Andy
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El Duque traded to Mets
Andy replied to goonys evil twin's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Vazquez for a month and a half of El Duque and Luis Vizcaino. Thanks for helping out the Sox even more, fellas. -
So, he's getting traded soon? :lol:
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Well, WSI has a forum dedicated to the "loveable losers". And it is an extremely popular forum. Yes, Sox fans still obsess over the Cubs. They're still almost as happy about this mess as they are about their own team once again coasting to a pennant.
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The pitching staff is "getting off easy" because the Cubs are 29th in BA, last in OBP and last in SLG. If the staff was this bad we'd be getting on their backs, too, but no one can win with this offense.
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I wonder if any team has ever won that particular Triple Crown. We could see history made this season. * * DLee probably wouldn't let this happen once he came back. Trade him! :wink:
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I don't see how it could get much worse than this, but to say it can't is tempting the Baseball Gods. The torture has, no doubt, only begun.
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I don't think Gammons is buying it. He's the only national voice with that opinion, though. Gammons for GM! :P I kid. He picked Nomar to win the 2005 NL MVP. Let's not go too far. :wink:
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I've accepted that he's pretty much finished. I put the blame squarely on Baker. I don't know if Baker is directly responsible, but he certainly did nothing to HELP the matter. I agree. Dusty can't be fully blamed, because no amount of pitcher abuse would completely end someone's career for no given structural or physical reason. But he definitely could've handled it much better than he did.
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I don't think Gammons is buying it. He's the only national voice with that opinion, though.
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Fixed
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Well, Brad Thompson made his first start for the team and didn't throw a shutout, so it had to be made up for somehow.
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Nomar and DLee = dumb luck. Pierre was a bad trade. The others can mainly be attributed to the coaching staff.
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No, the real tragedy of Lee's injury is that one of the classiest players in the game will never get back to his superstar form after signing a bank-breaking contract that the organization he felt so close to will be regretting for years to come. Sorry. I pray that you're wrong. :(
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That's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life. Maybe so, but I know 15 NSBB'ers I'd give it to yesterday off the top of my head. Would you pay for the postage with your injury settlement? Good things can happen in this world. Look at me!
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Love it. Or trade Hendry for a bucket of KFC. Hendry would eat the bucket of KFC before it got to Chicago, so bad idea. Maybe tofu?
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Now that the easy part of the schedule is over...
Andy replied to WindyCity's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Assuming Wood makes his next 3 starts? As unlikely as it is that Wood makes his next 3 starts, I think it's even less likely that Rusch remains in the rotation for 3 starts. -
And Redick :shock:
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Solid.
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Seconded
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I told you so: Rich Hill was going to suck. Kerry Wood was going to have more drama after his 1st start. Hendry ultimately wasn't going to find a suitor for Todd Walker The Cubs overpaying for a bullpen really wasn't that bad at all, and in fact the pen is now the best facet of the team (last night notwithstanding)
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I personally go back to 2002 where we didn't dump Alou to make room for Vlad. Same thing (as you say) in 2003 with Tejada and in 2004 with Beltran. They have done that sort of thing for years. The last time they bit their lip and signed the best and most predictably proficient FA on the mkt was Dawson in freakin' 87'. Recently could have had indisputable upgrades like Guerrero, Tejada, Hampton (he was really good back then but lost it at Coors), Thome, to name a few. EDIT: Instead ofthose guys, we get people like Kal Daniels, Danny Jackson, HRod, Dave Smith, Goose Gossage at age 42, Jacque, Luis Gonzalez (pre HR outburst; I won't speculate as to the cause), Blauser...the freakin list goes on and on. The only reason they got Dawson in 1987 was because he gave them a blank contract already signed and told them to pay him whatever, because he wanted to be here that badly.
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I really thought we would get #1 after Portland got hosed with the 4th pick. But I doubt that whoever it is the Bulls want will be selected by Toronto - I see them picking Bargnani or maybe even Morrison.
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Who should have been starting instead of Hill and Guzman? I've seen the stat that the Cubs have gone 1-15 in the "#5 starter position" ... but I honestly don't know how that #5 position was computed. I think the 1 win was Rusch vs. the Pirates. ETA: to change the verb tense re who should have been starting They should have traded some of the kids for a starter or signed someone. This would have been real unpopular tho, and the Cubs would have been criticized for wasting money or never giving the kids a chance. I'm basically taking the often heard "give the kids a chance" theory to task. The Cubs can't do the things Oakland and Atlanta can cause they don't draft well. Your last point is one that will get little to no argument. This was debated often last year when Baker kept going to the vets instead of the kids, and was one of the things I was hoping to elicit some discussion on. The Cubs farm system just can't be depended on. I think Guzman will turn out to be good, but I'm losing faith in Murton & Cedeno. Hill might be good on a small market team... I am a little worried about Guz. Hill is not going to do anything with only one decent pitch. Murt will be fine when Hendry fires all the staff (and at some point he'll HAVE to). Cedeno...well, he's helped a lot by the fact he plays SS. He could still turn out to be pretty solid at least for his position.
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No one questions da Dunn.
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And yet the national media still has yet to catch on. Of all the personalities on ESPN, Mariotti and Wilbon are the only ones that seem to see that Dusty needs to go. Any coincidence that they're the only ones actually paying attention to the Cubs?
