DiamondMind

off topic, but anyone see all of the TB rays shaved their hair into a mohawk? kind of cool

http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-5251007dt.jpg

This is why we're Cubs fans guys, let's soak it in, and regroup for October!

CUBS WIN!! CENTRAL CHAMPS BABY!! BACK TO BACK!!! CUBS WIN CUBS WIN CUBS WIN

win it now or its howry could this be the soto game?

why does fukudome look so PO'd in every camera shot today

hurricane ike couldn't have hit zambrano

Sigh - why is Hillenmeyer that deep in coverage

brenly seems to be extremely honest most of the times in his praising or critiquing of the cubs, he's grown on me a lot

@#*$)# Booker was open

they're going to cover the entire field in yellow flags soon

Rookie DT out of Arkansas. He's been good so far. he and a few others stepped it up on D that drive

who is this harrison kid

Cause Soriano is a good hitter. Agree, Soriano is actually showing quite a bit more patience than Lee, lately. Over the last 10 games, Soriano has walked 8 times, Lee 4 Derrek's propensity to swing at the first pitch with a pitcher who just walked 2 batters is extremely frustrating. That drives me soapdropping insane. Same here.

I pretty much agree with this . Meaningless= totally without value. Lets say all you know about pitcher Joe Blow is that he went 20-9 for the year. At the very least you can glean from this limited information : Joe Blow was probably healthy the entire year, one of the most important factors in evaluating a pitcher. You don't really think there were better offers for Rich Harden than the somewhat pathetic one we gave do you ? Of course not. Simply because Harden, despite his fantastic numbers, is unlikely to win very many games because he is only capable of limping to the mound for 5 innings at a time, 15 times a year at best. So we have determined that Joe Blow probably managed to at the very least stay healthy, simply by his won-loss record. This fact alone removes the win statistic from the meaningless category. 2. That despite anything else, Joe Blow managed to go 5+ innings at least 20 times. No small feat. Nothing earth shattering, but still not in anyones definition I have ever met as " meaningless". 3. That more than likely Joe Blow at least, somehow, someway, managed to keep his team in the game a significant number of times. Once again, earth shattering info? No. Meaningless ? No again. If you look at the previously mentioned Bert Blyleven, and look only at his 279 or whatever wins, you can, at minimum, assume that over his career he managed to stay relatively healthy, and pitched well enough for a long period to keep a job at the major league level. This is not meaningless information. It has value. Do inquiring minds want to know more ? Sure. But the information is far from meaningless. This post is full of win and I really hope it shuts some people up, at least temporarily.

Wow, um, no.

who cares

I like when they showed Piniella in the dugout, and you could clearly lip read him saying "well f--- me"

PUKE

Agreed. But we've really needed him the last few weeks and he has come through. I still don't think, all other arms being healthy, that he should make the playoff roster. But his contribution is definitely appreciated. if it's down to Marquis and Howry, Marquis should make the playoff roster if it was down to latroy hawkins and howry, who would you take?

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r71/bcvm22/sigzeon/dbzswim.gif this, after the ump laid an egg on the field

I know it's something that isn't quantifiable, but Marquis had a different aura around him tonight.

Player B owns.

send in the clowns