BleedCubbieBlue81

radio commercials. be happy you don't hear them. Are you talking about those Old Style Light instructional series commercials? Those make me want to hurt small animals...

Congrats! I'm currently in 189th on the all time posts list. Sad, I know.

Decent inning, I'll take it

I've become a big fan of the guy at rotoworld who writes the little blurbs about the Cubs. Yeah, he is pretty funny sometimes.

That would be alright with me. Hendry is good at pulling off these multi- team deals and fleecing everyone. We got Nomar last year for pennies. I know it doesn't seem like much now, but it was still pretty impressive.

I don't know if calling Theo is a good idea either. Either the Score or ESPN radio (I don't even know which one I was listening to at lunch) said there is no way we'd get Manny for anything less than Pie, Hill, and a major league hitter. That's a lot to ask for. Call me crazy, but I don't see Jim pulling off either of these moves right now. And if by some chance he does give up Pie and Hill, we should burn his house down.

Sammy hit over 500 home runs for this team... they sent him packing. Neifi should be back to his old benchy self when Nomar returns. But knowing Dusty, he'll probably end up in our starting rotation between Prior and Zambrano.

Hmm, Macias, Perez, and Blanco. Why does Dusty think just because Prior is on the mound that we don't need an offense? At least Murton is starting. I hope Aramis isn't injured too badly.

20 mil, and Manny in left field at Wrigley? No thanks. He would never be able to handle the wind, ivy, etc. I'd love his bat, but there's not DH in the national league.

One: Wood's on the DL, and I believe that means he can't be traded. Two: I know he's from Texas, but I think Kerry would veto this deal anyway.

Anyone else here this? I'm calling BS and saying this thread be locked in order to prevent another fiasco like last week's Dunn thread. I smell a troll. And my smeller is pretty good. I will retract everything if there is some independent confirmation. Same here. New poster keeps pushing this as something he "heard on ESPN radio" when we have several posters here who are listening to the same thing and haven't heard it. Someone check Cards Talk or WhiteSoxNation to see if anyone is bragging about making it onto NSBB.

Worst idea ever. We could use a bat, but not that bad. I hope it's just a fluff tip they got, and nothing comes out of it.

Those last few games could shape up to be a fight to the death. Kind of reminds me of the St. Louis series in 2003 when they came to town at the end of the year. I actually hope it comes down to us vs. them in that last week. It'd make for some great baseball. And it helps that the Stros are one of the Cubs bigger rivals.

Road attendence rates so far this year: Cubs are averaging 82.0% capacity - 3rd in the majors VERY close to Boston and New York Cardinals are averaging 64.7% capacity - 20th in the majors White Sox are averaging 59.0% capacity - 28th in the majors. The only teams that draw more on the road are the Royals and Tigers. :shock: The Cubs also lead in home attendence rate (% wise - Wrigley doesn't have the capacity of Yankee Stadium), and total attendence rate (% wise). Cubs fans tend to take over opposing teams stadiums. i.e. - the 2003 playoffs when there was a very large contingent of Cubs fans in both Atlanta and Florida. Even at the Cardinal series this year, you could hear the Cubs fans just as loud as the Cards fans. San Diego wasn't even funny. We owned that stadium. If you look at merchandise sales, the Cubs, Red Sox, and Yankees always dominate. The White Sox are usually towards the bottom. The Cubs sell out every home game. The White Sox can't sell out a game unless they're playing the Cubs... AND THEY HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN BASEBALL! That's why the Cubs get the media coverage. That's why ESPN covers the Red Sox, Yankees, and Cubs more. More people care about the Cubs than the Sox. That may not be popular on the South Side, but it's true. Even Kruk pointed out earlier this year that the Sox had the best record in baseball, yet only drew 11,000 to a game. And he said that if he counted the people that actually showed up that day, it'd total about 5,000. For a team with the best record in baseball, that's just insane. The Sox just have a bad inferiority complex. I think that if they eventually moved the team, that would change. But for the time being anyway, they are going to have to play second fiddle. You know it's bad when even their ad campaigns bash the Cubs. That "Us vs. Them" campaign was just pathetic. And if Ozzie Guillen can go one week without taking a shot at the Cubs, I'd be impressed. What's funny is, no one ever asks him anything about the Cubs, he just takes his slight cheap shot and goes about his business. Even Buerhle, who's having an amazing year and could've talked about anything he wanted, decides one day he's going to accuse one of the Cubs certain Hall of Fame pitchers of cheating. Would he have said that about Maddux if Greg was still a Brave? I highly doubt it. I don't hate the Sox. I hate the Cardinals. And even then, I respect the hell out of the Cards because I'm a baseball fan. You have to respect a team that good. I respect the Sox this year, but they need to focus more on getting ready for the playoffs than on whats going on in Cubbieland.

Houston scares me. They always do. (Especially after they played dead last year only to rise up and whomp everyone). That's why I don't talk about them.

Alright, works over for the day. I'll listen to the rest of this trainwreck in the car. Adios fellas.

Even though he walks a lot of guys, I think Webb is one of most underrated pitchers in the game. If he wasn't on the DBacks, he'd be a lot more well known. That game should be good. Good as in Webb has owned us, and treated our offense like blind, one-armed school girls without bats? Or a different kind of good? I don't know what kind of good it'll be, but your statement made me just spit out my water because I was laughing. Thanks. :lol:

Even though he walks a lot of guys, I think Webb is one of most underrated pitchers in the game. If he wasn't on the DBacks, he'd be a lot more well known. That game should be good.

Exactly what I was thinking. You guys didn't hear? There's a new rule. From this day on, a sacrifice is worth 3 runs.

Exactly what I was thinking. You guys didn't hear? There's a new rule. From this day on, a sacrifice is worth 3 runs.

What a great time to try and let Holly get out of his slump... right in the most crucial part of the game. Yeah, I like this.

I can only imagine the post game speech today. "Guys, you do know that it's okay to score before the 8th inning right? I mean I like that you are finding creative new ways to strand runners, but that's really not a good thing."

We're Cubs fans, we'll never be done belly-aching. :lol:

Yeah, but then what would we do with Todd Hollandsworth? :oops:

My God, even when the Cubs have won lately, they've been frustrating to watch. What the hell are they doing out there? Why can't our relievers go more than one inning???