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So your point is what? HE'S GOT BLISTAS ON HIS FINGAHS!

Reg will not be participating in the ritual suicide for he has a bad back.

He chose Michigan St!!!!!!!!!! oh OSU is even below MSU in academic standards Think again.

What is "it".

MGL knows what he/she is talking about. It's not something you read everyday.

I haven't read a post in this game thread and at the risk of beating a dead horse, Harelson and DJ are just bad. Just sickening.

I have been preaching Cueto over Homer for well over a year now, and people are finally starting to come around. He has pinpoint control as well. The only reason he wasn't getting more hype then Bailey is because he is only 5-11. Edinson Volquez was making the Yankees look silly (8 Ks, 0 BB in 4 IP) with his heat (upper 90s) and change the other night. He's a step below Cueto though because his curve/slider is a work in progress. I think the Reds(save for Baker) are headed in the right direction. They have some really good prospects. I wish we had a Jay Bruce-type prospect in the wings. cubs were "headed in the right direction" in 2003, we all know how that turned out. They ended up 5 outs away from the World Series? yeah then they missed the playoffs with one of the best teams in baseball in 2004, then mediocre in 2005, then one of the worst teams in baseball in 2006. and all that from a team that had what was regarded as the best starting rotation in baseball, four guys in their 20s. If things fall out like they did in chicago the Reds will be more worse off then the Cubs, because they don't have the talent of the 03 Cubs. In many respects the Cubs were a much better fit for Dusty than the Reds. The Reds actually have good prospects and good core of players for Dusty to misuse and abuse. It's hard for me to see how a team could be more illsuited for a manger, that is except for the LA Dodgers and Joe Torre.

That's been my thoughts for awhile. The Os aren't in any hurry and neither are the Cubs. The Os want to see what's doing with the minor leaguers.

Any TV or radio for this game?

The naming rights isn't a big thing. What is a big thing is selling Wrigley and the Cubs to different buyers. The Cubs have increased payroll because of Wrigley. If they have to pay rent and split the concessions, they are going to go from a high payroll team to a mid payroll team overnight.

I hope he hangs around long enough for me to see him pitch in Mississippi this year. I'm going to Montgomery in April to see my wife's parents. I'm going to try to go to a game every day I'm there.

How is that stronger than "you know what I'm willing to offer, call me back when you're ready to deal"? I want to tell my family that I have let them down and apologize for posting in this thread. I have violated your trust and for that I am truly sorry. ------ I think all this is speculation. The Cubs and Os might already have a basic deal in place, but the Os want to wait until ST is close to over to decide what they need in terms of players. On the other hand maybe talks haven't been serious at all and the media are making wild guess because that is what ST is for.

That's what they are proposing, kind of. What you are suggesting is extortion.

Zell will be forever known as the man that killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. However, he won't care because he will have milked as much money out of his 18 to 24 months of ownership as was humanly possible. Let the next guy figure out how to make a profit.

Yes, early and often.

He looks high all the time. He's like Jim Breuer.

If that's the batting order, I look for Aramis to have an MVP caliber season.

That's the standard. We want a GM who is clearly not the worst in baseball. .500 here we come! Where's the beer?

There's a joke in there somewhere.

Yea, that's a bunch of b.s. A handful of sporadic ABs punctuated by weeks of sitting on the bench between them. He got 177 AB's total. shttp://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/gamelog?statsId=7704&year=2007 Those were split over mostly two windows. If you look at the game log, he got called up and started at least 10 of his first 12 games in April (4 or more AB), and only once in those first 12 games didn't play. With a .250 OBP he got benched, and returned to Iowa. He got recalled again in June, and started almost every one of his first 20 20 games, routinely getting 4 or 5 AB. (The record shows two games with 2 AB and two games with 3 AB.) 79 AB in 20 games, that's full time opportunity. After a while, having gone hitless in five of his last 8 games, and with a .275 OBP and a .227 average, he lost his full-time job. Some sporadic bench play, back to Iowa. When he got recalled in August, he was again given a shot as the regular starter but this time a much shorter window, 4 straight starts. AFter going hitless in two of the last three, Lou bagged the idea it was sporadic defensive replacement usage with only a couple of starts the rest of the way. Basically 10 start, 20 start, an 4 start windows in April, June, and August. Each in concentrated packages, and each following full-time work at Iowa. So it's not like his opportunities involved using him when he was cold off the bench, other than the few scattered AB's during the last 6 weeks. The June window was really the best opportunity. If he'd have done well in April, that would have been great. But by June, they'd abandoned the Soriano-in-center experiment, it was Pie's to take and hold. Are 10 and 20 start windows too short? To adequately judge a guy long-term, obviously not. But that's long enough where a guy who's hitting at Iowa could keep hitting and go from there. I understand that a 20-start window is short; pressured; and even the best of hitters go through 20-game periods where they struggle. I expect it will be longer this spring. But I don't know how many outfielders are allowed to go as the regular starter with OBP in the .275-range. I think Pie will make it a lot easier on everybody if he can keep his OBP on the right side of .300 early on. Then he won't need to worry about how quickly Lou will pull the plug. Check out Pedroia's first 20 games. It wasn't very pretty. Also, Pie was not a "supported" starter. I think he was pressing, trying to do more then he should have been when he played because he knew his leash was short. I hope Pie comes out on fire and wins over Lou. If Lou supported Pie like he does Theriot, I'd be happy. Or Jose Reyes. I think he walked once or twice in his first 100 PAs.

Yea, that's a bunch of b.s. A handful of sporadic ABs punctuated by weeks of sitting on the bench between them.

i think the cubs will be thrilled if he puts up numbers like that. the problem will be if he puts up a line like, say, .215/.271/.333. If they leave him alone he will be fine.

I'm not understanding the expectation level. Do they expect him to be good, great, or an all-star? It's almost unbelievable. If he hits .270/.335/.450 in his first year is he automatically a bust?

Sun shines on a dog's behind once in a blue moon. :scratch:

You should shoot him an email truffle and see what he thinks about the computers getting it exactly right. He said exactly what he thought about it right in the article. Sorry, I didn't read the article.