Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. White Sox, Thursday 6/18, 1:20 CT
by Al on Jun 18, 2009 2:15 PM CDT
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what is this optimism i feel growing in my stomach????
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon Dome...
Please no helicopter crap.
by Urbanfury on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What’s next ? A two out hit with RISP ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fontenot Walks.
1st and 2nd, 2 outs.
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
well
I’m pending my conference call, so…
two outs, two one, Dome to the plate. He takes a strike.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Go!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the jump!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please make us happy, Dome.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he did his level best.
that damn Getz took a hit away.
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's not amazing.
That’s par for the course.
by Urbanfury on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's gory.
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
since you are a professional in that field
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dr. Stabbingworth
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A magnificent miraculous play...
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ground ball towards the middle
Getz with a “miraculous” play. Diving stop, shoveled the ball to Ramirez. Fonty forced. Three outs.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
tanks for the jump
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
3 for 38
"If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"
by parrotinct on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, WS middle infield putting on a clinic
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Getz got it.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
eh, it was a moderately-hard chopper
hardly a rip
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would've been a great spot
for one of those “home run” things!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They can't push a button.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish they could!
Because that’s what we need.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're swingin' them. They just aren't hitting anything.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has there ever been an inside the infield homerun?
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, very well documented in this film
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great movie
Better drinking game. Just drink every time they say angel
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living."
by jkobus on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we should steal the rally monkey from them too.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?! are you serious!? A home run there would have been great thing?!
man you rock
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's pretty
insightful. o.0
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you really this dumb?
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not at all
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blanco and Dome have both been robbed in this game.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yes but in fairness, Dome is robbing the Cubs with his contract
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dome didn't steal...
…his contract from the Cubs, it was given to him.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Jun 18, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i've never recalled a stretch
where it seems like 500 things have to all fall into place just to have one run score. Of course, as the poster above pointed out, that’s what happens when you average one multi-run HR a month.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think i've got my tattoo idea
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can say that again, Drew.
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by Chris Dobbertean on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jimmy wants a win!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't we all.
Hey Jimmy!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hiya Vermont!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its just funny at this point
I can’t even be angry anymore, they suck so much. They finally get a hit or two, and acquire some of the worst luck known to mankind.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
actually didn't get a hit, two walks
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and how is it bad luck
to hit an inning-ending soft chopper?
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Judd a little slow on the uptake.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Did I hear Santo ...
scream ‘Jesus!’ as I was stepping out of theshower?
Scene: Bleachers, early 1980s
Me: 'Who is that guy down there in shorts, no shirt who thinks he knows everything about baseball?'
True Bleacher Bum: 'You dumbass, that's Bill Veeck!'
by Greggle on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gee whiz
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least Blanco can make routine plays unlike Miles
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by jkobus on Jun 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
At the least....
Santo’s screams of anger and dismay are sort of funny…in a morose sort of way.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 18, 2009 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
limey brit!
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what is this Bunt thing the sox are doing?
is that new in baseball?
by desmoCubbie on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No, it's not new.
It must be something that AL teams do.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has there been a strech of games
That they have hit is poorly ever? I am a youngin but i dont ever rember being this frustrated
by Kchance on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
In that month,
Wasn’t there a stretch where they scored 13 runs in 11 games?
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't remember
And I’m not sad that I don’t.
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neither am I.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's how I felt about the last week of 2004
Until about 30 seconds ago
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hated that week.
That one, unfortunately, I do remember.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
floyd gets the bunt in..beckham out at first..beckham to 2nd
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow... he was out at first but got to second...?
How does THAT work? ;-)
by lswaidz on Jun 18, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I found a category the Cubs will lead league in...
no decisions by our starting pitchers.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
AKA quality starts and I'm pretty sure we're in the top 3
by lswaidz on Jun 18, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll take it
offense will come around
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Today?
please say today, please, please, please
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by Blue W on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I'm not Rain maker
or Ted Lilly
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a fun fact...
As of yesterday, the Cubs have thrown the third LEAST amount of pitches in all of MLB at 9198. Florida Marlins lead with 10,390 pitches thrown. Clearly, Lou isn’t over using his pitchers.
by lswaidz on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So we've got that goin' for us.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're also 2nd in hits/9 innings and first in K/9...
However we’re 25th in walks/9 innings…
by lswaidz on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But we have also played less games.
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
even with extra inning games we still might have played fewest games as well though, FWIW
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the distribution of those pitches?
Lou doesn’t use his entire staff… (or is this just for the Starting rotation?)
by CubsWin!Oregon on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just glad that neither Hoff, nor Fox ever start a game any more
because CLEARLY we don’t need their bats at all
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
But the important thing is that Lou has confidence in his lineup.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep, "you saw the damn game", Do you think he is stupid or something?
