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  1. gus_dog
    Yeah, but you can still catch the Addison bus to Western, and then hoof it a couple blocks.
  2. gus_dog
    Iowa, huh? Lotsa corn there. I bet you've never heard that before. :wink: Yes, it is that bad. I hear you can park at Millenium Park relatively cheaply. It's about four blocks east of the (State Street) subway you take to Wrigley. I don't know much about parking, 'cause I seldom ever drive in the city. If you're there around 11:00a seating won't be an issue. I believe they will still be having batting practice. Ginos is OK, but the best pizza in Chicagoland, IMO, is Lou Malnati's. It's not even close. Next, IMO, is Giordano's. Uno & Due both suck, IMO. Make sure to have fun!!!!
  3. gus_dog
    No kidding there....I'm with ya.
  4. gus_dog
    Honestly, does he do as much damage vs. other teams than the Cards? I think we might have another Alex Gonzalez on our hands (albeit a more talented one). Looks like he does play better against the Cardinals. Maybe he hears all the abuse from CardsTalk and wants to put it in their collective face? :shock: :wink:
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    Me too viewtopic.php?t=30375
  6. gus_dog
    Really having a tough time understanding fans scolding other fans for getting jacked up about this series. 1) The Cardinals amost always contend, or win the division. 2) Cardinals are Cubs' bitter rivals. 3) Three games in April count the same as three games in September. 4) Cubs have not swept the Cardinals in five years. Sad, I know, but consider that they just extricated that monkey from their collective back. Making statements like "it's their World Series" or "it's only three games" is an effort to trivialize the impact of the games, and minimalize somene's enjoyment or minimalize their own disappointment. Please, give it a rest. Some folks really get excited about these things, and that's fine for them. All that being said, it's a long season, and I advise an even keeled approach to the games. That didn't dampen my enjoyment of this series.
  7. gus_dog
    Yes, the Cubs 'pen looks miles better. Looper and Wainwright looked good. Isringhausen? What's up with walking the bases loaded? I expect they'll (Cardinal 'pen) be much better after LaRussa figures out who's going to take which role, but that performance by Isringhausen was very bad. Is he hurt?
  8. gus_dog
    Kingman's career ops was .780, Dunn's is .891 and he hasn't even reached his prime yet. That's not a very good comparison. Well, ops notwithstanding, he reminds me of Kingman, a very powerful, free-swinging, crappy fielding player. Big guy too.
  9. gus_dog
    Adam Dunn - the modern day Dave Kingman. Tremendous power, tremendous potential. Anybody notice he had a sac fly in game one this season? He's improving his all-around game, I guess...
  10. gus_dog
    Oh my Cardinal hatred runs deep! From Kessinger, to Beckert, to Banks My love of the Cubs is great Lo, through the years they have caused me angst This has not made my Cub-fondness abate. A baseball purist, am I With love for chin music, and no patience for the DH I may not like other teams, but I try Like fine wine, the game gets better with age I am peaceful and kind of heart There is one thing, however That makes my responce quite tart Please, utter the name never The redbirds of Saint Louis are they And Oh, does my hatred for them run deep! If only the league would send them away This loyal Cub fan would be able to sleep From Musial, and Gibson, Boyer or Flood I always wish that they never succeed Since a Cardinal team playing as a dud, To me, is better than the best mead The Mad Hungarian was a bum And so was Mark McGwire With all his chemically induced runs Their consistent play could draw my ire Many of my Cubs’ seasons they have stolen Wearing of the ‘birds-on-the-bat’ is revolting Ah yes, and I hate Scott Rolen Too bad they didn’t keep Joe McEwing Oh, my hatred for the Cardinals runs deep! From the pit of my heart to the tip of my tongue Like the upper deck at Busch was so steep My Cardinal hatred is so strong, I wish them all dung.
  11. gus_dog
    I wish we could get Blanco's defencive prowess, while simultaneously getting Barrett's bat in the lineup! :D
  12. gus_dog
    Perfect example of a bad outfielder, not an error.
  13. gus_dog
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but Karros didn't come in the Hundley deal did he? I'm pretty sure Ismael Valdez came in the Hundley deal. No, it was Karros and Grudz for Hundley. That's right, and Karros did a fine job for the Cubs. IIRC, Karros is now retired from MLB. Valdez was signed as a FA IIRC, and he pretty much sucked as a CUB.
