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  1. Soul
    Alright. So it's an either-or proposition. Thanks!
  2. Soul
    If the Cubs win, what would that mean in terms of dollars?
  3. Soul
    Why do you equate not trying to steal third with having a manager who sits around and does nothing? You coach, you know that there is more to game decisions than just "should I steal or not". I want a coach to worry about lefty/right match ups, defensive positioning, pinch hitting, etc...not to attempt a steal when it's likely harmful. But when you throw away a possible option you are limiting yourself and I just don't understand why you would make the opposing managers/teams job a lot easier. Again for the extremists....I'm not advocating to steal the whole time but to use it wisely and especially when you see a good matchup for success. I also don't understand the extremes of one way or another. You mix it up....maybe a slant one way or another but to say to steal all the time or to never steal is foolish to me. I've never thought it was particularly useful to steal 3rd, but hey maybe in the right situation, you put a little extra pressure on the pitcher. I dunno. Maybe if the pitcher throws a lot of sliders in the dirt or something. You steal 3rd to try to take that pitch away.
  4. Soul
    I don't believe so. I think you can spread out the payments over 3 or 4 months, and maybe more. But it's pretty much an all or nothing service. You can sign up later in the season, but it won't be half the cost or anything. I've never tried to do it, but if you got the package on the installment plan, and then canceled halfway through, wouldn't that essentially be the same thing? I don't know why anyone would do this though, unless they discovered they just didn't like it.
  5. Soul
    I'm not sure there is a long term plan. I think they are going season-by-season with him at this point. If he heals enough that he can start, excellent. But if he has to be a closer at this point in his career, so be it. But I don't think anyone can say with any certainty how he will heal up. That's my guess. I'm sure all involved have a thought in the back of their heads that if all goes well, Wood could be starting by next season, or maybe earlier. But I think the only plan right now is to keep Wood as healthy as possible in order to pitch regularly out of the bullpen in 2007. i'd imagine that hendry used the name "john smoltz" a couple times during contract negotiations. Probably. I wonder though----Woody just seems so cut out for the closer role to me. Maybe I'm wrong. If he were to become closer and really thrive, it seems to me he might really start liking it.
  6. Soul
    I saw some kind of interview with Z where he said (paraphrase) that either way arby works out, there's still 6 weeks to figure out a long-term deal. He didn't sound too worried about it, or that he was worried about the arby deadline.
  7. Soul
    I think you're right. This whole thing was probably in the works for longer than just this year. Now that Rivera's gone, it's interesting to look back and see how Lovie was really pushing for him to be hired as a head coach. Lovie wants his people to succeed. It certainly looks like the plan was to move Babich into the DC role all along, and Lovie really wanted to see Rivera land on his feet somewhere else. Didn't really work out that way, unfortunately. Although I feel there's a real good chance Chico gets another DC gig fairly soon.
  8. Soul
    Well at this point there weren't any coordinator positions left, were there? Chico really got caught in a bad position. But it's clear he didn't want to run the cover-2 anymore, and Lovie wants it to be run even more than it is already. That's what I take from this, anyway. I never thought Rivera's gameplans were all that great. I think Babich will do just as good a job, maybe better.
  9. Soul
    There ya go.
  10. Soul
    I like what Lou has said so far but I I'm waiting to see what he really does. He is the guy that played A.Gonzalez at 3rd over some pretty good prospects in TB. I don't know what was up with that. It was a team of prospects. You're begrudging him playing one semi-vet at one position? No it wasn't, and yes, it was a terrible decision. Most people don't consider players prospects anymore once they have any major league experience. I don't consider them real vets until they have experienced more success than a couple years on a terminably junky team with no hope for success. The '05 Devil Rays had experience at 1B (Lee), but Nick Green, Carl Crawford, Damon Hollins, Jonny Gomes, Jorge Cantu, as well as a good portion of their rotation (Kazmir, Waechter, Fossum) were players that were less-than-established veterans. I know they don't fit the classic definition of "prospect." AGone was the eldest man in the starting lineup on that team. He was junk, yea it was stupid to play him. That entire ballclub was going nowhere. Playing another prospect wasn't going dig them out of their hole.
