***Official 2009 N.L. Central Thread*** Congrats to the Cardinals***

[curtiscarter23]

Where is stringer? his favorite song is playing!!!

 

[tylerdub]

Originally Posted by CurtisCarter23

Soriano WILL end this game.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally something to be excited about!!!!

 

[curtiscarter23]

God i can just feel that soriano tear coming on... 6 or7 hrs in one week! CMOONNNNNNNNNN!

 

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by CP1708

I would be ok with a Sori walk off

*ahem*

 

[curtiscarter23]

lol ^ good call

 

[tylerdub]

Originally Posted by CP1708

Originally Posted by CP1708

I would be ok with a Sori walk off

*ahem*

Credit where credit is due, lol.

 

[arstyle27]

This win don't mean nothin unless we can carry this spark onto the next games. For the love of god, the offense needs to step up.

 

[jdcurt2]

Glad the Reds showed up today.

 

[curtiscarter23]

^^ u guys are sorely missing Votto! I hate that hes on the reds because he is in the beginning stages of becoming a lifetime cub killer, but That guy is one ofmy favorite players.

 

[sickickz23]

Originally Posted by CP1708

Originally Posted by CP1708

I would be ok with a Sori walk off

*ahem*

I hope this gets the offense going.

 

[shabooyah1124]

Originally Posted by arstyle27

This win don't mean nothin unless we can carry this spark onto the next games. For the love of god, the offense needs to step up.

It's so frustrating to watch them not produce runs. Glad about the win today, but like you said, it needs to carry over.

 

[joe billionaire]

sori!

 

[sickickz23]

wildKYcat




I'm having a hard time understanding your post whether it's flawed or not. Considering the fact that I never called you out amazes me. Unless you havea thing for Dusty Baker that I don't know about. Or if WKRP is your favorite show. Whatever. My opinion is Lou is a better manager than Dusty but you havea problem with that? Didn't Lou get you a chip back in '90? How many times did Dusty get one as a manager? Clearly, if you think Dusty is the bettermanager and you'd rather have him managing your team rather than Lou, you're probably delusional.

Dusty has a higher post-season winning % than Lou.
But Lou got's a ring on his finger. Dusty? he can have the highest winning playoff percentage in baseball as a manager, but no championships?What if Phil Jackson never won a championship as a head coach but he has the highest playoff winning percentage? Would he be considered a great coach? Yeah,case closed buddy.

Lou gave us back to back postseason appearances. Something that Dusty was on the verge of in 04, but the team imploded in the final week of the season. Greatjob skipper.

Even though both have the same results no matter how youlook at it, I'd rather take Lou's back to back postseason appearances to five outs away.

Dusty damn near took y'all to the WS...
last time I checked, almost doesn't count. No brownie points there.

Dusty cannot thrive under pressure filled big market cities. Lou knows how to handle the Chicago media, being a former Yankee. Dusty is better off in smallmarket, no pressure, cities where the fans rarely show negativity and the media rarely gives pressure. Like...San Francisco, and....Cincinatti. Last time Ichecked, there is no urge to win now in Cinci. Is there?

So yeah, if you think Dusty is a better skipper than Lou, while Lou gave you a title in 1990, you are probably one of the few Reds faithful that believes that.In fact conduct a survey, I'd like to say all the Reds fans thinking Dusty is a better manager than Lou.

sit down.


sit down? big bad e-thug.

If you want me to sit down, come over to theWindy City and try to make me "sit down".

 

[stringer bell 32]

Originally Posted by sickickz23

sit down? big bad e-thug.

If you want me to sit down, come over to the Windy City and try to make me "sit down".

Is that invitation exclusive to WildKYcat?

Talk that garbage to someone that can actually do something about it otherwise sit your sorry %%@ down.

 

[stringer bell 32]

Lou gave us back to back postseason appearances.
back to back sweeps too if I remember correctly

Great job skipper.

You mean like Lou playing Fukudome in the 2008 NLDS?

Lou knows how to handle the Chicago media,

How exactly does Lou handle the media so well?

"What am I going to do? I've changed the lineup, I've basically played everybody we got. I don't know what else to do with it, I'll be honest with you," an exasperated Cubs manager Lou Piniella said of the club's offensive struggles. "Just...

This passing of the buck is suppose to be him handling the media so damn well?

are you kidding me?

