Why doesnt Hendry finally trade for Brian Roberts once and for all!!!!!!
by CubbieBrian on Jun 18, 2009 1:53 PM CDT
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Peavy!
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Bonds!
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 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Pete Rose to manage!
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Rich Corinthean Leather!
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 18, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
MILTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Jun 18, 2009 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions
DONUTS!!!
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by digitalbenjamin on Jun 19, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
KHAN!!!
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bueller.....bueller.....
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Where's the beef?
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 20, 2009 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
I was just thinking about that...
With Blanco up and playing second base so much, I thought maybe they were showcasing for a trade. You may be onto something..
by DisCUBbobulated on Jun 18, 2009 2:03 PM CDT reply actions
all depends on the details
but i disagree with the ‘window’ thing.
astros are a mess.
pujols wants to leave the cardinals.
dusty’s running cinci’s arms into the ground.
pirates are still pittsburgh.
brewers are successful cuz the division sucks.
focus on developing players. teach the fundamentals.
if we don’t do that, the window is locked anyway.
i’m wondering if i would be okay with signing pedro for a year for cheap and trading harden for prospects.
FanPost Mad Libs Day?
The Cubs should acquire ___________ (pronoun) from the Baltimore Orioles for Sean Marshall, __________ (pronoun), ____________ (pronoun)
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 2:20 PM CDT reply actions
ahhh yes...
keys moving faster than mind
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 18, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
we did
but they didn’t teach us to be infallible
what school did you go to, that i can learn to be perfect?
by DartmouthCubsFan on Jun 19, 2009 6:30 AM CDT up reply actions
I think you meant "where" with no comma!
just giving you a hard time, we all make mistakes!
actually, he(e) he(e) he(e) is an appropriate response to the original...
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 18, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Mad Lib
Brian Roberts for Sean Marshall, Jake Fox, and Andres Blanco
I seriously wonder.
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 18, 2009 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a commercial from the 70's or 80's
I had to look up skippyjohn . . . now I have gift ideas for my niece and nephews — thanks!
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 19, 2009 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions
The Orioles liked...
him enough to sign him to an extension, fully aware that 1) they’d stink this year, and 2) they would be paying him well into his decline phase. He signed it.
They’re happy together; let it go.
Pirates did that
With Nate McClouth didn’t they? You never know what they’re thinking sometimes.
The orioles are desperate for pitching
We have a surplus of it. It’s plausible. Randy Wells might be in their future. Or Harden
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Please not Wells
He could be good for a long time, and I’d hate to watch us trade guy like that and then regret it for the next decade.
by chitownhawkeye on Jun 18, 2009 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Everyone said that about Prior
when he was involved in a trade to get Miguel Tejada, but look how that ended up. Go for Roberts if he is availible
by CubbieBrian on Jun 18, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
And Wells has pretty much come out of nowhere, I dont think he can be counted on long term, at least not yet
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Desperate?
What about Chris Tillman, Brian Matsuz, Jake Arrieta, David Hernandez, and Troy Patton?
They have some of the best young pitching at AA and AAA…
100 years would have been nice, but 101 years still has a nice ring to it.
Arrieta looked solid the other night
I saw him when he came through Indianapolis. 96-94 consistently with some sick off-speed pitches.
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
who did they get in the draft this year?
St. Louis relievers... defying win expectancy since 2008
http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/
by vivaelpujols on Jun 20, 2009 2:15 AM CDT up reply actions
As much as I wanted this guy going into the previous
season or 2, I’d much rather see the Cubs try to pluck DeRo back from the Tribe; thinking they could help their own cause by hammering them this weekend. The way they’re not hitting – like Al’s gameday thread about Z having to throw a goose-egg and hit a HR – it doesn’t seem too likely.
DeRo is far cheaper (ownership BS) and far more versatile than B-Rob.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
Contradiction in Terms?
So it seems in order for the Cubs to convince the Tribe to trade DeRosa is to score a lot of runs against them this weekend, thereby proving the Cubs don’t need DeRo to score runs.
by CubbieFaninOhio on Jun 19, 2009 7:07 AM CDT up reply actions
A better solution is...
… to beat them 1-0 every day.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Roberts has 47 RBI's...
That’s 19 more than the Cubs’ team leader. So the freaking Baltimore Oriole’s second baseman has more RBI’s than Soriano, Lee, Ramirez, Bradley, Soto, Fukudome… God what a disgusting offense this year.
Don't forget to add that
not only is it the Baltimore Oriole’s second baseman with more RBI’s, but its also the Baltimore Orioles lead off hitter as well. Its not like he’s their cleanup hitter or somewhere else in the middle of the lineup, but their freakin lead off hitter!
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I'd say both
followed by heavy drinking.
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
But remember
AL has a DH so it’s not like a pitcher is in front of him.
Regardless he wouldn’t have those many RBI’s as a cub. Everyone else would have to hit for that to happen.
All kidding aside, had we traded for him last year, it would have worked out well for the Cubs this year. We wouldn’t be complaining as much about a DeRosa trade.
$$$$$$$$$$
Its all about the money, something we (cubs) don’t have right now….
The Cubs that squeeze $$$$ out of us
every which way they can, with fans all over the world don’t have any money? I don’t buy that.
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by tony412 on Jun 18, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That is, hands down, the worst mispelling of Samardzija that I've ever seen.
I look forward to your inevitable Jake Peavy post.
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Not going to happen
Brian Roberts is a favorite of Peter Angelos, doesn’t fit the Cub payroll situation, and Andy McPhail would want a mountain of top shelf talent in return even if he were so inclined to trade him.
