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  1. And the subject of one of SNL's greatest skits. He was the CBS 2 anchor in the 80's and 90's. Hip hip hooray for Soriano.
  2. Glad to see Im not alone in my thinking. Yep cuz its his fault this gem will be wasted. 2 runs over 7 with the wind blowing out in Wrigley? Pretty good day. It's not about it being his fault. They are talking about taking Marquis out before he gives up the last out. I happen to disagree, but the way things worked they were right. I'll take 7 and 2 from Marquis everytime.
  3. I'm Bill Curtis. http://www.filmandtapeworks.com/grfx/BillCurtisControlRoom.jpg
  4. Has been all game...I have no idea why, after the first inning, we didn't make him throw more pitches... Yes you do.
  5. They kept hearing about how great he was last year and started to believe it.
  6. If not, he could be a substitute if someone has an "injury"...right? Doesn't Pagan's injury allow us to add another position player to the postseason roster? Or is that only if Pagan goes on the 60-day DL? Only if he's on the 60-day DL. No reason why he shouldn't go to the 60-man. He's not going to get back in time to be ready to play. His one skill would be pinch running, but Pie can do that.
  7. 1-0 cubs Thanks. What inning is it? The proper response to this question is: Nuthin 'nuthin. Whose winning? Da Bears.
  8. I would gladly sacrifice the opportunity for a personal accomplishment by Marquis for a guaranteed win. Guaranteed win? There's no way this game gets called early by the rain that's out there. It would be a delay at the most, which would likely result in Marquis either getting out of whatever groove he may or may not be in, or the Cubs going to a reliever early.
  9. It doesn't look like there will be any really long delays, and seeing as how Marquis is an established arm without a tremendous future, I'd have no problem letting him sit out any 30-45 minute delays and then going back out there.
  10. http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/boatandbeach/map/interactive/60613?from=36hour_map_large&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar Looks like it, and it's heading northeast. Wrigley might see a short delay or two.
  11. He's probably lucky in the sense that he's facing the Dodgers, who are only slightly better than the Cubs offensively. Are they statistically better...cause their lineup seems really bad to me. Well yesterday LA had a 94 OPS+ and the Cubs were at 93. Although after last night's game they flipflopped.
  12. I hate to say it but someone needs to.... Grossman? Well, if either was in their 2nd year of playing full-time, then it would be similar. But both are older with plenty of experience and a track record to suggests they don't have the upside that Rex has.
  13. He's probably lucky in the sense that he's facing the Dodgers, who are only slightly better than the Cubs offensively.
  14. Marquis is a lot like Jones, when he looks good, he looks really good, but he can be so atrociously bad.
  15. Cubs on the basepaths..... If this was last night, the ESPN announcers would insist that was a rookie/young player mistake.
  16. Talent levels are subjective. I would say that the Brewers have far more potential talent, but it's yet to be proven that this talent will translate to production and wins. I think the Cubs have the slight edge in talent right now, the problem is their better players aren't playing their best. But that happens when you are older and past your prime. The further out we go the more the talent spectrum shines on the Brewers side of the ledger. The Cubs do have very talented ballplayers. Jacque Jones is talented, he's just not that productive. Soriano is probably the most talented guy between the two teams, he's just not the most productive. Zambrano is easily the most talented pitcher, but we've seen his issues.
  17. Well, just like Hendry is in charge of the major league team, Fleita is in charge of player development. It may be that he's hired the wrong men to actually coach, but he's in charge, so blame for anything related to development has to flow up to him.
  18. their bullpen is still a complete train wreck though Absolutely, and they are going to get hammered for this game, even though there was little they could, or should have done differently.
  19. I understand where somebody would be coming from by asking this question, I've felt that way in the past. There's nothing wrong with contemplating the benefits of failure, namely, ushering out the old and bringing in a new management group. However, I think the GM position, and team philosophy in general, is based entirely on the new ownership group, and not on whether or not this team backs into the playoffs. In other words, yes, I want the Cubs to make the playoffs. It's fun to see them play in October, even if they really aren't that good.
  20. Wow, Philly lost a heartbreaker in very unlucky fashion, a bunch of bloops and bleeders and seeing eye singles.
  21. I hope Cedeno goes 2-3 with a HR and a walk each day and starts a lot more down the stretch. Even if he did that the next two days, I couldn't assume that it would continue for the rest of the month. Cedeno has much more upside, but he also has a lot more downside than Theriot. I have no confidence whatsoever that Cedeno could outperform Theriot down the stretch, even though Theriot has been pretty terrible the last month. Hey, I never said I had confidence in Cedeno, I'm just saying what I hope happens. I don't have a ton of confidence in Theriot on an everyday basis either. Ryan has pretty much put up the numbers I thought he could, but I didn't think he'd be able to do it over 150 games. I'm just hoping the frequent work won't eventually expose/wear him down.
  22. I hope Cedeno goes 2-3 with a HR and a walk each day and starts a lot more down the stretch.
  23. Being late is not a direct indicator of work ethic, not even close. In a lot of jobs, those who like to show up early and leave late are often just butt kissers trying to make a good impression who aren't actually good workers. We've got a couple. And as you said, you don't know the circumstances. So quit pretending you know where his head is. Taking less talent and more desire 10 times out of 10 is how you end up with a crappy baseball team, 10 times out of 10.
  24. Could be, but then again, this is the last of the games against the good (ie non-NL Central) contenders that the Cubs have struggled against all year. And even if they lose both, the worst they will be is 1 game back. In theory, these are the games they are supposed to lose, and then the must wins will be against STL and the rest of the crappy central teams. So, even though they've also struggled against the NLC also rans, they will still be in this thing if they lose to LA. They will just put themselves in the difficult position of actually having to win some games, which has been proven to be very difficult for them this year.
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