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  1. jersey cubs fan
    If it's that game, then it's Richie Hebner.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    That game sure ended in a crazy (Cubs like) way. Ryno led off the 10th with a triple... and didn't score. But they won after 2 IBB and a single by Mel Hall driving in Sarge.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198404200.shtml Given the condition of the ivy I bet it took place in April and not September. It looks like a guy with decent height who is somewhat lanky. Doesnt' look like Sarge to me. Leon Durham PH in that game and got on base. Keith Moreland #6, PH as well and didn't get on. My guess is it's Bull with Moreland at bat. Also, Kent Tekulve is on the mound he wasn't in the box score you posted but is in this one. And the 9th Leon Durham pinch hits for Larry Bowa (SS) batting 8th b9 4-4 2 --- CHC L. Durham C. Guante 3% 56% Single Richie Hebner pinch hits for Lee Smith (P) batting 9th b9 4-4 2 1-- CHC R. Hebner C. Guante 5% 61% Single; Durham to 2B Kent Tekulve replaces Cecilio Guante pitching and batting 9th Keith Moreland pinch hits for Henry Cotto (CF) batting 1st
  4. jersey cubs fan
    There has to be a McDonald's on the property, so that restaurant will be serving Big Macs. I don't get it. From the Tribune story Oh, the other one just says foreseeable future, which I assumed meant until they actually build something there. That's fine though. McDonald's can co-exist with a real place. Or the restaurant can go in the Triangle.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    There has to be a McDonald's on the property, so that restaurant will be serving Big Macs. I don't get it.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    ahhhhh, Torco
  7. jersey cubs fan
    the story says odonnel will be sitting as well
  8. jersey cubs fan
    no idea but I'm fairly certain it predates the lights.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Eh, wasn't he like the 3rd fallback hire after their initial choices blew up in their faces? And the program is in complete limbo with all the conference nonsense. I don't have a problem with him turning around and leaving after 1 year, and I'm also a little hesistant to believe initial stories about how it was done. It either comes from emotional football players or administrators that have a tendency to paint the departing in a bad light before welcoming in the new guy.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Same baseball budget as last year, plus the draft and IFA budget will basically be cut in half. That adds back ... $8 million or so? There have been whispers since last summer that the Cubs intend to significantly lower MLB payroll. We've brushed them off as nonsensical. Now we're two months into the offseason, and everything the Cubs have actually done (including making an offer to Pujols that he was never seriously going to consider) support that hypothesis. They also support other possibilities, like the team going stealth on Fielder or really preferring Darvish or something, but the "Cubs are going to get cheap under Ricketts" hypothesis has yet to be disproven. There were rumors that the minor league portion of the payroll would take away from the major league, not that they were going to signficantly decrease the baseball budget.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    I'm still liking this idea, 5/125, with a mutual option for a 6th year at $30m that kicks in with an MVP award in any year, or top three in voting in any 2 years. He's not going to get the MVP votes if he's not awesome and the team isn't winning. And if he is, you'll have been more than happy with the contract. Toss in a buyout if the 6th year doesn't kick in, and an opt-out after the 4th year so that he can go for another mega deal when all the big market AL teams are back looking at DH/1B types, and structure it so that he's getting a little more than $25m per in the first four years, which makes it more valuable to him and maybe entices him to opt-out when you want him to. So you might be looking at something like 5/135 if all he does is come here, play okay and the team doesn't win. 4/108 if he comes here and plays well enough to get another mega-deal at age 31, or 6/155-160 if he comes here, the team wins and he plays really well.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    If Prince is confident he'll stay productive, he should take the 6/150. His next contract could take him to his 40s. If he's a soon to be 36 year old 1B, I'm not so sure the interest will be there. Especially not coming off 8 years in Seattle.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    What's the current line? Palko finally got banished, which could mean they are actually competitive(if Orton is/stays healthy) or it's the worst loss yet(if Stanzi gets the nod). It's only 14. KC has lost by more than that 5 times and GB has won by more than that 4 times.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    That's part of the problem with going that route. It is much more difficult and much less likely to work out in the end. You need multiple moving parts to come into place. Sometimes it's your only choice, like when you are already up against budgetary restraints. Or when the only available free agents play positions you have already filled. The extremely realistic free agent signing that fits exactly what you have is a bird in hand, while the theoretical trade is one bird flying in and out of several bushes.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    After those veterans allowed fried chicken, beer and video games to sabotage the Red Sox, I'm not sure why the Cubs would want anything to do with them.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    There's your multi-level parking lot with entrances on Addison and Clark, as well as room for a restaurant and museum on top. This leaves the triange building as more of an in-game revenue draw.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    That's pretty big news. It's always had so much potential but I have not heard about it being discussed as a potential spot for development. That could house a tremendous facility.
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  19. jersey cubs fan
    Imagine how crappy his teams would have been if they played in a real division.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    You don't always take it, especially if the opportunity exists for even more down the road, and that doesn't exist after 8 years in Seattle.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Because the Cubs can't contend for another 4 years so there's no point. See, what we'll do is not sign anybody good just to prove they can't contend.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    How is being at a disadvantage evidence of being able to split evenly with them? Boston is going to have an advantage given their place as the only game in town, not to mention the region. They dominate one of the wealthiest parts of the country with absolutely no competition for eyeballs, plus they have the advantage of a DH spot.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Quit being such a dolt. It is to the Cubs immense advantage that they are in need of a position with a player readily available while the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Phillies, Angels and Dodgers are not in the bidding. Why are you pretending that is not an accurate and fair statement?
  24. jersey cubs fan
    The fact that there are numerous productive 1B, or 1B types, does not mean it is all that easy to find them. The Cubs don't have one. You actually do need to acquire them and there are non on the horizon in the system, nor through other likely acquisition possibilities. The Cubs went through the Matt Stairs and Fred McGriff are good enough stage already. You can hide a lower tier 1B out there and not get killed, if you have some studs elsewhere, but the Cubs have no other impact bats. You can't fill your roster with all 6 hitters.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Um, yes. They are operating at a $30-60 million advantage to the Cubs. What kind of a question is that?
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