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  1. jersey cubs fan
    day game after a night game is hardly an ideal solution
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Huh? When did that happen? (The NFL thing) when ABC had it a couple of years ago ABC was still doing MNF a couple years ago, and their entire production staff is essentially run by the same people at ESPN. I don't see how that is a problem.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I don't have a problem with the day baseball in the playoffs. First off, it's the first two games of the first round. There are going to be much more important prime time games down the road. Secondly, fan bases deal with day playoffs all the time. I remember when the Cubs were in the playoffs in 2003 and received prime time slotting ahead of the Yankees, who had to play a day game or two. It happens. It's much better than playing all games at the same time. And third, come on people, we've been dealing with day baseball forever, is it really that hard to adjust schedules to watch or listen to a game during the day? People do that in April and May all the time, now that it's October it's a huge problem?
  4. jersey cubs fan
    and given the players in front of him. The beat writers hate him, and their number 1 complaint are the injuries. Unless they are insinuating he's faked all them, I don't get the complaint. The guy got hurt, it happens. But when he's been healthy enough to play he's never played. They pick on the lack of receptions, as if he was a baseball player with 600 PA in a season and only 5 HR. It's football, if you don't get on the field, have a play called in your direction, have the line block well enough and have the QB throw the ball to you, you aren't going to get receptions. I have a bad feeling he's going to find success on another team.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html Day Date Game # Time Series 1) Weds October 1st # 1 1:30pm or 3:00pm NLA # 1 4) Thurs October 2nd # 2 1:30pm or 3:00pm NLA # 2 NLA = National League Division Winner versus Wildcard What if Milwaukee is the WC, would we then become the NLB? What I mean, is the "A" designation tied to the wild card, or tied to the #1 seed? It appears it's tied to the WC, and would therefore be the most likely cubs series. But if MIL wins, they would switch to B.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,154864,00.html Day Date Game # Time Series 1) Weds October 1st # 1 1:30pm or 3:00pm NLA # 1 4) Thurs October 2nd # 2 1:30pm or 3:00pm NLA # 2 NLA = National League Division Winner versus Wildcard
  7. jersey cubs fan
    wow, this guy must completely dog practice, as he's never been given a chance in games. Booker is worthless, Davis can't catch, Hester hasn't come close to emerging as a receiver. They must really trust Lloyd and Bennet.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I preferred Lou to Girardi without question. Girardi is a sac bunting fool of an old school manager who would have done nothing to get this team out of its offensive woes. I also never trusted him after he said he noticed something wrong with Lieber's delivery but didn't say anything until after the fact.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I was living on the Upper West Side at the time and caught the WFAN update when I got home from work. I was absolutely sick. so was I
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I was against him. I think I may have started to hedge my bets as he became an obvious candidate and I heard him talk about walks/obp. I don't think managers make that much of a difference, especially not for the positives, the more they meddle, the tougher they make it for their team to win. But I've liked Lou quite a bit.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    the way God intended sunny skies highs around 60, compared to lows in the 40s at night. Probably for the best.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Really? Who? McNabb beat them way back when, but that was a different team. They've been shredded by Delhomme and Griese late in games this year, not exactly mobile QBs. Eli, Peyton, Todd Collins, Kitna, and Romo are guys that hurt them in the recent past. Romo is the closest thing to a mobile guy there, and he beat them through the air. I don't think mobile QBs are that much of a problem for them.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    It makes some sense. You've got west coast teams involved, which means they should be a little later. Cubs fans are more than used to handling day baseball, and, people are going to tune in to Cubs games no matter when they air, and that may help keep an audience for later games. Even still, Chicago/NY not being featured in prime time seems really odd to me.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    What's with the 1.5 hour ranges? I find it hard to believe they will commit in advance to not showing the Cubs in prime time. Oh well, day baseball is fun.