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Seems that Comcast is having signal problems.... because the Cubs game is being broadcast via FSN North; which is the Milwaukee telecast I guess? :?:

(1) Jeromy Burnitz a. Cubs will pick up his $7M option in 2006 b. Cubs will buy him out at $500K and will re-sign him to a lower amount. c. Cubs will buy him out at $500K and say goodbye. Me: (B) JH: © (2) Todd Walker a. Cubs will pick up his $2.5M option and he'll be the opening day 2B in 2006. b. Cubs will pick up his $2.5M option and then trade him in the offseason. c. Cubs will let him become a free agent. ME: (A) JH: (A) (3) Corey Patterson a. Cubs will non-tender him. b. Cubs will trade him. c. Cubs will sign him to a 1-year deal to avoid arbitration. d. Cubs will sign him to a multi-year deal. ME: (B) JH: (A) (4) Jerry Hairston a. Cubs will non-tender him. b. Cubs will trade him. c. Cubs will sign him to a 1-year deal to avoid arbitration. d. Cubs will sign him to a multi-year deal. ME: (B) JH: (B) (5) Where does Jerry Hairston play, if signed? a. everyday 2B b. everyday CF c. super-utility d. sits on the bench ME: © DB: (B) (6) Nomar Garciaparra a. gone b. 1 year deal c. 2 year deal ME: (A) JH: Depends on Furcal (7) Where does Nomar play, if signed? a. SS b. 2B ME: (A) DB: (B) ( 8 ) Derrek Lee a. gets multi-year extension during this offseason b. gets multi-year extension in spring training c. gets multi-year extension during 2006 season d. gets multi-year extension in 15 day exclusive period after 2006 season e. is offered and accepts arbitration after 2006 season f. Cubs say goodbye ME: (B) JH: (D) (9) Ryan Dempster a. gone b. re-signed to be a closer c. re-signed to be a starter ME: (B) JH: (B) (10) Glendon Rusch a. forced to trade, if he picks up his $2M player option b. happy to keep, if he picks up his $2M player option c. breathe a sigh of relief because another team offers him a multi-year deal ME: A or C JH: Same

Over/Under on how many times Bartman/Bartman seat will be mentioned/shown? 7? My guess is 3 replays. It was already mentioned as one of the topics of discussion for the SportsCenter segment. They have the seat marked with a decal and everything. :wall: :roll:

Tonight's game will feature SportsCenter's 50 States in 50 Days as they will be at Wrigley Field for the Chicago leg of their trip. I will also be at tonight's game. :) Should be fun!!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_121556.jpg vs http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_346871.jpg Glendon James Rusch ( 5-5, 4.28 ) vs Aaron Lane Cook (1-1, 5.16) Thanks to Serena for allowing me to try to keep the streak going. There was a misunderstanding in regards to the off-day, but I'm hoping this winning thing can keep rolling! :)

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_407296.jpg vs http://houston.astros.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_400061.jpg Carlos Alberto Zambrano (9-5, 3.17) vs Roy Edward Oswalt (14-9, 2.57) Is it me, or do the Cubs own Pettitte? :D Anyway, let's go for 2 in a row and a series win!

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_118120.jpg vs http://houston.astros.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_120485.jpg Gregory Allan Maddux (9-9, 4.54) vs Andrew Eugene Pettitte (10-8, 2.62) I can't seem to shake Mad Dog. He's pitched two games I've been at this year, he pitched my first game thread on May 5th, and he's pitching my 2nd game thead. In those 3 previous games, Maddux is 0-3. Here's hoping he and I can turn this thing around. =D> The Cubs are 42-54 since my last game thread, but this is the thread that will jump-start a winning streak!! They used to own it at Minute Maid. It's time to start playing like it.

That's nice, but the offense has to chime in sometime. ;) you were saying? I know what I was saying, I typed that after ARAM's HR... and it's only tied, they don't lead yet. The rest of that inning backs up my original statement. :P

That's nice, but the offense has to chime in sometime. ;)

I'm replying in this thread to keep everyone happy, but what I'd like to know is where the original (earlier Sunday afternoon) "speculation" came from?

