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L-L-L-L-L-Lou Pi-Pi-Pi-Pinella's comments

 

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...s-critique.html

 

Basically, Stoney said that if Colvin is going to be in the majors, he needs to be playing every day, and not being wasted as a bench player (which is something most Cubs fans would agree with, and what us Sox fans were talking about when the decision was made to bring Colvin up). Then Lou came back with the ever illogical "He isn't a coach, he doesn't know anything" response. :lolhitting

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I like Lou.

If you watch that interview and you should on the trib site or sun times site, you'll see some interesting comments.

I like the way Lou tries to stop talking about it, then continues on about Stone.

It's a classic interview.

I like Lou and Ozzie because they love the game and aren't afraid to stir s*** up.

They both have been in the game a hell of a long time and are good managers.

It's fun to see passion instead of the dull crap that guys like Trey Hillman (I know he's finally gone) spouted in interviews and most coaches/managers.

Like the Philly flyers coach. Wow, what monotone.

 

Give me Lou and ozzie anyday.

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He said on 6 times in a row, lmao.

 

Anyways, I don't think Colvin should be playing everyday, he should be platooning.

 

The guy's not real good against left handed pitching.

 

And to me, he still lacks plate discipline. He chases 38% of balls outside the zone.

 

Once he becomes more and more exposed, he will struggle and the league will adjust.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2010 -> 10:56 AM)
And if you want to genuinely develop a guy, he needs to get to that point and learn to adjust himself.

 

Or go back to the minors and learn some plate discipline.

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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 12, 2010 -> 12:17 PM)
Or go back to the minors and learn some plate discipline.

I'm not sure how much plate discipline you learn putting up a 1.250 OPS in the minors because you've already proven you can hit big league pitching.

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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 12, 2010 -> 11:25 AM)
I'm not sure how much plate discipline you learn putting up a 1.250 OPS in the minors because you've already proven you can hit big league pitching.

 

He's never put up an OPS above .900 in the minors though...

 

Mostly due to his low OBP.

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QUOTE (chw42 @ Jun 12, 2010 -> 10:51 AM)
He said on 6 times in a row, lmao.

 

Anyways, I don't think Colvin should be playing everyday, he should be platooning.

 

The guy's not real good against left handed pitching.

 

And to me, he still lacks plate discipline. He chases 38% of balls outside the zone.

 

Once he becomes more and more exposed, he will struggle and the league will adjust.

 

If they value Colvin in any way, then he would be starting in AAA like he should. They had him skip AAA entirely, just to sit on the bench. The sad part is, he is actually producing on the Cubs, and STILL does not get a sufficient amount of ABs.

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Why hasn't Stone ever put on a uniform or actually worked for a MLB team?

 

Cause he has a good voice and good personality.

Lots of people (Dick Vitale) figured out you could make a lot of money broadcasting rather than being in the thick of the action on the field. It's easier and you are still involved in the sport and everybody loves an announcer, nobody loves the manager (except the month after winning it all). Aside from being a manager, it's kind of grunt work. Sandberg deserves credit for working up his way as a manager through the minors. He doesn't need the money.

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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 11, 2010 -> 10:24 PM)
L-L-L-L-L-Lou Pi-Pi-Pi-Pinella's comments

 

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/...s-critique.html

 

Basically, Stoney said that if Colvin is going to be in the majors, he needs to be playing every day, and not being wasted as a bench player (which is something most Cubs fans would agree with, and what us Sox fans were talking about when the decision was made to bring Colvin up). Then Lou came back with the ever illogical "He isn't a coach, he doesn't know anything" response. :lolhitting

 

They have 5 guys - 2 of them (Soriano and Fukadome) are making a ton of money and have actually been hitting well this season, and Byrd is also hitting .328 in CF. In a perfect world, Colvin would get more consistent AB's, but, I don't think Lou can do much more than he's doing now, which is rotating him into the lineup.

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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jun 13, 2010 -> 08:11 PM)
I laughed at that too. Haha, asshole.

I just laugh at Joe Morgan cause he such an idiot. I think i'd rather listen to Hawk and Santo do a game together. Here's how it would go:

"Stretch baby stretch....".... "Oh God, Oh Geez Ken"....."YES YES YES, Byrd caught it!!".... "Dag Gummit"

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