Dr. Cub

Yep. June 28th against the Cards, bottom of the 7th inning. Jacque Jones (pitch sequence): Strike (foul), Strike (looking), Ball, Ball, J Jones singled to left, A Ramirez to second, M Murton hit for S Eyre If I remember correctly, the game was stopped and Jacque was given the keys to a Chevy Avalanche. That was superb.

Hey this Juan Cruz kid is good. We should look into getting him to pitch for us.

What tips? That the ball would not be near the strike zone; so don't swing? :wink:

the Cubs don't know about Orbitz. The Cubs don't know about a LOT of things.

Is that for sure? that's what len said. How stupid can they get? Wait until tomorrow and see.

Hendry should really keep his tongue to himself.

Does Marmol hit 100 pitches by the end of this inning?

Are you serious? At anypoint in which the time has "p.m." listed directly after it is not even possible for it to be too early to drink. You can make a case for certain times in the "a.m.", but NEVER in the "p.m." In addition, with the way this season has gone; I believe all time related drinking bans have been lifted.

I just shot hot coffee out of my nose, thank you. This is the funniest post I've ever read. It could also be the creepiest, I'm not sure. Maybe that's what makes it so damn funny.

For even more fun, revert back to when you were 12 (not hard for most guys), and read the title of this thread about ten times in a row.

More HR's than Cedeno? Based on what? Your watching th egames? Izturis in his career hits a HR approximately every 215 AB's, Cedeno in his short career hits a HR about every 109 AB's. So exactly how could Izturis "probably" hit more?

What about the difference in salaries? Does that matter? How about the fact that Izturis is only 26 and has an arthritic condition in his freakin' ELBOW. It's not like he's a place kicker for the Bears, or playing midfielder for the Fire. He's a baseball player, and the last time I checked the elbows were used quite a bit in the game.

Point by point, bolded: -If you're basing your desire to have Izturis on the fact that you need a good glove at SS, why trade for Tejada? He wouldn't play 3B for Anaheim in a pennant race. He's not going to move to 2B for Cesar Izturis in Chicago. If Izturis moves to 2B, what does his glove at SS matter? -Cedeno will sometimes not make the routine play based on what? -The third bolded bit makes you sound like Joe Morgan. He's not fast, but you think he's a good baserunner? Based on what? -Knowing when to run is waaaaay low on the list of qualities you want in a ballplayer. -Again, why trade the cheap guy who would be willing to move to 2B (which you've already implied is the easier defensive position) in favor of the expensive guy who doesn't really hit better than the cheap guy, and only has an advantage as long as he plays SS, which, in your Tejada scenario, he wouldn't? If the Cubs wanted to trade for Tejada, the only scenario where aquiring Izturis makes sense is if the Cubs flip Izturis to Baltimore and move Cedeno to 2B. I can't see us having enough to land Tejada in any case, and I don't know why Baltimore would want Izturis. Keeping Izturing AND dealing for Tejada makes little sense financially and defensively. Cedeno has not made the routine play some times. I watch the Cubs believe it or not. I seen him boot, miss play, miss judge, a flyball, and a groundball, that is routine for the majority of ss in the league. Baserunner is very important. Take it look at Alou, and Jones. Getting doubled off on a flyball to the outfield when standing on second is unexceptable. You can blame coaching, but really its the player who has been taught since day one, to freeze on a line drive or a flyball since. Tejeda is the guy I want to play SS. Im willing to move Izturis to 2b in favor of Tejeda. In my opinion Iztruis is more valuable than Cedeno is. Iztuirs wont throw the ball in the dugout, when time wasnt called. You could blame youth on that, but really that is unexceptable. Cedeno has shown no signs of being a patient hitter. He wont be a big power guy either. If Izturis can return to his 04, and first half of 05 form, then im taking Ituris over Cedeno anyday. When has Izturis been patient or a power hitter? If my aunt had testicles, she would be my uncle.

Anyone have a wind report? I'm getting ready to make my daily wager against the Cubs (yes, I've made a ton this year), and was hoping that someone could tell me what direction it's headed, and how fast? Thanks in advance.

Wow. I guess this is one of those, "fresh face" moves, Cubs must have just wanted someone that hasn't had a chance yet to get a shot. Mateo has pitched well enough to earn a taste of the big leagues, though. BTW, I'm annoyed by the number of spelled-out numbers in that second paragraph. I count seven spelled out numbers in the paragraph two alone, at least there are zero in paragraph one. I count 8; and damn is that annoying.

Omar Vizquel is Izturis's #1 comp in PECOTA, with a score of 53, which means at his age, he looks a lot like Vizquel did at the same age. Izturis's #2 comp is Cristian Guzman, though, with the same score of 53. I hope he progresses like Vizquel in the near future, but I think it's more likely we see the second coming of Cristian Guzman. I was upset enough about this deal, and then you had to go and mention Christian Guzman? That's just mean.

[lots of Budweiser] Pagan backwards is nagap. [hiccup]

"IM JACQUE JONES, BEEEATCH!!!"

I am in Chicago and the ESPN feed is blacked out - what are they saying? Every time something happens (like Ramirez bobble) he says "oh, it must be Dusty's fault".

Can someone please pop Berman in the mouth and shut him up?

This smells like a Sandberg/Palmeiro incident.

Next at bat Nady should be plunked, but you know that won't happen.

I could be way off here; but do I detect a little bit of sarcasm in that written word?

You mean mall punk? Don't call it punk plz. It's fine if you like that music, but real punk would scare most Greenday/Simple Plan/Blink 182 fans. Pearl Jam gets the vote because American Idiot and Warning have turned me from a fan to someone who would kick Billie Joe Armstrong in the balls if given the chance. Thank you. Dead Kennedys, Subhumans (my favorite), Black Flag, DRI (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles), 7 Seconds, Suicidal Tendencies, and many others were/are punk music.

"My name is muddddd".