Macias DFA

[maandig]

I'd kill to be in your shoes right now, BTW. You still have money to spend and you've signed Pierre, Howry, and Eyre and re-signed Perez and Rusch. We've signed a backup catcher in Bennett and a backup utility guy in Cruz. Rumor has it we also have only 10 mil left to sign a 2nd baseman, LF, RF, and a fully retooled bullpen.

 

Cry me a river.

 

Well, luckily, the Cardinals may now pursue Jose Macias to add to their impressive collection of free agent acquisitions. Macias would be a great complement to the Deivi Cruz signing.

 

Regardless of everything that people are ripping him for, and valued as little as it is here, Macias was a great teammate, and was one of the nicest guys to put on a Cubs uniform. Nevertheless, while I am sad that Macias won't be around to sign autographs for anybody who wants them from him, I will never forgive him for August 21, 2004. That loss was just one of the crushing collapses the Cubs suffered in 04. After what Barrett did to get the Cubs the lead and the resilience the team showed in the eighth and ninth against Lidge, in the bottom of the ninth Macias proved that they were destined to fall short -- and fall short in horrific fashion --with LaTroy twisting the dagger shortly thereafter.... so many bad memories.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=240821118

[cubbyvirus00]

The most crushing defeat for me, was when Hawkins threw the ball into the stands at Wrigley in the ninth.

[Chris]

Yeah, there are all sorts of uses for .185 pinch hitters

 

starting pitcher, relief pitcher...

 

Z laughs at the .185 average!

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'd like to applaud the title of this thread by the way...short and sweet "Macias DFA" brings so much happiness to so many people. :D

 

Vance, can we get Rubby to come and sing a song in remembrance of Macias's Cubs tenure?

 

Rubby sends this song:

 

A todos los duendecillos que he adorado antes Que viajó en y fuera mi puerta yo estoy contento que ellos

vinieron dedico esta canción A todos los duendecillos que he adorado antes A todos los duendecillos yo

acaricié una vez Y puedo digo que he tenido el mejor Para me ayudar a crecer debo mucho sé A todos los

duendecillos de que he adorado antes de Los vientos cada vez yo trato de permanecer Los vientos del cambio

siguen soplando Y ellos acaban de me llevar lejos A todos los duendecillos que compartieron mi batea Quién

ahora es otra persona rameras yo estoy contento que ellos vinieron dedico esta canción A todos los

duendecillos que he adorado antes A todos los duendecillos que me cuidaron de Que llené mis noches con la

éxtasis que Ellos viven dentro del corazón que haré la parte De todas las chicas que he adorado antes Los

vientos del cambio siempre soplan Y cada vez yo trato de permanecer Los vientos del cambio siguen soplando Y

ellos acaban de me llevar lejos A todos los duendecillos que hemos adorado antes Que viajó en y fuera nuestras

puertas Nosotros Estamos contentos que ellos vinieron dedicamos esta canción A todos los duendecillos que

hemos adorado antes A todo el Quién viajó en y fuera nuestras puertas Nosotros Estamos contentos que ellos

vinieron dedicamos esta canción A todos los duendecillos que hemos adorado antes

[cjbucks]

The most crushing defeat for me, was when Hawkins threw the ball into the stands at Wrigley in the ninth.

 

Excuse me gentlemen but this is supposed to be a happy thread - lets put those smiley faces back on :D :lol: :P

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I just realized with this move that I could move one step closer to curing my profanity habit.

[Drew Doughty]

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[cjbucks]

I just realized with this move that I could move one step closer to curing my profanity habit.

 

There goes Jose again - changing lives - his dfa has brought so much joy to the world!

[jjgman21]

Man, I wanted Macias gone but now I really feel bad for the guy. I hope he find a job somewhere.

 

I hope he accepts the assignment and goes to Iowa. It's not like he'll ever be re-rostered, and maybe he can pass some useful ML info to someone, or turn into a good coach. He seemed like a good teamate, and players that suck but try usually make good coaches.

 

If he doesn't catch on somewhere, he's made a couple million. So it's hard for me to feel too sorry for him.

 

if jose became a manager, do you think he would use jose or someone with jose's skill set, as the number one pinch hitter off the bench?

 

someone said that he did some spazz dance with the latin players. I saw him keeping everyone loose. on a few occasions I saw him and Prior horseplaying in the dugout on cutaways. he did seem like a very good teammate. with that said, thank gawd. it's about fricken time.

[fallingpieces]

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[cubbyvirus00]

This just in:

 

 

The Chicago Cubs have resigned Jose Macias to a 5 year contract to serve as the permanent bat boy.

[maandig]

The most crushing defeat for me, was when Hawkins threw the ball into the stands at Wrigley in the ninth.