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's literally the only one
well, besides Hendry
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta love when they start promoting DMB at Alpine!
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And the White Sox don't score with a RISP.
When did they start listening to us about batting?
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
they've been just as offensively inept pretty much all year.
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well we did hire their old hitting coach.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
who they fired
this entire season has been one big laughingstock
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't argue with that.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, there's one.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, you called it.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
a ground ball out. Who could have seen that coming ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, a mediocre pitcher dominating this lineup
who could have seen that coming?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on Z
Hit a homer
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Raise your hand if you want a Z bomb!!!
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
slowly lowers hand and hides under the desk :(
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's our best chance this inning
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of which, here's Soriano!
by Jody Jody Davis on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey, he hasn't struck out yet today
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cmon, our retread hitting coach says he sees something good in him
so obviously sooner or later, Soriano will get a hit again at some point this season
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look on the bright side...
…Z may get one more AB.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And there's two.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Von Joshua is totally the answer!
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's been two games
a little early to judge Joshua
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, Soriano looks so good swinging at those balls in the dirt! Thanks, Von!
by Pre on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh good Lord
You’re blaming Von Joshua for Soriano swinging at pitches in the dirt? I mean… really?
by kanderber on Jun 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope you didn't think...
…the other guy was the problem!
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Z Ks.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yet another game where the starter has to throw a perfect game
or they lose.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You assume
that they’d score a run
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
soriano should not be in the lineup...at least not leadoff
by desmoCubbie on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
blasphemy..he only hits as a leadoff hitter.
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he'd be hitting .150 right now
if Lou had already moved him down.
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And what else did you see in your crystal ball?
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry couldn't tell.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think most of us agree...but Soriano is getting paid too much not to be in the lineup...
and according to Soriano, it’s the only spot he can hit the ball. Just imagine him hitting anywhere else.
by aznsensation on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
according to the statistics
we don’t HAVE to imagine him anywhere else. He’s terrible anywhere else.
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by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he needs
to sit for a week.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it bad that I kinda wish he get hurts for a little bit...
so lou would have to sit him or put him on the DL?
by aznsensation on Jun 18, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd up that to two weeks on the DL.
I’m usually not this extreme, but something’s gotta give.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He needs to play, for someone else.
At some point, he’s going to have to be moved. And it’s going to be harder than hell to move him during years 6-7-8 of his horrible deal. Better to bite the bullet now, eat a TON of salary, and get the poison out of the system in one fell swoop. He’s an awful $18M player.
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by D98 on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so
who till take him?
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was hoping Seattle.
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by D98 on Jun 18, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
pop out to right
Soriano is … I have no words.
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HAHA Soriano is a JOKE..its sad watching him play right now
by cubbiepride on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it's sad watching this team play right now
Lou needs to pack his bags
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only if...
…a few other key Cub personnal pack with him.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he has a no trade clause i believe
so that’s nearly impossible. I don’t see any other team wanting him.
by aznsensation on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
A weak popup. Who could have seen that coming ?
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
soriano didn't even pick his head up
he knew where that ball was headed
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he always knows where the ball is headed
cuz he has done the same thing for a month straight
by desmoCubbie on Jun 18, 2009 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's a bigger joke
The Cubs’ offense, or BCB?
I’d say it’s about even.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hope it doesn't
fall on your head.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it not installed?
why would a door fall on someone’s head?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what the hell does that even mean?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It means that if this was a bar where we were all all watching the game, and the same conversation was going on....
well lets just say a lot of the same conversations would be going on, because some people hide behind their screennames and say and proclaim things they NEVER would do so otherwise if they were really going to be held accountable
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
like what? Lou is a bad manager, and this offense is a joke?
I’d be plenty happy to say that in public, in fact I do
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure most would agree with you
those were not the examples i was thinking of
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scroll the threads
If you can’t see what I’m talking about……
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, I dunno.
I’m posting for at least a .300 average.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I
lay down an excellent sacrifice bunt, if I do say so myself.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, you are always willing to give up yourself for the team
+You
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I conditionally agree with this
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But we're switching things up!
I haven’t posted since like the last week of ’07
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
normally I post cleanup, but today I'm in the 5 hole
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some posters are stuck in the 2 hole.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
its better than being stuck in the pujol
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what's sad is
Zambrano, for him, has actually been pretty efficient with his pitches (80 through 5), yet Floyd has thrown 18 LESS pitches
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Len just said..
10 runs in the last 63 innings.
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
when the heck did we score 10 runs
i don’t remember any of them
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For the Cubs?
