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And my comment about Neifi being like the coach's kid, which is quoted in Mizzou's sig...for which I say thanks, BTW. It's too bad Dusty doesn't manage to win instead. Yeah I know, he wants to win but man....he really does do some bonehead things. Constantly. Dusty creates an atmosphere that players like. Players are happy and play well and win. His managing has always been week.Teams have won in spite of his managing. His teams expect to win... Until the end of 2004 here... Williamson and Murton don't sound happy to me. Dusty keeps crappy players happy by over playing them, other than that I see nothing that he adds to a team. Now Baker's alienating his players in addition to general crappiness as a manager. So if the "players manager" inspires nothing but hatred from his own players, what do you really have here? If Hendry doesn't watch it, this thing is going to spiral down to Blackhawks levels. Putrid, disgusting, smelly levels of overall badness that fester for decades. Something must be done. The 3 headed monster must be destroyed.

Do I need to? How about I just look at the stats of the core team I listed? What do you know, those look pretty good, outside of a slumping Ramirez and Dempster's recent struggles. The core you listed: Lee, Howry, Eyre, Cedeno, Barrett, Jones, Prior, Marshall Ramirez and Dempster you agreed were struggling. That's 8 out of 25 spots; in other words, 17 out of 25 need to be "tweaked." That's a heck of a tweaking... You forgot Z, and I would also include the other members of the bullpen. IMO the only glaring deficiencies are the bench and the OF. Add a LF that can produce some runs, a frontline starting pitcher and some bench players that can fill in once in awhile and the Cubs are looking alot better. I don't think so. 3B: fine. SS: Cedeno is young yet, but I see him as more of a future bench player than a stud. Deficient. 2B: We all know Walker is gone. Deficient. 1B: fine. C: fine---I'd like to see someone other than Blanco, but fine. LF: Murton is still developing. He may hit eventually but his defense will never be top notch. Barely fine. Barely. I'll give Murt the time to see, keeping in mind with this coaching staff it will likely become a nightmare. CF: We are obviously deficient. RF: Jones won't last. He'll slump again and everyone will be calling for his head. Deficient. Rotation: 1: Zambrano. Keeper 2: Prior. Keeper for '07, but not beyond if he doesn't make his starts. 3: Maddux. Gone. Shouldn't be 3rd starter anyway, but he's done. Deficient 4: Deficient. 5: Deficient. Relief: Closer: Borderline. I'll give Dempster one more year. Middle Relief: Eyre, Howry are O.K. I guess, but Howry seems to struggle more than his rep would say. We still need 1 more guy. Long Relief: nobody of note. Deficient. By my count, we could use 8 players on this team. How are we just a couple tweaks away again? And hasn't Hendry been "tweaking" since 2003? Where has that gotten us again? Glad you're so sure about the future of this team. Not me. Looks pretty bleak from where I'm sitting until we get new management.

The offensive philisophy isn't going to change though. You know that.

My GAWD. They've got the CPatt bunting now too? Oh my God man this entire coaching staff has got to GO. Now!

I'm sure the MacPhail thought police got to him right afterwards. But they can't control US!! Power to the people!

Hendry's really going to pay ARod $27million dollars? I'm having a hard time believing that one. Also having a hard time believing the Yanks would pay ARod to play somewhere else. This seems like a baseless rumor. Maybe I'm wrong, I dunno.

I love being a fan of a team heading in the right direction.

They did blow the original 7-2 lead. So really, if you look at it the right way, the blew it again. :?

Looking for a DVD to pop in when the Cubs play every day and pretend it's the live game? :lol:

Seriously, this is like smashing your head against a brick wall 10,000 times.

Sadly, I fear with the sudden, untimely death of Randy Walker, Northwestern will proceed directly into the toilet. Illinois will suck as usual. Wisconsin will likely suffer a fall with the change in coaches. Could be an opening for Iowa in the Big 10 race.

Here's a better idea: keep the players who are decent, and get rid of the morons who don't know how to develop/play them.

He seems like a typical Hendry guy to me. Has some tools, so when he looks good he really looks good. But the baseball skills aren't all that great, and Hendry is just hoping he somehow figures it out on his own because there's nobody in the organization who can teach it to him. This has been Hendry's philosophy all along when it comes to position talent. Grab toolsy guys and then just pray for a miracle.

According to the two idiots Hendry & McF.A.I.L., this isn't even a possibility. I hope that doesn't ruin your 4th of July or the All Star break :P

This is so ghey.

Z flirting with danger.

You know, I could be watching the Cubs' broadcast on CSN right now, but it's just too much fun listening to Hawk whine like the baby that he is. One of these days the Sox will turn back into the Sox and we'll be able to get our kicks every day. Someday soon, hopefully. Nobody deserves a winner less than Hawk.

If '06 trends hold, we'll blow it.

ZAM-BAMBA!

I'm not sure if Dusty said it, but I'm pretty sure Hendry was the one who said something like, "Pagan has the potential to be a Beltran-like player" or something along those lines. I thought Pagan said it himself? Nah. Hendry's been sucking the juice again.

This is a great day. I've just realized that no matter what happens after I die, I will be in heaven. For being a Cub fan will make hell seem like the pearly gates by comparison. Good Times! 8)

Ahhhh, but silence can say so much. Instead though, Hendry chooses to publicly endorse Baker again and again. And let's not forget it's way past time when most other managers would have gotten the axe. My vote is: Hendry means every word of it. And we're stuck with Baker for the rest of the season, and perhaps beyond.

The '06 Cubs: wallowing in the belly of badness.

The mass sucking continues.... sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and sucking and.....and...................more sucking. God must hate us. Or maybe Satan sent Hendry & Baker to torment us and there's nothing God can do about it!! SAVE US FROM THIS INSANITY!! OH LORDY!

I saw one of those when I went to Wrigley on the last homestand. Between a guy and a girl. Baker not only destroys baseball teams, but also marriages. He kills puppies too.