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I really wish Miles would have taken a plane back to St. Louis. I don't blame Aaron at all. Jim's the ftard that signed him. I still can't figure out this offseason. It's like the good Jim Hendry vanished and we were left with the architect of the 2006 team again. Did Hendry make a good move this offseason? I don't think he did at all. I guess dumping Marquis.

If only a guy like him was on the trading block. That's messed up Jake seems like a really cool guy, why want him to come here and get hurt?

I really wish Miles would have taken a plane back to St. Louis. I don't blame Aaron at all. Jim's the ftard that signed him. Did he lose a bet? Na he was like, we won way too many games last year. Who are the two worst available big leaguers? Boom, Aaron Miles and Joey Gathright.

I really wish Miles would have taken a plane back to St. Louis. I don't blame Aaron at all. Jim's the ftard that signed him.

Jake Peavy has a no hitter going.

I sometimes like to pretend that Alex Gonzalez turned a double play.

I really wish Miles would have took a couple of pitches.

I guess God hates you. Wow Im shocked you have a smartass comment. Completely unexpected In all seriousness though God probably does hate you.

Awesome warnings issued. Z could easily get tossed for nothing tonight.

Dave Duncan is Jesus. I know this because I was able to watch about him all week on ESPN and MLB network.

Any doubt Giles walks here?

That's what I was thinking.

Awesome. We are so good right now.

Hey we took two walks. That's at least a step in the right direction.

I am glad Theriot hit those few fluke homers.

The Royals took 4 of 6 from the Cards last year.

Didn't MIlton just take Peavy deep? Didn't Lee go 0 for 3 with 3 Ks against him? Thanks a bunch Lou.

Good lord this feels a lot like '04.

Jeez man, relax. He answered a question, and it appears he did so honestly, and nothing he said was outrageous to the point where it doesn't seem like it could possibly be true. I don't see any point in naming names, and there wasn't much to be gained for a 22 year old to rat out his teammates. I really don't care that much so please don't tell me to relax. Just was responding to his interview with my thoughts.

So we drafted poorly, I'm not arguing against that. But, the main point is Kieschnick was crap. He wasn't becoming anything no matter who drafted him. But, its cool instead of saying that things didn't work out he instead tries to throw our organization under the bus. Again why doesn't he rip on Tampa Bay? They took him from us and never promoted him to the bigs either. He may have thrown the organization under the bus but the organization proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were completely incompetent, and worthy of being thrown under a bus. You seem to be taking it personally that he thinks the Cubs of the mid-90's were a dysfunctional group of nitwits. The truth hurts. That was just the fact. He was in the Cubs system during his prime developmental years. Again, he may have never done any better if he started somewhere else, but it's not hard at all to imagine the Cubs system failed miserably to develop the talent they got. The organization was horrible. Oh I am well aware we sucked, that's pretty much common knowledge. But, I loathe it when guys say crap like oh guys were hoping we would lose. Ok then say who it was by name. If you're gonna throw that junk out there be ready to say who it was. Even better yet, why didn't you say something at the time to management. This guy is blaming every failure in his life on the Cubs. He sucked. We sucked.

Why wouldn't the Nats do this? They're going nowhere and have had Johnson on the trading block forever. Trade him before he gets injured again. I know he is hurt a lot but he is still a pretty good player. I just don't get trading an everyday guy for a middle reliever.

So we drafted poorly, I'm not arguing against that. But, the main point is Kieschnick was crap. He wasn't becoming anything no matter who drafted him. But, its cool instead of saying that things didn't work out he instead tries to throw our organization under the bus. Again why doesn't he rip on Tampa Bay? They took him from us and never promoted him to the bigs either.

x1000. If he actually was good enough, the Cubs wouldn't have been enough to ruin him on their own. Look at Walton and Smith and Grace and Palmeiro and even Sosa for that matter even though he wasn't in our minor league system. If the coaches on any level saw enough in him to warrant playing time, he would have been given the chance. We gave freaking Kevin Orie and Brant Brown significant playing time. We definately produced some talent at that point. Hell Jamie Moyer is still pitching today. But also Maddux, Dunston, Grace, Girardi, et. There were some guysfrom the era of BK that made it inspite of our organizations downfalls. Plus I am sure it was Tampa Bay's fault for never playing him once he was picked in the expansion draft too. What are you peoople talking about? BK was drafted in '93, none of the guys you discussed were part of that "era". Those were all mid-80's or earlier guys. Different people in charge. They produced no hitters. Brooks may not have made it regardless of coaching, but I firmly believe that teams can destroy talent and ruin their chances, and I am convinced the Cubs, especially of that era, did it frequently. What about Kerry Wood, Rey Sanchez, Doug Glanville, Jon Garland?

x1000. If he actually was good enough, the Cubs wouldn't have been enough to ruin him on their own. Look at Walton and Smith and Grace and Palmeiro and even Sosa for that matter even though he wasn't in our minor league system. If the coaches on any level saw enough in him to warrant playing time, he would have been given the chance. We gave freaking Kevin Orie and Brant Brown significant playing time. We definately produced some talent at that point. Hell Jamie Moyer is still pitching today. But also Maddux, Dunston, Grace, Girardi, et. There were some guysfrom the era of BK that made it inspite of our organizations downfalls. Plus I am sure it was Tampa Bay's fault for never playing him once he was picked in the expansion draft too.

What sucks is Brooks went on to have an AllStar career elsewhere. Oh wait. Sure the Cubs were poorly ran in the '80s and '90s, but Brooks sucked as well.