He was hired to hit home runs. The Cubs paid him $10 million dollars to hit that home run last night. Alternatively, each of his 25 strikeouts so far has cost the Cubs $400,000.
Quote from: CBStew on May 04, 2011, 12:55:08 PM
He was hired to hit home runs. The Cubs paid him $10 million dollars to hit that home run last night. Alternatively, each of his 25 strikeouts so far has cost the Cubs $400,000.
I know what you're doing and I approve.
Quote from: Slaky on May 04, 2011, 12:58:40 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 04, 2011, 12:55:08 PM
He was hired to hit home runs. The Cubs paid him $10 million dollars to hit that home run last night. Alternatively, each of his 25 strikeouts so far has cost the Cubs $400,000.
I know what you're doing and I approve.
I thought approvals were supposed to go through Chad? Or is that only on Weezer's post about the dead?
Quote from: BH on May 04, 2011, 01:01:31 PM
Quote from: Slaky on May 04, 2011, 12:58:40 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 04, 2011, 12:55:08 PM
He was hired to hit home runs. The Cubs paid him $10 million dollars to hit that home run last night. Alternatively, each of his 25 strikeouts so far has cost the Cubs $400,000.
I know what you're doing and I approve.
I thought approvals were supposed to go through Chad? Or is that only on Weezer's post about the dead?
Chad is going to come here to feign annoyance that Stew started another thread.
Quote from: Slaky on May 04, 2011, 01:02:48 PM
Quote from: BH on May 04, 2011, 01:01:31 PM
Quote from: Slaky on May 04, 2011, 12:58:40 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 04, 2011, 12:55:08 PM
He was hired to hit home runs. The Cubs paid him $10 million dollars to hit that home run last night. Alternatively, each of his 25 strikeouts so far has cost the Cubs $400,000.
I know what you're doing and I approve.
I thought approvals were supposed to go through Chad? Or is that only on Weezer's post about the dead?
Chad is going to come here to feign annoyance that Stew started another thread.
Maybe Notting Hill is on tv.
Carlos Pena is now tied for third on the Cubs in Home Runs.
No shit. We're talking about this very topic in about 4 other threads. Thanks for starting this one.
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 04, 2011, 01:30:26 PM
Carlos Pena is now tied for third on the Cubs in Home Runs.
Let us know when he's tied for third in a stat that matters, especially for power hitters.
Quote from: Eli on May 04, 2011, 01:31:27 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 04, 2011, 01:30:26 PM
Carlos Pena is now tied for third on the Cubs in Home Runs.
Let us know when he's tied for third in a stat that matters, especially for power hitters.
He's tied for 3rd in stolen bases. And 2nd in times he's been caught stealing this year.
Quote from: Eli on May 04, 2011, 01:31:27 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 04, 2011, 01:30:26 PM
Carlos Pena is now tied for third on the Cubs in Home Runs.
Let us know when he's tied for third in a stat that matters, especially for power hitters.
Hey, that one actually matters!
Quote from: Eli on May 04, 2011, 01:31:27 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 04, 2011, 01:30:26 PM
Carlos Pena is now tied for third on the Cubs in Home Runs.
Let us know when he's tied for third in a stat that matters, especially for power hitters.
So much for the FYC thread.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on May 04, 2011, 02:14:40 PM
Quote from: Eli on May 04, 2011, 01:31:27 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 04, 2011, 01:30:26 PM
Carlos Pena is now tied for third on the Cubs in Home Runs.
Let us know when he's tied for third in a stat that matters, especially for power hitters.
So much for the FYC thread.
Explain.
No, wait... On second thought, don't.
The Worst Player in the History of Baseball (TWPHB) is now tied for second on the Cubs in home runs.
FYSTEW!
Quote from: CBStew on May 04, 2011, 04:12:14 PM
Quote from: PenPho on May 04, 2011, 03:19:17 PM
FYSTEW!
2 homeruns at $5 million each. Nice.
Stew is the worst number-cruncher in the history of Judaism.
Intrepid Reader: Chris Stynes
Hi, Stew.
AB hits rbi hr avg
Baker 59 21 9 1 .356
Johnson 29 11 4 1 .379
Pena 77 13 8 2 .169
Quote from: CBStew on May 06, 2011, 11:14:36 AM
AB hits rbi hr avg
Baker 59 21 9 1 .356
Johnson 29 11 4 1 .379
Pena 77 13 8 2 .169
Let me help you with this issue.
