It begins.... Spring Training pics.

[davell]

I think the only reason DeRosa was traded was because we had to cut payroll in order to sign Bradley. While we got good talent out of it, if not for the need to dump payroll, I seriously doubt Hendry would have dealt him.

[Guest]

Actually I'm pretty sure the majority of this board was perfectly fine with the DeRosa trade and were happy that Hendry sold high for once. The Aaron Miles signing is a different matter.

 

 

Any somewhat knowledgeable fans were happy wit the DeRosa trade. The "meatballs" were the ones unhappy with it and seem to think that he would have saved the 2009 season after Aramis went down. Who knows, maybe he would have helped keep us afloat while Aramis was gone as he did have a pretty good first half with the Indians before he was sent to the Cardinals, but there's no reason not to like the trade, except for the fact that it was made to free up salary for Milton Bradley.

 

Another in a long line of ridiculous comments from you. That someone might disagree on the necessity of trading Mark DeRosa at the time does not make them a meatball. I personally didn't like the trade due to the lack of depth at 2b and RF at the time.

 

And that we ran Aaron Miles out there for much too long that season made it that much worse. He may or may not have saved the season, and the return was decent enough, but the moves made that season likely hurt the team that year more than it helped.

[seanimal]

I think the only reason DeRosa was traded was because we had to cut payroll in order to sign Bradley. While we got good talent out of it, if not for the need to dump payroll, I seriously doubt Hendry would have dealt him.

 

i thought it was for the pending peavy trade

[Little Slide Rooter]

Actually I'm pretty sure the majority of this board was perfectly fine with the DeRosa trade and were happy that Hendry sold high for once. The Aaron Miles signing is a different matter.

 

 

Any somewhat knowledgeable fans were happy wit the DeRosa trade. The "meatballs" were the ones unhappy with it and seem to think that he would have saved the 2009 season after Aramis went down. Who knows, maybe he would have helped keep us afloat while Aramis was gone as he did have a pretty good first half with the Indians before he was sent to the Cardinals, but there's no reason not to like the trade, except for the fact that it was made to free up salary for Milton Bradley.

 

Another in a long line of ridiculous comments from you. That someone might disagree on the necessity of trading Mark DeRosa at the time does not make them a meatball. I personally didn't like the trade due to the lack of depth at 2b and RF at the time.

 

And that we ran Aaron Miles out there for much too long that season made it that much worse. He may or may not have saved the season, and the return was decent enough, but the moves made that season likely hurt the team that year more than it helped.

 

I put "meatballs" in quotes for such a reason. I liked that we did sell high, but like you, didn't quite think it was necessary. I even said that if we had DeRosa, we would have had a better chance of surviving the Ramirez injury, though it's not a sure thing.

 

As for the moves that Season, a lot of it was Bradley himself. They traded away a productive bat in hopes that Bradley, who already had a long history of both physical an mental issues could reproduce his career season, although unlike DeRosa and Miles, Bradley had a very good past track record. Remember, Lou also wanted to get more left handed. If Bradley could have produced the kind of numbers he had the previous 2 seasons, things could have turned out differently. Lets not forget that Alfonso Soriano also fell off a cliff that year.

[Clem Fandango]

A telling sign of how much Cubs baseball I watched last year:

 

I thought Tony Campana was latin

[Brett]

Zambrano's contract wasn't a "killer." Nor was Grabow's.

 

Grabow's extension was a killer each time he entered the game. \:D/

[Cubs Evangelist]

those aren't spring training pics

 

Agreed, yet entertaining nonetheless...

[Guest]

those aren't spring training pics

 

Agreed, yet entertaining nonetheless...

