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Well it should now be 2-2, but we are the cubs and run the bases like a little league team.

Bob Derrek Lee only gets to bat one time through, his injury isn't hurting us that much. Our GM manager are.

It sort of makes one want to cry. We spend most of our money on our pitching anyways.

Fundamentals are fun.

Nice

Let them get one hit soon Mark before Dusty lets you go all nine.

Prior has a nice pc going thus far as well.

thats cause he is fast.

Just like old times Mark you better hold em to 1 or less, cause Dusty has went ahead and handicapped this game with his girlfriend Neifi.

of course it is neifi.

Would you miss him platooning with Bynum while Murton rotted away?

Chad Fox says hi. Completely false. Your completely false. YOU'RE A TOWEL! That, my friends, is why OO is a superstar. Haha Towely.

The guy pretty much single handly one us our first playoff series since 1908. He got hurt pitching for our team. Way to stay classy.

Once we pick up Russ Ortiz for the playoff push we can add one more name to the list.

At which point I hope he walks right up to A.J. ad punches him in the face again. Haha that would be great.

Karma? While I won't be so foolish as to make a claim inferring that ALL Cub fans have done this, there is no doubt that the name Rick Ankiel has been used in a similar manner at times. There have even been a few mocking Daryl Kile. Bottomline, there always some fans in every fan base that true fans would rather not claim as their own and to blame or label an entire fan base based on the few is wrong. Anyone who mocks Daryl Kile is just a class act and odds are will amount to a lot in this world. I think most people mock LaRussa's use of Ankiel more than anything.

Past #1 & #2 picks since 1980: 1980 - Darryl Strawberry (#1), Gary Harris (#2) 1981 - Mike Moore (#1), Joe Carter (#2) 1982 - Shawon Dunston (#1), Augie Schmidt (#2) 1983 - Tim Belcher (#1), Kurt Stillwell (#2) 1984 - Shawn Abner (#1), Bill Swift (#2) 1985 - BJ Surhoff (#1), Will Clark (#2) 1986 - Jeff King (#1), Greg Swindell (#2) 1987 - Ken Griffey Jr. (#1), Mark Merchant (#2) 1988 - Andy Benes (#1), Mark Lewis (#2) 1989 - Ben McDonald (#1), Tyler Houston (#2) 1990 - Chipper Jones (#1), Tony Clark (#2) 1991 - Brien Taylor (#1), Mike Kelly (#2) 1992 - Phil Nevin (#1), Paul Shuey (#2) 1993 - Alex Rodriguez (#1), Darren Dreifort (#2) 1994 - Paul Wilson (#1), Ben Grieve (#2) 1995 - Darin Erstad (#1), Ben Davis (#2) 1996 - Kris Benson (#1), Travis Lee(#2) 1997 - Matt Anderson (#1), JD Drew (#2) 1998 - Pat Burrell (#1), Mark Mulder (#2) 1999 - Josh Hamilton (#1), Josh Beckett (#2) 2000 - Adrian Gonzalez (#1), Adam Johnson (#2) 2001 - Joe Mauer (#1), Mark Prior (#2) 2002 - Bryan Bullington (#1), BJ Upton (#2) 2003 - Delmon Young (#1), Rickie Weeks (#2) 2004 - Matt Bush (#1), Justin Verlander (#2) 2005 - Justin Upton (#1), Alex Gordon (#2) 2006 - Luke Hochevar (#1), Greg Reynolds (#2) Uhhhhhhh...define "great". A-Rod and Ken Griffey Jr. are first ballot HOFers...but after that, the list gets a bit dicey. Some very good players are on there...but great? It's a bit early to cast judgment on a number of guys on this list, though. We'll see how they pan out over the coming years. Chipper Jones is/was great.

If karma has anything to do wih it they should never win again. I love how the best fans in baseball take such joy in the fact that two of our young arms have been ruined.

Prior should sue the Cubs over lost wages in the future. This is the same reason why I don't mind Kerry getting all the money he has from us while injured. The Cubs could have cost him 50 million with all the abuse he suffered under their care.

Surely this has to be rock bottom for this franchise, right? I mean the baseball gods sure are a great lot. Dangle perhaps the best young pitcher in a generation in front of us, but only let us really have him for one year. Let him be so good that first year that we make the playoffs with a bad team. Then let our turd for a manager abuse him until he is a shell of himself. Gotta love being a cubs fan. This is just truley depressing.

We can't fire Dusty until Zambrano is hurt pretty badly. Only then will Dusty's work be complete.

Do you think Dusty will mention that we won if you don't count the first two innings? Oh I am sure he will, the real question is how will he spin that into not being Glendon's fault?

one out away from catching those pesky Rates.

Whoa Dusty is awake over there.

And Aram greets him with a homer to left. :D I wonder if it was 104mph? :o I would love to have Zumaya on our team.