cbbryan

Name the players (2) that had the longest career with only one team AND how many years was it? 2 players, 2 teams, how many years?

I'm guessing here but here goes nothing: Youngest: Rogers Hornsby Oldest: Ted Williams

When I first saw the report I thought the same about Lieber. Then I looked up Jennings stats.............. I'll take Lieber at this point.

I'll take that deal every time if I'm the Devil Rays.

Nolan Ryan........................ nevermind, not him either.

More like, He's going to break something.................... like a foot or some limb of his body.

Sandy Koufax ...........nevermind

Wasn't this reported two weeks ago? It may have been. The Score was running it on their updates yesterday so I thought it might be new news. Like I said, it may be no big deal.

670 AM is reporting that Cuban had been given the OK by MLB to review the Chicago Cubs books as soon as they are available. I don't know if this real news, but it makes it seem like the process is moving forward.

Harry's my guy. No question. Hughes would be number two. Followed by Len. Stoney's probably right after Len. I've heard Brickhouse on recordings, but I don't remember alot of his games or he would probably be ranked in my list. Worst Ever: Joe Carter - Awful and it was even worse when he was teamed with Chip. Chip Carey - His first couple years especially, but he had many annoying habits like the "Best Sports Show Period" promos. I just didn't like him much.

I don't have to look at their WARP's or their ages. You can't justify that one guy is likely to regress and say they other won't. You just can't do it. It's a marginal upgrade no matter how you slice it. There is POTENTIAL for it to be a significant upgrade if Roberts were to repeat his career year 4 years ago, but I don't think we should assume that anymore than we should assume Mark DeRosa will all of a sudden forget everything he accomplished in the last 2 years. I would agree with this as well. You can skew the numbers all you want, but in the end there's really not much difference between the two if they both have "average" years for themselves. They're very comparable players. While Roberts gives you more speed. DeRo gives you alot more versatility. I really wish DeRo could play SS everyday......

On the contrary, there were alot of posters including myself that thought Marshall was doing a fine job in the rotation and that trading anything for Steve Trachsel was a horrendous move. I would much rather have Marshall in the rotation then Trachsel or Dempster to be honest.

How much of an upgrade over Mark DeRosa is Brian Roberts, though? And Roberts doesn't make our very bad back end of the rotation any better. And he certainly doesn't make our glaring hole at short go away. Has anyone thought that maybe that's why this trade hasn't been done! I don't see Roberts vastly improving the Cubs. I'd like to see a SS acquired, or SP depth.

There was some debate about Fayson going to WV or Illinois: http://www.pjstar.com/stories/121207/ILL_BF6CDHPP.077.php I was linked here from FightingIllini.com

I think he'll be a first ballot IF he's not named in any investigations. If his name comes up, he's toast and he'll be treated like everyone else.

Bud Selig

Augie Ojeda

My two cents: Bonds - Obviously the poster boy for most of the media for steriod abuse. You have BALCO, Game of Shadows, and Federal Charges up against him. I don't buy the argument that "He was a HOF before the steriod suspicions" crap. The fact of the matter is, Pete Rose, was a HOF before he bet on baseball too and he's banned for life. Bonds is/was a great player and it's a shame that he thought he needed to use PED, but there seems to be more information available about his abuse of PEDs then anyone else. For that reason, I think he will have a hard time getting into the HOF. Clemens - If it's true that his PED use started when he went to Toronto and you were to discount wins after that time, he would lose approx. 150 wins. That would put him well below the HOF automatic of 300. He's arguably the greatest pitcher of this generation and it's a shame he turned to PEDs. I find it hard to believe that he put up better numbers his last 10 years than he put up in his first 10 years in the league. If no additional information comes out about Clemens that further implicates him I could see him getting in to the HOF after a few years of eligibility, but not in the first couple years. McGwire - He's the first player for this "steriod" era to be available for induction. He clearly has the HR numbers to get into the HOF, but he has the shadow of doubt of PEDs as well. I think he will eventually get into the HOF as well. Fair or not, I think the focus will be on Bonds because he holds the hallowed records in MLB. Sosa - As much as I loved the Sosa years in Chicago, I realize that the likelyhood he used PEDs is great. The funny thing is that he seems to be the one player no one can find any dirt on. He seemingly escapes each investigation, probe, or raid. His names not in any books, online order lists, or BALCO customer logs. So to make a long story short, he gets in on the first ballot. One interesting note: Frank Thomas was the only player (out of 5 requested players) that had spoken publically about PEDs that agreed to talk to Senator Mitchell. I think it says something for the guy that he's been very public about his distain for the use of PEDs in MLB and his denials of ever using PEDs himself. The fact that he came forward and provided information to try to help shed light on the situation in MLB speaks volumes about him, IMO. I believe that he was one of the few "clean" players in MLB, he has his 500 HR, and he'll be voted in on his first year of eligibility.

You are not allowed to suggest that Prior is/was a steriod user. Last night when this story of Prior being non-tendered broke I brought up the fact that Prior may be on the Mitchell Report. It really doesn't matter to me one way or the other, but I think the Cubs as an organization frown on bad PR. Which may or may not have contributed to the non-tendering decision. Then why re-sign Wood? Because Woody would work with Hendry on the price tag. I'm not saying the Mitchell Report was the #1 reason for nontendering Prior. I'm saying it could have been one of several reasons. I don't think it was a deciding factor, but maybe a contributing factor.

You are not allowed to suggest that Prior is/was a steriod user. Last night when this story of Prior being non-tendered broke I brought up the fact that Prior may be on the Mitchell Report. It really doesn't matter to me one way or the other, but I think the Cubs as an organization frown on bad PR. Which may or may not have contributed to the non-tendering decision.

CPatt's still available isn't he?

Yankees non-tendered RHP Darrell Rasner, RHP Matt DeSalvo, RHP T.J. Beam and OF Bronson Sardinha. Toronto non-tendered Josh Towers.

Akinori Otsuka non-tendered by Texas. He's aging (34), but he might be an interesting thought for the Cubs.