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Hoff-POWER
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Wasn't Laz Diaz the guy who those two Sox fans attacked several years ago on the South Side?
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I didn't see the Soriano HBP. Was it intentional?
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No, that was an F-bomb.
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You got lucky, Sori. Trying to steal 3rd on Molina? You're lucky you're not getting chewed by Lou right now.
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Yeah, Harden didn't want any part of Albert.
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And one of the heaviest. So we turn our wrath to Geo now? Just stating the obvious. I thought he was supposed to be in pretty good shape to start the spring.
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I've only caught bits and pieces of the game--- what happened to Lee?
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Meh. I'll watch, but I won't be shocked at all with a loss.
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Great way to go into Arizona, a place we usually get slaughtered. And we never play the Marlins well no matter where we play, so this could be a very, very long week.
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You're probably better off.
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Dear Cubs, Stop sucking. Love, Erik.
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I was running in gym class one day in high school, and felt a pop in my right knee. I also felt tearing, and I fell to the ground. 3 surgeries later, I have 25% of my original cartilige, and a dime-sized hole behind my right kneecap.
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At this point I'd rather get Adrian Gonzalez and send Lee packing.
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Go back and look at some of my posts this offseason. I've said all along that we're a markedly worse team than last year, and we got worse with every move.
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Enough bad moves become devastating, however. If you keep the core of your offense and the core of your rotation intact, and you've selected good players for those positions, you'll be ok. Hendry has done a good job of that the last couple years. His problems have come mostly in the bullpen, the bench, and a couple of the lesser offensive positions. Those mistakes cause frustration but don't hurt the ballclub to a huge degree. He also has issues with overpaying for players. But overpaying for players isn't horrible if you overpay for the right players. And very few of the Cubs high priced players have blown up and been busts. Oh, I forgot to mention Soriano's contract, which will become a tremendous albatross in several years.
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The Vizcaino move was a factor, yes, especially with Cotts still here, but that's nowhere near the final straw. Letting Dusty have as much free reign as he did; Nefii; Macias; Bynum; Rey Ordonez; several crappy drafts depleting our farm system; selling extremely low on DeRo even though he was coming off of a career year; getting rid of Ceda for Gregg of all people; not even attempting to sign Kerry Wood; not offering Wood arbitration so we could get the extra draft picks; "I like guys who can catch the ball; getting worse with every single move he made this past offseason; and too many other things that I can't even recall right now have all led to my dislike of the man. Did I nearly pee myself with excitement when we acquired Aram, Nomar, and Harden? Yes. But that goodwill only goes so far.
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Enough bad moves become devastating, however.
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Thank you for your insight
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With the ownership situation in limbo, I think Hendry is safe, as neither side wants to really make any major waves right now. However, Jimbo has to be one of the bottom 5 GM's in this game, and the only reason the Cubs are any sort of decent is because of the large market payroll that he's allowed. The Cubs have a rapidly-shrinking window of opportunity to win that ever-elusive championship before the chance goes away again for god knows how long. It's not like we can restock from within, as the farm system is crap. We have to keep signing free agents and restocking with trades in order to stay good. At one point in 2003 or 2004, this team looked like it was set up to have a very long run at the top. But, after all our top prospects fizzled out and Hendry has made one mind-bogglingly stupid move after another, I fear that after this year or next, we're going to be doormats again. Bottom line: Jim Hendry has ruined this team, a few lucky trades aside. He's done more damage than good.
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Losing 2 out of 3 to the team at home to a team with the worst manager in baseball is always awesome. Way to go, guys. Way to look like the defending NL Central Champions! =D> =D> =D>
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That's the game, folks. Have a good one.
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The answer to that question is always "yes." No matter how bad they are, they can always find a way to be worse.
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bahahahahahaaaaaaaa
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And with our luck he'll break his hand and be out for 2 months, and we'd lose our best pitcher and our 4th best hitter.