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  1. Andy
    I don't see the Sox unloading Jon Garland. He's got the brightest future of anyone currently playing for that team. That said I would probably do a Walker + 2 prospects for Garland + Marte deal, I just don't think the Sox will do it.
  2. Andy
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  3. Andy
    I, to this day, have no idea how we almost made the playoffs that year with Bill Mueller missing most of the year (and being replaced by Ron Coomer), Damon Buford playing a prominent role, Matt Stairs playing first for half the year, our best pitcher being Jon Lieber, the immortal Jeff Fassero blowing games left and right out of the bullpen, etc. That was just a majorly overachieving team. What a fun season. :P
  4. Andy
    I would like Washburn. He's a decent lefty who doesn't walk very many (roughly 3 BB/9). He doesn't K too many people, but I think he could be had for relatively cheap compared to the other FA pitchers out there.
  5. Andy
    I believe Kearns has played CF for Cincinnati before, so he'd probably be acceptable for the Cubs. Nevertheless I wouldn't trade Prior at this point.
  6. Andy
    Let's keep Pie in the minors until Dusty is let go after next season (please let him go...), and then Dusty won't get a shot at screwing him up.
  7. Andy
    Except this time we have more than just blind faith to lead us to believe it. Prior hasn't been hurt since 04 except for that fluke line drive, and Wood sounds really healthy for once.
  8. Andy
    I'll take the first option everyday and twice on Sundays. What if Lugo cost the Cubs Pie? Then the Devil Rays will keep BJ Upton in the minors for another year because no one would trade for Lugo at that cost. He will cost some team some talent Raisin, maybe not Pie talent but some pretty decent talent. Agreed, but the DRays aren't getting a top-25 MLB prospect for him. They're more likely to get something like Hill and Nolasco for him. I'd probably make that deal if the saved money would help us land Giles.
  9. Andy
    I'm not trading Z for anything less than Pujols, ARod or maybe M. Cabrera.
  10. Andy
    I don't think Hendry will be trading Pie this off-season. And I hope I'm right.
  11. Andy
    If Wood and Prior are at 2003 level and Hendry does even a below-average job filling out the offense, I have a hard time not seeing the Cubs in the playoffs.
  12. Andy
    Me too. I'd also do it to get Chad Tracy, to go off-topic slightly.
  13. Andy
    That's a very valid point, considering up to this point we'd never heard anything about the Cubs' possible interest in Adam Dunn and actually we were sure that he'd never be a Cub because he doesn't have the right "skill set" for Hendry. This could all be a giant ploy, which I'd applaud if it got us Giles for less money.
  14. Andy
    Lord forbid we have ONE park in the majors in which it's more difficult to hit homers. We have enough Minute Maids, Coors, et al that it wouldn't hurt to have one Petco.
  15. Andy
    First and only 7th-inning stretch conductor to be ejected from the park. :lol:
  16. Andy
    I think Furcal will be a Cub by the end of next week to be honest. Pierre could take a while.
  17. Andy
    What a first game. I don't remember much of my first game, except for Andre Dawson singled and they won. I think they played the Pirates? I'm pretty sure it was 1992. But they should show that game on ESPN Classic from time to time. Definately one of the best regular-season games I've ever seen. That was just nuts. I also remember that day because my dad came home about the 4th inning or so because he lost his job. But he has a good one now, so it's all cool. I'm so jealous. My first game was a very boring 4-2 loss to Pittsburgh in 2000, the only highlights being solo homers by EY and Sammy.
  18. Andy
    Stop clogging the bases, man. That's why we need Neifi to clear off the bases with his GIDP's.
  19. Andy
    And go winless in the Big Ten? The all-blue combo they had against the Packers on MNF a couple of years ago wasn't that bad, but that was just a different combination. There really isn't a reason to use alternate jerseys when they're not throwbacks. i liked the blue pants they had in that game. The uni's looked a lot smoother i guess is the word you could use. i just hope the Packers never EVER wear those hideous "golden" yellow alternate jerseys. I didn't know they even had such jerseys. Hopefully they learned the lesson from the Saints' gold jerseys and the Browns' orange jerseys.
  20. Andy
    Let's hope he also has trouble catching it, thereby scaring JH off.
  21. Andy
    One thing Hendry doesn't generally do is play his cards close to the vest when going after someone. The only reason the Lee trade was such a surprize is because the deal with Baltimore fell through. What was the deal with BAL supposed to be? All I remember is getting an e-mail from cubs.com that said "Choi for Lee" and wondering why the heck we could get DLee for a guy who'd just sucked it up for us in 03.
  22. Andy
    i'd be so drunk, the sign would be upside down and i'd be in my birthday suit. I'd be upside down in my birthday suit. :lol: :lol: :lol:
  23. Andy
    That was probably, between Mongo and the Gutierrez play, my 2nd-favorite regular season game of all time. The 1st, of course, being the division-clinching game in 03. :D
  24. Andy
    I knew it was only a matter of time before the Bears saw replica sales of those stupid orange things and decided to wear them. I hate almost all alternate NFL jerseys.
  25. Andy
    What he said. Name the last time Hendry traded the best prospect in the organization and got fleeced. (no, the Dontrelle trade does not qualify) Cruz for Pratt? If Juan Cruz is the best prospect in our organization, or if he ever was, then I shudder at the thought of the future of the Cubs. "Two years ago, Juan Cruz ranked with Mark Prior as the top prospects in the Cubs farm system. But Cruz has been unable to claim a spot in Chicago's rotation and the club tired of waiting for him to live up to his potential. On Thursday, the Cubs stopped waiting, trading him and minor league lefthander Steve Smyth to the Braves for two prospects, lefty Andy Pratt and second baseman Richard Lewis." From Baseball America. :| He was also the #6 prospect in ALL OF BASEBALL in 2002 according to BA, ahead of Mark Teixeira and Joe Mauer among others. I am intrigued as to what anyone in Baseball America saw in Cruz. Apart from his impressive first start late in 2001, he never once did anything close to living up to his potential.
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