 

[sickickz23]

didn't know I called out troll as well. Unless wildKY is related to him or maybe his him....

can somebody tell him to stay out of other people's arguements? Thanks.....

 

[wildkycat]

you constantly trash Dusty...been doing it since last year.

but please, tell me exactly how Lou is soooooooooooo much better a manager...

i'll hang up and listen...

Lou gave us back to back postseason appearances.
back to back sweeps too if I remember correctly

Great job skipper.

You mean like Lou playing Fukudome in the 2008 NLDS?
yes and yes.

 

[stringer bell 32]

Originally Posted by sickickz23

didn't know I called out troll as well. Unless wildKY is related to him or maybe his him....

can somebody tell him to stay out of other people's arguements? Thanks.....

Troll?

My team played the Cubs today and the Reds tomorrow, both part of the NL Central

 

[sickickz23]

now that's better.

I just see it as Lou has better personel, a better strategist. Also he has a ring.

I mean, why are people blaming Dusty for the Bartman incident? I never did. It's how he handled the media and responded to the team for Game 7 is what Iblame. He did an absolute poor job. EVERYONE IN THE WORLD KNEW THAT THE CUBS WERE RATTLED AFTER GAME 6. He was also out-managed by Jack Mckeon in game 7.

So why do some people blame Lou for the back to back three and outs? I don't think Lou put any pressure on the guys to do well in the postseason. Hecouldn't even try a strategic move, the players were so god-awfully bad. Put Dusty in that same situation, and I won't blame Dusty. I would critique is"grab my son and put him on his lap because I don't want to hear any tough questions" mode though.

Previous track records and find and dandy. If Dusty was a God in San Fran, so be it. I rate on how he was as a Cub. Which was fairly bad. We didn't run himout of town. He did.

I remember a game when Dusty got ejected and he went livid. His postgame comments:

" i feel so embarrassed if my son watched that. I'm going to call my wife and ask him if he did see that and promise to myself to never to that again,because my family might be watching."

SMH.......

 

[wildkycat]

what's better?

and that's a bunch of nothing you just posted.

blame Dusty for Game 7 (which was a rout if i remember correctly.) but don't blame Lou for y'all getting swept two seasons in a row? ok...

and god forbid Dusty for wanting to have his son around, and feeling bad for having to see him act an +%%.


so one ring 19 years ago makes him easily a better manager than Dusty. gotcha.

 

[arstyle27]

Managing is over-rated.

It's not Lou's fault that practically the entire team is in a season long hitting slump.

If the Reds win, I sure as hell don't say it's cause of Dusty.

 

[wildkycat]

sooo...don't blame Lou when the Cubs lose, and don't give credit to Dusty when the Reds win...

ok...

 

[stringer bell 32]

arstyle27 wrote:

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It's not Lou's fault that practically the entire team is in a season long hitting slump.



but it is his fault that the lead off man has a OBP under .300

and don't give me that Soriano likes to leadoff nonsense because every single time he's been asked about moving lower in the line up he's alwayssaid it would be no problem

 

[tylerdub]

The Soriano leadoff stuff is nonsense. Everyone with half a brain has wanted lou to move him around. I will say that there is a reason for Sori to be battingleadoff. I have no idea what it is though, lol.

Dusty was a damn cancer before he left Chicago.

 

[sickickz23]

Originally Posted by wildKYcat

what's better?

and that's a bunch of nothing you just posted.

blame Dusty for Game 7 (which was a rout if i remember correctly.) but don't blame Lou for y'all getting swept two seasons in a row? ok...

and god forbid Dusty for wanting to have his son around, and feeling bad for having to see him act an +%%.


so one ring 19 years ago makes him easily a better manager than Dusty. gotcha.

and no rings since 93 makes Dusty better? Cmon. Don't you know how hard it is to win a World Series? One is enough. Baseball is hard period.

And you got it wrong. Game 7 was a see-saw battle then ended up in a rout once Beckett pitched. I have the game. Watched it last week...along with the Bartmangame.

How's this:

Is Dusty Baker a better skipper than Bobby Cox?

Also, explain to me why you think Dusty is a better skipper than Lou? I'd love to hear your reasons.

sooo...don't blame Lou when the Cubs lose, and don't give credit to Dusty when the Reds win
sure, I'll give him props for doing a good job so far, but winning when it matters the most, I will never give him credit unless he proves mewrong.