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Very good game. If Xavier pulls this out the inevitable UCLA game is going to be awesome.
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I'm thinking the only way that doesn't happen is if Theriot is horrible or Pie is gone. Even if the Cubs bring in Roberts, my guess is they just move everyone down a spot (assuming a Theriot/Soriano/Lee/ARam/Fukudome 1-5).
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Lou's primary reason (in public) for moving Soriano down in the lineup seems to be that "his legs aren't 100%". Does that mean when his legs are 100%, he'll go back to hitting leadoff?
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Lou sleeps on it. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080322&content_id=2451207&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc On Friday, Piniella said he was considering moving Kosuke Fukudome into the No. 2 spot from fifth, which would result in a 3-4-5 combination of Alfonso Soriano, Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez. But the result would be all right-handed hitters from the third through seventh spots, and Piniella decided he didn't want that, either. "I thought about it last night, and I think right now, the way we're situated, I think Fukudome offers the best protection for Ramirez," Piniella said Saturday. "I know that probably the two-hole is more suitable for [Fukudome], but right now, the way we're put together, I just feel Ramirez out of the four-hole will have more protection with Fukudome hitting behind him."
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Confirmed: Sheets to start opening day
rawaction replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/03/22/as-expected-it-s-sheets-in-the-opener.aspx Z-Sheets Lilly-Suppan Lieber-??? I thought Dempster was the #3 with Lieber or Marquis the #5 You are right. -
Duke is self destructing on both ends. I picked Duke to lose here, but to Arizona.
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Slight interest. He did hit .325/.381/.532 vs. LHPs last year. And .305/.380/.451 are his 3-year splits vs. LHPs. I'd still see what else is out there, though, first. I haven't seen him play much, but I'd imagine he'd be in the Spilborghs, Cody Ross, Brady Clark group defensively. He is 31, though and doesn't offer any upside. I'd rather not have to throw him out there everyday in CF defensively in case of injury. Ross/Spilborghs would be more desirable, depending on what the Cubs would have to give up.
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He'll be right more often than not though. It's not like you have 1-2 matchups yet. He doesn't have any money riding on his bracket. Why would he not pick the better team? Cause he's contributing nothing by doing so? I'm not saying he should be picking a ton of upsets to be controversial. I'm saying he should put a little more work into his job beyond saying Well Connecticut is the 4 seed, so you know I gotta go with them. And I too have only one 2 seed going to the sweet 16.(Texas) Would it make a difference if he said, UConn has more talent so you gotta go with them? Most of the time those things go hand in hand....talent and being the better team. It sounds like you have more issue with him not going on out a limb than you do his reasoning.
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Maybe he is willing to give up Pie, but won't do it unless he has another CF. Maybe he has a deal for that other CF, but is waiting to hear if the O's want the Cubs to take back Payton. :flame:
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Yes, and then Lou would move Theriot to 2B.
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IF it's thru waivers don't all the NL teams have 1st shot at him before the worst AL team? Just confirmed this is true. If teams from each league claims a player, the claim goes to the team in the same league, regardless of record.
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He'll be right more often than not though. It's not like you have 1-2 matchups yet. He doesn't have any money riding on his bracket. Why would he not pick the better team?
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Yeah, this has been mentiond before, that the Orioles might be killing time since they want Cedeno and think that they might be able to just snatch him up and thens till milk the Cubs for an extra player for Roberts. I don't see Cedeno being released if Cintron is injured, unless the Cubs do sign Lopez. See, this doesn't make much sense to me. If the Os want Cedeno, the only way to guarantee that they get him is if they trade for him. If he is released, he's free to go wherever he wants. The O's aren't guaranteed to get him in that case. My thinking is if they think Cedeno is going to be released maybe they think "hey Cubs, he's not good enough for your roster, why should we accept him as part of a trade for Roberts.....we want more"
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That's a little misleading because up until recently, I believe, each region had the top 1/2 of it's bracket one place and the other half somewhere else. Every site contained either a 1-16 or 2-15 matchup. It's obviously not gonna happen in those situations, as only 1 two seed has ever lost. This year, Tampa and Denver were the only sites where the lower seeds even had a shot to pull that off. Raleigh, Little Rock, Omaha, and Anaheim all had the 1-16 games. Birmingham and DC had two 2-15 matchups.
