Bergy92

do you guys know where I could find the audio file of Ron & Pat in 1998 when Brant Brown dropped that ball in Milw. I was telling some friends about it and they had not heard it before...thanks in advance

Man, that is the same idea that I had when I heard about it on Friday. What you do is to wear your CUBS Jersey under another shirt. Go to the party. When they pick out your name, you go go walking out to the button as you take off your outer shirt to reveal a CUBS jersey. Could you imagine the ridicule? Could you imagine the headlines? "CUBS finally blow up Busch!" That would be awesome. Too bad I do not live in MO or ILL. I would definitely try for it...

He did address the closer situation. Over the off-season he stated on several occasions he wanted Ryan Dempster to close. Dusty Baker wanted him in the starting rotation instead. Had Dempster been in the closer's role all along the Cubs would be better. Not significantly better, mind you, but at least around .500 unstead of six games under. bull. as gm if you wanted a guy to close he would close. we had dozens of possible starters to fill in and 0 closers. hendry never ever planned on dempster. he was only used after every other option had bombed. the trib spent more money than anyone. but hendry spent so much dead money that we paid 100 mil for a team with 60 mil in salaries. Great! Then what was your solution, since you would have made a better GM? Who would you have signed? Overpaid for Percival and watch him out the whole year? Benitez and watch him go down? Who would you have signed, since I know that there are so many good closers out there who are just rotting on the benches of good teams. Oh wait, no, there are hardly ANY good closers. Maybe the Yankees would have taken Sisco for Rivera, then it would have solved two of our beef's about Hendry. I ask again - who would you have signed? It is so easy to criticize, but maybe there was nobody worth the money to sign or trade? Kolb? Ya, and give up the farm to a division rival. That would have been good. I am definitely not absolving Hendry of all guilt this year, but to sit here and say that he ruined this year because of not getting a closer is ridiculous! If there is noone to get at the right price, then you cannot be blamed for not getting one.

couldn't you just see Maddux in the dugout after the game venting...like... "do these guys no nothing of fundamentals. I have made a career of doing the right thing in the right situation and look what it has brought me. Do they just not get it?" Also, I was thinking after last night - not sure if it deserves another thread or not, but we find the craziest ways to lose. Take for example... 1. Last night 2. Suicide squeeze when everyone knew it was coming... 3. Line drive back to the pitcher and a throw off the helmet of a runner on first base trying to get a double play Add your own...we have been finding new, unconventional ways to lose, which is a reason why I do not think I 'BELIEVE' anymore. I just can't - the braclet has been hung up (for now at least)

I guess I take that back...I guess that Omen is so valuable that we could not just pinchhit for him...

I just got in to see the score....offense horrible today or what? Now why take out Murton? I just don't get it - double switch this early in the game...I guess Murton hasn't done anything today than to once again get a hit.

I don't have anything to add other than this: I think it's hilarious that you capitalized "he" when referring to DLee. well, you know...just giving respect

Do any of you know what his current contract is at? I mean I know that He is making 7.6 million and change this year. But how long do we have him wrapped up? Who is his agent? Is this year going to really take us to the cleaners for future years? I mean, I am all about paying this guy whatever to stay - but when do we need to start thinking about that. Thanks in advance for any help...

well, you know...he is a veteran and is better against righties...

edit: I'm an idiot - I didn't see the discussion in the 'Dusty loves Hollandsworth' thread...

I looked in the game thread from last night and did not see this mentioned...but why did Dusty not trot his "guy" - Hollandsworth out there in the 8th to pinchhit instead of Gerut? It seems to me that those have been the situations that Holly has shined in the past. I just do not get it? Please tell me he was hurt or something or else all the Dusty bad managerial threads are really worth it. He goes from starting every day to 3rd or 4th on the pinch hit chart...what?

While it is boring on these days off, I started to think that we must lead all teams in money spent that is not on our field now. If you think of guys we have traded, released, send down to minors, etc...you come up with lots of money. I do not have alot of the salaries, or know where to get them, but here is what I have so far... Sosa - 20 Million (I think that is what we paid, but not sure...) Patt - 2.8 Million JOBO - 2.3 Million Nomar - 8.25 Million Then you have all those minimum guys. But that is like 30 some million for guys not on our field this week. Wow. Add your imput and correct me as I am sure I missed something...

man - beat me to it. I was thinking the exact same thing. Everytime I see one of these threads, it scars me. Any of these threads should be locked....

I hope he's also working on pitch selection. A short swing at eye-level fastballs and low and outside sinkers isn't going to make him better. His shorter swing may allow him to hit those pitches, but he won't hit them w/ much authority. I also got the feeling he wasn't working on pitch selection at this point. Hopefully, they will address that once his swing is corrected. I could be way off, but don't they go hand in hand. His swing is so long and not quick. Therefore, in order to hit a ball going 90+ MPH he needs to make a decision sooner on the pitch - which usually ends up in him swinging at poor selections. But if he had a shorter, quicker swing, he might more time to look at the pitch (although we are talking fractions of seconds here). I think that it would naturally help his pitch selection, but who am I. Certainly not a hitting coach...

okay guys, it has been fun being here (for the most part a reader for a year or so). But I am done for 1 week. I hope to rejoin reading and having fun after the break, but my all-star break starts at 1:37 CDT. Have fun and root for me. I am officially on a Cub Fast...

He pitches for the Cubs... I am about done with this team. I wonder if I can get a refund on my MLB Extra Innings...

As Pat might say..."and just like that...it's back to work"

the strange thing about it is that the first hundred times I voted or whatever the validation key changed every time. right? Now it is the same each time. So it makes me wonder if the votes are going through or not....

okay, need some help... I was just doing my daily voting and something kindof weird happened. All of a sudden as I was using some friends e-mail, as I clicked on voting again, it was someone's aol account that I did not know. And it had the automatic fields changed. All of a sudden I am voting as Michael Kimes as a Cardinals fan... Why did it change? So Strange...

Here's the angle that I have not heard much mentioned...the three teams closest to us (for the wild card) are all in the same division. They will beat up on each other in the 2nd half and it will be there for the taking. That is, the assumption that we are able to play well enough to take it. I would just rather be chasing 3 teams in one division that 1 team from all 3 divisions...

talk about superstition and not wanting to jinx - My wife and kids left last Thursday to go to Minnesota to visit her family. Since they left the Cubs have not lost...I was tempted to tell her to stay for another week, or until they lost. But they came home last night and the Cubs still won, so I felt better that that was not the jinx...

I just voted for the first time - all I want to know is who the idiots are that are going to vote for B.Bonds. There should be some way to monitor so that people that do not play are not even on the ballots. You know he is going to get votes, and if there are alot of them, they should track them down by their e-mails and lynch-mob them...