Laura

The Cubs are 14-6 when the game page reaches 50 pages. Hmmm, obviously, we should have picked it up during those distressing losing streaks. :-k

A belated WTG, Murton! :)

If the salary (next year and over the duration of the contract) is the main point of discussion -- which it appears to be -- it would seem difficult to discuss the salary without any reference points regarding the salaries and performances of other pitchers, Cubs and non-Cubs. :? Of course, I doubt that there will be widespread agreement on what arguments are legit and non-legit. I opted out of most of these discussions throughout the season because picking through game-by-game data to evaluate a 3-yr contract seems an exercise in futility. The option vesting certainly is worthy of discussion, though.

Here's the full list of the Chiefs team awards (I missed a couple of them earlier) from their web page: Full list of 2005 Awards (voted on by Chiefs players, coaches and front office staff) COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: WALT NOLEN RELIEVER OF THE YEAR: TIM LAYDEN STARTER OF THE YEAR: SEAN GALLAGHER MWL WINS LEADER: SEAN GALLAGHER PITCHING PROSPECT OF THE YEAR: SEAN GALLAGHER OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: ERIC PATTERSON MOST EXCITING: ERIC PATTERSON MWL POST-SEASON ALL STARS: RYAN HARVEY, SEAN GALLAGHER AND ERIC PATTERSON MOST IMPROVED: JESSE ESTRADA GOLD GLOVE AWARD: SAM FULD MWL HOME RUN LEADER: RYAN HARVEY UNSUNG HEROS: DREW LARSEN AND ANTHONY GRANATO TENTH MAN: AARON SMITH BEST TEAMMATE: DREW LARSEN HITTING PROSPECT OF THE YEAR: RYAN HARVEY DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: SAM FULD MWL BATTING LEADER: ERIC PATTERSON TEAM MVP: ERIC PATTERSON

My cousin and her family are at the Boise game!! (probably joining in the booing of the umps)

P.S. Party on! http://67.18.37.15/2643/156/emo/th_rocker.gif

Can someone please provide some sort of proof of how his presence on the bench is worth anything other than just spouting off the same tired line over and over? It doesn't look like him leaving Atlanta hurt them, and the Cubs haven't gotten any better since he's arrived. No pitcher has improved. Exactly what has his presence meant to this team? Is it possible that all this talk of Greg's mentoring ability was nothing but talk? Could it have just been a bunch of overhyped romanticism fueled on by the conventional wisdom of a sport that feeds on BS, myths, superstitions, good ole' day gobbledygook and the unsubstantiated subjective ramblings of a collective group of people who absolutely despise the thought of objective analysis? Eh, a lot of our pitcher's have been quoted as saying Greg's presence has helped them in their games. He's helped them with the little things. They may not have performed well, but without him, they might have been worse. I think it was Koronka or another one of the young guys that said that Greg would help them out with how to pitch certain hitters, and where their hot zones were, etc. His advice isn't worth 9 million, but it adds to his overall value, even if it's slightly. Zambrano is the most recent pitcher to say that he's learned a lot from Maddux over the past couple of seasons. They've all said similar things; you can either believe they're telling the truth or believe they're conspiring to shovel the B.S. If past performance is brought up, then contract years 1 & 2 (this year and last year) should be viewed in the context of future performance when the contract was signed. Makes the money spent much more palatable. Maddux's contract is the least of the Cubs problems.

Awesome. Thanks! Jerry Blevins. He was taking care of my sunglasses and cleaning them. I thought it might be coming sometime over the weekend but not then because i had team president Rocky Vonachen on air with me. Turns out he was in on it as well though the plan was hatched by our strength guy Mitch Poche with aid from Trainer Matt Johnson and Julio Garcia. It was funny, they all snuck up behind the two of them with the plates ... and, as you can see, there was widespread participation. :)

YAY!! Haven't heard it yet!! :D

C'mon DJAXX!!!!

EEK I'm way behind, plz post what happens! 8-[

Defendis!

Yay Sing (despite the out)! Wow, even Jon is ahead of me on the feed.

Excellent. He's on my wish list for Peoria next season.

Nice. Are you watching or listening? Sure thing! After all, I can always live in my car if I don't. :mrgreen:

Mapquest and yahoo both claim it's less than 8 hrs to Jackson for me, which is less than I thought. BUT it's still unlikely for me this series. :cry:

McGehee and Reyes with rbi singles scoring Theriot and Coats respectively. Coats was banged up stealing 2B, but seems to be ok. Credit 1B Molina with an assist on McGehee's single, he stumbled about (the dark magic part). Listen in for a more detailed account!

2-0 DJaxx! They should give the free gas to whoever drives the furthest to go to the game. O:)

strike em out throw em out DP ends the top of the 4th! 1-0 DJaxx

Sing Ks with runners at the corner, two out. :( Eric Patterson is 2-2. DJaxx are 1/5 with RISP. 1-0 DJaxx to the 4th.

Eric Patterson with a SWEET defensive play in the top of the 3rd. Still 1-0 DJaxx, middle 3.

It must be a gorgeous night all over Tennessee then. :) 1-0 DJAXX!

And the playoffs have begun! :D Sounds like a gorgeous night in Tennessee.

Brandon Taylor was named the NWL's offensive player of the week for the week of September 6.

Ryan Norwood update.