Brian

this is what Rusch does everytime we get to the breaking point with him, he goes out and completely dominates the other team.

They continue to talk. That's about it. I don't think anything is imminent, but my gut feeling is that something gets done. Do you think talks were slowed up b/c of the shoulder? btw, thanks for the pbp. :D No, the shoulder had nothing to do with the talks "slowing." The agent has other clients, and both sides are taking their time. I'd be happy if they got the deal done on opening day and he gives the Cubs a 'Thank You' performance like Aram did last year.... just hope he doesn't then go into a slump like Aram did.

Definately an improvement over the gremlin....

Dusty's got to get the most out of ST and practice his double switching.

yeah Bruce... have you heard anything knew on extending Lee, I heard that his agent was on the Score today and said that he won't go below Konerko's deal :(

Lee <3, Ramirez <3 AWESOME.

welcome back dlee!!! perez batting 2nd :x

JK TIME!

Who was it that got that 2RBI hit??

hehe it's the Cubs farm system owns Embree inning.

PLZ DON'T BE HURT FELIX.

hooray for Dope, I'm calling for him to be the Cubs minor league comeback player of the year.

haha that HR was awesome.

good to see Demp get a nice clean inning, I was kind of worried about him since he hadn't been pitching in games.

And where will Walker play in Washington?? They have a 2B and a 1B.

box score... Aardsma gave up the hit in the 9th. CHICAGO CUBS (10) AT ARIZONA (2) CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI ARIZONA AB R H BI J Hairston Jr cf 5 2 2 0 J DaVanon cf 3 0 0 0 J Koronka p 0 0 0 0 A Green 3b 0 0 0 0 S Eyre p 0 0 0 0 O Hudson 2b 1 1 0 0 G Soto c 0 0 0 0 A Callaspo 2b 1 0 0 0 N Perez 3b 4 2 2 3 C Tracy 3b 2 1 0 0 C McGehee 3b 2 0 1 0 L Terrero cf 1 0 0 0 T Walker 2b 2 1 1 1 L Gonzalez lf 2 0 0 0 R Theriot 2b 1 0 0 0 S Hairston lf 2 0 0 0 J Jones rf 4 0 0 0 C Jackson 1b 2 0 0 0 J Schmidt rf 1 0 0 0 C Quentin rf 1 0 0 0 M Barrett c 1 1 1 1 S Green rf 3 0 1 2 H Blanco c 2 0 0 0 B Barden 1b 1 0 0 0 D Aardsma p 0 0 0 0 S Drew ss 2 0 0 0 J Mabry 1b 3 1 1 1 J Gil ss 1 0 1 0 B Dopirak 1b 1 0 0 0 C Snyder c 2 0 0 0 M Murton lf 3 1 2 0 J Grimsley p 0 0 0 0 M Restovich lf 2 1 2 0 B Lyon p 0 0 0 0 R Cedeno ss 3 0 1 0 J Cota ph 1 0 0 0 A Ojeda ss 2 0 0 0 O Hernandez p 1 0 0 0 A Guzman p 1 0 0 0 A Frazier ph 1 0 0 0 L Montanez ph 1 0 1 2 T Mulholland p 0 0 0 0 R Hill p 1 1 1 0 K Hill c 2 0 0 0 F Pie cf 2 0 1 1 TOTALS 41 10 16 9 TOTALS 29 2 2 2 CHICAGO CUBS 400 203 001 -- 10 ARIZONA 200 000 000 -- 2 E--C Jackson. DP--ARIZONA 1. LOB--CHICAGO CUBS 10, ARIZONA 7. 2B--S Green, N Perez, T Walker, F Pie. 3B--J Gil, M Barrett. HR--N Perez 1 (1) (off O Hernandez). SB--J Hairston Jr 1 (1). CS--M Barrett. SF--J Mabry. IP H R ER BB SO HR CHICAGO CUBS A Guzman (W,2-0) 3 1 2 2 3 1 0 R Hill 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 J Koronka 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 S Eyre 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 D Aardsma 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 ARIZONA O Hernandez (L,1-1) 4 8 6 6 2 0 1 T Mulholland 3 5 3 2 1 1 0 J Grimsley 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 B Lyon 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 WP--T Mulholland, O Hernandez. HBP--T Walker by O Hernandez. PB--K Hill. SO--CHN: F Pie, B Dopirak, J Schmidt. ARI: J DaVanon, L Gonzalez, S Green, C Tracy, B Barden, C Snyder, S Drew, A Frazier. BB--CHN: M Barrett 2, T Walker, G Soto. ARI: O Hudson 2, A Green, C Tracy, C Snyder, C Jackson, S Drew. T--2:42. A--7,959. Barrett had a nice return from his 0 for in the WBC with a triple and 2 walks.

It was nice to see former chiefs Sam Fuld and Ryan Harvey, Ryu continues to impress, and Aramis is a stud.

Ok Ron, if it was all up to you... Who gets the nod?

well my country just dissapointed me... countdown to my team dissapointing me begins NOW...

maybe in 2009, the good players will want to play.

well 1 off.

winning run i guess.

wells will walk, Tex will DP. watch it.

Griffey Jones Rodriguez That's about as good as it gets for this team I'd say. Hopefully Teixeira doesn't come up with an opportunity to win or lose it.

this is dustyball at it's best (worst).