Wow, 32 pages. Impressive. I wouldn't have expected a game thread to get up that high at this point in the season without at least a semi-super natural occurrence. Bart: Well, can't you see that's the last act of a desperate man? Howard Johnson: We don't care if it's the first act of Henry V, we're leaving!
And his OBP was higher than his SLG in several of those season. He had a terrible 2005 (.291/.325/.341 and 25 walks to go with 103 strikeouts) and is having an even worse 2006 (.258/.310/.311). To say he'd be redundant and wouldn't bring much offense is a bit of an understatement.
Buford's 2000 with the Cubs: .251/.324/.390 Pierre's 2006: .273/.318/.358 Pierre's 2005: .276/.326/.354 Pierre shouldn't be starting for any team that wants to contend.
They've had plenty of pre-game festivities since they opened it up a few weeks ago. That is a lot of confetti, though. At least they cleaned up the streamers.
He had a 3.22 ERA going into the game against the Cubs. He now sports a 4.43 after facing the Cubs, Red Sox, and Yankees. Oh, and the Cubs are still dead last in the majors in OPS against lefties. They're also the only NL team with an OPS against lefties below .700.
Found thisblogthat posts internet presale passwords. Nothing on the Bears yet, although I did read one message board that said it was "SAYERS." Apparently the season ticket holder playoff password was "BEARS." They're not too creative.