That wouldn't matter, because as the rules state, the claiming team is responsible for the remainder of the player's contract (if not pulled back). Griffey's contract as is, is way too much for any team at this point in the season - including the Yankees (imho). That's why he'd likely clear waivers, paving the way for the Reds to negotiate to a team interested, and likewise a team Griffey would play for. Just my :twocents:

Perhaps this can be made into a sticky thread, so there aren't several threads asking how waiver claims work. This info is from here on MLB.com: Waiver Rundown After the July 31 deadline, any player on a 40-man roster must clear Major League waivers before being traded. That is, the player must be offered to the other teams in reverse order of the standings, and if he is claimed by one of the teams he cannot be traded. The club that made the waiver request can either withdraw the request and keep the player or let the player go to the claiming team, which would then have the rights to the player and be obligated to that player's current contract. A waiver, which is a permission granted for certain assignments of player contracts, can get complicated if more than one team makes a waiver claim. If more than one club in the same league makes a claim, then the club currently lower in the standings gets the player. If clubs in both leagues claim the player, preference goes to the club in the same league as the club requesting waivers. If none of that makes sense, think of it this way. Throughout the season, players ranging from superstar to end-of-the-bench, barely-in-the-bigs status routinely and often quietly go on waiver lists. This is a routine manner in which teams can figure out how much interest certain players are gathering from other teams and try to get trade talks going. The same withdrawal guidelines are in effect now, with one big difference in the sequence: Teams waive players with the explicit intent of shedding them and their contracts. In other words, if Team A puts in a claim just to prevent Team B from making a deal, Team A might find itself with an unwanted drain on its payroll. The best example of this came in 1998 with the San Diego Padres, who put in a claim for lefty closer Randy Myers to keep Toronto from dealing the left-handed closer to Atlanta. At the time, the Padres and Braves were leading their respective divisions, meaning the Padres only wanted to deny Atlanta an extra weapon for their guaranteed playoff meeting. They didn't want Myers -- but they got him, and picked up a bill of $14 million for the total of 14 1/3 innings he pitched for the Padres after Toronto didn't withdraw his name. This year, with so many teams so close in the standings and seemingly in the hunt for playoff berths at the July 31 deadline, it's possible that some of the real blockbusters could happen in August.

The funny thing is, you won't be able to tell anything by looking at the Cubs' lineup because anyone traded from our team(s) would be either in the pen, dugout, Iowa, West Tenn., etc. :)

Is it? I checked ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNews, and I didn't see it. :(

The Giants have made a late bid for Randy Winn, offering two mid-level prospects, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A Mariners source told the paper Saturday that there is a 90 percent chance Winn will be dealt before the deadline. The Mariners will likely recall Chris Snelling after Winn goes. Winn could play center and left in San Francisco. Jul. 30 - 7:41 pm et Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Here, here! :wynar:

Well, the Reds are on the West Coast, so we won't know for awhile. ;)

He's as reliable as his "sources with the team". Because last night on Murph's show, he asked George why the Cubs were not interested in Huff and George said "Because they're not." "Why?" "Because I know they're not." Impressive. :roll:

Just because he is in the lineup, doesn't mean anything. Players have started a game, and have been removed DURING the game, as a trade gets closer to being finalized. It has happened numerous times before.

Hmm... flaws in your optimism: (1) 5.5 back vs 11.5 back = Big difference (2) Wood is back? Yes he is. Back to his usual form of nearing 100 pitches by the 4th inning. Woo... hoo.

Anyone else not looking for this team to do any better than .500 this year? There isn't really a magic deal that I can see Jim the Magician pull off, even though last year I didn't expect the Nomar deal at all. Every time this team gets on a small streak, they go into a tail-spin soon thereafter. This next 7-game road trip isn't going to help matters either. They cannot get the pitching and the offense on the same page for more than part of a series. We just got swept by the [expletive] "EXPOS" for cryin' out loud. :!: I am still trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel, but it keeps getting further and further away.

I give up... 8 hours is enough. I got 1 game in Chicago, and I still have my tix in Cincy. Oh well.

Wow, I completely forgot about StubHub. #-o

I finally got a game around 3:00 p.m. Best they had was 2 seats in Sec 109 vs Toronto on June 7th.