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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Who said we aren't signing Tillman? Where are you getting that? I will be really tough to give deals both starting corners. I'm not so sure that's true. Yeah, most of the roster was signed prior to the increase in salary cap. Their most expensive player, Urlacher, doesn't make an insane amount of money. That's from the Bears official story, and I think it's a sign taht something will get done. The Bears are very good at keeping the guys they want to keep, and I would bet they do in this case.
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    Good idea, but Roberts has actually been very good this year, and is popular in Baltimore. They'd be mega-pissed if they traded Roberts for the worthless Jones, a guy who could've been picked up by anyone a few months ago, and a "pitching prospect." Unless that prospect is named Rich Hill, I'm guessing Baltimore would laugh and hang up. I do not think for a second that Lou talking about surprises means something as impactful as this would be going down, but I'm not one for the "they can't trade him he's too popular" story. Baltimore is a terrible team that's way out of contention and several years from contending. I don't think they are going to refuse to trade Brian Roberts, a sometime quality player, out of fear of pissing off fans.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=3550
  4. jersey cubs fan
    What about Shapiro's right hand man Antoinetti? That is who I am died hard on for next Cubs GM. he's probably good, but given that the cubs are one of the higher-profile teams in the game, i'm hoping they can get a guy who's been a GM in the past Agree. The Ed Lynch and Jim Hendry learn on the job experiments have been disasters. Indeed, but the league is stock full of reclycled GMs who are a bunch of garbage. Experience in the GM role is way down the list of qualities I want the next guy to have.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    They were hot, but they just got swept. They are no longer hot. Hot and cold is all about streaks, and Colorado is on a 3-game losing streak. I wouldn't say they're struggling, or in a rut, but they aren't hot anymore. This is a really silly argument. If a team had won 100 games in a row and then lost three straight, would you say they're not hot? What if they had lost 100 in a row, but then won 3 straight? Is that team hot? It's really maddening that you would quibble over whether a team that went 20-7, then 0-3, qualifies as "hot". Look who is doing the quibbling.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    listen, i could be completely wrong, it wouldn't be the first time...looking at him this season though, i just really really hope he takes care of himself on a regular basis because he looks like the type of guy who would start to break down in a few years if he didn't i might be wrong I understand Ramirez could break down in a few years, and that would suck. But again, how does he look terrible?
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I hear he has a dramatic vaulted ceiling.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I don't understand how Ramirez looks terrible.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I disagree. That's not funny at all.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I think that might hurt ratings....a lot. sex sells man, sex sells.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    This brings to mind the wise words of Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary: I'm ****ing with you, Ted!
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I would be suprised if Fontenot doesn't start at 2B and I'd be even more suprised if Jones and Fontenot are traded together. Any insight into why Lou would consider starting Fontenot at 2B a "surprise"? Because he likes to jerk the media around? I doubt this will be anything big, though I'd like it to be. The last big shocking surprise was Dempster to the rotation for 15 minutes.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    I would be suprised if Fontenot doesn't start at 2B and I'd be even more suprised if Jones and Fontenot are traded together. Any insight into why Lou would consider starting Fontenot at 2B a "surprise"? He might assume a writer would be surprised Lou stuck with Fontenot at 2B even though DaRosa was no longer needed at 3B.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not certain, but I'd bet he's accrued enough service time to have the right to refuse the assignment. I don't know what they use to determine that, but he's played in 700+ games.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    They will need another DT still IMO. I'm not sure getting another one is all that possible, or necessary. Sure, if there is a quality guy out there, they should take a look. There are 6 on the roster right now. Harris, Dusty, Adams, Idonije are practically locks to make the roster. Garay is also a good bet. They signed an undrafted rookie who might be able to provide some depth. They've added Bazuin to the D-end rotation, so the defensive line as a whole is pretty well stocked right now.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Wowzers. 670 the score is reporting the same thing. Can't say I blame them. It's pretty much a certainty that this incident means the chance of making it 6 games instead of 8 is gone. And there's a decent chance Goodell would actually add games as this is a new incident. Had Tank taken the situation seriously, and turned his life around without incident, he'd have been showing a real committment to correcting his mistakes. This isn't about being out at 3:30 AM to me, I don't care about that stuff. But this is about being in Tank's situation and being out at 3:30 AM with perhaps something iffy in his system. I thought Tank was pretty disappointing as a player for most of his time here, so it's easier to swallow if true. But he was still a decent cog on the wheel. As long as they find a way to replace him, and feel confident in Harris and Dusty (which I presume they do), then I can't say they are making a mistake.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    They were hot, but they just got swept. They are no longer hot. Hot and cold is all about streaks, and Colorado is on a 3-game losing streak. I wouldn't say they're struggling, or in a rut, but they aren't hot anymore.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    What about Shapiro's right hand man Antoinetti? That is who I am died hard on for next Cubs GM. What's that now?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    We're not crucifying him. I'm questioning the reasoning behind the callup to AA given the fact that he hasn't done a whole lot at lower levels. He's only moving along fast because the Cubs are pushing him at what appears to be an unnecessarily quick rate.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    It was a bad signing regardless of what he provided in 2006.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Unless MIL goes 2-4, I'd be disappointed in a 3-3 home stand this week. At this point any loss of position is going to be disappointing. And if your goal is .500 by the all star break, 3-3 isn't going to cut it. They should pick up some games on .500 against Pitt and Washington, but they'd need to go 6-1 in order for it to be reached. We're playing the two hottest teams in the NL and the pitching matchups are not particularly favorable all week. If the Cubs can sneak out a win tonight (when the pitching matchup is definitely not favorable), I like our chances of going 4-2. If not, 3-3 would be swell. FWIW, me miss both Vargas and Suppan against the Brewers, instead facing Bush, Gallardo, and Sheets. Colorado lost 3 in a row. That's not all that hot. Regardless, a 3-3 record makes reaching .500 by the all star break extremely difficult, and if go to be Sunday night no close to Milwaukee than they are now, it's going to be disappointing.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Isn't that the guy who gave him a backloaded 3/16 deal? If you don't make fun of him for a week, I'll pick up the slack. The whole Jacque signing is contingent on this trade. If Hendry manages to get a decent player and/or relief from the contract, then the signing goes in the books as a decent one, possibly even a pretty good one. If he can't and Jacque continues to be a liability on this team and the Cubs keep paying his contract, the signing can quickly become a bad one, even with him being a pretty decent bargain last year. It already is a bad one. He can make it less bad by getting rid of him.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Not really. There was talk about Wrigley not necessarily being part of the sale. That's insane. A sale of the Cubs that doesn't include Wrigley makes absolutely no sense at all.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Unless MIL goes 2-4, I'd be disappointed in a 3-3 home stand this week. At this point any loss of position is going to be disappointing. And if your goal is .500 by the all star break, 3-3 isn't going to cut it. They should pick up some games on .500 against Pitt and Washington, but they'd need to go 6-1 in order for it to be reached.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    That's the problem, he wasn't having that good of success. He wasn't dominating, or anywhere close. He wasn't toying with the competition. He was barely hitting .300 and had an awful K/BB ratio. If Cubs coaches had a tough time convincing him that his awful K/BB ratio was reason enough to be more patient, then this kid is going to be really tough to coach. You don't promote a guy in order to get him to fix problems he is apparantly ignoring.
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