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  1. CubbieBum
    Sorry if I'm a little mad that someone essentially called me a racist for no apparent reason. I take offense of it because I have actively participated in equality rallies and the such all my life and is one of the things I try hardest to never be in any way, shape or form.
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    Your grandkids are going to hate you. Probably because they won't be allowed to play with Ernie Bank's grandkids. WTF is this. Are you calling me racist? This site is going down hill if that type of post is allowed. And considering Banks' grandkids will be a full generation older than mine I'm pretty sure they won't be playing with each other.
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    It will always be the Budweiser House to me. This is one of those things that I can see myself 50 years from now telling my grandkids about. Back in my day it was ...
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    Not with the way he plays defense. I want to see Bradley move to 3, aram 4, soto 5
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    Well you are talking about two people who have some of the best pitches in baseball and can control it consistently. Kerry Wood has a nasty curveball but he can't get it to go for strikes consistently. Also Marmol can do it because he is a RP and guys don't get to see him more than once a game.
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    I would say putting a player at a position that he played at in around 5% of his games and never in the last 12 years of his career is a cop out.
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    After Duke's impressive pitching so far I decided to swap him for Suppan.
  8. CubbieBum
    Kent at 3B?
  9. CubbieBum
    I took this as guys who are jerks not guys you hate for being really good or something like that.
  10. CubbieBum
    That was great although some I vehemently disagree with. I loved the one about a spaceship in our stadium rather than what the Yankees did to theirs.
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    So you think the Cubs offense scores runs according to the score and situation? Because that's the only way blowing a lead in the 7th is different from blowing it in the 9th- if you think the offense becomes better when they're trailing. In reality, you get at-bats in the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings regardless of score. And ultimately, 2 runs scoring in the 9th inning count exactly the same as 2 runs scored in the 7th inning. For the most part I agree but not completely. Players have a different mind set when down from when up. Thats why some players are considered clutch while others fail when the pressure is on. If Gregg gives up runs in the 7th to put us down rather than in 9th the players will take a different approach in their at-bats not to mention there are situations you can get in where a manager will manage differently. If we are down one run he will do what ever he can, sacrificing, bunting and the such, to get one run in. If we are up a run he might let us swing away trying to pull away.
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    I say give him one or two more chances to see if its beginning season jitters or what not. Another outing like this or two where he's not horrendous but still shakey then make the switch to Marmol, Smardz or someone else who seems capable.
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    No. He will go to jail for manslaughter/murder (not sure which it is in drunk driving cases) no matter what. He could spend his time in jail in Mexico though. For one it saves us the bill of feeding him and for two Mexican prisons are harsh.
  14. CubbieBum
    No I don't really think it was too bad all that happened. I don't root for injuries but I also don't root for the Brewers to win anything.
  15. CubbieBum
    Was it ever hard?
  16. CubbieBum
    This totally unnerved me today. I saw what he did last night and looked into trying to trade for him in the NSBB Premier League. I then went to bed. The read email first thing in the morning and the first one I saw was a link to the story of his death. I went to bed thinking I would like to have him on my team and woke up to find he was dead. His dad was also in town for the game. I think my dad said it best when I called and told him: "At least he did well last night and his parents can have that proud moment to remember him by."
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    Snider
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    Well Sheets is in a rare situation and normally would be on a team. His salary not existing accounts for about 1/4 of that.
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    No. why not? i think he's got a great chance. assuming he plays 6 more years which would make him 39 at retirement, so you could easily argue he plays more than that, he basically needs 5 leadoff homers per year. that's realistic. He'll get worse as he gets older. This is just like the "Sosa can average 40 HRs a year until he's 40" projections we used to hear all the time. And he won't be a leadoff hitter forever. Well, it's not like the Cubs have a clear cut favorite to replace him at leadoff, now or in the pipeline. And if they've already given up on the idea of lots of stolen bases or very high OBP at leadoff, there's no reason why they'd have to move him. But they probably will long before he breaks that record. That could easily change with one midseason trade or one offseason.
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    Batting someone that had a .410 OBP against lefties last year at 8 in favor of someone who is woeful against lefties makes no sense whatsoever. Plus Theriot getting caught stealing 30-40% of the time isn't go to help much even if he can do it twice as often by batting 8th. Finally hitting in front of the pitcher completely changes 1 out of 5 games for us because of Zambrano.
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    Yeah, he really, really isn't very good right now. I was a little bit disappointed about him entering. But, supposedly he comes from a poor family, so I definitely can't blame the guy. If Turner comes back it would be awesome,though. :) Yeah he reminded me of JaJuan in his freshman year in regards to toughness. You could see JaJuan had potential but he was physical enough to be effective consistently. Mullens could really benefit from another year but if its a money thing I completely understand.
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    One thought I have is that if this game is any indication Dempster will once again not get road victories even though he pitches well on the road.
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    Scrubaholics Catcher Jason Varitek First Base Rich Aurilia Second Base Mark Ellis Third Base Brandon Inge Shortstop Cesar Izturis Left Field Endy Chavez Center Field Michael Bourn Right Field Jose Guillen Pitcher 1 Zach Duke Pitcher 2 Daniel Cabrera
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    Which one player are you rooting for?
  25. CubbieBum
    http://www.draftexpress.com/rankings/NCAA-Seniors/ :hello: ETA: Jamelle Cornley not even in their top 80 seniors. Ouch. Good luck in Greece, Jamelle He's a 6'5" power forward, he'd get eaten alive. I don't think he will be a good pro at all but he can test the waters and get the feedback of what teams think of him so he knows what to work on.
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