  14. gus_dog
    Neither Cedeño nor Murton are crap. They are yet unproven as MLB players. Jones is Jeromy Burnitz all over again - adequate. I would like our team to get a stud OF'er.
  15. gus_dog
    :shock: Insert Edmonds joke here. FWIW, I also think it's jumping the gun to label Ronny "Crap." Insert what? :shock:
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    K-Town, one day you may fall off that soapbox and hurt yourself. Again, in a perfect world, you might be right, or just, or whatever. However, human nature being what it is, I believe that it will go down pretty much as vance articulated in his posts. McGwire could have stood up and made statements similar to what Raffy said. Of course, since he is out of baseball, it could never be proven otherwise like Raffy. This is essentially a public opinion (BBWA) poll, and in the court of public opinion, McGwire is guilty until proven innocent. Is it just? No. It is what it is.
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    By that reasoning, every player who has never answer the "steroid question" before a Congressional committee is a liar. That's faulty logic. When every other player in baseball is scrutinized the way Mac was and is, then you can criticize him. Until then, he's being treated unfairly. If you dance around a subject such as he did, people will assume you have something to hide. It's part of human nature. Not that I disagree with you, but people, in general, can and will be very unfair.
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    I also noticed that neifi was hardly mentioned. You got it right, at least that's how Baker will probably do it. Perhaps move Barrett up and Murton down.
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    I will say one thing, at least he was man enough to sit there and not lie to Congress like Palmeiro did. He might not want to admit to steroid use, but at least he is not willing to lie about it, which at least gives him a couple points up on the character scale. There are lies of comission, and lies of omission. McGwire's lack of forthright could be (and is) considered by many as a lie of omission. i.e. If I don't say anything substantive, is it really a lie? To that question I answer yes. Too much cloudiness there for him to be a first ballot guy, but I would probably vote for him. Another question: If he gets in, does he wear an A's hat or a Redbird hat? Should be an A's hat, IMO, but 1998 will probably cause him to be wearing a red cap. Did he even play three full seasons in The 'Lou?
  20. gus_dog
    I agree with you, this team is not good enough. Not picking on you, but this comment: Sounds like the newspaper or TV sports pundits. Exactly how do the White Sox & Red Sox championships cause more 'urgency' in the Cubs organization? I don't get it. The sense of urgency is ALWAYS there, regardless of who won it all last year. Even if the Cubs won it all, do you think that they suddenly would lose any urgency to win the following season? It just doesn't make sense. These guys are always trying to put together the best team they can with all the available resources, but only one team can win it all, and NOBODY is perfect. Should we as fans accept losing? Absolutely not. However, the assumption that management is somehow less or more urgent in any given year than in any other given year is fallicy that is propogated in the media. It's got nothing to do with the White Sox or Red Sox, and everything to do with the Cubs. They're trying hard (or with urgency), but they just aren't good enough.
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    Thanks
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    'view your posts' search utility is not functioning. The message you get is that the service is temporarily disabled. It has been temporarily disabled for a couple of weeks now.
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    Absolutely, unequivocably, yes. It's not about Dusty being dumb. It's more about his veteran loyalties to a fault. Dumb? Nah. Insane? Maybe.
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    ET McGee? I voted no. Good player, but not an HOF'er
  25. gus_dog
    Are there any career closers that you'd consider HOFers? What's wrong with Mariano Rivera? He's been able to dominate with one pitch. It's a no-brainer IMO, that he'll eventually get in. Absolutely, great playoff numbers, very durable, plus a 197 ERA+ which ranks him among the elite closers in baseball for a decade. He should be on every ballot. IMO, playoff numbers carry no more meaning than non-playoff games within the context of hof. plenty of hof'ers had no playoff experience, or poor playoff stats. hof is looking at the total body of work. Sutter's mastery of the splitter completely revolutionized pitching in general, and specifically relief pitching. The splitter is as common in a pitchers repertiore now as a slider or curve is. I vote yes - he deserves it. BTW, I agree that the save is just about the most overrated stat in baseball.
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