thedaymen

Do you mean Bobby Cox, or are you referring to a regular season series.

I read today that Jeff Fassero has been sent down today by whoever he plays for (The Giants?). I'll always remember Jeff for stepping into the closers role when Flash! went down at the start of 2001 when the Cubbies were rocking and the bullpen needed a boost. Of course, he couldn't maintain it, but for a couple of months, Jeff Fassero was a major reason the Cubs were contenders and was a class act his entire tenure with the team. Goodbye Jeff, you'll be missed.

Guys don't worry, ARAM isn't bolting anywhere. Maybe walking or liming, a brisk waddle at best; but not bolting.

I think the 89 team was pretty bad. Smith and Walton had noodle arms. Of course the Hawk could throw runners out at first that lined the ball at him, but Walton and Smitty were pretty bad.

Welcome to my world! The world of a Cubs' fan that doesn't live in Chicago. I'm dreading the three game series with the Mets I'm going to in July.

I know people will point out that he hasn't ever won a title, but lets do a quick amount of trivia time to try and make a point. Can you name me the longest current tenured team head coach in professional sports (in America)? Its Jerry Sloan, of the Utah Jazz; and the man has never had a problem calling players out in public, the media, whatever. You don't hustle, you don't run the offense, your butt is on the bench whether you're Greg Ostertag or Karl Malone. And its been succesful...one year of sub .500 ball in over 20 as a head coach. Yeah, he had Stockton to Malone for most of that, but he also had Conference finals teams starting guys like Ostertag, Bobby Hanson, Greg Foster, David Benoit.....

What's the saying, "the enemy of the great is good" We can paraphrase that to the "enemy of good is mediocre."

The White Sox outdrew the Cubs as recently as 1995. What makes you think that such a thing won't happen again? It might not happen next year, but if the Sox continue to put a winning product on the field and the Cubs continue to lose, the Sox could be the dominant team ten years from now if not five. What Mike and Mike don't talk about is that New York was always a Yankees town, its just that when the Mets were competative yearly and the Bombers weren't, the Mets got more interest in the papers and talk radio and such. As soon as the Bombers were dominant, their fans came back out of the woodowork. It wasn't like the city woke un in 1996 and threw out all of their orange for pinstripes.

Don't knock yourself for hoping he wouldn't be this bad. I hoped he would repeat Dawson in 1987. But I thought he'd be pretty bad.

Has anyone realized we're a Kenny Lofton thread away from having an active thread on all four outfielders that got a signifgant amount of starts in 2003. Now there's a sure sign of nostalgia.

Answer: Dude wanted to play OF. Dude plays for his Dad.

Wow, the optimism couldn't even make it into a second post.

Count me on the "happy he's gone don't let the door hit you in the on the way out." crowd. I was happy when the Cubs signed him, but he wore out his welcome. I remember looking at the Baseball Weekly cover with him, Sammy, and the Crime Dog and thinking "thank goodness we got this guy to protect Sammy since McGriff has lost his magic amulet and can't hit anymore." Well, Moises then went on to dissapoint for two years in a row. By 2004, when he finally began having a monster year, I was already turned off on him. I do remember him mouthing off about how nobody respected the offense right before a series in Philadelphia where he got one hit. I remember him getting cheers in Shea Stadium when he came up to bat after getting thrown out after the shortstop kicked the ball because he didn't run all the way to first, then didn't get to a routine flyball the next inning because he badly misjudged it. To top it off, his one base error became a two base one when his hands, apparently hardened from too much urine soaking, couldn't pick the ball of the outfield grass. Oh, the cheers were from Mets' fans. I was happy to see him go, and that he's having big numbers in SF doesn't make me regret it. Like Tim said, giving a huge contract to a 28 year old attitude case who has had bad years two out of the last three isn't the difference between a team competing and a team not competing. The crime of that offseason was trashing Sammy's charectar and abilities then spending all winter wondering why nobody wanted to trade for him before sending him and the salary of the entire Devil Rays' roster to Baltimore for Jerry Hairston Jr.

Some of us didn't want him to leave. At least not the way it happened. So rare to see someone say that now a days. I was as pissed at the Cubs as I was Sammy at the end of 2004.

Do the Giants have a series with the Mets coming up? Can Trachsel give up the hr that puts Bonds past Ruth? Mets fans would have to start thinking of Steve as a Yankees Record killer.

It would be almost surreal to see #21 come charging out of the dugout to right field at this point. That being said, I would totally eat it up. It'd be the baseball equivalent of a Hulk Hogan reappearance in the WWF.

You know what colorman I really liked? (I'm sure everyone is at the edge of their seat now)...Al Leiter. I thought he was amazing during the 2003 NLCS, but maybe that's because he could barely contain his disgust at Steve Psycho Lyons. On to this debate...I like Len and Bob just fine. Last year they were brutal, and I do prefer my color guys to have a connection to the Cubs so they sound like they want them to win, but I think they've gotten better. I do wish that if he disagrees with something that Dusty is doing he would say so. I don't want the broadcast to sound like the color guy was a poster on this board; but an occasional criticism like "I would ph for Neifi here" or something of the sort would be nice. Whats the point of having a manager who once won a WS be your color guy if he isn't going to talk about the managing at all other then to say, "that was totally the right move" over and over again. I never got into Chip, but he had the right last name. As for Stoney, I'm amazed that nobody has picked on his constant "advice to little leaguers." "Ya see kids, thats what you want to do, use your body to block the ball and keep it in front of you even you don't make the play cleanly." I always thought Steve was just an amusing straight man to Harry's clown act; but when he was paired with Chip, I liked him. As for 2004...that team was difficult to watch and I thought sarcastic Steve represented my feelings well.

Then, we should get rid of the emoticons immediately.

One thing new players need to understand is that if/when you get booed, its not just about you. Its about management. No Cubs' fan I know was happy that JJ was signed this offseason, so he had to win us over. Instead, he went into a slump and fans who want to go to the ballpark have one way to let Hendry and MacPhail know it...to boo Jones. This isn't the guy we wanted, heck...most of us would rather have had "adventures in Right Field with Burnitz" then the glove of JJ. Now he bad mouths Cubs' fans. Well, when I get the chance to see JJ in person when he comes to NY, I'll endure the looks of those around me as I boo him as mercilessly as I did Alou when he didn't break a jog for an entire three game series in September of 2004.

Fire up the bus! He's got pop and he can play first (although not as well as DLEE, but really, thats asking a lot). He was mired on the buccos bench two weeks ago before he got his power back. If the Baby Bears can get their hands on him, we ought to be able to shift him to right if/when Jones continues to suck.

Sure... However this start occured on the third game of the season, following a one game in three days schedule that only happens once a year. People here are upset because a start today, combined with all the Team Savior verbiage last year, suggests a platoon.

I bet seeing Perez motivates Cedeno too....I bet he gets at least two hits as well.

and here comes the pen....thats ok though. Pull noodle-arm Maddux before he gets into too much trouble.

Goony, You run that "the batting order doesn't matter" to any Mets' fans? Every Orange and Blue supporter I know is screaming bloody murder that Beltran isn't in the two hole.

Quick question from a guy that hasn't been to Wrigley since the strike. Do they still sell Old Style? Do they even sell Budweiser?