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  1. NCCubFan
    Yep.
  2. NCCubFan
    "Any team can have a bad century."--Jack Brickhouse
  3. NCCubFan
    You're confusing two types of waivers. Many players go on revocable waivers as a formality so they could be traded after the deadline. Sending a player down after he is out of options, however, requires a different type of waivers. These waivers are irrevocable, making it much more risky. I think Corey's chances of clearing irrevocable waivers are slim and none. Somebody would claim him, thinking he'd improve with a fresh start, since if they were wrong they'd only be stuck with him for the rest of the season.
  4. NCCubFan
    Looks like you accidentally submitted your post before it was completed. :D
  5. NCCubFan
    Wow, he's now given up 12 walks in 3 innings. :cry:
  6. NCCubFan
    That was the one game in that series I wasn't at. I was at the Friday and Saturday games. I'll never forget that series, with Hollandsworth's game-tying HR followed by an extra inning win on Friday, and Pratt and Farnsworth gift-wrapping the Saturday game for the Braves (with Grandpa Franco's HR). Franco didn't HR. He doubled to RF after fouling off a bajillion pitches. Oops. :oops: I remember him fouling off all the pitches and then getting the hit; I just forgot what type of hit.
  7. NCCubFan
    No, Pujols will be starting. He's the DH.
  8. NCCubFan
    That was the one game in that series I wasn't at. I was at the Friday and Saturday games. I'll never forget that series, with Hollandsworth's game-tying HR followed by an extra inning win on Friday, and Pratt and Farnsworth gift-wrapping the Saturday game for the Braves (with Grandpa Franco's HR).
  9. NCCubFan
    No, let him get his annual season-ending injury with the Reds.
  10. NCCubFan
    I think you can do that yourself (at least you can in IE; I don't know about other browsers). In IE you right-click on the link, then click on "open in new window."
  11. NCCubFan
    Is that the Fox national network he's a fan of, or Fox Sports Net? :lol:
  12. NCCubFan
    It's frustrating to watch him struggle so much lately, but I haven't given up on him yet. He's shown in the past that he's a major league hitter; he can do it again. Whether he WILL remains to be seen.
  13. NCCubFan
    E-mail (to log in): bugmenot90@mailinator.com Password: bugmenot
  14. NCCubFan
    How about this statistic: Number of posters named wolf stansson who think Carpenter is better: 1 Number of posters named wolf stansson who think Oswalt is better: 0 :lol:
  15. NCCubFan
    I wonder if Dickson is related to former Cub pitcher Lance Dickson (since they both spell their last names the same, and the usual spelling is Dixon).
  16. NCCubFan
    His game-winning hit should be declared void, then, and the Jaxx should win by forfeit. :D
  17. NCCubFan
    I don't see anything useful coming out of this thread, so time to lock it.
  18. NCCubFan
    Done.
  19. NCCubFan
    http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/4430000/4434205.gif He doesn't know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away, And know when to run.
  20. NCCubFan
    I edited the post to actually make it a poll.
  21. NCCubFan
    Football is different because of the salary cap. Contracts aren't guaranteed, and players are frequently cut in the middle of long-term contracts. I think players frequently sign for longer periods of time than the team actually plans to keep them because that allows signing bonuses to be spread over more years.
  22. NCCubFan
    It would be classless for the Cubs to sabotage Maddux, and I think there's about a zero percent chance they will. It would be one thing if the Cubs legitimately have five starting pitchers better than Maddux (since the team is in a pennant race they need to use their five best starters, regardless of who they are). As long as Maddux is one of the five best, however, the Cubs need to pitch him regardless of the option. First, from a competitive standpoint, using the pitchers who give them the best chance to win this year is more important than avoiding the option next year. Second, intentionally sabotaging a player to avoid an option would likely make playing for the Cubs seem very unattractive to potential free agents. Who'd want to play for a team that will give you a vesting option, only to sabotage it if they later decide they want to avoid the option? The bottom line is that the Cubs gave him the option, now they need to live with it.
  23. NCCubFan
    Not just last year; he did almost the same thing for Atlanta in 2003.
  24. NCCubFan
    I think both will get in eventually; lesser players have (Bill Mazeroski is Exhibit 1). I don't think either will on the first ballot.
  25. NCCubFan
    Nothing like a good, unwarranted, backhanded comment to break up the day. It wasn't backhanded to posters, I'm just not on the Dubois wagon, and his plate patience (or lack thereof) is frustrating me as much as CP's. That's fine, but that doesn't justify you declaring that he's going to strike out three times when the game hasn't even started yet.
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