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Bob isn't in the organization...it was just a conversation with someone who WAS in the organization and still has ties with people on the team and in the front office. I know he's not, but you claim Bob knows people inside the organization that think Prior is soft and that Bob thinks the same thing. I'd just like these baboons to think beyond the neanderthalic measuring of toughness in regards to injuries.

By whom?

It is much needed.

According to the game log, Wuertz entered 1 batter before Pujols hit the single.

No Pierre? Ramirez? The rest of the 400 OPS bench?

He's doing what he can, but his presence still hurts the team overall. He sucked while the team was tanking. He's turned it on now that the team hit rock bottom. It's better than nothing, but it ain't good. And you can't just gloss over bad OBP, it's an enormous liability.

But you forget, the tide has turned, breaks are going their way, the weather is warmer, the grass is shorter, casts are off, the attitude is just right, Dusty has guided them through the storm, the offense has awakened........ what's that you say? The Cubs scored just 2 runs off of one of the worst pitchers in baseball last night? Oh, well, nevermind.

They'd have to go 32-21 between now and July 31 (better than .600) just to get to 52-53, still under .500 overall. They traded for Nomar in 2004 with a record of 56-47. I highly doubt Nevin can influence the record much at all between now and then. What, maybe 2 wins if we're lucky? This was the marginal type acquisition that could have helped in the offseason, when everybody knew we needed bench help, especially power, and not a bunch of speedy second baseman.

That's some questionable logic. On April 28 the Cubs were 13-8 and Jacque Jones was hitting .231/.281/.500. On May 9 the Cubs were 14-18 and JJ was hitting .244/.289/.444. Jones is indeed very much part of the problem. Yes, he has turned it up of late, and that's great, and yes he has outperformed Aramis. But his history indicates it won't last, and his extremely poor .317 OBP is hurting the team a lot already. Aramis is part of the problem, Jones is part of the problem, Pierre is an enormous part of the problem, everybody is part of the problem.

Probably an accurate assessment. But I don't get what this is supposed to mean: Acquiring Nevin improves the chances that one will be needed? They've needed a difference making bat for years now, I don't see how Nevin's arrival affects that fact at all.

I'd like Bob and the boobs in the organization to take a look at how inappropriately they used him when he first came into the league and think if there's any chance maybe they are to blame for his problems now, and not some mysterious softness.

The teams that have real good records right now aren't doing it by "speed and defense". Mostly they're hittiing it out of the park. And it would be just like Jim to be late to the party.

Duhhhhh, he already has 25.

Optimist. Ooooooh burnnnn. They just got to

He better not come back too fast.

It's not unlikely, he just didn't get to make the deal exactly the way it's structured now. And since when was Nevin the only opportunity? And why wasn't there a RH with pop on the roster from the very beginning? My negative inferences are based on 4 years of failure with Hendry, the last 2 being utter disgraces. I don't see the point in lapping up all the BS about what a nice job Hendry did to fill a need that shouldn't have been there in the first place.

Every writer and reporter who covers the Cubs talks about how addicted Hendry is to working the phone. Of course I'm speculating, and I'm basing it on the results of all those past phone conversations.

It's just disappointing he didn't notice that in the offseason, when everybody was screaming about the lack of pop. Why does he have to wait for 2 months of baseball to be played to figure out you might want a guy on your bench who is a reasonable threat to hit for power?

Is anyone in this thread saying that it is? Yes. And more than once. I never said this was a terrible move or one that shouldn't be done. To me it is a so what trade at best, and a what were they thinking trade at worst. But he comes cheap and if he helps the bench great, but the Cubs could have used the help about 8 weeks ago. It makes the team better. Isn't that the bottom line? And if so, why complain??? It's obviously not some sort of blockbuster deal, but it gives them a better chance to win from here on out. Sometimes the nitpicking gets old. Sometimes the losing gets old. It could make the team better, but not appreciably better. And it could serve as an excuse not to make a deal that would actually make a difference. Hendry's first excuse was nobody else wanted to deal. When that was proved wrong, he made a move for a guy who can only help in minimal ways. So when people beg him to get the bat, he can say he already did, and his apologists will tell us not to be greedy.

Hopefully that means that the rumors of him already having a deal are not true. No, it probably just means he won't be announcing it right now, because the Cubs didn't win 3 games in a row. As soon as they do (and they will, sometime), he will be officially extended.

I must have missed the part where Restovich showed he could hit major league pitching with us. Or the Pirates. Or the Twins. He's hit LHP at a decent clip and is pounding the ball at Iowa. Sure Nevin will likely be marginally better, but all that's doing is promoting a lost cause at this point. The far more important part of my post was that Hendry thinks this team can still compete somehow, and it doesn't give much hope for good moves to be made moving forward. I don't want Hendry giving up on the season yet. I don't hold much hope, but I haven't extinguished my hope yet, either. And I certainly wouldn't want Hendry to do so. I hope that any moves that are made fit one of two categories: 1) they improve the team for this year while sacrificing nothing of the future 2) they improve the future of the team This move clearly fits into category #1, so I'm quite happy with it. Restovich has had playing time in five different MLB seasons and has yet to win a job outright with a career OPS of .728. He's 27 years old and is pretty much what he is going to be at this point. I'd love to see him get more of a shot and have called for that ever since Hendry acquired him, but I'm not going to really worry over it, either. Any hope for this year relies on Hendry making an enormous impact acquisition, like Cabrera. This garbage doesn't help at all.

i'm watching the Fox sports StL feed, so no Stoney, its the regular Stl duo I heard them say the same thing. Disgusting. I'm seriously on the verge of finding another team to root for. I've always been a Cubs fan, but, as a baseball fan, it's becoming tough to root for them. You know, there is a whole community of Cubans in Miami who would kill and die for Cuba, but feel the current management has to go. That's sort of how I describe my Cub fandom. And whenever I see the word Cuba somewhere I initially thinks it says Cubs.

It eats away at whatever financial resources could be made available for other moves. It makes the team older. It hands Dusty another crutch, and opens up the practically inevitable situation in which the Cubs fall in love with their marginal veteran and inexplicably resign him at years end.

You are putting stock in 12 lousy at bats? Nope. I'm saying that in the 12 lousy at bats he did get he managed to strike out almost half the time and put up a .481 OPS. I'd call that failing pretty miserably in the small shot he did get. How would you characterize it? I'd characterize it as nothing. It was 12 at bats spread out over 3 weeks, a terrible usage pattern by a terrible manager.

You are putting stock in 12 lousy at bats?