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From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin)
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Subject: RE:oddities
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Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 09:39:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 19 09:39:35 1985
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> When if ever did a baseball team ever lose their entire
> 5 man starting pitching staff for the duration of the year due 
> to injuries. As of yesterday with the injury to Sanderson, that
> is at present the cubs plight. Not saying that it would make
> much of a difference anymore anyway.

The odd thing, though, is that the Cubs have undergone a nearly
uniform decline in their offensive production as well; except for
Sandberg and Moreland, not one Cub is nearly as productive at the
plate as last year.  Under the circumstances, it may be argued that
the hodgepodge of pitchers the Cubs have used have performed better
than the Cubs had any right to respect, and that the Cub drop from
contention is as much a reflection of the decline of Cub offense as
injury to the starting rotation.  Whitey Herzog, the most brilliant
man in baseball who can't be trusted as a general manager, may have
hit it rihgt on the button when he declared before the season began
that, as nearly every Cub had an outstanding offensive season in 1984,
the Cubs would never be able to match that level of production again
with their present personnel.

					David Rubin
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