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This would probably be the case if we had won that game. That's what I'd have chosen. None of the others really stood out, but that one had the biggest emotional swing before and after.

Lets not all freak out about this just yet. He might have gone to the hand specialsts to evaluate treatment options or get fitted for something.

There's no point in trading for Shannon Stewart. We have 3 of him already. Why waste a prospect or the money?

I'm not one to harp on "fundamentals", but Pagan is a flat out idiot in the OF. However, he should have never been a quasi-everyday player. He's a 25th man.

Congrats Yugoslav republics. You are all idiots. I'm glad DMB eliminated your crap team. Sincerely, Me.

Oooo, I like this move for Benny.

It would be nice to go into the Hex with an in-form DMB. EDIT: Is he still the only American player to score in Champions League play?

If he came cheap I'd take him.

Based on what? That's what people are waiting for. It's not enough to assume that rookies will automatically suck when comapred to "proven, older players". You have to actually have a basis for your argument. So what do you base it on? Limited ML sample sizes, or large minor league samples and skillsets, when comapred to the players they'd be replacing?

I was literally just tossing two lineups together. I didn't much think about who played where. A couple points: It's hard to accept people diminishing Soto's ability to at least be equal to Kendall offensively based on major league performances. He doesn't have a big enough sample to draw conclusions. What he does have are stellar PCL numbers that seem to indicate that though he's in a hitters league, he's performing at a high clip even accounting for that. Given that he's also likely much better than Kendall defensively, I see no reason not to give him an extended look. It would be tricky for him to underperform Kendall's 2007 numbers to date. As far as Pie/Jones+Pagan, it's a matter of if you believe Pie simply needs time to adjust to ML hitting. I do believe this. I think what he brings to the table defensively and his potential offensive output are enough for me to not care about the "security" Jones and Pagan bring with their abysmal 2007 numbers. DeRosa is the better option, but he needs some rest soon. He seems to be wearing down. If it were up to me, while Soriano's out we would run Murton in LF and Pie in CF, with Jones in RF. Floyd looks completely awful and Pagan is no everyday player. I'd at the least replace Hill with Soto, although I'd like to replace Kendall with Soto. I'd have Cedeno and Fontenot split time at 2B for a week or so for DeRosa to get a breather. I'd line up like: Theriot Murton Lee Ramirez Jones Fontenot Pie Soto It's not ideal. It's not particularly good. However, I do think it's better that what's being tossed out there right now, because what's being put out there right now is being put out there based on career numbers that peaked 6 years ago.

I'll play this game. Imagine a lineup of: Theriot Murton Lee Ramirez Floyd DeRosa Soto Pie vs a lineup of: Theriot Cedeno Lee Ramirez Floyd Jones Pagan Kendall Which one consists of 4 players that are completely useless, with no upside, and which one has 4 players in their place that at least have the potential to be better, and can't possibly be worse. Try again. Both of those lineups have a mix of young and old. Put a lineup together using Lee and ARam as the only vets, and I'll be happy to show you an older and much better one. But the point is that no one is calling for lineups made of propsects plus Lee and Ramirez. You're lumping people who'd like to see the dead weight in our everyday lineup replaced by players in our system with more potential with people who'd like to trot out a Marlins-esque lineup. No one wants that. No one here has EVER wanted to see something like: Theriot Patterson Lee Ramirez Pie Harvey Soto Fontenot. That team would suck, to say nothing of the list of failed Cubs prospects you threw out there. That's why no one wants it. To say, however, that Kendall, Floyd, Pagan and Jones are just fine and will somehow attain their career norms despite 2 of them being clearly old and washed up is silly and wrong. Goonsey said it right: this isn't Vegas. There's no house, and to think that Cliff Floyd or Kendall are going to equal numbers put up in their prime is wishful thinking.

I'll play this game. Imagine a lineup of: Theriot Murton Lee Ramirez Floyd DeRosa Soto Pie vs a lineup of: Theriot Cedeno Lee Ramirez Floyd Jones Pagan Kendall Which one consists of 4 players that are completely useless, with no upside, and which one has 4 players in their place that at least have the potential to be better, and can't possibly be worse.

I'd bet money Roma loans him to a Serie B side so he can play 1st team minutes

Wow, good for him. Our U-20's really made an impression on some people. I like this move-there are worse central midfields to learn from than Totti/DeRossi.

I heard Leeds sold their fans to Man U for a record 16.5m pounds.

but maybe still funny? just a little bit? i guess i'd put a bag of urine a very, very short rung above D batteries. And a step above feces and "mysterious acidic substance that burned Eddie Lewis". Fun story: I got hit with a 9v battery during a high school game. Hurt like hell.

Ironic because there are certain players who get quite a bit of PT that make mistakes consistently and still get run out there. But those said players have had past success in the ML. You're kdding, right? I'm just speaking for Cubs management. This is what their going to say.. Cubs management is idiotic.

Ironic because there are certain players who get quite a bit of PT that make mistakes consistently and still get run out there. But those said players have had past success in the ML. You're kdding, right?

Ironic because there are certain players who get quite a bit of PT that make mistakes consistently and still get run out there.

I'll then go out onto a limb and predict that that's a total crap move.

"Top prospect"? That's a damning indictment of our system.

Lou has had issues with the pen all season long. Marmol and Howry's performances in June and July hid a lot of those flaws, but he still has some very bad management issues there. It's something that needs to improve going into the stretch run.

Is it on youtube? You can YouTube the clip of them doing it to Blanco. He took the corner while still wrapped in some of them. So it's good to throw stuff at players in futbol? streamers. It's funny. I don't know if it's on YouTube, but LD was getting pissed. He was absolutely covered in them, and the first corner he took while being bombarded he shanked. Hilarious. So those of you scoring at home: Streamers=Funny Bags of Urine=Bad

It's not a day game after a night game. I can't see why Ramirez would sit tonight. Maybe tomorrow.

EPatt? Seriously? Whatever, it's not like our CF's suck and we have a very good CF prospect tearing up AAA.