BigSlick

IMO, The Bears did improve during this off-season, but this probably won't be shown in their record. Hopefully the improvement will be shown in their postseason success.

The Royals are a really bad team. However, this does not change the fact that Buddy Bell is an awful awful manager.

I think it says guys don't like playing behind Rich. He is slow, throws lots of pitches and really doesn't get the defense involved (Lots of K's and flyballs). Whoa whoa whoa I'm not saying anything like that, I'm just saying it might affect Rich a little pyschologically. He plays his heart out and the bats never seem to pay him any favors. I know what you're saying. And I'm saying that maybe if he pitched a little faster (lower pitch counts, quicker innings) that the bats might pick him up more often. I'm saying that's crazy talk. Oh really? Have you eve played baseball before? Go ask a fielder how much they hate playing behind a Steve Trachsel type, then get back to me. Here's the thing...if all we went by was personal experience we'd be confused about a lot of things. For example, it seems like everytime I'm frustrated with traffic, Nickleback starts playing on the radio to add to my frustration. If I just went with my personal experience, I would believe there was a connection between my frustration and Nickleback being played on the radio (for the record, I don't have any fancy XM stuff or do I have a cd player for my vehicle, so I'm stuck with FM radio). However, if I were to look at the broadcast schedule for the radio station, I would see the the playlist was planned ahead of time and they play Nickleback every 5 minutes, so I am bound to hear Nickleback at a frequent rate when I am frustrated. The times I hear Nickleback while already frustrated stick out in my mind due to the excessive levels of frustration they cause at that time. ...The moral of my story is this: You can't make arguments based only on personal experience. Are you in the Chicagoland area? If so, just stick to 97.1 and occasionally 97.9 and 94.7 When 97.9 started playing Nickelback I knew my years on this Earth were numbered.

Guess who else takes pitches and walks a fair amount. Heres a hint: His name starts with a D and ends in Erek Lee

wow waited over 3 years to make a post and he brings the thunder with the first post. I dont know why you would hope not about Murton, I mean seriously would you rather Jones or Floyd face a lefty? Murton in RF against a lefty gives us our best chance to win. and you waited a mere 42 minutes to be a dick about it Chill out with the namecalling. Where does that gif come from?

I think it says guys don't like playing behind Rich. He is slow, throws lots of pitches and really doesn't get the defense involved (Lots of K's and flyballs). Whoa whoa whoa I'm not saying anything like that, I'm just saying it might affect Rich a little pyschologically. He plays his heart out and the bats never seem to pay him any favors.

With Rusty Jones, hopefully we dont have to pray. Lord knows that praying doesn't do us any good in Chicago anyway.

Its a nice thing all the stats disagree with you and we are actually still underperforming our talent by a couple games. BTW, those super talented Brewers you are so afraid of: still overpeforming slightly. BTW, where in my post did it state that I was afraid of the Brewers? Are you talking about stats like these? 8th in NL in RS 12th in NL in HR 10th in NL in OBP 9th in NL in SLG 9th in NL OPS You're right those numbers completely refute my point. And showing me only offensive numbers to argue my point? I should have said: "The stats taken as a whole tell you the opposite."

"CUBS score 4.67 R/G overall.... 3.00 R/G when Hill pitches " This says a lot. Score some for Hill, plz.

CUBS LOSE 3-0

COME ON METS

Gun to your head, Blanco or Kendall...who do you choose? Blanco had that ridiculous June (Or was it July) last year. I'll always smile when I think about it.

HOLY SH<< crow never tasted so delicious What's funny is I was just writing I agree Kendall sucks! I had to back space rather quickly... Nah, he still sucks. Like Jacque, the sun has to shine on a dog's ass at least once in a while. I prefer the Blind Squirrel -> Nut euphemism.

Theres something amusing about having 2 of possibly the worst hitters in the major leagues back to back.

Jock Jones trying as hard as possible to ground out. EDIT: THank you Jesus You struck out.

DeRosa, continue being awesome.

WORST UUMP EVER

WHY IS OHMAN STILL ON THE TEAM

Under no circumstances shall I consider him anything but a well below average hitter. he is well below average this year, lets not make him out to be neifi What year matters other than this year?

Under no circumstances shall I consider him anything but a well below average hitter.

What moves would have helped that inning. Lee didn't come through. Or Ramirez either. Having 5 hitters in the lineup that are really really bad?

I'm really dissapointed with this Cubs offense. Its completely punchless.

Its a nice thing all the stats disagree with you and we are actually still underperforming our talent by a couple games. BTW, those super talented Brewers you are so afraid of: still overpeforming slightly.

I'm still dismissing the Cardinals.

Wins are harder to get? Yeah, I guess, but being in first place in the lost column is being in first place in the only thing that matters. yes, wins are are always harder to get...duh! and being in first in the loss column is nothing if you got more games to play(more chances to lose) The reason that leading in losses matters more than Wins is because if you lead in Losses you have complete and total control of your own destiny. It is always possible to make up Wins, its impossible to make up Losses. You have to depend on the other team to lose for you. Of course with 50+ games to go, it doesn't matter.