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  1. bukie
    Thank goodness the Cubs were able to retain a big part of what made them winners last year: clubhouse presence.
  2. bukie
    We should get a good idea of where Illinois is when they play at Vandy this week, then at Kent State next week. I like Illinois' schedule this year. They scheduled a lot of decent to good teams (Vandy, Georgia, Kent State, Clemson, Mizzou), but nobody that they know is going to blow them out of the stadium (well, until conference play). At least this way they have a decent shot in every non-con game.
  3. bukie
    Hey, only the second award where the winner didn't make my ballot. EDIT: Of 28 voters, 16 voted Pedroia first, 6 second, 4 third, 1 fourth, and one voter left him off their ballot. Again, I must find this voter and send him a cookie, unless he was the guy that voted K-Rod first.
  4. bukie
    Are you serious? That's just sad in itself.
  5. bukie
    Illinois has a decent chance to be the first Big Ten team to lose a game this year...unless they can somehow drag Thursday's game out long enough for the UCLA-Michigan game to end.
  6. bukie
    I'm surprised there wasn't more love for Berkman, who had an absolute monster year of his own. EDIT: Also, the love for Howard and Lidge "carrying" the Phillies to the playoffs completely overlooks the effort of Chase Utley, the true "MVP" of the Phillies for the year.
  7. bukie
    Interesting synopsis of the Cuban stock ordeal here on Truehoop Looks like he did engage in insider trading, from the sounds of it. He'll likely have to pay a fine in the area of 1 million and then the matter will likely go away, officially.
  8. bukie
    Only one voter did not have Ryan Howard on his ballot. I must find this voter and send him a cookie. Unless he also voted Brad Lidge first, in which case I reserve the right to revoke said cookie.
  9. bukie
    Yeah, they probably should've been in the play-in game, but I guess the committee feels that if the SWAC were in the play-in game every year, they'd never make the actual field of 64.
  10. bukie
    MVSU is one of the better teams in the SWAC, usually. Which means they're generally one of the 10 worst teams in division 1.
  11. bukie
    Good to see him land on his feet after the debacle at IU.
  12. bukie
    You made it sound like Washington was winning or something. I had to check the score to make sure they were still losing to set up the ultimate pillow fight next week.
  13. bukie
    Huh? How is Peavy our number 1 target? Our number 1 target from day 1 has been a left handed hitting 3/4/5 hitter. Who is an athlete and has at least 1 Q and 1 V in his name. I really hope the Cubs can sign Marq Teiveira, too.
  14. bukie
    No way in hell do I think that's a good deal to make. Short term or not. I think Wood likes the Cubs and the area enough that no matter what kind of 1-year offer he'd get from a club, he'd accept a more owner-reasonable 1 year deal to stay with the Cubs. I'd go as high as 8-10 million for one year to sign him.
  15. bukie
    My view is that if Wood is going to get a 3-year, 12 million a year deal to pitch somewhere, it's not worth topping/matching/coming close to that. If Wood is going to get a 2-year, 12-13 million a year deal to pitch somewhere, it's worth at least exploring options to keep him around. If Wood is only getting a 1-year deal somewhere for even as much as, say, 14-15 million, there's no reason the Cubs couldn't at least make an attempt to sign him. And either way, they'd better be offering arbitration.
  16. bukie
    Pain and emptiness.
  17. bukie
    So, where would Kerry signing end up worst for the Cubs? Mets, Cards, Brewers?
  18. bukie
    Kerry Wood.
  19. bukie
    Lidge was 32nd in the NL in pitcher VORP. Of course, VORP is affected by the innings that a pitcher pitches, but in an award named after Cy Young, I consider the innings pitched an important part of the equation.
  20. bukie
    How many players in the league have been on the same team since 1998? Trevor Hoffman, John Smoltz, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Jason Varitek....I can't think of any more.
  21. bukie
    If Marmol gets traded for Peavy, the deal had better be Marmol and inconsequential throw-ins for Peavy, and not much else. Marmol isn't getting traded. Letting Kerry go pretty much cements that, IMO. I agree, I was just commenting on his worth in the event Hendry did get stupid and move him. I agree, it was simply a thought based on what seems to be a needless trade for Gregg and the lack of a dominant closer option for SD. Call me a typical over-optimistic Cubs fan, but I really think Gregg is going to get flipped. Let's not forget how GMs way overvalue the save stat, and Gregg had about 30 of them last year.Of course, Hendry could be one of those GMs that way overvalues the save stat.
  22. bukie
    2 near career-ending arm injuries and a heaping of misplaced blame?
  23. bukie
    I hate, hate, hate trading for bullpen arms. The return of investment on doing so is rarely positive.
  24. bukie
    This can only mean that whatever it is must be destroyed with fire.
  25. bukie
    I based my ballot on how well teams outperformed their preseason PECOTA predictions, so obviously, the Astros and Twins made the top of the list.
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