oldstyle81

Id agree with the pitching to contact if Z had the command of Maddux but he can be very wild and that would hurt him

Z is lookin a lot better today thus far

yes

k lookin

there goes the no hitter

the border isint close

Neither did I! :shock: Where did THAT come from? That's comparable to Z busting out a knuckle curve or forkball. he has been doing it, its not the first time ive seen him do that

i must say, when Hendry said Hill wouldnt be apart of any deal, im glad he meant it

you know you will, why lie

i think the cold really had something to do with it in cincinatti

i disagree with you, the high socks are ugly wether its wearing them right or not

No we have always played well up there

Soriano and Pierre play and bat and play the same position, id glady take the HUGE and yes i MEAN HUGE offensive improvement Soriano is Pierre had 16 win shares, Soriano had 30. The difference is 14 win shares, which is 4.3 wins over a 162 game season. Izturis is batting 8th, he by default will not bat as much as Pierre did last year and his spot isint as important seeing there is still distance between him and the power hitters The difference is like 40 PA, and with Soriano batting leadoff, the distance between him and Soriano and Pierre and Lee/Ramirez is the same. Lee and 79 wins, thus proving my point that he alone is worth more than the 12 games you think this team is capable of winning, now add Soriano, Derosa ect Now add 27 starts of Prior 10 starts from Wood, Half a season of Nomar, Todd Walker mostly full season...etc Imagine Ramirez numbers if the guy infront of him had a 400obp like lee I did...in 2005 Wait till miller and marquis suck, Prior is healthy, Guzman can go, we can always make trades at the trading deadline. With the trib for sale and a $120 mil payroll already we won't be doing much. No more Neifi batting first and second everyday while other players sit on the bench because they dont have experience The distance between izturis and soriano are the same, yes, but its completely different than Pierre batting directly ahead of Lee, Ramirez ect. you must think the NL has the DL and we dont have to worry about the pitcher spor Wasant Ramirez hurt a lot of the 2005 season, oh yeah, he was, he only played in 123 games thus making your point mute. IF you can say for sure that we wont be doing much id love to hear your source since everything ive heard has the only thing on hold is Zambranos contract.

They went from playing in temps in the 90s low 100's for over a month to playing in 25 degree weather within a matter of 24 hours

its almost like you want the cubs to lose just so you can say you were right about thinking they would suck. No I just am still bitter about the last 2 seasons, really hurt by watchin the White Sox and Cardinals win world series, and I basically refused to buy into Spring Training optimism like almost everyone else on the board did. I knew it would take more then one season to turn that sorry 2006 team around, but Hendry decided to throw tons of money at mediocre players, leaving the team in a horrible position financially for the next 4-5 years. Don't get me wrong, I want the Cubs to win every game...but they won't. They'll only win around 78 of them. yep we will only win 12 more games than last year with this team. Why is that so hard to believe? Our team OBP was completely not addressed in the offseason. I don't care what you saw in the spring, players don't just randomly get more patient, especially veteran hitters like most of this team is. Our starting pitching is a bunch of spare pieces who can only succeed if they all have career years. Bullpens, our only strength, are a crapshoot at best, which is way only the best relievers don't have up and down careers. Taking all of that into account... You think replacing the crap we had at 1B last year with a full season of Derrek Lee, Juan Pierre with Alfonso Soriano, along with significant improvements in the rotation (as bad as you think it may be this year, last year it was worse), only equals 12 more wins? obviously he does I do, I'm pretty sure the win shares equal something around there. I could be wrong though. Stats are like a girl in a bikini, they show a lot but not everything

Soriano and Pierre play and bat and play the same position, id glady take the HUGE and yes i MEAN HUGE offensive improvement Soriano is Izturis is batting 8th, he by default will not bat as much as Pierre did last year and his spot isint as important seeing there is still distance between him and the power hitters Lee and 79 wins, thus proving my point that he alone is worth more than the 12 games you think this team is capable of winning, now add Soriano, Derosa ect Imagine Ramirez numbers if the guy infront of him had a 400obp like lee Wait till miller and marquis suck, Prior is healthy, Guzman can go, we can always make trades at the trading deadline[/b] No more Neifi batting first and second everyday while other players sit on the bench because they dont have experience

its almost like you want the cubs to lose just so you can say you were right about thinking they would suck. No I just am still bitter about the last 2 seasons, really hurt by watchin the White Sox and Cardinals win world series, and I basically refused to buy into Spring Training optimism like almost everyone else on the board did. I knew it would take more then one season to turn that sorry 2006 team around, but Hendry decided to throw tons of money at mediocre players, leaving the team in a horrible position financially for the next 4-5 years. Don't get me wrong, I want the Cubs to win every game...but they won't. They'll only win around 78 of them. yep we will only win 12 more games than last year with this team. Why is that so hard to believe? Our team OBP was completely not addressed in the offseason. I don't care what you saw in the spring, players don't just randomly get more patient, especially veteran hitters like most of this team is. Our starting pitching is a bunch of spare pieces who can only succeed if they all have career years. Bullpens, our only strength, are a crapshoot at best, which is way only the best relievers don't have up and down careers. Taking all of that into account... You think replacing the crap we had at 1B last year with a full season of Derrek Lee, Juan Pierre with Alfonso Soriano, along with significant improvements in the rotation (as bad as you think it may be this year, last year it was worse), only equals 12 more wins? obviously he does

its almost like you want the cubs to lose just so you can say you were right about thinking they would suck. No I just am still bitter about the last 2 seasons, really hurt by watchin the White Sox and Cardinals win world series, and I basically refused to buy into Spring Training optimism like almost everyone else on the board did. I knew it would take more then one season to turn that sorry 2006 team around, but Hendry decided to throw tons of money at mediocre players, leaving the team in a horrible position financially for the next 4-5 years. Don't get me wrong, I want the Cubs to win every game...but they won't. They'll only win around 78 of them. yep we will only win 12 more games than last year with this team. Why is that so hard to believe? Our team OBP was completely not addressed in the offseason. I don't care what you saw in the spring, players don't just randomly get more patient, especially veteran hitters like most of this team is. Our starting pitching is a bunch of spare pieces who can only succeed if they all have career years. Bullpens, our only strength, are a crapshoot at best, which is way only the best relievers don't have up and down careers. Soriano No piere grounding out constantly to second Full season of Lee Protection for Ramirez no revolving door of no name pitchers no dusty baker no neifi perez throwing balls into the ground and bunting. no glendon rusch i dont know how you can say our only strength is the bullpen

its gotta be a shock to your system to go from playing in 95-100 degree heat for a month to playing in 25 degree cold in a matter of 24 hours

its almost like you want the cubs to lose just so you can say you were right about thinking they would suck. No I just am still bitter about the last 2 seasons, really hurt by watchin the White Sox and Cardinals win world series, and I basically refused to buy into Spring Training optimism like almost everyone else on the board did. I knew it would take more then one season to turn that sorry 2006 team around, but Hendry decided to throw tons of money at mediocre players, leaving the team in a horrible position financially for the next 4-5 years. Don't get me wrong, I want the Cubs to win every game...but they won't. They'll only win around 78 of them. yep we will only win 12 more games than last year with this team. if healthy

and Soriano, Lee and Ramirez wont go homerless for long

send ohman down and bring up Cherry

its almost like you want the cubs to lose just so you can say you were right about thinking they would suck.

getting rid of rothschild wouldve been a smart thing when Piniella was hired

well there goes this game