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Chicago Cubs: Congratulations Chicago White Sox
LoneStarCubFan replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
So if the Mets or Yankees wouldn't do it, it's stupid? No. It's stupid whether or not the Yankees or Mets would do it. My point is there's nothing to be gained by celebrating the success of your crosstown rival. And you don't need to denigrate it either, just ignore it. The Sox fans and the franchise aren't deserving of the praise given how they've acted in the past. Their fans are a bunch of punks and the public voice of the franchise (Harrelson) is a classless clown not to mention completely and utterly unlistenable. I'd rather hear Al Hrabosky read Shakespeare than listen to "Hawk" call a baseball game. -
Lloyd McClendon may land in Detroit as Leyland's bullpen coach. Orel Hershiser's name is being tossed around as a candidate for the Dodgers' job.
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Chicago Cubs: Congratulations Chicago White Sox
LoneStarCubFan replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Stupid move. You think the Mets or Yankees would do that for each other? Right.... -
I wouldn't watch. Not one pitch. Did the same thing in 2003.
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Like a Dead Pool, but an Injured One...
LoneStarCubFan replied to Balsa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
It's going to be Derrek Lee. Jose Macias, who will become the Cubs' parking lot attendant because Dusty can't bear to part with his mascot, backs over DLee's foot while parking Neifi's car. -
I've given this whole Macias thing a lot of thought and the only conclusion that makes sens is that Jose has incriminating pictures of Baker with livestock.
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Rusch should have been the fifth starter, not Dempster. That's on Baker. Why in the world was it a mistake to put Dempster in the closer's role right away? If that move wasn't made then this team would have finished fifth.
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Dusty is to blame for this team finishing in fourth place. Hendry's not perfect but he gave Baker enough to earn a playoff spot even with the injuries to Nomar, ARam, Wood and Prior. If the following had happened, this team is on its way to Atlanta today: Dempster is the closer on opening day as Hendry wanted. If Hairston is used more in CF and at the top of the order. If Walker is used more at the top of the order. If Matt Murton plays every day after the all-star break If Ronny Cedeno plays regularly over Neifi. Every single one of those decisions was up to Baker and he made the wrong decision in every single situation.
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Same here. Actually, I thought just the opposite. I also thought that the Cubs top three beats there top three. And I think they still would if two of them weren't made out of glass. I also think Clemens is juicing like crazy and has been for years.
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I already know what's going to happen at shortstop. I knew it the minute the list of potenial free agents was posted earlier this year. 1. Nomar will walk. As will Neifi. There will be much rejoicing. 2. Hendry will give every indication that Cedeno will be the starting shortstop. 3. "Proven veteran" Rich Aurilia will be signed to serve as a utility infielder. 4. Cedeno will play just OK in spring training but not lights out. Aurilia will play at about the same level as Cedeno. 5. Aurilia will start opening day because Dusty wants to "pick the right spots" for Cedeno and "bring him along slowly." 6. Rioting will ensue.
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Good post, would you mind if I showed this to someone and quoted you? Feel free.
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He knows that neither were September callups, right? Murton had 135 AB's! It's not like some rookie callup who had 50 AB's and the league didn't really see him. Murton played with the club for about 2 months... Depending on the context of the question I've got no problem with that statement. If the reporter asked him a general question about all the young guys that played in September that's a perfectly acceptable answer.
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Two numbers tell you everything you need to know about this team. 154 112 Those are the number of games Perez and Macias played in. Only Burnitz and Lee played in more games than Perez. Macias played in more games than Walker. Matt Murton only appeared in 50 games despite being called up before the all-star break. Todd Hollandsworth played in more games as a Cub than Murton did. I hate you Dusty. I really, really do. I've never wanted a Cubs season to end as much as I wanted this one to finish. You've single-handedly sucked any enjoyment out of watching the team I've followed since I was a child. I was actually hoping you'd blow this series because you don't deserve to claim a "winning" season this year. You're a buffoon and a disgrace to the uniform. And that's saying something considering the collection of clowns this team has employed over the years. You make Don Baylor look like Casey Stengel. Now we get to sit and listen to Joe Buck and Thom Brenneman drool over the White Sox and Cardinals for the next month. Thank you Dusty, thank you very much. Take your bong and go back to San Francisco.
