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  1. Cubfanintheknow
    Who'da thunk it?
  2. Cubfanintheknow
    Congrats to Buehrle on the perfect game. WARNING!!! When the highlights come on, mute the TV. You will NOT want to hear Hawk Harrelson. Just when you thought he couldn't get more annoying...
  3. Cubfanintheknow
    You sound like my son. He'd love to see Jake Fox at second. I think it's too much of a gamble at such a key defensive position. If he did somehow land that job, you can bet he'd rarely--if ever--see playing time past the 7th inning. Andres Blanco/Aaron Miles/Jeff Baker/Joey Crapbackupinfielder would more than likely come in as a defensive replacement, limiting Fox to 3-4 ab's per game. I just can't see Fox turning a double play like the one Theriot & Blanco turned to end the top of the 7th today.
  4. Cubfanintheknow
    Mr. Wood, This was your first post in this thread: which eventually came around to this: For those of us reading these posts, it's impossible to read into the first post what you actually meant in the second. Impossible. As for the switch from Perry to Joshua, I look at it this way; Typically, minor league coaches work on short contracts, always hoping the next year will bring them one step closer to getting to (or back to) the big leagues. Joshua is 61 years old and by all accounts is doing a heckuva job in Iowa. It would have been great to keep him there. But there was also a pretty fair chance he would have been on his way to another organization at the end of this year. So at least he stays with the Cubs and has a chance to work guys he's familiar with. And the players have someone who they're familiar with.
  5. Cubfanintheknow
    They'll get it in. They'll probably start by 12:30 at the latest, if not right at the scheduled start time of 12:05. I'd guess no batting practice. Not that it matters to the Cubs, anyhow.
  6. Cubfanintheknow
    I'd guess most Cardinal fans forgot about a lot of the frustration they felt in winning just 83 games when that team hoisted the Commissioner's Trophy in a champagne-soaked locker room. Just as a lot of Cub fans--myself included--forgot about a lot of the joy the 2008 Cubs team brought when they got swept out of the playoffs for the second straight year.
  7. Cubfanintheknow
    "I'm Crash Davis. I'm your new catcher. And you just learned Rule Number One: Don't think. You can only hurt the team." That rule comes in real handy with my know-it-all 12-year old.
  8. Cubfanintheknow
    Because at times we make them not fun to watch. I know I'm guilty of thinking more about two crappy losses to Milwaukee than some decent baseball played before and after those games.
  9. Cubfanintheknow
    I kinda got a kick out of the "it was a catch because he'd already transferred the ball to his throwing hand" argument. Does anybody really believe Rick Ankiel was thinking, "Man, I gotta get this ball back to the infield--and quick!" just before he tasted the outfield wall?
  10. Cubfanintheknow
    It usually takes several weeks for bullpen roles to get figured out. Sometimes these things just kind of figure themselves out on their own. Keep in mind Carlos Marmol is the only guy from last year's pen (unless you want to count Neil Cotts' short stint with the club last year). So it's a matter of figuring out who's going to work best in certain situations. Not saying everything is going to be just fine, though. Some guys also need a few chances to show they don't belong. Like Neil Cotts last year.
  11. Cubfanintheknow
    There's a huge part of me hoping Ricketts wants to be the owner who brings a World Series championship to the Cubs. Players say it, managers say it and general managers say it. But it's the owner who really has a chance to put his money where his mouth is. Bringing in Jake Peavy would be the big splash that could make it all happen. But that's usually said about any new owner. And most fans end up disappointed. The last three playoff debacles have left me extremely cynical. So I'm having a hard time getting excited about this.
  12. Cubfanintheknow
    The Who singing, "We won't get fooled again."
  13. Cubfanintheknow
    Yep. Now I'm glad I didn't buy any division champions stuff. I wouldn't want to even look at it anymore. Just thinking about all those "great moments" of 2008 make me feel so used. They're totally meaningless now. I got suckered into thinking this team could go deep into the playoffs. Stupid me.
  14. Cubfanintheknow
    I just have this nagging feeling they're going to come back and take this series. No statistical analysis to prove how, no Cubbie Kool-Aid (or alcohol, for that matter), just this feeling they're going to win the next three. The Cubs have been a great story all year long. And everybody loves a great story. The Red Sox ended years of futility in '04 by first overcoming the biggest deficit in ALCS history. And they looked just as bad--if not worse--than the Cubs do now. But it made good copy. Still does. This is all a part of the story.
