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this may have been covered in the game thread... does anyone have the stat line from last night's game when a cub lefty was facing a reds lefty? i know remlinger gave up a bullet up the middle to casey, a 403-foot out to griffey and a 2-run double to cruz. rusch was pathetic and ohman wasn't exactly effective. does anyone else think remy should be designated and hill brought up to take his place? i mean, how much worse than remy would hill be?

Went to the game in Cincy last night as a guest of a guy who works for Fox Sports Net Ohio and does the "Real Reds" pre-game show. I passed along the Dunn for CPatt, Mitre, Hill rumor and he asked Hendry about it. After Hendry stopped laughing, he told my buddy that there was absolutely no truth to the rumor with the primary reason being his reluctance to trade Rich Hill. JH said he wouldn't trade Hill for Dunn straight up and that he had more interest in Kearns than Dunn. Sounds like the Garland (which he wasn't responsible for) and Willis (he was responsible for) trades have made him a little less willing to deal a top prospect for a so-so big leaguer. And before anyone gets on me for labeling him "so-so" I simply mean that he's got some positives (homers, walks) and some negatives (strikeouts, average, defense) and neither drastically outweigh the other.

i may be stating what someone else already has, but i don't care to sift through the 10 pages of comments to find out. i don't like the idea of dunn for cpatt, hill and mitre. dunn is just a notch above burnitz in that he is usually all or nothing. sure he takes more walks, but walks don't usually drive in runs. the cubs need a hitter in LF, not another slugger. the offense could be improved dramatically if a true hitter was added. by that i mean a guy who will do the little things at the plate like move a runner over to 3rd with a grounder to the right side, or get that same runner home from 3rd with less than two outs. or only hit .280 but come through in the clutch. i also don't like the idea of trading mitre who has shown flashes of sheer brilliance. he could be a really good back of the rotation guy in a year or so. same for hill. LHP with that kind of breaking balls and velocity don't come along that often. everytime willis chalks up another win, i just cringe at that idea of repeating that mistake. given the arm problems wood and prior have experienced of late, and the fact that maddux will only be around for one more season, i'd prefer not to trade two good prospects for a high strikeout LF. Welcome to the Boards! There are two factions two this argument on this board. The following will always be cited in every discussion: High Strikeouts/High Walks Low BA/High OBP Too much All or nothing/.900+ OPS That should have you prepared for any debates about Dunn. sorry, i didn't mean to point out the obvious. i should have made my point more clear that i didn't like the idea of giving up two above average prospects along with a guy who still has a chance to be really good one day to obtain a guy that is very one dimensional. by obtaining dunn, we're closing the book on murton unless he could be moved to RF next season. i'd like to see more from him before we starting trading the farm system for dunn.

is he off the DL yet? patterson's biggest problem is his lack of maturity and grasp of the team first concept. everytime he talked of being a #3 hitter i laughed. look around the majors and tell me how many 5'10, 185lb #3 hitters there are. that big long home run swing of his has gotten him nowhere. if he'd study juan pierre and ichiro and try his best to mimick their approach, he could be one hell of a player someday because he's better defensively than pierre. one of two things will happen from here. he'll either realize that doing it his way has not worked and try to change or he'll harbor resentment toward dusty/hendry for sending him down do his best to show them how many homers he can hit. let's hope for the cubs sake it's the former.

any news on felix?

i may be stating what someone else already has, but i don't care to sift through the 10 pages of comments to find out. i don't like the idea of dunn for cpatt, hill and mitre. dunn is just a notch above burnitz in that he is usually all or nothing. sure he takes more walks, but walks don't usually drive in runs. the cubs need a hitter in LF, not another slugger. the offense could be improved dramatically if a true hitter was added. by that i mean a guy who will do the little things at the plate like move a runner over to 3rd with a grounder to the right side, or get that same runner home from 3rd with less than two outs. or only hit .280 but come through in the clutch. i also don't like the idea of trading mitre who has shown flashes of sheer brilliance. he could be a really good back of the rotation guy in a year or so. same for hill. LHP with that kind of breaking balls and velocity don't come along that often. everytime willis chalks up another win, i just cringe at that idea of repeating that mistake. given the arm problems wood and prior have experienced of late, and the fact that maddux will only be around for one more season, i'd prefer not to trade two good prospects for a high strikeout LF.