoring his wish to stay in one spot in the lineup.

 

[Bear Pride]

There you go personally attacking.You didn't seem to want a convo with Beckdawg either, let alone too many other people around here. You want to slurp and add some herp derp. What you haven't gotten in your head is that the people you think are clutch aren't clutch. They are simply very good hitters. Clutch makes a nice story, like a Freese-type World Series, but the good hitters hit well regardless of situation.

First, you singled out a post I made to another person, and then called ne beer pride (mature), and said something about ignoring me. And you say I'm attacking people? LOL. Maybe you should mind your own Business and put me on ignore then?

I don't believe in the whole non clutch thing, I stated that, and said I wasn't a good person to have that convo with. You started the bullshit, and I thought Beck was doing the same. I tried to be nice about it.

When Beck posted that I was misunderstanding his point, I was nice about apologizing, and saying that I still didn't really like talking about that subject anyhow. He understood and said NP. Furthermore, I was trying to actually watch the Cubs game.

However, here YOU are STILL instigating me, and continuing the subject that YOU started and I said I didn't want to talk about. Go figure. :dunno:

 

[Bear Pride]

Mental toughness? You just told someone to not respond to you because you didnt want to hear what he was saying. I wouldnt talk mental toughness. Castro was brought up to young and was not taught fundamentals. He cut down on the mental lapses a ton last year which the Cubs even said. Your perception of Castro stems from past events and not current. So, when he does make an error. You automatically act like he is the only one to ever do it because his past made your perception. Colorado is probably the only team that wouldnt want Castro as their SS. It boggles my mind.

You guys are amazing. You can't let it go. It has nothing to do with mental toughness. You will never convince me that there are no clutch hitter, period. So you might as well save your breath. I stated that I wasn't a good person to try to have that convo with, period. Have that convo with someone else if you want to talk about that.

Castro's mental toughness is a whole other thing. It's called not concentrating on fundamentals and making silly errors, period. You and parade are silly. Both put me on ignore, and talk about clutch hitting to your Hearts content.....please!

 

[Bear Pride]

He may not ever be a 3-time AS, but he may be the better defender. I for one, want the best defensive SS we can have. I could care less that Russell develops his so-called power or not, or if Castro is a .300 hitter sometime again.

You put the players in the best positions to succeed.

Furthermore, we need to stop with the 3-time AS bit on Castro. If he were as advertised, teams would be lining up to pry him off the Cubs, and the Cubs would have their ACE already in return and not have to delve into the farm. Just my opinion though so no need to get all hasty people.:nope:

Exactly, you want your best defender at SS. A championship team won't have a SS that makes critical errors on routine plays. Either Castro needs to improve, or the Cubs need to try moving him to put him a better position to play his best.

 

[Bear Pride]

Rizzo batting 2nd.

Maddon pretty much said he would experiment with different lineups, and I think we're seeing that. Maddon also like to alter lineups to the Cubs advantage depending on the opponent. I think we'll see some of that as well. :yep:

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Hey BP... who is the hot blonde in your avatar?

I want to smash that.

 

[Bear Pride]

Hey BP... who is the hot blonde in your avatar?

I want to smash that.

A girl I used to know. She was definitely smashable. :yep:

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

A girl I used to know. She was definitely smashable. :yep:

Is she Russian? She has the high set Euro cheekbones.

 

[Bear Pride]

Is she Russian? She has the high set Euro cheekbones.

Yes, you know your Women.

 

[Bear Pride]

Man, Arenado showing everyone how to play the 3B position this series. :yep:

 

[Parade_Rain]

First, you singled out a post I made to another person, and then called ne beer pride (mature), and said something about ignoring me. And you say I'm attacking people? LOL. Maybe you should mind your own Business and put me on ignore then?

I don't believe in the whole non clutch thing, I stated that, and said I wasn't a good person to have that convo with. You started the bullshit, and I thought Beck was doing the same. I tried to be nice about it.

When Beck posted that I was misunderstanding his point, I was nice about apologizing, and saying that I still didn't really like talking about that subject anyhow. He understood and said NP. Furthermore, I was trying to actually watch the Cubs game.

However, here YOU are STILL instigating me, and continuing the subject that YOU started and I said I didn't want to talk about. Go figure. :dunno:

Wrong. This is your start-

That's a pretty dumb thing to say, imo. The great hitters always separate themselves by hitting in the big moments. That goes for any sport. Great players make great plays at great moments, period. LOL at anyone who thinks differently.

Beer Pride is a good fit for you. You get all bowed up easily. You sling stuff and you can't handle it coming back. I used to believe just like you until the facts/stats lined up with great players make great plays regardless of the moment. IOW, the big moments don't phase them and they continue to do what they've already done.

 

[Parade_Rain]

It's interesting that Maddon seems to be favoring Mendy over Lastella. I wonder why that is?

 

[Parade_Rain]

I thought Hendricks was going to get out of that inning. Bummer.