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  1. Soul
    Yeah, I'm wondering if Piniella can get in Jacque's ear a little and convince him to come back too. The situation is completely different now. Jacque is now a bargain instead of a highly-priced pickup (still amazes me how quickly that can happen), and the fans now realize his value. Last year was Dusty's lame duck year, nothing was ever going to happen for this club, it was going to be a train wreck from the beginning regardless. I know the fans took it out on Jacque----just hoping maybe he can give us one more shot. I'd put him in CF in a heartbeat, considering the lack of options out there right now.
  2. Soul
    Sounds like a bad first half on Monday night and Rex could be out. Well we're sure going to need some offense. Because with those starters out Monday? You can bet the Rams are going to put up some serious points. I'm worried we aren't even going to have the ball enough to score.
  3. Soul
    $16 million. Lordy. Only one year, but word is no other team even sniffed at Barry. SF could have had him for $10.
  4. Soul
    Lets not get crazy. I don't think Griese can save us from having no Tommie in the middle, either. We get into the playoffs, where there will be good teams pounding the ball up the middle-------we're in deep crap without Harris. I think we just watched our Super Bowl dreams go down the toilet.
  5. Soul
    I don't know. Would people revere Babe Ruth if he didn't hit all those home runs?
  6. Soul
    Yeah, I posted this before. Not long after, Ward was signed. I hope that's not what Hendry meant.
  7. Soul
    The difference is, you might be leading the game 1-0. I can live with Soriano leading off and leading the game 1-0. I can't live with Izturis being the automatic out before Lee even gets his bat out of the rack. I wonder why nobody considers Barrett for the #2 hole. I think he'd be perfect. I guess I'm the only one, including Piniella.
  8. Soul

    Lou on XM

    Soul replied to CubinNY's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    That's because now there's no choice. If Wood's arm were healthy enough to start, I'd still rather he do that. Since there's no choice at this point, I hope he can contribute to the team as a closer and eventually work his way back into the rotation when/if his arm regains the endurance/strength to do it. A good pitcher is far more valuable to a team as a starter than as a closer. 180-200 IP > 75-85IP True, but a good pitcher is also far more valuable when he pitches than when he sits on the DL.
  9. Soul
    Wow. 02, 03, and 06 were real awful. He's either pretty good, or awful. Real hot/cold kind of guy, only it's over entire seasons.
  10. Soul
    Wait until Floyd starts getting his stuff together. People are going to be complaining that Kenny saw this coming when Hendry should have.
  11. Soul
    Amazing article. I don't know about the rest of you, but while the results may always be criticized, I will never doubt Jimbo's desire to get the job done ever again. I still think it would be hard to start a completely new deal and move it all the way through to completion from the hospital, though. And rightfully so. Jim needs some rest.
  12. Soul
    HAHAHAHA....wow...just wow. It's times like these I wish there was a ROFL smiley. You have *GOT* to be kidding me. Now I see why Jim laid off. That's too much, even for us. What are the Royals doing?
  13. Soul
    Isn't Jim still basically in the hospital? I know you can do some work on the phones, but an actual new deal getting done before he's back on his feet is probably a stretch.
  14. Soul

    Lou on XM

    Soul replied to CubinNY's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    I've thought Wood should be the closer for 2 years now. But nobody around here wanted to entertain the idea. I don't think 25 pitches every other night is going to shred his arm the way 120 pitches every start did.
  15. Soul
    If either of those guys figure it out, then that's just cream on top.
  16. Soul
    Really? I think the Cubs still need another pitcher, but I think the '06 was much better then a 66 win team. I'm not overly thrilled with DeRosa, or Lilly. I think they are both wild cards, but I don't know that I believe that the Cubs aren't a .500 team at this very point. I think they probably a 85-90 win team in the NL Central. I may be wrong, but just my opinion. I try not to look at it that way, because we actually did finish with 66 wins. Yeah there were injuries that held us back, but nothing is out there saying significant injuries won't happen again.
  17. Soul
    How far did we get? We replaced last year's $9m pitcher, Maddux, with a $10m Lilly, and added a utility player who takes on part of the Walker/Perez money, and Soriano. They've added Soriano. It's really not very far. I'm harkening back to the end of the season----I didn't think anyone would possibly want to come here, much less Soriano. So I view that as a positive. DeRosa is an upgrade over Neifi IMO. Positive (though not super-positive, still sort-of positive). Then Lilly, who I view as better than Guz/Marshall/Mateo/Marmol, if not the #2 starter that we actually needed. I think that's positive, though again not incredible. And I didn't think we would sign Piniella either. While I don't think Lou is the best or anything, I was thinking Hendry might just promote one of our minor-league managers or do something silly like that. I didn't think he would go out and get the most well-known manager. I think we've come a pretty far. Not far enough, certainly.
  18. Soul
    We need front end guys. We've got the backend covered. Got the back end covered, and trailing about 50 yards behind where the back end "ends." 8-)
  19. Soul
    Honestly I'm shocked we got this far. But all said, I think we're still somewhere around a .500 ballclub. There would have to be an additional starter and a real LH bat to be competitive. Barring miracles, of course. Which seem to come our way once every decade.
  20. Soul
    I wouldn't trade Deng, Gordon, Thomas + a lottery pick for anyone. The Wolves can stick it if that's what they think they're getting. They can have the 2007 pick if they want, but as far as I'm concerned Deng is off the table. I would be shocked if Pax doesn't feel the same way.
  21. Soul
    Don't scare me. I thought it was the 14th for playoff tix.
  22. Soul
    I know it. I'm just lamenting the fact that we're now "down to Marquis." Bleck.
  23. Soul
    Alright. Just for the record though, he said before the winter meetings he wouldn't trade any of his pitchers unless a great offer came along, and he wound up shipping Freddie off for a couple prospects. So I wouldn't necessarily believe everything he says.
  24. Soul
    We come out of it: Zambrano Hill Lilly Guzman/Marshall Prior/Miller essentially....with the possibility of switching guys around according to what they show in ST. I think we either need more offensive pop (not Ward), or need to make another pitching deal. Who knows if Prior and/or Miller will even pitch successfully in '07? Nobody knows.
  25. Soul
    But he's a career .340OBP guy from the lead-off spot. And had a .368OBP from the lead-off spot last year. One of the things I noticed about Soriano. Last year, even with similar AB's and GP as in previous years, he pretty much doubled his walk totals from any of his other seasons. Hopefully that carries over and he keeps going down that path. Soriano's OBP was also markedly higher last year than it has been in years past, as can be imagined from the increased walk totals. I view walks as just something a hitter can start doing well and continue doing well once he learns it, rather than a "skill" that peaks and declines with age.
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