Terrible.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ARAM
Please hurry back, I may be a well wisher but I DO think you will change everything
by Kchance on Jun 18, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just think, 5 more years of the glorius superstar, Alphonso Soriano!!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If Wrigley Field were a breakfast cereal
I have a feeling that sometime around the 9th inning the box will read “Wrigley Field, now loaded with more booing”
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
IBB 4 AJ
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I heard a rumor...
…that Jim Hendry is contemplating switching bat manufactures to stimulate the offense.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
by MPH73 on Jun 18, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I would rather hear a rumor
that Jim Hendry was fired.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Though GMs often get the can unfairly,
there comes a point where you’re just bull-headedly trying to find other fall guys than the GM, too.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually
there’s been quite a bit of talk about how these broken bats have cause problems.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
aj intentionally walked
first and second, two out for anderson
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
do not like
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nah
i think the Sox will score more runs.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
brian anderson
LET ME REPEAT. BRIAN ANDERSON is better than the cubs
by desmoCubbie on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate nothing more than comments like this.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+a bajizillion
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could care less about how you feel regarding comments like this
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
why give up
on your team?
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's just so frustrating..I am not giving up..but so frustrating..
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand your frustration
Bear in mind not everything that enters your head needs to be translated onto a keyboard.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you SOOOOOOOO need to take that advice
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As if on cue,
Moron No. 1 shows up. Where’s Moron No. 2, WW?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd respond to your comment
with the identical sentiment, but it appears the “S” and “T” keys aren’t working. So just take the other two.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really hope all your other keys are not working..
too bad you spilled your koolaid on only 2 keys.
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
cmon
cut it out with the namecalling.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because you
are doing yours.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, but looking at your posts,
you’ve basically called yourself one.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What have I said to warrant that?
Seriously?
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just look
You’re certainly part of the neverending Greek chorus around here.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've got as much responsibility as anyone
… for making the atmosphere around here toxic. You call more names than a first-grader.
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My dad can beat up your dad.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well played
Bravo
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on
You’re one of the most rational posters on this site. Just move on and stop feeding the madness.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You clearly missed what i was doing there.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understood
Any response just keeps a bad thread rolling.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
That does put it in perspective, Stone, as you usually do.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+10000000
NBF and AndrewJStone, again, you don’t need to respond to every darn post..
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you look at my history here, you'll notice i don't.
Just yours, this once. Turned out the timing was perfect. :-)
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
alright..since you are sitting on your own unicorn..
I never said that “Game Ovah” is not bull spit. It doesn’t take much to understand that I am not trying to formulate a rational argument by saying – “Game Ovah”. It’s just frustration. So understand that and let it go.
On the other hand I think you and NBF have a huge damn ego and way too immature.
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have an idea...
Don’t use “I am not trying to formulate a rational argument” as an excuse.
Try this, instead: If something you are taking the time to type (and thus wasting our time in reading) doesn’t even, by your own admission, pass the “is this a rational thing to say?” test, it may not be worth typing.
Look man, i get it. Its frustrating. We are all fans of the same team, and we are all watching the same game. I just don’t get how saying admittedly irrational things helps any of us, yourself included.
And i can’t speak for NBF, but if you look at my comment history you’ll see there is no ego in saying that. Only support for my team and the desire to see this website as a positive community we can all enjoy.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't give a crap about NBF...
but I am with you on all that. I completely agree. On the same token, please don’t respond to every negative post. It doesn’t serve any purpose. It only adds fuel to the fire and things very soon will get way out of control and people all of a sudden get very personal.
I hope you are clever enough to understand the above.
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glad we could meet a nice happy agreeing place.
And seriously, i don’t respond to EVERY negative post. In fact, yours was the first today and in a very very long while. Its easy to look up my post history. Stop claiming what ain’t true.
I don’t have a problem with negative posts. The play on the field is making us all feel a bit negative. I only took issue with the idea that the game was over. I choose to keep up hope. I know this irks many, and thats fine.
We are all entitled to our opinions, and we are all entitled to disagree with others opinions. The opinion that this game was over at one run down and multiple innings to go was one i disagreed with.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1..and again..I don't give a crap about NBF :-P
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't respond to every negative post, either
Or else it would take up my entire day.
What Stone said is correct. Ego, schmeego. I’m just sick of reading crap that is supposed to pass for reasonable discourse.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they don't respond to every post
just the once that should be called out due to their sheer ignorance
frustrated or not, calling a game over down one in the sixth is ignorance
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes that is the only problem.
Be frustrated, but don’t say it’s over.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
I just got here but think I will leave. I hate this Debbie Downer shit.
by sue369 on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I miss you already Sue.
Your positivity is needed.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just turn off the TV
Ever think of that, Einstone?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can close your browser too..You know what it is btw?
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sitting here
wailing and whining from before the opening pitch.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if its deserving
NBF has never complained about me or many others here
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, Sue
This place is taking on all the characteristics of a suicide hotline.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Got an idea, Mr. Cubslinux...
