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  1. USSoccer
    Technically speaking, if he's cleared waivers, Hendry can't just claim him per se. If he's cleared waivers, all 29 other teams have a shot at making a deal with the Mariners. He's got 2 player options - $4M in '05 and $4.25M in '06, so any club getting him is on the hook for $8.25M minus whatever a team can get Seattle to pick up. If I'm Seattle, I don't pick up any cash unless I get a stud prospect in return. What trade idea do you have in mind? I know we have a lot of Rule 5 bubble guys...Do you think Seattle would take bulk over 1 stud prospect?
  2. USSoccer
    No excuse not to sweep this team. Just pitch around Helton if you have to every time, and get the AAAA guys out. No excuse. BTW, since Kim is bloody awful against LH, I expect big games out of CPatt, Burnitz and Lawton.
  3. USSoccer
    Put in Wood. Put in your best reliever....
  4. USSoccer
    If Dempster can't get Everett, do you go to Wood? Because I would...
  5. USSoccer
    this is awful. does this team want to be back in the race or not? because they're giving the stros 2 extra outs here...you cannot do that.
  6. USSoccer
    Not such a good start....
  7. USSoccer
    Don't worry about it EOW, I'm starting to get used to it (and admittedly a fair share of it has been deserved) but I am thinking about changing by screen name to "Lightening Rod." :? FWIW, Exile, i didn't look at his post count before responding. I never look at post counts before responding. The accusations of older tenured posters ripping newer posters simply for being new are getting old, are completely unfounded, and don't have a place on this forum. The fact is is that I made it very obvious that I wasn't trying to be too hard on the thread's author in my responses. Tree didn't say anything very harsh either, so I don't get the point of putting that in here.
  8. USSoccer
    No big deal US. I've been married 15 years and am very used to getting nitpicked (and nagged) :) I honestly think Ramirez could be the next Pujols if he adopted some of Prince Albert's work habits. Maybe I am old fashioned, but I think a lot of ARam's nagging injuries could be avoided with better diet, conditioning and training. One would think with the money the Cubs are paying him, he could afford a personal trainer. With Leyland as manager next year (wishful thinking), any POSSIBLE lack of hustle would not be tolerated. I agree that ARam would improve as a player with better conditioning, but considering how good he already is, and the other, glaring flaws and such on our team, ARam is probably one of the last, if not the last player I worry about as far as living up to expectations or producing. I would love it if he adopted a training regimen similar to what soccer players do to reduce the risk of leg injuries.
  9. USSoccer
    Maybe not the whole time, but he was hurt a lot in Pittsburgh. Although he didn't really do anything to solve the problem so I guess you can criticize him for that. I think saying that he is the most frustrating Cubs player to watch is just a bit overboard though. *cough*Corey Patterson*cough* He missed most of 2002 with a very bad ankle injury, and was still feeling the effects of that through the 1st 3 months of 2003, so yeah, he was hurt in the majority of his time in Pittsburgh. And if I were the Cubs, I would reccomend a good personal trainer to work with Aramis on flexibility and dexterity this winter.
  10. USSoccer
    Voice, Sorry if I'm coming across a bit harsh, but this subject keeps coming up and it frustrates me. He's playing through pain, which is something that should be appreciated, and not nitpicked when he makes a mistake or isn't running as hard as he normally would. Hope I didn't ruffle your feathers too much. :D
  11. USSoccer
    Aram is doing his best in the games, but you could still say he's lazy or lacks heart, in the sense that if he worked harder on physical fitness he probably wouldn't even have these injuries. That's true, but that isn't the argument being made.
