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  1. NCCubFan
    I know it's just one game, but I was very impressed with his gem. His offseason workouts look like they paid off. With his recent trend of struggling during the first half of the season it's great to see him get off to such a good start. When the injured starters return, Zambrano, Prior, Wood, Maddux, and Miller (in whatever order) could be a filthy, nearly unbeatable rotation.
  2. NCCubFan
    Hopefully Hagerty will surpass his innings pitched for all of last year by his second start this year.
  3. NCCubFan

    Week 1

    NCCubFan replied to cbbryan's topic in Fantasy Sports

    I have nearly a 20 point lead now, thanks to Maddux coming up big for me and Suppan stinking it up for Tootielicious.
  4. NCCubFan
    Other late changes to my team: Kazuo Matsui for Tony Womack at 2B (with the Reds acquiring Brandon Phillips, they have too many options at 2B to need to stick with Womack if he sucks) Eric Milton for Shawn Estes (Estes went on the DL today; he can't suck from there)
  5. NCCubFan
    Aram started a new streak for me today. Lee will continue it tomorrow (hopefully after agreeing to an extension).
  6. NCCubFan
    Reminder: You have until midnight tomorrow (PST) to enter, or to change your team if you think you've identified even bigger stiffs than you started with. I changed my team, replacing Lew Ford with Jacque Jones.
  7. NCCubFan
    I can give Baylor credit for McGriff hitting 30 HRs for another team. :twisted:
  8. NCCubFan
    We definitely need to get a picture of this posted.
  9. NCCubFan
    How much of a disappointment was it going from being called up to the majors in 2005 to being removed from the 40-man roster during the offseason? And have the Cubs given you any indication of what they want from you in order to make it back to the majors?
  10. NCCubFan
    What have you found to be the biggest difference between A and AA ball, especially goint straight from Peoria to West Tenn and bypassing Daytona?
  11. NCCubFan
    For those not around back then, 1985 turned out to be a nightmare for the Cubs. They were coming off the division championship in 1984, and expected to contend again in 1985. Things looked good until early June. They spent some time in first place, and were within a few games of first continuously through the first part of the season. Then, the wheels fell off. The regular starting pitchers all suffered injuries and were on the DL at the same time (even worse than the current situation), and the Cubs had pitchers who were career minor leaguers, some no better than AA-caliber pitchers, in the rotation They didn't have prospects with potential similar to Guzman, Marshall, or Hill to step in and fill the void. As a result, the Cubs wound up well below .500. So when someone claims that it was the worst year pitching-wise from a Cub fan's perspective, that's true. I also agree that the Mets were the Cubs' big rival back then (it all stemmed from 1969). The Mets were the Cubs' main competitors throughout most of 1984 (although I believe they faded to third by the end of the season). The Cardinals have always been rivals because of geographic proximity, but the Mets and Cubs were rivals because of pennant races.
  12. NCCubFan
    I believe it was just two years ago that he missed a significant portion of the season with a knee injury.
  13. NCCubFan
    In reference to the reported attempts to trade Walker: Walker's Going Nowhere
  14. NCCubFan
    How hard of an adjustment has it been (especially climate-wise) moving from the St. Louis area to Florida? Also, do you find it hard being a Cardinal fan while working for an affiliate of their top rival? (One of the other Cub minor league broadcasters, Nathan Baliva of Peoria, is also a dreaded Cardinal fan :D .)
  15. NCCubFan
    You finished the 2002 season as Iowa manager after Bruce Kimm took over from Don Baylor in Chicago. How much has that experience helped prepare you to become a full-time manager? Also, do you have goals of one day becoming a coach or manager at the major league level?
  16. NCCubFan
    Mike Davis has accepted the Alabama-Birmingham job. The deal was worked out Thursday night and expected to be announded on Friday. I actually think this is a good fit for Davis, since he'll be back home where he has an established recruiting base. If he has a good assistant coach to help with some of the in-game decision making, I think he could establish UAB as a perennial power.
  17. NCCubFan

    Week 1

    NCCubFan replied to cbbryan's topic in Fantasy Sports

    Baez is looking like a real good pickup for you now, since Gagne is having more elbow surgery. I had Baez last year, but didn't think he was worth using a keeper on since I had Cordero and Ryan, and at the time Baez looked like he'd be a setup guy.
  18. NCCubFan
    Very informative, I understand. In your opinion, would it be beneficial to me to put myself at the back of the line for Michael Barrett? My starting catcher is Johjima and I have no backup of value. I agree with others. Barrett is definitely a good catcher (he's the catcher on my Yahoo fantasy team), but I don't think he's necessarily enough of an upgrade over Johjima to make it worth moving to the back of the waiver line for. And I don't have a backup catcher on my team; on the days Barrett doesn't play I'll just hope for enough offense from my other players. I had a similar issue to consider in my Yahoo league. Somebody released Hanley Ramirez, who I like, but not enough to move from 2nd to 16th in the waiver order, so I decided not to claim him, but hope he clears waivers and becomes a free agent. A day later another owner released Torii Hunter. I think he is worth going to the back of the line for, so I put a claim in for him, and he'll be mine unless the only team ahead of me claims him. Going to the back of the line now for someone like Barrett (or, in my case, Ramirez) could easily cost you a more significant player later.
  19. NCCubFan
    I picked Baez in the draft in my Yahoo league. I thought Gagne could be a question mark coming back from TJS anyway, and with 16 teams in the league Gagne seemed like a good late pick. In the other league I'm in (a CBS Sportsline keeper league) I had him last year, but didn't use one of my keepers on him (I already had Chad Cordero and B.J. Ryan as keepers as a result of postseason trades for draft picks). Somebody else picked up Baez in the draft.
  20. NCCubFan
    We actually had him a few years ago (Sanchez, that is).
  21. NCCubFan
    To be honest, I don't blame him. If someone comes and flames "NSBB is garbage" on this board, we'd ban them too. Agreed. People frequently comment about boards on other boards (like many of us complain about cubs.com or the ESPN boards here). However, when someone complains about a board on that board, it doesn't give a good impression. It makes one wonder why someone is even on a board if they don't think much of it.
  22. NCCubFan
    Heck, I saw him in Mesa on March 17! March 10 was when I saw a game in Mesa. Flowers played in it, I believe.
  23. NCCubFan
    Oops; time to start a new streak tomorrow.
  24. NCCubFan
    Following up on B's reply: If one person puts in a claim, that person gets the player. If more than one person does, whichever of them is highest in the current priority gets the player. Either way, once you successfully claim a player on waivers, you then move to the back of the line in terms of priority. The initial priority order is the inverse order of the last round of the draft (continuing the snaking draft scheme). Finally, if nobody claims the player during the waiver period, the player then becomes a free agent and from then on it's first come, first served. If you claim a player as a free agent (as opposed to on waivers) you keep your current position in the waiver line rather than moving to the back. The person who placed Barrett on waivers can't withdraw the action; however, I believe she could put in a claim herself and it would depend on where she is in the waiver priority relative to anybody else putting in a claim. It wouldn't make much sense to do that, however, since first she risks losing him and second, even if she can claim him back, she'd move to the end of the line for future waiver claims. This isn't like real baseball where teams can place players on waivers to guage possible interest in the players, then pull them back if claimed.
  25. NCCubFan
    OK, since you gave me permission. :lol:
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