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

[Wilson A2000]

I definitely slept on the Braves this year, they seem to have a fantastic team. Does anyone here think otherwise?

 

They won't be playing the Cubs every night.

 

 

Seriously though, I think they'll win the WC.

 

They have maybe the best pitching staff from top to bottom in the bigs. Tommy Hanson is the real deal too, and Jurjens had a great year last year but didn't get as much pub as he should have because he got almost no run support. I'm not confident that Wagner and Glaus can stay healthy. They don't have a guy who can hit 20 homers outside of Heyward and you can't win with no power. Similar team to the Giants who are good, but not good enough. I like them for the WC, and because they have a great staff could be a great playoff team.

[David]

Big K

[Little Slide Rooter]

This reeks of one of those almost got out of it situations.

[Schwarber Fan]

Glaus is over the hill.

[UMFan83]

Can we please just call up Castro. to hell with his arb clock. Im sick of this [expletive].

 

well, we gave him 11 innings, time to pull the plug.

 

No we gave him 3 seasons and 11 innings. I'm not guaranteeing that Castro is better from day 1 or anything, but for a team that seems to have a weak offense, you need someone with more range at SS. Also, Theriot's high average, no power hitting abilities were somewhat OK when the offense lead the league in OBP and runs scored, but in an offense with potentially 3-4 black holes in it (or possibly only 1 or 2) we need to start considering other options if there is a better one out there.

[erik316wttn]

Nice!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

When do we get a Heyward?

 

We had a Prior.

[Schwarber Fan]

Momentum, please.

[Outshined_One]

This reeks of one of those almost got out of it situations.

 

Ryan Dempster: Odor Blocker

[Andy]

GREAT sequence by Dempster. Let's get some runs!

[David]

There we go!

[NotSoSober]

Great job by Dempster there, time to get some runs

[Soul]

Attaboy Demp

[CubbieBum]

This reeks of one of those almost got out of it situations.

 

Ryan Dempster: Odor Blocker

 

:rotfl:

[Wilson A2000]

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.

[erik316wttn]

Now, let's get some friggin runs!

[OleMissCub]

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.

[Roast]

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

[Outshined_One]

Aw, hamburgers.

[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

[Little Slide Rooter]

Weve been making some solid contact, but unfortunately that and $35 will buy you a tank of gas.

[TruffleShuffle]

Can we please just call up Castro. to hell with his arb clock. Im sick of this [expletive].

 

well, we gave him 11 innings, time to pull the plug.

 

No we gave him 3 seasons and 11 innings. I'm not guaranteeing that Castro is better from day 1 or anything, but for a team that seems to have a weak offense, you need someone with more range at SS. Also, Theriot's high average, no power hitting abilities were somewhat OK when the offense lead the league in OBP and runs scored, but in an offense with potentially 3-4 black holes in it (or possibly only 1 or 2) we need to start considering other options if there is a better one out there.

 

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.

[erik316wttn]

Weve been making some solid contact, but unfortunately that and $35 will buy you a tank of gas.

 

Not even. I spent $51 on a fill-up today.

[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:

Edited April 8, 2010 by CubbieBum

[Andy]

One of those WTP nights I see