abuck1220

didn't burnitz say there was no way he'd hit less than 30 homers this year? looks like i'm in for a hell of a week from him...

hurry up and exercise burnitz's 7 mil option!

and i'm interested in kicking his ass.

gary sheffield wants to go to the playoffs... :shock:

on cbs it actually says he's going saturday. as long as he doesn't pitch like [expletive], he can pitch in relief all week if he wants. :D

seriously though, why did they take wakefield out? i was kinda hoping for a CG. i hope the rainout doesn't prevent him from starting sunday... and i don't think dusty reads.

i scored 31.4 yesterday. go wakefield!

Egads I hope not. I've got Patterson & Livan in my fantasy rotation for the championship this week against abuck. shut em all down. give those cardinals some rest for the playoffs too.

he's still not worth that kind of $. imagine what furcal is going to get. :shock:

if weaver ends up not making his second start, can i put someone else in after his start on tuesday? It sucks that the championship might be determined by who doesn't play. i was thinking the same thing, but there's no other way to do it unless you just lop off the last week from competition.

kind of along those same lines... if weaver ends up not making his second start, can i put someone else in after his start on tuesday?

yeah...blalock had the kind of week i predicted for him. pretty close.

interesting...i'm surprised that your offensive edge is so big. i outhomered you 12-8 and only had six fewer hits. you do hold an 8-0 lead in steals, but i'm surprised you're up nearly 25 on offense. the nats really hurt you this week. not only did their crappy play cost you in four starts from livan/patterson, but it kept cordero from getting points. and it's a good thing you sat guillen...0-14, 5 k's, gdp...ouch! speaking of benching players...some of my decisions really look bad now. i sat three QS and nearly 50 points in perez and bedard...bedard doing his work against the yanks and bosox... :shock: and of course i dropped gonzo and his 28 point week for dellucci and his -0.25. if i had made the right calls on those, i'd be up quite a bit going into the final week w/ a three start edge. but i don't feel too great about having that three start edge because none of my pitchers are any good. i also think the cards should rest pujols, carp and izzy this final week.

so i can bench dellucci's gimpy ass, correct?

yeah, that's the problem.

Not a Howry fan? I've heard that Cleveland wants to keep Howry as their closer next year, so he may never become available. eh...relievers are so fickle. it's so tough to judge how good a guy is based on 40-60 innings. i agree the cubs need an upgrade in the pen, but i'm just wary of throwing a mulit-year deal for a bunch of cash at a bullpen arm. that being said, i wouldn't mind howry. he's been pretty consistent over the course of his career. i'm not doing backflips for him though.

I said seems and no one has pointed out all the games he's won with his bat. His defense is sub-par. Have you watched him try to turn double plays? I will never figure you guys out. I am convinced you don't watch/understand much baseball. You pillory Perez all year and the guy, while admittedly streaky and too anxiuos at the plate, has played well all year. I think if you asked knowledgebale people who has had the better year -- based on watching the game, rather than based on reviewing box scores-- perez would be an overwhelming choice over walker. The point here is not to praise Perez-- he's far from great-- it's that stats-- at least in walker and perez's cases-- have blinded stats-livers to their actual contributions. I know I am not going to change the metric minds but maybe you guys should start watching more and crunching numbers less. You might get an actual line on players that way. agreed i trust your interpretation of the game instead of unbiased numbers. and try not to act like a huge jerk in your posts. actually, keep it up so you can get banned. I guess I'm acting like a jerk because I disagree philosophically with many on this board. I'll try to be be better and only ridicule--like you did in your post-- other's viewpoints. this has got to be some kind of record for someone acting like this to not get banned. of course, i wouldn't believe any numbers you have to back this claim up, i'm just basing it one what i remember/have seen about trolls being banned in the past.

i don't want any of those players. i'd take burnett, but the cubs have more pressing issues. like team chemistry and defense at 2b and catcher. :roll:

yeah...him and ernie banks...what a couple of sucky losers. now, jim leyritz on the other hand...there's a ballplayer.

and i don't know why i ever let westbrook get away from me...

i'm trying to figure out the same thing. your pitching has been terrible, i've hit 11 hrs, and my pen has over 30 points. i can't figure out why i'm not up by 50...or even up at all for that matter... i guess my pitching hasn't been very good either...just two QS...and two wins blown by bullpens. and you'll have outstarted me 9-5 after today. i could use a good night from teix, blalock, dellucci (if he plays :evil: ) and street. damn, i'd be feeling good about things if had just left gonzo in there....

i think you're confused about what a 'soft' .300 is. alex sanchez puts up a 'soft' .300. juan pierre puts up a 'soft' .300. todd walker does not, as evidenced by his solid slg.

so last year it was the bad attitudes that kept the cubs down, and apparently, this year its the defense. what year do the cubs get around to improving the OFFENSE?

shockingly, the obp twins go down after five pitches. also surprisingly, lee hits a solo homerun. this first inning sums up why baker is a terrible, terrible manager.

When did Shelton become bloody superman?!? I thought he had been mired in a dreadful slump. he scored 20+ in two of the last three weeks...he's been pretty consistent. of course, he hasn't been this good very often. you've got three guys going tomorrow though. i think i'll end week one behind by at least 20. that seven point relief outing from batista was huge for you. the gonzo-dellucci swap is killing me! it keeps saying he's day to day, so i don't know if should sit him...i hate it when that happens!