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The fact that Neifi Perez played in 154 games this year and Jose Freakin' Macias played in 112 tells you everything you need to know about the Cubs. Only Burnitz and Lee played in more than Perez and Macias played in more than Walker did.
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Interesting that the mock-ups don't include a look at the park from inside so you can see what the restaurant will look like. I will say this, a 100-seat restaurnt doesn't sound very big. I wouldn't think it would look that bad. I do like the idea of being able to see into the park from the sidewalk on Sheffield too.
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What's the point though of bringing him up if he's just gonna go back if/when he struggles? If you are gonna bring him up, he needs to stay and not get yo-yoed. Because, IMO, one call-up and send down doesn't constitute a yo-yo effect. Now, if it happens more than once in a season, then maybe the argument can be made. Murton and Cedeno had some yo-yo effects going on this year. But testing the kid out at the start of the season to see if he is ready, and sending him down until September if he proves to not be ready isn't jerking him around. I see your point, but I don't have faith in the Cubs doing that. It wouldn't be much harm in that, and I do think there's a good shot that he will perform well. But as has been mentioned, why not just play the kids who have earned it (Cedeno, Murton) and let Pie wait a year. Everyone will be better off from it. There is also the possibility he'll come up and, gasp, play well enough to stick with the club. It does happen from time to time. Of course, it never happens on the North Side...
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But the window will probably look better than the old green tarp. Will the renovations include a new manager?
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If you were Minnesota...
LoneStarCubFan replied to Tim's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If I were the Cubs I wouldn't trade for him. -
I'd be all for resigning Nomar and using the money that could conceivably go to Furcal to sign Giles except for two problems: 1. Still no true leadoff hitter. 2. If Nomar goes down we won't see Cedeno replace him. We'll see another broken down "proven veteran" who the Cubs signed off the scrap heap because he played for Dusty in SF getting the starts instead.
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Actually, the Trib caters to non-baseball fans by selling the Wrigley Field "experience". These people don't give a crap about how the Cubs do they just want to drink beer and hang out at the park. If the team wins, great. If not, "hey this is a cool ballpark. Let's have a beer at Murph's when it's over." There is no fan accountability. For every Cub fan who is disgusted by the clowns on the field and won't watch, three other yahoos will stand in line to buy their ticket just so they can say they've been to Wrigley. Where is the incentive to field a championship ballclub?
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This 'can't play at wrigley' is just more BS....
LoneStarCubFan replied to WrigleyinEngland's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Dusty's comments in the Trib today were breath-taking in their stupidity. Smoke another joint Dusty. -
Words cannot describe my level of hatred for this collection of gutless clowns and their brain-dead manager. I'd rather see every single guy on the roster released and the entire West Tenn team called up to Chicago for next season than watch this train wreck of a ballclub. Dusty, I hate you. Please go back to San Francisco and smoke your weed.
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What about Little Sarge?
LoneStarCubFan replied to Knightlife_in_Lubbock's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
He's a bum and exactly the wrong kind of guy to hand to Baker with a kid coming up thru the system. Baylor used him to block our last CF of the future. Don't let Baker do the same thing with the next one. -
Unbelievable. Baker says he wants to get Theriot more playing time yet he once again runs the worst player in the history of baseball at any level out at second base again. God I hate you Dusty. I hate you. I hate you. I hate you.
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If Nomar and Cedeno return as the ss-2b tandem, is anybody else concerned the Dusty will push for picking up a "proven veteran" infielder as well to serve as their back-up? Of course when this happens said "proven veteran" will mysteriously get all kinds of spot starts at 2B while Cedeno rots on the bench and Ryan Theriot continues to sample room service at the Des Moines Marriott.