  15. Cubfanintheknow
    Howry'll make it. Hopefully Lou will only use him with two outs and nobody on in the ninth with the Cubs holding a nine run lead. He'll still make me nervous, though.
  16. Cubfanintheknow
    That works both ways. On TV, you don't have to describe every play in detail because the viewer can see what's going on. That leaves extra time for stories. But on the radio, the fans listening have no idea what's going on unless you tell them to. So if you miss something, the listener does also. I'd argue that there's a lot more air time to be filled on TV then there is on radio because of this. I can see your logic.
  17. Cubfanintheknow
    Oh my lord. Incredibly difficult? He works 3 hours a day 150 days a year talking about baseball. Give me a break. If you want to say it's fun to listen to him sound goofy and get all emotional, fine. Maybe that's your thing. But don't try and pretend his job is hard. EXACTLY! And most of the time when he does fill "air time" he's stumbling through one of his stories I can't understand anyways. You're entitled to your opinion regarding the value Santo brings to the broadcast. But if you think his job is easy, you are sorely mistaken.
  18. Cubfanintheknow
    I live in the Chicago area and get WGN radio. So I'm investing in one of these: http://www.sportsyncradio.com/sport-sync-how-it-works.html
  19. Cubfanintheknow
    To all the people who dislike Ron Santo as a broadcaster: Honestly, you try to do what he does for 162 games (all right, I'll concede that he doesn't make every road trip). There's a lot of air time that needs to be filled. It's not like TV where you can let the pretty pictures do the talking. And not all the games are like Tuesday night's nailbiter. It's an incredibly difficult job. Santo isn't the best. But I love how he lets his colors show through. And Pat Hughes is as good as they come. If you think for a second that he'd let something even remotely important slip past without mentioning it, you're crazy.
  20. Cubfanintheknow
    Not to split hairs here, but a tornado and a hurricane are two totally different weather events. Astro's management had at least three days advance warning to move the players--and their families-- to play the games in a safer venue. They chose not to. It's where the real blame for this fiasco lies. And while I wasn't there to poll the fans who were in attendance Sunday night, I think that's where the booing, if there was any, was directed at. There's no forecast tool that I know of that will give people even a general idea of when or where a tornado will strike with three days warning. With a good warning system in place, NWS-issued tornado warning can give you up to 30 minutes notice of impending danger. IMHO, there's a huge difference between the scenarios.
  21. Cubfanintheknow
    If he merely aimed for journalistic mediocrity, he'd probably be all right. Nothing on the Trib's website about Mariotti coming aboard. And with that newspaper slashing its budget, I find it hard to believe it would hire Mariotti. Just not worth the headache.
  22. Cubfanintheknow
    McLane's only has himself to blame. With the advance notice he had, these games could have been played in Florida or Atlanta over the weekend. But he chose to cling to some misguided hope that somehow the games could be played in Houston. It's all McLane's fault, not MLB. But they are in Wisconsin, so I'm sure someone could come up with a good cheese to go along with their whine.
  23. Cubfanintheknow
    Yeah! We could have people working at a special place... we could call it the National Center for Hurricanes, or something like that. They could forecast where these storms would hit and what kind of impact they'd have. Boy, would that be something! Sigh... someday.
  24. Cubfanintheknow
    The way this is being handled is so stupid, especially since the solution is so easy: Three games in Kansas City... Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Houston gets the gate. MLB--which has deep enough pockets to do this--pays Houston the revenue they lost because of the venue change. Doesn't McLane know he's screwing with his team by trying to cram the series in like this?
  25. Cubfanintheknow
    This means the Bears know they're going to suck, as others have mentioned. Television and radio--especially radio--fill their time talking about the problems the local teams have. Who wants to talk about how good a ballclub is doing when you can rip into another about how bad they're doing? Granted the Cubs aren't perfect (I mean, they have lost 48 of the 124 games they've played... the bums!), but they're kind of on cruise control right now. Not a whole lot to talk about, really. I expect the Cubs coverage to get ramped up by September 1st and go into overdrive toward the end of that month. With a little luck, the rest of the country will be sick about sports media talking about the first Cubs' championship in 100 years! Though I know I'll never tire of hearing that!
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