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Emitt Smith couldn't hold OJ's Bruno Magli's. Here are five more running backs better than Smith: Gayle Sayers Earl Campbell Billy Simms Franco Harris LaDaneon Tommelson Emitt's one and only claim to fame is that he played a long time. And he mostly on very good teams where he wasn't even the most important player on the team.

That is a decent line against lefties for his career and he is doing much better than that this year. Are you freaking kidding me? In what universe is that a decent line?

to me that's like saying Mikan miles and miles Russell Kareem Shaq = Chamberlain This isn't baskettball. When Miken played, baskettball barely resembles the game that is played today. In football it's not so much the case. No one is hailing Broco Nagursky or "Crazy legs" Hursh.

No, it's primarily a problem of low and mid-market clubs who are hampered by financial concerns. The Cubs are in the same boat as KC, Cincinnatti, Pittsburgh, and Tampa. But, by the same token the Cubs have focused on pitching prospects over the last decade with their high draft picks. Even so their track record is pretty piss poor.

Brown Miles and miles Sanders = Payton OJ Ricky Williams = Tony Dorsett Many, many other running backs Emitt Smith If Barry wasn't such a weird humanbeing Emitt wouldn't have the yardage record. And Barry, Walter, and OJ played for some pretty bad teams.

I bet that Pierre will be ahead of Patterson in 2 of those 3 categories by the end of the season. He is catching up-very fast. Your on.

You support the idea of not letting Cedeno hit against lefties and then advocate letting Neifi play a lot next year if Cedeno continues to not hit lefties. Sounds like a plan designed by somebody who wants Neifi to play a lot. Neifi sucks, left handed or right handed. A small portion of his splits against LHP where he was a little better than incompetent is not nearly enough to plan, on purpose, to have Neifi get regular time. There is not justification for giving Neifi playing time. Neifi should only be a last resort. He should never play into preseasons plans as a guy who will be getting regular playing time. He's awful. His presence on this team severely limits the chances for victory, and the more he plays, the lower the chances become. Goony, are you then calling Neifi the worst player in the major leagues? That is certainly the implication of saying that playing a player severly diminishes their chance of victory. Neifi is a fine player for what he should be-a utility player to give players a day off. The people in this thread are showing his career numbers to show that if Neifi is used in this way, and only gives people days off when there is a lefty on the mound, that he is a fine bench player. Let me give you a scenario. I told you I wanted to sign a utility guy for the bench. His primary position is shortstop, a postion where our current shortstop cannot hit lefties. This utility player hits decently against lefties, with a .275 career mark, which is certainly better than our starter. He also is an excellent defender at the position. I want to sign him to only spell this shortstop and occasionally other positions only when they need a day off and only when a lefty is on the mound. Both of these conditions could easily be done. Doesn't this sound like a fine move for the bench? Are you saying you wouldn't take this player? The problem is, people have seen Neifi so misused over the last year and a half that they cannot stand to see him in the lineup at all, even though he does have a limited role that could help a ballclub. Neifi might be a 25th man, but his usage pattern indicates otherwise. Having Neifi on a team with Baker is like giving a crackhead 2.5 million dollars a year for two years. The crackhead is going to hit that pipe early and often.

Why is Slayer on this list?

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Calling Gene Wojokowski a sportswriter is an insult to sportswriters.

Give Neifi enough ABs and Walker's numbers will look like Big Popi's.

Aramis didn't blast anyone. Go back and read his qoutes. This team only needs one scapegoat and his name is John B. "Dusty" Baker.

It would be great if the Cubs got Abreu, but I don't see the motivation/willingness to give up anything for him. Why would the Cubs make a deal for them when they are so hopelessly out of contention and JJ is maning RF for 2 more years? Maybe trade Pierre and move JJ to CF? But I can't see Hendry being that creative.

