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Everything posted by don_kessinger_was_good
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Mariotti and Kiley of all people. DEAD ON THE MARK. This wretched excuse for a $95MM ballclub is such an embarassment, either the Tribune is guilty of wanton neglect of their product, or they are just incomprehensably tonedeaf. Not sure which, but something needs to be done here, and now.
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Thank goodness at least one Cubs beat writer isn't part of the Tribune Tower Cabal. Thanks Bruce, good stuff. http://www.dailyherald.com/sports/cubs.asp?id=189912
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Burgos has some talent. Stairs would be a nice role player off the bench for any team. MacDougal is good when healthy. And I've always like Grudzy. They've got a few decent players. They have two EXCELLENT minor leaguers that will probably be in the bigs next year. Not enough to get KC back in the hunt anytime soon, but it's a start. Gordon is the real deal.
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I'd trade Mark Prior for Miguel Tejada. Oh, wait.....
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You can't trade Jones until June 16th. The players you want to DFA are paid $8MM this year, how depressing is that? And $6MM of that is guaranteed again in 2007. I wanted Jim Hendry fired a LONG time ago, now the words "chicken", "home", and "roost" come to mind. What a disaster.
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Hindsight is 20-20. Most people didn't want to risk $5MM-$6MM on such an injury-prone player. No one doubts Nomar's ability when healthy. It is ironic though that the players the Cubs (wisely, IMO) don't take a chance on because of injury risk stay healthy and are productive (Alou, Nomar), while the guys we decide to keep despite injury risk are hurt yet again (Wood, Prior). And then we spent that Nomar money on Jones and Pierre, egads.....
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This is a very, VERY bad baseball team. Egads.
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Bring Back the Gladiator!
don_kessinger_was_good replied to don_kessinger_was_good's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I do not like how the second-greatest slugger in Cubs history has disappeared from the baseball radar. Sammy deserves better than this. For crying out loud, this year is going to suck anyway, why can't the Cubs be big men here instead of whiny little babies and bring back Sammy to end his career with pride? I guarantee you the fans would go NUTS for Sammy. Just platoon him with Jock and give him some ABs as the RH pinch-hitter off the bench. You telling me an aging Sosa can't out-produce Michael Restovich in the same kind of limited role? Puh-leeze. WE WANT SAMMY! WE WANT SAMMY! WE WANT SAMMY! -
Seriously. He's rested, he's ready. Sammy to the rescue!!
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Who is going to start on Thursday?
don_kessinger_was_good replied to soccer10k's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Maybe we should see if there any bats in Iowa we could use too. Offense sucks. -
It's even worse with Rusch than some are acknowledging, if you recall, he got pounded all over Arizona in spring training, too. The guy stinks. I wonder if Hendry has yet figured out what we were all griping about in November--that paying $6MM/year the next two years for bona fide stiffs like Neifi and Rusch is a bad idea? Naw, probably not. Jim Hendry loves to spend money on rejects and outcasts, he does it every year. What a waste of resources.
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Agreed, my plan too. Ohman to Iowa, Rusch to bullpen, Aardsma to Iowa, Wuertz recall, Hill recall to the rotation. Works for me.
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I like Big Choi.
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I'm with Vance on this one--Jerome for Hinske makes sense and I'd support that 100%. Williamson for Hinske, I don't think so. Teams always need good bullpen help, so if the Cubs can wait awhile, they can get more for Scott than Eric Hinske. And that presumes it's even in the Cubs' best interest to move a decent reliever out of the pen, which I'm not sure it is. I'd say no, at least for now, if it's Williamson. Where our excess is going to be and where we have some trading chips are starting pitchers. By the ASB, Prior, Wood, Miller, Z, Maddux, Rusch, Guzman, Marshall, Williams. With Hill and Ryu in Iowa. Something has to give. I say move Jerome now and get what you can for him; move Rusch after June 15th; let the market dictate in July what you can get for Williamson and/or Hill or Guzman.
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DO NOT EXTEND SLAPPY PIERRE. Let him walk after the season. Give the job to Pie for 07, and look for a middle infielder to bat leadoff. I agree with an earlier post, Pierre really does play like a girl. Can he even hit the ball 300 feet?
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I vote for Big Choi. Love that lug.
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Woo-hoo!! Murton up to 5th in the lineup, Jones is 7th, Hairston 6th, Hank White in the 8 hole. No Neifi! Go Dusty! Go Gooz!!!!!!!!!! 1. Pierre-CF 2. Cedeno-SS 3. Walker-1B 4. Ramirez-3B 5. Murton-LF 6. Hairston-2B 7. Jones-RF 8. Blanco-C 9. Guzman-P
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I gotta say I'm liking the youth movement
don_kessinger_was_good replied to erik316wttn's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The Cubs opening day lineup for 2006, every player was under 30 years old, as was half the bullpen, half the bench, and three of the starting pitchers (Williams, Z and Marshall, though he didn't get here until mid-April). Add in Prior, Wood, Guzman--the Cubs are actually a very young team. -
But what's this, Restovich's second AB? We saw what he could, or more correctly, couldn't do in Arizona. He's been cut by three other teams for a reason=>STIFF.
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Cut him some slack. If he wants to get an RBI bunt single and then get picked off of first every time he bats, I can live with that tradeoff. :-)
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Restovich, Bynum and Neifi all suck. We need Pagan to get healthy and give us a second genuine bat for our bench to go with Mabry. Is Durazo still sitting around un-signed? Would like his bat coming off my bench.
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Neifi's catch at the end of the game
don_kessinger_was_good replied to Mizzou's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Good news--Trib says Neifi will sit the last two games of the Florida series, Hairston will get the starts. That's (small) progress. Of course, this only means Neifi probably sits Cedeno at SS for the day game, dude has experience with the afternoon sun after all. {Hatred for Neifi disclosure statement} -
I don't like JJ for our RF solution, but you gotta admit, the few hits he's had have been huge. It's April, we've won 11 games (with three of our five best players on the DL), and JJ has won 2 of those games for us. That's a bigger contribution than the $10MM man Aramis Ramirez. The man-child Carlos Zambrano. Or any of our simulated all-star team on the disabled list. Sit Jones against lefties, and he could end up being passable for us.
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Tough call. I like Wright better as a more consistent hitter over the long term I think. But Cabrera has added value because he can play three, if not four, positions on the field, and play all of them with at least acceptable defense. Wright seems like more of clubhouse guy, while Cabrera has quickly earned a reputation as a bit of a horse's ass. I guess if push REALLY came to shove, I'd take Wright.
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Today's Trib--Mary Prior not expected back BEFORE JUNE. Krissy Wood is late May at the earliest. Wade Miller is behind them both. Wheeee!!!!!!