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did anyone really expect rusch to outduel sheets? He's distracted because Sabathia threatened to sneak over after the game and eat their postgame spread.

We'd have really bad defense up the middle. Are you doubting the great Soto?

I wish we had a whole team of Soto's. We'd be undefeated this year.

OMG SIGN HIM HE HITS WELL IN WRIGLEY AND THEREFORE WILL BE AWESOME!!!! edit: not criticizing you or your post at all. Your post just reminded me of all the "(name of player) hits well in Wrigley. We should sign him" talk.

Dunn homers. 7th career HR off of Z. 1-0 Reds. Stop going to 3-ball counts on guys, Carlos!

I don't have any rare old pictures to share, or any pictures of any sort. But, I was thinking the other day about some achievements in the modern era that we'll never see matched or even tested. Some that came to mind... --DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak. The thing that amazes me the most about that (other than getting a hit in every game for two solid months!) is that he started another 16-game streak the day after the 56-game streak was broken. And, on the day it was broken, it took two highlight-reel plays by the Cleveland 3rd baseman to hold him hitless that day. If it wasn't for that, the 56-game streak would have turned into an astounding 73games!!! --DiMaggio was also elected to the All-star game in every season of his career. --This isn't a record, but more of a "what could have been" story. In 1934, DiMaggio injured his knee so badly that most everyone thought his career was over. The Cubs turned down a no-risk tryout. The Yankees gave him a tryout and bought his contract for $25,000. And, as the kids like to say, the rest is history. --Johnny VanderMeer's 2 consecutive no-hitters. He must have been hailed as the second coming of Jesus after that second one. Could you imagine the hype around a young pitcher today who threw 2 consecutive no-hitters with what the media is today? ESPN would devote 90% of SportsCenter to him. A fun little side-note: Babe Ruth was a coach for the Dodgers and was in the dugout for the second of those games. It was also the very first night game at Ebbet's Field. --4256 hits. I'll never live to see it broken. Say what you want about Rose, but he was one hell of a hitter. --Rickey Henderson's 1406 stolen bases. Guys don't run as much anymore, and even if they did, there's nobody who would even break four figures in a career anymore. Just unreal. --130 steals in a season, also by Henderson --Cobb's .367 career batting average

I vote that this thread be stickied, on the fact that (a) it's awesome, and (b) there are a lot of baseball history buffs on NSBB.

Ru roh. Still high on Dusty, my man?

I agreed to a point. If Harden shows he will be healthy, in the next 3 weeks, then another stater won't be necessarily (and I would be confident that Marquis/Marshall/Lieber/Geaux Dan would get the job done as #5), but if Harden shows a little wear and tear (which is possible), then you could see the Cubs make a trade for another starter. I still say try to see what Colorado wants for Aaron Cook. There don't seem to be nearly as many questions surrounding his durability as there would be with Burnett or Bedard, and he isn't as crappy as Wolf or Maddux. Colorado has flat out said they aren't trading Cook. He just signed an extension this past offseason, and they consider him a major part of their future. Oh. Well, forget that, then. Inquire about Holliday and Fuentes, then.

100x YES!! Screw his D. That lineup would more than make up for it.

I agreed to a point. If Harden shows he will be healthy, in the next 3 weeks, then another stater won't be necessarily (and I would be confident that Marquis/Marshall/Lieber/Geaux Dan would get the job done as #5), but if Harden shows a little wear and tear (which is possible), then you could see the Cubs make a trade for another starter. I still say try to see what Colorado wants for Aaron Cook. There don't seem to be nearly as many questions surrounding his durability as there would be with Burnett or Bedard, and he isn't as crappy as Wolf or Maddux.

I think his presence is a significant factor in Marquis not being lifted from the rotation. Now that Gaudin is here we can stick him in the rotation and DFA one of Marquis/Lieber. Preferably Marquis.

As I said in the Harden thread in Transactions: I've got a hardon for Harden!

Don't make that comparison, though. Yes, both were steals. Both were good trades. But in the end, the Lakers lost in the finals.

Any news on if the Cardinals are looking at Burnett, Bedard, etc? It only makes sense that they'd be next to add to their rotation.

Move to ND, where natural disasters are non existant. Isn't everything non-existant in North Dakota?

Really. It's not like the place wouldn't be packed regardless.

That would be amazing...and I'm sure that Bedard would at least be ahead of Lilly in the rotation as well. However, I'd imagine that the M's would want a hefty price considering all they had to give up to get him. Burnett might be a cheaper option. Here's the thing though: the M's are pretty peeved at his pitch count comments and are trying to rebuild Bavasi's mess as soon as possible. I can't possibly see them letting him go for a compensatory pick with the kind of rebuilding they need to do while Ichiro is still young enough. EDIT: Bedard's only on the books as a rental for the remainder of this year and Burnett is owed like $30MM-ish. I posted this in the Harden thread, but last night it was reported by The Score that the Cubs and M's had been in preliminary discussions for Bedard, although no formal offer had been made. The Mariners were asking for Gallager, Murton, Patterson, and Pie.

If the Cubs win the World Series this year, he's officially forgiven for everything.

6-run lead. That means it's Marmol time!!

Well, Mariotti looks like a moron now, doesn't he? Well, he always does, but he was really wrong here.

Yea his .394 OBP is totally reminicent of past Cubs players. And you're going on ignore. Thank god for that feature. Added him a long time ago. Kind of the Junior High version of ignoring someone, where rather than ignore them, you talk about ignoring them. Interesting that you seem to know so much about Junior High behaviour, no? HORNKOHLNED I happened to be in Junior High once upon a time, yes? How about you? Did you just skip from grammar school all the way to pompus schmuck? Attack the argument, not the poster. I do think it's tactless to tell someone they're getting ignored, though, as if the ignored party is supposed to run away and cry.

I take back half the nasty things I've said about the man. But, I'm one to hold grudges, and it'll still take more for him to be completely forgiven for Dusty, Neifi, Macias, Bynum, Ordonez, etc.

Riot flies to Bruce.