The latest on Woody (from da Muskat)

[Bote McBoteface]

^lol

[TrueBlueCubFan]

Cubs GM Jim Hendry said he anticipates that Kerry Wood will make at least 30 starts this season.

Wood had shoulder surgery on Aug. 31. He's currently long tossing from 100 feet as he works his way back. "Dr. (Timothy) Kremchek was very happy with the shoulder in his two or three checkups with Woody throughout the winter," Hendry said. A decision on when Wood will first throw off a mound could come next week. Feb. 15 - 2:14 pm et

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Hendry must be assuming we're going to the WS.

[Andy]

I doubt there is more than one person who is honestly expecting 30 starts from Kerry, including Hendry himself.

[badger1679666666]

"I think once he's off the mound a few times and faces some hitters and doesn't have setbacks, we'll have a better timetable," Rothschild said. "In my mind, I figured we weren't going to start the season with him. I've thought that all winter."

 

Then why in the mother#%#$@%$#@ hell was he not shelved earlier?

 

 

"Whenever we get [Wood] back, it'll be like making a trade and getting a player," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday. "Our main thing is to try not to rush Kerry, and hopefully he's ready when we need him.

 

"I'm counting on him," Baker said. "I just don't know when we're counting on him. At the same time, you dont want to rush him and have a setback."

 

They say the same damn things every year.

[Omar]

How did Perez "save" the Cubs in 2005 (see Feb. 6 mailbag)? For starters, the team finished in fourth place, so I'd say they were more dead in the water than saved. More specifically, Neifi stepped in when Nomar Garciaparra got hurt but he hurt the team with his play more than anything else. The Cubs went into this off-season targeting good top of the order players because they were among the worst in baseball at the top of the order. Perez had the bulk of his at-bats at the top of the order. On offense, he was near the worst shortstop in all of baseball. Defensively, he is solid, but so was Jeromy Burnitz in right field. If anything, Neifi was lucky to get so many ABs -- he was in the right place at the right time.

-- Brent E., Bloomington, Ind.

 

OK, Perez didn't hit .350 with 30 homers and last year wasn't a fabulous season. Yes, he ranked third in the National League by grounding into 22 double plays. He also hit .280 in the No. 2 spot in the order, and was second in the NL in fielding percentage. Just imagine where they would have been without a guy who gave them competence at shortstop after Garciaparra went down. In other words, Perez wasn't the worst of the Cubs' problems.

 

Her writing is the type I'd expect from a beat writer covering a college sports team. College beat writers are instructed to do their best in terms of being overly critical and putting down a student-athlete. They are not professionals and sports is not their livelyhood. This lady is writing for the Cubs and is so defensive when it comes to this team. These guys are athletes paid millions to perform at a high level in MLB.

 

Just imagine where they would have been with Ronny Cedeno, or Nomar, or Perez. Yep, I know, probably 4th place.

 

I know she's a beat writer for the Cubs, but does she have to be so radical about it?