 

Excuse me gentlemen but this is supposed to be a happy thread - lets put those smiley faces back on :D :lol: :P

 

A smiley face will come back to me as soon as I can exorcise the demons of the last two seasons. And the Hawkins ball into the stands doesn't even make my top ten. But three that are on par with Macias' error in the ninth at Enron were all ones in which I was in the stands for: Borowski and Hawkins blowing back-to-back saves on home runs from Rob Mackowiak in both ends of a doubleheader at PNC park on May 28, 2004 and LaTroy giving up a two out, two strike, three run home run to right field against Victor Freaking Diaz on September 25, 2004, after the Cubs had shutout the Mets for 8 1/3 innings (watching them lose the next day 3-2 as Moises Alou decided not to swing at one pitch from Al Leiter with the bases load in the fifth inning was also a lot of fun).

 

And what makes me happy? The thought that none of these guys are on the 2006 edition of the Chicago Cubs.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

:cry:

[cubbyvirus00]

The most crushing defeat for me, was when Hawkins threw the ball into the stands at Wrigley in the ninth.

 

Excuse me gentlemen but this is supposed to be a happy thread - lets put those smiley faces back on :D :lol: :P

 

A smiley face will come back to me as soon as I can exorcise the demons of the last two seasons. And the Hawkins ball into the stands doesn't even make my top ten. But three that are on par with Macias' error in the ninth at Enron were all ones in which I was in the stands for: Borowski and Hawkins blowing back-to-back saves on home runs from Rob Mackowiak in both ends of a doubleheader at PNC park on May 28, 2004 and LaTroy giving up a two out, two strike, three run home run to right field against Victor Freaking Diaz on September 25, 2004, after the Cubs had shutout the Mets for 8 1/3 innings (watching them lose the next day 3-2 as Moises Alou decided not to swing at one pitch from Al Leiter with the bases load in the fifth inning was also a lot of fun).

 

And what makes me happy? The thought that none of these guys are on the 2006 edition of the Chicago Cubs.

 

The Macias error was bad, but the loss when Hawkins threw the ball in the stands destroyed me. I literally put a hole in the wall. I knew he'd blow it, but throwing the ball in the stands is the most unlikeliest way of losing.

[ltb]

The Macias error was bad, but the loss when Hawkins threw the ball in the stands destroyed me. I literally put a hole in the wall. I knew he'd blow it, but throwing the ball in the stands is the most unlikeliest way of losing.

 

good to know i'm not the only person who physically damaged something when that happened.

 

i shattered a glass at a bar. oops.

[Careless]

I just realized with this move that I could move one step closer to curing my profanity habit.

And tomorrow you'll get news of a trade that will remind you of the saying "1 step forward, 2 steps back"

[Andy]

The Macias error was bad, but the loss when Hawkins threw the ball in the stands destroyed me. I literally put a hole in the wall. I knew he'd blow it, but throwing the ball in the stands is the most unlikeliest way of losing.

 

good to know i'm not the only person who physically damaged something when that happened.

 

i shattered a glass at a bar. oops.

Thankfully, that happened to be the day I came home from my first year of college, so I missed that game.

[WrigleyField 22]

This is the happiest day of my life.

[NorthsideAvenger]

:(

 

I love being in the minority, but I am actually going to miss Macias, I thought he wasn't as bad as people say he was. If Baker would had kept him in the 7th/8th spot in the lineup, when Macias was schedule to play. Macias would have been fine.

 

Good luck to you, Mr. Macias.

 

LETS HANG THE BLASPHEMER!

 

(Looks to the left....Looks to the right).....Who me? Don't you know who I am, son....I AM Macias's agent, and I have to protect the interests of my client.....nah....just kidding, who wants to be a dirty agent.

 

And to get M&P to "not talk" to me....brings a :lol: to my face.

[XZero771679666304]

Jose Macias - 3B - Cubs

 

 

Cubs designated infielder-outfielder Jose Macias for assignment.

Definitely one of the game's most overdue transactions. Macias, 34, is a career .256/.298/.371 hitter. He hit .254/.274/.316 in 177 AB for the Cubs last season. Dec. 8 - 1:52 am et

[NCCubFan]

Ding dong the witch gremlin is dead!

 

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[NCCubFan]

So this is Christmas?

and what have you done?

you've dumped Macias

who hit .191

 

 

:santa:

 

Very,very nice John Lennon reference :D :D

Especially appropriate considering that tomorrow (actually today, now) is the 25th anniversary of Lennon's death.

[Marco4]

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Happy Happy Joy Joy.

 

 

Now I'm late for work.

[frostwyrm]

I may never get another chance to use this image again. :cry:

 

http://www.butterfatmastermind.com/auctions/images/sempron/macias.gif

[ConstableRabbit]

I may never get another chance to use this image again. :cry:

 

http://www.butterfatmastermind.com/auctions/images/sempron/macias.gif

 

I remember almost falling over when you first put that up.

 

You should keep it.. for memory's sake :lol: