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  1. LoneStarCubFan
    Given the track record of the clown filling out the line-up card, here's what I see happening with the Cubs' bullpen in the offseason and in 2006. 1. Hendry signs a top-flight set-up guy who has never been a closer. 2. Dempster struggles a little bit the first two or three weeks of the season. 3. The Village Idiot makes the set-up guy the closer because "you have to go with the hot hand." 4. The set-up guy turned closer can't handle the job. 5. The Village Idiot sticks with him because "he'll get hot." 6. Dempster is less than stellar as the new set-up guy. 7. Michael Wuertz doesn't make his first relief appearance until May 1. 8. Scott Williamson's elbow explodes on a 35-degree night at Wrigley in a game the Cubs are trailing 15-1.
  2. LoneStarCubFan
    No. If anything it makes it easier to afford to sign Everyday Eddie to set-up. This wouldn't be a bad bullpen Dempster Guardado Wuertz Ohman Novoa Williamson
  3. LoneStarCubFan
    Bobby V just won the Japan League Series so maybe he feels he doesn't have anything left to prove. Also, saying he's going back to Japan also drives the price up over here.
  4. LoneStarCubFan
    Yeah but left field has the same problems. The wind and the sun are more of a factor in right than left.
  5. LoneStarCubFan
    Could not have said it better. If it's possible to spend $100 million and still be cheap the Tribco has done it. Making the signing of Carlos Beltran contingent upon the trading of Sammy Sosa when you have the resources the Trib does is cheap and small-time thinking. But when your only goal is to spend just enough money to entice people to come out to the ballpark this is the kind of team you get.
  6. LoneStarCubFan
    How soon til Hendry announces he's signed Rich Aurilia to back up Ronny Cedeno next year?
  7. LoneStarCubFan
    If anyone in a decision-making capacity at Addison and Clark ever talks about "windows of opportunity" they should be fired on the spot. This franchise is one of the few in baseball that has the resources to compete with the Yankees and Boston in terms of player acquisition and at the same time build a farm system that can supply enough talent to feed the ML club and provide trading chips like Atlanta. The Tribune has the money but more often than not chooses not to spend it. And in the rare moments when it does take a crowbar to its wallet the money isn't spent wisely. It's parceled out to several marginal to average guys instead of going after one difference maker. The window of opportunity could be locked in the open position permanantly if the commitment was what it should be.
  8. LoneStarCubFan
    Yeah, the Diamondbacks sure sustained things after 2001. And the Marlins just took off after 2003. One WS does not a dynasty make. The Sox got off to a fast start in April and won a WS in probably the weakest playoff field of my lifetime. Big freakin' deal. The Sox had way too many pitchers throw out of their minds this season. Ozzie Guillen, despite evidence to the contrary, is not a good in-game manager. Yeah, they can get younger but younger doesn't always mean better.
  9. LoneStarCubFan
    If you're going to trade for Beltran, what do you do with Pie in 2007?
  10. LoneStarCubFan
    Is it? Or does it seem that way because in recent years our right-fielders haven't been like Ichiro? Mench does not put up nearly as good numbers on the road as he does in Arlington. Like most people here I'd like to see if Giles is available before going after Mench. Actually yeah it is. It's the "sun" field during day games and the wind tends to be trickier in right than in left. Don't know why but guys seem to have more problems with fly balls in right than left on windy days.
  11. LoneStarCubFan
    The Cubs will win a World Series before the White Sox play in another one. No way in the world they come close to duplicating what they did this year again. Not a chance.
  12. LoneStarCubFan
    Wonder how many of those Sox fans at the Cubby Bear were violating the terms of their parole by being in an establishment that sells liquor?
  13. LoneStarCubFan
    Could you see Reinsdorf's lips moving when Selig was congratulating him on this most undeserving World Series title?
  14. LoneStarCubFan
    Mench is a good player but not a difference maker. If he's the biggest offseason signing then don't make any postseason plans. Re: Cliff Floyd, why couldn't he play left and Murton play right?
