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Nope

Nice, lets go Milwaukee.

Hey that was ball 4. Thanks Reed.

At one point Cruz was a better prospect than Z. Thank goodness we kept the right one.

Big run.

Thank you Byrnes.

Augie Ojeda.

I always did. I was rooting for him to get his ring in 2001 and was happy that he finally did. Yeah, but he was the one were I finally got frustrated. I am tired of Cubs having to go other places to get rings.

I still like Mark Grace.

Man one bad pitch, great start.

Until we throw a fastball to Chris Young that is.

It would be nice for Soriano to start to hit at any point.

gah, let that hit you reed.

Without diving. Yeah but there is a tough lefty on the mound. :banghead:

We are not going to hit this guy at all. SInce all of our big hitters decided to slump together too.

Nor do Moustakas or Dominguez, apparently. Not sure what this list is worth. Well Moustakas is still playing shortstop. But everyone knows he'll end up at third sooner than later. Yeah, most likely sooner.

Nor do Moustakas or Dominguez, apparently. Not sure what this list is worth. Well Moustakas is still playing shortstop.

Yeah, but at the rate he is going he might not ever get a full season in.

So vitters doesn't rank among the top 21 minor league thrid basemen? Awesome work Cubbies.

Conference wins are going to be tough to come by next year; same as in Maui. They also play at Wake Forest in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and at Kentucky. However, if the schedule is similar to last year's pathetic non-conference slate they'll have about eight cupcakes at home. I also don't know the NIT's regulations regarding Division II teams, Indiana always seems to draw Chaminade in the first round (which could be an embarrassing loss or a win to help them get NIT-eligibility). Those eight and five in conference actually get them pretty close to .500. It'll be a struggle but the NIT is possible. Plus the rest of the Big Ten isn't going to be great either. MSU should be great, but they should have been great this year too. Wisconsin will be very good. Me and 4 other posters on this board would be very good for Bo Ryan. Although he has more talent than people believe. Purdue is gonna take a step back I think. Losing Martin will not be the non factor a lot think it will be. OSU will be good, could have been gat had Koufas stayed. Minn will be ok, still gonna take a bit for Tubby to get his guys in that system. Illinois is the biggest wildcard in the conference. Either our three guards will do well and we will be good or we could be horrible again. Iowa lost it's best player, but I like their coaches system and think they will be better than a lot of people think. Michigan just lost Udoh, I bet they are about the same as last year. Penn State lost one of their two players. I always mixed the two up, so I don't know if it was cornley or claxton. I imagine with their other guys progressing they will be around the same Northwestern will be better. Indiana could be the worst, but I bet they aren't nearly as bad as everyone is predicting. Pretty good assessment. I think Purdue definitely finishes top 3. As much as I like Izzo when was the last time they really lived up to expectations fully? I think Minnesota takes a slight step back along with IU obviously dropping to the bottom third. Illinois can make a jump to 5th maybe 4th if things come together. Iowa and Michigan are still building and I think losing Udoh hurts more than many would think. They don't have many rebounders and he was the best shot blocker in the league. Yeah Udoh was by far their best player on defense, but I don't think he fit in Belien's(sp?) offense at all. It will hurt them this year losing him, but going forward it won't too bad. The Big Ten is on the rebound though. In 2010 we are recruiting like mad men. Wisky has a 5 star committed. We have Richmond and Head who both could be top ten players. OSU has 2 tops tens and another right outside of it. With the influx of coaching talent (and Weber's recruiting resurgence) it's just a matter of time before the Big Ten is the powerhouse conference it should be. Eh, I still maintain we have been ok this decade. Although we have only the one national title, We have had 9 teams reach the final four which ties us with the ACC for the most in the last ten years. Last year was a down year, but the ACC sucked last year as well, but it isn't the fashionable thing to slam on them. UNC was very good, but past that they had some paper tigers.

I just want one time for us to have a top 10 pick and come away from it with a sure fire star. So far this decade we had Montanez, Harvey, and Vitters as hitters. Couple those guys with the other first round picks we have had, Pawelek and Colvin and it is pretty easy to see why some people are panicing.

Conference wins are going to be tough to come by next year; same as in Maui. They also play at Wake Forest in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge and at Kentucky. However, if the schedule is similar to last year's pathetic non-conference slate they'll have about eight cupcakes at home. I also don't know the NIT's regulations regarding Division II teams, Indiana always seems to draw Chaminade in the first round (which could be an embarrassing loss or a win to help them get NIT-eligibility). Those eight and five in conference actually get them pretty close to .500. It'll be a struggle but the NIT is possible. Plus the rest of the Big Ten isn't going to be great either. MSU should be great, but they should have been great this year too. Wisconsin will be very good. Me and 4 other posters on this board would be very good for Bo Ryan. Although he has more talent than people believe. Purdue is gonna take a step back I think. Losing Martin will not be the non factor a lot think it will be. OSU will be good, could have been gat had Koufas stayed. Minn will be ok, still gonna take a bit for Tubby to get his guys in that system. Illinois is the biggest wildcard in the conference. Either our three guards will do well and we will be good or we could be horrible again. Iowa lost it's best player, but I like their coaches system and think they will be better than a lot of people think. Michigan just lost Udoh, I bet they are about the same as last year. Penn State lost one of their two players. I always mixed the two up, so I don't know if it was cornley or claxton. I imagine with their other guys progressing they will be around the same Northwestern will be better. Indiana could be the worst, but I bet they aren't nearly as bad as everyone is predicting. Pretty good assessment. I think Purdue definitely finishes top 3. As much as I like Izzo when was the last time they really lived up to expectations fully? I think Minnesota takes a slight step back along with IU obviously dropping to the bottom third. Illinois can make a jump to 5th maybe 4th if things come together. Iowa and Michigan are still building and I think losing Udoh hurts more than many would think. They don't have many rebounders and he was the best shot blocker in the league. Yeah Udoh was by far their best player on defense, but I don't think he fit in Belien's(sp?) offense at all. It will hurt them this year losing him, but going forward it won't too bad. The Big Ten is on the rebound though. In 2010 we are recruiting like mad men. Wisky has a 5 star committed. We have Richmond and Head who both could be top ten players. OSU has 2 tops tens and another right outside of it.

But, didn't he basically tell baseball to take a hike when they asked to talk to him about it? Or am I remembering wrong? IIRC, a week or two after it came out, the Cardinals had a series against the Mets in New York. At that time he met with MLB officials and gave them the same story that he gave during his press conference. Whether that is telling them to take a hike or not is up to your interpretation. Oh, I thought I remember reading or hearing that he refused to meet with them becaus he thought it would be a further distraction. I could be wrong though.

Yeah, I think you made a really good hire to boot. I bet it is two years and then you are really good again.

Are there any active 80 runners?