What will Phil Nevin do for the Cubs?

zef204

This guy used to kill the Cubs at Wrigley. I know his ave is down but 9 HR's and 30+RBI's sure could help an anemic Cubs offense.

alnavman

He'll probably enjoy some of the Chicago style pizza, bat around 265 and hit a bunch of homers......

onlyanumber

I think Nevin will do pretty well with the Cubbies. It seems like Nevin turned to crap in the AL, and a move back to the NL is just what he needs. Now if only Dusty Baker with bat him in the right spot...

yankeeno7

Yup!!...he'll go get some chicago pizza...and maybe that burger joint that yells "Cheeseburrrga!!! Cheeseburrrga!!! Cheeseburrrga!! No fries! Just Coke!!!"
Then he will go to the local liquor store, get hammered, score some crack, smoke that, grab a hooker, get caught by the Chicago PD, end up on Jerry Springer...then when he's out of jail for a couple of days, he will go to Wrigley and hit a ton!

Lothar52

who knows

Wabittwax

There has been a big insurgence of players turning to crap in the last year or 2. I can't figure out why, lol. I suspect many of the players who have had a bad last year or 2 will ever come back. There's a reason they were looking good for a while.

zef204

He hit a dinger this afternoon.

He came to the Cubs with 31 rbi's, more than anyone on the team. I hate that Dusty is such a lefty/righty pitcher guy. Nevin will likely only start against lefties but hes got more power than anyone active right now.

Cubfan

He will do a heck of a lot more than Hairston Jr. would have done.

EB31

Same thing he did in SD.....nothing.

zef204

<< <i>Same thing he did in SD.....nothing. >>

his six years in SD he hit .291 with 147 HR's and 526 RBI's. That's hardly "nothing"

halosfan

well if Baker never puts him in the game he can't do much.

zef204

<< <i>well if Baker never puts him in the game he can't do much. >>

Very true. If they are trying to replace a big bat that is lost by DLee, it hardly makes any sense to only bat him vs. lefties.

kcballboy

<< <i>Same thing he did in SD.....nothing. >>



I could think of a lot worse players to have than Phil Nevin.

jaxxr

Nevin certainly cant hurt, if he gets a reasonable chance to play.

Do most Cub fans, or baseball fans in general, think Dusty Baker is doing a good job ?? Seems quite nonchalant or even easy towards player's mistakes. Injuries are part of the game and he's not to blame for the state of Lee, Wood, and Prior, I guess, but shouldn't he do SOMETHING to try and shake up the team ??

zef204

<< <i>Nevin certainly cant hurt, if he gets a reasonable chance to play.

Do most Cub fans, or baseball fans in general, think Dusty Baker is doing a good job ?? Seems quite nonchalant or even easy towards player's mistakes. Injuries are part of the game and he's not to blame for the state of Lee, Wood, and Prior, I guess, but shouldn't he do SOMETHING to try and shake up the team ??

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I used to like him but he is starting to get to me.

Last night they were down 1-0 in the 8th. 2 outs and Pierre gets on first. They don't run him until 3-1 and Womack fouled it off. Then he lined out and pierre was stranded on first. I don't get that. Womack is not going to hit a dinger so the only way he would hit pierre in would have been a hit. I would think they should have sent him on the first or second pitch.