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  1. NCCubFan
    He was 6-14 with a 5.61 ERA in his rookie year, including a demotion to Iowa during the year. The next year he won 18.
  2. NCCubFan
    The Cubs shouldn't avoid trading with the Sox because you have a short fuse. If a trade helps the Cubs, they should make it regardless of whether it also helps the other team (with the possible exception of trades with other NL Central teams). If a trade would help the Cubs, the fact that it might help the Sox as much or more doesn't make it a bad trade. Improving the team is the one and only important factor. That's true for trades with the Sox every bit as much as it is for trades with other teams.
  3. NCCubFan
    I believe it was Larry Stahl; it definitely wasn't Ivie. Ivie had a cup of coffee in the majors in 1971, but didn't return to the majors until 1974.
  4. NCCubFan
    Between Welly and Sisco, Kansas City is becoming the graveyard of former Cub pitching prospects. :D
  5. NCCubFan
    Why would they do it now when he has posted a .322/.389/.452/.841 line so far this season? It was posted he was hitting .207? That's just since his promotion to Iowa. I think the .322 figure is for the entire season, West Tenn and Iowa combined.
  6. NCCubFan
    He doesn't need to be DFA'd at this point, but he does need to be removed from the rotation. Immediately. He cannot be given even one more start under any circumstances, period. If Wood can't go Sunday and Marmol has to start then, the Cubs simply MUST bring somebody else up to replace Rusch in the rotation. If Wood is able to go, then Marmol could replace Rusch.
  7. NCCubFan
    Wow, that's crazy and the first time I've heard of it. I remember it well, since I lived in Indiana at the time and the Pacers wound up with the second pick behind the Knicks. A local newscast showed the lottery in slow motion. The commissioner looked into the bin before picking the card for the #1 pick, and the card had a bent corner to make it easy to spot (at that time the lottery used cards with the teams' logos on them rather than ping-pong balls). That was the very first year of the lottery, and there was speculation that the lottery was developed specifically so Ewing would wind up with the Knicks (that was before the Michael Jordan era, the NBA was struggling mightily, and they were counting on Ewing in New York to save the league).
  8. NCCubFan
    If he's still with Jacksonville then, he'll be playing against West Tenn in August.
  9. NCCubFan
    At least I'm beating Rocket Sauce at something (for now). :D
  10. NCCubFan
    We definitely need a new manager during the season. Unfortunately, we probably won't get one. :(
  11. NCCubFan
    The Bears actually did something like that once. I forget the specific year, but they were interested in Mark Carrier and one other player (I forget who). So they went to each player's agent with an offer and told the agents that whoever accepted the offer first would be drafted. Carrier accepted the offer first and was drafted.
  12. NCCubFan
    Grr, Hamels one out short of qualifying for a QS in his return from the DL. :evil:
  13. NCCubFan
    Time for a Cub fan to get a long streak going. We can't let a Cardinal fan win this. :D
  14. NCCubFan
    I put Rodriguez in my lineup to replace Schilling and reserved Heilman to make room in my lineup for Turnbow as a result of my trade. I don't gain a start because the changes don't take effect until tomorrow, so I didn't get points from Rodriguez's start against the Cubs. :(
  15. NCCubFan
    Down to 1165. :( I picked the wrong Cub outfielder for my team. Jones is playing like an All-Star right now, while Pierre sucks so much he's in the top 10 for Hacking Mass points.
  16. NCCubFan
    Wow you got yourself a Kennedy-Lincoln type conspiracy theory here. Better look into the names of the pitchers they each faced, count the letters in their name, jersey number, drive yourself crazy etc. :) Yeah, I wasn't even thinking of Lincoln-Kennedy when I wrote this, but it is a similar situation.
  17. NCCubFan
    "What's the Stanley Cup?" currently has four times as many votes as the Oilers. :lol:
  18. NCCubFan
    Until I read the article I didn't realize that Greenberg himself requested the release. That sheds a different light on the matter. The similarities between Greenberg and the real-life Moonlight (real name Archibald) Graham are spooky. Using Graham's real first name, both Graham and Greenberg have the same initials (A.G.). Both went to the University of North Carolina. Both have one career appearance (although that could still change for Greenberg), and they were 100 years apart (Graham in 1905, Greenberg in 2005). I don't believe in reincarnation (at least in a physical sense), but those who do may wonder. :D
  19. NCCubFan
    He hasn't always. He spent a combined total of zero days on the DL in 2002 and 2003.
  20. NCCubFan
    The NBA finals have a poll, so in the interest of equal time here's one for the Stanley Cup.
  21. NCCubFan
    I think both Barrett and Z are likely to be on the team, and with his recent surge Jones has a shot as well. He may be odd man out due to numbers (the requirement of at least one All-Star per team), but despite his rough start his numbers are All-Star worthy.
  22. NCCubFan
    It will be Georgia. They beat FSU tonight. So two South Carolina teams vs. two Georgia teams in the Super Regionals. Just like both South Carolina teams played Indiana teams in the Regionals.
  23. NCCubFan
    No. Just because there's very little chance of any significant moves being made until closer to the trading deadline doesn't mean people shouldn't be allowed to discuss moves they'd like to see made. If you don't like these threads feel free to skip them.
  24. NCCubFan
    I think that's partially, but not entirely, true. Many prospects do go straight from AA to the major leagues (Marshall and Marmol have done that for the Cubs; Willis and Cabrera have done that for the Marlins in recent years). Not all top prospects do that, however. I don't think the fact that Felix Pie is in AAA means that his stock is falling. I think it would be safe to say that a greater percentage of AA players are prospects as compared to AAA, but that doesn't necessarily mean that those prospects who are at AA are better prospets than the ones at AAA.
  25. NCCubFan
    What an accomplishment. Contract extensions for everybody.Boo for having cardinals of any sort in your sig As a Ball State student I wholeheartedly disagree! Me too, Ball State University Class of 1995 right here. Needing to get myself down to the Heorot sometime soon. Hey Dave here. Me too! Class of 1969. http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j163/Niner74/DavidLetterman.jpg Class of 1982 for me, with a Masters degree in 1983. I was there when Ray McCallum was playing basketball there. Their first-ever appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament was during my junior year. And both Indiana State (with Larry Bird) and DePaul (with Mark Aguirre) played at University Arena (where the home games were played at the time).
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