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You know the season is down the tubes when a Fresh Prince re-run or the White Sox game is more appealing... Or a Rockford Files marathon. Nice to see the Cubs playing their AAAA team as the final home game.

Definitely any west coast stars. Most of the major sports media outlets are based in the East, and they certainly don't give much press to players whose games don't end until 1:30AM ET

Penn State hosts Minnesota in what may be the start of a 1-6 slide to finish the year. Wins over Cincy, Central Florida and NU are nice and all, but from here on out, PSU plays Minnesota, Ohio State, Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan State. Gulp

i'd rather bring back delino.....

Wishful thinking! Ownership would fire McKeon 100 times over before losing Cabrera

Countdown to the ever popular "Rush Street" excuse 5....4...3...2...

Most likely. They're on the cusp of breaking out. If not next year, then definately the year after. They just need a healthy Ben Sheets and they need to invest in the equivalent of a Kevin Millwood type starter. How about a Millwood-like starter like....Millwood? /end self-quote

Still 3 teams left?

from the same website that announced Baylor's signing before it was a done deal.

Most likely. They're on the cusp of breaking out. If not next year, then definately the year after. They just need a healthy Ben Sheets and they need to invest in the equivalent of a Kevin Millwood type starter.

only if pie is called up but rots on the bench

All of whom are 100000 times better than Neifi. So stats don't tell the whole story

You could argue that Kenny was the 2nd half MVP for the Cubs in 2003. He really got the lineup going in a way that no one has the past 2 seasons. Who wants to jump on the SignKennyBandWGN?

Pittsburgh looks like they are grooming some nice young pitchers for the Cubs to acquire in 2007 :wink:

I would have to guess that whoever is batting against Mark Prior in the 1st inning leads the league in P/PA

Can you technically "clinch" 4th place?

April 1.Off 2.Off 3.@ Reds 4.Off 5.@ Reds 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.vs. Reds 12.vs. Reds 13.vs. Reds 14. 15. 16. 17.@ Dodgers 18.@ Dodgers 19.@ Dodgers 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.@ Brewers 29.@ Brewers 30.@ Brewers May 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.@ Giants 10.@ Giants 11.@ Giants 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.@ White Sox 20.@ White Sox 21.@ White Sox 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.vs. Reds 30.vs. Reds 31.vs. Reds June 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.@ Astros 6.@ Astros 7.@ Astros 8.@ Reds 9.@ Reds 10.@ Reds 11.@ Reds 12. Off (?) 13.vs. Astros 14.vs. Astros 15.vs. Astros 16.vs. Tigers 17.vs. Tigers 18.vs. Tigers 19.@ Indians 20.@ Indians 21.@ Indians 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.vs. Brewers 27.vs. Brewers 28.vs. Brewers 29.vs. Brewers 30. July 1. 2. 3.@ Astros 4.@ Astros 5.@ Astros 6.@ Brewers 7.@ Brewers 8.@ Brewers 9.@ Brewers 10.Off 11.All-Star Game 12.Off 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. vs. Astros 19. vs. Astros 20. vs. Astros 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. August 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.@ Brewers 9.@ Brewers 10.@ Brewers 11.@ Rockies 12.@ Rockies 13.@ Rockies 14.@ Astros 15.@ Astros 16.@ Astros 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. September 1.vs. Giants 2.vs. Giants 3.vs. Giants 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.vs. Dodgers 13.vs. Dodgers 14.vs. Dodgers 15.vs. Reds 16.vs. Reds 17.vs. Reds 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.@ Reds 23.@ Reds 24.@ Reds 25.@ Reds 26.vs. Brewers 27.vs. Brewers 28. 29. 30. October 1.

June 5-7: @ HOU June 13-15: vs. HOU July 3-5: @ HOU July 18-20: vs. HOU Aug. 14-16: @ HOU Apr. 17-19: @ LAD Sep. 12-14: vs. LAD May 9-11: @ SFG Sep. 1-3: vs. SFG Aug 11-13: @ COL (Rockies only have home dates posted)

And three others (Cairo, Womack and Hernandez) are ex-Cubs. Great talent evaluation!

I have a suggestion: An 8 foot NSBB.com banner on the front of the monitor table :wink:

Could we throw in Andy Pratt ?? I was thinking Micah Bowie

If he wasn't already on Baltimore, I'd say that the Orioles would sign him this off season. That seems to be their MO (anyone remember that albatross contract they signed David Segui to?)

Maybe it has something to do with those knee pads and chapsticks found in Macias and Perez's lockers...

it's not just the runs, it's constantly seeing 1st innings that last 20+ pitches

remember, you can't play the kids, because it's more important to try to beat HOU (to be fair to philly and florida) than to evaluate your own talent ](*,)