I have to agree with the idea that Dusty isn't playing for the team. If they do something dumb or are ineffective it's on the players. Dusty is responsible for strategic blunders however. That's just BS. The things they do that are dumb and ineffective are a direct result of the manager. It's not like these things happen every once in a while. The mistakes they make are repetitive. Repetitive mistakes are the manger's fault. I am sick and tired I hearing that crap. This is a terrible baseball team BECAUSE Dusty is the manager. It's not BS. The majority of the stupid plays have been committed by veteran players that shouldn't need a manager to hold their hand. This team isn't going to improve JUST BECAUSE THERE'S IS A NEW MANAGER. Are you kidding me? This team would improve a great deal if Neifi freaking Perez wasn't hitting in the 2 hole 3 days a week platooning with Todd Walker or subing for Cedeno on a double switch. This team would improve a great deal if the manager didn't feel the need to "run to the hot hand" out of the bullpen and let the closer sit on the bench 4 out of every 7 days. This team would improve if Glendon freaking Rusch had a seat next to Dick Pole on the bench and never saw the field again. And most importantly, Tthis team would improve if veteran ballpalyers lost playing time becuase they didn't hustle out of the box on a double or missed the cut off man for the sixth freaking time in a month. I cannot believe you are defending a manager of a 90 million dollar team on its way to losing a hundred games. It's beyond obsurd. One last thing, the 2003 Marlins improved a great deal when Torborg was shown the door and Mckeon was put in charge. He got rid of the likes of Todd Hollandsworth, yes that Todd Hollandsworth and crappy starters and went with young kids. Low and behold they had the best record in baseball after he took over.

I have to agree with the idea that Dusty isn't playing for the team. If they do something dumb or are ineffective it's on the players. Dusty is responsible for strategic blunders however. That's just BS. The things they do that are dumb and ineffective are a direct result of the manager. It's not like these things happen every once in a while. The mistakes they make are repetitive. Repetitive mistakes are the manger's fault. I am sick and tired I hearing that crap. This is a terrible baseball team BECAUSE Dusty is the manager.

Maybe they can get Sheets and resign Wood. Then the Cubs would have 3 starts on the DL most weeks.

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The thing is, I'm not sure how having disagreements with Baker would keep Rothschild from doing things like helping to improve the control of our pitchers or trying to get our starting pitchers to become more economical, though. I'm sure Baker isn't telling Rothschild to make sure every young pitcher coming up from the farm system remains a wild man or that everybody on our staff should be turned into home run derby pitchers. Rothschild really needs to go with the rest of them. How do you have 23 posts? I'm confused There's J.R. and JR. That's going to get confusing. J.R. loves American cars, hates Hillary Clinton, wants to deprot all illegal alienes, loves fireworks, and detests liberals. JR, I have no idea.

This is what, your third ".500 by date X" thread? With each thread the date gets set progressively more distant in the future. I'd say that your next thread should say .500 by April 1st. That's realistic. None of you .500 by date X threads have been in the realm of reality.

He's got talent but he's still also rather raw. I think that he's at Boise because any changes in his swing will be easier to implement there against lower talent than at say Peoria or Daytona. He'll probably have good production while there but I don't think we'll see any sort of vast improvement until the offseason where he can start working more seriously on changing his swing mechanics. This all may be true and good. Still, it seems rather odd to spend a high pick on a guy who lacks RF arm, CF speed, HR power, and plate patience, but who is drafted because he has a nice swing. If in fact his nice swing isn't actually very nice and needs to be reconstructed. If a guy's swing needs to be reconstructed anyway, then what was it that you draft him that high for? Hopefully you'll be right, they'll tune up his swing and he'll be a genuine hitter next year, or perhaps later this very summer. Still, not a very encouraging way to get going. I couldn't agree more. This entire year starting from the free-agency period to this very second has been a Cub fan's worst nightmare. At the rate things are going the Cubs organization won't hit rock bottom for a couple more years.

Angel Hernandez should be fired.

I am more than willing to let this year be erased for Prior with all that has happend to him and the team. He's still very young and really has never faced adversity like this. Maybe he learns a lot from this year and it helps him for the future. I think Prior will be a top pitcher for many years to come.

IMO, Hendry has to do something this is getting pretty ridicilous.

I predict he'll be gone at the ASB. With the Williamson comments and the losses pileing up, they have to do somehting.