Sammy Sofa

Damn, Clutchiano!

YES! Cubs were owed that after getting robbed of 2 runs by 2 great defensive plays earlier.

And his numbers facing lefties are horrible. Lou shouldn't have burned Fontenot and just stuck with him.

Let "At least" be a guide that perhaps the person speaking or posting is not claiming that it's an ideal situation. That's not how sarcasm works, but OK.

yup that definitely would have been worst case scenario. Yeah, I don't know why that would have been so horrible since people would be talking about it only if the Cubs actually kept winning.

I'd rather have Marshall and Harden in the rotation.

But he's not overrated. He's considered one of the best pitchers of the game when he's healthy and consistent. And hes very very rarely consistent and healthy so in my opinion hes overrated. I don't know how much more simple this can be explained: Harden is "rated" with his health issues and inconsistencies in mind. He'd be overrated if those factors were ignored. They're not.

But he's not overrated. He's considered one of the best pitchers of the game when he's healthy and consistent.

I think he's extremely inconsistent. Which is part of the reason hes overrated as hell. I don't know how he's overrated as hell. He was great for the Cubs last year. But everybody has always acknowledged that his weakness is staying healthy and being consistently effective. Hes making 7 million dollars and when healthy is widely regarded as 1 of the best pitchers in the game supposedly. Hes healthy and hasnt been very effective. You basically just repeated what gooney said.

Ow, right onto the bullpen phone.

Wonderful.

There's zero chance of Hendry being fired while the team is unsold, so you might as well stop with the delusion that there's a chance it would happen. You didn't catch my drift :? So the green means you agree that the repeated cries for him to be fired mid-season are redundant and tedious?

There's zero chance of Hendry being fired while the team is unsold, so you might as well stop with the delusion that there's a chance it would happen.

Never stop leaving games early.

You certainly can expect a GM to act responsibly and understand the consquences of such longterm deals. He cannot expect payroll to climb indefinitely. He has to operate under a sense of caution that any huge deal now will effect future deals. Furthermore, he knew at the time ownership was in limbo and there was not a clear indication what future budgets would be. He was in a CYA frame of mind, doing what he could do to be successful as soon as possible so the outgoing executives could justify giving him a contract. His only concern was a short-term fix from the disastrous teams he put together in 2005 and 2006 that should have led to his firing. But since Andy gave him a deal on his way out the door, and ownership was preoccupied, he was given a free pass. What was uncertain was his employment status in 2009 and beyond, so he spent lavishly on a good, but very far from great player who could help in the short-term but was obviously going to hurt them in the long-term. Yes, you can, and should expect a GM to plan responsibly for the future. Agreed, but again, planning for the future should not and cannot include "I wonder if 3 three and a half years from now my team will be locked in a prolonged selling process that will hold up any midseason deals I can do." I never said a GM should plan for the future. My point is that planning for what's actually tying up the Cubs' spending right now (the sale of the team) isn't really feasable.

and fukudome. and miles not hitting like a 6 year old girl in tee ball. I came to accept Miles' awfulness some time ago, though you're right on Fukudome.

Here's hoping Lee and Bradley keep up the production. Soto and Sori coming out of their slumbers would be nifty, too.

He was doing the "you can't see me" thing with Soriano as he rushed him on the mound. :-)) Awesome. The guy has been frustrating as hell a lot of the season so far, but he definitely plays with his heart on his sleeve.

Damn, Bradley is freakin' happy to have won.

I guess they didn't want me to give up. Touche, Cubs! Touche...

[expletive] YES ALFONSO!!!

Lordy, do I hate me some Aaron Miles.

Get pumped and finish this!

There's just too many flaws across the board with this team offensively for me to see them climbing out. I'd love to be wrong, but I keep worrying that this is a team like the Tigers last year that should be running away with it and for a variety of reasons just falls apart. Of course, as I say that, go Lee! AND MOTHERFLUNKING SOTO! YES!!!

If Theriot is going to refuse to try and shoot one through like he used to I'd prefer if he just bunted.