Baseball Chat

[Billy The Kidd]

lee: I watched Clement all last year, and I wasn't very impressed. Although he had about the same ERA as Greg Maddux, the Cubs were 13-17 in games Clement started, and 20-13 in games Maddux started. Run support may have had a bit to do with that. But IMO, Greg just pitched better in close games. Clement had a habit of giving up just enough runs at the wrong time to lose the game. As long as the bases were empty, he was fine. But he also had a habit of losing concentration with men on, and hanging a slider. Fenway isn't the place you want to hang alot of sliders with men on base. If it were me making the decison, I believe the money would be better spent elsewhere; and obviously so did the Cubs.

Bill