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Sweet! I'm glad it fit. :w00t: They had said that yours would probably arrive tomorrow, so hopefully that means Dr. Cub's and Treebeard's will arrive within the next day. If anyone runs into Sandberg23 out and about, let her know that it's her turn to pick!

I want to hear Raisin's first-hand account! BTW, it seemed that every time a Lackey pitch was called a ball, Morgan's take was that he was afraid to throw strikes to which ever Yankee was batting. =;

T2E chose Take Me Out to the Ballgame FanPack 1. Your turn, Vance!

I have a feeling that the premium jersey auctions will be out of my price range. I think I have enough 05 minor league jerseys as it is now. :)

Sweet! Eric is batting leadoff. Buck Coats is in the lineup as well, batting 9th. I'm glad AFL is underway. :)

Nope, not going to do it. EVAH.

I PM'd T2E to let him know it's his turn.

Welcome to the forums! :)

Sweet!

If anyone is interested in one of the future Chiefs jersey auctions that Nathan mentioned above, here's how the first round of jersey auctions went. Minimum bid for home jerseys was $75; $35 for BP jerseys. Item Name: Current Bid: Auction Ends: #11 Chiefs 2005 BP Jersey $ 35.00 10/01/05 #11 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $130.00 10/01/05 #12 Chiefs 2005 BP Jersey $ 35.00 10/01/05 #12 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $ 80.00 10/01/05 #13 Chiefs 2005 BP jersey $ 35.00 10/01/05 #13 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $ 95.00 10/01/05 #15 Chiefs 2005 BP Jersey $ 35.00 10/01/05 #15 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $ 80.00 10/01/05 #16 Chiefs 2005 BP Jersey $ 35.00 10/01/05 #16 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $ 90.00 10/01/05 #2 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $ 80.00 10/01/05 #3 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $ 75.00 10/01/05 #7 Chiefs 2005 BP Jersey $ 55.00 10/01/05 #8 Chiefs 2005 BP Jersey $ 35.00 10/01/05 #8 Chiefs 2005 Home Jersey $100.00 10/01/05 Home Jerseys #s #2 Jasha Balcom, Nick Thompson, Joe Simokaitis #3 Aaron Smith #8 Mark Reed, Al Corbeil, Jesse Schmidt #11 Alberto Garcia, Justin Berg #12 Josh Arteaga, Anthony Granato #13 Jerry Blevins #15 Tim Laydon, Steve Harris #16 Elvin Puello, Alfred Joseph, Jonathan Douillard, Michael Hyle BP Jerseys (when different than Home Jersey #s) #7 Sam Fuld, Joe Simokaitis. Fuld switched to #5 mid-season. Simokaitis, who wore #2 in games, wore the #7 BP jersey for the second half after the #2 BP jersey disappeared. -------------------- I don't think the #3 BP jersey was bid on -- if I had checked in earlier, I probably would have picked that up. These aren't official, but probably close to it.

It's a game thread. Please don't make me play nanny tonight. :x

The game is on ESPN and ESPN radio.

Tangential: I read someplace that the trainer Aramis will be working with over the off-season also works with Colon. I wasn't sure if that was good news or bad news. :-s

At least you'll have something to show for your misery this season! I should have made more of a point of this earlier, but better late than never: this is one small way to recognize the premium members here who have continued to support the site as it grows. Tim is working on making the switch to a new server this weekend, which will hopefully help solve some of the issues we had with traffic spikes and temporary outages this past season. The move wouldn't be possible without premium members, and we really appreciate the support you provide. On a contest-related note -- Dr. Cub's and Treebeard's packages will be sent today. Any packages selected by this evening (and UMFan83's and burnt's) will be sent out tomorrow. In response to a question I received -- if you want to negotiate a swap of one item in your package for an item in another, that's A-OK with me. If the people involved let me know before I mail the items, I'll make the switch on my end ... otherwise it's up to you to coordinate it. And we will do this again next season.

