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Why the hell is Williams still out there? Hes walking the tightrope the whole game, but dusty sends him out for the 6th?

Cubs lead by 22 runs this season. They also have a BA that is .018 above the D-backs and a SLG that is .038 above. The D-Backs have a slight (.002) advantage in OBP. I'd say the Cubs offense is better. You know what I don't get? We are ahead of the White Sox in OBP, SLG, and BA, but they have seriously outscored us. What's up with that? Pitching. I dont think their pitching has caused them to outscore us.

I just want to point on, in true Fred style, that we are 4 and 2 when you freak out by the 4th inning and say you're leaving.

They called his house and asked his wife if she was pregnant.

Fine, so when the Cubs fail to score the runner from 3rd with no outs, or a Cubs pitcher blows a pretty good lead late in the game, you can sit there and sing "kumbaya" while I express my displeasure with thier performance. Yes, because those of us who don't boo obviously are happy when the Cubs struggle. Again, what does booing accomplish? Are the players so stupid they don't understand when they failed and need the fans booing to help them figure it out? In regards to what oldcubsfan mentioned, I really liked Ryan Dempster's quotes on the topic. By that logic, what good would complaining about the Cubs/Hendry/Dusty do on this board? Why even do it if its such a big fat waste of time and won't change anything? NSBB has become popular enough now to where some of the people affiliated with the Cubs have read it. Do you think posting your displeasure on an internet message board is going to change things, either? Not a flame, Raisin, I'm just trying to make a point. Maybe I'm misreading you, but do you really think that all the complaining on this board about Dusty and the Cubs matters to the organization? Do you truly think a business decision is made because of posts on this board? You are misreading me. I'm saying that's NOT the case. Raisin said something to the effect of "booing won't help a player become better" and I said "well, by that logic posting about something you dislike in the Cubs orgaization on this board won't make things better, either, so what's the point?" Booing isnt quite the same as having a discussion, either, so that makes no sense.

wait, tony clark is hitting .330? did i just step int0 1998, or what?

plz interject this into every thread

i think any male genetalia that looks like that would be pretty funny looking

that was easily the worse slide i have ever seen in my life. Any higher and he would have kicked him in the face. I think it was one of those things where your body acts ahead of your brain. I think everyone has done something like that before, just not in front of a million people. Sammy (unlike ARod and Fick) apologized immediately and afterwards, so I think this is probably a non-issue.

I disagree. When a player is young like Murton and is developing, it is best that he gets to play everyday and to develop and mature as a player. You don't learn much sitting on the bench. He will have to hit righties some day, he needs to play now. You probably need to read the story from yesterday's game. According to Murton, it sounds as if he's learning a lot in games when he sits. Well what's he going to say? I need to play against Righty's but Dusty won't let me? Of course he's gonna say he's learning alot. He's a rookie with no pull. Just like a little lemming in an office that never contradicts the boss. Also, I really don't see Francouer and the rest of the bunch sitting in Atlanta and watching. They play, and they play alot. further, it's not like Holly's tearing it up in the least bit. I love when fans can only retort, "what's he going to say" when what is quoted doesn't coincide with their argument. Yeah, there's no way Murton learns anything while on the bench even though cameras have shown him talking with players. Yeah, the kids in Atlanta are playing, but so is a dinosaur like Franco. I wonder if you'd even know their names if we hadn't played the Braves? I wonder if you were the manager and they went 1-30 would you had stayed with them or benched them? See, our decisions never get seen so we don't get to critique your ideas. I don't like Hollandsworth and it ticks me off that he's still striking out on pitches he struck out on eight and nine years ago. But I'm done griping about Hollandsworth because I did it ever since he was promised more playing time by Hendry and Baker. I also recognize that Murton's success so far has been because he's hitting only against lefties. His five strikeouts in 10 at-bats against righties leads me to believe that he should slowly get worked in against righties. I don't want to see him against Schmidt, Clemens, Oswalt, Carpenter, etc. You mean the same way Dusty fans say "well, whats Dusty supposed to say?" when he talks about how great Neifi etc... is?

Yeah, this should be a real fun thread.

its a heart you pervert.

Ehh, well, that sounds like a lot of fun. Your team is really good, you might have more fun actually talking about them with fellow fans that also feel the same way that you do, instead of going to a rival teams website to trash them and stick up for their rivals. But I mean, whatever floats your boat.

yeah, come to a cubs messageboard and cry about not getting enough attention. I dont think you thought this cunning plan all the way through.

Have fun Mrs. Baseball

lackey lackey lackey lackey

It was the special olympics, theyre both winners.

Don't boo! Don't boo, people. Be more specific! THE WAY YOU ARE PLAYING MAKES ME FEEL BAD INSIDE!!!! a million points to da people who know who said this

Brandon Wood plz

If Lee turned the 25 extra K's he has into balls in play, about 9 of them would fall in for hits (theoretically speaking, anyway). This would make his average .391, instead of .367.

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/boxscore/MLB_20050727_CIN@LA 5 sb's today.

I think they might do it simply because they're ridding themselves of Manny's salary. They've made it perfectly clear they'd get rid of the contract for nothing in return in the past. Let's say for the moment that Boston would, if given the chance, get rid of Manny, getting nothing in return, just to get out from his contract. If this is true, why would they want to trade him to us, taking on 13 million dollars from us in the process? Manny @ 20 million is better than Wood/Patterson/Murton @ 13 million

You should take a ton of money and blow it on the third base coach's jersey and surprise the hell out of everyone.

A 10 million dollar broken down reliever, a cf who is hitting .180 in AAA, and a 24 year old rookie with no pop in his bat, for one of the three best hitters in baseball?

Guess what? I'm just as mad as you are, I just choose to express myself in a way that doesn't make me look like a jerk.