but the issue wasn’t whether or not the Cubs are a good team—the question was whether the D-Backs were a good team. The D-Backs look a lot better when Webb pitches.

I think the D-Backs are a pretty good team. Probably the second best team in the NL. I think the Cubs are better—and we showed it by sweeping them. If Zambrano had pitched, we’d have looked better too.

or they were hoping to win 3 of 4?

And… will there be a beaning in this series, after the Young-Lee fiasco last year at Wrigley? (I believe Z took a no-no into the 8th that day) Correct me if I’m wrong. and we lost late 1-0. Heck of a pitching duel.

is splitting time with someone. Not sure who….maybe SDSmoothJazzMan can clue us in.

of his great Cub career come flowing back to me.

were the least athletic team…..well a close second I guess

but 3 of 4….not bloody likely.

how bad they are. They should be “hoping” to sweep us. They can’t even dream of that, so they’re just “hoping” to win the series.

and soured him completely on MLB ball.

I though Kevin Towers was serious on getting him. Also letting Cameron get away was a mistake, 25 game suspension notwithstanding.

is the most embarrassing thing about the Padres franchise. I vividly recall Lucchino and Moores lamenting over and over and over and over in the local press about Quallcomm/JackMurphy “not being a financially viable ballpark”. They get their sweetheart deal, along with the cash-cow land around the park, and they’ve put NOTHING from that windfall back into the team. And the sad part is, the Padre’s fans just keep shelling out the $ to watch them. The last couple years of success have been more a product of the West sucking than San Diego having a legit playoff team…see their record in playoff games the last few years.

unless Rich Hill comes up in the next day or so…

I see we have another pitching coach or perhaps Dr. James Andrews has graced us with his presence on this board. It would have been fitting years ago when he made quite a pretty penny of prior n woody.

They could have had Stephen Drew or Jered Weaver, who were considered the top two talents in that draft. But they got cheapassed and drafted Bush because he’d sign cheap. (To be fair, everyone thought Bush had first round talent. Just 12-18th pick talent, not #1 overall talent.)

Spending that money on Drew or Weaver would have been a lot smarter than throwing a lesser amount away on Bush. And now they’re throwing away money on Jim Edmonds that could have been going to Stephen Drew.

maybe he is cursed??

have to do with the fact that SD has a bad baseball team?

....from the fountain of Bill James, as you so put it in the other thread. The weird disdain for stats and certain players is boring.

Get there at aroun 945 or 10 to tell you the truth, when the gates open RUN.

but I bet they win around 81 games, give or take three or four games.

I like the “Rejected T-Shirt” idea ESPN.com had for the Rays. It just said “Tampa Bay Rays—Laugh while you still can”

If they continue to run the team smartly (which they’ve done since getting rid of Namoli) they’re going to win the AL East sometime in the next five seasons. Next year wouldn’t be impossible. They’re just in the wrong division.

are starting to pay dividends. And they have another one this year. They have drafted very well. The question will be how many can they keep in a few years?

I would not be surprised if they finish with 75 wins. That division isn’t quite as strong as it has been. Toronto has fallen off. Baltimore is still Baltimore. Even the Yankees won’t take nearly every game from the Rays as they have doe in past years.

I believe they did this before, was it in the early 80’s or thereabout? I always forget.

lol your post is so funny. Your a moron. You called somebody a maroon, like the color. lol, talk about irony…