… cubs come back this afternoon, you don’t get to call a game over before its actually… you know… over, for the rest of the season.
Game ends at 1-0, i won’t bug you for being an incredibly negitive and unproductive poster for the rest of the season.
What say you?
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say this -> Give it up! ..you don't need to respond to every darn post..
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
… didn’t figure you’d be game for putting your money where your mouth was.
If it hadn’t been tied up so quickly, i was even going to up the ante and offer to write a haiku about your awesomeness if it went as you suspected. Oh well.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Suck
I could be reading a haiku right now
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a way with words, too.
Might have brought a tear to your eye. A single, lonely tear.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
damnit!!!
haikus are the shit!
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the cubs hit the ball
a bird cries in the distance
are they not the same?
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think that i may
need way more education
to wrap mind around
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of haikus, any of you twitter folk follow
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, nevermind on that bet.
I’m better you won’t take it now that the game is no longer OVER.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So linux says bullspit ...
and Stone isn’t allowed to respond?
Yeah, that makes sense …
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A timely hit?
Touche, White Sox. Touche.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I have heard rumors
that such things existed
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
perhaps the Cubs took a note.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anderson plates Dye...
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
AAGH!
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I am fearful that we already had our chances to get runs
and failed.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
Our bats are giving new meaning to “Dead-ball.”
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This team
couldn’t score in a women’s prison with a fist full of pardons.
by salparadise23 on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, bravo.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank God Blanco was in, that would've been over Miles' head.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And we'll see you tomorrow afternoon
Because this game is over.
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Damnit, Z!
What the hell? You know you can’t allow a single run.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget the bullpen.
Lot cheaper to blame them than the bats…….
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Intentionally Walking...
Hasn’t really worked out for the Cubs, has it? Seems like every time we try it, a run scores. Usually the winning run.
by Urbanfury on Jun 18, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Theriot is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You win an internet
Single to right
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, it's about he tries to go the other way.
It only worked for 2+ years.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now steal 2nd , 3rd and home on the same play like Tball.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hah
That would mean Lou gave the green light. This isn’t Soto on first.
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the only intrigue about the rest of the game
is which inning the Cubs will put a couple runners on base and find some way to not drive them in.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
This is a good chance right here. At least as good as any we’re going to get.
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree with you
you say that to hide your hurt
deep down, you want these guys to put up a five spot right now, thats why you are still here
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They play 9 innings in a regulation baseball game
we’ve only completed 5 1/2
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or 13 innings in the Cubs case.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol touche
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by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Milton Bradley is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hit and run?
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they would, but Lou went back to sleep
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not like Theriot can run and Bradley makes decent contact or anything.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
worked miracles last time
keep it up
by 12to23to17 on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this could be the team's new theme song title
Or perhaps they could borrow from the Bears and come out with the “Chicago Cubs Scuffle”
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
no whammies, no whammies, no whammies
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
waiting until
after the game just increases the chances he’ll be too “comfortably numb” to even understand the fucking question.
"Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go or what you will do." -- Marianne Moore
by duboisdm on Jun 18, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh god
It’s 1st and 3rd no outs – this always seems to be the Cubs’ downfall…
by hmlee on Jun 18, 2009 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Allright Dave, time to cut and paste again.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here we go!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Derrek Lee is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope it works again.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's where the "fun" begins
should be interesting. Because if Lee doesn’t get it done…
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
1st and 3rd... No outs...
We’ve seen this before…
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wait...
we’re allowed to hit and run /
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tie Game!
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
FC... Theriot scores
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hit a sac fly
its not that hard
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tie game!!!!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
woohoo, we scored a run.
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
first & third no outs, 4, 5 and 6 hitters up...
time to change the MoJo
"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru
by LAcarl519 on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, not pretty
but Lee drives in the run.
by elgato on Jun 18, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Geo is sick of this crap and he's going to do something about it RIGHT NOW.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
keep it going for the rest of the game.
Say this much for big league baseball - it is beyond question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. ~Bruce Catton
by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It worked twice.
Apparently, it couldn’t work three times. That would be asking too much of the Cubs bats.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, 3 out of 4 times.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In play, run(s)
what is that?
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Something
That happens too often for the teams we play, while at the same time it happen nowhere near enough for us.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a sight for sore eyes.
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon Daver!!!!!
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for talking through the action, WGN
get these bums out of the booth and announce the damn game!!
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Me too!
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
would be worse
if your first name was Richard
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good, ah... point.
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that
is exactly why it was Lee that needed to drive in the run. After that the lineup is pathetic.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
dude, he hit a weak grounder to second
we’re still zero for the series with runners in scoring position
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I got us a run.
