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I'll believe it when I see it. Those guys will pretty much say anything. Don't get me wrong though, I'll be hoping like crazy until it does or does not happen. rumors spread like wildfire, for sure. But I'd like to think that saying a deal is "taking shape" would have something behind it. Maybe I'm just naive, though. :)

You're clearly a legit poster around here, but I'd still like to confirm from others what was said... hope you understand :) As for Murton and Pie? that makes me nervous. Hopefully we would be getting a very good/young reliever and/or a B(or better) prospect. Color me cautiously optimistic.

Agreed. It's been said already, but try and find a team with a better number 3-5 than we have (Marquis, Hill, Marshall). Even with their shortcomings, we're (at bare minimum) average among contending teams.

Please tell me Hendry is not that dumb. http://www.nypost.com/seven/07282007/sports/mets/on_your_mark_mets_joel_sherman.htm can't be true... :(

pssssht. they just jealous

Don't worry, Arroyo is going tomorrow, so we will lose 3 :shock:

no way, not even close Not even close? I can't think of one. Granted every loss counts the same, but I can't think of a bigger one in terms of hertbreak factor. And the Reds win. This has been the worst day I've had in years, and the Cubs did nothing to help. There ya go

But it wouldn't be. That Mets game was def. the worst. Easily.

come on Bob. A K would be nice here

ugggghh. nice bunt. time to shut 'em down, bob

damn. bad start to this one...

holy crap. i was really mad at JJ there for a minute. but that post just made me laugh!

good send by Quade, but WTH, Jacque!?! Why not slide!!!!?

woooooooo!! KENDALLL

wanna be hated by cub fans, Jason? do exactly what so many are expecting you to do.

wanna be liked by cub fans, Jason? do something positive here.

if nothing worthy happens in the ninth, at least we got a decent cubs highlight out of Marmol tonight -- his stuff was NICE right there.

I'll say. his defense today . . . ick.

meh. looked borderline to me. not a terrible call, but coulda gone our way

sarcasm? that was brutal. he about tripped over his feet and then overdove by about six inches. ??? Sure you didn't see the replay? the ball was about two feet to his left. the field conditions probably had something to do with it, but that's a play that should have been made. Didn't see the replay, but the fact that he had to leap and extend his body and still maintained getting a glove on it was good enough. If he didn't knock the ball down it would have brought in a run. Plus the field is wet. I want to see you go out there. :roll: weak

really? I'd gathered the impression that we were in danger of losing via called game. where can I see a reliable radar for the area? TIA

The chemistry problems were the icing on the cake. The defensive lapses (which were always a problem, but were at their worst this year) along with the terrible offense (OBP of .307 :(), made his leash very short. What do you mean his performances would make him more affordable to us? His performance is why we shouldn't want him for even $1M per year. The defense was always bad and the offense as I said (and numerous studies support) was unlikely to pickup, given his age/position. Replacing a bad player with worse players is a bad idea. You can talk about getting rid of a bad player, but that only helps you if you have a better player to replace him with. The Cubs didn't. Rob Bowen's Pros (in order of importance) .268/.371/.439, OPS+ 120 Significantly better defense League-minimum salary, signed through next year 26 years-old Has never punched opponent, or own pitcher Why is he worse? Where did you get those numbers? His current OPS+ is 75. Perhaps you were referring to his numbers this year before the trade, but he accomplished that in a handful of ABs, not a meaningful sample compared to his entire pro career, in which he has been mediocre. He is a back up catcher at best. Well, in that case he has no sample size in his entire career to satisfy you. Last year he had 94 ABs in 94 games. He had 27 and 10 ABs the two years before. This year, he was getting more (and more consistent) PT than he had ever received before (thus making this year's stats more important than "his entire pro career"). Therefore, yes, those stats are from before the trade and represent the best possible look at Bowen's potential (for the rest of 2007 at least). We needed a stopgap anyway. Barrett would be gone after '07 trade-or-not, and Soto/Hill/Fox are, at best, no better than Bowen (except maybe Soto, who would need to be tried out as a backup first anyway; being under Barrett or Bowen would make no difference if Soto is the eventual future). We weren't going to get a great catcher for '08 out of trading Barrett for sure, so why not get a defensively capable, affordable, young stopgap?

I don't think he could be sent down without clearing waivers and without his permission. The former might happen; I doubt the latter would. good point ;)

game thread oops? ;)

bah!