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  1. UMFan83
    I don't understand this reference. Soria is good and Patton is useless. Well, both were Rule 5 picks... Okay, so that's the only similarity. There's absolutely no point in comparing the two other than that. Sorry to burst your bubble but that was the whole joke.
  2. UMFan83
    Marmol made the team on Woody's open roster spot because he had the next highest vote totals among relievers on the player ballot. Yup, not the fan vote, the player vote. The Cubs will not have a second Al Star, unless a couple of the 4 first basement on the roster go down.
  3. UMFan83
    A good defensive player who can play multiple positions in the infield, I think it's more likely that someone would claim him than not. Somebody would find a space on the roster for a late-inning defensive replacement who could occasionally start and give a regular a day off. Most likely. I think he should stay up here. He can't hit worth a lick, but I think fans really underrate the importance of defense in the game. Probably because it's not as conclusively quantifiable. But having a player like him off the bench and for the occasional start is important. I'd DFA Miles and keep Blanco on the roster, but because of the contract situation, Blanco will almost certainly go down when Miles is off the DL.
  4. UMFan83
    I think Fox can still get a decent number of ABs/starts if he stays with the Cubs. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he can give Soriano, Lee, Bradley and ARam breaks when they need them. ARam especially will likely not be ready to go everyday with the lingering soreness in his shoulder. Fox should get 1-2 starts a week at 3B, and 1-2 starts a week in the OF or 1B. That's 2-4 starts a week, and key right handed pinch hitter the other days.
  5. UMFan83
    Welcome back Cyno...I'm glad your not house hunting anymore. It was hard to keep up with the Hawks news without you. I think we all missed your reaction when Hossa signed. Can you pretend you first heard the news and make a post with your reaction please.
  6. UMFan83
    Fred and I are at the game right now. Fred wants everyone to know that the Cubs are 14-6 when the pitcher gets a hit....25-33 when he doesn't. In addition, the Cubs are 5-0 when Fred is in the stands (with 3 rainouts)....34-39 when he isn't...and I don't see any rain coming!
  7. UMFan83
    Him and Wakefield are both awful selections that shouldn't have made it. They made it based on the number of wins they have, not their ERAs or WHIPs or any other statistic. Now for years we're going to hear from the Chicago media about how the Cubs traded "future All Star" Jason Marquis as part of Hendry's disasterous offseason.
  8. UMFan83
    2 years ago, how many people had heard of these guys, let alone expected them to be All Stars Zorbrist Bartlett Pedroia Edwin Jackson Franklin Josh Johnson Then you have other first time all stars Broxton Bell Billingsley Upton Lilly Wakefield Longoria Ibanez Molina (he might have made another one, I forget) Pence And I know I'm missing a few others. What an odd All-Star team this year.
  9. UMFan83
    Hopefully it's more Phil Hartman than Chris Benoit. Either is horrible but yeah... I read on gotitans.com that the woman that died was Asian. BTW, sorry dew :(
  10. UMFan83
    They are saying this might be a murder-suicide involving his wife. If so, wow... http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=92323&catid=2
  11. UMFan83
    You gotta admit its a little funny that he's on the front of our 2009 schedules in his Cubs uni, a schedule that tells us when he'll be in town to homer against us. PS Casey McGehee is garbage.
  12. UMFan83
    Yup, 1 game is definitely enough to draw long term conclusions, especially if that one game finds you down 7-0 before the 2nd inning is over. I know you know better but I had to snarkily rely to that statement.
  13. UMFan83
    I love scoring 9 runs in the first 4 innings of the series and then 4 in the next 24.
  14. UMFan83
    E of the Brewers to treat Cubs fans to a firework show on the 4th
  15. UMFan83
    yup. I though he looked bad against Pittsburgh. He was just facng a bad team so the 8 or so hits he gave up didn't cause too much damage.
  16. UMFan83
    He's in the Nationals org.
  17. UMFan83
    At least we are ahead of the Reds and back in 3rd place. Also good to know that we can lose to the Brewers tomorrow and not necessarily lose ground (not that its good to lose but still)
  18. UMFan83
    I bet the decision isn't as much of a no brainer as you suggest. The person they keep will likely be a bench player mainly who can fill in occasionally. So the Cubs will look for the best player for their bench. Hoff being a lefty helps his case big time even if Fox is better and has more upside. I don't necessarily agree with this logic, but I'm trying to think like the Cubs do.
  19. UMFan83
    ESPNnews has been renamed "Manny Ramirez is BACK! News" today. But that's not the real reason I'm bumping this thread. I hadn't heard much talk about Juan Pierre and his awesome start much lately. So I looked at the numbers. First 20 games: .425/.495/.598/1.093 Last 30 games: .244/.299/.283/.582 But yeah thanks for all the stories about poor Juan Pierre being a bench player on the Dodgers and that they wouldn't miss a beat with Juan Pierre instead of Manny.
  20. UMFan83
    BTW, that makes it 5 out of the last 8 home games have ended in walkoff wins, and 5 of the last 6 wins at Wrigley.
  21. UMFan83
    How does 2 games make Fuld a hot hand anyways? Fukudome was 4-8 with 2 BBs during a 2 game stretch (June 20-21) last month (exactly what Fuld did) but happened to be in the middle of a month where he had like a .530 OPS. I'm not saying he's not hot right now, but 2 games doesn't prove that he is. Where were you people when Bobby Scales, a player of similar minor league success and upside, got off to a hot start in May?
  22. UMFan83
    I was already clicking "reply" to post my disapointed "darn he took strike 3" and then his horribly awful/awesome umpire just stood there and did nothing. I'd be pissed if I was a Brewers fan...I'd also convinently forget about how they scored their run right about now.
  23. UMFan83
    Wow.....2 of the 3 runs this game were on absolutely awful ball 4 calls.
  24. UMFan83
    It's what smart managers do. Unless that lefty you walked has a .646 OPS vs. RHPs this year. Sorry, I wasn't agreeing with the move. I was quoting Mr. Burns. Dammit I missed a Simpsons reference!
  25. UMFan83
    I have a feeling he's gonna swing at ball 4
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