I would think Josh Vitters would have to be a name included to even get a whiff of Baltimore’s attention.
You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little messed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
O's won't trade Roberts now
Maybe two years ago or even last year not this year. They have a good young team in progress. Wieters, Roberts, Jones, Reimhold and Markakis. They will most likely have 3 pitchers start minor league All-Star games this year in Low A, High A and Double A.
O’s are finally going in the right direction, unfortunately they play in the AL East.
"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"
Right, but Roberts isnt young
And by the time all those guys are approaching their primes, Roberts will be really on the downslide.
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
Roberts is 31
won’t turn 32 until October. All those players are starting now. Yes the staff will be at least two years away, but Roberts is still at a decent age.
"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"
Right, but I dont think the O's are that close
especially given that division….one would think that theyd start competing for real when Markakis is at his peak and reimold/weiters/jones are starting to “get it” then they’d be real dangerous, but Roberts could be 34 by the time that happens, and how much of a difference will a second baseman make anyway? They shouldve dealt him for some complimentary parts to their core when they had the chance, which they still do.
Im not familiar enough with the O’s to say what small parts they might be missing, theyre obviously set in the OF and behind the dish…perhaps they need a closer?
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
zzzzz
If you want Brian Roberts then be prepared to dangle something like Josh Vitters and Sean Marshall to even get Andy McPhail to take the call. While I understand it is foreign concept to a lot of Cub fans, the Baltimore Orioles don’t exist for the pleasure of trading us their top flight talent for the equivalent of a bag of magic beans.
In fact, the future of the Orioles looks distinctly more promising than that of the Cubs. A great nucleus of young talent with pitching quality in the pipeline.
You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little messed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
Thats the most interesting spelling of Samardzjia Ive seen yet
bang up job
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
i thought we were sending them
a case of obcsure foreign liquor
HA HA
That made me laugh out loud in my office. Good thing everyone has pretty much left for the day.
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Laughing strictly prohibited at the place of work.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Jun 19, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm an accountant
So yeah – they would probably think I was going nuts.
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
This is June 18, 2009, isn't it?
I could have swore it was November 1, 2007.
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People, for the millionth time
ALFONSO SORIANO WILL NEVER BE MOVED DOWN!!!!!!! It will never happen. BRob would bat second if that move was made.
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by wrigleyrocker12 on Jun 18, 2009 5:58 PM CDT reply actions
excellent post
I was just that thinking the original did not have enough exclamation points in his post. Way to show him how it is done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WhistlerWilliams
by WhistlerWilliams on Jun 18, 2009 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions
nobody cares
about your fantasy baseball team.
Seriously? You think Randy Wells would get Brian Roberts?
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.
Dude, he's been great this year!
St. Louis relievers... defying win expectancy since 2008
http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/
by vivaelpujols on Jun 20, 2009 2:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Harden?
Hell, I’d trade Harden, Miles, Blanco, Bradley, Heilman, Cotts, Patton and Scales for Roberts. I wonder if MacPhail would go for that…
Andy R.
by WindisBlowingOut! on Jun 18, 2009 7:49 PM CDT reply actions
Why would he take a whole bunch of shit?
He might want pieces from that trade but he wouldn’t take it all.
Get Peavy already! I want my #44 jersey!
I have a feeling
this is a case of exaggerated sarcasm, but I could be wrong.
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
You may be right.
Or it could just be a dumb comment. I could also be wrong.
Get Peavy already! I want my #44 jersey!
Precisely
Certain Cub fans hold the fervent belief that other teams across baseball can’t wait to trade us their top flight talent in exchange for mass quantities of crap.
You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little messed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
The key is quantity
We can unload all the crap in one fell swoop and they’ll be blinded by the sheer number of players we’re offering.
It can’t fail!
/sarcasm
by chitownhawkeye on Jun 19, 2009 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd rather snag Markakis.
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
"Snag" Markakis???
Well, I’d imagine you’d have to dangle something like Carlos Zambrano and other considerations. Are you ready to do that?
You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little messed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
I don't think he was serious....
But you clearly are.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Jun 19, 2009 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Id give up Z for Markakis
in a heart beat
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
They wouldn't take Zambrano for Markasis
Z is signed to a shorter, more expensive contract. Plus, he has shown some pretty disturbing trends that past few years. He is now the definition of an average starter.
St. Louis relievers... defying win expectancy since 2008
http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/
by vivaelpujols on Jun 20, 2009 2:18 AM CDT up reply actions
I thought
your title was “…once and for Al”
That would’ve been funnier.
DEJESUS!!!
Does WLS-TV have a softball team?
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 18, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, he'd be someone to build one around
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 19, 2009 8:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Maybe we could start a team and get Peavy, too.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
If Miles doesn't get released, I'll play 3B
Hell, even if he does . . . .
I keed, I keed. Kind of.
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Jun 19, 2009 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Paragraph Break . . . Paging Mr. Paragraph Break
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
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by Shanghai Badger on Jun 18, 2009 11:21 PM CDT reply actions
This deal should have been done...
…two years ago. Now, the window for this has passed and Hendry has emptied the vault in other areas.
"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel
window
i agree the window for this team getting to the world series is coming to an end.just as the wood/ prior era came to an end we might soon see an end to the lee/ramirez era. this was the best team we have had since durochers cubs in terms of longevity.players usually dont stay with the same team for 6 or 7 ears anymore. that said if last years team could not get it done i really doubt this team will. seriously.
by NOMAR on Jun 19, 2009 10:40 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Oh heck yes!
rec’d
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