5/15 - Fathers (Maddux) @ Cubs (Dempster) 1:20PM CSN & 720

[Magnetic Curses]

bruce thinks it's a low-risk move, mostly harmless. will everyone stop bitching about it now?

 

With all due respect to Bruce, I think even he would agree that people are allowed to have differing opinions about things. Now obviously he's more in the know, and might have some sort of knowledge about why Pie was never given a shot, or why Edmonds was better than his numbers in SD, but even then, this isn't a communist board where everyone is supposed to think alike.

 

no, i beg to differ. it is a communist board because we're all supposed to be meatballs and hate edmonds or get flamed.

 

Why does it make somebody a meatball to dislike bad baseball players on the Cubs?

 

meatballs don't hate edmonds because he's a bad baseball player.

 

like i said, the move is pointless at worst.

 

I don't know why, but calling people meatballs sounds so odd. Sounds like something someone would say in the 70's

 

no, it doesn't. it's just the best term for what they are.

 

i think characterizing it as "odd" is even more odd.

i thought it was "meatheads"

 

no, meatheads are jocks witout brains. meatballs are fans without brains.

[UMFan83]

bruce thinks it's a low-risk move, mostly harmless. will everyone stop bitching about it now?

 

No, because Bruce is wrong.

 

 

I could well be wrong. I've had to talk myself into living with it (like I have another choice). If it doesn't work, they'll just get rid of him.

 

 

No, you're right. It would only have been bad had it taken PT away from Pie. But since Felix wasn't getting any, it really doesn't make any difference.

 

But we don't need him and he is hated at least by a majority of Cubs fans. If this post makes me a "meatball" then so be it.

 

hating him for being jim edmonds makes you a meatball.

 

Yay! I actually don't mind that. I am stubborn in my ways. I don't like Jim Edmonds and I'm not afraid to admit it.

[David]

Leadoff single for Sori!

[Andy]

Fonzie is sizzling.

[erik316wttn]

Leadoff single for Soriano.

 

God, he sucks.

[Flames24Rulz]

Good start.

[erik316wttn]

bruce thinks it's a low-risk move, mostly harmless. will everyone stop bitching about it now?

 

No, because Bruce is wrong.

 

 

I could well be wrong. I've had to talk myself into living with it (like I have another choice). If it doesn't work, they'll just get rid of him.

 

 

No, you're right. It would only have been bad had it taken PT away from Pie. But since Felix wasn't getting any, it really doesn't make any difference.

 

But we don't need him and he is hated at least by a majority of Cubs fans. If this post makes me a "meatball" then so be it.

 

hating him for being jim edmonds makes you a meatball.

 

Yay! I actually don't mind that. I am stubborn in my ways. I don't like Jim Edmonds and I'm not afraid to admit it.

 

Preach it, brother!

[nick23]

And we have a bunch of shirtless "E-d-m-o-n-d-s" guys in the bleachers. boo.

Nothing left to do but support him at this point.

[BleacherBadger]

Whether you all like it or not, Edmonds is a Cub now. We cheer him.

 

Agreed. Team sport.

[erik316wttn]

And we have a bunch of shirtless "E-d-m-o-n-d-s" guys in the bleachers. boo.

Nothing left to do but support him at this point.

 

Edmonds might get distracted.

[Magnetic Curses]

bruce thinks it's a low-risk move, mostly harmless. will everyone stop bitching about it now?

It is low-risk performance-wise. That doesn't make it less stupid.

 

actually, it does. you see, low-risk means "little risk".

Tossing Felix Pie to the minor leagues when we know exactly what will happen with him down there is stupid. I don't care how little risk is involved.

 

well, then, to you, it's "high-risk".

 

The risk of screwing up the development of our #1 prospect by keeping him in AAA when he can't really benefit from it anymore far outweighs a few weeks of Jim Edmonds possibly being bad.

 

so, pie is going to get more screwed up playing everyday at iowa than by sitting everyday in chicago?

 

makes sense, i guess.

[erik316wttn]

Theriot GIDP.

[Flames24Rulz]

Thanks a lot, Theriot.

[VanceJergins]

Whether you all like it or not, Edmonds is a Cub now. We cheer him.

 

I do not

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'd like to see Edmonds bat twice in the 1st

[PrimeTime]

good job scrappy mcgritt

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'd like to see Edmonds bat twice in the 1st

thank you, Ryan Theriot

[Andy]

The Cubs one-up the Padres. 4 pitch inning.

[Careless]

Maddux scoffs at 9 pitch innings

[Guest]

Way to go, Riot.

[17 Seconds]

Derrek Lee is so bad right now.

[VanceJergins]

Yikes

[imb]

this padres lineup is a joke. This is 1990s Cubs bad. Jody Gerut! Paul McAnulty! Someone named Carlin! PADRES BASEBALL ON GAMECAST BECAUSE GOD KNOWS YOU ARENT WATCHING THIS CRAP ON TV

[Ding Dong Johnson]

and just like that, the side is retired on 4 pitches

[erik316wttn]

bruce thinks it's a low-risk move, mostly harmless. will everyone stop bitching about it now?

It is low-risk performance-wise. That doesn't make it less stupid.

 

actually, it does. you see, low-risk means "little risk".

Tossing Felix Pie to the minor leagues when we know exactly what will happen with him down there is stupid. I don't care how little risk is involved.

 

well, then, to you, it's "high-risk".

 

The risk of screwing up the development of our #1 prospect by keeping him in AAA when he can't really benefit from it anymore far outweighs a few weeks of Jim Edmonds possibly being bad.

 

so, pie is going to get more screwed up playing everyday at iowa than by sitting everyday in chicago?

 

makes sense, i guess.

 

No, I'd rather him play every day. But if he puts up number like he did last time, he didn't really learn much, did he? At best it's stunting or delaying his development. At worst it screws him up.