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This is what I fear as well. We will do well against the easy teams that next few weeks. Then we don't get anyone and fail miserably vs. the good teams coming up next. . I'm not sure if we can take Hendry at his word, but in the pre-game today he basically said there wouldn't be a trade... I expect Hendry to wait until we are about 6 or 7 games back with 4 or more teams ahead of us in both races and then make a move when it's basically too late. After the season, he'll say he did everything he could but the injuries were too much. See ya next year chumps.

It will take a number of top prospects, but sometimes it's a good idea to trade some lottery tickets for a bag of cash.

I was at Kauffman for a Royals-Indians game a couple years ago when the Royals were actually good. Great sightlines, beautiful park, love the fountains. The food was awesome, they had chilli fries, which was a nice treat. The Royals got 12 hits and everyone who was there could could go to Krispy Creme and get a free dozen doughnuts...I excercised that option. It's the only other park I've been to other than Wrigley, and the two sox parks. I might be going to Fenway and Miller this summer, so I'll have a better basis to compare then, but I'm pretty sure I'll always rate Kauffman near the top.

I'll also buy all the Cubs world series crap I can get my hands on if they ever win, but I'm not really a ring person. It would be good to wear to Cubs-Cards games though if we win before they win again.

Seriously though, 25 pitches for Prior? That doesn't seem remotely close to starting a major league game. How much does it seem like he has left? Seems like over a month to me based on Wood's progression.

Let's just hope he's as coachable as CPatt.

For what? For Wood, if his arm hurts. No more setbacks. I don't know if that or something else would help him, I just want him to keep pitching. This is no excuse to push things back. Z gets these things all the time and doesn't even come out of the game sometimes, let alone miss time.

One word. Cortisone.

Goodie - another girl! :D At the risk of offending people, I'd actually be interested in a "sticky" post ID'ing the gal posters. That'll just encourage massive epooning and they won't even have to work to find out which ones are girls.... You don't know what that would bring upon yourself. epooning? Agreed, bad idea for this crowd.

Just add the caveat that the rider must ride in the trunk. You take them where they want to go, don't have to listen to them, get harmed by them. You pop it open for them to get in and out and thats all you gonna do.

Well, if there is not enough THC, there won't be incentive to buy the legal stuff.

Clement has a very thick skull.

They probably have better stuff. But it wouldn't have to be government stuff, just government regulated. Ah, I gotcha, so business owners could grow whatever they want. Sort of, but it would all have to be approved by FDA standards, etc. It would then probably be taxed like crazy and cost way more per "pack" than cigarettes Well, it depends what a pack would constitute.

Farnsworth kicking the fan.

They probably have better stuff. But it wouldn't have to be government stuff, just government regulated. Ah, I gotcha, so business owners could grow whatever they want.

We didn't let a goat watch a baseball game.

Would the government stuff be of the same quality as what you could get on the street though?

Where would Cabrera be playing now though? I'm all for it just as you are. I just don't see it as a "Jim Hendry" type of move. No, it's not a Hendry type of move, that's for sure. I'd put Ram at first and Cabrera at 3rd.

Bulls win coin flip with Pacers, we pick 16th, they 17th.

Damn, it's getting a little hot in here.

Do the -3 runs come from Pujols hitting 3 homers and running the wrong way around the bases? No, there's a bench clearing brawl in which Zambrano single handedly beats up Pujols, Edmonds and Rolen at the same time. The Cardinals are penalized for 3 runs by the umps out of disgrace for their manhood.

I don't see why they can't get Wilson because of Casey's health. Pittsburgh is already in the dumpster. Wilson is hardly the centerpiece of that franchise, and is probably gone come free agency anyway. Give 'em Sing to play 1B for now, and an arm, save them a few bucks. Agreed. This seems like a doable deal for a player that could help us a lot this year. Shouldn't have waited until Casey got hurt in the first place. You go out and sign a RF who can't hit lefties. You have a rookie in LF. You have 0 RH power on your roster. Wilson was a no-brainer type of move 3 months ago. Yeah, I don't know where Hendry was on that one. Did the Pirates actually think they would compete with the "big" signings of veterans like Burnitz, Randa and Casey along with the hiring of Tracy?

He was 6-4 with a 3.89 ERA post all star break last year. How in the world is that "really bad"? He was coming off a broken freaking elbow, and came back as good as any reasonable person could expect. That's not really bad. It's about No.3/4 starter quality. He's probably just frustrated that in addition to that, Prior had a 4.02 ERA the year before. That's cause for concern for a guy who was once one of the better pitchers in the league. Number of NL starters with an ERA below 3.89 last year: 24 That must be quite the pitching staff for it to be 3/4 starter quality. Any contending team who has a No.2 starter with an ERA around 4 has problems. First of all, using ERA as a black and white determinant is pretty crazy. FWIW, Prior's ERA all of last year was 3.67 Secondly, there are 16 teams in the NL, and Prior's marks(no pun intended) put him 19th ERA. He was 14th in WHIP, 12th in K/BB, 1st(by quite a bit) in K/9, 11th in Quality Start %, 5th in BAA, 9th in OBP against, and 12th in OPS against. If anything, he was a borderline number 1 starter last year. We're talking about the last two years. His combined numbers been far from Ace quality. It seems from your posts that you really don't want Prior here anymore and I really can't understand that sentiment. in 2003 he was amazingly good #1 starter numbers in 2004 he was shaky due to injury #3 starter numbers when pitching in 2005 he was downright cruising till he took a ball off the elbow and still ended up with #1 starter numbers He's only 25 I believe. TT proved his numbers last year - he started nibbling too much but other than that he had #1 starter numbers. Why do you want to get rid of him so badly when he's so young and could be one of the best if not THE best pitchers for years to come? I love Prior, but with all of his injuries, I am worried this is gonna keep happening every year. I know a couple were freak, but still. I also don't understand why he has pitched so far below the 2003 season the last 2 years. I am concerned he is a falling asset, and I don't want the Cubs to end up with nothing to show for what was once the most valuable asset in baseball on the pitching side.

Seconded. This gets filed under simply unthinkable things that have happened to the Cubs right up with Durham, Gonzalez, Bartman, the black cat, Victor Diaz and everything else. Don't forget Brant Brown!...and Gammons probably commented on that after it happened, so I'm blamming him for that too. Brant isn't as big a deal considering the Cubs actually made the playoffs. Neifi Perez turned fate on its ear on that one, which is almost too bad because it would've been a classic Cubs collapse story. Yeah, but for a few days there, I felt like I did after we lost to the Marlins.

Seconded. This gets filed under simply unthinkable things that have happened to the Cubs right up with Durham, Gonzalez, Bartman, the black cat, Victor Diaz and everything else. Don't forget Brant Brown!...and Gammons probably commented on that after it happened, so I'm blamming him for that too.