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  1. Soul
    Rich looks like he's got good control tonight. Ahead in a lot of counts. Too bad that homer, but oh well just continue on.
  2. Soul
    No idea if the Bears are one of the Culpepper suitors, but I would think the Bears of all teams are acutely aware of what happened to Culpepper when he started to suck without Moss. Those last couple games against us, Culpepper was so inept it was bordering on comical.
  3. Soul
    Well in fairness to Lou, he did say Guzman needed to go to the BP because of cramps. Now he's on the DL because of a cramp. I think it was premature for this board to explode on Lou the way it did. His move didn't turn out to be all that bad, for now at least.
  4. Soul
    Really? If the Cubs are well into terrible territory at the deadline, I was thinking Hendry would become a total lame duck. How can he prove he should remain with the club under new ownership other than making the playoffs? I would think any new owner would look at our payroll, and if it's not a playoff team Hendry is gone moments after the ink dries. Maybe I'm dead wrong. A lot of it depends on who the new owner is and when they come in. The later in the offseason they take control of the team (before free agency or after free agency makes a huge difference), and the less experienced they are in baseball (because they'll have less vision on who to hire immediately as a GM), the more likely it becomes that Hendry stays the GM through the end of his contract at the end of 08. Well damn. Maybe I have to readjust my expectations. I was looking forward to some real change starting in November.
  5. Soul
    Really? If the Cubs are well into terrible territory at the deadline, I was thinking Hendry would become a total lame duck. How can he prove he should remain with the club under new ownership other than making the playoffs? I would think any new owner would look at our payroll, and if it's not a playoff team Hendry is gone moments after the ink dries. Maybe I'm dead wrong.
  6. Soul
    Yeah. I dislike Berkman though. He just rubs me the wrong way for some reason.
  7. Soul
    Actually I thought the interview was pretty good. I didn't hear all of it, but there was a part where they asked him if he thinks about retiring and Kerry's response was, in my opinion, very thoughtful. He says he thinks about retiring every day. But he finds a reason not to every time. He mentioned his son, how he doesn't want to show him that he's a quitter. It was touching, for lack of a better word.
  8. Soul
    I know it. They are similar though. The biggest advantage I see with Pie is his swing doesn't look as long and loopy to me as CPatt's. I always thought that swing (which he still has, from what I've seen) really limited how good a hitter Corey could be over the long haul.
  9. Soul
    $50 bucks it better be one heck of a breakfast buffet 8-)
  10. Soul
    He's a damn good bat, and from my perspective he's 10 million times better than most of the bozos we trotted out to play 3B over the past 30 years. Nurse his legs, keep him fresh any way you can.
  11. Soul
    What the hell?!? No way, if they let him off with nothing I'll be pissed. How is this different from when Bobby Valentine got kicked out but returned to the dugout in cognito? Didn't he get a few games suspension for that? This is the identical same thing, no question about it.
  12. Soul
    Supposedly Guzman to the DL. Guzman couldn't stay healthy as a BP arm. I like the kid, but no way was he going to last as our permanent 5th starter. Unfortunately, I'm bracing for Marshall's return to earth which would seem to be inevitable.
  13. Soul
    To read some of those quotes is angering to me also. Nobody was telling Wood his mechanics were poor? I feel comfortable in saying the entirety of Cub nation was saying that, from the beginning. Not one coach ever suggested he clean up his delivery for health's sake? That's incredible, horrifying, angering, desparing to me. That means basically everyone on the planet *EXCEPT* those who had Kerry's ear saw this coming. And Dusty -- he racked up some of the highest abuse points in the league for his franchise guys. That doesn't have anything to do with it, especially given the relatively young age of a guy like Prior? Ridiculous, IMHO.
  14. Soul

    Z's Promise

    Soul replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Yeah, that touches on what a few of us have been theorizing might be happening with Z.
  15. Soul
    I was expecting 8, but I was holding out hope that Tank already serving jail time and being let out early for good behavior would knock it down to 4. Tank does seem to be saying all the right things, but when PacMan got a whole season, I didn't see Tank getting less than six or seven and expected 8-10. I hoped for less, but thought it would be 8 games for awhile. The thing about this 'deal' is, if he doesn't behave it won't really revert to 8 games instead of 6. It'll mean he's done something bad again, which will really mean more games, probably the rest of the season. So really, I'm looking at as a 6 game suspension, which would probably turn into an entire season if he screws up.
  16. Soul
    Good point about the games being on natty tv. Yeah, I also feel like Grossman's good performances last year are being ignored. The kid had some amazing games, best I've seen a Bear QB have certainly since Kramer in his great season. That was what, 12 years earlier? That first Seattle game really sticks out for me, but there were others. I remember being at the Buffalo game and he could almost do no wrong. Very atypical for a Bear QB.
  17. Soul
    Not fair: Brant Brown shouldn't make this list just because he made one error that cost us a game in a year we still made the playoffs anyway. I went Neifi. The pre-'06 picture of him in his lazy clothes right after signing his ridiculous deal, with that horrible grin on his face....that's the clincher for me.
  18. Soul

    Z's Promise

    Soul replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    i don't understand why people love z for stuff like this. Because he doesn't follow the "book" on what to say to the media, or how to act in general. It's endearing.....to a point. When he starts freaking out during games because he's sucking? That's when it loses its charm for me.
  19. Soul
    No manager is going to pinch hit for his starting SS in the 4th inning, regardless of the situation. Earl Weaver pinch hit for Mark Belanger in the first once, IIRC. At any rate, how about the 6th inning down by three with a runner on second? Mind you, DeRosa is on the bench, and Theriot can move over to SS. For that matter, why is Izzy even in the freaking lineup? Isn't Lou still making out the lineups before the game? Anyway, are we now going to hound each and every decision a manager makes, waiting to play the "he sucks" card when we find one that isn't the absolute statistically perfect move? Did I say he sucks? I said the honeymoon was over. Compared to the other managers, Trammel did just fine... though the bar is set pretty low for that. Maybe we would be better off avoiding the honeymoon altogether then.
  20. Soul

    Z's Promise

    Soul replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-070605cubsbits,1,6051457.story?coll=cs-home-headlines Is this an editorial? Because Sullivan's editorializing quite a bit here: "This could lead to Zambrano overthrowing in an attempt to make a point," and later "Barrett risked injuring himself and others by venturing out where he doesn't really belong." These are Sullivan's opinions, but aren't stated as such and the article is written in "news-update" format, not editorial format.
  21. Soul
    No manager is going to pinch hit for his starting SS in the 4th inning, regardless of the situation. Earl Weaver pinch hit for Mark Belanger in the first once, IIRC. At any rate, how about the 6th inning down by three with a runner on second? Mind you, DeRosa is on the bench, and Theriot can move over to SS. For that matter, why is Izzy even in the freaking lineup? Isn't Lou still making out the lineups before the game? Anyway, are we now going to hound each and every decision a manager makes, waiting to play the "he sucks" card when we find one that isn't the absolute statistically perfect move?
  22. Soul
    Can't take him out. Really no choice tonight, need innings from Lilly come what may.
  23. Soul
    Jizzy strikes again.
  24. Soul
    Can't we just bring Lee back up here? To hell with the damn rules. 8-)
  25. Soul
    Careful what you wish for.
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