  15. LoneStarCubFan
    A few things. Let's not call every Sox fan a "Classless trailer trash wife-beating parole violator." I know many, many classy Sox fans. They just aren't the ones you ever hear from or about. Secondly, the franchise didn't throw the World Series. A group of players did to get back at a cheapskate owner. Know your history. I won't argue the merits of Guillen or Pierzynski. Both have shown enough to be questionable in many situations. And let's not pretend that there is some grand conspiracy where Selig has told the umpires to make all the calls for the Sox so they can win. That's just dumb. Ummm... I meant "handed" in the literal sense. Selig is going to physically hand the trophy to Reinsdorf on the award stand when/if the Sox win. Didn't mean to imply there was a conspiracy. The blown calls are the result of continued umpire incompetence, not a conspiracy. And the Sox are the only franchise in the history of baseball to employ players who threw a World Series. That is a fact.
  16. LoneStarCubFan
    I've thought that for a long time. I'd both hate and love to see it happen. But it won't as long as the Trib owns this ballclub. It is possible to win a WS playing at Wrigley but the Trib isn't all that concerned about it. Yes, this team had a $100 million* payroll last year and yes that should be enough money to compete but with its resources there is absolutely no excuse for making the signing of a big ticket free agent contingent upon dealing Sammy Sosa. Teams with championship-level resources don't do that. They also don't pass on Miguel Tejada because the SS who cost them Game 6 in '03 is making too much money. (*- really $87 million)
  17. LoneStarCubFan
    They sucked less than we did. I don't live anywhere near Chicago and I am actually closer to Arlington than Houston but this postseason has been more infuriating than even 2003 when they suspended play with five outs to go in Game 6 of the NLCS. It sickens me that a franchise that fixed a World Series, a franchise with a fan base made up of classless trailer trash wife-beating parole violators, a franchise that employs sniveling whiny punks like Ozzie Guillen and AJ Eyechart, a franchise owned by the most evil man in baseball, is going to be handed a World Series trophy by said owner's lackey commissioner. The White Sox epitomize everything that is wrong with baseball. If the game gets out of hand tonight part of me wants to see the Astros go down in a hail of beanballs. I want somebody in grey to get seriously hurt. And I'm not normally like this. I think part of my problem is the fact that our idiot manager has sucked all the joy out of rooting for the team I've followed since I was a child. I've been more bitter about the end of this season than the end of '03 and '04 despite the fact both of those clubs were better than this year's team.
  18. LoneStarCubFan
    Karma is real. And she's appearing three times nightly, four on weekends, at The Gold Club.
  19. LoneStarCubFan
    Selig cares because he's Jerry Reinsdorf's lackey. Reinsdorf wants the roof open so it stays open. Tonight, when the only franchise in the history of baseball to employ players who fixed a World Series wins a title it doesn't deserve, let me know if you can see Jerry's lips moving when Selig speaks.
  20. LoneStarCubFan
    Couldn't agree more..He would put a winner on the field... Yeah, the Mavs sure have racked up the NBA championships since he bought them... Mark Cuban is entertaining but until Dallas wins an NBA title they're just another team. And they'll still be just another team next spring. He's committed to putting a winner out there. He's as competetive as they come. He won't be satisfied in just selling out Wrigley. He has turned them from a crappy team into a very competetive team. He cares about winning. Regardless of results, he's committed to winning. Whether he's won it all, or not is irrelevant - it isn't easy to do so. It's his attitude towards competetive sports that's attractive. Sometimes I have absolutely no idea where you come from. I'm coming from a position much closer to the Dallas area. I see what Cuban's done and much of it is good. My point is, don't equate brashness with success. The guy is a meddler. As good as the Mavs are, they could be a heck of a lot better if he'd just stay out of the way.
  21. LoneStarCubFan
    Sox fans are mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging idiots. When you get that many parole violators in one place crap like this is going to happen. Biggio's wife, and others, did chase the guy down but it was Biggio's brother who pinned the animal up against a wall until the cops got there.
  22. LoneStarCubFan
    Unless Matt Murton is the right fielder and Adam Dunn or Manny Ramirez is the left fielder. I have a feeling the Cub roster will look drastically different shortly after the winter meetings.
  23. LoneStarCubFan
    Speaking of movement, Jenks sure had a lot of crap on the back of his hat. Looked like rosin but anytime I see a cap that dirty I think Julian Tavarez. Garner should have had the plate umpire check him to make sure he's not loading the ball up.
  24. LoneStarCubFan
    Glad I could help.
  25. LoneStarCubFan
    Two of the top three. Atta boy Dusty, you lead the league in something. Five of the top 30 are or were property of the Cubs. Z, Prior, Willis, Garland and Moyer.
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