Congrats to Sandberg23, who moves up into the last prize slot! :)

Everyone I PM'd about winning has read the notification sitemail, so fortunately that doesn't seem like it will be a problem. :)

The winners can select their choices of prize packages in the order that they placed: Dr. Cub Treebeard Bob's Keeper (passed) UMFan83 burnt out cubbie fan USSoccer Tinkers2evers vance_the_cubs_fan Fred Hornkohl TrueBlueCubFan Sandberg23 (passed) SweetPeteman DJAXXFAN Just please post here with your choice when your turn comes up. Congratulations! :sunny:

I should have added congrats to you and DJAXX for winning back some of the prizes you donated! :lol:

The final standings: Dr. Cub 720 Treebeard 580 Bob's Keeper 535 TB_11 515 UMFan83 470 Notorious 460 cubs dane 455 Chief_Cardinal 450 burnt out cubbie fan 440 USSoccer 430 Tinkers2evers 415 vance_the_cubs_fan 400 Fred Hornkohl 375 .815 Bull-Rino-Bowa-Penguin 375 .815 TrueBlueCubFan 365 DJAXXFAN 355 sandberg23 335 .789 sweetpeteman 335 .913 CT Cubs Fan 325 NCCubbieFan 320 .825 Sabermetrician 320 .803 sherwood921 315 Outshined_One 310 CubsInNC 295 brinoch 290 .810 Tim 290 .790 coldsteel 290 .780 IMB! 275 rawaction 260 Knyption 255 .820 sethuel1 255 .848 Mark Prior's Calves 250 .812 Rocket Sauce 250 .800 fortybelow16 250 .797 BigbadB 245 JC 240 Coach_C 220 CPatterson20 190 .825 RoastTheD---Goat 190 .839 10man 185 Knightlife_in_Lubbock 170 .818 mhuber92211 170 .877 Mizzou 150 Gracie's Girl 135 Michael Barrett's OPS is listed for tie scores. Fred Hornkohl and Bull-Rino-Bowa-Penguin managed to tie both in the score and in the OPS tiebreaker. #-o I edited in the individual scoring in each person's entry in the locked thread. Congratulations to Dr. Cub, the overall winner with the amazingly coincidental score of 720! =D> Congratulations to TB_11, who wins 3 months of premium membership! Congratulations to the following members who have won prizes: Dr. Cub 720 Treebeard 580 Bob's Keeper 535 UMFan83 470 burnt out cubbie fan 440 USSoccer 430 Tinkers2evers 415 vance_the_cubs_fan 400 Fred Hornkohl 375 TrueBlueCubFan 365 DJAXXFAN 355 They'll get to choose from the prize packages in the same order that they placed.

Thanks, DLee, for making the Cubs fun for short stints at a time. Thanks for driving that pitch from Billy Wagner straight into the bleachers to give the Cubs the lead vs Philly ... before Hawkins bounced it off Jose Q's helmet in the 9th for the loss. Thanks also for hitting that home run to win it vs the Mets on a day when that cold winter wind was howling in so furiously that I didn't think anyone could hit it out. Ryan Dempster's first save appearance and first blown save (and yeah, of course, he ended up winning that one even though he took the line drive off his arm). Thanks for beating up on the Reds a few times. Always fun to see. Lee rocked this year. It's just a shame he never had anyone on base ahead of him.

He's due to make about $4 million next year, isn't he? He's not going to be a backup outfielder at that rate. *If* Hendry et al is serious about promoting a Pie or Greenberg again to play, Corey will be the vet who has the 4 million good reasons to be starting.

Welcome to the forums, ittoxx! :D I don't think they've reported the price on resigning Dempster yet. That's going to be a great reference for the off-season.

The Daytona Cubs have updated and expanded their game-used jerseys page. They have batting practice jerseys and home/away jerseys for sale (fixed-price) priced between $100 - $200.

Gallagher will continue to be a tough guy to rank becaue he does have a beautiful breaking ball that I think he can throw a couple of different ways. He knows how to pitch, though he doesn't always interview like it. And later in the season, he didn't always throw it well. If he's topped out already, we'll know that pretty soon next year. I don't think that's the case. I think it's harder to teach how to pitch than how to develop pitches at this point. I would worry about his stamina, and I'm a little puzzled that they said not to do anything at all in the off-season. He'll be a great half-season pitcher ... he needs to work up to a full season.

So we should root against you?