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    The fact that Lilly is likely to get you maybe 1 more out than Harden while giving up 2-3 more runs just makes it painfully obvious that Lilly should not start game 2. If he does, and the Cubs advance, that likely puts him in-line to get two starts in the NLCS, with Harden possibly only getting one. It's just nuts to even contemplate this issue. Paul worries that 5-6 innings out of Harden will force your pen to get overworked (in a series with 2 off days already built in and with plenty of time to rest up bullpen arms in advance) while Ted Lilly is the one who is actually a real risk to need to be pulled very early, as he lasted just 2 innings in his first September start, and has been unable to finish 5 innings on 6 occassions this year. I like Ted Lilly. His value to this team is obvious, and his improvement over the second half was clear. But Ted Lilly is nothing more than a nice middle rotation pitcher who can give you a fairly decent chunk of solid innings year-in and year-out, while Rich Harden is very clearly the most dominant starter on the staff.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    This is Paul Sullivan's take: I don't understand how anybody can justify saying Lilly deserves the 2nd start because he consistently goes 7, when his ERA is over 4, he actually averages barely over 6 innings, he's given up 4 ER and 5 ER in two of his 4 September starts, and you have Rich Harden. Harden has given up 4 ER once as a Cub, and only twice this season. He's thrown 7 innings 4 times as a Cub and is averaging nearly as many innings per outing as Lilly, at 5.9. Essentially, Lilly gets you one more out, on average, per start (actually less as he averages just 0.1 more innings per game). This is just completely illogical. You have off days galore, and bullpens will be rested. If Harden throws in game 2, then there is an off day immediately following. Harden is far and away the team's most effective starter, while Ted Lilly is clearly number 4. This should not even be a discussion.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    WFAN in NY was regularly cutting into WGN radio that summer, mostly for Sammy's at bats. I was at my friend's parents house in New Jersey hanging out at the pool listening to 660 for updates and heard it live. They replayed Santo's call dozens of times laughing the whole time. It was Mike and the Mad Dog.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Very true. The Cubs should not go beyond the first year of arbitration with him, if they go that long. He turns 29 this year and I believe next season is his last on the cheap. There's no reason to pay him a million or more in 2010 when he's in his 30's and unlikely to maintain his singles influenced OBP.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I expect my lineup will be something like this: Pre-game 2 beers 1st inning 1 beer 2nd inning 1 beer 3rd inning 1 beer 1 hot dog 4th inning 1 beer 5th inning 1 beer 1 food item TBD 6th inning 2 beers 7th inning 2 beers hopefully carrying me over to the 8th and 9th. I love it when a plan comes together.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    If that's true then why did they modify their rotation for the rest of the regular season to be: Marquis Marshall Zambrano Harden Dempster Lilly Marquis/Marshall I think that's right and I have no idea why Phil Rogers thinks that's setting up to be Dempster in Game 1. If he has inside information, great. But if he's using that order to read the tea leaves, doesn't it suggest Z/Harden/Dempster/Lilly? Lou has talked about getting Zambrano a lot of work between now and the playoffs, since he hasn't pitched much. He's insinuated that Zambrano will not pitch game 1 becauase of his lack of innings in September and his inconsistency. This rotation would allow Zambrano to throw a simulated game or other workout on the Monday after the season and then pitch game 3 on somewhat "normal" rest. If Dempster throws Friday, then his normal rest would have him pitching Wednesday, Game 1.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    As a reliever. Dempster 2008 has been nothing like Dempster 2007. I want it to be Harden, Dempster, Zambrano, Lilly, Harden. But Dempster 1 and 5 is the 2nd best option.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    exactly. Lou is saying the right thing, but will do the right thing for the Cubs. That's how I take it. He's got to keep playing the regulars while giving them occasional rest. He can't just sit Soriano, Ramirez and Lee for a week.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I could see them going 10 pitchers for the World Series to take an extra batter for the DH position. I think they'd be more willing to go with 10 in a short series than a 7-gamer.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    The yards and points were more than adequate, but let's not ignore the scoring opportunites they failed to capitalize on in the 1st half. I'm not. They definitely should have done more. But a team that pretty much ignored offense and spent all their money on defense needs to get a better showing from that defense.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    That MLB logo on the hat they wore the other day completely ruins what is otherwise a decent hat. Why put it right in the middle of the bill?
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