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That has been said on a number of occasions over the last couple of weeks, even during wins. Not convinced it means a whole lot anymore. It may have been said quite abit the last couple of weeks, but this game is TRULY the worst managed game, I'ver ever seen. PH Blanco for Fontenot. Bunting with DeRosa. Leaving DLee to kill a couple of rallies. Bob Howry. Blah, blah, blah. This game is truly on Dusty Baker level of incompetency.

I think most of us can agree.....this is both the ugliest game of the yr, and the arguably the worst managed game of the yr.

LaTroy Hawkins says hi. Todd Hundley 12 finger says :hello:

Dear Cobs; YOU ARE BETTER THEN THE ASTROS. Please act like it, dangit. Sincerely; A paranoid Cub fan.

Did you really think that? :wink: Yes. But what WAS I thinking...........................

Here I thought that maybe September would be a semi-relaxing month to get ready for the playoffs....BUT OH NO......the Cubs can't give us that for September, they are bound me us stay nervous and stay paranoid through the end of the yr.

Cubs win 1-0, despite being no-hit by Brandon Backe.... :doh:

Why would you want your best hitter have few at-bats this late in the season? ARam hitting 5th makes no sense.

I believe that is what he's hinting at. The ONLY three guys he hasn't moved either up or down the lineup is Soriano/Lee and ARam. Everybody else has hit from #2 to #5-8. So it doesn't make sense to hint at a lineup change, if we've already seen a change this yr. So again, I agree with you I think you might see Lee dropped. I wouldn't mind Soto/ARam/Edmonds/Lee/DeRosa as the Cubs 3-7. With Fukudome hitting 2nd, and Theriot hitting 8th.

There is no pissing match. Historically the SEC has handled their business against all comers in football. Pac 10 didn't become relevent again, until USC started to win. Legit question, not trying to sound obxious but......if UCLA had to play either Florida, GA, or perhaps even LSU (and to a lesser degree either Alabama (and not a Alabama probation team they did a few yrs ago, but THIS YEARS Bama), and Auburn you think UCLA would have won? Prolly not. I know for a fact LSU/GA/Florida would have stomped UCLA (and chances are one of those three could and should beat USC---on the flip USC could and should beat any SEC team) into the ground. Sorry dew, but Tennessee was one SEC team I thought was severely overrated. And I don't know if people in non-SEC schools know this, but Vols fans are more the ready to send that rat fink on a bus ticket out Tennessee any day now. I'm not going to diminish UCLA's victory, and it was a great win for the Bruins, but on the flip side they did survive the game at home. So, it came to no surprise they beat Tennessee in UCLA, as they should. As for any "pissing match", there isn't one. Until the Pac 10 has more then one legit NT contender, they are just another wannabe contender to the best conference in football. With that said, event ho they are not in SEC class, I still ranked the Big 10, heck even the Big 12 ahead the Pac 10 in overall conference strentgh.

I agree. There is no clear cut leader for the MVP---unless you walk about that Card 1st baseman. Delgado will likely get some votes, but prolly won't finish higher then 6-10 on the ballot. I'm thinking guys like Utley/Pujols/ARam/Berkman/C. Jones/Fielder and/or Braun will eventually end up in front of Delgado for MVP. *I know what people will say about Chipper Jones, but the early season chase for .400 likely bought him some votes. Not many, but some. **I think ARam will get some serious MVP votes, because he has been the best player on the best team in baseball.

This has to be one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. Yeah, I'm sure Ned Yost was thinking about the history of the Brewers organization during today's game. That makes sense. Well, it made sense with a couple of beer in me. But nonetheless, what has Ned Yost that ever made sense? I was only trying to use Ned Yost logic.

That's not the SEC's fault. Put that on NCAA, and don't blame the SEC for owning the Pac 10.

No it doesn't.

Good choice, but no...The Adam Jones/George Sherrill among others for Erik Bedard has to be the tops in worst trades of Bavasi tenure.

The Cubs are not going to see the Stros' bullpen. Why so the Stros go to their bullpen, when Oswalt will complete this game is under 100 pitches.

Oswalt is at 73 pitches according to ESPN. My god, does anybody else NOT see a complete game thrown by Oswalt. The Cubs are going up there and hacking.

This lack of power is quite disturbing. Please stop imitating Juan Pierre, Cubs...

Don't feel badI did an automatic pick on Yahoo for fantasy football and my two RBs are Frank Gore and Reggie Bush....So go figure..

The way the Brewers are playing, I don't think 15-5 is out of the question at all. And the way the Cubs are playing the Cubs can equal that record in the next 20 games, and it won't matter.

I know it is Oswalt on the mound, but the Cubs should smash the Astros today.

They are but then they are managed by Dusty Lite. Yost and the Brewers know that neither Sabathia nor Sheets will be back next year with both being free agents. What do they care if they ruin their arms? they should care that their guys aren't burned out in the postseason, and yost is doing everything he can to plow them into the ground right now. For Yost, his job is on the line. Get in the playoffs, and he may have bought himself another yr. Fail to get in...........and late the floodgates open. Yost is riding Sheets/CC into the ground for self-preservation only.

It won't be overturned. Decision on what constitutes a hit or error or the whatnot is to the discretion of the score keeper. I don't remember ever hearing MLB ever overturn a score keeper's call, nor shall they. I saw the play, and in my eyes it was essentially a drag bunt. Just because CC doesn't throw the ball means it must be an error. Personally, the call is correct, it was a hit. Personally I think this is sour grapes on Ned Yost and the Brewers org. The Brewers org has seen 3 no-hitters either thrown for or against them, since the Brewers came into existance. The last no-hitter thrown for the Brewers was in 1987. So I will repeat it, Ned Yost and the Brewers are protesting it, not for CC, but because they want a no-hitter accredited to the franchise, and wipe the ugly taste out of the mouths from when Justin Verlander owned the Brewers.

Yeah, from the beginning of the set, we expected to split with the Phils and the Brewers to sweep the Pirates. No sense getting all worked up when it happened that way. Also, with the Brewers playing the Mets, and the Cubs the Astros, I expect to end those series with the 6.5 game lead back, or at the very least 5.5. Personally, I see the Cubs mashing the Astros to death this series. I think the Cubs will sweep the Astros and kill what is left of their postseason aspirations.