Juan Uribe signs deal with Giants

by drodd on Jan 29, 2009 4:08 PM CST

I am happy about this. I did not want to see Uribe in cubbie blue with his weird blond chin beard.

I wonder if this opens the door to Rich Aurilia. I think Aurilia would be a nice fit, a poor man's Derosa and everything I read said Aurilia was heading back to SF. With Uribe heading to the Bay Area, this might mean Aurilia to the Cubs. It also sounds like Bako will be signed soon.

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It may open the door to Alex Cintron.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 29, 2009 4:14 PM CST reply actions

aah familiar face there

Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..

by Chanman25 on Jan 29, 2009 9:30 PM CST up reply actions

probably a better move than Aurilia

Cintron can play SS

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on Jan 30, 2009 8:54 AM CST up reply actions

agreed

Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..

by Chanman25 on Jan 30, 2009 9:29 AM CST up reply actions

Aw man...

…and here I’ve been defending Uribe up and down several threads. Ah, well. Yeah, maybe Cintron or Aurilla.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by daver on Jan 29, 2009 4:26 PM CST reply actions

Aurilia will have to become...

… AILIRUA!!!

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 29, 2009 4:29 PM CST reply actions

Interestingly enough, that's not much different from his name spelled forward.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by daver on Jan 29, 2009 4:34 PM CST up reply actions

Rich Palindrome,

as bad at 1b as at 3b?

by N Oakley on Jan 29, 2009 4:39 PM CST up reply actions

There sure isn't much out there

in the FA pool. Too bad Daimon Easley is so ancient.

by JodyDavis on Jan 29, 2009 4:32 PM CST reply actions

Not sure I'd trust Easley at 3rd either

Considering they need someone to backup Ramirez, Aurilla seems like the best choice.

by rlpete on Jan 29, 2009 4:57 PM CST up reply actions

Isnt Aaron Miles a poor mans DeRosa?

Do we really need two?

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Jan 29, 2009 4:59 PM CST reply actions

Miles is essentially a second baseman...

…he could probably make do at shortstop, but I really question whether he has the arm for third base.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by daver on Jan 29, 2009 5:17 PM CST up reply actions

incorrect

La Russa played him often at SS and his RF and ZR was far better than Theriot.

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on Jan 30, 2009 8:55 AM CST up reply actions

Saying someone is "far better than Theriot"...

…doesn’t necessarily make me wrong.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by daver on Jan 30, 2009 9:35 AM CST up reply actions

Ha.

No kidding. Far better than Theriot might get us close to league average.

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Jan 30, 2009 9:58 AM CST up reply actions

"Often"?

In his ML career, he has played four times as many games at 2B than at SS.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 30, 2009 10:29 AM CST up reply actions

Cows beat this by an hour in Fanshots…

by leothelip on Jan 29, 2009 5:21 PM CST reply actions

It's not a race.

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 29, 2009 5:31 PM CST up reply actions

It may not be a race

But beaten to the punch by cows? Damn.

by JodyDavis on Jan 29, 2009 6:18 PM CST reply actions

um, are you saying.....

I’m ahead of the herd?

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Jan 29, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions

Milk it for all it's worth.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by daver on Jan 30, 2009 9:35 AM CST up reply actions

TWITH

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jan 30, 2009 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

My mind is churning, but I can't quite figure this one out.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by daver on Jan 30, 2009 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

this is getting cheesy

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Jan 30, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions

That’s What I Told Her??

maybe?

"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens

by bobby h on Jan 30, 2009 11:08 AM CST up reply actions

By George, I think you got it.

We are a fever ... we are a fever ... we ain't born typical.

by daver on Jan 30, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions

Mooooooooove over butter!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Jan 30, 2009 11:45 AM CST up reply actions

This is getting udderly ridiculous.

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

by Al Yellon on Jan 30, 2009 1:42 PM CST up reply actions

But wait I thought he was already on the team?

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/1/28/738743/hoffpauir-looks-like-he-s#11798144

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Jan 29, 2009 6:47 PM CST reply actions

Thank God

Thank Allah. Thank Buddha. Thank Tom Cruise.

He went somewhere else.

There is no such thing as an ugly female breast

by Worf on Jan 29, 2009 7:50 PM CST reply actions

Holy Sat Nam!

Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..

by Chanman25 on Jan 29, 2009 9:30 PM CST up reply actions

Good

Didn’t want him anyway.

That's shitastic!

by CUBSfaninYANKEEcountry on Jan 29, 2009 8:20 PM CST reply actions

My response: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..

by Chanman25 on Jan 29, 2009 9:30 PM CST reply actions

Good

Uribe sucks anyhow. He’s better suited for the bench. The only reason he started for the sox was because they didn’t have anyone better to replace him.

Someday we'll go all the way.

by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Jan 29, 2009 9:46 PM CST reply actions