Cubfanintheknow

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/youkilis-attracted-by-slumperbuster-drink-deal-15277 Bottom's up!!! :lol:

I had completely forgotten him. Probably because he was completely forgettable. And really, really bad.

Thanks for jarring my memory. Don't know why I was typing Lloyd Pettitt when I really meant Vince Lloyd in the above posts.

Yeah, I remember Jim. He was pretty dry. But I think part of that came from the fact that Jack Brickhouse worked solo for a good portion of his career. I though he did better when Brickhouse would move over to the radio booth for the 4th, 5th and 6th innings--working alone while Lloyd took a break--and was paired with Boudreau, who would do color commentary during those same three innings for the TV side. (edited to change a name--again!)

Great topic during a slow time! Pat Hughes is fantastic. He gets high marks starting with his voice and delivery right through his knowledge of the game. And he does it all while working alongside Ron Santo. Don't get me wrong--I LOVE Santo in the radio booth. But Ronnie needs a lot of prompting to get him to deliver his commentary on the game. Hughes does it very well. For sheer entertainment, no one beats Harry. No one. This'll take a few folks back a ways, but I also enjoyed Vince Lloyd and "The Good Kid" Lou Boudreau. Lloyd also had a great voice and delivery. Boudreau was a lot like Santo. They had a good time broadcasting games. On the other end of the spectrum, Milo Hamilton put me to sleep--how the guy still has a job broadcasting games, I don't know. Chip Caray was OK. But I don't miss his terrible baseball phrases. (edited to change a name)

Let me be the first to go on record as saying "Kotex Park" would not be a very good idea.

What exactly is a natural utility man? http://www.vincekeenan.com/uploaded_images/harrington-725920.jpg Scary that it took you only three minutes to think of this guy, find his picture and post it in this thread. Very scary...

Bet they're just regurgitating the article from this morning's Tribune.

OleMissCub's list looks pretty good to me. I did a similar scan and noted the same names. Interesting, no Sosa (not that I expected his name to be all over the thing. But there's another thread I started that might cause some speculation). At first I thought the report would do nothing more than nail Bonds to the wall. But about midway through they got to the others. Mitchell did a pretty good job hammering Roger Clemens.

I think this deserves a separate thread because this involves the Cubs and not the report in general. Mods may merge if they like.

Matt Karchner had a couple things to say to George Mitchell while playing with the Cubs: "Matt Karchner pitched for two teams in major league baseball between 1995 and 2000, the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox. Members of my investigative staff contacted him as part of our effort to interview former major league players. Karchner said that during spring training, 1999, he observed two of his Chicago Cub teammates injecting themselves with steroids in an apartmant that Karchner was sharing with them. Karchner declined to identify the players. He said that one of the players brought steroids to the apartment but was afraid of needles and therefore asked the second player to administer the shot. The second player inject the first player in the buttocks with steroids and then injected himself. Later that season, Karchner was offered steroids by certain of his Cubs teammates. Karchner would not disclose the names of the players who offered him steroids, but the conversations he had involved the general costs of steroids and the discussion of "stacking" to build lean muscles necessary for pitchers. Karchner did not report either of these incidents to anyone at the time." Mitchell Report, p. 280. Several ex-Cubs have been mentioned, including Glenallen Hill, Todd Hundley and Manny Alexander. But this section will probably garner a lot of attention because Karchner didn't name anyone. Anyone care to speculate?

I know GM's are always going to put a positive spin on their decisions, including stupid ones like putting Dempster into the rotation. But to cite that he won 15 games when it happened 7 years ago (a year in which his ERA was around 5, as well)? Come on, Jim. How naive do you think fans are? See Rasin's post above. It's hard for me to critical of most public commentary these days. It's all spin. Crticize the decision on the other hand? Absolutely. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! I think if you asked Bruce Miles, he'd tell you that while Jim Hendry tries to be as honest an upfront as he possibly can, he doesn't reveal everything. Everyone would be wise to not take Hendry's remarks completely at face value.

ESPN has just announced it's changing its call letters to YES2.

A lot of posters--myself included--would like to see Hart get a legitimate shot at a slot in the rotation because of how well he performed. No guarantees--just a good chance to prove his call-up time was no fluke. And I'd rather give this kid a chance than the alternative, which, as you know, would be another year of someone like Steve Trachsel who gets chance after chance to prove he still sucks.

30 replies to the original post and none of them deal with the original topic of the post. Guess this is what happens when your team looks lame as it's swept from the playoffs. (How about some props for the correct use of an apostrophe?)

Just looking at that schedule, I long for the days when there was only a NL East and NL West and 6 teams in each division. The Cubs would play 18 games against each NL East team and 12 games against NL West teams. The schedule was balanced for everyone. Nice and simple. Something needs to be done. There are way too many quirks. It's as if schedulers used a dart board rather than rational thinking to come up with the schedule.

Steve Stone has tried to weasel his way into the front office of several teams for several years. I remember when he was rumored for the GM job in Oakland way back in 1990. There's a reason why he hasn't been offered the position with other clubs and it's the reason why he shouldn't ge the GM job for the Cubs: No experience. I remember, too, when he applauded Ryne Sandberg for taking the Peoriua Chiefs' managing job, because Sandberg was willing to start at the bottom if he ever wanted to manage. And he chastised other players who thought they felt entitled to a manager's job because they played in the majors. Yet he's unwilling to take a front office job unless it's a GM position. Note to Steve: You're a very good baseball analyst. Stay an analyst.

Ken, You say pain before joy. Just how much pain are we talking about? Isn't 100 years of pain enough?

Painful to watch.

If the Cubs can win game three, I'm confident they'll win game 4. Sadly, I have little confidence in the Cubs winning game 5. They'll drag this series on just long enough to suck a little more life out of me.

Just saw the Mike Greenberg piece. Once--just once--it would be nice if ESPN gave a microphone to a typical Cubs fan and let that person do a story on the Cubs. The media's perception is so vastly different from the average Cub fan it's gone from laughable to disgusting. I think this is why people have a general disregard for the media. No one does their friggin' homework anymore. Let's make a good story rather than tell people how it really is.

Done!!!

First post! Who'da thunk it?

I think he lost it when he finally came to the realization that he does, indeed, suck.

If the Cubs win tonight, I wouldn't at all be surprised if the Cubs skipped Ted Lilly's scheduled start on Sunday, even if they lose on Saturday. I think he'll take his chances that the Cubs will win the division on a Brewer's loss. Should it come down to a one-game playoff, Lilly would be the guy to go to. But again, all this hinges on the Cubs winning tonight.