 

There are a few now:

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5agcO7kYSY/Ty2Y5EOoCeI/AAAAAAAAAdY/wvMmsEsnVt4/s1600/Smarge.jpg

Samardzija

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sWB1q8_A1lA/TyjFMDuaWrI/AAAAAAAAAb4/LByWwin4Tk0/s1600/Darwin+Barney+2.jpg

Barney

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xm5pA_dxINg/TyjD7TfI46I/AAAAAAAAAbw/IGrcDsWYyeU/s1600/Zeke+DeVoss+1.jpg

DeVoss

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ylloql8pv_8/TyjFbERf0wI/AAAAAAAAAcA/ite-GnfJuWo/s1600/Campana.jpg

Campana

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GbE8ZQcJS5I/Ty2Y9a2VVeI/AAAAAAAAAdg/89QiHxVeKmA/s1600/Szczur.jpg

Szczur

 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kldclhfKR48/Ty2Y-gjmxWI/AAAAAAAAAdo/_FN8Gtm4Ejk/s1600/Easterling.jpg

Easterling

[Guest]

Easterling's supple forearm and tatos are yummy.

[Irrelevant Dude]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ylloql8pv_8/TyjFbERf0wI/AAAAAAAAAcA/ite-GnfJuWo/s1600/Campana.jpg

Campana

I'm no good with Photoshop, but I picture something terrible happening in the skies above.

[sweetpeteman]

img

Campana

I'm no good with Photoshop, but I picture something terrible happening in the skies above.

 

I see the giant baseball crushing Bumblebee Man in 22 Short Films About Springfield.

[Sammy Sofa]

There's something pretty terrible happening on the field, too.

[Derwood]

his glove looks comically oversized

[Cubswin11]

Szczur kinda looks like DeRosa in that picture

[NonProfitCow]

Rizzo's numbers outside of the hitter friendly PCL arent that impressive for a First Baseman.

I'm really surprised he didn't hit better as a 19-20 year old after missing a season due to cancer and 6 months of chemo.

[Brian]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M4OgMZ-P3Fk/TzHNnnXKCwI/AAAAAAAAAdw/6WcGbVsOHpk/s1600/David+D.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZGI5-p46_8M/TzHPny3QBvI/AAAAAAAAAfA/NbHBi8fCO8I/s1600/Smarge+shirt+2.jpg

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fXAAhJQDT3w/TzHPole1FfI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/kBhMQONOnE0/s1600/Smarge+shirt.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JsJk7t5Wc_c/TzHPPTumSMI/AAAAAAAAAeA/FX-jJ_QPZGQ/s1600/Dale+Throws.jpg

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oukKFzaqW6U/TzHPkjBrBpI/AAAAAAAAAe4/pUPtQjN2Thk/s1600/Josh+V+shirt.jpg

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bCqFK8e19IQ/TzHPdtDVfRI/AAAAAAAAAeY/kHFkKSDyvLg/s1600/Barney+shirt.jpg

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3zubhsCM6P0/TzHPTSxVpXI/AAAAAAAAAeI/PP1eBtxrWXE/s1600/Dave+Sappelt.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lrxz7M3Sj-I/TzHPhqyiAzI/AAAAAAAAAew/_8gK-RYUWrM/s1600/David+D+2.jpg

 

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DeZWD_KtgIM/TzHPeIU9foI/AAAAAAAAAeg/PioNA60Hivs/s1600/Barney+shirt+2.jpg

[El Duderino]

f**k the goat? really?

[imb]

i really want the shirt that barney has on. roast, hook me up

[Guest]

f**k the goat? really?

 

players have been wearing that since at least last season

 

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/408765_331982373480724_110242065654757_1257301_1290921523_n.jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/406923_331982330147395_110242065654757_1257300_181687444_n.jpg

 

apparently, ricketts even made a rule that they couldn't wear them outside the clubhouse, but i don't think they listened much.

[Guest]

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/408774_360880593924235_110242065654757_1338869_803354750_n.jpg

 

 

Gear being loaded into trucks for Mesa.

[Cubswin11]

apparently, ricketts even made a rule that they couldn't wear them outside the clubhouse, but i don't think they listened much.

But he was probably too busy out on safaris and finding priests to bless the stadium and dugouts to actually follow through with seeing the rule enforced.

[Clem Fandango]

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/408774_360880593924235_110242065654757_1338869_803354750_n.jpg

 

 

Gear being loaded into trucks for Mesa.

 

Finally, something with some sizzle!

[jersey cubs fan]

The Bengals?

[rocket]

you guys didn't know that i worked for the cubs

[Clem Fandango]

i really want the shirt that barney has on. roast, hook me up

 

I second this... where can this be purchased?!?!?!