Soul

Exactly. What happened to Jewel was a travesty. Are we so mindless that we should repeat these same mistakes over & over again? Ridiculous...

I never cared for HR, but you're right. How do you know he's right? That's absurd. Odds are pretty heavy that they have more than enough reason to fire him. Companies don't just fire people without discussions going on. I've heard people who have had to deal with the repeated warnings, not to mention the attempted lawsuits that follow. You have absolutely no reason to believe ESPN just blindsided him with this with no support. Odds are pretty heavy?? LOL. You've got to be kidding. Yes, let's destroy a human being because we all trust the mighty corporation, right? ESPN surely has all the evidence that would be required for a conviction----let's just take it on faith and destroy Reynolds. Give me a break goony.

I guess innocent until proven guilty really has gone the way of the dinosaur in this country. Not sure about the rest of you, but I'm uncomfortable with this. When did we decide as a nation that it's O.K. to begin punishing people before they have even had a chance to confront the charges against them? This is sad. ESPN ought to be ashamed of themselves. Yet another reason I'm glad I don't watch that network much any more. I'll bet dollars to navy beans this is nothing----just like the supposed Duke "rapes" and the Kobe Bryant "rape."

The last 15 years has been the Sammy Sosa era? I keep forgetting that. Quick, who is the best running back of the Sammy Sosa era? Roughly 1992-2003. I'd say Emmitt Smith. This is a commonly used expression. I use it all the time.

A few Cubs pitchers would like an answer to this question as well.

well said. and more then that... if he brings the cubs a ring... i could care less Wait a minute. You two couldn't care less who owns the team, as long as it isn't the Trib? Isn't that what got us the Trib in the first place? Let's be a little more selective about our next owner. Please?

STOP FEEDING THEM BLOOD THINNERS, IT'S NOT WORKING AND THEY'RE TOO YOUNG TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HEART PROBLEMS. Thank you. 8-[

Well he's got money and desire, but probably knows little about owning a sports franchise. Does he really have passion for the game, or for sports in general? I don't know.

not sure what world you are living in Soul. when I first began work at my former employer, we did all these team exercises about how we need to trust one another and how we should feel free to call each other out when we feel someone is not living up to their responsabilities and not being accountable for mistakes. this worked fine for about 8 months, when I didn't know enough about my job or organization to ever say anything. then I began to understand what the priorities were and how resources were best used and what the objectives of the office should be and what the best way to achieve said objectives are. I did what I was told to do when I began, called people out on avoiding responsabilities and accountability for about 8 months. they fired me last Friday. no matter how much people say they respect "telling it how it is," coworkers and bosses don't like being told they are screwing up. it does nothing but lead to extreme volitility in all but the most rare of circumstances. I don't think calling people out is what Aram did here, but I also don't think calling people out is generally a productive thing to do. I only meant that what ARam did wasn't as bad as what people are saying. He only stated the obvious, and people on the team who aren't producing will understand what he's saying. Hell---ARam himself wasn't producing earlier. LOL-----yeah, it's probably not a good idea to go around saying "Smith's sucking right now, we need to talk to that dude..........Wow Jackson really blew that one!!"

Hold out just a little longer. ....just a little bit longer.......... July 27th gentlemen. Baseball season ends July 27th.

I consider myself lucky because I got to see the Cubs during the last Brewer series, which was like the only time this season they've looked like an actual ballclub. Hope you had fun anyhow.

This has become comical. What are these guys eating for breakfast? Cyanide? :lol:

He got the outs. Hopefully some less noisy outs coming next inning 8)

Whoa. This doesn't look real good.

Yeah, so what? That's his opinion. Williamson was bad. He fetched little because he was worth little. 28.1 IP 27 H 32 K. Williamson struggled because he walked too many guys, but a smart organization will find a spot for a guy who gives up less than a hit an inning and strikes out more than a guy per inning. Those guys don't grow on trees, and can definitely a help a team. Williamson was a good pickup by Hendry for little cost. The ability to strike out anyone that steps in the box against you is a valuable asset, especially in a relief role. Like you said too many walks. He's had plenty of time to get his control back. It hasn't happened because it isn't going to happen. His WHIP wasn't all that great, he's in his 30's, and his arm is double-post-op. What were you expecting to get for him, out of curiosity? We picked him up for a bag of beans because nobody wanted him..... As for the strikeouts, I watch the guy pitch. He gets K's because he goes deep into counts on every hitter. I don't view that as necessarily an indicator of dominance. Just an indicator that he has little control, and gets into trouble. I watched Scotty struggle & struggle. That's what I saw. And I'm pretty sure that's what other teams around the league saw as well. Maybe I'm wrong. It's all about opinions.

Oh yeah babuh! Everyone ready to lose again!?! YaaaaHOOOO! :?

bad team, bad season yes... but sorry.. the whole team doesnt need to be ripped on. Hank White did pretty well for those 13 games Barrett was out during the Lee injury... Jones and Walker also for the most part did their part.... Everyone else should be ripped on tho. If you call those comments "ripping" on people, then you would have everyone on the team [expletive]-foot around every issue. I just don't agree with that. The comments were honest but light. Nobody was called out. Nobody was ripped-on, IMO.

So the players on this team who suck day in and day out should never have to be called on it? Come on. I'm glad ARam made those comments. Players who are stinking it up know it, and ought to own up to it rather than cry about somebody pointing out the obvious. Who's going to light a fire under these guys then? It sure isn't going to be Dusty, I can guaran-damn-tee that.

Yeah, so what? That's his opinion. Williamson was bad. He fetched little because he was worth little.

The Cubs need to do much, much more than this. This is a team with so many holes they can't easily be counted.

Morgan openly hates Sandberg, even going so far as to carry out a national campaign against him. Then he refused to show up at Ryno's Hall of Fame induction. Morgan is a piece of crud. I could care less about McCarver. But Morgan has my undying hate for ever and ever.

agreed. still hate them less than u2 though. yes. Yep. Ok so which stupid song are you referring to? They had more than one :lol:

:shock: Even RATM would have voted for Queen in that poll.

Amen on that. Leppard probably sold more records total, but Priest had much more substance and attitude IMO.

Sucks? Hardly. Incredible? Earth shattering? I don't think so. Joshua Tree was a real good album, IMO. High N' Dry and the Scorps Blackout album were constants in people's car stereos when I was young though. I went with Lep ;) In truth, neither group is an earthshaker to me.