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Holy snikes. If Crawford is going to be available I'd give up any two of Hill, Marshall, Pie, Pawelek, Gallagher, or Veal. The Cubs could put Crawford in either LF or RF if/when Pie is ready. I'm not ready to hold any position for Pie, yet.

I like Kirk too, he knows his stuff. Seems like the only people that don't like Kirk are OSU fans who don't like that he isn't a homer. Indeed. Herbie is a first class talent. He use to get harrassed all the time by the local knuckleheads in Columbus when I lived there. I think if he wasn't an OSU alum the radio station would have fired him a long time ago. They fired his co-host in 1999 for giving "it" to one of the callers/listeners and then going off on a 5 minute tirade on what idiots/uninformed most of the listening audience was. Then shortly afterwords they hired Neanderthal Chris Speilman to do the show right before Herbie's. And its all Buckeyes all the time. Really? I knew OSU fans got upset sometimes because he isn't a blind homer, but I still would have thought he was somewhat of a hero out there. The deal about his co-host sounds pretty good though, I wish I could hear it. So many of the people who call into sports talk radio are just clueless. I guess one just has to live in Columbus. It's smack dab in the middle of the state with the only pro sports franchize within a three hour driving distance being the NHL Blue Jackets. A good majority of the people have never lived anywhere else and good minority of the people are OSU grads who have hung around. They eat, sleep, and drink Buckeye sports. I've never seen a place so obsessed with the local university and I grew up 8 miles north of the Golden Dome. The athletes at OSU are treated like demi-gods and Woody Hayes is god. Don't get me wrong, I got a first class education at OSU and wouldn't trade it for anything. However, while my car was parked in an OSU lot it was worked over pretty good ($4,000 worth of damage) by a drunk with a fire extinguisher. After knocking out all my windows and denting as much of the body as he could he set off the fire extinguisher in my car. His finger prints were all over my car in the dust. When I called the cops (OSU cops) he walked around my car looked at my liscence plate and shook his head. I asked him if he was going to take prints. He said "Naw. You know you are from Michigan don't you?" Well the idiot was later caught trying to break into the chemistry building. Of course he was covered in dust. So they asked him if he did the job on my car and he said yes, becuase I was from Michigan. I know becuase I obtained the police report. Some good came of it though. It's one of the reasons why I started dating my wife. She offered to drive me around while my car was in the shop. A Buckeye is a poisonenous nut!

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I like Kirk too, he knows his stuff. Seems like the only people that don't like Kirk are OSU fans who don't like that he isn't a homer. Indeed. Herbie is a first class talent. He use to get harrassed all the time by the local knuckleheads in Columbus when I lived there. I think if he wasn't an OSU alum the radio station would have fired him a long time ago. They fired his co-host in 1999 for giving "it" to one of the callers/listeners and then going off on a 5 minute tirade on what idiots/uninformed most of the listening audience was. Then shortly afterwords they hired Neanderthal Chris Speilman to do the show right before Herbie's. And its all Buckeyes all the time.

Memphis plays Tennessee in Memphis at 11:00 am local time. 9 am tailgate is a little early for beer, but I think we might do some bloody Mary's and scrambled eggs. Last week the Coach fired his defensive coordinator after he (as offensive coordinator) contributed to 5 INTs. This one should be over by half-time. We'll see.

If Aramis leaves, then they should back the truck up and sell, sell, sell. Not becuase Aramis is that good but becuase he's all the Cubs have besides Lee and third base is a terribly hard position to fill. As I wrote in another thread. Losing Aramis would set off a cascade of bad trades. This is just one example.

Two bad things would come from that deal 1. The Cubs would get much older and more expensive But worse, 2. The Cubs would be much worse The Cubs simply cannot let Rameriz walk.

Morgan should win this one going away.

Obviously we don't know the story. However, if I were Prior I'd be seriously upest witht the Cubs front office. He's been mishandled, suffered from freakish injuries, and then got seriously ill during the offseason. And then the Cubs insinuated that he is "soft". All this in his first three years of full time big league pitching. Maybe the Cubs are cursed. But the curse has nothing do with the starts, billygoats, or black cats. It has to do with a piss poor organization.

Who says he doesn't have to? He does. Aramis is more important to the Cubs than any other team I can think of. If he is gone they will have one legitmate power hitter in the line up. Add in the fact that they will also have to replace a position in which there isn't a whole lot of talent avaliable. Losing Aramis could set up a cascade of bad trades in an effort to replace him. Aramis has to be resigned even if it costs the Cubs. Aramis deserves a big contract.

Wow this is an early game.

http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/sts15103.asp?navbar=hw232188 I wouldn't play football again, but that is me. Accroding to webmd "The spleen is a useful but nonessential organ." Whatever that means. Paging Dr. Cub, Dr. Cub.

There probably are any number of managers that would manage exactly the way Baker has. After all Baker played The Game and is a baseball lifer, that seems to be a prerequisit for the position. But truely, I don't think a manager matters that much, maybe a handfull of wins over the course of the season. If a team is close it matter much more. I think Girardi managed the Marlins out of the playoffs, for example. Baker is/was bad, but I don't think he could have got much more out that assembled team then he got. It was bad at the end of 05 and was worse at the start of Spring Training. From what I've ssen of Girardi, I don't want him managing the Cubs next year. Nevertheless, until the front office decides that their philosophy de jour is not the right one it could be a while until the Cubs are in contention. As always I hope for the best. Sometimes things just break right.

On paper at least, I think your analysis is good. Most good teams get better as the season progresses. I expect ND will be better and they have some cream puffs on the schedule (on paper) going into the USC game. I think WVA will mop up the Big East, but let's face it, that doesn't mean they deserve to be in the title game. But then again, that's what makes college football so interesting and frustrating at the same time.

I so wanted Nomar back this year.

Both Ohio State and Michigan could lose this week. Minnesota always plays Michigan tough in the Dome and Iowa at home should make the game interesting. Go IUPUI er', I mean Perdue!

I think the Cubs are going to have to be content to be the reverse NL Champion. That's quite an accomplishment in itself. I fully expect Hendry to look for the strong links and do his best to diminish them so next year the Cubs can get all the way to the bottom.

Yes, but you also have to play to the weather too. I think the go-for on 4th down was a bad call by Weiss. TD MSU.

Well written. He wants to play 2nd his defense isn't that bad. The only thing I really worry about is his age in relation to his contract demands. A 35 year old Soriano making 10 mill isn't that appealing.

I think ND has a problem in their defensive scheme. They were exposed by Michigan last week and MSU is following through. However, I really believe Weiss is the best offensive coach in college football. He just doesn't have the talent. Their O line is getting hammered off the snap.

ND's secondary is getting whipped like a preacher's daughter late for cerfew.

At least it's not Tokyo.

The Cubs HAVE TO resign Aramis. And they don't need to replace Murton. I love the Ginger Kid!

That says it all. Was Hendry so loyal to Maddux that he just gave him away?

Carr is such a moron. Luckily for him Michigan has so much talent it normally doesn't matter. If Carrol, Weiss, or Tressel coached Michigan they'd never lose.