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  1. Electron Blue
    man, I hope not. the last couple years, as the cubs have fallen out of the race, the overconfident among us have held up the 'stros as an example of how we still have a chance (because of their recent comebacks). This would make that even worse.
  2. Electron Blue
    I'm pretty young cubs/baseball fan - started watching in '99 when I was 11 or 12. So to land Girardi as manager of the Cubs would be very cool, if for nothing else, the novelty factor. I don't know if he's the right pick, but he seems like a classy guy and he's the first player I remember watching play to become a manager, so it'd be cool if he came back home.
  3. Electron Blue
    He was running with the pitch. He was only allowed to stay on 2nd because the foul tip went directly into the glove, which counts as a strike. If it hit the dirt, or was bobbled, it would have been a foul ball. It's the same for striking out on a foul tip. ah. that is interesting.
  4. Electron Blue
    Really? I don't mean to take anything away from his daughter's situation (not to mention his whole family's situation), but it seems like a strange thing to retire because for. Also, where was the quote, if he said it?
  5. Electron Blue
    I'm immensely happy for Rich - he's been very fun to watch this year. But part of me hoped the Cubs would grab this record. :)
  6. Electron Blue
    can't he only play first?
  7. Electron Blue
    As much as I agreed with her first statement, I cringed like you when I read the rest.
  8. Electron Blue
    I won't eat crow yet. Really close though. He's earned a spot in next year's rotation, very litle doubt about that.
  9. Electron Blue
    Awesome. He'll look great in the lineup with Pudge and Adam Dunn :wink:
  10. Electron Blue
    Yes but in their last 19 games, they're 15 under. :)
  11. Electron Blue
    Doesn't the cubs.com front page say that tonight's game, September 8, Friday, 6:05 PM, will be on WGN? But America's Funniest Videos is on. I know what you're thinking - a montage of idiots making fools of themselves may, to the untrained eye, actually be the cubs game . . . But this time, I think the website just screwed up. Right?
  12. Electron Blue
    Agreed. And I have no idea who could replace him. But I hear Dusty Baker may be desperate for a job this winter. Hey! Jim Hendry used to manage at the college level! I think we just killed two birds with one stone!
  13. Electron Blue
    Not to put you on the spot, but how could a different manager affect Dempster's control problems. Other than use him more consistently (btw, having a successful team around you seems to make this easier), I don't see how Baker is the issue.
  14. Electron Blue
    I know some of you may be sarcastic about Pierre right now, but I really don;t think he's awful. He definitely shouldn't get $7-8 million, but still, he's not the worst problem on this team. Not even close.
  15. Electron Blue
    If it's a robbery, it's one of those bizzare ones where a mentally ill criminal breaks in at night, takes what he wants and leaves a twenty dollar bill on the counter to cover the loot. Sure it looked like a robbery at the time, sure they had to replace that window, but next day it's business as usual; nothing lost, nothing gained.
  16. Electron Blue
    Our pitchers can't get through a game uninjured :roll:
  17. Electron Blue
    In complete seriousness, does this have any non-baseball consequences for Barrett in the future? Any "family-related" consequences?
  18. Electron Blue
    :?: Yeah man, totally uncalled for, ending your sentence with a preposition like that.
  19. Electron Blue
    The Red Sox have had a Cub-like couple of weeks with the health of their players. Ortiz has an irregular heart-beat, Lester could have a serious illness, Ramirez with a bum knee, Pena with a bad wrist... Their last week or so makes the Cubs look new and shiny by comparison. Irregular heart-beats and enlarged lymphnodes can potentially be serious in ways that transcend baseball. [insensitive sarcasm] At least boston has a pennant race to lose . . . [/insensitive sarcasm]
  20. Electron Blue
    I'd like to see a payroll comparison between the cubs of '62 and '66 to the rest of the league.
  21. Electron Blue
    ugh. maybe I'm just old-fashioned in a "you-gotta-earn-it-first" kinda way, but that just bugs me that he/his agent pushed for that kind of clause.
  22. Electron Blue
    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jon_heyman/08/28/al.busts/1.html In the same article, they rank A-rod as the #1 AL disappointment. :roll: I consider myself pretty open-minded, but I'm not even going to click that link to give the article a chance if it's carrying on BBTN's quest to make Arod's "struggles" this year into a story of this size. jeez.
  23. Electron Blue
    Seriously.
  24. Electron Blue
    not really a big deal, but why the strong wording here?
  25. Electron Blue
    frankly, you get enough wins and enough media coverage, you're guarenteed to at least be considered for the hall (esp. since manager induction is so much more vague than player induction). generally, a well known manager with a ton of wins is hall-worthy, but surely sometimes a guy may have been on many good teams in big markets. not saying that's necessarily dusty's case, but still.
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