He's really not worth this level of questionably-formatted asshurt. All that matters is how he's hitting in July. If he can get it going in time to be traded for something semi-useful (not Izturis or DeWitt, I mean useful) the rental is worth it. And they can't take him out of the lineup unless Castro and Ramirez start throwing better. So spread the asshurt around a little and see how this all plays out.
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 06, 2011, 11:39:11 AM
Quote from: CBStew on May 06, 2011, 11:14:36 AM
AB hits rbi hr avg
Baker 59 21 9 1 .356
Johnson 29 11 4 1 .379
Pena 77 13 8 2 .169
Let me help you with this issue.
He's really not worth this level of questionably-formatted asshurt. All that matters is how he's hitting in July. If he can get it going in time to be traded for something semi-useful (not Izturis or DeWitt, I mean useful) the rental is worth it. And they can't take him out of the lineup unless Castro and Ramirez start throwing better. So spread the asshurt around a little and see how this all plays out.
Here's how deluded I am after a successful road trip: Pena's going to massacre the Reds and Cards. Watch it happen.
Quote from: Slaky on May 06, 2011, 12:31:29 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 06, 2011, 11:39:11 AM
Quote from: CBStew on May 06, 2011, 11:14:36 AM
AB hits rbi hr avg
Baker 59 21 9 1 .356
Johnson 29 11 4 1 .379
Pena 77 13 8 2 .169
Let me help you with this issue.
He's really not worth this level of questionably-formatted asshurt. All that matters is how he's hitting in July. If he can get it going in time to be traded for something semi-useful (not Izturis or DeWitt, I mean useful) the rental is worth it. And they can't take him out of the lineup unless Castro and Ramirez start throwing better. So spread the asshurt around a little and see how this all plays out.
Here's how deluded I am after a successful road trip: Pena's going to massacre the Reds and Cards. Watch it happen.
Those three walks do anything for you? Mine moved a little.
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 06, 2011, 03:16:30 PM
Quote from: Slaky on May 06, 2011, 12:31:29 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 06, 2011, 11:39:11 AM
Quote from: CBStew on May 06, 2011, 11:14:36 AM
AB hits rbi hr avg
Baker 59 21 9 1 .356
Johnson 29 11 4 1 .379
Pena 77 13 8 2 .169
Let me help you with this issue.
He's really not worth this level of questionably-formatted asshurt. All that matters is how he's hitting in July. If he can get it going in time to be traded for something semi-useful (not Izturis or DeWitt, I mean useful) the rental is worth it. And they can't take him out of the lineup unless Castro and Ramirez start throwing better. So spread the asshurt around a little and see how this all plays out.
Here's how deluded I am after a successful road trip: Pena's going to massacre the Reds and Cards. Watch it happen.
Those three walks do anything for you? Mine moved a little.
Intrepid Reader: NBA JAM GuyHE'S HEATING UP
Yesterday was Pena's best day as a Cub. Three walks and only one strikeout.
FYS!
Quote from: CBStew on May 07, 2011, 11:52:30 AM
Yesterday was Pena's best day as a Cub. Three walks and only one strikeout.
Yesterday is now his second-best day as a Cub. Other than the two prior to that, in which he dong-ed out in the Ravine. That's three in four games, home skillet.
Maybe Pena can share some of his new batch of HGH with Aramis.
Quote from: Tony on May 07, 2011, 09:57:02 PM
Maybe Pena can share some of his new batch of HGH with Aramis.
(||)
FYStew for yesterday.
You guys still don't get it. Stew is responsible for this. We should be thanking him.
He raised his BA by .27 points in one day and still hasn't reached his miserable average last year.
Quote from: Slaky on May 08, 2011, 09:48:28 AM
You guys still don't get it. Stew is responsible for this. We should be thanking him.
No way. As soon as I dropped him from my fantasy team he started hitting bombs. You can thank me.
And once you point out Stew's reverse psychology it loses its affect.
According to the Cubs, Mr. Pena weighs 225. As a result of his recent hot streak he is batting .198. Darwin Barney. who allegedly weighs 180, and earns less than 5% of what Mr. Pena earns gets paid, is batting .316.
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 03:37:50 PM
According to the Cubs, Mr. Pena weighs 225. As a result of his recent hot streak he is batting .198. Darwin Barney. who allegedly weighs 180, and earns less than 5% of what Mr. Pena earns gets paid, is batting .316.
I can't wait until the Cubs get Prince and he gets off to a slow start.
