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The Cubs never diasapoint do they? Of all the stupid things to do. IF they put Guzman in the pen he will be there for the duration of the year. Then they will trott out three or four fifth starters for the rest of the season. They are beyond beyond.

I love it. How does Kevin measure talent? Translation: The entire draft is a highly speculative system with no sure-fire way to tell who is the better pick when looking at a small class of elite prospects. All things being equal, I'd take the guy who will cost less in such situatations.

Any reason given for why the changes coming had to wait until Monday, and not be enacted today? Could they be working a trade or two, and they don't expect them to be complete until Monday? I'm guessing this is part of it. Lou asked Hendry to make some changes and Hendry asked for the weekend to negotiate. Anyone else here think Dempster won't be getting the call anymore in save situations? I hope he's considering Wuertz for the job. I bet Cotts is on the short list to go down since he still has options as well. Dempster has done pretty well. I have no idea what is going to happen. Erye has been bad and came to camp out of shape (I think). I'm guessing he's gone. The problem is that the bullpen is a secondary problem and becuase of the timing of the troubles it is getting all the bame. Like I said before the season started, Hendry gave Lou a chess set with too many pawns and not enough knights and expects him to win.

Lou is putting his fingers in the [expletive]. Soon he'll be out of fingers too. I have to give him credit, he's trying.

If the Cubs sweep, I'll donate $10 for someone to have premium for two months, but the person then has to pony up the dough for the next 10 months.

I'm sure you now walking and hitting go hand in hand unless you're a small class of player like Vlad or Ichiro. When Eric was in Memphis he was swinging at everything in sight. Hopefully he is making the connection.

I would not want to be on the airplane sitting next to Lou.

Soriano and Lee are not in the prime of their careers.

penultimate means second to last. Are you saying Erstad's "deke" was the second to worst one you've ever seen?

Bullpens are always a crapshoot, always. IMO, Larry hasn't done a good job with anyone during his tenure. Z didn't just wake up one day with bad mechanics. Its a progression of successive approximations to what we see today. Larry should have seen it a long time ago. Mazzoni talks about body language, Larry doesn't speak that language. He's presided over the downfall of two of the most promising pitchers of this generation. He's been flat out terrible. Jason Marquis be damned. [/b]

I didn't see the game, but the brief highlights I saw of Z pitching he was comming straight over the top in almost an exaggerated motion. I've also not seen the drop in velocity. What did the gun have him at?

I hope so. I wish I could watch this game. I'd love to see Hill pitch to a great hitting team. [Obvious color commentator comment] The key will be keeping the ball in the ballpark and walks of course.[/Obvious color commentator comment]

I dont know what the point really would be of hitting him 2. I guess it would help a little , but I think 4 or 5 would be a better fit. This is something that should have been done a long time ago. Like in Spring Training.

I don't like any of them. The thing about those parks is that it is virtually impossible to get any air circulating. Yankee stadium is one of the worst venues to watch a game. It's a stagnant sesspool in the summer. At least Shea breaths. All those stadiums suck for fans. Give me a ball park that breaths.

I didn't watch the game, but I totally agree with your assessment of Zambrano. I'm not usually a "get into the head" type of guy. But you can almost see it happen with Z. He gets pissed gets the ball back from the catcher and slings it in there. He usually does this type of stuff for the better part of an inning after something bad happens. He loses all focus. If I were Lou I would tell Barrett to talk to Z every time something bad happens, if for no other reason then to slow him down a bit.

2006 was last year. 2005 was the year before last year. This year is 2007 I didn't include organizations that win close to 100 games and make the playoffs each year. It's clearly stupid to include division winners and WS contenders year in and year out with the likes of the Cubs. The Cubs were not about in the middle of the pack. They finished LAST and spent the MOST to do so. Why do you continue defend the Cubs at every turn? And yes, I'd put the Blackhawks at the very top of the bottom of sports franchises.

