4/7 GT Cubs(Dempster) vs. Braves(Jurjens) 6:10 CST CSN+

[Roast]

Yay. Another warning track fly.

[David]

we are wearing out that rf warning track

[Schwarber Fan]

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

[Brian]

I guess the strateg is to wear Heyward out

[SouthSideRyan]

I forgot how much I hate Theriot's slide stop in the hole.

[erik316wttn]

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

fly ball to the track

 

Wash, rinse, repeat.

[David]

the cubs aren't good, what's the point of killing an arbitration year and rushing a guy up to the big leagues when he is, at best, a very marginal upgrade from the current shortstop over the next two months? people complain that we rushed ronny cedeno; calling castro up now would be way more silly than anything the cubs did with ronny.

 

 

well, i'm glad that's that.

 

 

guess i'll tune in next year.

[Schwarber Fan]

I really hate Nate McClouth for some reason.

[Little Slide Rooter]

This isnt remotely enjoyable, yet I watch.

[erik316wttn]

the cubs aren't good, what's the point of killing an arbitration year and rushing a guy up to the big leagues when he is, at best, a very marginal upgrade from the current shortstop over the next two months? people complain that we rushed ronny cedeno; calling castro up now would be way more silly than anything the cubs did with ronny.

 

 

well, i'm glad that's that.

 

 

guess i'll tune in next year.

 

Will you people stop with this [expletive]? It's seriously old. He didn't say "don't watch" or "why are you wasting your time?" He just expressed his opinion on the ballclub. People read way too much into things around here.

[TruffleShuffle]

the cubs aren't good, what's the point of killing an arbitration year and rushing a guy up to the big leagues when he is, at best, a very marginal upgrade from the current shortstop over the next two months? people complain that we rushed ronny cedeno; calling castro up now would be way more silly than anything the cubs did with ronny.

 

 

well, i'm glad that's that.

 

 

guess i'll tune in next year.

 

so you think it's a solid idea to call up a 20 year old who has spent one year outside of rookie ball?

[mul21]

What time did this game actually start? Wasn't it supposed to be 6:10 CDT?

[erik316wttn]

What time did this game actually start? Wasn't it supposed to be 6:10 CDT?

 

It started on time.

[David]

the cubs aren't good, what's the point of killing an arbitration year and rushing a guy up to the big leagues when he is, at best, a very marginal upgrade from the current shortstop over the next two months? people complain that we rushed ronny cedeno; calling castro up now would be way more silly than anything the cubs did with ronny.

 

 

well, i'm glad that's that.

 

 

guess i'll tune in next year.

 

so you think it's a solid idea to call up a 20 year old who has spent one year outside of rookie ball?

 

 

that's exactly what i said.

[CubbieBum]

One of those WTP nights I see

 

In other words you keep going, "OHHH!" before realizing it has no chance?

[David]

or i said that your first premise is extremely flawed, at best...

 

forgive me if i don't want to count us out with potentially 4 very solid starters and an offense whose key members mostly made up a team that led the league in runs two years ago and underachieved greatly last year (resulting in an 83 win season).

Edited April 8, 2010 by David

[Little Slide Rooter]

the cubs aren't good, what's the point of killing an arbitration year and rushing a guy up to the big leagues when he is, at best, a very marginal upgrade from the current shortstop over the next two months? people complain that we rushed ronny cedeno; calling castro up now would be way more silly than anything the cubs did with ronny.

 

 

well, i'm glad that's that.

 

 

guess i'll tune in next year.

 

Will you people stop with this [expletive]? It's seriously old. He didn't say "don't watch" or "why are you wasting your time?" He just expressed his opinion on the ballclub. People read way too much into things around here.

 

While I definitely dont see this as a 2006esque team, I definitely see it along the lines of 2005. Not awful, but not good.

[UMFan83]

They money didn't bother me as much as the years did. If it was 4 or 5 years, I'd have no issues. But he's got 5 years left on it including this one, and there is no way that he'll put up numbers even worthy of being in a ML lineup that long.

 

I see your point, but you weren't getting Soriano offering a contract for 4-5 years. I think Soriano will still have numbers worthy of starting, but worthy of starting on a bad team as the worst outfielder. Hendry betted that the Cubs would win it all in 80 or 09 and the contract wouldn't matter because the fans would be on cloud 9. Just didn't happen.

