UMFan83

cubs have a 2 run lead going into the 8th. Starter comes out to pitch after throwing over 100 pitches. Starter gives up 2 runs and blows the lead. Dusty comes out afterwards cluelessly to finally pull the start. Sound familiar? It should because we've seen it 2 times in the past 3 days

Don't get too excited guys, but this is what I dug up from a friend in New England. Since if I worded this professionally, it would probably get every excited and think there is something to this, I will post it in IM convo form: UMfan83: u hear the manny rumor haha XXXXXXX: lol im seeing it all over tv UMfan83: really?? XXXXXXX: they had a breaking news thing about it on nesn UMfan83: WHAT? UMfan83: what was said XXXXXXX: no, it was just them telling explaining what the possbilities are XXXXXXX: mannys contract is so tough to trade with though UMfan83: did they mention the cubs UMfan83: because they were talking about it on the radio today XXXXXXX: yeah, they didnt explain it as much as you have but yes XXXXXXX: lucchino is apparently looking at all the possibilities UMfan83: what did they say about the cubs, just that they are one of the teams that they might be able to trade him to? XXXXXXX: the sox are trying to get matt lawton XXXXXXX: yeah UMfan83: i think cinci/cubs/red sox trade would be perfect for them UMfan83: because the reds wont trade dunn in the division UMfan83: so he goes to the sox XXXXXXX: my friend whos in boston said the people are going nuts there about manny UMfan83: so they think there is a chance if they find a deal they will trade him? XXXXXXX: yup XXXXXXX: because after the season the same thing will come up again XXXXXXX: this came up so sudden though

I know its early, but what player does Matt Murton play like? Tony Gwynn?? :)

Stupid Houston, can't they be the Lastros again. They are ridiculous, how come they can overachieve every year while we underachieve? I hate stupid baseball.

So basically he is looking to rebuild

Why would Hoops post something on Desipio and not post it here....lol

Not only that.... if Hendry somehow expands it again to include Minnesota and can pry away JC Romero from them.... :D Good times -- my brain is swirling and my hopes are getting pretty high -- time to try and get myself back down to reality. The reality that no source is mentioning the Cubs (or any team) as prospective trading partners and this is all random NSBB speculation :) Yeah, I'm pretty deflated as well

This is exactly the type of trade that Hendry would pull out of his you know what at the last minute. I think if the Red Sox want to get rid of a guy, they are smart enough to make the right trade, and for the second year in a row, the Cubs look to be a great trading partner.

C Kendall 1B Thome 2B Giles/Soriano SS A. Rodriguez 3B Lowell LF M. Ramirez CF Wilkerson RF Dunn Pretty interesting lineup of players that we once drooled over and never got

To be honest, the person that posted it was named "Sanjay" And since I haven't seen Hoops posting anything here, it leads me to believe some moran is mocking Hoops on Desipio.

Could you imagine Hairston Nomar Lee M. Ramirez A. Ramirez Burnitz Walker Barrett OK, I'm going to go do something else in order to stop thinking about the impossible pipe dream.

Good move for Houston, at least one team gets to goto the playoffs consistantly :roll:

Once Houston takes over the WC, we won't be getting many freebies like today.

Lee 7-29 (.241) in his last 8 games

Haha Corey pops up on the first pitch. Why is he leading off again?? Oh wait thats Hairston

How many hitters have the Cubs gone 3-0 on today?

This reminds me of our "run" last September before the collapse. We were winning a bunch of games with like 3-4 runs per game or less and everyone that had been watching the team all year knew that the bottom would fall out eventually. And guess what? It did

This is just famine mode. Remember last week when we were crushing it out against Cincinnati and then sucked the last 2 games, with 1-2 exceptions, we've been in famine mode since. This has been happening for 2 years, feast, famine, feast, famine. You should be used to this by now.

YES!!! I LOVE WHEN WE GET A RUNNER ON THIRD WITH LESS THEN TWO OUTS AND DONT SCORE!

I didn't like Aram in that situation for some reason anyways. C'mon Bare!

These are the types of games we need to win

Situational hitting owns us

Say what you want about our offense, but I'd be pretty pissed if I was a DBacks fan right about now :)

Haha, everyone tries to squeeze on us

Unbelievable. Are they waiting for the 8th inning to tie the score again?