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  1. jersey cubs fan
    http://baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=649 Absurd to say the Cubs have 4 top 100 prospects? Seems a little strong. Vitters, Castro definitely belong in the top 100, but I don't think it is an "absurd" stretch to think J. Jackson, Cashner or Brett Jackson make the top 100. There are 8 names there.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Tennesse gained 320 yards with Troy on the field while Chicago gained 275 yards without him. There's no point in even bringing up what they could have done. Cutler looked pretty good, but the offense was not impressive.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    He has no business starting a MLB game right now. I wish the FO would stop being jackasses and just let him sit in the minors for a full season and work on stuff. Instead of jacking him around from the minors and majors 20 times a season. While having him up in the pen throughout the season at this point is stupid, I don't see the harm in letting him get an actual start right now with the Cubs all but out of it and the minor league season done. And I don't see the point of wishing bad on Samardzija at this point, considering he's already approaching his 25th birthday, has burned 3* option years, has ammassed over 400 professional innings on top of the 200 college innings and pretty much needs to start performing in the majors next year or be considered a lost cause. *I believe it's 3 since he signed his major league deal in January 2007, and has at one point been optioned back to the minors in all 3 subsequent seasons.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    What next step? He is the player he's been for 6 years. And there's no point in speculating about what could have been with a full season of Ramirez because other than being a consistently good player, he's also proven to be a guy who fairly consistently misses big chunks of time.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I still think Pittsburgh outplayed the Bears. Chicago outplayed the Packers and lost, then luck turned against the Steelers. And I think Pittsburgh got a little lucky in its win over Tennessee, as they don't seem willing to acknowledge that Tennessee missed two similar FGs in better conditions.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Oh my God, HE'S MARK-FREAKIN'-DEROSA. Well Rick Morrisey thinks they have to resign him to right a wrong and shut everybody up, so there's that. I'm sure these people don't care but he turns 35 this February and will have wrist surgery.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Why is this a foregone conclusion? It's not. However, Soriano will have to rebound for the Cubs to have a decent chance at making the playoffs next year. And Lee can't really take a step back either.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Brilliantly? They gained 43 yards over 3 drives in the first 1.5 quarters and 23 yards over 3 drives in the 3rd quarter. They punted 6 times. I think that game left a lot to be desired offensively.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    If his choices are coming back to Chicago and dealing with the fans, media, etc. or asking for his release, what would Bradley do? The MLBPA is better than the NFL union but if Bradley doesn't show up to ST, do the Cubs have to pay him? Another way around this is for Rickets to fire Hendry and then the new GM can say that Bradley gets a do over and they put all this behind them. And I'd have to think he'd eat less on the Hendry contract than Bradley's. If he doesn't show up to spring training they can start docking pay.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Well I meant the more, I hate these [expletive] and the way they act(i.e. Moises Alou) I figured that's what you meant, but I'd have to say I feel very similarly about this team. Baker and Alou are gone, and I love Lee and Ramirez now more than ever, but Bradley has pissed me off a lot (and at least Alou performed that year), Zambrano has been annoying, Miles is the new Neifi and I'm more annoyed with Hendry than ever. The foisting of Heilman and Gregg on this team as "necessary" veteran bullpen arms is just as frustrating. And while it's not on the same scale, the misuse of Harden and abandonment of the extra rest and "pretreatment" brings up past incidents of stupid decisions with pitchers. 2004 was opportunity lost, but at least they were in it up until the end. 2009 has been opportunity lost and they only seemed to be in it for about 2 weeks, and crumbled much sooner.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Where :shock: Wherever BBB secretly congregates for games.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    First of all I don't think adults are calling a toddler the n word. Then I tried to picture a scenario in which an adult could direct that kind of angry aggression towards a little tyke. All I could picture was a 3 year old version of MB brooding and stomping around which could totally be reality but I still can't see that prompting racial slurs upon him. Okay, that's freaking awful if true, but I don't see anyway that it is true. Parents, teachers and their kids? Seriously?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    By the way, I need to get myself some free chorizo and eggs on Sunday.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    That's what I was thinking. This season really killed you guys this much by being in 1st place as late as August? And on the miserable to root for, this team isn't in the same galaxy as '04. I really don't understand. I think it's right there with '04, but neither of those compares to '05 and '06.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    He was arguably not one of the top RBs before those two games. He's solid at every facet of the game. Not necessarily saying he's elite at running the ball. 3.9 y/carry isn't good, but you have to consider the context and the crap offense he was in and the 8 man fronts he was facing. When he's as good as he is catching the football and in pass protection, I don't see how you wouldn't put him there. I didn't say he definitely wasn't, but there's a very good argument to say he's not among the best RBs in the conference let alone the league. I believe there are extenuating circumstances that explain some of his shortfalls, but the fact is the Bears have had several RBs have solid seasons since Neil Anderson and none of them have been top RBs in the league. Forte still has to do it. He's got a better line and a much better QB so there really isn't any excuse.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Contrary to what EVERYBODY is saying, the Cubs don't have to deal Bradley. He wouldn't be the first player suspended by a team and then kept on the roster. He also wouldn't be the first guy to wear out his welcome, burn all bridges, and stay in town. If you have to eat his entire contract, get back nothing in return, and maybe even take on a similarly bad or worse contract, then just don't make a deal.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I get the feeling they aren't going to be taking a step forward, but as long as they don't take a step back, I won't be all that disappointed.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    He was arguably not one of the top RBs before those two games.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Yes, your inexplicable defense of Bradley certainly is.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    He's also the moron who signed that guy to a ridiculous contract that was always going to be a noose around this team's neck eventually. And you can't use injuries as excuse when you fill your team with 30-somethings who have injury histories.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    This is all kinds of ridiculous. Bradley is a prick who did this to himself why can't you accept this and stop pretending he's worth defending?
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Physical defects, ouch.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    What a cop-out. He had information at the time and the information said Hendry made the team worse in the offseason. It was said at the time. It's also been true that he's been here for several years with tons of money to spend and he's created far too many disappointing moves.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Which is something that tends to lead to an entire group being labeled as racist. Dusty acted as though the only people who didn't appreciate him as a manager must have been racists, and Bradley has insinuated the same thing. People hate Bradley becuase he was a disappointing player and a complete [expletive], but he wants to act as though those people hate him because they are racist, and there are plenty of people who want to share that opinion. Plus, Bradley wants to pretend that racism is what ruined the Cubs/Bradley relationship even though it was completely due to his [thought this made up word was going to be censored].
  25. jersey cubs fan
    you stole my joke
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