JudasIscariotTheBird

We all know that Zambrano going to be the closest thing to human perfection to walk the Earth in this Century, so if he wants to play some soccer, then it is the right decision. End of story...I wonder if he has more chops than Nomar. I guess he talks himself up to Mia a lot.

The previous post made all great statments. Dawson is my all time favorite Cub, but I admit he is very boarderline for the hall. The two big things he has going for him are that he is one of the only 4 players in the 300HR/300SB club (with Bonds, Bonds and Mays) and has an MVP under his belt (for a last place team no less)

Let's say that suddenly you were in charge of the Cubs. How would you run things for the duration of the season and this off season? First moves: trade Holly, Neifi, Macias, Burtitz for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, and even pick up the rest of their contracts for the year. Going to be stuck with Baker for the rest of this season, so I'd all but force him to play the youngins. Oh, and although I love Die Hard, he's no where to be seen either. I'd maybe put out a contract (the kind involving the mafia) on Baker. Heck, I'd rather let Darren manage. Seriously. I would just tell Darren what to do, and he'd probably listen. Cedeno starts at short. Walker is resigned and will start at second. The trade I'd go after most would be for Soriano. Then Walker becomes the Uber pinch hitter. I'd like that a lot. If it involves moving Wood, then I would also try to get Zito, but that's stretching it. No Garciapara, no Neifi. I'm not sure how Maddox's contract is structured, but if it is a team option, he's gone too. This team has more than enough young arms that even when they FAIL, wouldn't be producing at a much lower clip than Maddox. Van Buren, Pinto, Hill, Williams, Angel (if he ever gets healthy) and others, take your pick. If Wood is gone and Zito isn't landed, I'd go for Millwood. Now, if the price is right for Damon, then that's a no brainer, but its going to be a bidding war, and I'd just assume having Giles. I'd go after him fairly agressively. If there is no Soriano, then maybe two good bats would be picked up on the FA market in the OF. Otherwise, Pie gets his shot, Murton gets his shot, and if Patterson is looking good in ST, then he and Pie fight it out. If both succeed, then Patterson get's traded when he actually has value. Hairston becomes the utility man (like a super-Macias, but that isn't saying much). Then the only other FA signing would be for a closer. Wagner (if he wants to play) or BJ Ryan (or both...he's a FA right?) would be the guys. The Cubs would have MORE than enough money for these moves. Only two/three signings. I really don't think these moves (apart from outsting Baker) are unrealistic, and I'd get them done. Who's with me?

This is maybe the silliest thing I've read on here in a long time. The main way to refute Vizquel is to remind him that you can't catch the ball with your feet.

Guys, lets put this into perspective. I'm living here in Colorado. There was ZERO hope here before the season even started. NONE. Even the optimists were like, "Well, at least we have Helton, maybe he'll win the batting crown or something." But then after three months, he was hitting around .245 (on my fantasy team of course) Remember when the Cubs WERE the Rockies? I don't want that back for anything. I don't want a 0-13 start to the season. I don't want Mel Rojas. We are just going to have to get used to a different kind of disappointment as Cub fans. We are going to have good teams for the next decade, I believe, and we probably aren't going to get to the playoffs but two or three times in that span. Get used to it. Just remember where we came from. By the way, the Cubs-Rockies series that I'll be attending next week is going to be downright ridiculous. I'm pretty sure there will be two suicides per game from the crowd.

Just wondering, does anyone remember Zambrano's first few stints in the majors? Would go down in flames all of a sudden in one inning just like Hill now. Just thought I'd mention that.

Those camoflauge thingys that the Padres wore every once in a while were just plain gross. The Pirates had some dumb ones in the 80's too, but nothing that could touch the Astros.

Well, since Pro wrestling is make believe and I'm an ex college wrestler, I figured I'd put in my expertise as to what happened. Farns shot a double leg, but didn't really have much balance. Affledt used what is called a wizzer to stay on top of farns and kept his legs back. If that scrum hadn't ensued, farns might have been in some trouble...sussecptable to a choke or some blows to the head...but as big of a meat head as he is, I'm sure he would have just shrugged it off.

this was suposed to be in the arod thread...mods help?

After talking to my Venezuelan friend this summer, they could have a pretty tough team as well. Abreu, Maggs and Caberra, Mora, Izturis and Santana and Zambadass pitching lights out. They could compete.