  12. USSoccer
    Maybe it wasn't clear on TV to you, but on the double play balls hit to him throughout the series, he nonchallantly jogged to third making it necessary to rush his throws to first and which caused the bad throws/errors. Last night there was no reason not to go home first. I wouldn't attribute these mistake to injuries or bad footwork but lack of fundamentals, hustle and mental errors which I blame Dusty Baker for as much as Aramis. Again, Ramirez is a very good player. He could be a great player. He didn't "nonchallantly" jog. He is hurt! Your lateral movement and ability to have a quick first step is hampered when you have leg injuries. He made a couple of bad throws, because of a mental mistake in the 6th last night, and his footwork isn't very good right now, but it's not a lack of "hustle". Honestly, stop listening to talk radio. The same people who rip ARam for being lazy or not hustling are the very same who ripped Wood and Prior for not pitching through pain. You can't have it both ways. You either accept that a guy playing through pain isn't always going to look quick, look sharp, or be at his best, or you don't cry "lack of heart" when he shuts it down to get healthy. It's faulty logic and it's hypocritical.
  13. USSoccer
    Huh?
  14. USSoccer
    I understand that he's hurt now, but if he's healthy and can't run full speed to 1B w/o pulling a quad or groin, should he really be playing baseball? And I'm not talking about the freak incidents like Nomar's - that's a very rare occurence. Generally speaking, a player should be able to run to 1B without pulling something. If not, you may be overpaying for an oft-injured slugger (see Griffey Jr., Ken). There's a difference between getting hurt when healthy by running hard (which is unlikely), and aggravating an already injured muscle by running hard (very easy to do). I wouldn't want ARam taking the chance of making it worse. I agree with you, though, frost-he needs to become a bit more fit in this offseason. Pileates, yoga, stretching, swimming, whatever, but he needs to find a way to improve his lower body dexterity and fitness.
  15. USSoccer
    Also, few people criticised Stone's idiotic trade because of Manny's defense, or his hustle. What people hated was that it didn't improve the team. It shifted your offensive production from 3B to LF, and didn't improve your offense at all.
  16. USSoccer
    #1-Aramis is hurt. Even when he is healthy, he's slow, so the whole "he doesn't hustle" thing is absurd. He has enough trouble stretching out hits when healthy; why risk getting hurt when your odds of stretching out a hit are nearly nil? Also, who cares if he doesn't run full out down the line on a routine ground ball? Would you rather him make an out a closer out, at the risk of pulling a quad or groin? #2-He made a couple of dumb mental mistakes that led to bad throws. Most of Aramis' defensive woes had to do with bad footwork. Now, if his legs are hurt, what are the odds his footwork is going to be perfect? Pretty low. I understand the frustration with errors, and making mistakes on DP's, but to call him a paradox, or lazy is very unfair. He's playing through injuries for the betterment of the team, and IMO the tradoff between his bat and his glove is more than favorable.
  17. USSoccer
    *bump* So far, Nomar and Corey have been solid, and the Cubs have had good starting pitching, masking their middle relief. Lawton has picked it up a little bit, and the Cubs have gotten some luck, with the Macias PH 2 run single tonight. That's 4 keys successfully executed. More importantly, we gained 1 game on Houston, putting us 6.5 back with 7 weeks to go. We need to gain at least 1 game per week, and we cannot drop any series the rest of the way. 3/4 from St Louis is a good start. Now, we have Houston. 2/3 is the minimum. The pitching matchups break our way, as we miss Clemens and get Oswalt matching up with Z. Game 1 is the critical game. We have to have Rusch step up and give us 6-7 strong innings.
  18. USSoccer
    it's only 1:25. Why would they postpone a game they could easily get in? Also, how would a 5 game series benefit the Cubs? Should they pull a rabbit out and get back into the race, the last thing we would want is a lost day off...
  19. USSoccer
    I just don't know how to handle this...how do I set my tivo? how many extra hours to I set it....
  20. USSoccer
    define long....
  21. USSoccer
    why isn't the game on....?
  22. USSoccer
    Me too!! I was about to go search for my old responses so I could recycle the classics from that stupid thread!! :D
  23. USSoccer
    Okay, so Lawton has really been bad since coming over. He needs to pick it up.
  24. USSoccer
    Okay, so that's twice in 2 days a Cub has been drilled intentionally. If the Cards think it's a good idea to fire up an inconsistent, sleepwalking team that still has talent, knock themselves out. And we'd better retaliate in the 9th. I was shocked Z didn't hit anyone today...
  25. USSoccer
    J-Rod just got WoodOwned. That was stupid, i know. Couldn't resist. :P
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