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  1. bukie
    It's a game thread. People went through a ton of emotions last night. What's with all the English teacher's coming out of the word work and telling people how they should post? Who cares? "word work"? Leave me alone. :oops: [jerk]Also, "teacher's" is possessive, "teachers" is plural.[/jerk] :wink: Who said it was plural? I see one guy. ;)
  2. bukie
    I arbitrarily award this win to Wuertz, who was the only pitcher who didn't give up 3 runs. So, Wuertz has an honorary win.
  3. bukie
    Finally the Cubs managed to win a game they tried to give away.
  4. bukie
    Thanks for sliding, Thome.
  5. bukie
    My feelings on the trade are thus: For a giveaway trade, it could have been worse. Thankfully the Cubs gave up nothing else of value, and nothing they got back is blocking anything important. Not that the trade had to be made in the first place, but they didn't get fleeced.
  6. bukie
    There needs to be an image that involves the goat from the AFLAC commercials going "Nah!".
  7. bukie
    2001 was a solid team as well that was ruined by Baylor's veteran and Felix Heredia fetish. Sosa, Rondell White, Bill Mueller, Fred McGriff, Matt Stairs, Gutierrez at SS (quite the solid offensive year at SS compared to the team lately), EY and GMJ arguably the weak link of the offense (of course, batting 1-2 thanks to Baylor). Mueller getting hurt at StL that year really hurt the offense, but they were above average in pretty much every single category. I'd definitely rank 2001, 2003, and 2004 way up there in terms of potential and ability. 1998, I'm still not sure how that team finished so well.
  8. bukie
    OK, over the past 10 years, there have been teams that have failed to live up to expectations (2004 in particular), and teams that have exceeded expectations (1998, one had to figure). Overall, which was the best team? I have my own views, but I was curious what everyone else thought. Personally, I think the 2004 team was the most well-built of the last 10 years. Maybe the 2001 team, but both were teams that should have done much more with the tools they had available. 1998 was a magic year, and the Cubs played way over their heads for much of it. Sosa carried that team offensively.
  9. bukie
    I severely doubt the Bulls will be able to swing two quantity-for-quality trades, let alone one.
  10. bukie
    The northwest division has Seattle, Portland, Utah, Minnesota, and Denver. The southwest division has San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, and New Orleans.
  11. bukie
    What makes you say that? Post scoring is his strength. One example scouting report: I've heard Hawes projected as a Rik Smits-type. And I'd be OK with that. As long as the Bulls don't end up with another undersized guard or wing player.
  12. bukie
    It's ridiculous that the first second-round series to start would be the last to end, even if other series' go seven games. It's dumb to not have them play on Saturday.
  13. bukie
    Nice to see that the Bulls have blown out the Pistons for 10 of the last 12 quarters in the series. Still like to have the 3rd quarter of game 3 back, though.
  14. bukie
    I boldly predict that the game will be close tonight...at some point.
  15. bukie
    Pretty good article on the Bulls-Pistons rivalry from 1988-1991. Link Laimbeer still comes off as a thug.
  16. bukie
    No official at bat. Scored a sacrifice, reached on fielder's choice.
  17. bukie
    So what you're saying is the Cubs shouldn't have staffed the Marlins entire rotation for 2 years of Alfonseca and 1 year of Pierre?
  18. bukie
    Pagan would be hard-pressed to perform worse than Jones did last night. At least Pagan is someone I wouldn't mind the Cubs using like they used Pie. Late inning defensive replacement (although he's not much better defensively than Jones), pinch runner, 25th man. And Pie can start every day and get 3-4 plate appearances a day.
  19. bukie
    The only argument against playing Pie is that he can't hit. However, Jones can't hit lefties. So, all things being equal offensively, I'd just as soon prefer the significant defensive upgrade.
  20. bukie
    8-13-1986 - First game I ever attended. Fantastic back and forth game. Also notable because of a scrawny rookie CF for the Pirates. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B08130CHN1986.htm 8-29-1989 - This was the magical 9-run, late-inning comeback against Houston, the kind of game where you just knew it was the Cubs' year. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1989/B08290CHN1989.htm
  21. bukie
    Hard to blame the pitching for that one 2 runs in 7 innings for Lilly, 2 runs in 8 innings for the pen. Offense wasn't patient at all today, and that cost them baserunning opportunities. Issues were compounded by overaggressive managerial decisions, running into extra outs when they couldn't be afforded.
  22. bukie
    Thanks for swinging at balls 2, 3, and 4, Ramirez.
  23. bukie
    I'm mostly disappointed that the Cubs offense has completely shut down since the 8th inning, basically.
  24. bukie
    Theriot, Lee, Ramirez. If they were going to win, they were going to have to score anyway.
  25. bukie
    Obviously, the go ahead run scores on a seeing-eye grounder, a botched sacrifice, ANOTHER botched sacrifice, a HBP, and then a weak sac fly.
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