SouthSideRyan

Racist.

Well, at least until you realize the 20/10 guy is Zach Randolph. Yeah, people are really overrating Randolph in here. He's a worthless load.

Not sure if that was joking or serious. The INTERNET needs a sarcasm detector. But just in case it's not joking, I have to disagree. If there is one player I don't think we'll ever see on a PED list, it's Pujols. Which is sad, because that would legitimately make him the greatest hitter since Ruth. And I'd hate for that guy to be a Cardinal. Let me put it this way. Either Pujols is and has always been clean as a whistle. Or he's incredibly stupid after doing that Sports Illustrated cover. Imagine the backlash there would be if he wound up being exposed as a cheater. Hate to say it, but I think he's just that damn good. I think Pujols is damn good, but so was Barry Bonds before he started taking PEDs. I hate to say it, but I would be surprised if Pujols is clean. That's why the rest of the names need to be released and a lifetime ban should be put on players from now on. Having said that, I do think MLB will have to acknowledge the Steroid Era and allow players in the HOF. It's kind of ridiculous to have a HOF displaying the greats of history with no players acknowledged in a certain 20 year period. The bottom line is that as the drugs improve, so do the masking agents and the drug testing. Can we ever trust any record in baseball again? I think a good analogy is when the public found out about the lies during Viet Nam and we stopped believing anything the government tells us since then because we know it's all a pack of lies. The difference between Pujols and Bonds is that Bonds started his career with four seasons under a .900 OPS and didn't have a 1.000 OPS until his seventh year, when he was 27. Pujols' worst OPS was .955 in 2002, his second year and age 22 season. By his age 27 season, Pujols had already put up five 1.000+ OPS seasons and a sixth at .997. And Bonds came up in '86 and Pujols came up in '00.

Milton Bradley has acted like he cares He has? People who don't care don't scream at umps when calls go against them, excitedly flip their bat when they walk, or smash water coolers or throw their helmets when they do poorly. Whatever has been ailing Bradley this season, having passion is certainly not a problem for him. But is it passion for the team or passion for his own benefit? When Bradley went nuts over other player's walk offs he was only showing passion because he didn't have to come up again and lower his average further.

This is the bigs, not Japan. Tell me, how is is that most people in and around major league baseball think the guy is a BIG bust? Hmm, maybe it's his numbers? Just a hunch. I'm withholding judgment til Mickey Morandini weighs in.

I believe so. I guess there could be different rules in place for walk ons, but I kinda doubt it. My thinking is CJ will play about 3 minutes per game and leave.

By being white and cheap.

Sergio Romo makes Carlos Zambrano look introverted.

Jason fuckin Bartlett

Renteria's a moron

YOU'RE QUOTING THIS IN THE [expletive] THREAD YOU [expletive] STARTED ABOUT HOW FUKUDOME SHOULD BE SENT TO THE MINORS AND THEN IN THE SAME [expletive] GAME THAT THE WHITE GUY DID SOMETHING HIT A DOUBLE AND A HOME RUN ARE YOU [expletive] KIDDING ME?

Who's at 2B? And why is he still there?

According to K zone, Wainwright didn't throw a strike that AB.

And you just assume the players Brenly would want (which aren't necessarily anyone they could get) would be good? Not hard to best the group of bums he just mentioned. I think Brenly is very baseball smart and he certainly knows what the expectations are here. After the ownership issue is settled, I'd can Lou and give Bob a chance. Well, you clearly just have an old school way of looking at things that favors giving away outs. For years the Cubs have been built to slug the ball at the expense of being a smart and fundamentally sound team. I want a smart team that can move a runner from second to third with no one out Oh, I want a team that scores runs. Or ya know, gets on base.

My gut instinct was they were staying at KU, but Carl wanted to let Self know not to [expletive] with him. I think the interesting part no matter where they go is what either coach does with CJ. From all accounts he doesn't deserve any legit minutes right away but Dad seems to think he's 1 and done. Is this just more blustering from the dad, or does he honestly believe this crap. I wouldn't be shocked to see CJ moving on to a new school for 2010 no matter where he lands this year.

Oh, you mean a manager who is aggressive and plays smart baseball? That's a problem? :scratch: Lots of sac bunts, steals, and hits and runs is not smart baseball. It's usually dumb baseball.

Snood, anything going to happen with Henry, or is this just the dad being a jackass?

I can't wait til we pick up 3 pitchers and David Patton remains on the team.

One of them was a solo HR and the other was a 2 run HR while they were down by 5. There's no reason to not pitch to him in those situations.

This thread happened last year too.

The Cubs front office is full of arrogant old school baseball types that think they found a hidden gem in Patton and are going to prove it to the world no matter how much it sabotages this year's team.

Idiocy.

Do you have to be contrarian about everything? Did you mean to quote gooney? I don't see why it's outrageous to point that Gaudin has been pretty bad this year, and it turns out cutting him loose was probably a decent idea. The fact that they replaced him with Patton is the issue, not that they dumped Gaudin.

Chad Gaudin has not been good this year. David Patton's a waste of space, but it's not because his spot would be better served by having Chad Gaudin in it.

Who was the third? I thought the deal was just Aramis, Lofton and cash for Hernandez, Hill and Bruback. I think he's thinking of Randall Simon who came over for Ray Sadler in a separate trade.