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  1. UMFan83
    At least bring in Gagne to make it fair Milwaukee
  2. UMFan83
    Ironically, after the first game I was pissed about the offday. Now after today, I wish tomorrow was an offday.
  3. UMFan83
    Jason Kendall's season stats .500 BA (3-6) .625 OBP (5-8) .833 SLG 1.458 OPS 2 Doubles 1 Run scored 2 RBI
  4. UMFan83
    I was wrong. tHAT 8-16 START was in 2002, so my bad. And I went back over the 2003 start, and the Cubs went 14-12, don't count the March 31st game. But my point remains the same, this "slow start" myth needs to be thrown out the door. If you are competing to make the playoffs, 14-12 isn't going to cut it most years. That will give you 87 wins on the year at that pace. It may cut it the other years, but 14-12 certainly isn't a "fast start" It's more like a "barely adequate playoff pace" start.
  5. UMFan83
    Yeah lets get the traffic out of Wrigleyville before I hit that area on my commute home.
  6. UMFan83
    Not only that, but what did they say 40% of our home games are in April and May, while 60% are in June, July, August, September? We better get our crap together now so that we aren't facing a slew of tough road games to gain ground back. I know, we have to play the Brewers, Astros, Cards, Reds, Pirates, Nats, Braves, Mets, Phillies, Marlins, Rockies, D-Backs, Dodgers, Padres, and Giants. We're screwed. It's the NL, last I checked. The NL seems to be doing a number on us right now.
  7. UMFan83
    Ramirez and Soriano start out the season 0-15. Ramirez and Soriano went 2-26 in the playoffs. In their last 5 games that count, Ramirez and Soriano have gone 2-41 (.049). I know that stat means nothing, but its funny to look at anyways.
  8. UMFan83
    Uhh the Cubs were 15-12 in April 2003..
  9. UMFan83
    Not only that, but what did they say 40% of our home games are in April and May, while 60% are in June, July, August, September? We better get our crap together now so that we aren't facing a slew of tough road games to gain ground back.
  10. UMFan83
    And October* *if applicable.
  11. UMFan83
    This will be the 6th straight game that counts that we've lost.
  12. UMFan83
    Why? I've been against his signing from day 1 and he has not yet proven me wrong for thinking like this. The great news is, we should see a steady decline in his currently overall slightly above average play for the next 6 years. For the record, I would probably take 50% of the outfielders in baseball over Soriano. If you include salary in the discussion, that would bump up to like 80%.
  13. UMFan83
    I have a feeling in 10 years the Soriano era isn't going to be looked back on fondly.
  14. UMFan83
    I guess we can't blame him for not being patient...
  15. UMFan83
    Sorry its too cold for him.
  16. UMFan83
    Just strike out so we give Soriano his 0.00005% chance of hitting a 3 run homer.
  17. UMFan83
    Don't worry, we got DeRosa on the bench. Remember how we made that trade to give us more depth?
  18. UMFan83
    Fixed for me
  19. UMFan83
    Hey guys, did you know they play 9 of them things these days?
  20. UMFan83
    If we had gotten Roberts, DeRosa would have hit in this situation.
  21. UMFan83
    Overpaid LF, clueless rookie in Center, blackhole at short, and a decent 2B, not much starting pitching, etc etc etc
  22. UMFan83
    Theriot 2-3, Cedeno hitless.
  23. UMFan83
    I wouldn't go that far, yet. Well, they are. I've been saying that for awhile. They have an awesome leadoff man that should have a .400 OBP, 30 SB and 15-20 HRs at the end of the year. They have two hitters that will hit 40-50 HRs this year at 3 and 4. They have Corey Hart who will probably be a 20-20 guy with good OBP. Their only weak spot on offense is catcher, and Kendall looks comfortable hitting behind the pitcher. As far as their pitching, ours might be slightly better right now, but their ceiling is much higher. I'd take Sheets, Gallardo, Suppan, Parra, Villenueva over our mess any day. Sheets and Z are about even. Sheets is probably better when healthy, Z tends to be erratic. Our bullpen is better, but not by as much as last yaer, and their defense is better by moving Braun to LF. Not on par with ours, but again not a huge disparity as last year. Oh and in 23 games, they will get a very good 30 HR potential hitter back into their lineup. Injuries are the only things that will slow Milwaukee down this year. if Rickie Weeks ends up with a .400 OBP i'll stop watching baseball Well he had a .422 OBP and 47 walks in the second half last year. 47 walks would be 3rd on the Cubs for all of 2007. Oh and for 3 weeks in the second half, Weeks was in AAA. So he basically drew enough walks in 2 months of the season to finish 3rd on the Cubs for all of 2007. The guy can get on base.
  24. UMFan83
    I wouldn't go that far, yet. Well, they are. I've been saying that for awhile. They have an awesome leadoff man that should have a .400 OBP, 30 SB and 15-20 HRs at the end of the year. They have two hitters that will hit 40-50 HRs this year at 3 and 4. They have Corey Hart who will probably be a 20-20 guy with good OBP. Their only weak spot on offense is catcher, and Kendall looks comfortable hitting behind the pitcher. As far as their pitching, ours might be slightly better right now, but their ceiling is much higher. I'd take Sheets, Gallardo, Suppan, Parra, Villenueva over our mess any day. Sheets and Z are about even. Sheets is probably better when healthy, Z tends to be erratic. Our bullpen is better, but not by as much as last yaer, and their defense is better by moving Braun to LF. Not on par with ours, but again not a huge disparity as last year. Oh and in 23 games, they will get a very good 30 HR potential hitter back into their lineup. Injuries are the only things that will slow Milwaukee down this year.
  25. UMFan83
    So is Sup or Sheets going to start the All Star game in July?
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