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  1. erik316wttn
    I liked the Dubois/Gerut trade. Jody would have been a good bench guy/4th OF.
  2. erik316wttn
    I would personally suggest "Smithsonian Baseball: Inside the World's Finest Private Collections" by Stephen Wong. It's a big coffee table book about baseball memorabilia not in the Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, which is held by private collectors. It's a facinating read. My favorite part so far is the pictures of some of the old equipment and some of the very first copies of the rules of the game. I can't believe how far catcher's gear, gloves, and bats have evolved in 100 years. And did you know that in the very, very first rules of the game, shortstop was between first and second base instead of second and third? Sorry, but I can't stop raving about the book. Old baseball memorabilia facinates me. The older, the better for me.
  3. erik316wttn
    No you scored 1 TD. The other one was called back due to a penalty. It shouldn't have been. Thats your opinion, but it was called so you scored 1 TD. 2 TD's would mean the score was 14-7 which is not the case. I know that. I know it's impossible to score 2 touchdowns on a single drive. It's like when you're watching a batter and you say "He swung at ball 4."
  4. erik316wttn
    No you scored 1 TD. The other one was called back due to a penalty. It shouldn't have been.
  5. erik316wttn
    We scored 2 touchdowns on that drive. Finally. Tied up. Brett's fired up now, boys. I wouldn't sleep on the Pack.
  6. erik316wttn
    YOU ARE [expletive] KIDDING ME!! THERE WAS NO DAMN HOLDING!! I see the Bears brought their refs with them.
  7. erik316wttn
    Here he comes, boys. Vintage Favre. You know, the one that has been kicking your ass for the last 13 years or so.
  8. erik316wttn
    You sir have won the internet.
  9. erik316wttn
    I really don't want to see Prior dealt, but if he is I'd like to see Markakis somehow involved. This is not good news. We WOULD trade Mark Prior, and yet we re-sign Neif Perez. Nice to know where this teams priorities lie.
  10. erik316wttn
    If the Cubs do trade Prior for Tejada, they'd better have Zito in the bag first, or they're really gonna be screwed.
  11. erik316wttn
    Dear. God. No. If Prior is traded, I quit. For a while. Probably. Maybe. You don't just replace a pitcher like Mark Prior. Why not make the package center around a bunch of good prospects?
  12. erik316wttn
    You want to trade Hill, Pie, Prior, Guz, Walker, AND Dope for Tejada and Zito? I sure hope we'd win now, because trading the whole farm like that, if you didn't win in the next few years, we'd be back to about 5+ 90-loss seasons.
  13. erik316wttn
    You are right, which is why I'd structure Prior's deal differently. He's guaranteed $2.5m in 2006. He supposedly can make as much as $5m in arbitration if he takes that option. So, I say offer him a deal that guarantees him $6m in 2006, then $9m in 2007, and $10m in 2008 (that's $25m guaranteed. If he just went to arbitration every year he might make 5/8-9/10-11 ($10m is about the max for arby players now, but what will it be in 2008). But then you add a kicker, the Cubs get a team option for $12-14m that 4th year (taking away his first free agency year, but still leaving him plenty of time to sign a pre-30 once in a lifetime deal if he develops as expected). Maybe throw in a buyout if they don't pick up that last year. Goony, please fax the Cubs your resume.
  14. erik316wttn
    I can't, even if I wanted to. I'm like one of those dumb chicks who sticks with their scumbag man even though he beats the crap out of her every freaking day. I'm in this mess for life. Here here. Its learned since birth. Its like an s.t.d. Ok, may be not that bad. Some STD's can be cleared up with penicillin. There is no such cure for being a Cub fan.
  15. erik316wttn
    Not that I condone what he did, but it's so refreshing to see someone actually take responsibility for his actions. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2268670
  16. erik316wttn
    Which is probably why Jim will do it.
  17. erik316wttn
    If we get Vlad and a starter, Baltimore gets Prior, and Anahiem gets Miggy, I MIGHT be ok with it.
  18. erik316wttn
    As will I. I can deal with offer A. Offer B will send me into a deep, dark, unsupressable rage. Prior and Z are the anchors of this rotation. Even with Tejada we'd still have holes in our offense and would need to rely heavily on our pitching this year. If it's offer B and Levine is right and the Orioles take it....... well, I can't say what I'd say because it's against the rules on NSBB to wish a painful death on Jim Hendry.
  19. erik316wttn
    This will be the first outfield in MLB history that will have a wheelchair ramp.
  20. erik316wttn
    Wood>>>>>> 5th starter. Being without Kerry Wood's production is a HUGE deal. Especially when he could have been ready and healthy for Opening Day if Hendry and Co *cough*Dusty*cough* would have shut him down right away instead of trying to make And if he misses 1 or 2 starts, fine. But everyone knows how the Cubs operate. December: Will miss opening day January: Should be ready by May 1 February: Will be back by mid-June at the latest March: Out till the All-Star break It's sad, really.
  21. erik316wttn
    The Cubs have been the laughingstock of baseball for many of the last 97 years. What makes this year any different? It's just same old, same old.
  22. erik316wttn
    Are you talking about a Jones/Pie platoon? I have a real hard time seeing Dusty doing something like that, and I'm not sure it'd be the greatest thing for Pie to be facing almost strictly LHP in his first big league stint. Of course, this goes without saying that I prefer Pie not sniff the Majors till the AAA season is over. I'd rather Pie play every day rather than once or twice a week against a lefty. If he got called up, Dusty would sit him. Especially with Murton and Cedeno already penciled in to be the starters.
  23. erik316wttn
    Getting Manny might be the only thing that keeps Hendry around after this year. Although, it'll probably take half the farm to do it, and I don't know if any player is worth trading away so much of your future.
  24. erik316wttn
    We ask if there are "more moves on the horizon" after the Cubs make a move, but yet there never are. I very much doubt Hendry makes any "big" moves for a starter after this. He may make a small move or two for the bench, and get whatever he can for Corey, but I'm sad to say Juan Pierre is the crown jewel of the Cubs offseason acquisitions.
  25. erik316wttn
    Safe to say the Cubs and the Cards. But the Cards are still better than us.
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