Irrelevant Dude
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Week 9: Lions at Bears, noon on Fox
Irrelevant Dude replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
I have no idea how piling on top of a quarterback out of bounds isn't a late hit. -
I would rather pay to bring Wood back over Dempster, for the simple fact that Dempster is going to demand a lot more money. The Cubs could pay Wood, plus another solid starting pitcher's salary (whether he is acquired through free agency or a trade) for close to what they will have to offer Dempster. I don't think what we saw from Dempster this year was a complete fluke, but I don't expect him to have another season quite like this one.
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I would too. Same here. He may not be the most insightful color commentator, but I would enjoy listening to his stories. With that being said, I would still very much prefer that Brenly stays!
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So who takes over in AAA for the Cubs? Does this bump Jody Davis and Ryne Sandberg up another level?
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Isn't Plesac rumored to be the new White Sox radio color guy?
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This has been discussed on a couple radio talk shows, and hopefully doesn't become a serious issue, but it could be a very interesting offseason ahead if the economy continues to worsen. What will happen if a significant number of Americans start losing their jobs and people become less and less willing to spend their disposable income on entertainment? With teams fearing decreased ticket sales, will they still make large multi-year contract offers that put them in danger of going deep into the red? The Cubs are almost certain to raise their ticket prices to keep up with backloaded contracts and an increasing payroll, but what if the condition of the economy prevents them from doing so? That could possibly prevent them, and other teams, from making any significant additions to their payroll. I envision that we would see a lot of 1-year deals somewhat under market value, with players hoping for an economic turnaround so that they could still cash in on their big payday the following year. Like I said, hopefully this becomes nothing more than a hypothetical situation, but the economy could really have a huge impact in baseball and all sports for that matter.
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Ronny Cedeno/Mark O'Neal confrontation
Irrelevant Dude replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If you're going to play that game, then you have to count every hit where he stole 2nd base as a double, and suddenly his slugging percentage doesn't look quite so bad. -
I don't know. I think Alfonso does a lot of damage on mistake pitches. I think if pitchers really bore down in every regular season game and did nothing but pitch off the lower outside corner, Sori would in trouble. I agree with this. Soriano is a fastball and mistake pitch hitter, but he really struggles against good pitchers who can locate their breaking pitches. This is just my opinion with no statistical backing, but I'm guessing that pitchers try to get away with pitches in the regular season that they wouldn't throw in a crucial playoff game. A 21 year old rookie pitcher on the Pirates is likely just worried about getting ahead in the count, while a veteran pitcher in the playoffs has enough confidence to not throw Soriano any hittable pitches. Unfortunately, I think this is just what we're going to get out of Soriano. He will help the Cubs win stretches of regular season games, but can't be relied upon in the playoffs.
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Pie is going to tie the game here with a 7 run home run, you just wait!
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How do 2 umpires miss that call, each from 10 feet away?
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9 run rally, starting in 3... 2... 1...
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This is just embarassing now.
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What are the chances of a Lou explosion in the post game press conference?
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And that completes the cycle!
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Kerry Wood for game 4 starter.
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No, but he would be available in relief at the first sign of trouble.
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The question becomes, how is the rooftop owner going to fit "100" on the front of the building? Will they expand the slots or shrink the numbers? Nobody knows!
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Kaplan is a moron.
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He does! I thought the same exact thing yesterday. I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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Watermelonhead is really disappointed.
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The contracts of our aging corner outfielders and infielders are going to look terrible in 2-3 years from now. Don't worry, we'll compensate for them with rising ticket prices. Recession be damned.
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No. I think Harden should win game 3 and Lilly gives us a chance in game 4... but I also thought we would win games 1 and 2, so at this point I'm not very confident.
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Pinch hit? For Fukudome? That's unpossible.
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Edmonds has just missed 3 home runs in this series.
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That wasn't the case tonight. The fans did everything they could to stay in the game, but the Cubs defense took them out of it.
