Ding Dong Johnson

"I have never used steroids. Period." http://www.foxnews.com/photo_essay/photoessay_335_images/031704_palmeiro.jpg

http://thebaseballcube.com/players/A/brian-adams.shtml I thought he died after the summer of 69. Wow, that was bad...

I think he'd fit in well in Texas. They have plenty of offense to hide him deep in the order as a part-time player. I'm sure he can still play the field most of the time, but he probably needs to concentrate on being a DH from here on out.

RF should be at minimum something like .290/.350/.500, and probably higher than that, given the weakness of the rest of the positions. Jacque Jones sucks. He's been bad for quite some time. He could significantly outperform expectations and still hurt this team by underperforming compared to what a RF and middle of the order guy should be doing. It was a bad signing by Hendry, especially the 3 year part. Jones would have to outperform his career averages by a wide margin every year of his deal for me to say Hendry was right. The Cubs were desperate for a bit bat and they settled on mediocrity, once again. You do realize not a single NL RF with over 400 PA's hit that minimum mark you set, right? Two guys (Giles & Jenkins) hit over .290, five had an OBP over .350, and one guy (Jenkins) had a SLG over .500. While I agree with you wholeheartedly on Jones (he does suck, and will likely continue sucking) the numbers you set as a minimum for RF are a bit lofty. I know you qualified it with the fact that the other positions are weak, but you stated that it should be even higher because of that. I just don't think those numbers are realistic. In essence you are saying our starting RF should have to produce at a level above all other RF's, as a minimum. Edit: If you lower it to 200 PA's, you add 1 guy to AVG, 4 to OBP, and 3 to SLG. Still no one meets the .290/.350/.500 line. You're right that the 850 OPS guy may be tough to get, but we shouldn't settle for someone who equalled the 757 that Burnitz put up last year.

I'd gladly welcome the Jaxx to Cedar Rapids if we could get that darn Angels team out of there. Pipe dream, but 20 minutes to AA and 90 minutes to AAA would be pretty darn sweet.

Would you rather have Furcal and Patterson or Cedeno and Jones?

Unless the baby blue makes a comeback as their home alternate.

We've had veteran leadership over the past few years with disappointing results. Trying something different couldn't hurt.

Fixed. I had mad love for Sammy in the day (I have yet to retire my Sosa jersey), but I think it's time to hang 'em up.

I'll be damned -- I like them. I actually like them a lot.

I don't even really know what that means -- "different Panthers team". Anywho, I don't know that Delhomme will quite get the same pressure as last game (what, 8 sacks? now THAT was an impressive performance). I think Carolina will have more success in moving the ball than last time. The Bears D hasn't been looking quite as strong as they did back then. Maybe the week off helps, I don't know. Aside from Atlanta (and I'm not counting Minnesota), they gave up a boat load of yards down the stretch. I'll still go with 24-16.

Does that mean a possible Ed Lynch sighting?

Personally, if my offense was virtually incapable of putting more than 20 points on the board, I would be nervous about this game, no matter how good my defense was. "virtually incapable"? this offense is a different creature with grossman under center. plus, if the panthers can't score more than 3 points, i like the bears' chances. This is a different Panthers team than the last time they met, but it's also a different Bears team. I think the Panthers put up more than 3, and I also think Chicago puts up more than 20. My pick: Chicago 24 Carolina 16.

No such thing. You could give him a team made up of Pujolses and Cabreras with a staff of Zambranos and Santanas, and he'd find a way to turn it into an 85-win team. :lol:

Um, MacPhail was still in Minnesota in 89. Um, in 2003 the Cubs won the Division by a small margin with 89 wins. My point was that 89 wins usually doesn't win a division and the Cubs were lucky because the Cards had injury issues. My bad, I missed the word "win" in your post. Thought you were referring to 1989. :oops:

With the look on Hendry's face, I think that jersey may say "SCONES". Mmm, scones...

Um, MacPhail was still in Minnesota in 89.

This would be hilarious if it weren't so true.

The ideal spot in our order for Jones is 0th, but the worst spots possible would be 2nd or 4th. Nobody is going to pitch to him any differently, regardless of who is around him. He has done absolutely nothing in his recent career to suggest to opposing pitchers that he has the patience necessary for pitchers to throw BP fastballs down the middle of the plate in fear of Aramis. He should bat 6th at the highest. Furthermore, until Lee proves last year was no fluke, Aramis should be batting 3rd. He is our best overall hitter.

Yes, it was

Don't ask for much, do ya? :lol:

Is Walt Weiss's mother a writer?

I just wanted to highlight this for those who may advocate giving up way too much for Lugo. He is not the missing link, and I don't think he's worth anywhere near the potential price tag.

I agree, and I also believe it is likely for him to be better defensively. His arm may not be as strong, but overall I think he can be better. He was a lot of fun to watch in Des Moines, guess I'll have to watch Felix now. :D

Is Oddibe McDowell available? I think I'd take him at age 43 over Jones or Grissom.