CubinNY

I have paid for the MLB.TV subscription for 2 years. For last year I got both the radio broadcast and TV broadcasts. Unless the radically upgrade the feeds I would not buy MLB.TV. The picture is choppy and unless you have a really powerfull computer it will freeze or go black and you will have to reload. In addition, sometimes you will get the other team's broadcasters and they can be brutal. I am talking to you Joe Buck and Al Hirbosky. I don't know what the service is like in Pakistan so if I were I would get the radio package. I have not had any trouble with it at all and you get to listen to Pat and Ron every game as an added bonus.

If this is a dreadful outfield, then what would you call last year's? Dreadfuler?

I have to get XM

Or Solomon Torres

That guy is a horse's ass

for me that was 2003. I had such high hopes for 2004.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060215sosaretire,1,4278510.story?coll=cs-home-headlines I know there is already a thread in transactions but I thought I'd start one here to talk about his career. To me the beaning of Sammy was the watershed mark of his dissent into oblivian. He really was never the same player afterwords. I know it coincided with other injuries and possibly the withdraw of steriods as well. I will always appreciate Sammy. He really was a gladeator.

The Street & Smith preview had Neifi starting at 2nd with Walker on the bench! :x

4 Days. Someone (mod?) will have to update the countdown for me after today as my wife and I will be out of town on a job interview, old man winter willing.

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-060209cubsfanview,1,5143141.story?coll=cs-cubs-headlines 1. Juan Pierre 2. Jacque Jones 3. Derrek Lee 4. Aramis Ramirez 5. Michael Barrett 6. Matt Murton 7. Ronny Cedeno 8. Todd Walker 9. Pitcher

five days 1,2,3,4,...fif.

Under a week 6 days

Care to give me 60:1 odds? if so I will bet you 10$. Need I remind you they finished ahead of the Cubs last year and have improved just as much (on paper)? I guess I do.

Just for the record. I am behind the Cubs all the way. I want Pierre to have a career year. I want Cedeno and Murton to play like ROYs even if they are not eligable. I want the pitching staff to be heathy and productive. I will root for Dusty. Go Cubs!

9th in runs scored in the 16 team NL. That's bad. Below average is bad. 4th in OPS doesn't come close to telling the whole story. The OBP side of OPS should weigh more heavily than the SLG side. The Cubs are good with the SLG, but absolutely terrible with the OBP. This offense is not among the worst of the worst, but it's far from good at the same time. It's an enormous problem. That's one (entirely pessimistic) way of looking at it. Take away the time that Aramis Ramirez missed, and the team would be above average in runs scored. Maybe even top 5. Pessimistic? It's the god's honest truth. Just the facts, no spin. It's tough to score runs when you don't get on base very often, and the Cubs don't get on base often enough. You're the one throwing around ifs. Yeah, if everything works out perfectly the Cubs would win every game. I live in the real world where the Cubs have had a real run scoring problem for several years that is tied to an OBP problem, which is entirely based on their inability to draw walks. But no, let's all pretend that's just pessimism and not the truth. It is pessimism! And that's fine, but that's what it is. And I'm well aware of the OBP problems, but they have been addressed to a degree and I'm 100% confident that the team OBP will be a lot better than what it was last year. I'd hardly say that the offense is an "enormous problem" like you originally stated. The team had the second best batting average in the league (tied with the Cards) and the 4th best OPS last year... and it has been upgraded. I know, I know, their OBP was bad. Well, OBP isn't everything. This offense is fine. Runs scored is what matters and the Cubs were well below average in that department. That is not pesimism, that is fact. Maybe they have upgraded with Slap Nasty in CF but they have either stayed the same or down graded at every other position offensively. How anyone cannot see that is beyond my capacity to understand.

Way below.

One week

I think it is a bit early to make predictions but here goes mine NL East: NY Mets NL Central: Milwaukee Brewers NL West: SF (with Bonds) LAD if no Bonds NL Wild Card: St. Louis AL East: Toronto AL Central: Minnesota, Ozzie's luck will not hold AL West: Oakland AL Wild Card: NY Yankees NL Champs: Milwaukee Al Champs: Oakland World Series Champs: Milwaukee CubinNY goes to Vegas and collects $6,000

Let the season begin! Poor White Sox fans. The Sox win the WS and all they can do is obsess over a bunch of loosers like us. So much hate so little time...I guess. EDIT: or poor Cardinals fan, you know the rest of the story.

Aside from better than average eyesight and foot speed I cannot think of one tool that a baseball player can be born with. However, the question is, can pitch recognition, plate discipline, and hittiing for power be developed later in life then little league? I would have to anwser yes. If not, why have coaches? Patence can be taught, pitch recognition can be taught. I had really crappy little league coaches but when I got to high school our coach preached plate discipline and "hitting your pitch". We practiced it. During BP we were not encouraged to swing away even if it mean we only took 5 or 6 swings in 40 pitches.

Mckeon was pretty laid back. I wonder if Joe will mello with age or become a Buck Showalter.

Especially if he puts up crappy numbers. If Jones puts up numbers similar to his last two years Hendry will either have to take a bad contract back or trade him for pennys on the dollar

9 days. The Superbowl is over, it is time for baseball!

10 days. Almost to single digits