I’m not sure whether that trick has any mojo left.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
put it in your back pocket for now
It was a great warrior, needs some rest, but I approve!
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
WELL WE GOT 1 RUN
MB’s average is up to .245
by cubbiepride on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaaaaand another Soto double play!
This team is so freaking good!
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
5 outs in 3 ABs
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We can't even get ONE big hit from the middle of our damn order!
By “big hit”, I mean an extra base hit with men actually on base.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would have taken a single with RISP
just A HIT
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
when...
was our last HR, for that matter?
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yesterday.
A meaningless one, too.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yesterday? No HRs for us yesterday.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, my mistake.
Got it confused with “A. Ramirez” in the box score.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soto is worthy of AAA stint
with his play lately.
by EamuCanoli on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, they aren't all that good.
You’d think that this team, for $140M, would have a power threat.
I don’t think that they should be sellers at the deadline, or anything, but at the end of this season an “end of Godfather 1” type of bloodbath may be in order. If this keeps up, we are going to need to get some NTCs waived and get some position players moved out, even if it means eating a gigantic amount of salary.
The time for a Soriano trade, if it’s ever going to happen, is probably coming up quick. No one is going to want the tail end of this contract if they can’t get the next couple of years, too. Maybe throwing $9M annually into the deal will get a buyer.
MLBMilestone.com - following the numbers to Cooperstown
by D98 on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sad.
But I – the guy who’s usually all about making an acquisition for the stretch run – would really rather see a fire sale right now, with the LONE goal being to dump ABSOLUTELY as much salary of our position players as possible.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rami's on the DL
Soriano isn’t going to get traded. He’s really not.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps
I just don’t buy into the desperate wisdom of some here who think that there isn’t a chance in hell that anyone would ever want to acquire any of the Cubs players, no matter what their situation.
I say put ‘em on the block and see who bids. If it’s nobody, then it’s nobody; and frankly, if it’s nobody, stop pretending this team stocked with players nobody would EVER trade for can win a championship. It makes no sense.
And follow that by firing a GM who would field a team of players nobody in all of baseball would want, even for a stretch playoff run. If the team fielded is that unanimously regarded as overpaidf/worthless, your GM has failed at a level almost unprecedented in baseball history.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one will bid.
And then you’ll have a disgruntled employee along with a poorly performing player.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
I think that some Cubs could be traded. I’m sure there would be takers for Rami and the starting pitchers. Riot could probably get some offers, and Fonty. But right now, I don’t see Sori, Bradley, Dome or Lee either allowing themselves to be bid on or receiving any offers. That’s the meat of the money.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Many do not seem to be familiar with the concept of buy low / sell high.
Why would we unload statistically and historically good players at their all time low values? That doesn’t help us improve. What we’d get for a lot of these guys now would NOT be worth what we’d give up, no matter how bad they are looking of late.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well we sold high on DeRo, how'd that work out?
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We don't really know yet.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get your point, but short term it has hurt.
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do agree with that.
Lack of depth has hurt this team.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because the return isn't the goal in this case..
…it’s the salary dump.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You think anybody is gonna take these huge contracts we all lament?
Getting a player off your roster is NOT synonymous with being done paying them. These players look bad. Who is going to take them on at the cost we are all currently deeming obscene?
We ditch these guys right now, we won’t get anything back, and we’ll still be paying their salary for years.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'll never know...
…until you TRY. Are you honestly going to tell me you haven’t see stranger trades?
I know this one team that acquired a 56-year old Fred McGriif, batting about .260, owed millions and millions of dollars AND with a year left on the contract, just because the salary dump was all that was required in return.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hendry certainly isn't
it’s kind of his M.O. to hold onto a player until they have no value, and then dump them.
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
♪ ♫ I'm lookin' through you... ♪ ♫
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 2:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Our bats this season.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, it apparently doesn't work for me
by hmlee on Jun 18, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he's going to
do all he can to blow this game to make sure he gets home in time to watch Judge Judy.
by jxmetal1 on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why wasn't the Cubs' bullpen going before the walk?
100 pitches for Zambrano to start the inning.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
♫ I'll send an S O S to your heart... message in a bottle... ♫
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A message in a bottle?
Sweet. I’m going on vacation to the coast, so I’ll pick that up.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, remember last week in Houston?
When everybody was bitching about Lou not sending Z back out for the ninth, even though he had thrown 104 pitches?
Can’t please anybody.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't recall bitching about that decision.
But I understand what you’re saying.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There was plenty of it
Just go back a week and check the threads.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On a large-scale level, I know there was.
It is a difficult spot for Lou to be in, but it’s he has to manage on a game-to-game basis.