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Yeah, I picked Arkansas in my bracket. Inconsistent teams with seniors beat inconsistent teams with less experience every time.
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Jamarcus Ellis should have left with Sampson. Nice of him to quit on his team. Good riddance to Dakich, who can't coach to save his life. Sure Stemler was hitting his shot tonight, but he's a 0 factor on the boards. Taber shoulda played more. Would have loved to have Crawford and Gordon switch aggressiveness. Crawford has to be instant offense off the bench to be worth his time on the floor. Gordon coulda helped the team more by being a decoy and a selective penetrator. I'm bitter. Can't help it. 17-1 start to the season down the drain. Waste of 2 All Americans. Waste of my time.\ End rant.
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7 for 50 from 3pt range. 14% That's Eric Gordon since Sampson left. Have fun in the NBA.
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Man, Cubs have to get Roberts now to save Lou from himself.
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You wanna trade Jason Marquis for a guy on a minor league contract? Jason Marquis has value. This is a league that has spent millions on Carlos Silva, Gil Meche, and others like Marquis. Marquis will throw 200+ innings, and he put up numbers comparable to what most teams are getting from the back of their rotation. If the Cubs can't get a helpful player or some salary relief, they are better hanging onto Marquis.
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I called San Diego over UCONN!!!
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Agreed. The media has overhyped Pacman Jones. He's a talented corner, but he isn't an elite corner, right now, and I doubt he'll ever be that guy. I'm just fortunate that my team (Bears) have two very good, young CBs on the team (Vasher/Tillman). But I do believe they should take another corner in the draft. Pacman was making some good strides in his coverage ability the more he played. I'm confident that if he stayed out of trouble, he could become an elite corner in time. And I didn't like the pick when the Titans made it. I was proven right on his attitude, but I believe I was wrong about whether he'd become an elite corner. I guess it depends on what you call "elite". I don't think he will do much having missed a year, with possibly more to come. I think at best he coulda become a "reputation" CB like Deangelo Hall or Nate Clements. But he doesn't have the size nor technique to ever be a Champ Bailey, or Charles Woodson elite type CB.
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How about Damaso Marte?
rawaction replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
So just because a pitcher didn't hurt the Cubs, that should preclude the Cubs from upgraded the bullpen? Am I reading that right? IDK about you, but if the Cubs could land a Fuentes or a Marte to replace Eyre as the lefty specialist, and force Scotty into the garbage innings in blowouts, I would be happy. With that said, I wouldn't overpay for either guy. No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that's it's completely unnecessary. The Cubs don't need a late inning lefty when they have RHPs who dominate. Eyre was already used in garbage time last year. So was Wuertz for the most part. This year you have both of them, Hart, and whoever else makes the roster that are gonna get a lot of garbage innings. I'm saying that a trade for another reliever would slightly strengthen the late innings and would seriously upgrade the garbage innings, which makes the trade not worthwhile. -
13-3. BYU, Arizona, USC lost for me. Arizona was in my Sweet 16.
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How about Damaso Marte?
rawaction replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Eyre being the only lefty last year and being bad at it didn't hurt the Cubs. -
Ditto, only I have Arizona instead of WVU. I've seen several and this definitely isn't his typical game. I assumed that hopefully they get past this game and he has one of his stronger games against Wisconsin because I picked them to go the sweet 16 then losing to Georgetown. Same. I don't think Wisconsin has the talent to overcome someone like Beasley. The Badgers might make a game with USC, but at the rate things are going for the Trojans, I'm back and forth on it. OJ Mayo could kill the Badgers. Might make it a game against USC? You think a higher seeded team coached by Bo Ryan is going to lose to a lower seeded team coached by Frank Martin? I don't think you understand what Wisconsin is. Yeah, that's a strange statement. Wisconsin is not as flashy, but is monumentally better than USC or KState. If either beats Wisconsin, it'll likely be one of the top upsets of the tournament.