 

How could he make that sort of bet with the downside of the risk being a horrible player for 3-4 seasons? Remember they signed him coming off an under 70 win season and had a ton of holes. Signing Soriano alone wasn't putting the team over the top. It was obvious to everyone in baseball that Soriano, while a good player, was not a franchise player. Never was and never will be. People on this board were not thrilled with the signing before they even know how many years he got. So not only did they sign Soriano to a ridiculous annual salary, but they signed him to that salary until he was 38 years old. Hendry did it to make a splash and save his job. We rip on Hendry all the time for dumb moves, but Hendry had to know at the time what he was getting with Soriano, and that was a complimentary player, not a superstar. If we didn't have a GM trying to save his job, Soriano is not a Chicago Cub.

[Andy]

One of those WTP nights I see

 

In other words you keep going, "OHHH!" before realizing it has no chance?

I only have the audio, so no.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

or i said that your first premise is extremely flawed, at best...

 

forgive me if i don't want to count us out with potentially 4 very solid starters and an offense whose key members mostly made up a team that led the league in runs two years ago and underachieved greatly last year.

 

You say underachieved. I say age began to catch up with them.

[Wilson A2000]

I guess the one good thing about this dopey Peachtree TV is that there are no commercials. In between innings it just shows a high view of the field. Kinda cool in a way because you get to see all the stuff going on down on the field.

 

I've never heard of this Peachtree TV. I don't think I get that channel. Aren't you in Mississippi or something? That's further than I am from Atlanta so I'm confused why you get it and I don't. Sucks.

 

EDIT: Never mind I just found it. Time Warner Cable doesn't have a search option like DirecTV. I had gone up to channel 150 whcih is the highest I had ever gone and is when it gets into the premium sports and movies channels. Found it at 168 and I indeed get it so :yahoo:

 

I'm in Atlanta and there are commercials. What are you watching the game on?

[erik316wttn]

They money didn't bother me as much as the years did. If it was 4 or 5 years, I'd have no issues. But he's got 5 years left on it including this one, and there is no way that he'll put up numbers even worthy of being in a ML lineup that long.

 

I see your point, but you weren't getting Soriano offering a contract for 4-5 years. I think Soriano will still have numbers worthy of starting, but worthy of starting on a bad team as the worst outfielder. Hendry betted that the Cubs would win it all in 80 or 09 and the contract wouldn't matter because the fans would be on cloud 9. Just didn't happen.

 

How could he make that sort of bet with the downside of the risk being a horrible player for 3-4 seasons? Remember they signed him coming off an under 70 win season and had a ton of holes. Signing Soriano alone wasn't putting the team over the top. It was obvious to everyone in baseball that Soriano, while a good player, was not a franchise player. Never was and never will be. People on this board were not thrilled with the signing before they even know how many years he got. So not only did they sign Soriano to a ridiculous annual salary, but they signed him to that salary until he was 38 years old. Hendry did it to make a splash and save his job. We rip on Hendry all the time for dumb moves, but Hendry had to know at the time what he was getting with Soriano, and that was a complimentary player, not a superstar. If we didn't have a GM trying to save his job, Soriano is not a Chicago Cub.

 

The sad thing is he's been clinging to that job for far too long and by the time he leaves we'll be cleaning up his mess for the next several seasons.

[Careless]

Sure wish I could have seen it. [expletive] my dorm/csn/dish network/mlb blackout rules/justin.tv/ustream/whoever is to blame.

Call Dish and tell them they've screwed up their blackout. they're the ones who actually perform the blackout.

Edited April 8, 2010 by Careless

[CubbieBum]

I guess the one good thing about this dopey Peachtree TV is that there are no commercials. In between innings it just shows a high view of the field. Kinda cool in a way because you get to see all the stuff going on down on the field.

 

I've never heard of this Peachtree TV. I don't think I get that channel. Aren't you in Mississippi or something? That's further than I am from Atlanta so I'm confused why you get it and I don't. Sucks.

 

EDIT: Never mind I just found it. Time Warner Cable doesn't have a search option like DirecTV. I had gone up to channel 150 whcih is the highest I had ever gone and is when it gets into the premium sports and movies channels. Found it at 168 and I indeed get it so :yahoo:

 

I'm in Atlanta and there are commercials. What are you watching the game on?

 

I don't have commercials here in SC. Maybe they only sell local Atlanta ads and thus only show them in Atlanta.

[Soul]

Demp looks pretty good.