JH on XM

[Yeti]

Jim will be on the show with keneddy and dibbs today, i will try to summarize, but may be out of the house when he makes it on

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

JH looks like he came to ST in better shape this year. :lol:

[LoneStarCubFan]

He's scheduled to be on in the 2:30 segment.

[LoneStarCubFan]

He's on now.

 

Won't put a date on Prior's return.

 

Happy where we are now. Kerry's throwing well. Happy we brought Miller in. Had some young guys we brought in step up. Marshall put himself in position to make club. Guzman throwing well, probably won't break with club.

 

maddux in great shape. Zambrano throwing well.

 

Kennedy: Is it time for media to focus on young guys and not on Prior and Wood?

 

Hendry: I've been telling our guys, who ever heard of Zach Duke? Why can't we do that? We've got prospects everybody wants, Marshall, Guzman, Hill. Let's just go out and pitch.

[Yeti]

yada yada yada is right....standard line...cant make excuses about prior and wood, just gotta win

[Yeti]

on lee, same injury as last year, he recovered quickly then and seems to be now, swinging the bat well

[LoneStarCubFan]

Said Lee will probably "nick" his shoulder a few times because he dives for so many balls. Hendry isn't worried about him.

 

NOTE: This isn't a verbatim transcript.

[stitchface]

marshall has made the team IMO

[Yeti]

Jim wants Dusty back next year "badly"

[Soul]

Cookie cutter response to Hendry whenever he shows his face:

 

 

No, things are not O.K., Jim. You're heading for 4th place with bullet, you're bungling the greatest pitching windfall in Cubs history, you've squandered one of the greatest Cub teams ever assembled in 2004, and you've got precious little hope for the future.

[Yeti]

"feels fortunate" to get the 2 prospects we got for welly

[Yeti]

"looks like pagan will make the club"

[abuck1220]

odd that he said that marshall could make the club while guzman won't. does that mean marshall could be the long guy instead of ryu? i'd rather see marshall get starts in AA or AAA.

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

Jim wants Dusty back next year "badly"

 

*&$% !!!!! :evil:

[Yeti]

odd that he said that marshall could make the club while guzman won't. does that mean marshall could be the long guy instead of ryu? i'd rather see marshall get starts in AA or AAA.

he didnt really elaborate, the interview was short and generally just the same old generic answers to the same old questions, although ryu wasnt even mentioned i dont think

[UMFan83]

Zach Duke worked for the Pirates because they are perpetually not contending and can afford to throw pitchers on the fire and see if they pan out.

 

In the majority of instances, contending teams should not be in the business of having AA pitchers starting the season in the 5th starters role. Yet here we are.

 

That said, given the situation we are in, I am all for Marshall starting the season in the 5th spot.

[abuck1220]

odd that he said that marshall could make the club while guzman won't. does that mean marshall could be the long guy instead of ryu? i'd rather see marshall get starts in AA or AAA.

he didnt really elaborate, the interview was short and generally just the same old generic answers to the same old questions, although ryu wasnt even mentioned i dont think

 

yeah, i heard it. it just seemed weird that he specifically mentioned that marshall could make the club (as opposed to being called up on the 15th as the 5th starter) while specifically saying that guzman won't make the team out of camp.

 

and, no i don't think ryu was mentioned. he did say that he gets calls every day about gooz, hill, and marshall.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

and, no i don't think ryu was mentioned. he did say that he gets calls every day about gooz, hill, and marshall.

 

Maybe one of those Hill calls will turn into something pretty soon.

[Jon]

odd that he said that marshall could make the club while guzman won't. does that mean marshall could be the long guy instead of ryu? i'd rather see marshall get starts in AA or AAA.

I'm guessing/hoping he just meant that the #5 starter wouldn't break camp with the team period. They originally wanted Guzman, Marshall, and Hill to all pitch at either AA or AAA for a couple of weeks to win the job, so hopefully they realize just how bad of a decision putting the 5th starter in the bullpen would be.

