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Players we could give their outright release...
BigbadB replied to moorecg's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I can't believe no one has said Tony Womack. -
Kind of makes you think about that prospect's accusation about how Hendry treated him. Not to say Jim did ruin his career, but he comes across as a decent guy in most interviews, but it's coming out that he's much more of a jerk we might have thought. Which may affect more aspects of his job than we realize. If he's a jerk, it can affect all manner of negotiations. Baltimore doesn't mind fleecing us, and they have former Cub people in their organization. Not sure they would do a trade that was fair or even. The Dodgers won't even talk to the Cubs (from what I gather) and they have former Cub people. Why is that?
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If the Cubs get swept by the Sox this weekend, Hendry may more closely resemble the district manager in this clip: http://www.nbc4.tv/video/9152183/detail.html
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At this point, Hendry has to be absolutely embarrassed about what he has done with this organization. And I really had high hopes for him. I really thought he had the potential to do some great things here. Now, it's no accountability and a complete lack of understanding of how to put a good team on the field. Why must we wait for him to be fired? Why hasn't he turned in his resignation? Oh, that's right. Because the ink is still wet on that newly signed extension. :roll:
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Unfair and critical? The toughest writing job in the world is the one where you are asked to say something nice about a team that gets shut out 5 times in 15 days and lays down bunts with 1st and 3rd with 2 outs in the 9th. This is just MacPhail and Hendry worrying about what other people are doing instead of worrying about how they are going to fix this mess. AND TONY WOMACK IS NOT A FIX!
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It will mostly depend on how well they field bunts. :wink:
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Has Neifi ever laid down a bunt single?
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Don't the Cubs buy up a bunch of their own tickets through their brokers? They can't be making any money off of inflated ticket prices when there aren't any takers.
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You're right. There isn't a match. The players on the Yankees draw too many walks. Not sure how good they are at laying down a bunt.
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http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060518&content_id=1460008&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc Responding to the bolded part "He can play the outfield" "He can pinch-hit" "He can pinch-run" He can do all those things, but yet he can't get picked up by any of the other 29 MAJOR LEAGUE teams. If he was a free agent that they landed in the offseason, at least they could argue that other teams might have had interest in the guy and they were lucky to get him. They plucked him off the scrap heap. No one else wanted him. So, it makes all the sense in the world that the Cubs would sign him and bring him up real soon. The only thing left to hear is that he was signed to a 2 year deal at 2.5m a year and it will be a thing of beauty. This is just funny now.
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Jacque Jones: Can We Trade him for Corey Patterson?
BigbadB replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
True story, When I was in highschool I went to the University of Michigan Football Camp every year. One year the swearing by the campers must have gotten out of control or something becuase Bo Shembechler had a sit down with us to talk about our language. I can only remember two lines 1. Cussing is a converstional crutch. Then a few minutes later one of his staff inturrpted him with a question and he said in a voice only those within a ten foot proximity could hear: 2. I don't give a ______ can't you see I'm giving a talk. Good story. That guy was a good coach. -
Can he play back-up SS? Anyone can play back-up SS better than Perez. Although my son is pretty good. :wink: Is he available to manage, or is school not out yet?
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I saw it and it didn't surprise me in the slightest. In fact, I thought it was hilarious. I hope everybody bunts on every at bat for the rest of the season. This pathetic team is what Hendry deserves.
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All the evidence YOU needed, maybe. I never read a single story where Hendry showed any interest at all in Giles. I also didn't see any Cub offers that would convince me that they were willing to offer what it would take to get him to leave San Diego. Yet, we saw all the offers made to Furcal. Why is that? I'm not willing to concede that Giles never wanted to leave San Diego. And I've given plenty of reasons for why he did stay, and not that he necessarily wanted to stay. It's all subjective, from your point of view and mine. So, we don't really have any evidence at all, do we? Other than the fact he's wearing a Padres uniform. But, that isn't really evidence at all outside of the fact that if he didn't sign the contract with the Padres when he did, he risked not being able to resign with the Padres before May 1st, and not being guaranteed a good deal or an offer from a team he wouldn't mind playing for. Unfortunately, we'll probably be talking about how nice of a fit Brian Giles would have been in RF for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Cubs. If you don't like them and feel like commenting everytime you see them, I guess we will never end this debate. Good thing we won't ever serve on the same jury. We'd be deadlocked forever.
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And at the same time, I can respect anyone who didn't want him back because of injury reasons. I just think the injuries aren't because he's fragile. I think they are unfortunate, but that they can be overcome. He may be the second coming of Ken Griffey. But, we also saw what Ken Griffey did last year. Griffey was hurt at the beginning of this season, so he's a gamble as well, but for the price, I felt Nomar was worth it.
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They are jealous of the loyal fan base. And rightfully so. It has to be difficult to play 2nd fiddle year after year, especially when you have a better team. I hate the White Sox, but they have good reason to be jealous. Now, if they continue just going about business and putting winning season after winning season together, they'll be able to tone down that jealousy as they build strength in their own fan base. Just my opinion.
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We can only hope.
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I recall that we were both pretty passionate for our own opinions and we had a view rather heated discussions to show that passion. I had no reason to believe you would forget. :D
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Oh, so your nickname for Goony is "Anybody". Now I understand. Since your nickname for Goony is "Anybody", ignore everything I said.
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Since 2002 besides Womack: Delino DeShilds, Jose Hernandez, Jerry Hairston, Chris Stynes, Augie Ojeda, Ramon Martinez, Damian Jackson, Jose Macias, Neifi Perez, Rey Ordonez, Alex Gonzalez, Freddy Bynum, Enrique Wilson. The list of crap middle infielders that were not developed by the Cubs farm system, but seemed to somehow land on the Cubs radar.
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Ground rule double considered a home run until 1930 season
BigbadB replied to polosprt009's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
At least as long as your a dead pull hitter. No pun intended. -
It was disabled because the sheer size of the tables necessary for searching the site was completly crippling the performance of the site overall. Tim has been busy with real life projects, so he doesn't have a time frame to give us on it. Gotcha. Would archiving old posts, say 2 years or older, and getting them off the server help in making the search function, functional again? I believe they've already started doing that. At least game threads and such.
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I don't speak computer language, so you'll have to bear with me. And if I'm not 100% accurate, I will hope someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Part of the problem with the site crashing over and over was due in part because the amount of traffic this place was getting. By disabling the search function, we haven't had nearly the problems with the site crashing. I don't really understand how it all works, but the volume of posts, traffic and added features (like search) seems to create problems for the site. As to whether or not the search function will ever be enabled again, I don't know. I sure hope so.
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The Tony Womack of the lifetime .316 OBP, which is artificially inflated due to his magical season in St. Louis. I guess Enrique Wilson and Rey Ordonez were unavailable.
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Randall Simon is tearing up the Mexican League. .380 11hr 46rbi in 142 abs :shock: Why is he not a DH for some team like KC?
