Derwood

that was a 0% racist statement. some of you need to get the sand out of your...

because the Dusty-run clubhouse was a complete clown show. Steve Stone compliments Roy Oswalt and a fine pitching performance and then he has Alou/Mercker calling the booth to complain? what sane manager would allow that to happen? i don't blame him one bit for quitting....the whole situation was a joke That's not what happened. Dippy was the one who complemented Oswalt's performance, which was not actually fine, and Mercker, who was friends with Dippy, called the booth to give him crap as friends are wont to do. Stone then went to the media exaggerating this nonissue and continued to lie about the nature of his conflicts with the players. Steve Stone is not a nice person. you know this how?

the Brewers were my first favorite team, back in the days of Cooper, Yount and Fingers. A lot has changed since then

It's a question we're all asking. I suspect he'll start the season in AAA, though. what's the latest on McCutchen?

which means MacPhail was on hold at the time of the interview

I think Booker could be a good possession, 3rd down type receiver like Bobby Engram, but he's not a deep ball threat anymore (if he ever was)

The whole 0-2 thing was brought up because of Eric saying Bears fans are probably happy because now the Bears can stop being Favres personal bitch. Well the Bears quit being Favres bitch when Lovie came to Chicago, not right now since Favre retired. yes, this. anyone who says "I don't care if the Bears go 2-14 as long as they beat the Packers" is mental.

one of the great values of cheap good prospects is to trade for an All-Star at a position of need

This is just silly. Why does Lou think he'd have to hit Soto, Theriot, CF 6, 7, 8 with Fukudome 2? Why can't Theriot hit 8? Why is this a problem? Why must the CF hit 8th? likewise, why is DeRosa locked into the #5 spot instead of Soto?

because the Dusty-run clubhouse was a complete clown show. Steve Stone compliments Roy Oswalt and a fine pitching performance and then he has Alou/Mercker calling the booth to complain? what sane manager would allow that to happen? i don't blame him one bit for quitting....the whole situation was a joke

Welcome to the board!

Make them throw in a prospect say...a Scott Sizemore, or a Matt Joyce, then I would. But trading a young, cheap valueable arm for a free agent to be EXPENSIVE SS is NOT an ideal trade, IMO. So again, if Detroit is willing to throw in a solid prospect with Renteria, then yeah I would Marmol for Renteria/prospect. But the first goal, should be to trade Dempster before considering moving Marmol. Marmol is a reliever. Renteria fills a massive gaping hole. It's a no-brainer. Yeah, he fills a hole. But to plug up that hole by trading possibly our best reliever? Who also makes $9 mil less? No dice, unless they throw in a decent prospect. If Wood craps out and/or someone gets hurt, the pen becomes thinner without Marmol there. Marmol is still a reliever and is going to max out at 70-80 innings this year. If we were talking about an ace starting pitcher, that would be one thing. But we're talking about a reliever (and believe me, I love Marmol). If the Cubs even had a semi-decent shortstop in place, then I'd keep Marmol. But Renteria is a huge upgrade over Theriot/Cedeno. Also if the Cubs pen was weak, I might rethink this. But the Cubs are solid in the pen and could certainly survive without Marmol. Yeah they wouldn't be as good but they would, without a doubt, be a better team by adding Renteria and subtracting Marmol. The point I ws trying to make is....Marmol is not even making half a mill, whereas Renteria is making nearly $10 mill, so if the Tigers want to make that trade they would have to add a prospect to the deal to be "worth it" for the Cubs. adding a prospect doesn't make him not get paid $10 million by this logic you must think the Orioles need to send us a prospect in the Roberts deal as well

he was the Offensive Rookie of the Year! SIGN HIM

you should call him Neifi when he's bad

i can't believe anyone would think that a (thoretical) Marmol for Renteria trade would in any way make the Cubs worse

maybe everyone should change their Control Panel settings to alert them via email when they get PM'd, at least until the draft is over. I'm tired of waiting on people who only check NSBB twice a week to make their picks

Make them throw in a prospect say...a Scott Sizemore, or a Matt Joyce, then I would. But trading a young, cheap valueable arm for a free agent to be EXPENSIVE SS is NOT an ideal trade, IMO. So again, if Detroit is willing to throw in a solid prospect with Renteria, then yeah I would Marmol for Renteria/prospect. But the first goal, should be to trade Dempster before considering moving Marmol. Marmol is a reliever. Renteria fills a massive gaping hole. It's a no-brainer. Renteria making $9 mill in 2008, with a $11 mill club option for 2009 Marmol making well prolly less then $400k. You're right, it's a no brainer. No deal. I much rather rather wait for a player like Khalil Greene, or even move Marmol for Greene, then Marmol for Renteria. who cares? there's no salary cap, so it's a non-issue

but admit it, you call him Ryno :D

The conference is bad, but Purdue is the best team Ohio State has beaten this year if they hold on, easily. Purdue has played like a top-20 team, especially since January. Ohio State still needs to win a conf. tourney game or two to get off the bubble

i hope none of your kids hate you guys for giving them Cubs names

The same Indians team that traded Milton Bradley? Don't count on it.. no no, the other Indians

Make them throw in a prospect say...a Scott Sizemore, or a Matt Joyce, then I would. But trading a young, cheap valueable arm for a free agent to be EXPENSIVE SS is NOT an ideal trade, IMO. So again, if Detroit is willing to throw in a solid prospect with Renteria, then yeah I would Marmol for Renteria/prospect. But the first goal, should be to trade Dempster before considering moving Marmol. it's amazing how much i completely disagree with just about everything you say

i knew what you were doing and that apparently was aping imb? I hadn't realized he had cornered the market on having a sense of humor. i was only half serious. IMB is certainly known for making that kind of joke though (especially based on the fact that other people didn't get it and thought you were serious) the only thing i hate more than white baseball players with diabetes is internet message board posters who are half-serious. ESPECIALLY ones named Derwood. who's Derwood?

i knew what you were doing and that apparently was aping imb? I hadn't realized he had cornered the market on having a sense of humor. i was only half serious. IMB is certainly known for making that kind of joke though (especially based on the fact that other people didn't get it and thought you were serious)

i knew what you were doing