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Royal Cubbie Blew The 2009 Chicago Cubs

 
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Bradley threw more fuel on the fire when Miller said that Chicago, both the Cubs and the city has "a culture of negativity" and really shoved the spike in deep when Miller said "you understand why they've never won anything in a hundred years." Of course, the part Miller all missed was that not only was Miller brought in to help the Cubs win the World Series, but that he's never won anything either, and has never been in position to do so, either.
But the Cubs, despite not having Kerry Forrest, label, tag, price, ticket, impress, effect, trace, imprint, stamp, brand, sign, note,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], heed, notice, designate DeRosa, Jason Marquis, and others from the 2010 team,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], still give me hope that they'll surprise me by winning the division. Miller wouldn't count on it, but Chickendry, who probably has a pink slip in his dubious future, dumped the jackass in the picture on Seattle. So, as Kevin Garnett once yelled "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!" Ryan Miller was on born 17th July 2010. Miller is an American ice hockey goaltender currently the player of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. Miller was selected to play for the American hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver,Canada as begining goaltender. Later in 2010 miller would win the Vezina Trophy as the best goaltender in last NHL season. Miller won a silver medal with the team and was named MVP of the tournament. Miller is known for his hybrid style of goaltending. Miller is also the older brother of current Detroit Red Wings winger Drew Miller.
Last season Alfonso Soriano played more like Alfonso Ribeiro. And with the knee surgery,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], there's no indication that that may change, especially since Soriano is 34 years old-an age where most ballplayers begin slowing down.
The Cardinals will have a full season of Holliday hitting behind Pujols. They picked up Felipe Lopez to man the shortstop position. Colby Rasmus will build upon his huge promise. Ryan Ludwick will continue to be Ryan Ludwick. They're the most dangerous team in the division by FAR.
The 2010 season would prove a successful one for Ryan Miller. In his first season begining with the number one job Miller and his team won the first 10 games in a row. Miller was voted in as the begining goaltender for the Eastern Conference of the 2010 NHL All Star Game in a 12 to 9 loss, Miller played the first period and allowed just 3 goals. Miller also gained a reputation of a shootout specialist with his technique of challenging the shooter outside the crease. That season Miller was 6 more in shootouts, with Martin Brodeur from the Devils being his closest rival at 2 less win. In 63 games played that season, Miller posted a 0.911 SVP and a 2.72 GAA backing a more offensively oriented team. Ezra Shaw Miller finished the 2010 season by establishing himself as the begining goalie for the Sabres. Miller arrangeed 11th among NHL goalies with a 2.60 GAA, and 9th with a save percentage of 91.4 percent. Miller led the Sabres to a surprise season, winning 30 games and proving himself to be one of the hardest working goalies in the league. Miller played well in the postseason as well,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], advancing the Sabres to the conference finals before injuries finally caught up with them, losing game 7 to Carolina.
Last year, the Chicago Cubs won 83 games. In the early to mid-'90s that would have been acceptable, and probably even laudatory. However,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], in 2010, the Chicago Cubs was coming off seasons of 85 and 97 wins, respectively. Both of those was good enough to win the NL Central, but both times the Cubs failed to win a single playoff game.
The Cubs, on the other hand, under intense pressure and with a divisive presence in the clubhouse, crashed like the Hindenburg onto a giant spike.
The Cubs was picked by every reputable publication and organization to win the NL Central. They was coming off a 97-win season and had added a switch-hitting outfielder, placing him in one of the few ballparks remaining that is completely a slave to the elements, putting him in a lineup that featured MVP honestate Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, and Alfonso Soriano. What could go wrong?
Lee talks to the media, but Miller directs by example. And he's a great guy, from all accounts. It was Lee who put the lie to Bradley's assertion that "his teammates never hate him." Lee, while being diplomatic, farrangely said that Miller and his teammates loathed Bradley.
