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  1. Fro
    Barrett forgets what Carlos Beltran did at Wrigley in 2004. (2.057 OPS ) :shock:. After all the pundits saying "The Cubs need to sign Beltran, he absolutely loves to hit in Wrigley", he had a .607 OPS in 2005 at the park. Lee only has a mere 1.250 OPS so far this year at Wrigley. His numbers previous to this year at Wrigley are in line with his career OPS. We need to get a big bat for next year... Lee would fit the bill.
  2. Fro
    You might as well trade Zambrano if you're going to start 4 kids WE HAVE A $100 MILLION DOLLAR PAYROLL... WE CAN AFFORD TO SIGN FREE AGENTS!
  3. Fro
    "Every opportunity to succeed" = Hendry covering his rear since a minority is probably going to get fired here at some point.
  4. Fro
    In the last year of their existence (1952), there were 8 teams in a league. (I don't know what year you're talking about, so that's what I used) Last I checked, we're only in a 6 team division. And the Braves were further behind when they turned it around than we are (and won the league by 10 games).
  5. Fro
    Boston Braves say hi
  6. Fro
    Rebuilding doesn't mean crap until we actually get some good coaches who won't ruin players.
  7. Fro
    Blanco was probably shocked Jacque got it anywhere close to him, causing him to drop the ball.
  8. Fro
    At least we're gonna get a high draft pick next year if this keeps up.
  9. Fro
    Lee seriously looks like he's been hitting the juice hard while he was out hurt.
  10. Fro
    The reason why we're tough on Murton is LF is the easiest and most logical position for us to upgrade the offense in the offseason (besides the bench). Pie likely replaces Pierre, Cedeno is solid at SS. Jacque's production for the price is actually excellent if you platoon him with someone who hits lefties (i.e. Murton, Craig Wilson).
  11. Fro
    Yes, let's bring up Hill so he can fail again and lose any trade value he has left.
  12. Fro
    Yeah, we can't afford to have a LF with that poor of SLG when we have a 100 million dollar payroll.
  13. Fro
    One has to wonder about Prior and Wood, especially with the new ESPN magazine article talking about how many pitchers are/were on HGH and steroids to help their velocity/stuff and recovery time between outings.
  14. Fro
    A geographic reallignment works really well until you have to split up all the Midwest teams. You can do Southeast/Northeast/Southwest/West pretty easily.
  15. Fro
    Just looking at other sports, just getting someone from a winning program or organization doesn't always rub off. In basketball, I look at Mike Davis or any of the Duke assistant coaches that have flopped at other programs. I'd like the next manager to be a proven winner at whatever level he's at, and not be a retread who's floated around and been fired from various jobs.
  16. Fro
    There's no reason to trade Dempster with all the money that should be freed up next year. The bullpen is the least of our problems, and getting some scrub OF prospect that our coaches would ruin is pretty dumb.
  17. Fro
    Nevin = HR power off the bench, which we don't have right now. He's staying.
  18. Fro
    You need to fill in "Wood reinjured" on your graphic
  19. Fro
    The only problem is you need to find two OF bats instead of 1 if you trade Jones. Jones platooned with someone who kills lefties is very good production out of RF.
  20. Fro
    Root for rainouts/freak accident that ends the playing careers of all the players on the team (yet allows them to live perfectly healthy lives to old age).
  21. Fro
    All these team needs is Lee and Prior healthy, a stud SP to replace Wood, a big LF bat, and someone to platoon with Jones (and the cancers like Nefi, Dusty, Rusch off the roster).
  22. Fro
    Give me a break... coaching means a ton, especially over a long season.
  23. Fro
    Fire Baker, hire Augie Garrido http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augie_Garrido
  24. Fro
    Lack of capacity isn't a problem with 41,000 seats+ in the park now (plus rooftop revenue). That puts us smack in the middle of the division in capacity. Miller, GABP, new Busch are very slightly larger (like 1-3k more), Minute Maid and PNC are 1-3k smaller. Lack of TV money isn't a problem either (imagine if WGN actually had to pay fair market value for the national game broadcasts that basically keep them on cable systems across the Midwest). Lack of merchandise sales certainly isn't a problem.... you don't see everyone, men and women with Reds gear on at a Reds game. The thing is, the Tribune has done an amazing job of selling the team to a generation of people in the Midwest (and nationally somewhat) and creating a huge fanbase for the team, so they don't have to field a good team every year to make a profit. You have to blame broadcasts on WGN when it was the only baseball on TV every day in many areas, Caray, etc for that as much as Wrigley.
  25. Fro
    We also had a ton of prospects in 2002 that were heavily overhyped (Cruz, Choi, Patterson) and those guys plus Prior ("the best college pitcher ever"/"Mr. Perfect mechanics, never will get hurt") were going to turn the Cubs into a super dynasty, and Sammy would hit 80 HRs with those guys and Moises Alou to protect him.
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