Quote from: PenPho on May 10, 2011, 04:05:30 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 03:37:50 PM
According to the Cubs, Mr. Pena weighs 225. As a result of his recent hot streak he is batting .198. Darwin Barney. who allegedly weighs 180, and earns less than 5% of what Mr. Pena earns gets paid, is batting .316.
I can't wait until the Cubs get Prince and he gets off to a slow start.
Unless the Cubs put a truck scale in the clubhouse, I could not post a similar comment as to Mr. Fielder.
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 04:14:05 PM
Quote from: PenPho on May 10, 2011, 04:05:30 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 03:37:50 PM
According to the Cubs, Mr. Pena weighs 225. As a result of his recent hot streak he is batting .198. Darwin Barney. who allegedly weighs 180, and earns less than 5% of what Mr. Pena earns gets paid, is batting .316.
I can't wait until the Cubs get Prince and he gets off to a slow start.
Unless the Cubs put a truck scale in the clubhouse, I could not post a similar comment as to Mr. Fielder.
There's no truck scale in the clubhouse?
Yet another example of the Cubs' 97-year-old ballpark holding them back.
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 04:14:05 PM
Quote from: PenPho on May 10, 2011, 04:05:30 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 03:37:50 PM
According to the Cubs, Mr. Pena weighs 225. As a result of his recent hot streak he is batting .198. Darwin Barney. who allegedly weighs 180, and earns less than 5% of what Mr. Pena earns gets paid, is batting .316.
I can't wait until the Cubs get Prince and he gets off to a slow start.
Unless the Cubs put a truck scale in the clubhouse, I could not post a similar comment as to Mr. Fielder.
I thought there was one installed when Herman Franks was managing the Reuschels.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 10, 2011, 04:49:59 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 04:14:05 PM
Quote from: PenPho on May 10, 2011, 04:05:30 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 10, 2011, 03:37:50 PM
According to the Cubs, Mr. Pena weighs 225. As a result of his recent hot streak he is batting .198. Darwin Barney. who allegedly weighs 180, and earns less than 5% of what Mr. Pena earns gets paid, is batting .316.
I can't wait until the Cubs get Prince and he gets off to a slow start.
Unless the Cubs put a truck scale in the clubhouse, I could not post a similar comment as to Mr. Fielder.
There's no truck scale in the clubhouse?
Yet another example of the Cubs' 97-year-old ballpark holding them back.
That, and free throw shooting.
This $10 million per year super star goes on an offensive binge (for him) and still fails to approach the level that usually results in the designating for assignment of a minimum salaried rookie.
Quote from: CBStew on May 11, 2011, 04:26:25 PM
This $10 million per year super star goes on an offensive binge (for him) and still fails to approach the level that usually results in the designating for assignment of a minimum salaried rookie.
Gordo?
None of this matters. The world is going to end a week from Saturday, around 6:00 pm Pacific Time. I am going to have a hell of a lunch that day. I may even eat eggs. Cholesterol? Who cares?
Carlos Pena has an OPS over 1.000 in the last three weeks.
Quote from: Eli on May 12, 2011, 08:13:23 AM
Carlos Pena has an OPS over 1.000 in the last three weeks.
Wake me up when he is doing well in a stat that.... Oh wait, nevermind
Quote from: Eli on May 12, 2011, 08:13:23 AM
Carlos Pena has an OPS over 1.000 in the last three weeks.
Yes, but how's his free throw shooting?
Quote from: Eli on May 12, 2011, 08:13:23 AM
Carlos Pena has an OPS over 1.000 in the last three weeks.
The most asshurt over this isn't Stew but Tony, who dropped him from his fantasy team.
(Meanwhile, I stuck with the big lug and I'm reaping all the benefits)
31 strikeouts in 32 games. Only Mr. Soriano leads him in that statistic with 34, but Soriano has played in 33 games. I think that he can catch up.
.486 OBP this month.
Quote from: Slaky on May 12, 2011, 09:29:35 AM
Quote from: Eli on May 12, 2011, 08:13:23 AM
Carlos Pena has an OPS over 1.000 in the last three weeks.
The most asshurt over this isn't Stew but Tony, who dropped him from his fantasy team.
(Meanwhile, I stuck with the big lug and I'm reaping all the benefits)
I could pick him back up, but I'm worried I'll jinx him again.
Koyie Hill didn't get a hit yesterday. I wonder if any of the other starters didn't get a hit in that 11 to 4, 14 hit game?
Quote from: CBStew on May 14, 2011, 12:56:54 PM
Koyie Hill didn't get a hit yesterday. I wonder if any of the other starters didn't get a hit in that 11 to 4, 14 hit game?
