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Irrelevant Dude

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  1. Yeah, he is. I still don't know if he provides enough offense to be an everyday player in a good lineup, but if the Cubs can find enough offense at other positions I'm perfectly fine with Barney holding down 2B.
  2. Gotta love the Rizzo thumbs-up to the camera when he found out that someone won a car because of his grand slam.
  3. Does anyone else have a problem with Keith Moreland being referred to as a former "Cubs great"?
  4. Wait a minute... Tony Campana hit fly ball near the OF wall? He was playing from the women's tees.
  5. A definite unexpected bright spot. He may not be an ace on a good staff, but he is a very good young 2 or 3 to build around.
  6. That was a relatively quick 8th. Let him finish it?
  7. And the revolving door of middle relievers claimed off waivers continues...
  8. I never noticed before, so I don't know if they do it every game, but that was a funny rendition of "Take On Me" by the Washington fans.
  9. Is Vitters reaching historically bad proportions now? I can't ever recall an offensive player looking so inept.
  10. Does that mean the 5th inning would be the silent inning?
  11. I know we aren't catching them, but it feels like we are gaining on the Astros. That is only because of their current 1 game winning streak.
  12. Please stop putting the camera on Strasburg. That is one nasty, giant wad of chew.
  13. If it is raining in Chicago like it is here, there is no way they are getting this game in.
  14. What else was the runner supposed to do? Be tagged out. I really haven't formed an opinion either way on collisions, I've really never thought about the topic. But if you aren't going to allow players to run over catchers at home plate, then catchers shouldn't be allowed to blatatnly block homeplace to the point where the runner doesn't have a choice but to run over the catcher to get to the plate. Exactly. I just don't know how that rule could be enforced. MLB could try to legislate head shots, but even that is difficult because the catcher's positioning may put his head right at shoulder-level.
  15. What else was the runner supposed to do?
  16. I just read that too and apparently they are still willing to take on a large salary. Crazy...
  17. Molina just got obliterated at home plate in the Cardinals/Pirates game but held onto the ball for the 3rd out of the inning. I can't stand the guy, but sure would love to have him on my team.
  18. Backloading is good. That is a little bit of an oversimplification. Backloading is not inherently good or bad. My personal preference would be to minimize backloaded contracts on a rebuilding team, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad thing. Either way, it really should not be much of a factor here.
  19. I'm splitting hairs here, but I would have preferred to see the contract start out at around $6-7M in year 1 to keep it down around $8-9M years 6 and 7. Like I said though, really splitting hairs. This is a great deal for the Cubs.
  20. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/08/cubs-to-acquire-anthony-recker.html Who is Anthony Recker and what is the point of this trade?
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