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  1. Soul
    If I had to choose, I'd take Tillman over Vasher. Tillman had a good year, 81 tackles, 5 INTs. People just can't let the Smith thing go-----no cornerback can cover Steve Smith 1-on-1, unless we're planning on signing God to play CB it's time to let it go. Vasher had a down year in 2006/2007, only 45 tackles, 3 INTs. I still think he's fine though. I doubt we'll be put in the position of having to choose, because neither is considered an elite corner, so neither will break the bank. Whenever our breakdowns occurred this year, it seemed to be the safeties blowing it. I really think we need to replace Harris, or Manning, or both.
  2. Soul
    Buffone and Holmes were on the Score a couple days ago questioning Benson's toughness and commitment. Their argument was, if you can walk yourself off the field and it's the Super Bowl, that's got to raise some eyebrows if you don't return to the game. Not sure if I agree, because I believe these days the training staff on the sidelines can make a call of yea or nay and that's the end of the story. I have no idea what the training staff said, if anything.
  3. Soul
    I agree, this is where stats people need to leave because Carlos's emotions and the ability for them to pump up a team and fans is worth 4.8 million alone And Izturis drives in runs with his glove.Stupid stat heads. From what I'm reading, the trade Z talk is coming from the assumption that he's ripe for injury. One doesn't need to rely on Z's emotion to grade him a top pitcher. His ERA+ of well over 100 for 5 years running is very convincing. Especially when you stack it up against Zito's.
  4. Soul
    It's not just Sox fans. I was watching Chicago Tribune live and all the "experts" had the Sox winning well over 90 games, Thome 30+ home runs and over 110 RBIs, Konerko the same, Dye an MVP candidate, etc. etc. Just an amazing amount of Sox optimism considering they just gutted their starting rotation and don't know if their starting SS will even be allowed to return to America enough to start regularly. I believe Detroit's the favorite to win that division, although I wouldn't want to throw my hat in that ring because one-year wonders do happen.
  5. Soul
    Are there many people who are angry at Z? I'm not angry at anyone, since nothing has happened yet ;) I'll be upset at Hendry if he can't sign Z because he overpaid such riff-raff as Marquis and Lilly, though.
  6. Soul
    I'm sure he will "wow" them with his 2 page defensive playbook. There have been a couple jobs where Rivera was at the top of the list or very near it, and didn't get the job. It's starting to look like Chico is a solid candidate when viewed from afar, but once he gets into the interview he falls a little flat. Which doesn't suprise me.
  7. Soul
    Hmmmm.....way fewer ABs in '06. Was he possibly nursing an injury? I don't think you are looking at his line correctly. He had 120 ABs in 05 and 199 in 06. And 199 ABs at short-season A-ball is about 2/3 of the season if not more. He played in 56 out of Princeton's 64 games...second highest total on the team. I must have read it wrong. I thought the first number was ABs, hence 2005 = 325, 2006 = 256.
  8. Soul
    Gawd. Maybe the refs won't "find" the hotel tonight.....ehem, if you know what I mean.
  9. Soul
    The first step is admitting you have a problem. I did. I admitted I'm a hopeless Cub fan. That's when I started shooting up.
  10. Soul
    I'm about to shoot up either way.
  11. Soul
    I'm saving that article. Next year, when people start posting some ya-hoo's prediction as if its proof about something, I'm going to whip it out.
  12. Soul
    Look at the market. Market value for Z is easily in the upper teens per year over a long term deal. I'll bet Z would sign with the Cubs happily if he was simply offered market value for a top tier pitcher. No. The problem here is that Hendry blew his wad and now can't meet the market for his one ace starter (presumably).
  13. Soul
    Hmmmm.....way fewer ABs in '06. Was he possibly nursing an injury?
  14. Soul
    Ditto. Gave up nothing, got nothing in return.
  15. Soul
    See, that's the problem with all these crazy backloaded deals..And to think with all that money we spent I still don't feel as us being WS contenders. Yep. Just think what happens when Z is dealt for prospects, leaving us with a cadre of overpriced mediocre vets and prospects who aren't ready yet. Cub Hell. Coming to your living room.
  16. Soul
    This definitely has the potential to turn into Maddux part deux. Don't worry, after Z goes somewhere and wins a World Series I'm sure he'll be happy to spend his final couple years with us.
  17. Soul
    That's a real good point.
  18. Soul
    Well, another experienced pitcher the Cardinals wanted just went somewhere else :D
  19. Soul
    He might be maxxed out already. Z wants the kind of money that other teams build their entire rosters on. If Hendry loses Zambrano, the Grim Reaper cometh.
  20. Soul
    It's better than nothing. I'll take it :wink: The writer seems to like the Cubs, too. Bonus.
  21. Soul
    Why? Pierre played well for us and if he had a lineup last year he is numbers probably would have been much better. I don't think it works to take Pierre's overall numbers and conclude he played well. It matters more to me what a player does when the team is still in contention, as opposed to garbage time. Pierre was terrible in April and May, which is when this team still had a shot. In particular, he was horrid when Lee was still playing. Plus his arm is the worst I've ever seen on a center fielder, bar none. It's truly amazing how atrocious he is throwing the baseball. I'm not necessarily arguing for Pierre here, just asking a question. Would you say then that Ramirez had a bad year last year? Understood. There are plenty of people who are down on Ramirez right now. I'm actually not very happy with the way he played when we really needed him. He may have had a good overall year statistically, but I do think there's something to the arguments that Ramirez failed when the team needed him most. But, that said, he's a power bat and I've seen him hit great in the playoffs, on this team. And I know what this club went through to get a 3rd baseman that was decent.
  22. Soul
    I like to hate the haters. When the Bears reached the Super Bowl despite Joe Buck's insistence that we sucked, it was a supremely satisfying moment for me as a Bear fan. It makes me side with my team even more when Gracie or someone else bashes us. Unfortunately with the Cubs, they're usually right.
  23. Soul
    Yes, yes he was. He also was a dick about the cork incident with Sammy. Grace is the epitomy of the know nothing, ex-jock broadcaster/color guy. And to make matters worse, he isn't even funny. Sammy was asking for it though. I agree with some of your points there, but Sosa embarassed himself more by doing it, than grade did by poking fun at it. I can't remember the specifics because I don't watch Dbacks baseball, but my understanding was Gracie took shots at the Cubs for quite awhile, not just during the Sammy corked-bat flap.
  24. Soul
    Why? Pierre played well for us and if he had a lineup last year he is numbers probably would have been much better. I don't think it works to take Pierre's overall numbers and conclude he played well. It matters more to me what a player does when the team is still in contention, as opposed to garbage time. Pierre was terrible in April and May, which is when this team still had a shot. In particular, he was horrid when Lee was still playing. Plus his arm is the worst I've ever seen on a center fielder, bar none. It's truly amazing how atrocious he is throwing the baseball.
  25. Soul
    Yeah I know. We really needed that game too. 2-5 on the road trip would have just furthered our lack of confidence away from the United Center. I thought what the Bulls did well last night was continue to attack the basket most of the night. This is really key, IMO----we need to crash that hoop, get to the line. Pick our spots for fast breaks instead of trying to make our entire game based on the fast break. The game was in HD on ESPN so needless to say, it was a nice way to end the weekend ;)
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