Did Zambrano look as sharp today as he was in Houston? I don’t think he did, which is why I would have preferred to see the bullpen loosening prior to the beginning of the 7th.
It might not have prevented Ramirez’s homerun, but to me it illustrates that maybe Lou was not anticipating any trouble in the 7th, and that is a problem.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't blame him
for not anticipating a problem in the seventh. Z wasn’t quite like he was in Houston, but that was pretty rare air, anyway.
We’re not privy to what was discussed among Z and the braintrust in the dugout the last few innings. Not a criticism of you, but hindsight always is perfect.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree on the hindsight.
(Though in my defense, I asked it after the walk.)
But regardless, the second-guessing and armchair managing can get tiresome.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Worries are over
Heilman’s warming up
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 2:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soriano with the improbable out!
"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome
by Goodie1969 on Jun 18, 2009 2:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I knew Sori could catch the ball without hopping. Man, what a snag tho...
"I got a PBS mind in an MTV world"...Jimmy Buffett
by The Ryno and I Know on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Game over
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That time Ron clearly said Jesus
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gee whiz again
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahhhhhh!!!
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
by StevenABQ on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
See ya
Ballgame…again.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You never have to pitch to him
if you don’t walk the .154 hitting 8th hitter.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pretty hard to ground out into 2 runs
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 2:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
All you need is a 2nd and 3rd situation with 0 outs.
Two balls to the 2nd baseman (provided he’s playing back) should do the trick.
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This guy sounds like RoseAnn
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
SAME S**T DIFFERENT DAY!!!! :-(
by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
let's get some runs
…as soon as i get my hearing back
by 12to23to17 on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This team is a broken record
Now go break something Zambrano…what a horse you have never been
by EamuCanoli on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
dude, 3 runs over seven innings
he should expect to get the win on most days with that stat line
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Horrible Team
We are not going anywhere this year.
by PieFan08 on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
then stop sucking up bandwidth
and go get ready for football season
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it asking too much to get three runs from Cubs bats?
In three innings?
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
asking for 1 is probably too much
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely.
I’ve never seen a team have this much trouble scoring runs. Not even the 2003 Dodgers were like this.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOCKEY COACHES CANNOT SING.
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE!
King Leonidas: Spartans! What is your profession?
Spartans: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!
by Zeke on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Soto
Has two choices…he can either get his ass back closer to the plate and start driving the ball to CF and right-center or he can keep trying to hook every pitch and face a steady diet of balls away for the rest of his career. The first option allows him a chance to show production even close to 2008. The second will allow him to stay in the league for 10 years as a backup C. It’s his choice but it’s really rather simple.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"Lets Get Some Runs"
Realistically can’t be applied to the last 3 innings and instead should just be a blanket request for the rest of the month.
Last place not out of the question by end of interleague play
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Looks like Alexei may be
a new Cub killer.
by ElHijoDelRonSanto on Jun 18, 2009 2:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Berkman-Braun-Alexei?
The triangle of death?
by Pre on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot Lee
That makes it a rectangle
by hmlee on Jun 18, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Floyd started the inning at 76 pitches.
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that Von Joshua has been a god send
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aggressiveness!
No need to get to the relievers early on in the game. Just face the starter the whole time!
by Pre on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't know if it will pan out or not...
But I would rather them be patient than swinging at their pitch early in the counts.
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by KaliCub on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't believe WGN radio still plays
“This is the year!” I’m so tired of it and Ron’s fatalist view of the game
by EamuCanoli on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I haven't heard
“This is the year!” on WGN radio yet this year…
by hmlee on Jun 18, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you being facetious?
They play it all the damn time. It’s even part of the opening music before Pat comes on.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I seriously can't recall
hearing it, but I’m not in my car to listen to it that much. I catch most of the games on tv.
by hmlee on Jun 18, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's on most of their tags re-entering the broadcast after commercials.
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by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lately they've been doing the
“This is [insert Cub player name] on WGN”.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the "This is the Year!" tag is kind of silly
when they’re 4.5 games out of first. Resume them when the Cubs are in a position to make the playoffs.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm listening via
the internet broadcast on WDZA
by EamuCanoli on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Z probably should not have pitched the 7th
by PieFan08 on Jun 18, 2009 3:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
at the very least he should have probably been pulled after the leadoff walk
but Lou had no one up
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that is so hardly the point
and so far removed from the problem with this team
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Struggles
7 days, 10 days, 2 weeks is a struggle. 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks is just plain bad. Yes, this team will improve for short stretches but anyway believing this current roster has enough to turn this season around is delusional. Period.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
especially with a manager who thinks changes
are taking Miles out of the lineup for Blanco
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm assuming
You’re not including Ramirez in “this current roster”?
by hmlee on Jun 18, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As a matter of fact
I am. Thinking a far less than 100% Ramirez for the balance of 2009 is the answer is similarly delusional.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am with you
I was optimistic that things would turn around, but that should have been two weeks ago
by PieFan08 on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is what it is.
