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not a true blue then. We should hope that they win 29 in a row make the wild card and Dusty (as much as I dislike him) proves all of us wrong. Weak. So weak.

...and after watching the last two, I hope they lose the next 29 in a row. In fact, I will go on a giant Tequila binge if they win 5 or less games in the final month of the season.

I remember reading something in one of the Chi papers after that start that the Cubs/Rothschild noticed he was tipping his pitches. Let's see if that was it..? And let's all just hold hands and pray that Guzman doesn't get injured, or that Baker finds a reason to take him out of the rotation now (i.e. blackmailing Hendry to trade for David Wells).. last nights start was VERY encouraging..

There were only 39 people on the 40-man roster because Miller is on the 60-day DL. Interesting that Williams or Ryu wasn't recalled...

Source? Link?

well he got the number from Len Kasper in another forum..... If you called the Cubs and said in a confident voice "Jim Hendry's office, please", I'm sure the operator would transfer you to his assistant (or one of his assistants) and that person would stop you right there as soon as you said who you were...

why don't you post his number here so we can give him our thoughts. I believe there is some available storage space on my cell phone. 1-800-K-R-I-S-P-Y-K-R-E-M-E That's just lame. You want to rip on a guy because you think he's a lousy GM, be my guest. But making fun of his weight is a cheap shot..

GO CUBBIES!!!!!!!

They probably do need to, but they won't be able to, unless Ramirez leaves, but the Soriano would be needed just to keep the team as bad as it already is. I would be quite happy with Mark Loretta... and he's a Northwestern guy, too!

Hmmm... I bet Walker would be a nice fit, no?

Okay, now that we got all-field/no-hit at SS, who is playing 2B for us next year? I don't think Ronny Cedeno is the answer, nor Theriot/Fontenot... Who are the free agent 2Bs to be?

This makes me happy for one reason, and one reason alone: It proves there is no curse. Just a century of s**t like this!

So is there actually a chance this will turn out well for the Cubs?

What a joke. Hendry couldn't give this guy away for the last year, and you're griping about who he got in return? I'm just happy he's gone and Dusty will play Theriot! (Or at least, he [expletive] better...)

The Arizona Diamondbacks reportedly approached the Cubs about acquiring Greg Maddux late Sunday night. The Diamondbacks would be a decent fit for Maddux who wants to be traded closer to his Las Vegas home. Since he is a free agent at the end of 2007 the Diamondbacks might need to give up a top prospect and a low-level prospect in a deal for him. (from rotoworld.com)

Trust me buddy, they did you a favor. I had to endure Chris Berman and Joe Morgan for all 9 innings... I was ready to light myself on fire.

I only have an mlb.com pitch by pitch -- did Prior hurt himself or is Dusty just keeping an eye on his pitches?

I really think that Colletti and Towers are going to lowball Hendry at the deadline, and Hendry will sit on his hands and ship Maddux to one of those teams on a waiver deal, when they become more desperate. My general feeling is that there are so many teams on the cusp of contention that things will have to clear up a bit more before a real flurry of activity.

Not thaaaat strange. Dessens is a guy that actually was talked about as one of the key relievers on the market, and the Royals are trying to creatively rebuild that team. Adding Gathright, shedding MacDougal, and then adding a guy who, I believe, has what it takes to be a fine starting pitcher (and almost no-hit the Cubs on one occasion... though, that's all to common these days!) isn't totally unfathomable... Certainly more sensible than Krivisky's brainfart...

I don't know if any of you read the site mlbtraderumors.com, but they revisted the ill-fated Giants/Twins trade that netted Liriano and Nathan, and there was a line in there about a Sisco/Pierzinsky swap that nearly was... imagine that!!

That baffling part about our relievers is that we could literally plunder a team's farm system for either Howry or Eyre; but Hendry won't trade 'em. Lost in this season has been the reliability and performance of those guys. Granted, I would hate to lose two guys like that- but, with so many teams in, or on the cusp of contention, those guys would be enough to put a team over the edge. Then we could just run continue Novoa out there until he has a career-ending injury.

He's certainly not a Beane-player. My guess is San Diego. He may not be a "Beane-player," but he actually wouldn't be a bad pickup for the A's for the remainder of the season. He can hit the ball, he can play 1B and 3B, and his salary isn't overly expensive. Chavez has been plagued by forearm injuries this year, and Johnson is going through a sophomore slump. It wouldn't be a bad move for Oakland. I'm unclear about this-- does this mean they have a week to trade him and then release him, or is this an irrevocable waiver/release scenario? Because if it is, and the Cubs via their horrific record have close to first dibs on the guy (the team with the worst record in the other league has first dibs, and then 2nd worst) we should definitely nab him, if for no other reason than to trade him at the deadline. Also makes A-Ram expendeble at the deadline, and despite what Hendry keeps saying, I really believe-- nay, hope that no one is safe. I've always liked this guy's bat.

Does Rusch have incriminating pictures of Hendry or something? Don't get me wrong, I'd be excited to watch Theriot play with the big club, if that was, in fact, what they had in mind. But we all know he's going to rot on the bench, and Rusch will be plugged into this spot.

A blurb about Eric on CNNSI: Eric Patterson, Second Base, Cubs, (Double-A): Because the Cubs have had such good luck with Pattersons past. But while Eric's older brother (former Cub phenom Corey Patterson) has blossomed in Baltimore, this Patterson should give Northsiders hope: .279 AVG, five homers, 28 stolen bases. When Eric Patterson learns to cut down on the strikeouts (65:30 K:BB) he'll cement his blue-chip status.

I certainly understand that there are a sizeable number of people without cable. But there are still ample opportunities to find the game outside of their own home. Go to the local sports bar or watch the game with at a buddy's house. I think a bigger problem that hasn't been addressed, nor will it be if TV stations continue to dictate terms to MLB is the start times for playoff and World Series games. There is no justifiable reason why those games need to start at 8 p.m. EST. The only rationale is network prime time and ad sales. I mean the games start at 5 pm on the West Coast and you don't hear complaints about the early start times. Move the games up, let kids be able to watch an entire World Series game, and watch a new generation want to be baseball players instead of automatically picking basketball and football. I don't know how many young fans those 10pm ET NBA Finals start times are winning over. But let's not get crazy here-- I'm pretty sure baseball plays 162 games that are all locally timed to accomodate the widest possible audience. And hey, I might be alone in this, but I remember my dad letting me stay up late to watch a few playoff games too-- it made things seem a bit more special. Selig was asked about this on the Dan Patrick show, and his claim is that he'd love to do a World Series game in the daytime, but all their day playoff baseball does horrible ratings, and the later the night games stretch on into the night, the better the rating does.