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I think he was pretty solid in the 2nd half actually. I remember seeing something about how he had one of the top 5 ERA's (maybe top 10) post-ASB. Still though, he shouldn't be pitching this well. Yeah, Suppan was 6-2 with a 2.39 ERA in 15 starts after the All-Star Break, so he's been amazing somehow for a while now. Pretty baffling. Perhaps the Cubs should inquire about him? Is Suppan a free agent? I'm not surprised he's not being talked about more, especially when I just looked up his stats. His highest ERA any of the last 4 years was 4.19, and he going to consistently put up an ERA close to 4. That's always a solid starter-certainly a big step down from the elite starters, but he's just as good as anyone else.

I think he was pretty solid in the 2nd half actually. I remember seeing something about how he had one of the top 5 ERA's (maybe top 10) post-ASB. Still though, he shouldn't be pitching this well. Yeah, Suppan was 6-2 with a 2.39 ERA in 15 starts after the All-Star Break, so he's been amazing somehow for a while now.

I just looked it up. Piniella was asked about managing at Wrigley. He was talking about the park, and I think he is referencing that at Wrigley the wind blows in more than it does out. Here is a quote right after the ones that have already been mentioned in this thread:

Parker and Housh are the two I feel most confident about, then I would start TO and Jones next. I'd select Coles as my flex player. Johnson doesn't score enough, Addai and Jones-Drew are risky (they are big one week, not so big the next week right now-it depends on how the game goes if they even get double digit carries right now)

There wasn't really any time for their to be a market for Glendon. One site I'm looking at has Glendon being signed on Halloween last year. I'm not sure that's quite right, but I know it was before free agency actually started. I'm sure somebody would have given Glendon at least a couple million dollars last year, just like somebody will give Jason Marquis that money this year. Marquis sucks, but comparing Rusch's career to his is doing Glendon a big favor. Is it? Throw out this year for Rusch (since I'm comparing each one of them before going to free agency-so Rusch before last years free agency, and Marquis before this year's free agency) Here are their last 5 years before that free agency Rusch:01: 8-12, 4.63 ERA, 1.45 WHIP 02: 10-16, 4.70 ERA, 1.44 WHIP 03: 1-12, 6.42 ERA, 1.75 WHIP 04: 6-2, 3.47 ERA, 1.23 WHIP 05: 9-8, 4.52 ERA, 1.57 WHIP Marquis: 02: 8-9, 5.04 ERA, 1.54 WHIP 03: 0-0, 5.53 ERA, 1.50 WHIP 04: 15-7, 3.71 ERA, 1.42 WHIP 05: 13-14, 4.13 ERA, 1.33 WHIP 06: 14-16, 6.02 ERA, 1.52 WHIP I'd rank their seasons in this order: Rusch 04, Marquis 04, Marquis 05, Rusch 05/Rusch 01/Rusch 02 (they are all about the same season), Marquis 02, Marquis 03, Marquis 06, Rusch 03. So Rusch in their 10 combined seasons before free agency had 4 out of the best 6 seasons-I don't see why the comparison would not be valid whatsoever.

My thought always would be on that-if you could only buy one and keep it on your shelf, which one would it be? Which ones are such classics that you can continue to enjoy them?

I agree with all of those-Bond movies could even be split up by actor possibly (since people look at the different movies very differently). Also, the Terminator movies, possibly the Superman and Batman movies. I'm sure there are more important ones out there that I'm not thinking of.

Two others that quickly come to mind for me are Back to the Future and the Rocky movies.

There wasn't really any time for their to be a market for Glendon. One site I'm looking at has Glendon being signed on Halloween last year. I'm not sure that's quite right, but I know it was before free agency actually started. I'm sure somebody would have given Glendon at least a couple million dollars last year, just like somebody will give Jason Marquis that money this year.

A comment that was made by somebody else got me thinking about a new contest. What about doing movie franchises as a contest? The franchise would have to be at least a trilogy to be eligible, but it can be more movies than that. Franchises with big breaks in them that have at least 3 movies on each side (like Star Wars or Star Trek old/new) can be divided up into each section. What do all of you think about that idea, and if you wanted to do it, what would be some nominations that you would want to see in the contest?

It was simply a combination of factors for 2006. One was that a significant amount of our money did not give us much this year. Wood-12 mil Lee-9.5 mil Maddux-9 mil Prior-3.65 mil That's over 34 million right there that didn't produce past April (and some of them didn't produce at all). Wood, Lee, and Prior were due to injuries-and Maddux's contract was seen as the overpaying to get us over the top which did not happen. There was about 10 million in contracts given out to non-producing players as well-so add that in there. The key to the Cubs was this year simply was their depth. They did not build enough depth into their starting pitching or the middle of their order-and those are the two places that got hit by the injury bug. That's what destroyed them more than really anything.

I'd be fine with a Lugo signing, but I'm a little scared of him. He's gotten much better the last two years, but really struggled when he came over to the National League. If Izturis was traded and Lugo played short, I would be fine with him-at second, I'd rather look at some other options first.

What is the general consensus on Matthews? My guess is that he will get a deal too expensive and too long for his skills. Other opinions? I would agree with that assessment. He has a chance of being productive enough for his contract, but he's probably not going to outperform his contract, and there is a pretty good possibility he won't live up to his contract. It wouldn't be a very good risk IMO.

