erik316wttn
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Sadly, very few people use two hands to catch a ball anymore. That's one thing my son will learn when he's old enough, though.
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Well if he totally pulls it down the line, yea. Even then
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I didn't know Tavarez was capable of hitting it that far.
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The one that hits one hard down the line and has the 3b make a nice play? The DP sucked, but that wasnt a 2008 lee swing. I'm pretty sure Flames should have used green font there.
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Crap. Nice play there. Oh well.
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Has Harang always been this goofy looking?
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Fukuwalk Good start.
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You coudln't turn on Pat and Ron?
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Come on, Randy. Shut 'em down tonight!
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I'm in favor of the Cubs scoring eleventy billion runs tonight and not even giving Gregg a chance to blow it. where there's the cubs, there's an epic fail just waiting to happen. eleventy billion runs won't cut it. You know, I'm not the most optimistic guy there is, but even I'd feel safe if the Cubs scored eleveny billion runs.
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Does Kevin Gregg blow his 3rd save in a row tonight?
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That still wouldn't have been enough money to sign Wood in arbitration. You'd have to find another 4-5 million somewhere (plus another 400,000 for the minimum salary player you're using instead of Miles). And of course there's the problem that Wood has been worse than Gregg this year, and it hasn't been because of dribblers (the main two problems are a much higher HR rate and a much higher walk rate). What's the minimum amount we could have offered him in arbitration? I'm not saying it would have signed him, but according to him he wanted to stay here, so I'm assuming we would have gotten a hometown discount. Why would Wood give a hometown discount after he already accepted arbitration? If Wood had wanted to accept just anything (and the Cubs could have given him a lesser contract outside of the arbitration process) the Cubs probably would have signed him. If for example Wood was willing to accept a deal very similar to the one he got in 08, the Cubs would have probably been happy to bring him back after his successful season in 08. The fact that they didn't suggests that he wasn't quite that willing to do anything for the club. You could be right. I was just taking Kerry at his word that he really wanted to stay here. We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one, I guess.
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That still wouldn't have been enough money to sign Wood in arbitration. You'd have to find another 4-5 million somewhere (plus another 400,000 for the minimum salary player you're using instead of Miles). And of course there's the problem that Wood has been worse than Gregg this year, and it hasn't been because of dribblers (the main two problems are a much higher HR rate and a much higher walk rate). What's the minimum amount we could have offered him in arbitration? I'm not saying it would have signed him, but according to him he wanted to stay here, so I'm assuming we would have gotten a hometown discount.
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One of the points that was made. Try to keep up. Anyway, Kerry Wood is much better over his career than Kevin Gregg. And none of this "we can't afford him" crap. Take away Gregg's contract and the Miles signing, offer that to Wood in arbitration, and he said he would have taken it. We're a better team for it.
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Do you even follow baseball? Go look at their stats and their contracts and try and type this sentence again with a straight face. Gregg has an ERA under 4 and he kicked ass in June and July. Suddenly he has two bad games and all this kneejerk [expletive] comes out. People like you are an embarrassment to our fan base. Try and stay level for at least one day, please. IMB! spittin fire! :clapping: I find it amusing that someone like IMB is calling ME an embarrassment. Find a mirror, pal.
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UMFan, I'll split the cost of that nuke with you.
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Leave it to the Cubs to put that vomit taste in our mouths yet again. I know, I was feeling quite good about us leaving Florida with a series win 2 years in a row. Even though we won the season series against the Marlins 4-3, it feels like we went 2-5 against them. We just never have an easy damn time with them. I hate them more than any team not based within 5 miles of a 600 ft arch. Yes I hate them more than the White Sox. I don't know what it is about that place. I guess seeing as we can't be an abomination to baseball up in Montreal anymore, we choose Florida in which to be a complete embarrassment to the sport.
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Leave it to the Cubs to put that vomit taste in our mouths yet again.
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because he's better than kerry wood No. He's just not. Wood is struggling in his first year in a new league. He'll be much better next year. Gregg just has long periods where he just plain sucks, like April and the first 2 days in August, for example.
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All I want right now is to kneecap Kevin Gregg.
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Typical Cubs. I turn on the radio for 3 minutes. I hear 2 pitches to Uggla, one the homer, and then the Ross AB. Kevin Gregg is a better option than Kerry Wood because..... why?
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What's the prognosis on Aram and Z?
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whew About damn time, boys.
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Just get this guy and let me go to bed. I have to be up at 5 for work.
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Uh oh. 2 outs. That's where the bad things happen.