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  1. UMFan83
    Yeah UK, thanks for giving your scouting report. I don't get to watch a lot of the DBacks games, and missed big chunks of both series this year. Seems like their batters won't be able to handler some of our pitchers with great movement.
  2. UMFan83
    Cant bring in beer, but you can bring in plastic bottles and coolers. Obviously, because of this there are plenty of ways to bring in beer.
  3. UMFan83
    Sweet, this is going to be an amazing weekend at Wrigley. 5PM, game gets out at 8...hopefully celebrate into the night and then wake up hungover for game 4. I can't wait
  4. UMFan83
    Regarding TBS in HD for Comcast subscribers, things are not looking good: http://consumerist.com/consumer/bartman-not-invited-this-time/hey-comcast-cubs-fans-want-tbs-in-hd-right-now-305309.php
  5. UMFan83
    YES, I'd much rather stay up later to watch the games than have to cut work to watch them. As much as I love traditional Cubs baseball under the sun, for the playoffs, its night games for me.
  6. UMFan83
    Over a quarter of the season has now been released. Updated today to include Astros and Dodgers games
  7. UMFan83
    I know, they did terrible in the Fecal League this year.
  8. UMFan83
    Sales? I only have to make 50 a day, I'm at about 25 as well.
  9. UMFan83
    Aren't you glad you decided to go to school in Chicago?
  10. UMFan83
    I would suggest bringing your hottest girl friend and walking around trying to get entrance.
  11. UMFan83
    I was there too. Major Daley putting on the Cubs cap was awesome
  12. UMFan83
    Yeah...you could amend that to "Who's playing? I'm just here for the beer." Or how about just "What's the score?"
  13. UMFan83
    Honestly, as much of a draw the Cubs are, the Boston-Los Angeles matchup has to be a better priority for the networks to get on prime time TV. One of the biggest fan bases against a team that plays in the vicinity of the second largest market in the US. The Cubs are a great draw, but a DBacks team with limited star power and limited fan appeal will not be quite the demand that many are expecting. I wouldn't be surprised to be the 4PM game on Wednesday (2 PM in Arizona)
  14. UMFan83
    Awesome, a team full of young players ready to bust out for Dusty to stifle. I propose a Loney for Craig Monroe swap this offseason.
  15. UMFan83
    Actually, it would be hard to top that one, if only for proclaiming his pure awesomeness, plus giving a secret shoutout to nsbb.
  16. UMFan83
    I am ok with his numbers this year, except the fact that they will never get much better than this, and will probably be worse the majority of his tenure with the Cubs. He is a good guy to have around as long as he isn't the focal point of the offense.
  17. UMFan83
    I don't mean to put bad mojo on us, I've just always enjoyed witty humor and witty signs at games. OK, I change my requirements to anything witty.
  18. UMFan83
    Imagine if his first MLB hit was in the playoffs LOL
  19. UMFan83
    Stephen Drew. Already hate the guy for some reason, and he certainly has breakout superstar potential, so yeah him.
  20. UMFan83
    With the Cubs in the playoffs and our best rivals (Cardinals, White Sox, Mets) sitting at home, this is the perfect time to bring some trash talking signs to the game. I just wanted to get your suggestions for best signs to bring to the game, preferably onces that take shots at a rival. I think for now my favorite idea is to reverse a sign that really irked me in 2004. "How is the reception in St. Louis, Cardinals fans?" But to turn around a witty idea in the face of a Cardinals WS Championship and the Cubs futility would not seem as witty. So I am looking for suggestions.
  21. UMFan83
    Couple of interesting things in this article: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-070930cubsgamer,1,4930373.story?coll=cs-home-headlines Are you serious? Theriot sucks at 2nd in the order
  22. UMFan83
    Lets do this. The NL is wide open, so lets take it
  23. UMFan83
    We just don't think highly of him because he could barely crack our lineup for 3 seasons, and he was cast off by at least one other team before finding a spot in your lineup. Chris24Young, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts about this series. Obviously we are all mentally thinking the Cubs are better. I'm sure you are thinking the opposite. On DBacks boards, they are probably saying stuff like 'they only won 85 games...they barely won the central...they had a shot to lock things up really early and got swept by the marlins....their closer is awful....other than the big 3, they have an over the hill former slugger, a of that was benched for 2 months and almost traded, a catcher who cant throw out runners and hits .240, another catcher that was in AAA 3 weeks ago, a SS with a .670 OPS....etc,etc.etc.
  24. UMFan83
    These position by position comparisons mean nothing, but I think they are fun to make anyways. 1B: Lee over Jackson 2B: DeRosa over Ojeda SS: Drew over Theriot 3B: Ramirez over Reynolds LF: Soriano over Byrnes CF: Young over Jones RF: Floyd/Murton over Upton C: Soto push Snyder (I know I know, but with such a small sample size its really hard to judge) SP: Webb over Zambrano SP: Lilly over Davis SP: Hill over Hernandez SP: Owings over Marquis 7th inning guy: Marmol over Pena 8th inning guy: Lyon over Howry 9th inning guy: Valverde over Dempster Bench: Ward Kendall Fontenot Murton/Floyd Cedeno Pie over Montero Clark Quentin Cirillo Salazar ???? My prediction: Cubs in 4
  25. UMFan83
    How many months of premium are you willing to bet on that? None. I'm not really interested in making bets this postseason, I just want to enjoy the ride. After looking at the Diamondbacks roster and the pitching matchups, how can you not see a sweep? The only game that we might not win is the first one, just because Webb is so good. But with the way Sori, Lee, and Ramirez are hitting, I think we'll take that one too. We should easily win game two with Lilly going against Davis. And Livan Hernandez just isn't a good pitcher at all, so if Rich has his curveball going on Saturday, that should be an easy victory. I could be wrong, maybe it will take four games to win the series, but I think we're going to sweep. The DBacks just aren't that good. Sori, Lee and Ramirez are going to ground out a lot against Webb. They can't really hurt him consistantly. The only way we win game 1 is if we see good Z and we can get a couple of timely grounders that find holes. We beat Webb this year at Wrigley (against Marquis no less!), but watching that game, he was dominating us. We had a lot of dinky hits, for instance Jacque Jones who blooped a opposite field hit on a pitch he was looking to hit to right. Then again, at this point of the season, Mike Fontenot was our third hitter as Ramirez was injured.
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