All the bitching in the world will not change that.
by sue369 on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nor will all the bitching about the bitching
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol, from the queen of bitching about bitching
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Put it this way
I’d much rather spend a night at a bar with Sue than a night at a bar with you. If you weren’t complaining so much, she wouldn’t say a word about you.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and you need to go buy a life for 99 cents at walmart
if you are looking forward to spending a night at a bar with Sue…
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Walmart
often sells normal 99 cent items for 97 cents or perhaps 94 cents.
FYI
by jxmetal1 on Jun 18, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
out of line.
and I suspect you know that.
I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.
by drewishdrewid on Jun 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"king of bitching" is way out of line too..I know you know that
by cubsnlinux on Jun 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if the shoe fits
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, it fits
and it should fit right up linux’s keester.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
too bad he can hide behind his computer screen
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop bitching and I'll
leave you alone. If not be prepared.
by sue369 on Jun 18, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
right behind ya
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'VE GOT A CHANGE....
Hows about we send this entire roster to Iowa and bring the entire Iowa roster up?
Can they do worse??
by CubfaninRaleigh(869milestoWrigley) on Jun 18, 2009 3:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cotts is on that roster
can we leave him down there?
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've actually thought about that
just bring up the whole Iowa Cubs
by Pre on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As a product of our fair state to the west myself...
… i wholly endorse this idea.
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by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
isn't neal cotts in iowa
so yes, it could be worse
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
75 rbis
might be enough to be Cubs team leader when this season is in the books
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
somebody will need to get really hot
to pull that off
Just say no to players named Aaron on the Cubs.
by nji232 on Jun 18, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The real Cub killer
is the most worthless batting order I have seen in my 38 years as a Cub fan. Even in the worst of times we had someone who at least could jack a homer from time to time or get a clutch hit. Now we have nothing in the middle but beaten down double play machines that get all their hits with 2 outs and nobody on.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
reminds me of Jacque Jones lol
Albert Pujols for Cubs Starting 1B in 2011
by heine41 on Jun 18, 2009 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
Its hard to see how we won 97 games last year. I feel like Edmonds contributed more than people give him credit for.
by PieFan08 on Jun 18, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He did and we got career years out of Soto and DeRo
and Fonty and Riot were much better.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we won 97 games last year because they weren't hitting like this
Soto was busy winning rookie of the year, Soriano was hitting .290 and blasting homers, ARAM was here, Theriot was hitting over .300, DeRosa was here,
by WanderingWanderer on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One Positive
At least Milton is getting on base today
by PieFan08 on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
how many weak ground balls can a team hit ? Unbelievable
by Southside Steve on Jun 18, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well
Despite the assertions of some that this team “will hit” because of it’s track record, the reality is that it could hit those weak ground balls all season long. When you have a team filled with guys whose decline is being seen daily, that’s what you’re going to get.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not enough, apparently.
This team is bringing the dead-ball era back.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least the painfully awkward 7th inning booth interviews with the stretch singer
are so much shorter this season since we go 1-2-3.
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bring back Mr. T!
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by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Afternoon Everyone
Glad to see all the positive vibes going on here.
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Jun 18, 2009 3:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
After your third waterboarding....
…..the drowning tends to ruin your mood.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
absolutely
There is nothing positive about this team right now.
by PieFan08 on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For six weeks
There hasn’t been anything positive going on with this team. And unless significant changes are made, it very well could be another 12 weeks.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the starting pitching is the only good thing
only
by jesus christos on Jun 18, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Until that HR the pitching was good.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can't seriously expect perfect games.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Our offense only requires shutouts to win.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
3 runs in 7 innings is a fine pitching performance
by PieFan08 on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep...for teams with lineups that score runs.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fine enough to get an L
Sometimes it takes a herculean effort to break out of a slump.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
respectfully disagree
there are 5-6 SPs pitching their hearts out right now
by 12to23to17 on Jun 18, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
See the word team
This is a team game. Team wins and losses are the only numbers that matter. Team wise, this team has had exactly zero going right. Individual performances aside, team wise, nothing, absolutely nothing, is going right.
Who needs a stinkin' tag line? What are they for anyway?
by krummy12 on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, pitching.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just good enough to keep it close
not good enough to shut them down.
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what good pitching does.
Just keep complaining about the offense. You have a case there. Leave the pitchers alone.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
when was our last complete game shutout?
