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  1. abuck1220
    wow, you predicted that wood would be hurt? you're obviously very smart. No, I predicted a whole mess of you would get excited about his first start, declare him a god (again) and then see his human frality and come up with another thread about it. and almost none of that happened. good job.
  2. abuck1220
    wow, you predicted that wood would be hurt? you're obviously very smart. Do you feel better now? a little. it's a message board. nobody's posts accomplish anything.
  3. abuck1220
    i never saw him do anything besides stand behind the batting cage during my time at fitch. on my last day there, flieta walked past him and harvey told him he was "getting close." anybody know what's up?
  4. abuck1220
    wow, you predicted that wood would be hurt? you're obviously very smart.
  5. abuck1220
    Couldn't disagree more. What'd be the point? To get rid of an undependable (or is it non?) and injury-proned pitcher who is trying to change positions on the staff. If he weren't a Cub but some FA off the street, would you want to sign him? probably not. but he's already signed, so your question is pointless.
  6. abuck1220
    how is dumping him now and still paying him his (modest) salary cutting our losses?
  7. abuck1220
    i was sitting behind a scout in the stands today, and he was running a gun during the first inning. gallagher was 90-92, and he had one 95.
  8. abuck1220
    speak for yourself.
  9. abuck1220
    man, podsednik is worthless.
  10. abuck1220
    toby hall had a chance to start somewhere?
  11. abuck1220
    at least he hustled after it. :roll: was that another two strike mistake by gooz?
  12. abuck1220
    any idea which game he'll be throwing in? i'll be there that day, and i'd like to see him pitch.
  13. abuck1220
    agreed. i put eight grand on this game.
  14. abuck1220
    shouldn't this be in the IR thread? Not sure I follow (rookie) harden's a [expletive].
  15. abuck1220
    i understand that it's his opinion, but that doesn't mean he's not terrible at what he does.
  16. abuck1220
    it has never been that hot when i've been at ST. in fact, i've always wished it was a little warmer...probably won't be the case this year. i'll be there in four days!
  17. abuck1220
    that's a really idiotic thing to say.
  18. abuck1220
    At the risk of over stepping my bounds here, I'd guess a real big difference might be in their paychecks as well. Because unfortunately, the most financially successful sports writers are the ones making the most asinine statements in an effort to garner the most attention, and thus, income. I'd imagine it's really tempting to go down the Marriotti route whenever possible. agreed. mariotti is an attention whore, and he wants to be known nationally (which is why he appears on "who can yell the loudest" every day on espn), and no one outside of nsbb cares about who bats second. plus, mariotti's so busy trying to get famous, it's not like he's in the trenches in mesa trying to get interesting stuff...he just writes about what he thinks someone in LA or NY would care about with regard to the cubs.
  19. abuck1220
    mariotti's writing headline-grabbing trade prior articles and dropping bartman references while bruce is writing articles that are actually about interesting, important stuff. big difference between those two.
  20. abuck1220
    his value is at an all-time high...
  21. abuck1220
    you're right...complete silence until opening day. shut the boards down.
  22. abuck1220
    Of course it doesn't. But that's not the point at all. ok, so what is the point? The doomsday predictors don't know as much as they think they know. well, i was right about neifi, dempster, pierre and the team as a whole sucking last year, so maybe i'm pretty smart after all. and we all know i was right about hill being good.
  23. abuck1220
    Of course it doesn't. But that's not the point at all. ok, so what is the point?
  24. abuck1220
    He was barely above average offensively. Even if the doomsday predictors said he would be below average, they had more evidence to say that than people had evidence to say he would be good. The point is that both of these bad ballplayers didn't deserve their contracts and Marquis more specifically doesn't deserve his rotation spot over someone like Guzman or Marshall, especially at 7 mil a season. You're making my point. The guy who many thought was absolute garbage actually turns out to be above average. Even despite the reams of statistical evidence (allegedly) suggesting otherwise. Could Marquis follow the same path? Sure seems plausible to me. Yet the doomsday predictors aren't really allowing for this possibility. For them, the jury's already in -- Marquis is trash, Hendry's an idiot, the contract's insane, blah blah blah. These folks really ought to learn from recent history not to jump to conclusions so quickly. So after 1 slightly above average seasons by Jacque Jones you feel comfortable coming to the conclusion that he's good? I'm comfortable coming to the conclusion that the doomsday predictors that all but guaranteed that Jones would be absolutely terrible (and Marquis will be absolutely terrible) don't know as much as they think they know. sorry, but i don't think jones exceeding expectations last season has any effect on marquis doing the same this season.
  25. abuck1220
    i don't think there's any way pie matches jones' production in '07. and i can't see how a trade of jones fills any of the cubs' holes. i'm underwhelmed by the rotation of z, lilly, marquis, and hill, so i think the cubs could use a #2-3 type starter, but jones isn't going to get you that, and i think hendry's happy w/ the starting pitching. they could use an upgrade at ss, but hendry doesn't see it that way. i wouldn't trade jones, though i could see the cubs being so concerned with soriano's defense in cf that they want to get pie in there.
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