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  1. KatJ
    Truthfully speaking he started slumping last year towards the end as well. At this point its not a stretch to think he can finish below .300. Yeah, even fabulously talented players get tired when their managers don't give them A SINGLE FLIPPING DAY OFF... I thought Dusty was supposed to be good at keeping his players fresh down the stretch... :roll:
  2. KatJ
    He got the hit and the RBI - no sense in pulling HIS groin in the process. We did that at a Cards game already.
  3. KatJ
    Fortunately, we caught a break there. :D Come on Nomar, make contact and tie this thing up.
  4. KatJ
    I agree with respect to Rusch, but Dusty being Dusty apparently felt that he needed to shore up the lefties in the pen. Hell, even when he had more lefties, he STILL didn't know how to use them, and you know what/who I mean there. And another thing: if Dusty played his rookie position players the way he's been playing Rich Hill & what's left of this sorry pen, Ronny Cedeno or Jason Dubois could be ROY candidates by now. Okay, so that's an overstatement, but the sentiment is dead on.
  5. KatJ
    Yeah, and he did SUCH a good job too. :roll: IMO MacPhail contributed a good chunk to the creation of the media craver who is/was Sammy Sosa.
  6. KatJ
    Wow. That kind of view on baseball is older than I am, so God knows how far back it would set the ballclub. Now, Voros McCracken - might be time to hire a sabr fellow, if not for GM, at least with sabr ideas that a GM will listen to. Voros started as a bored paralegal in Chitown. Could he be pried from the Red Sox... ?
  7. KatJ
    Want to hear something funny? I first read that as saying "Dusty has canned GM Hendry".
  8. KatJ
    Let's be precise here. Hill and Williams are not ML starters: they are collateral damage because there are no arms left to throw at this fiasco called the '05 Cubs. There isn't a Cub fan around who isn't seeing red, but personally, I hope the team gets their collective butts handed to them this weekend. If we're going to crash, let's do it in "old-style" (double meaning intended) Cub fashion. That's about the only way I see Dustbag getting booted out of here during the offseason, much less before this season ends. There needs to be MAJOR housecleaning. As to your actual question, of course you keep Z and Prior. Letting go of Prior especially = Greg Maddux, Part 2. And you keep Maddux - he can still get the big game, he put together a brilliant (for him) first half with Wood and Prior down, and the org would be jerks galore to screw him again. I think we need two more bona fide starters - Wood is too much of a crap shoot health-wise, and he and Prior have had a nasty habit of going on the DL at or near the same time. Two more starters keep a decent rotation intact, and if we have six healthy starters, we can shore up the pen and/or trade for bat help come mid-season.
  9. KatJ
    Ditto.
  10. KatJ
    Aramis playing hurt CHICAGO -- Aramis Ramirez is hurt, and the only way he can heal his sore right leg is to take extended time off. Right now, the Chicago Cubs can't afford to have him on the bench. "He's not 100 percent, and he hasn't been 100 percent for a while," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said of Ramirez. "There's a couple guys who I told to play smart because we can't afford to lose them. "It may look like they're not hustling, but [Ramirez] hurt his leg hustling out a play to first base about a month ago," Baker said. "In order for us not to lose him for two weeks or more, we urged him to play smart. It's going to look bad, and sometimes the fans are going to think he's not hustling. But that's what he has to do." Ramirez hurt his quad running to first base in the Cubs' July 27 game against San Francisco. My GOD, Ram has been playing hurt for TWO WEEKS, we have lost the last what? eight games not even close... REST HIM YOU STUPID ARROGANT ... ARRGGGHHHHHH!!!!! And while you're at it, give Lee some time off. He's slumping badly, that Triple Crown will be long gone. And forget about MVP - most of the time, your team has to be worth a crap to be one. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
  11. KatJ
    CUBS LOSE!!! CUBS LOSE!!! TIE FOR 5TH PLACE!!!! WHOOPIEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:
  12. KatJ
    I think we can all agree that this has been a major clusterduck... and in the end, the fans have no say as to who should stay or go. DISGUSTING!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:
  13. KatJ
    Time to watch my soap...
  14. KatJ
    Someone asked me how the Cubs did yesterday. I told them. Then they asked me how the M's did. I said, how should I know, they suck too. I may be following the A's and (gulp!) Cards for the rest of the season through October.
  15. KatJ
    (Jumping up and down) Pick me, pick me. I wanna clean the Cubs house, PURTY please. PUL-EASE. There is some trash (rubbing hands together) I would love to get my hands on. Hey now, I'M leading this militia. :-)
  16. KatJ
    What happened? What'd he do? K'd swinging. Major whiff job, from what I'm reading (I have audio and Gameday only).
  17. KatJ
    I know that, and I'd really like to know who is responsible for dragging out the scenario with Wood. This Amateur Hour could have been avoided if Hendry had traded for a bona fide ML starter - ANY STARTER- in July. And Dusty should be pilloried for his abuse of Hill. He couldn't have tried any harder to shoot the kid's self-confidence all to hell.
  18. KatJ
    Your wish is granted. :genie: HOORAY! WE SUCK!!!!! (And I try not to swear in Game Threads! Chat, OTOH, is another matter. :-))
  19. KatJ
    And the bases are loaded again for LaRue. Cue Yogi.
  20. KatJ
    Nope. I'll be pleasantly surprised if I am proven wrong, but with this team, for the past three seasons, it's been "the team to score 4 runs first wins." I seriously doubt they overcome this deficit. "Seems like... OLD TIMES..."
  21. KatJ
    It helps if the bonehead manager calls to the pen early enough to get people warmed up. It also helps if they are used properly by the manager - the right pitcher(s) for the right situation(s). Having said that, though, I do think Rothschild keeps his butt on the bench far too often when his pitchers are struggling - most glaring example being the infamous Game 6.
  22. KatJ
    It helps if the bonehead manager calls to the pen early enough to get people warmed up. It also helps if they are used properly by the manager - the right pitcher(s) for the right situation(s). Having said that, though, I do think Rothschild keeps his butt on the bench far too often when his pitchers are struggling - most glaring example being the infamous Game 6.
  23. KatJ
    Scott, I like you, but if you keep talking like this, I'm gonna puke and then I'm gonna clobber you. :-)
  24. KatJ
    Not your fault kid. Dusty did this. You don't have the stuff yet, and he's letting you and everyone else know the hard way. Screw the trial by fire stuff - take your shower, then call your agent and have him do the bawling out for you and demand a trip to Iowa for the rest of the season.
  25. KatJ
    Listen to the crowd cheer when Hill finally gets a strike. Why is Dusty hanging this kid out to dry? It's the second time in a row he's done that. Last time Hill didn't get pulled until he'd already given up (was it?) 7 runs.
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