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Exactly. I'm all for letting someone work out of their slump but if we're gonna be trying to win games we might as well put someone in the 3-spot that can get some hits for now.

Wow, I didn't realize that. Would anyone be open to moving him to the 2-hole then?

At what point do we move Derrek out of the 3 spot in the order? I'm not suggesting a permanent move, but rather a temporary "until he gets back into it" type of thing. If you think we should, the question then becomes "who bats third?" Well, Soriano is staying put in the lead-off spot, so not him. I'd like to keep Ramirez in the 4 spot if for no other reason than he's been excelling there, so why change? What about DeRosa? Maybe Floyd? If it were up to me, I'd try something along these lines: Soriano LF Fontenot 2B DeRosa SS/Floyd RF Ramirez 3B Lee 1b Floyd RF/DeRosa SS Pie/Pagan CF Automatic Out Catcher Pitcher What do you guys have to say?

THAT PICTURE = AWESOME

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*grumble grumble grumble*

Probably not. yet, in another thread What if he suffers a career ending injury? Until he gets there it will always be an if. somehow, you treated the former as an 'if' but you don't seem to be treating the latter as an 'if.' you said you don't needlessly argue minutiae with me, so there must be some explanation, right? sorry, trick question. you do in fact like to needlessly argue minutiae with me, and that is the explanation for your contradictory opinions on the two situations. Oh my, you are one angry man. Anyway, he said "probably" not. Probably still leaves room for an "if" (like a career ending injury.) Jeez.

Anyone else find it hilariously ironic that he has one of those little memorial ribbon pins on his jersey while holding a gun?

and yet still loses out to the almighty Barroid to start the ASG. :( I LOVE your sig. That video made me laugh the first time I saw it, and it still does now.

I agree. If we have to lose him, there is no better time than now (not that he's been contributing anyway)

Winning > Losing Comprende?

HAHAHAHA that's awesome.

realistically, i dont know how much we can do. That all depends if its true or not that we're not allowed to put forth any more money. It's hard to get contracts to even out when you're trading, especially when you are trying to upgrade. However, if we can take on some more money, then I think if we are willing to trade Pie/Murton/Marshall/etc. we have enough pieces to complete a very good deal. But, it's all about the money at this point, imo.

Why don't we just focus on the Cubs winning? If they do that everything else will take care of itself at this point. Worry about scoreboard watching this intensively if we are down a couple games come September. There's too much baseball left for this. You're probably right. I still like to scoreboard watch, though. It doesn't mean that you have to. I'm a big fan of scoreboard watching. Makes the second half of the season way more fun. Exactly, and plus, I love baseball. So following games (whether they involve the cubs or not) is just downright fun. The whole "dont watch scoreboard, worry only about cubs" thing is fine...for the players. But seriously, it's not like it's going to distract us from winning....we dont even play the game!

It's on ESPN right now.

Cool, just dont hurt yourself, soriano.

Ooh, we're playing all time now? Ty Cobb Babe Ruth Ted Williams Pedro Martinez Nolan Ryan

No it's not a joke. i don't know who you are or where you came from, but i would like to play fantasy baseball with you for large amounts of money. :lol: :lmao: !

JonMDavis possibly? Yeah, Jonmdavis.net. you'll find it there.

I'd rather see Pie in there, but I understand that pagan is outhitting him right now so I guess its better that he's in there. Anyway, If we can win this game I consider the series a success because I went into this series wanting to win 2/3 AND THEY JUST PLAYED PAT/RON's CALL OF THE ARAM HOMER. That was awesome.

He's definitely been doing good work around here. I like the Major League quotes, and the way he was all over the early thread start to compensate for Relay 4 Life was just clutch. You won't find these sorts of things in the box scores, but they make all the difference. Southpaw19 has moxy coming out his ears. Plus, he's the grittiest guy i know.

Is there anyway to make that bigger, but to keep the same quality? Actually, I have it as my full-screen background and the quality isn't that much worse.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/cubbybear314/ARamwalkoff.jpg This is now the background on my computer. Also, I LOVE the expressions on Z, DeRosa, Floyd, and Soriano. Especially Soriano, Holy crap, He's got some hops.

I was thinking about this while I was driving home from work, and I've got a couple different things to say on the issue (i'm not at all promising, though, that they will lead to one coherent conclusion) 1. Catchers ERA is...well...I dont want to say bogus, but not completely fair. If a catcher is a bad pitch caller...well okay... but the pitcher does have the right to shake him off. So it's not entirely the catchers fault, as a pitcher has the final say in which pitch is thrown. 2. Many complained that Barrett's lack of offense rendered him useless because he was obviously an offensive catcher, rather than a defensive one. But, looking at these numbers: Non-Barret Cubs Catchers: .157/.228/.241 Barrett 2007 (CHC & SD): .253/.300/.412 Even when Barrett was having a terrible offensive year, by his standards, he was still hitting the hell out of our other catchers. So, the question becomes, is the upgrade in defense really worth the automatic out in the lineup? I'm not so sure it is. Plus, on an unrelated note, it really pisses me off that Barrett is taking blame for the Z dugout incident. He obviously (we have it on tape for crying out loud) didnt do anything, aside from pointing to the scoreboard, to provoke Z's attack. And on top of that, both Barrett AND his teammates said that he was only going to the dugout to make amends when Z went at him again. I love Z, but this is on him. Not Barrett. EDIT: Also, an interesting side note. Even though Barrett's avg/obp is pretty anemic (again, by his standards), he is on pace to beat/tie some of his career highs in offensive categories. For example: -He is currently on a pace to hit 21 HR. His Career high is 16 (He's done that for 3 straight years now) -He is on a pace for 70RBI (i know, totally team oriented). His career high is 65. -He is on a pace to hit 23 doubles. He hit 25 last year (though his career high is 33) -He is on a pace to get 139 hits. His career high is 131. not sure it means anything..but..interesting.

WOOO WOOOOO GO CUBS!