[abuck1220]

 

In the majority of instances, contending teams should not be in the business of having AA pitchers starting the season in the 5th starters role. Yet here we are.

 

 

what's the alternative? woo kirk reuter out of retirement? regardless of whether a team is contending, i'd rather throw a guy out there who has the potential of being good than throw someone out there who you just hope doesn't suck to his fullest sucking potential.

 

i'd be happy w/ either hill or marshall.

[mhuber92211]

Cookie cutter response to Hendry whenever he shows his face:

 

 

No, things are not O.K., Jim. You're heading for 4th place with bullet, you're bungling the greatest pitching windfall in Cubs history, you've squandered one of the greatest Cub teams ever assembled in 2004, and you've got precious little hope for the future.

 

WOW. This is just an amazing negative post. I understand that there is a certain truth to some of these statements, but I can't agree with the absolutes in that post. This is not the greatest pitching windfall in Cubs history, and he didn't "squander" anything. He did what a GM is supposed to and set up a team for sucess. Unfortunately, it didn't happen but saying that Hendry is a bungling GM is far from the truth.

[abuck1220]

odd that he said that marshall could make the club while guzman won't. does that mean marshall could be the long guy instead of ryu? i'd rather see marshall get starts in AA or AAA.

I'm guessing/hoping he just meant that the #5 starter wouldn't break camp with the team period. They originally wanted Guzman, Marshall, and Hill to all pitch at either AA or AAA for a couple of weeks to win the job, so hopefully they realize just how bad of a decision putting the 5th starter in the bullpen would be.

 

that's what i though too. but when mentioning marshall he said he put himself in the position "to make the club." to me, that sounds like breaking camp w/ the team.

[wastra]

Cookie cutter response to Hendry whenever he shows his face:

 

 

No, things are not O.K., Jim. You're heading for 4th place with bullet, you're bungling the greatest pitching windfall in Cubs history, you've squandered one of the greatest Cub teams ever assembled in 2004, and you've got precious little hope for the future.

 

WOW. This is just an amazing negative post. I understand that there is a certain truth to some of these statements, but I can't agree with the absolutes in that post. This is not the greatest pitching windfall in Cubs history, and he didn't "squander" anything. He did what a GM is supposed to and set up a team for sucess. Unfortunately, it didn't happen but saying that Hendry is a bungling GM is far from the truth.

 

 

I think given our inability to field a consistant offense in the past 4 years despite one of the highest NL payrolls, have mightily bungled the 40 man roster on mutliple occassions that cost us blue-chip prospects, have produced, apparently, only one major league position player on our 25 man roster (unless Theriot makes it), and the fact that we have yet to capitalize on what should have been the best stretch of starting pitching we've had in back to back years or more in my lifetime is indeed grounds to say that Hendry may have bungled the job.

 

It's not just negativity to say that where the Cubs are as an organization is a major disappointment compared to where it was headed 3-4 years ago.

[UBlink]

...have mightily bungled the 40 man roster on mutliple occassions that cost us blue-chip prospects

 

Sisco and

[goonys evil twin]

odd that he said that marshall could make the club while guzman won't. does that mean marshall could be the long guy instead of ryu? i'd rather see marshall get starts in AA or AAA.

I'm guessing/hoping he just meant that the #5 starter wouldn't break camp with the team period. They originally wanted Guzman, Marshall, and Hill to all pitch at either AA or AAA for a couple of weeks to win the job, so hopefully they realize just how bad of a decision putting the 5th starter in the bullpen would be.

 

that's what i though too. but when mentioning marshall he said he put himself in the position "to make the club." to me, that sounds like breaking camp w/ the team.

 

Marshall going to the back of the bullpen would be really dumb. I'm assuming they are talking about the 5th starter's role (or possibly Williams' job) when they talk about breaking camp with the team.