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Cubs rotation: Zambrano Hill Guzman Miller Rusch? We are running out of rookies to bring up

OK, this is just ridiculous. I don't know what the Cubs did back in the naughts and teens, but you screwed it up for the rest of us.

Sweet, Wade Miller your table may be ready....

Barrett popped out to the second baseman in shallow right field. Jones, thinking the ball would not be caught, was standing on 2b, and was easily thrown out. Then he misplayed a ball in right allowing a base hit to turn into a double

Good job Jock, your such an idiot. Go away

So who can we pawn Jock off on this offseason?

Do they even have any more weak hitting middle infielders to trade us??

I'm wondering why they withheld his full last name when he gives it to her in the question.

I'd love for Dusty to say "I am not doing my job" because hes not. You can say that the manager doesn't go out and play the games, but roughly speaking, the managers job is to win games and hes not doing it. So take some accountability. But even if he wanted to he couldn't, he has other adgendas relating to this offseason that he has to make himself look good for.

I'd only consider if the asking price is below face value...sorry the Cubs aren't worth my money otherwise. But if you are, PM me :)

From what I remember, the offense was actually above average. They arguably had an equal 3-4-5 then 2003's Sosa, Alou, Ramirez with Sosa, Grace, Rodriguez. The only bad thing thinking back about the team is that this team won like all other Cubs teams won (you can possibly make 2003 the exception with Prior and Z emerging). For the most part the Cubs signed a bunch of makeshift veterans (Blauser, Morindini) to go along with their other makeshift veterans (Lance Johnson, Rodriguez) and relied on luck (emergance of Wood and Sosa) to crawl into the playoffs. 2001 team had the same formula. The teams had to staying power. This is how the Cubs have built teams for years and will continue to build teams.

Hey, they were 2 outs from winning game 2!

best games ever. not in the 90s. ever. His game score was 105 for the game. Not sure what the highest is, but I know its up there. The top score you could theoretically get is 114, which Kerry was 7 K's and 1 hit away from getting

Ignoring the present and remembering the 1-2 happy moments of our past is what we do best as Cubs fans. That said, I find little mention of the 1998 Cubs on this board. Honestly, as much as I loved the 2003 Cubs and everything they did and meant to the franchise, I enjoyed the 1998 Cubs just as much. Maybe it was because I was just turning 16 and at the peak of my teen years, but no team struck me as they did. Just think of all the story lines this team had: -Harry Caray dies suddenly in February. Team dedicates the season to him and puts patches on their uniforms. -Jack Brickhouse dies in August, and the team also commemorates with patches -Kerry Wood, young phenom from Texas, explodes onto the scene, racking up K after K after K -Going along with that, in his 5th start ever in the majors, he throws one of the best games likely in the decade of the 1990's, pitching a 1 hit, 0 walk, CG shutout and striking out 20 in the process. The only hit is questionable at best. If that play is converted, he pitches a 20 K perfect game. -Sammy Sosa bursts to life in June. Starting the month with 13 HRs, he hits 20 in the month, breaking the major league record and pulling him close to McGwire for the HR chase. As the season wears on, as we all know it becomes a national and even international story. At the end, both break the previous record but McGwire wins the race 70-66. I remember for several months afterward being able to tell you EVERY game Sosa hit a HR in for 1998. -Brant Brown's error in Milwaukee almost costs the Cubs the Wild Card -Crazy Rob Beck (all season long) -The one game playoff against SFO. Beating Dusty Baker, Gary Gaietti's huge HR, almost blowing it in the 9th, and ending Joe Carter's career on a popup. -Game 2 of the NLDS, Tapani pitches an absolute gem and goes into the 9th leading 1-0. He then tires, gives up a HR I believe, and the Cubs lose in the 10th. They end up getting swept. Why am I posting all of this? Basically time and Cub futility have taken a toll on my brain. I have forgotten a bunch of the memories, and maybe because of the failure of the team in the playoffs, or the downsizing of Sosa's legand, or the disapointment that was/is Kerry's career, this team almost seems like a lost team. So if anyone has any memories of that, if not great, interesting team please share them.

I wish there was relegation. Is there a way we can start a grassroots campaign to get relegation in American sports?

This is like the 4th series is a row we've had to 'avoid the sweep' Pathetic

The language patrol will be lurking soon I'm sure...

And your 2006 Chicago Cubs have reached a new low!

Derrek is obviously pissed about what happened in the 9th. He is probably thinking "Damn, I gotta do this again....oh well here we go"

Cubs blunders on the basepaths do them in again. This kinda crap happens every night. I hope the Pirates do overtake the Cubs. We don't deserve to be ahead of any teams.

How does Bynum not score there...

And there we go....another bad day at the office for the Cubs

No, Zambrano has actually been fairly effic.... Oh wait, your talking about the other guys for once.

If he keeps getting over 6-7 runs a game of support and keeps his ERA in the mid 3's, yes. I think if the voters look at the play of the Cubs, who could possibly finish with less than 70 wins and Zambrano wins 18-19 games, they will give him serious consideration. Guess it would be a bright spot in an awful season....

I don't like how Len points out that Barrett's OBP is at a respectable .375. It is a very respectable number, but his isolated OBP is somewhat average for a player with his numbers as well as his hitting role on the team.