Sammy Sofa

If that's the case, then they should go back to the baggy pants look. http://www.cycleback.com/20thphotos2_files/image009.jpg Damn right. And it should be against the law to not show the socks. AGAINST THE LAW.

I'm declaring that as of this moment, I am posting in this thread. Soon...I shall post in another thread. Eventually, I will do the laundry. At some point, I will make myself dinner. At the end of the day, I will be sleeping.

Ya so maybe i thought today was 4/3 and not 4/2. Shut up :( :lol: It's OK. Dunn hit the ball so hard he actually caused a ripple in the time stream that temporarily bumped you ahead into the future.

There were probably guys that thought the pajama uniforms in the early 80's were lucky. Doesn't mean they should have kept wearing them.

We're obviously not color blind, since we can see how hideous the blues are.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/324220,CST-SPT-cubnt03.article He's not even ready for AAA yet. I don't see how he can bitch about being left off the big league roster. If he kicks ass in Iowa then he can bitch, til then he should keep his mouth shut. Where did he "bitch about being left off the roster?" Did you miss the part where they didn't quote or paraphrase anything he said? I must have missed where it came even remotely close to resembling him "bitching."

I'd love to get ARod for Z under the right circumstances, but saying Zambrano can't throw strikes is absurd. Not really. Z led the majors in walks (115) last season. He was also fourth in the league in strikeouts (a mere six off the leader). Can't get those without throwing strikes. Sure you can. How many guys to you see swing and miss on stuff outside the strike zone? Plenty. Especially with Z. It's all part of the game. His movement is fantastic, but I'd still like to see him hit the zone more frequently. Yeah - I have to agree. Check out the league leaders from last season. Z was 5th in Ks, but, as mentioned above, had 115 walks. In the rest of the top 10, most guys were around 60 walks (Lackey had 72, Santana had 47, but the average was around 60). Z nearly doubled that last year. I love that Z strikes out 200 hitters, but I'd give up some of those Ks if he'd bring his walk total down significantly. I don't know if I'd say he "can't throw strikes" but he certainly doesn't do it as well as other high-K pitchers. link BTW - did Schilling really only walk 28 while striking out 183? If so, that's just insane. Who is disagreeing that he walks guys too much? He gets the strike outs. If enough the balls aren't technically in the zone, well, he's still throwing strikes in some capacity. The original statement that "he doesn't throw strikes," to me, is an inaccurate oversimplification.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/324220,CST-SPT-cubnt03.article He's not even ready for AAA yet. I don't see how he can bitch about being left off the big league roster. If he kicks ass in Iowa then he can bitch, til then he should keep his mouth shut. Where did he "bitch about being left off the roster?"

HALLELUJAH!!! I definitely think the greys can be improved, but at least they're not as hopelessly ugly and softball-looking as the blues.

That's way overpaying for Ichiro. Any one of those guys on their own might be too much for Ichiro.

I wouldn't have picked Jacque for a wrestling fan. Cool pics!

I'd love to get ARod for Z under the right circumstances, but saying Zambrano can't throw strikes is absurd. Not really. Z led the majors in walks (115) last season. I know that...that's the main reason besides his back issues that I would trade him. But he also had a ton of strike outs. You gotta throw strikes to have those.

I'd love to get ARod for Z under the right circumstances, but saying Zambrano can't throw strikes is absurd.

It's alright. We're all in crappy moods. First the Cubs get shelled and then we find out Z's contract talks are put on hold. Not that great a day for Cubs' fans (not many days are). QFT No, it's THIS PLACE that puts people in crappy moods. You see why I left for a month!?! Sheesh. :wink: A month? Hahahaha Hahahaha X eleventy billion.

Except the 4 of us that already did.

I wouldn't mind that at all. Or those guys could be spun off ideally for someone like Cabrera. And again, this isn't just over today's game. Today's game is just inspiration for more discussion along these lines. Yes, it's one game...but it's one game that highlights things that have been problems often for him, and very likely could be even more problematic down the line.

Is Z so unreasonable that he wouldn't understand how something this huge for the entire team might throw off the schedule of his signing? I'm not saying Hendry couldn't have gotten this done sooner, but for all we know Z and his agent were also riding things out to the end to see they could get.

His increasing walks each year are very worrisome. And those back troubles are going to get worse as he gelts older and it becomes harder to keep the weight down. I love the guy when he's on and his passion is admirable, but I'd love nothing more than to have something happen like a healthy Prior back and Hill to keep being awesome so Z is ultimately superfluous and can net us a juicy haul while his name is still what it is. And no, this isn't all just because of today.

Awesome.

The Cubs also blew things out opening day 2004 and 2003, too.

Please lose, Cubs. Last 4 years, dominating Cubs' wins on opening day...4 days of increasingly worse heartache and agony.

ADAM DUNN IS HAVING AN AMAZING OPENING DAY.

"I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON ME FINGERS, RANDOM CUBS FAN!!!!"

This just makes Lou sound as drunk as he always looks.

I would but I have a mid-term, can't afford a 0 on that. You have a horrible heartless teacher. I'm skipping the following Monday for the home opener. I'm much more concerned about seeing that live than the away opener.