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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    I personally don't get the hostility when people like Phil Rogers suggest we trade him. I hate Rogers, but at this point I think if we could get decent value for Z we'd be foolish not to pull the trigger. I think he suggested cutting him. He did, which is obviously ridiculous. I'd be all for trading him though if we could get anything whatsoever in return without having to eat much of the contract.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    Our "ace" is amazing.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    a made up one I'm not sure if this is what the OP was referring to, but I heard Steve Stone vaguely mention this on The Score a few weeks ago. It wasn't so much a rumor as a suggestion.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    Good for Pie. I hope he can keep it up and be the exception to the rule for Cubs outfield prospects, as long as he stays in the American League and doesn't come back to haunt the Cubs.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    Should get through without a hitch. Bankruptcy Court judges are usually incredibly passive and the creditors would be buffoons to block this sale since it would substantially devalue the franchise and cut them off from a source of payments. Dan Bernstein indicated today that there is still the outside possibility of another bidder getting involved. There is a $20 Million backout clause in the contract, so theoretically if Utay or anyone else came in with a bid that is more than $20 Million above Ricketts' bid, Zell could back out and sell to the other party. Apparently Zell really dislikes Ricketts and doesn't like that Ricketts forced his hand by threatening to back out if the Tribune didn't agree to his terms. I would say that the chances of a new bid being accepted are very slim, but the fact remains that it is a possibility.
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    Like IMB said, these comments suggest that Bradley is trying to talk his way out of town. Not even a nutjob like Bradley would continually make crazy comments like that if he wanted to spend the remainder of his contract as a Cub. He definitely wants out and is trying to force the Cubs hand. So then Hendry needs to sit down with Bradley and insist that he will not be traded, regardless of whether that is truly the case. Make it clear that he will have to face the consequences of his comments and the Cubs will not bail him out with a trade. In trying to force the Cubs hand, his comments are most likely having the opposite effect by scaring away any remaining teams that may have been willing to tolerate him.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    I just don't understand how Bradley could possibly think that continually making these type of comments is a good idea. He has definitely been hitting the ball lately, but he is picking a fight that he can't win. He can either stay quiet and live with some occasional booing for 2 more seasons, or keep talking and draw significantly more negative attention. I guess option #3 is to keep talking and hope it creates a rift so large that it forces the team to eat his salary and trade him. There is no excuse for racist comments and nobody should have to tolerate them, but I believe that Bradley's thin skin goes way beyond that. Someone in the Cubs organization really needs to sit down with him soon and get this under control. If people are making offensive comments in the bleachers, they need to be removed, but the team also needs to keep their own players from pouring fuel on the fire.
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    Someday we'll go all the way, yeeeeeeeeeeeah, someday we'll go all the way.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    Rally time!
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    Forget football season. How many days until pitchers and catchers report?
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    Gotta stick with the veterans dude.
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    Henry or Andres? I'll take both.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    Can Ricketts just fire Hendry now and get it over with?
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    When will people stop calling him the ace? I heard Len say that again at the beginning of tonight's broadcast, but when has Zambrano ever been the team's ace?
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    Wrong. It's almost as if Lou wants to lose.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    I would keep Fox in the supersub role next year, looking toward giving him a chance at 1B in 2011 if he continues to hit. I wouldn't be opposed to trading him in the offseason, but it would have to be part of a significant deal.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    The big question is whether Lou really wants to return, or does he just not want to lose out on the money from the last year of his deal? I get the impression that he doesn't want to go through another year of this and would be perfectly happy with some sort of buyout agreement on the last year of his contract. Especially if he thinks that Ricketts wants to go another direction, why would Lou step away willingly and leave all that money on the table?
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    I can't find the exact quote, but several radio shows today mentioned Lou's comments that he planned to "stick with his veterans" down the stretch. Bradley has been ok, but how can Lou honestly think that Soriano in LF gives the Cubs a better chance to win right now than Fox? I understand that Soriano is making a lot of money, but it should be about winning baseball games. First there was the barrage of excuses (high altitude, big ballparks, injuries, etc.) and now Lou is falling back on blind loyalty for veteran players. When did he turn into Dusty Baker?
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    Good thing we have been running Soriano out there repeatedly huh. Yep. Fox needs to be out there everyday for a couple reasons. First of all, he gives us much more consistent offensive performance than Soriano and a better chane to win this year. More importantly, we really need to see him play for a long stretch to get a better idea of what we can count on him for next season. It's pointless to continue to run Soriano out there hoping that he gets hot.
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    "Ball 1, 1 and 2" as the batter is walking back to the dugout after the 3rd strike.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    If its not at Wrigley, it wont matter. September 7-9 in Pittsburgh. I know because I have tickets to all 3 games and planned a vacation around it. What an unfortunate decision...
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    Poor Ricketts. This must have really been a downer to what started out as a pretty good day.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    I'm putting my cap on so I can tip it.
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    The last one wasn't close.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    We sure showed them. Our left handed bats are dominating this series.
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