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Now that the fans are on his side, he'll start hitting lefties, walking every four plate appearances, and going from first to home on singles.

Jones strikes out? Against a lefty? Inconceivable!

But Tyson Chandler just hurt his ankle. :(

This might be the most ridiculous statement ever made on nsbb.com He was clearly kidding. Yeah, I left off a smiley to see if anyone would take it seriously. I love how people toss off ideas like "Pierre's baserunning will help us win 10 games this year" without any basis.

Blanco should have started today. Barrett's defense will easily cost us 45 games this year.

Maybe he hurt himself! :D

The 2006 White Sox: Buehrle, Garland, Garcia, Vasquez. Soon to be 5 when Contreras is chosen for the All-Star game this year.

I'm laughing at the people who paid $125 for Dugout Box seats. Everyone else has left the park, but they're staying to get their money's worth.

That bounce just caught Henry in his Blancos.

but not hit. Jim Hendry: "I think we're more versatile, more athletic, I think we'll run a lot better and we'll play better defense." That's what Hendry said after signing Jacque Jones. I crack up every time I read it. Yep, we're definitely playing better defense, and I suppose we run better. As for being "more athletic," who cares? I'd rather have a baseball player than an "athlete." I'm not sure what he meant by saying we're "more versatile," but I think it's code for "we now have guys who can't hit the ball out of the infield but can run real fast, so we'll play for one run even more often now than we used to."

Now that we have guys on the roster like Pierre, Jones, and Bynum: I think we're more versatile, more athletic, I think we'll run a lot better and we'll play better defense.

Everytime Novoa pitches, I think to myself, "this is what we got for Kyle Farnsworth."

you sure it's not a decoy. :wink: Personally, I'm shocked that Dusty knows he's allowed to pinch hit without executing a double switch.

Cubs get on the board with a Restovich double. Barrett is pinch hitting.

At least we can replace Rusch rather than move to a 4-man rotation and wear down our pitchers. Research shows that a 4-man rotation would have no adverse affects on pitchers' health. It's high pitch counts that contribute to injuries. I wouldn't be surprised to see Boston try a 4-man rotation at some point this season. I don't think a 4 man rotation would work for the Cubs. Maddux is getting older and Marshall and Guzman are young. Wood and Prior will be on strict pitch counts when they come back. It may work for Boston but not for the Cubs. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2633 According to the research, you're right about making sure young arms don't throw too many pitches. Throwing too many pitches per start helped end Doc Gooden's career, for example (well, that and cocaine). But the research pretty definitively shows that a four-man rotation is no more rough on a pitching staff than a five-man. It's not that there's little difference in risk of injury; there's no observable difference. There is a big injury risk when pitchers throw past the point of fatigue. For most pitchers, that's about 100 pitches, but for young ones it can be 90-95. Dusty, unfortunately, is one of the worst managers in MLB as far as having his starters throw too many pitches. Kerry Wood and Mark Prior both threw way too many pitches per game in 2003 as did Big Z. I really expect some forward-thinking team to try a four-man rotation and watch pitch counts closely. It could work for the Cubs if Dusty weren't the manager.

At least we can replace Rusch rather than move to a 4-man rotation and wear down our pitchers. Research shows that a 4-man rotation would have no adverse affects on pitchers' health. It's high pitch counts that contribute to injuries. I wouldn't be surprised to see Boston try a 4-man rotation at some point this season.

In 07 the Cubs will have to offer ticketholders the option for day-of-game refunds if Glendon is scheduled to pitch.

NOODLE!

Maybe Dusty can Chad Fox Glendon today.

Who could we have gotten this offseason for $9 million (the cost of Rusch + Neifi + Jones)?

Small ball give yourself up the right way to play the game yeah;aadsfadsjf

Rusch is just trying to let them punch themselves out. You can only swing that hard so many times before becoming exhausted. By the 6th or 7th inning, those hitters will have nothing left.

Like Neifi, he saved us.

Glendon Rusch: Curse of the Pig.

Our pitchers get hurt all the time. Why can't Rusch hurt his rotator cuff or tear his ACL?