Come on Whistler...haven't you seen the little stars on Quade's hat & jersey? You can't question that...Quade is an All Star coach!!!

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"We didn't have Ramos as a squeeze guy," Cubs manager Mike Quade said.

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Classic Quade right there. Bunting is a fundamental skill. Anyone should be able to put one down and unless you are slow as shit most players should be able to score from 3rd on it.

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It would be if it were more like

Castro
Barney
Ramirez
Pena
Soto
Byrd
Soriano
Fuk
Garza

Why did Quade drop Barney?

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If you compare each of their last 10 games Barney is still hitting better. Fuk has lost 10 pts of his BA and Barney has lost 4. Barney also had to knock the DL rust off. I think Fuk has 7 hits in his last 10 games and Barney has 8 in his last 7(all he has played since coming off the DL). Fuk is down to .273 though its been a more subtle slide.

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and quade putting out basically the same lineup with Reed Cobb leading off yesterday? If Quade weren't such a damn fool with every other decision I would say this is being done to get Castro and Barney in the places they will be hitting for years to come when Brett Jackson is finally called up to lead off 160 games per season.

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All of this discussion is as if it matters if the Cubs win or not. Who gives a goddamn how the lineup is constructed. They have a chimp making out the card and a simp in charge of the roster. The only thing on the front office's mind should be who can they trade and what can they get in return. As a self-loathing Cub fan, I hate this team and I all it stands for. I will continue to watch, though.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

....and the Nationals have a 2 run lead....shocker....

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These guys are so fucking bad. I'm sure the pitching may be better if the sorry ass hitters could ever give them a lead to work with.
Hendry got fleeced on the Grarza deal. I hate JimBoob.

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Don't stop now boys.....might as well bat around Nats.

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This season is Bad News Bears type shit.

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So umm.....Quade....might want to get somebody up. He has given up 6 already this inning without recording an out.

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Now its really time to play Cubs baseball.......the down by 7 meaningless 3 solo shot home runs......or Livan will deal for a CG shutout.

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Why was I watching this game?

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You are also self-loathing?

Hey, what do you do when you're down 8 runs? When you're a member of the 2011 Cubs, you try to stretch a single into a double and get thrown out by five feet.

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Who was it? Byrd?

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....and we are tied. Quade will find a way to fuck this up still.

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I hope this thing goes 15. He can't use carpenter....or shouldn't after yesterday so all he has left is woody and marmol and he has already used up 3 of the bench spots. Quade can sure burn through an entire lineup in a bullpen type game. Sometimes its ok to let a pitcher bat even if he is a reliever.

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Holy shit. They tied this up? Haven't been back since it was 7-0.

I guess that would make losing this one worse after the comeback. Doesn't really matter either way at this point.

Aram with another clutch RBI...he continues to do it

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....and the bullpen has blown the lead. Let's play 15!!

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Barney!!! 3-5 with 3 rbi and possibly the game winner even though he was relegated to the 8 hole.

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Was Garza just trash tonight or did he get hurt?

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Trash. He had some help with bad defense behind him though.

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Great fucking control tonight marmol. Hit their worst hitter and then throw one to the backstop.

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A W!!!!! Win a few more....get right back into the race

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Talk about a gift from the Nats...jeez.

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