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The miracles never cease.

Why does Soriano even bother bringing a bat to the plate? It's not like he's going to be able to do anything with it anyway.

I'm 28 and I think it's sad that I'll never see a championship. QFT

Come on, Marlon. We need some magic.

He really did. That's pretty good for April. I think he realizes this team isn't that good. I miss the days when goings-on in the booth meant victorious radio calls and not Ron having coronaries. Ronnie doesn't have too many years left. I think it's sad that he'll never see a championship.

*sigh*

Yes, they do. That's why I hate seeing guys who K 6000 times a year.

Safe at the plate!! Nice!! Suck it McLouth. Looks like you can't do everything. Now that we have the lead, let's actually score a run with a hit now.

You win 1 million internets if you're right.

Finally, a break. Come on, Riot. Pull your head out of your ass and get a hit here. We've got him reeling. Don't let him off the hook, because this might be our best chance all night.

It's almost an automatic take on 2-0 it seems. There's something to be said for drawing walks and being patient, but in hitters counts like that you gotta take advantage when you can. Geo took a similar pitch in his last AB too. Not only is it a hitters count, its a hitters situation, with Dempster on deck and only needing a fly ball to tie the game. I agree, but I wasn't just referring to Soto in that post, but rather the whole team.

Loaded for Demp.

Corey Provis was starting to grow on me, then he went to Milwaukee and they found this tool.

It's almost an automatic take on 2-0 it seems. There's something to be said for drawing walks and being patient, but in hitters counts like that you gotta take advantage when you can.

Nice. Lou sure loves that hit and run, though. Soto, don't hit into a DP, please.

Now, up 3-0 and if it's a fastball in the zone, swing!

Because the Cubs have given people reason for optimism? Jurjens looks good, and when he doesn't we've been helping him out.

So you hope the season is over within the first two weeks? And people get on my case....

Almost.

Why do they keep sitting on the 2-0 pitch? Geez. Swing the damn bat if it's a fastball!

Ok, they score their leadoff walks. Let's score ours.

I see your point, but you weren't getting Soriano offering a contract for 4-5 years. I think Soriano will still have numbers worthy of starting, but worthy of starting on a bad team as the worst outfielder. Hendry betted that the Cubs would win it all in 80 or 09 and the contract wouldn't matter because the fans would be on cloud 9. Just didn't happen. How could he make that sort of bet with the downside of the risk being a horrible player for 3-4 seasons? Remember they signed him coming off an under 70 win season and had a ton of holes. Signing Soriano alone wasn't putting the team over the top. It was obvious to everyone in baseball that Soriano, while a good player, was not a franchise player. Never was and never will be. People on this board were not thrilled with the signing before they even know how many years he got. So not only did they sign Soriano to a ridiculous annual salary, but they signed him to that salary until he was 38 years old. Hendry did it to make a splash and save his job. We rip on Hendry all the time for dumb moves, but Hendry had to know at the time what he was getting with Soriano, and that was a complimentary player, not a superstar. If we didn't have a GM trying to save his job, Soriano is not a Chicago Cub. The sad thing is he's been clinging to that job for far too long and by the time he leaves we'll be cleaning up his mess for the next several seasons.

It started on time.

well, i'm glad that's that. guess i'll tune in next year. Will you people stop with this [expletive]? It's seriously old. He didn't say "don't watch" or "why are you wasting your time?" He just expressed his opinion on the ballclub. People read way too much into things around here.

Wash, rinse, repeat.