.38 Special wrote:Sorry Cubs, there is a curse of the billy Goat and the Goats name is Nomar.
I'm not totally bummed from the Cubs' perspective. Both Hairston and Perez have looked like they want to play when they get time. Hairston just did a hustling bunt single, diving into 1B, putting the ball just out of Rolen's reach. I hate to see Nomar go down like that, hustling himself, but I don't necessarily think that the Cubs will lose that much w/ him out.
Perez looked like he was doing some booming, Nomar tribute throws (there's a goofy team name for you...BoomingNomarTributeThrows'...I'm already all over 'RunawayBeerTrucks' though, after the description of CZam's triple...)
Nomar was hitting like Nomar anyway (.157?) but you have to think he would have come around based on a career's worth of data. Playing Neifi every day will expose him for the terrible hitter he is, and always has been. He's career OBP is scraping along at .301 and you have to go back to 2001, when he played 2/3rds of the season in Colorado, to find a year in which is OBP was over .300. He should help the pitcher's defensively, though.
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I just remember how long it took Piazza to heal his torn groin, I believe it was almost a full season. Too bad for Nomar owners, although I'd go grab Hairston if he's still on the wire, hopefully he'll get burn everyday at 2b for a little while.
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BobbyRoberto wrote: Playing Neifi every day will expose him for the terrible hitter he is, and always has been. He's career OBP is scraping along at .301 and you have to go back to 2001, when he played 2/3rds of the season in Colorado, to find a year in which is OBP was over .300. He should help the pitcher's defensively, though.
Yeah, that's very true. Just what he's done this year, he's done pretty well and with some energy that was sorely lacking the last couple of years. If you look tired in May, where will you be in September?
The other downside is that it thins out the depth the Cubs had displayed...
RynMan wrote:Can someone tell me what to do? There is a trade pending that is nomar+randy for jeter+pavano.... Im the commish. What to do? Because he is now hurt does this void the trade?
As long as the trade wasn't just accepted after the Nomar injury then let it go through.
Agreed. If the trade was agreed to before the injury, the trade stands.
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SoxWillNeverWinAgain wrote:He's just so damn delicate. At least he can spend more time with Mia now.
Yeah but with a torn groin, how much fun could he have?
Agreed. Surprised no one else mentioned that. Lol.
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