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Does Michael Barrett fall under this? The previous four years combined prior to becoming a Cub he had a 70 OPS+. Chris Davis' is 95. Yeah, that's the point TT made. In Barrett's case, I remember Hendry loved his tools and potential, I wonder if it's the same thing with Davis (if Hendry is pursuing him)? Barrett was actually not bad offensively for a few seasons.

If the guy is strictly a bench player, fine with me. But I really fear that's how Hendry would go cheap at 1B for the starter. And that would be a bad idea. This is pretty much how I feel. I fear that Hendry's tunnel vision will prohibit him from seeing some of the other, better options out there and he'll pursue Davis at any cost. I doubt he will pursue him at any cost, my fear is he thinks he might be good enough to allow him to not worry anymore about 1B and just get more mediocre pitching. I don't know why you would think that. I'm sure Jim Hendry knows that Chris Davis was benched and sent to the minors a couple times this year. I'm sure he knows that his numbers have stunk for the last 2 years. I don't know why you think a guy that has been hesitant to even have unproven guys in key roles on the roster will all of a sudden be ok with Davis at a key position. That's not to say Hendry won't do something stupid like a 3-year deal to Paul Konerko, but he's never really thrown a player with no proven success in the fire unless it was a big-time prospect from his own farm system. Aaron Miles, Cesar Izturis, Nefi, Bynum, etc were all players thrown into "key" roles on the club and never really proved much of anything. Hendry gets all gung-ho on a player, thinks that that particular player is exactly what we need at that position, then will only pursue that player instead of anyone else. He's done it before. Am I saying that Chris Davis will even be a Cub, or that he'll be our Opening Day starter at 1B? No. But it would not shock me in the least if either happened knowing Hendry's penchant for "his" guys.

So theoretically, what happens if a player intercepts a pass in the end zone and runs it all the way back? What will he have to do to score a touchdown? Touch the opposite wall?

If the guy is strictly a bench player, fine with me. But I really fear that's how Hendry would go cheap at 1B for the starter. And that would be a bad idea. This is pretty much how I feel. I fear that Hendry's tunnel vision will prohibit him from seeing some of the other, better options out there and he'll pursue Davis at any cost.

I wonder how soon this could realistically happen? As early as next season? The only thing I won't like is that it may push the WS into November again. There has to be a way to shorten the gap between playoff series if say both of them end in a sweep. Fix that somehow and I'm all on board.

Read more: http://www.kffl.com/gnews.php?id=681959-cubs-not-excited-about-adam-dunn#ixzz15fVwUhBy LOLOL what an inept organization I think this is appropriate here... http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m100/fishmaster17/CubsFail10.jpg

Fixed I don't know how this is possible, but Hendry is actually getting worse as the years go on. How he's still in a position to make personnel moves really reflects badly on the Ricketts family.

Adam Dunn wouldn't have been a good fit here, anyway. He can't catch the ball.

I'd be totally ok with selling high on Wells this offseason assuming we got percieved market value for him, or if he was part of a package for a big-name player.

Geez, that's it? Would have been nice to have that bat in the lineup.

Umm. No! I give Hendry lots of credit for the mediocrity of the Cubs. This. A lot of the Cubs problems can be blamed directly on poor personnel moves by Hendry.

It's obvious by now that Jim Hendry's idea of a "good" move is far different from everyone else's.

Al Harris signed with Miami. I wish him well.

If Tommy John had only 12 more wins over the course of his career he'd have been in a long time ago. I say induct his doctor for being the pioneer of a surgery that can help heal an injury that was once a career death sentence for a pitcher.

I wonder if Raffy Palmeiro would have been invited to be the hitting coach.

Ron Santo?

Jason Garrett. That name rings a bell. I'm too lazy to look it up, but was he the backup that replaced Aikman one game on Thanksgiving and beat the Packers?

BAHAHAHAHAHAAAA

It's early in his career but Bulaga is looking pretty solid thus far. Damn. The Packers draft real well. :( That we do. It seems like we always have key players on our team who were 5th round or later. Driver was a 7th round pick.

It's early in his career but Bulaga is looking pretty solid thus far. He's also ugiler than a sack full of assholes.

Our D is sick, even with the injuries.

Way too many. Don't forget we played there in 2007 too. I remember the NFL giving the BS answer of 'well that's just how it falls with our strength of schedule formula." It doesn't happen that many times in a row by coincidence.

It's nice these last few years to play Dallas in Lambeau. How many times did we play them in Dallas compared to in Green Bay in the 90's, playoffs excluded?

Hold on, I'm almost done.

Damn right.