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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    The Cubs big FA signing in 2007 will be Carlos Zambrano. I believe he becomes a free agent after next season, which means that this offseason will be when the Cubs try to lock him up. After paying him huge money, the payroll will still be close to $100 million and the team won't go after any other big names and won't be any better. Dusty Baker or not, it will be another bad expensive team. I hope I'm wrong, but that is what I expect this offseason.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    I don't know what his stats were, but going off memory alone I think Mel Rojas would be tough to beat in the "worst pitcher" category.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    I think Sosa is already in that box. Can we fit another?
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    Piven just isn't getting the breaks dude.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    But look at the 9th inning, we're finishing strong!
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    No doubt they are the same people who are standing and cheering at every Cubs game as if it's the 7th game of the World Series.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Did anyone listen to the game on WGN. If so, is it true that Ron Santo went off on the Cubs and called for changes, both managerial and with the players?
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    I just saw the highlights on Baseball Tonight, nice catch. I'm happy for Corey and hope he can keep it up.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    So if we went out and bought the best player at every position, we were expected to win the series because our payroll is $100 million more than the next team, you would feel just as satisfied with that title as if we did it with an intelligent budget, good role players and the right mix of power and avg? Not even a little bit of the shine would come of the victory? I wouldn't care either way, BUT I would prefer to win with a likeable group of guys (a team unlike the 2004 team). Whether the Cubs buy those players or develop them, it really doesn't matter.
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    Nope.
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    hooray! hooray beer! Don't say that until Dempster gets the third out of the 9th. I guess I jumped the gun on that one huh? Sorry!
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    2 in a row... it's extension time!
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    If you want to continue your misery during the rain delay, WGN Radio is currently replaying the Macphail interview.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    Please call the game. I have tickets tonight that I didn't use. :D
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    Yes, yes she is. She does a lot of the Big Ten basketball games on ESPN, very nice.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    Everybody loves the Cubs, everybody loves the Cubs.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    This is the word that Boers & Bernstein use to describe Dusty Baker's attitude toward the outcome of games. I think this perfectly describes one of the major flaws in the current coaching staff. They have the players believing that games are won or lost based on luck, magic, and the baseball gods, rather than by the actions of the players themselves. It is the belief that everything is happening to the Cubs and they can't control the "breaks." Anyway, I just wanted to post this because I think it sums the coaching staff (and the team) up perfectly. A team adopts the style of its coach, and unfortunately this is Dusty Baker's style.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    With Neifi not in the starting line-up, I think the patented double switch is all but guaranteed. Hey I have to give Baker some credit here, he actually used the double switch properly with Dempster yesterday!
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    That may be true, but the point is that the wins have to go somewhere, so if one team is well below .500 that means their opponents are picking up extra wins. It doesn't really help us for a team to completely tank the 2nd half of the season. I meant that the Cardinals and Astros (or whoever is atop the NL Central standings down the stretch) may have easier opponents than they may have now. My point was that while the Cubs aren't mathematically eliminated at this time, they might as well be. The team isn't good enough to get back in this race. I misunderstood your point then, I completely agree. :?
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    I feel the same way. Even though it seems early in the season, barring a miracle we have already eliminated ourselves from the playoff race. What's the difference if we finish .500 or 20 games below if we don't make the playoffs either way? If it takes a terrible season in order to rebuild a championship-caliber team, then I'm all for it. Hanging around .500 every year doesn't do anything for me...
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    That may be true, but the point is that the wins have to go somewhere, so if one team is well below .500 that means their opponents are picking up extra wins. It doesn't really help us for a team to completely tank the 2nd half of the season.
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    Is it too early to consider the possibility that Pierre could start the entire season for the Cubs in CF and end up with less than 10 RBI?
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    Why are we playing for 1 run already?
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    In Neifi's post game comments, on two seperate occasions he said "there's nothing we can do." There's the Dusty Baker attitude at its best.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    as in Rage or crying Although I wish it was crying, I believe it was rage... still waiting for details.
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