UMFan83

What are the chances the Cubs trade for a number 2 starter in July?

Lilly kinda sucks

I just don't look optimistically towards October knowing that Lilly is our number 2 starter going up against the Harens and Maines of the world

This happens to CFers when a ball has spin and slice on it. Sweet. He's definatley a Cub now. He did what Edmonds does. Bourn probably catches that standing under it. Bad angle+no speed=omg what defense!!!111! And lol @ Bob even thinking that was anywhere close to as good as the Johnson catch. What a joke. What's up your butt? It would have been a difficult play for any CFer. I don't like Edmonds at all, but not to call it a great catch is slow-minded. You know if Jim Edmonds signed with the Reds and made that catch, you would be saying the same things.

Lee is 2 for his last 29 (7 games) .069/.100/.103/.203

I still hate him

Nice effort Soriano

Geez, pay attention to the runner Lilly. Wow.

Blah Theriot

Well it was fun while it lasted Jim.

YEAH!!!! Len's call throughout that was awesome.

Why not?

Man the zone is tiny tonight.

You suck Edmonds

So Lilly is hurt?

That was a pathetic AB. Why is it everyone but Lou can see he needs an offday NOW? I don't care who has to replace him.

Ausmus has been getting like 60-65% of the starts

Ok lets look at this pessimistically now. Cardinals: Playing above their heads only buys them times and keeps them in a contenders mindset until Clement, Carpenter and Mulder get healthy. True that its likely the latter two never get healthy enough to give any production, but the point still stands that they have room to improve. Another bad thing about them hanging around is the potential for a trade or two come July. Matt Holliday in Cardinals red should at least keep every Cubs fan on guard. Astros: Well you're right. They are a huge fluke. I guess the "buyers in July" argument would work, but they need a lot more to be contenders in my book. Reds: I am assuming that their offense is the thing thats keeping them under right now (without looking at the numbers) because their staff is probably the best in the NL Central overall. Their offense should be pretty decent on paper, and should improve as the year goes on. Plus they hold 2 wild cards in AAA, Bruce and Bailey. Luckily they have probably the worst manager in the division. Pittsburgh: Nice story, but they aren't going to challenge us. They should look to challenge for a .500 record. They have some pieces though. Brewers: They also have trading chips and pieces to make their team better. Yost will be gone by the end of June. They don't seem to realize their defensive shortcoming though. That said, when playing well I still think they are among the more talented in the NL. Meh, I tried.

If Ramirez hits 30 HRs this year, then his wrist is fine. Yeah, I am thinking that since there was no fracture or anything, its just his wrist being swollen and zapping him of his power temporarily. In a couple weeks, if not sooner he will be fine and ready to pound the ball again.

I honestly think its the wrist. But maybe I'm just conditioned to fear all wrist injuries after witnessing what happened to Lee. Rammy will still be good for at least 30 HRs and probably 100 RBIs in this offense. We've seen the DLee surge and the Soriano surge. We are still waiting for one of ARam's patented hot spells.

Can somebody explain the soap dropping thing? Where did it come from? Prison. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Don't+drop+the+soap! I don't remember where the Cubs part comes in though. The prison part was obvious. I was wondering how it got started on this board. f aprostrophe n was censored to become "I Dropped the Soap!" It made no grammatical sense when a part of sentences, i.e. I hate the I Dropped the Soap! Cardinals. So I started purposely writing it so that it made sense. i.e. I hate the soapdropping Cardinals. It's to my knowledge the only thing of "value" I've done here in the past 4 years. I believe this phrase originated at the end of the 2007 season/playoffs.

I don't see why we are complaining about Ludwig. I mean what was Soto's minor league line until last year? I bet Cardinals fans are saying the same thing about him.

We just won a 3 game series despite not getting a single hit from Lee or Ramirez.

2 saves, 4 opportunities. Successes: Houston Pittsburgh Failures: Pittsburgh (won) Colorado (won) So the Cubs are 4-0 when he comes in to save 1 run game.

Aaron Miles with a 2 run single. They have tied up the Rays 4-4 in the 8th. Pujols up now with Miles on 1st and 1 out.