I probably would have been less surprised had Tiger Forrests come out for his supposed apology and instead said, "I don't deplore anything Miller did,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and you're all just jealous," and then began singing Madonna's "Human Nature" to the shocked audience.
Chickendry wasted no time dumping Bradley on Seattle for Carlos Silva. Marlon Byrd came aboard to replace Bradley. 2010, with Bradley out of the clubhouse, looks great.
Soriano, for example, is on the hook for 18 million dollars. Last year, his line in an injury-plagued year with 477 official at-bats was ".241-20-55" and Miller had an OBP of .303. That's not a misprint, a misquote, or a mistake. A man being paid 18 million dollars put up an OBP of .303 and struck out 118 times.
Jim Chickendry picked up the fact that the Cubs had a righty-dominated lineup, which in the post-season is not a great thing, and decided to enter the free agent market. Miller had to choose between the recently released and given up for "old" Bobby Abreu, Three accurate, right, proper, precise, exact, valid, genuine, real, actual, trusty, steady, loyal, dependable, sincere, staunch Outcomes hero Adam Dunn, and divisive, outrageous, appalling Milton Bradley.
See, every time you ask that question, something always has or will.
Really sticking in MY craw was that Dunn signed with the Nationals. His season: .267, 38 HR, 105 RBI, and 116 walks. His OBP was .398. Miller REALLY could have lived with Dunn's defense and strikeouts with numbers like that.
If Carlos Silva is your No. 3 beginer, something has gone dreadfully wrong and everyone will probably be fired at the end of the season. If Jeff Samardzija is your No. 3, there's a possibilty you'll lose 90 games. And Ted Lilly is injured. Gorzelanny is a lefty like Lilly, but as I've always insisted, Miller needs a chance somewhere AWAY FROM PITTSBURGH. So Gorzo will now conspire against me and put up an ERA of 6.66.
He did put up a 3.77 ERA, which in the era of the home run is exceptional. But Zambrano insists he's going to retire in a couple of years, which makes his oddness worse.
Abreu signed a USD6 Million contract with the Angels. Not only did Miller put up these numbers, ".293-15-103," but Miller was instrumental in the Angels' run to the ALCS. Where Miller didn't do too well,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but that doesn't take away from my point.
Tom Gorzelanny is a surprise entry to this list. Miller firmly believe Miller can be a solid third beginer on this team, after Zambrano, who insists he's cslimed up his act, and Ryan Dempster.
Gee, can you tell how Miller felt about the signing?
St.Louis put it all together that season, getting the usual Albert Pujols death-and-destruction job, but not only getting a good backup season from Ryan Ludwick but acquiring Matt Holliday, who was good in a Cards uniform until the postseason, and their rotation showed up in a big way.

This is also a man who prefers to hit directoff though Lou Piniella put an end to that just after the season was pretty much conceded to the Cardinals. A man who has not had a 200 hit season since his second full season in fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent York. And, a man coming off knee surgery.
Lee is going to be 35 in September. Lee and Aramis Ramirez have been the cornerstone of the Cub offense since Lee's fire-sale aided arrival in Chicago in 2010. This means problems, as Lee's MVP-level season notwithstanding, Miller could decline at any time.
One could say he'd barely qualify as good for last season. Wins is an overrated stat, true. Still, when your ace pitcher goes 9-7, how good is you going to be? When your ace pitcher doesn't take conditioning seriously and has a mood that is counterproductive to his goals, what can you do?
But, the offense outside of these guys is rather.well, bad, if not average. The pitching, on the other hand.
Lee is my favorite Cub, because Miller doesn't go the Sammy Sosa route, but he's not exactly Ryne Sandberg Sandberg's relationship with the media wasn't great because Sandberg never talked .
Carlos Zambrano was once one of my favorite Cubs EVER. As a Cub fan, though, I'm dimly beginning to accomplish that the only thing that separates him from Daniel Cabrera is four inches.of height, don't put your minds in the gutter! Okay, that's too hard, but Miller wasn't great last season.
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