MacPhail: Deal is dead (p. 297), stop posting, go outside

[CuseCubFan69]

Just wanted to add that "Roberts has been pulled from todays game". They are saying it is due to his back. :wink: Let the fun begin........

 

do you actually know something, or are you just adding fuel to the fire?

 

Brian Roberts has been scratched from Tuesday's game because of a sore back.

Every move Roberts makes at this point is met with trade speculation, but this injury sounds legitimate. The Baltimore Sun reports that "Roberts' back flared up and he received an injection to ease the pain," noting that he's expected to miss two games.

 

So he has a back injury? That should attract Hendry to him even more!

[brinoch]

They're going to wait until tomorrow for the trade because they don't want to distract the media from news about Roberts' back.

[C.C.]

Well that's gotta hurt his trade value. I'd laugh if he has back issues that make him untradable. It would serve PA right for dragging his feet on this...

[justlikethecubs]

Well that's gotta hurt his trade value. I'd laugh if he has back issues that make him untradable. It would serve PA right for dragging his feet on this...

 

His back is hurting because he realizes he might have to carry the Orioles all year long if he isn't traded.

[wvcbxl]

Just wanted to add that "Roberts has been pulled from todays game". They are saying it is due to his back. :wink: Let the fun begin........

 

This is too funny.

I'm beginning to think all this is an elaborate prank by both teams at the expense of NSBB and OH. :rotfl:

[Ding Dong Johnson]

he threw his back out humping your mom

[Outshined_One]

he threw his back out humping your mom

 

Considering Brian Roberts is my father, this comes as little surprise to me.

[chopsx9]

he threw his back out humping your mom

 

That's probably right. He WAS next in line!

[Tyrant]

Good deal. Glad this is on hold. Now let's concentrate on baseball.

 

Doesn't Brian Roberts play baseball?

[Post Count Padder]

he threw his back out humping your mom

zing

[Clem Fandango]

he threw his back out humping your mom

 

Nooch

[17 Seconds]

By the way, Bruce Levine said today that talks are in no way off and that the 2 teams are making a final push to try and get a trade done.

[JWCUB]

By the way, Bruce Levine said today that talks are in no way off and that the 2 teams are making a final push to try and get a trade done.

 

Does anyone else think now that we signed Johnson, that Hendry may add Pie to this thing, and pull back some others?

[brinoch]

And... we rinse and repeat the cycle.

[David]

By the way, Bruce Levine said today that talks are in no way off and that the 2 teams are making a final push to try and get a trade done.

 

Does anyone else think now that we signed Johnson, that Hendry may add Pie to this thing, and pull back some others?

 

I highly doubt that they would consider Johnson a viable full time CF. If they had gotten Crisp, I could see that scenario play out.

[RedFlash]

By the way, Bruce Levine said today that talks are in no way off and that the 2 teams are making a final push to try and get a trade done.

 

Does anyone else think now that we signed Johnson, that Hendry may add Pie to this thing, and pull back some others?

 

I highly doubt that they would consider Johnson a viable full time CF. If they had gotten Crisp, I could see that scenario play out.

 

I could see Hendry doing that, and going with a Fuld/Johnson platoon in CF. I didn't say it was smart, I just said I could see it.

[BigbadB]

By the way, Bruce Levine said today that talks are in no way off and that the 2 teams are making a final push to try and get a trade done.

 

Does anyone else think now that we signed Johnson, that Hendry may add Pie to this thing, and pull back some others?

 

No, I don't see it. Also, with Reed Johnson on board, it looks like we won't have to take Jay Payton anymore. If I had to guess, Murton and Cedeno is 2/3 or 1/2 of the package that would end up going to Baltimore.

[ConstableRabbit]

By the way, Bruce Levine said today that talks are in no way off and that the 2 teams are making a final push to try and get a trade done.

 

Does anyone else think now that we signed Johnson, that Hendry may add Pie to this thing, and pull back some others?

 

No, I don't see it. Also, with Reed Johnson on board, it looks like we won't have to take Jay Payton anymore. If I had to guess, Murton and Cedeno is 2/3 or 1/2 of the package that would end up going to Baltimore.

That's more like what I was thinking...

[anabiono]

i really have to stop reading this thread...having derosa as our possible starting SS is too much of an awesome thing to continue to speculate upon...

 

friggin orioles

[ConstableRabbit]

i really have to stop reading this thread...having derosa as our possible starting SS is too much of an awesome thing to continue to speculate upon...

 

friggin orioles

Is this pure speculation on your part or did you read it somewhere... I brought this up a while ago and was shot down because of DeRosa's suspect range at SS. I'd love it if the Cubs were to give him a shot there, but I haven't heard it discussed anywhere but this board.

[RedFlash]

i really have to stop reading this thread...having derosa as our possible starting SS is too much of an awesome thing to continue to speculate upon...

 

friggin orioles

Is this pure speculation on your part or did you read it somewhere... I brought this up a while ago and was shot down because of DeRosa's suspect range at SS. I'd love it if the Cubs were to give him a shot there, but I haven't heard it discussed anywhere but this board.

 

Buster Olney had a blog up about a few days ago, and in it, he speculates that if the Cubs do eventually complete a Brian Roberts trade, that DeRo wants to compete for the SS job. And if this is true, this Roberts trade is no longer about is Roberts an upgrade over DeRo, but more about Roberts being a significant upgrade of Theriot. So the possibility is real that DeRo could play SS, if Roberts deal is completed.

[Post Count Padder]

i really have to stop reading this thread...having derosa as our possible starting SS is too much of an awesome thing to continue to speculate upon...

 

friggin orioles

Is this pure speculation on your part or did you read it somewhere... I brought this up a while ago and was shot down because of DeRosa's suspect range at SS. I'd love it if the Cubs were to give him a shot there, but I haven't heard it discussed anywhere but this board.

 

Buster Olney had a blog up about a few days ago, and in it, he speculates that if the Cubs do eventually complete a Brian Roberts trade, that DeRo wants to compete for the SS job. And if this is true, this Roberts trade is no longer about is Roberts an upgrade over DeRo, but more about Roberts being a significant upgrade of Theriot. So the possibility is real that DeRo could play SS, if Roberts deal is completed.

But has DeRosa taken grounders at SS? What would he be like there?

[JGalt73]

Christina Kahrl weighs in on Roberts...

 

TGisriel (Baltimore): Do you think the O's and the Cubs will complete a trade for Brian Roberts?

 

Christina Kahrl: It seems pretty dodgy to me, in part because I don't believe Roberts is an absolute necessity for the Cubs, whereas it's very much in the Orioles' interest to just get it done if it involves anything like the packages that have been discussed publicly.

[Vanilla Ice]

This is almost Sparta

[nolanwood]

Roberts

Fukudome

Lee

Aram

Soriano

Dero

Soto

Pie

Pitcher

 

If the scenario played out, when would be the last time we had a starting lineup that good?