what do the Arizona Cardinals have to do with anything? I thought he was talking about the Clippers. I don't know about other sports, but to me the Cubs are the clear favorite for worst run organizations in baseball. They're efficency is mind bogglingly bad. And they keep having the same problems over and over and over. The one constant is Hendry. He needs to be gone as soon as the ink is dry on the new owners mortage note. It just goes to show us that working hard is much less important than working smart and having a good strategy. I would say the Mariners are worse run then the Cubs. They have about the same payroll as the Cubs. Their 5 million or more players are Sexon with 14 million, Beltre 11.5 million, Ichiro 11.5 million, Washburn 9.85 million, Weaver 8.9 million, Vidro 7.5 million, Guillen 7.25 million, Johjima 5.65 million, Batista 5.5 million. Who among those players is a true impact player? To me, they are in worse shape and have been run worse than the Cubs have-they haven't even had that much of a problem with injuries the past couple years, and yet they still are mediocre at best (Felix is hurt, but that could be partially their fault). http://www.onestopbaseball.com/TeamPayroll.asp Cubs win. 94 million (66-96) Last place 1.4 million/win 87 million (78-84) Last place 1.15 million/win I'd venture to guess that the Cubs are worst on 3year averages too. Either way it's not good company in which to do business.

what do the Arizona Cardinals have to do with anything? I thought he was talking about the Clippers. I don't know about other sports, but to me the Cubs are the clear favorite for worst run organizations in baseball. They're efficency is mind bogglingly bad. And they keep having the same problems over and over and over. The one constant is Hendry. He needs to be gone as soon as the ink is dry on the new owners mortage note. It just goes to show us that working hard is much less important than working smart and having a good strategy.

I'm no scout, nor am I an expert, but I'd like the Cubs to draft Wieters. At this point I trust Wilkens to do the right thing

FREE MATT MURTON FREE MATT MURTON FREE MATT MURTON :protest:

Does it look to you like Lilly, Marquis, and Hill have an incompetent pitching coach? Because they have the same pitching coach Zambrano has. Yes If the seasons Hill, Lilly, and Marquis are having this year are due to an "incompetent" pitching coach, give me incompetence or give me death. :D (In other words, your statement makes absolutely no sense to me.) Rothschild has been the pitching coach for almost the entire time of Z and Prior's career. He was also the pitching coach for a good portion of Wood's career. Z, Prior, and Wood (to a lesser extent) has been exposed to a terrible amount of abuse under Larry's watch. Larry hasn't done much to improve any pitcher in my estimation. Hill was doing just fine before he came to the big leagues. Lilly and Marquis have pitched a handfull of games for the Cubs. Lilly was a decent pitcher before comming to Chicago. Marquis was pretty good for the first part of last season too. We'll see how things shake out. Yes we will. However, if frequent reports that Dusty completely ignored Rothschild's advice are true then what's happened in the past is more likely Dusty's fault than Larry's.If your boss ignored your advice and made you look bad would you continue to work for him?

Does it look to you like Lilly, Marquis, and Hill have an incompetent pitching coach? Because they have the same pitching coach Zambrano has. Yes If the seasons Hill, Lilly, and Marquis are having this year are due to an "incompetent" pitching coach, give me incompetence or give me death. :D (In other words, your statement makes absolutely no sense to me.) Rothschild has been the pitching coach for almost the entire time of Z and Prior's career. He was also the pitching coach for a good portion of Wood's career. Z, Prior, and Wood (to a lesser extent) has been exposed to a terrible amount of abuse under Larry's watch. Larry hasn't done much to improve any pitcher in my estimation. Hill was doing just fine before he came to the big leagues. Lilly and Marquis have pitched a handfull of games for the Cubs. Lilly was a decent pitcher before comming to Chicago. Marquis was pretty good for the first part of last season too. We'll see how things shake out.

Its really aggravating how this whole "rap music is to blame" bullcrap is coming to the forefront again. I agree, but at least the discussion needs to occur. Is music/vedio games a cause or an effect? I think music is reflection of a culture not the cause of the culture's ills. Mysoginy is part of our culture and has been for a long time.

Does it look to you like Lilly, Marquis, and Hill have an incompetent pitching coach? Because they have the same pitching coach Zambrano has. Yes

That's probably a good idea too. Unless someone has training the person who is having the seizure could end up with a few teeth missing like Greg Walker.