RammyFanny

On the bright side, with the postponement of yesterdays game i'm sure they will try at all costs to wait it out today.

A little part inside of me will die if we can't get this in.

Is it just me or does that not look too bad? Daytime-- Isolated T-storms, 30% chance of precipitation. Isn't it better than yesterdays 100% chance of precipitation? And BTW if it confused anyone else, it's just a link to a weather site, not an actual announcement on any official postponements.

Apologies if this was already posted (if so, just tell me the page number if possible), but can someone refresh my memory on this. If we get through 5 with the lead, is it game over assuming it gets rained out? Or do we just finish the game from the 5th when possible like we've done earlier with that game in the 8th? I forget if there was a change in the rules this season.

YES! Game tonight is HUGE.

Thou shalt not receive.

Soto with a hit, BB, and K.

REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead! REd lead!! Reds lead! Reds lead!

This is it!!......

I was just going to start a thread on this because it was blatantly obvious that his hand(s?) were all over him when they showed the replay. SSR, does the umps discretion even matter in a suspension? I thought it would only be for an ejection. I doubt MLB asks the ump if it "bothered" him or something before issuing a suspension or fine.

Gotta love it. 1&1/2 by tonight would be huge :twisted:

Johan Santana: 4IP/9K's/0 Hits

REDS Hopper Hamilton Keppinger Phillips God Conine Encarnacion Jorgensen Harang 2nd Place team Rickie "Martin" Weeks Gabe "you're" Gross Prince "ess Diaries" Fielder Ryan "slick fielding" Braun Geoff Jenkins (funny by itself) Bill "in it for the long" Hall Damian "I used to play for a good team" Miller JJ "I make the boys" Hardy Chris "I Tip my" Capuano

My favorite post from the Cubs.com board was when Ramirez was out and someone seriously started a "It's Vitters Time" thread.

I like it. I know he has no homers but he usually gives you a great at bat and hits the ball hard, so no arguments from me.

Yep, Reyes had a 6IP 2ER game last time out IIRC, so hopefully he hasn't found anything.

That sounds like a contradiction to me. Like saying "I absolutely never eat meat, except beef, chicken, turkey, pork, and fish." Who puts that much stock in Iowa stats this year? Even Buck Coats looks good. Buck Coats is not good. Ronny Cedeno looked like A-Rod. I'm really dubious of Soto because he's striking out in over 24% of his ABs. That's poison. We've seen this time and time again, a guy comes up to AAA and hits like a madman but strikes out too much and flops in the big leagues. And then people wonder where guys like Dallas McPherson went wrong. I just don't buy the PCL "Hey, look at me, my BABIP is like .430, that's totally going to hold up in the major leagues." This was the same thing as so many guys, look at Dubois. It's not like Soto is 3 years younger than Dubois was either. And he's repeated AAA, and was never a great hitter before AAA, just like Cedeno. Not to mention all of the trade publications I've seen tab him as a backup, even more recently. As for the first reply to my post, before Pie's prospect status expired, our two best position player prospects were outfielders (Pie and Colvin, I hope nobody actually believes in E-Pat). Soriano will be here forever. So if Vitters moves to the outfield, it's not as big of a help as it could be. The Brewers drafted LaPorta because he was the best/most ready bat at that point, but that's the kind of move I hate, drafting a 1b/DH(LF if he's lucky) type of guy when you get those guys rather easily from other teams who have blocked prospects or grab a Cust type. On Baseball America's draft prospect tracker, they had Wieters ranked above Vitters, so I think you can say the Cubs did not take the best talent on the board. Furthermore, there's nobody who would say Porcello was not a better talent than Vitters. Somebody tries to argue that, it's simply not going to work. So they didn't. Maybe they didn't put him higher in the end, but right before the draft on BA's "Who's Hot" thing, the guy was Vitters and the blurb was something along the lines of "Many scouts we've spoken to over the weekend all have Josh Vitters as there consensus top hitter" It's buried somewhere in the 2007 Draft Prospects thread. But anyways, you really put THAT much stock in BA? It's a great site, but i'm sure they didn't have Albert Pujols in the 1st round when he was drafted. Where was Vitters ranked in relation to Wieters? 1 spot lower? Come on, you know that's a crapshoot.

Well, YES!!! And I know this is going to sound stupid, but is it possible to trade Z through waivers right after an extension? My dad said he was watching the news (he said it was either 2,5,7,or 9) and they said the Cubs had some blockbuster trade for Z in place with the players unknown. I asked him if he was joking and he said go check the computer and I did to see Z signed, which is great news in itself. I told him they just signed him and he probably heard wrong (maybe they said blockbuster signing with the terms unkown), but he's swearing to me that they said trade, and my Dad isn't exactly a jokester. Nonetheless, i'm sure it was just a mistake on either the news' part or my dads', but I just wanted to make sure there's some rule against this or something, right? And no, i'm not the one to start fake things so please, if you're going to tell me i'm lying save it, because I don't even believe this one bit myself, but I have to throw it out there. I'm sure if someone had news it would be Rosenthal or something, not a local channel.

The Cubs believed Wieters would have commanded a major league contract and they weren't willing to give him that - it was one of the main reasons they passed on him. but he didn't command a major league contract. I don't really care what the reason is, the Cubs passed on the best hitter in the draft, and that pisses me off. Nice to see everyone giving Josh a chance 8-)

Any word on the $$?

Yay!

Terry to the O!

Supposedly CSN was saying Hendry will probably make an appearance in the booth today.

http://baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=337

Fox time.