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Agreed. This organization is dumb. Offering arb to Hill is beyond dumb. No one else will, but Hendry will be surprised when he accepts.

When is the rule5 draft?

As if the name has anything to do with being a quality manager.

Disagree. There is plenty of public transit, much more parking and a location could be found that is still close enough to the city to draw those fans. The city treats the Cubs like crap, so do the "neighbors" in Wrigleyville. They have gotten ridiculously wealthy off the Cubs product for long enough. The park itself is barely holding itself together as it is. If this funding option falls through, I do sincerely hope they move out of the city. Like I said though, there is a very small chance that happens.

The new TD Ameritrade at Wrigley Field should be located in Hoffman Estates or something like that.

I sincerely hope they build a park in the burbs and screw over the entire city and neighborhood in the process. edit: though I highly doubt it happens

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/fan_forum/surveys.jsp?content=wrigley_public Seems they are gauging interest in a number of topics including concessions, restrooms, video board etc.

Has anything been said about why he failed his physical?

Much preferred Quade to Ryno. I like the move.

Are we already tracking this stuff somewhere? 6IP 2Hits 10K 0BB http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=10419

The draft probably bothers me more than the 2010 results. There is only so much that a new owner could do in the first year with the big league club so I'll give him some leeway there. After all the talk about building from within, investing in the farm, better international scouting etc.....to follow all that up with a money saving first pick in the draft was disappointing. I believe that after all the picks were settle that the Cubs spent about average relative to the rest of the league. For a large market team with a middle of the pack system (at the time), an aging big league roster, after making comments that the fans wanted to hear, to follow that up with a cheapish draft, was and continues to be, very disappointing to me. Now I hear that the payroll will be reduced for 2011. There were a LOT of no-shows for the final 20 home games. Those tickets were already sold and concession revenue was certainly below expectations. I encourage people to not go to send a message to the Cubs. Ricketts immediate response was to lower the payroll. That bothers me too. Better scouting, drafting and player development are the keys. Can't do that without spending some cash and I now fear that this owner may be more concerned about making money than putting a good product on the field. It may be the early years of the Tribune all over again.

Born in '72 for what it's worth The Zambrano debacle may have been the pinnacle for me Losing to the Pirates Losing to the WSox The pen Lee and Aram falling apart Hendry, Lou and a new owner that apparently doesn't care as much about building from within as he lead everyone to believe 2006 was bad and so was 2005 for me, but this was much worse in my opinion There was a time when it looked like both the Cardinals and WSox were going to make the playoffs. At least they both tanked.

Of the many times I have been embarrassed to be a Cub fan, this season was easily the worst for me. Fortunately it came to a merciful end yesterday. On to football where the Bears are 3-oh no......Cutler is hurt. Shoot me.

1 ip 32 pitcher 3 hits 3 walks 4 runs Shark clearly brought his good stuff today.

I would have liked to see Marquez Smith get called up.

http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/09/samardzija-among-iowa-call-ups.html Shark Scales (why?) Berg Fuld Snyder

The Smokies make the playoff though, how is this Guyer's last game of the year? Did I miss something?

What happened to Gorz?

Dempster was brutal

Thanks guys - well done

Something is brewing between Z and the home plate umpire. He was getting squeezed pretty bad in the last inning - he had McCutchen K'd twice. As CSN broke for the commercial at the end of the inning they showed Z and the umpire briefly exchange words. Prediction - Z gets tossed at some point this game.

I think Hendry will pick Ryno. Not because he is the best candidate, but because he wants whatever PR points it will net him. My new order of preference: 1. Gonzalez (also willing to bet he goes to Atl) 2. Girardi 3. Torre 4. me . . . 19837. Ryno

Is there any indication what Szczur will do after the football season?

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=3941

Carpenter ended up going just 3 giving up 3 on 7 hits and 4 walks.