I bet Carrie Muskat could tell you.
F..I can't do it. I don't have the heart. May they stop showing Matlock reruns after that Pena homer.
AND....another FYStew.
3-run sploosh.
Trade him ASAP.
May OPS sitting at 1.145.
Quote from: Eli on May 18, 2011, 10:06:57 AM
May OPS sitting at 1.145.
Call around and see if anybody needs a lefthanded slugger with a golden glove. I think the Cubs could use one or two.
Home runs are shiny things. Shiny things tend to distract us.
Quote from: CBStew on May 18, 2011, 12:14:42 PM
Home runs are shiny things. Shiny things tend to distract us.
Distract us from the fact Pena has been on base every game this month?
Quote from: Eli on May 18, 2011, 01:21:06 PM
Quote from: CBStew on May 18, 2011, 12:14:42 PM
Home runs are shiny things. Shiny things tend to distract us.
Distract us from the fact Pena has been on base every game this month?
Isn't that the kind of player that the Cubs have batting leadoff?
FYS
Trade him now!
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
Trade him now!
He should be playing for the Giants by Game 2 of today's double header.
Quote from: PenPho on June 28, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
Trade him now!
He should be playing for the Giants by Game 2 of today's double header.
Then Colvin can play first everyday.
May or may not be in green font.
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:59:27 PM
Quote from: PenPho on June 28, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
Trade him now!
He should be playing for the Giants by Game 2 of today's double header.
Then Colvin Aramis can play first everyday when JOSH VITTERS saves the season.
May or may not be in green font.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on June 28, 2011, 04:03:59 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:59:27 PM
Quote from: PenPho on June 28, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
Trade him now!
He should be playing for the Giants by Game 2 of today's double header.
Then Colvin Aramis can play first everyday when JOSH VITTERS saves the season.
May or may not be in green font.
I haven't checked in on old Vitters for a couple months. I vaguely remember him starting the season off well, but it looks like he's settled down to put up his usual sub-Colvin #s.
.314 OBP (.317 career)
.758 OPS (.753 career)
3% walk percentage (4% career)
Quote from: R-V on June 29, 2011, 09:05:30 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on June 28, 2011, 04:03:59 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:59:27 PM
Quote from: PenPho on June 28, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
Trade him now!
He should be playing for the Giants by Game 2 of today's double header.
Then Colvin Aramis can play first everyday when JOSH VITTERS saves the season.
May or may not be in green font.
I haven't checked in on old Vitters for a couple months. I vaguely remember him starting the season off well, but it looks like he's settled down to put up his usual sub-Colvin #s.
.314 OBP (.317 career)
.758 OPS (.753 career)
3% walk percentage (4% career)
When you can hit 500+ ft bombs when you're 10 years old, you're bullshit stats above mean nothing.
Quote from: BH on June 29, 2011, 10:44:56 AM
Quote from: R-V on June 29, 2011, 09:05:30 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on June 28, 2011, 04:03:59 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:59:27 PM
Quote from: PenPho on June 28, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
Trade him now!
He should be playing for the Giants by Game 2 of today's double header.
Then Colvin Aramis can play first everyday when JOSH VITTERS saves the season.
May or may not be in green font.
I haven't checked in on old Vitters for a couple months. I vaguely remember him starting the season off well, but it looks like he's settled down to put up his usual sub-Colvin #s.
.314 OBP (.317 career)
.758 OPS (.753 career)
3% walk percentage (4% career)
When you can hit 500+ ft bombs when you're 10 years old, you're bullshit stats above mean nothing.
No,
YOU'RE bullshit stats above.
Quote from: Internet Apex on June 29, 2011, 10:58:28 AM
Quote from: BH on June 29, 2011, 10:44:56 AM
Quote from: R-V on June 29, 2011, 09:05:30 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on June 28, 2011, 04:03:59 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:59:27 PM
Quote from: PenPho on June 28, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
Quote from: Tony on June 28, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
Trade him now!
He should be playing for the Giants by Game 2 of today's double header.
Then Colvin Aramis can play first everyday when JOSH VITTERS saves the season.
May or may not be in green font.
I haven't checked in on old Vitters for a couple months. I vaguely remember him starting the season off well, but it looks like he's settled down to put up his usual sub-Colvin #s.
.314 OBP (.317 career)
.758 OPS (.753 career)
3% walk percentage (4% career)
When you can hit 500+ ft bombs when you're 10 years old, you're bullshit stats above mean nothing.
No, YOU'RE bullshit stats above.
Oh my. True embarrassment. Felt.