  11. Soul
    I think that's more of an illusion after seeing pictures of people who are much smaller than even Skinny Z. Z's gut is an illusion now? LOL. He's not as thin as he came in last year, clearly. Not that I think it necessarily means anything.
  12. Soul
    I like what Lou has said so far but I I'm waiting to see what he really does. He is the guy that played A.Gonzalez at 3rd over some pretty good prospects in TB. I don't know what was up with that. It was a team of prospects. You're begrudging him playing one semi-vet at one position?
  13. Soul
    Really? I think we need stellar defense from him just to keep from vomiting every time we see him on the lineup card. He's going to need to save a heck of a lot of runs defensively to make up for that bat. We need GG defense from Izzy, IMO.
  14. Soul
    Is it really "stupid" when Floyd is two years removed from a near MVP-like season? Yes, because Floyd's chances of staying healthy diminsh dramatically if he is starting.
  15. Soul
    The slow, deliberate process of benching Matt Murton has officially begun. Don't worry; when Floyd pulls up lame in mid-April Lou will be forced to play Matty.
  16. Soul
    I certainly would look forward to supplanting Izturis @ SS. But Cedeno just doesn't look like a major-league caliber ballplayer to me. I'm glad the kid is working on his eye; maybe he could work on it a little more and see what happens in a year or two. We'll need to make a deal or else SS is going to be a sore spot all year, IMHO.
  17. Soul
    I have to disagree. Prior healthy and pitching well (by his stardards) is the best starter on this team. I think he meant Hill was the third best starter on the team in that case. Yea, I was trying to make the point that Hill's one of our top 3 in any event.
  18. Soul
    Nope-McGriff was never useless for the Cubs, so that doesn't ring any bells for me. Not useless, but pointless at the end of his last season when the Cubs were way out of it and Choi could have used the playing time. Doesn't matter though.
  19. Soul
    At the expense of having a player who's a negative factor on the offense? You're right I don't. It's not mutually exclusive; you can find a good defense SS who isn't incompetent when he hits. I don't buy that Cesar Izturis can suck at the plate but be an asset simply because he plays good defense at SS. This team is not good enough to have a complete cipher in the batting order. I know, but Tejada didn't wind up here ;) Think of it this way: we either get stellar defense out of Izzy and at least get *something* out of the position, or we fall back on Cedeno and suck on both sides of the ball at SS.
  20. Soul
    We should look at the bright side -- if Hill's not in the rotation, that means the other starters are pitching decently. And if one falters, Hill will get the call anyway. We now have an overabundance of starters. That's not a bad problem to have. My guess is, even if Hill doesn't make the rotation out of camp, Marquis will immediately suck and be swapped to the bullpen for Hill. Hill should be a SP for the vast majority of the season in any event.
  21. Soul
    Lee coming in healthy clinches it, ladies and gents: This is the first time since 2003 the entire roster has reported to Spring Training healthy.
  22. Soul
    I would expect if Hill was going to fail, he would have trailed off near the end of the year, when batters had a chance to really examine his stuff and make adjustments. Instead, Hill had a good 2nd half. Rich should be in the starting rotation. Even if Prior is healthy and pitching well, he's the 3rd best starter on the club IMHO.
  23. Soul
    He's probably thinking more of Izzy's defense, which is, indeed, quite important.
  24. Soul
    Yeah, he should formed a club with Schilling and Favre. They could call it "The Douchebags of Pro Sports." If you going to play, play. If not, then retired. Stop with this yearly "will he or won't he" bs. Would they let Jordan in that group as well? As much as I love Michael Jordan, he would have beena founding member of "The Douchebags." Even Jordan didn't have the gall to refuse to play road games and still expect to be allowed on the roster. Only Clemens would sink that low. The guy is a drug creation at this point. Someone please end this madness, Christ.
  25. Soul
    Only a Cardinals fan could turn a spat between the White Sox and the Cardinals into the Cubs fault.
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