This just in...Carlos Lee out for the season...

by jdb-44 on Aug 11, 2008 10:54 AM CDT Comment 29 comments

Just like with Chris Carpenter...you hate to hear about a person getting injured, but this is something that makes me a bit more comfortable about facing the Astros in September...

He got hit in his pinky finger by a pitch from Bronson Arroyo. Sheesh, I thought this sort of thing only happened to the Cubs. Hope he feels better...but once again, I've feared this guy since his walk-off grand slam against the Cubs in 2001 or 2002 when he played for the White Sox.

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080809&content_id=3281292&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

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I was typing up my Carlos Lee post while you posted this....

Al… forgive the redundancy.

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Aug 11, 2008 11:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I deleted mine....

You wouldn’t know it, if you looked on ESPN anywhere, but one of the biggest Cub killers of all-time is on the 15 day DL after breaking his left little finger. The houston Chronicle is reporting that he is likely done for the season, and the Houston media wants to see the Astros sign Barry Bonds to replace Lee in LF.

How does this news not even make it to the “sub-headline” section on ESPN baseball?

I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008

by SackMan on Aug 11, 2008 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well, no where

does it ask how Joba’s doing. Did they get Steinbrenner’s opinion?

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 11, 2008 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How is Joba doing?

I haven’t been able to sleep. Did anyone from ESPN ask the Chinese Olympic delegation what they thought of Joba’s injury?

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 11, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope. But they did

ask the Australian men’s basketball team about Brett Favre.

True fact!

(It was Bogut. I guess they figured that because he played basketball in Milwaukee he’s have special insight. Or that he cared.)

by jbau on Aug 11, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wowie zowie

I missed that one. Sheesh.

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 11, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Texas even a part of the U.S.

On ESPN’s map?

by dr stabbingworth on Aug 11, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was on their site the other day.

This isn’t really breaking news, it’s a couple of days old.

by cubswin on Aug 11, 2008 11:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yes it is

2 days old and already discussed in several threads.

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Aug 11, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

First I heard of it

And I’m reading all over mlb.com every day

by ak123 on Aug 11, 2008 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well...

... this is the first time I’ve heard it was CONFIRMED that Lee is out for the year. So this post is OK with me.

Anyway, I don’t wish injury on anyone… but I can’t say I’m unhappy the Cubs won’t have to face him again this year.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 11, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ed Wade is the only person on the planet who thinks the Astros are competitive

Too bad to see Carlos Lee go down. But lets be honest, the Astros absolutely suck with or without Lee. They haven’t been in contention for 5 minutes this season.

by MDBNIU on Aug 11, 2008 12:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

But it DIRECTLY impacts the Cubs

because there are some pretty important games down the stretch that I would rather play without having to face Carlos Lee in their lineup…

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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 11, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

FWIW

Cubs play Houston 6 times and Milwaukee plays them 3. They also play St. Louis, Arizona and Florida 3 times and the Mets 4.

The rest of the Astros’ schedule should have no bearing on any race.

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 11, 2008 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unless they go 40-5 the rest of the way...

then they could challenge for a playoff spot!

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 11, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, there is that.

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 11, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

I was actually surprised to look at the standings today and see them only a game under .500.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 11, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm surprised

a certain someone upthread doesn’t really like them. They have plenty of Moxie!

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by drewishdrewid on Aug 11, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn that weak NL Central Division!

That is what they said at the beginning of the season, isn’t it?

"Every team will win 60 games, every team will lose 60 games, it's what the team does in the other 42 games that decides the season."

by flachimesa on Aug 11, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

now we will get to see more

of ‘the bourne mediocrity’, michael bourne.

by tim815 on Aug 11, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Houston will never sign Bonds.

Remember how they raucously cheered when he got plunked? Down there they would boo Hank Aaron for breaking the record, let alone Bonds.

by Jerry Mumphrey on Aug 11, 2008 1:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Cecil Cooper said he'd quit if the Astros signed Bonds.

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by Al on Aug 11, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, it's not like Cecil Cooper's doing them any good.

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by cwyers on Aug 12, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

True enough.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 12, 2008 4:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

this just in

dunn traded to the dbacks

from the mouth of Uecker:

"Am I the only one who’s glad it’s only a 4-game series? If was a 9-game series, I think the Cubs would win them all."

by cubsluver22 on Aug 11, 2008 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if the Padres will counter this move by aquiring Jose Canseco.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 11, 2008 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Despite the fact he owns the Cubs

I really like Carlos Lee. I have sat behind him more than a couple times in LF and he is great with the fans. Hes the type of guy that doesnt really offended by a comment from the stands but more a guy that turns and laughs and acknowledges that great comment.

On the topic—-biggest jerk ever IMO. Albert Belle. End of story.

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by Hammer on Aug 11, 2008 6:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If Lee had ever become a Cub...

... he’d have been one of the most popular Cubs ever. He just seems like he loves playing baseball and everything that’s involved, including the opposition’s fans.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 12, 2008 4:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs