cubweiser03

Well if thats the case then i guess you havent watched that many of the Cubs 2nd half seasons very often. Did i miss something. Were they awesome in the 90's? Only thing sucks is this team is good enough to contend and they arent unlike the years in the past.

Adios Todd. Wellymeyer that is. Maybe see you in september, maybe not. Hope not.

Outfield 1. Sign Giles 2. Resing Lawton 3. Greenberg (dont the Cubs need a backup CF on the roster especially if they dont resign Macias) 4. Murton 5. Patterson Infield 1. Resign Nomar 2. Excersice Walkers option 3. Resign Macias, ugh. (i dont have a better idea yet) 4. Cedeno 5. Sign Brayan (mentioned before, i like this idea, dude can play some OF too) Starting Ps 1. Prior 2. Z 3. Maddux 4. Wood 5. Williams or i like the idea of Millwood ( i dont think AJ will be an option) Pen 1. Sign Wagner 2. Dempster 3. Ohman (bad ass loogy in the making, if he already isnt) 4. Novoa 5. Willamson 6. Gooz/Wuertz or JVB I dont think Cedeno is ready for an immediate starting position, but i dont have a problem him backing up nomar and/or walker. Also even if they dont sign Wagner i dont have a problem with the pen only having one lefty, hell the angels dont have even one lefty in their pen this year. Even if they cant afford millwodd i think williams is better than what we are seeing this year. For a #5 i think he can post a 4.25 era.

Isnt this his second one he has given up since pitching for boston. Jeez.

Dopirak = Terrible

Dude Carps year is great. Hes just in the wrong league this year to win the Cy Young.

No Roger is not durable at all. The dude just breaksdown all the time. Who brokedown last year and wasnt available for the playoffs? In Clemens career of 21 full years he has pitched in 29 games or more in 17 of those years, 2 of those were his first two years. The dude is just not durable.

This one is just too easy to hammer, i mean i read that word UNPRECEDENTED and thats just too easy. How bout... Roger Clemens 2001 CG=O Barry Zito 2002 CG=1 Clemens has pitched 3 CG in his last 7 years. Peavy pitched in 27 games and had 166 IP. Maybe that might have something to do with him not winning last year. Clemens will probably pitch another 8 games and 50 IP bringing it to 214 IP like he did last year. OK. I stand corrected. CLEMENS can win the Cy Young Award without finishing a single game. Nobody else is allowed to apparently. So in the scenerio stated above (Peavy vs. Clemens), where the innings favored Clemens, innings DO matter. Yet this year (Clemens vs. Carpenter), when the innings DON'T favor Clemens, then we'll ignore them? Isn't that convenient? You're telling me that Peavy lost last year because of fewer innings, even though he had a far superior ERA? OK, then why shouldn't Clemens lose this year because of fewer innings, even though he has a better ERA? You can't have it both ways. Oh i forgort Clemens won the Cy Young last year with no CG. Last year Clemens was on a playoff conteder Peavy wasnt he also helped his team win more games than Peavy did. If Clemens didnt pitch those extra games they wouldn not have made the playoffs. He pitched 50 more IP than Peavy not 16. ERA shouldnt tell the whole story and neither should IP. The difference in IP of roger/carp is a lot smaller than the difference in ERA. They both have lost 4 games while Carp has won 6 more but i think its been stated pretty clearly as to why he has won 6 more than roger.

This one is just too easy to hammer, i mean i read that word UNPRECEDENTED and thats just too easy. How bout... Roger Clemens 2001 CG=O Barry Zito 2002 CG=1 Clemens has pitched 3 CG in his last 7 years. Peavy pitched in 27 games and had 166 IP. Maybe that might have something to do with him not winning last year. Clemens will probably pitch another 8 games and 50 IP bringing it to 214 IP like he did last year.

Nice to see Gooz go 3. Hill with another fine outting at AAA. 103 pitches in 6 innings is a lot though.

Are you making light of his ERA? Uh, I mean...., it's pretty close to brilliant. No. I'm not making fun of his ERA. I've said many times in this thread that Clemens is having a spectacular season. Can you explain why he hasn't been able to finish any games, or did you just stop by to critique my post? Um lets see......how bout..... 43 years old!! If that's the reason, then it's no excuse, and should count against him when considering the Cy Young voting. The award should go to the player who helps his team the most, not the player who "pitches really great for his age, and hangs in there as long as a 43 year old man should be expected to". You asked why he hasnt finished a game. I gave you my answer. I didnt try to reason his success at his age to him winning the cy young. I wont even respond to your first statement because that is downright funny.

Are you making light of his ERA? Uh, I mean...., it's pretty close to brilliant. No. I'm not making fun of his ERA. I've said many times in this thread that Clemens is having a spectacular season. Can you explain why he hasn't been able to finish any games, or did you just stop by to critique my post? Um lets see......how bout..... 43 years old!!

This thread is hilarious. Poor John.

Kaboom. D Lee just dropped a bomb on the Cards.

Seems like Barrett is walking a lot lately. whats up with that.

Dude you should know better. Its the 2nd one. He like to have bozo and cookie bat together.

My thoughts too. maddux up 2 and 3. so you fail you got 1 and 3 with 2 outs and still got a chance to score a run. You guys know Dusty doesn't squeeze, right? He's said on numerous occasions that he doesn't believe in it. Yeah i know :( Probably doesnt like it because when he was up and the manager called that play he felt 'slighted'. 'What you dont have confidence in me' BS

All this all a set up. TLR is doing this just so his sequal 4 Nights in August is more interesting than his previous book 3 Nights in August. Its all in the script.

My thoughts too. maddux up 2 and 3. so you fail you got 1 and 3 with 2 outs and still got a chance to score a run.

Pinto- Looks like the other team took advantage of every walk and ball hit in play. such a weird stat line. Gooz. What up!

I was just thinking the same thing. That is so pathetic. 7-8 and now 7 going on 8. You just cant compete playing baseball that way. 2 of those streaks are in the last month and half. Since July the Cubs are 13-23. How many teams are worse than that.

OMG 8-1. Hill with another horrible outing and probably his last. He walked 2 guys with the bases loaded, the 8th and the pitcher!? WTF. Really i know this is baseball but will the Cubs ever win again? This is the most hopeless i have felt in a long time about the Cubs.

Drop Rohlicek or Koronka from the 40 man. Take your pick, they both suck. Bartosh is better than either of these jokers, how many lefties bullpen guys do you need in the minors that are on your 40 man roster? Ohman is already a pretty good LOOGY. Oh do it this year, not in the offseason, im ready for JVB. Im not completly unhappy with Wuertz but i like to see JVB pitch.

Policing the players is your job, Dusty. Agreed. Id like to know what exactly what he thinks needs to be 'policed'. When someone says that its more or an indication of a clubhouse full of lazy or non-commited players. I dont see this Cubs team as either of those. This is a balogne statement by Dusty.

when was the last time burny went yard. its been a looong time.