They booed Santa Clause, that's all you need to know It wasn't that great of a movie, to be fair. What movie? That actually happened. It was a joke because the e was added on to the end of Santa Claus, which made it the movie with Tim Allen in it rather than the person.

Well, I guess the bye week still didn't help the Colts injury situation that much. Wednesday injury report came out with 21 players questionable. Notable names include several starters on defense (Freeney, Reagor, Gardner, Sanders) our 3rd and 4th corners (Jackson, Hayden) pretty much all of our backup defensive linemen (Reid, Klecko, LaCasse, Thomas), our starting center and 2nd tight end for our 2 tight end formation (Saturday, Utecht) our 3rd, 4th, and 5th receivers (Stokely, Moorehead, Wilkins) and our kicker and punter, along with a couple of others. I hope half of those players can play, or else you might see people at positions you have never seen before.

I don't know how many different threads this argument needs to span before it gets read, but this is a poor observation. Please go and study Sorianos career splits and then reconsider your opinion. His best numbers are continually demonstrated at leadoff, with mediocre to poor numbers in the 3 and 5 hole (respective to what you want out of those slots). The big-time flashy numbers that make Soriano attractive occur at leadoff, and it is easily his best lineup split for his career. Sometimes a spade is a spade - Washington figured that out. Where did he bad in 2002 and 2003? Granted his best numbers occured this season but was that due to him batting leadoff, or just improving as a ballplayer?(or sadly a contract season) I simply can't agree with putting that kind of RBI potential at leadoff. In 2002 and 2003 Soriano was a leadoff hitter. In 2004, he batted 3rd. In 2005, it was mostly 5th, and in 2006 he was back to leadoff. Soriano certainly seems like somebody who a team would want to put in another spot in the lineup, but it appears like he is more comfortable at leadoff.

This is the first week that my market has 3 very good games on it. I am unfortunately in the Titans zone, but this is their bye week. I get to see Pittsburgh-Atlanta, Carolina-Cincinnati, and my Colts play the Redskins. This looks like the start of 3 weeks in a row that I get to see the Colts on TV, which makes me very happy.

It is ridiculous, but it certainly won't be unprecented whatsover. For example 2000-Washington beats Miami, Miami beats Florida State, they all finish 10-1, rankings go FSU-2, Miami-3, Washington-4. Or 1993 when ND beat FSU and then lost to BC in a very close game, and FSU got the nod and won the national title. The system always seems to be in college football that head to head is close to meaningless, and it's all about SOS and when a team lost. Michigan being behind ND if they lose to OSU or OSU being behind Texas if they lose to Michigan will just be a continuation of the college football tradition.

I am also a big fan of Murton, but he provided absolutely no evidence that he can hold down center field...even in Wrigley. Bad breaks on balls...even misjudged a few. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here...Matt's barely adequate in left. I can't see him playing every day in center, at least not for long. Ditto for Jones. A Lee/Jones Murton outfield would be among the worst defensively in the league, and Jones and Murton at this point are league average offensive players. A shoddy defensive outfield like that would have to be way way way above average offensively to compensate, like a hypothetical Sheffield/Garciaparra/Lee or something like that. Which Murton did you watch? Of the three he seemed to have the greatest learning curve for Wrigley. His fielding pecentage is better than Jim Edmonds and better than Jones, with the upside of youth, speed and learning the field he could be a great one. I also think Murton is better for Wrigley, but only because his strengths play better into Wrigley than a person like Jones. Jones is much better going back towards the wall and struggles sometimes coming in, while Murton has a great deal of trouble near the wall but can make the plays in his range everywhere else. Of course, Murton's arm is better because it's more accurate (I think Jacque's arm is actually stronger, but who can tell when his throws go into the ground or 10 feet over the catcher's head).

There were a couple of threads. Here was one of them. It wasn't the most explicit one he made, but this will give you the idea-it's about 3/4 of the way down the first page. viewtopic.php?t=35835&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

The Colts have traded a 2nd round pick for Booger McFarland of TB. Does anybody know if he has gas left in the tank?

Will someone please explain to me why people still think of Soriano as a leadoff hitter? It's where he's most comfortable and his OBP of .368 at the number 1 slot last year ain't all that bad. Its not bad at all, but his SLG is much more beneficially a bit farther down in the order. That's true, but when courting a free agent one has to be amenable to some things they may want, and letting Soriano bat leadoff would be a fine concession to make to him.

I doubt his a Cub on Opening day. He's good option for a lot of clubs espically with his low pay. That's certainly a distinct possibility as well-thankfully, when we didn't sell him high near the end of July(when most everyone was convinced his numbers were going to continue to plummet in the second half with his tough July)-now with his August and September, we have a chance to sell him at an even higher value-if we choose to do that.

I don't know if he'll start out with a platoon or not. However, Lou is the type of the guy that can't stand failure so much, I bet there will be a platoon by the start of May if not sooner, as long as there is a decent option to replace him in right available.

maybe you should get a receiver that can catch. LOL..I do, Reggie Wayne is on his bye week, and another receiver got hurt. He's all I had left.