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CPAT............

GRRRRRRR LEEEEEEEE

COMON BERE BERE

I liked your Conan baseball head better. :( Nothing can last forever... Woo! The Danimal is in the radio booth. As in yogurt. I can't say yogurt without laughing... A couple days ago, a single father (weightlifter...ahem) comes to the office next to mine to visit the single mother who works there. He's asking advice on raising his daughter. The daughter has a female rash. THe singlemother suggests giving her yogurt. The guy responds with (in best jock voice).."you want me to put yogurt down there" I can't say yogurt without laughing... LOL

GREAT. BEERNUTS UP. INNING OVER....

Z? CRAMPS?

F-IN GIDP

COMMMON TWALK

Z W/A HIT

ALRIGHT FOLKS, ITS IN THE SIG....

WHY IS HE CRYING NOW? Z BRUSH HIM BACK? Easy on the caps lock there, buddy. When at work he has to have them on I think. YES I DO. I APPOLOGIZE....

WHY IS HE CRYING NOW? Z BRUSH HIM BACK?

PAT JUST CALLED TAGUCHI A "LITTLE MAN" :D

ZZZZZZZZZZZ-PICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, are they STILL on the Munsters? :lol: YUP. STILL

WAS THERE A DRAGON IN THE MUNSTERS BASEMENT????? i THINK RONNIE HAS LOST IT

Z'S GONNA HAVE 20 PITCHES W/JUS TTH EFIRST TWO BATTERS NOT GOOD

TOO BAD THERE HASNT BEEN MUCH OF THAT AT WRIGLEY THIS YEAR

as opposed to "low comedy" if J-Rod gets plunked??? I'm gonna say Eckstein. small, quick, yet highly hittable :D Is it possible to hit someone as small as Eckstein with a pitch? Kinda like trying to find Calista Flockhart when she's turned sideways. I have confidence in the movement of Z's fastball.........

as opposed to "low comedy" if J-Rod gets plunked??? I'm gonna say Eckstein. small, quick, yet highly hittable :D

YES HE DID. AS FAR AS BARRETTS D IS CONCERNED, WHY CANT THE CUBS GET A CATCHING COACH TO WORK WITH HIM ON IT? SEEMS LIKE HS IS LACKING SOME FUNDAMENTALS, AND HE COULD IMPROVE WITH SOME HARD WORK..

so what is out there for the manager's spot this year...Piniella? Mizzaloni(sp)? Are they talking about people (under their breaths)? Or will you have no choice if dirty baker wants to comes back Grady Little, Larry Dieker unfortunetly, DB will more then likely be back...

with the free agent class lacking as it is, and as few good pitchers there are, Demp may get a huge deal to start elsewhere. that would suk, I like him in the role he is now for us. Of course we still got Williamson....

Jermaine Dye is hitting .268/.330/.465 with 21 homers. That's not bad -- and I'll give Corey the benefit of the doubt in saying he can match that, since that's similar to what he did last year. Of course, he could just as easily hit .240 and never take a walk, like this year. You mention that Podsednik hasn't hit a homer. But he's also hitting .280 with a .348 OBP. Even the most optimistic among us can't expect Pie to match that ... he's never even played a game at the major league level. He isn't ready yet. Rowand is hitting a solid .286 with a .337 OBP. Once again, Murton COULD match that, yes. But he also could hit .250 once those infield hits stop piling up quite so much. However,out of these three guys, I think Murton has the best chance for success next year. When you think of a Murton/Pie/Patterson outfield you can't just consider what their ceiling is. (And we've just determined that their ceiling isn't much better than the offensively weak White Sox outfield.) You have to consider the floor as well. That's been the Cubs' philosophy over the past few years: hoping for the best with certain players. And then when anything goes wrong (injuries, bad performance, bad luck) it drives down the team far, far below expectations. Good teams like the Cardinals, Red Sox, Angels and Yankees try to drive their expected wins way up there so they can withstand injuries and misfortunes and still compete. There's absolutely no excuse for a high payroll team like the Cubs to rely on Corey Patterson and two rookies in the outfield. As you said, it COULD work out ... but it's just as likely that it'd be a total disaster. iN THIS SITUATION, I SEE MURTON AS A STOP GAP. I WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE HUFF/GILES/FLOYD W/CPATT AND PIE. I THINK THAT COMBO WOULD BE A GOOD OF FOR THE $$$

8 pm, ESPN: http://www.littleleague.org/series/2005divisions/llbb/qualify/midwest.htm congrats on your sons team, sounds like they can play!!