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How many of those have been thrown
in baseball this season?
by Not Bruce Froemming on Jun 18, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I don't throw compliements to a pitcher who turned a tie game into a two run deficit
Sorry
"He can't hit, he can't field, he can't run—all he can do is beat you."
by Itchy on Jun 18, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've completely lost the plot.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scrolled through this thread before sying hi and all I can say is
Yeeesh
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well...
it aint unicorns and rainbows ’round here lately…
by 12to23to17 on Jun 18, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, come on guys!
Why all the grumpy gusses! Let’s think POSITIVE or I’ll write an email to Al complaining about all the negativity!
(not aimed at you, CC!)
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by D98 on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marmol in to pitch.
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
by Trey2317 on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i wish the Cubs had a unicorn
in the lineup
by BeltwayCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Passed ball.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Passed Ball
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
by StevenABQ on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I believe
Theriot need to hit first, Lee or Bradley 2nd and the other 3rd, then who gives a crap after that.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's ridiculous that this team FORCES the pitching staff you throw a shutout EVERY GAME to win.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we need to get blown out
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by tony412 on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously...if we we're losing 8-1 and 12-2 for the past 6 weeks....
SOMETHING would have been done by now to try and fix it. The 1 and 2 run losses just keep Hendry and Lou hoping things will change.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny thing you mention that...
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A shut-out might go into extra innings.
Remember, we can’t score runs.
Cubs record since April 2004: 4-0
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
true, but if you maintain the shutout, the other team will eventually give up a run
Oh, and 4-1 Sox…
by rrtycoon2 on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would it be so bad to be sellers at the deadline?
This team needs to make some substantial moves. Ideally, one of the unholy axis of Fukudome and Soriano could be traded, along with a check for half of their remaining salaries. But that’s pretty unlikely.
Fukudome is now 0 for his last 21. That is sad.
He is 2 for his last 34. And it goes on like that, but I was too depressed to continue.
This roster, in its current construction, is toxic. It’s old, powerless, and unfathomably expensive.
Mr. Hendry has burned through the Tribune’s money at a ridiculous rate, and has compiled a 25-man roster which every single one of us who were willing to use their eyes could see was illogically constructed and doomed to fail.
For instance, what, exactly, in Milton Bradley’s history made Hendry think that Milton was a legitimate replacement for anyone, let alone a player worth 3 years and eight figures annually?
Maybe Seattle would take Dome, and a check for $12M, to be their new RF/4th OF after Griffey retires. If Dome is a Cub in 2010 I will be livid.
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by D98 on Jun 18, 2009 3:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dome to Seattle was my exact thought
Just please take him, all we need back is a bag of coffee.
by Cubsfan Waveland on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could use a cup right now.
Someday we'll go all the way...
by CubsBullsBears on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It just might happen if this continues to crash and burn.
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by dat cubfan daver on Jun 18, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Buy low / sell high.
Fukudome is now 0 for his last 21.
So what do you expect we’d get for him? Even IF we got somebody to take him, we’d still be paying his salary.
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by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In other words, it's not going to happen...
I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...
by Jimmyeatworld on Jun 18, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The goal...
….would be to minimiza just how much of that salary we eat.
Or perhaps we simply eat it for this year and get nothing in return.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Explain how that helps us this year...
… OR next.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Money can be exchanged for goods and services.
(/homer voice)
Under the situation I proposed, the Cubs send Fukudome to Seattle, along with $12M over the next 2 years, and receive nothing.
The Cubs previously owed Dome $24M. Now they owe him $12M over the next 2 years. They have now saved $12M, which can be invested in a new player. Ideally, one capable of playing at an MLB level.
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by D98 on Jun 18, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My asking price is this: Nothing.
Not even the 42 cent stamp with which I will personally mail Seattle the check for half of Dome’s salary.
The team needs a roster overhaul, and as much as I hate to say it, clearing $12M from Dome’s deal and eating the other 12 beats the absolute hell out of paying him the full 24.
They can then use the 12M they save toward a legitimate MLB player.
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by D98 on Jun 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's been my point.
Eat the salary this year , as absolutely needed to make the trades— seek only salary dump for compensation in the trades. Open up as much salary for next year as possible, and then reboot the lineup in the offseason.
"Bite my shiny metal ass!" -- Bender Bending Rodriguez
"Life is just one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead."
by The Jade Scorpion on Jun 18, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you think a salary dump affects us only for the next few months, you are wrong.
What you are proposing handcuffs this team for years to come. You want to dump multi-year players, we will be paying at least a portion of their contracts for years to come.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end"
by AndrewJStone on Jun 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The problem is that there is no money for next year
The Cubs are maxed. That was a huge point of contention in the Peavy deal. 2010 will not be kind to the Cubs if they can’t fill some holes through trades and call-ups.
by dr stabbingworth on Jun 18, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This team can't get better if its got millions invested in paying players on other teams.
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