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  1. UMFan83
    Hopefully Reed does better than the last two Cubs to wear number 13...
  2. UMFan83
    I thought this would be a weird statue to have outside Wrigley: http://www.shopatmoxie.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/ernie400.gif
  3. UMFan83
    Can someone let me know what's going on? What did Reed Johnson do? Why is ARam awesome?
  4. UMFan83
    Well this should be fun.
  5. UMFan83
    Sure, that bench can hit a little. But it has 1 backup infielder, and there's no way they start the season that way. Ward - 1B, RF Johnson - LF, CF, RF Murton - LF, RF Cedeno - 2B, SS, CF, 3B(?) Cintron - 2B, 3B, SS Blanco - C, 1B I forgot about Cintron, but not sure if they will take 6 bench guys.
  6. UMFan83
    People say our bench is weak but I don't see it... Ward R. Johnson/Pie Murton Cedeno Blanco
  7. UMFan83
    Should have asked him why he's hitting .208 in the Spring and if that average will improve when he gets to chilly Chicago in April
  8. UMFan83
    do you actually know something, or are you just adding fuel to the fire? Brian Roberts has been scratched from Tuesday's game because of a sore back. Every move Roberts makes at this point is met with trade speculation, but this injury sounds legitimate. The Baltimore Sun reports that "Roberts' back flared up and he received an injection to ease the pain," noting that he's expected to miss two games.
  9. UMFan83
    on some cases they have ridiculous self-inflicted mandatets, in others they let trades drag on for the better part of four months.
  10. UMFan83
    But his SLG last year was .386...
  11. UMFan83
    BTW, by no means do I think the trade is dead. Classic "we're thrilled to have DeRosa at 2B"/"We're not trading Roberts" exchange here.
  12. UMFan83
    Our offseason was basically: Add: Fukudome Lieber R. Johnson (or comperable OF) Lose: Jones Floyd Ohman Kendall
  13. UMFan83
    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7949132/Sources:-Roberts-to-Cubs-looking-unlikely Way to waste 3 months on Roberts and leave us stuck with a top of the order of Theriot/Soriano, Jimbo. YES! Finally! Lock the damn thread.
  14. UMFan83
    NO. Why would you want Lieber/Demp/Marquis taking starts away from Zambrano or Lilly? Let the odd man out throw simulated games every 5 days or something if you don't end up actually using them in the games. Obviously you chose not to read the entire post. I was throwing out 2 options to help keep those 3 fresh. So we can actually get the best out of them. How exactly would you choose to "keep all of them fresh" without taking starts from Z, Lilly, or Hill? You can't send them down to the minors and just bring them up whenever its time to make a start. 2 out of the 3 will get regular work and Lieber will have to get his work on the side to ensure that if he has to start, his arm will be able to go 5 or 6 innings. My Prospoal works something like this. We keep 12 pitchers on the roster. You will have each one pitch 2 in a row then pull them for a week and do a 3 man rotation. The one out of the rotation at the time will be in the pen available certain days for some relief work. Or we trade one of them and if another of the pitchers gets hurt, we move Marshall into the rotation.
  15. UMFan83
    I know this has been discussed a lot, but seriously this is horrible to bat Fukudome 5th. I would think this is the spot you LEAST want to put your best OBP guy. You don't want him having to worry about being agressive where he can drive home the 1-4 hitters. UGH I am revising my projected Fukudome OBP to .345. So Lou's great lineup has the worst hitter leading off, the worst possible #2 hitter hitting #2, and the best OBP guy hitting 5th.
  16. UMFan83
    http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/03/marquis-in-lieb.html
  17. UMFan83
    Well at least Lieber doesn't walk much? Why would he sign here to be the long reliever? I'm sure they are going to trade Marquis, and having him "win" a rotation spot will only help his trade value.
  18. UMFan83
    My winning entry: R. Howard Holliday Pujols Hafner A. Ramirez A. Jones Zimmerman Utley Bay Hermida Glaus WC: Josh Hamilton
  19. UMFan83
    A lot of people hate "Jump" but its become quite a tradition after all these years. I say stick with that.
  20. UMFan83
    That's stupid. What value does Lieber have out of the pen? At least Dempster has been in that role before with mild success.
  21. UMFan83
    Roberts, 2B Fukudome, RF Lee, 1B Ramirez, 3B Soriano, LF DeRosa, SS Soto, C Crisp, CF meh, I guess I could learn to eventually live with that.
  22. UMFan83
    The Score is running with the Johnson/DaVannon interest. Not sure if they saw it here from Bruce or from other sources.
  23. UMFan83
    and Kendall I see this posted time and again here, obviously based on the events of 2007. I'd be willing to wager, however, that his numbers will be nearer to .300 than .250. Kendall's not gonna be the Jonah that many Cubs fans think for the Brewers IMO... Who cares? He'll still have an OBP at best of .350 and a SLG of .330. And he'll probably throw out 15% of attempted base stealers as well.
  24. UMFan83
    12 posts in the last 2 days. Impressive guys! Crap, I just bumped it.
  25. UMFan83
    Some people have to work on Good Friday :evil:
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