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Mabry at 3rd? are you serious? Doesn't he play some third? yeah he can play the corner IF positions as well as the corner OF positions. Thought so.

Mabry at 3rd? are you serious? Doesn't he play some third?

And another thing - WHY THE HECK DID NEIFI COME IN THE GAME OVER MABRY?

This is really not good.

Wow Ronny you must be hanging out with Nefi too much. Tejada for Prior please.

Jock is so good.

S T U D

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RALLY KILLER

Barret swings at ball 4. :shock:

This is the Cubs? :?

Good inning by Marshall.

Brenly thinks Guillen is one of the best players in the game :roll:

Ram stinks.

Thank goodness.

PIERREOWNEDD

That was Cubs-esque by the Nats there.

Yeah he has been neifi-esque lately. His average has dipped to .281 and his OBP is probably under .300 by now.

Actually, I (along with a number of other posters) said that keeping Patterson was a better option than trading for Pierre, and that Nomar for a year was a decent option. And quite a few advocated for Prior for Tejada. This isn't about hindsight-people have been saying these things since October. Nomar would have been fine in RF-certainly no worse (from a throwing standpoint) than Jones. There are very few logical arguments why he wouldn't be. There is no way that anyone could possibly think Nomar could do as well as Jones in throwing from RF unless you use hindsight to look at Jones' problems this year, which proves my point. Jones was noted for having a very good arm while Nomar makes Pierre look good. ] This is true.

Ha, Marshall has one less RBI then slapstick.

Did you think a game between two woefully inept franchises merits more than that? BBTN: SOX YANKEES SOX YANKEES YANKEES SOX YANKEES SOX SOX SOX SOX SOX SOX YANKEES YANKEES YANKEES YANKEES CARDINALS BARRY BONDS ALBERT PUJOLS BARRY BONDS YANKEES ROGER CLEMENS YANKEES SOX SOX SOX SOX YANKEES BARRY BONDS BABE RUTH YANKEES BARRY BONDS YANKEES YANKBONDSEES SOX BONDS BONDS BONDS BONDS YANKEES SOX SOX YANKEES BONDS HOW BONDS RELATES TO THE YANKEES OTHER TEAMS OTHERS TEAMS VS. YANKEES BONDS Its almost a HatGuy article. *&(09kjlkjas;fk ksjdf;li3888 kasjfl [/john kruk] Craig Counsell is the MVP of the leauge right now, man. The Cubs could use a 2B like him, so I have come up with an idea. The Cubs should trade Mark Prior to the Yankees for Robinson Cano! Hell, throw in that Zambrano feller! Cano is the next Sandberg!

He better not miss the chance to grab Carlos Lee this off season, or I will go nuts.

Well, then why bother? Why bother with what? I have followed the Cubs since I can remember, but them winning or not winning the world series wouldn't change my life or give me a sense of satisfaction. I'd be happy and hope to see it one day, but it does nothing for personal satisfaction. It would be different if I played or worked for the Cubs, but I'm just a fan. See the Red Sox fans for example. They won a couple years ago for the first time forever and they're even more rabid than ever. If they were truly satisfied, the fans would just show up and cheer for anything the Sox do on the field. They don't so obviously the Red Sox title two years didn't satisfy their fans. Enjoying, or getting any satisfaction out of a team's success is completely different from "being satisfied". Enjoyment and satisfaction are temporary feelings. Being satisfied suggests permanence. The players themselves typically don't remain satisfied with winning one. So, you're suggestion that you can't take any satisfaction from a win because you aren't part of the team doesn't jive with the rest of your statement. Hey, if you can passively observe this team without any emotional ties getting involved, more power to you. But then I'd refrain from admonishing those who have taken an emotional stake in the team from expressing disappointment in how they are run. You don't care. Fine. Others do. MANY others do.

I'd go: 1. Dusty 2. Hendry 3. The guys Henry brought in this year (Pierre esp - quit grounding out to 2nd!) 4. ARam 5. Luck, Bad (Lee) Dusty gets primary blame for 2 reasons - (1) no this isn't a 100-win team with what Hendry assembled, but it isn't a team that should be shut-out 5 times in a 2-week span or lose 9 straight. Dusty's supposed to be a great player's manager, but he hasn't gotten the most out of these guys. His "be aggressive" policy isn't helping either; and (2) I blame Dusty in part for the injuries to Wood & Prior's arms. He worked them to death in '03 and just overuses young pitchers too much for my taste. I guess if we had won the WS that year, I wouldn't complain. But we didn't, so I do. Hendry gets the blame for bringing in Pierre and Jones to play key roles on this team. And also for the likes of Bynum, Mabry, and Neifi being our primary options off the bench. A disgrace for a major-market team really. I don't really blame the Trib b/c they could give Hendry $400m and he'd blow half of it on crap like Jones and Perez and the other half overpaying for decent players (I still think Hendry overpaid for the bullpen guys). Until we see Hendry hot after a difference maker and get outbid by another team b/c of budget, I can't really blame the Trib. Nahh. It goes ... 1. Hendry for a horrible off season. 2. Dusty for being a bad coach 3. Trib for not getting rid of these bums.

Pre Lee - Pierre Murton Walker Ramirez Barret Jones Cedeno Hairston/Mabry Pitcher Post Lee - Walker Murton Lee Ramirez Barret Jones Cedeno Pierre/Pie Pitcher And yes, Youk is a beast. I would trade Ramirez and Hairston for Youk, Crisp/Pena, and Lorreta. Seems fair for both sides. :lol: