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  1. Soul
    Thank you. Next year lets send them our minor leaguers. Leave the players we really need alone. They need their spring training----in MARCH, not April when the games count. I just HOPE this is the problem....that would mean that the real Z will/should show up in the next 2 weeks or so. My fear is that it's not about a delay to their spring, my concern all along was that guys would be overthrowing in early March, when they're usually cruising along. The only WBC pitcher of consequence with a decent start has been Willis, who sucked, got rocked and left early every game. The guys who threw meaningful innings are off to bad starts or injured, or maybe both. God I hope you are wrong and Z doesn't have some kind of weird dead arm from pushing too hard in March. My feeling was players would spend too much time watching instead of working up to strength, delaying their preparedness for the season.
  2. Soul
    Thank you. Next year lets send them our minor leaguers. Leave the players we really need alone. They need their spring training----in MARCH, not April when the games count.
  3. Soul
    that's the sad thing. True, but I also agree the angst should be directed at Hendry for bringing him in at ridiculous $$$$, rather than at Jones for being himself. Jones has been worse than his normal self. Plus, when the angst is directed at Hendry, you get people yelling at you to leave Hendry alone. You can't win. I just say let people write what they want as long as it's about the Cubs and fits within the rules of the board. Wow. You are unusually Zen today, goony. 8) I agree. People should say what they wish. Far be it for me to instruct people on what they should write! Just saying maybe the angst towards him is a little misplaced----not that people can't say what they want. Personally---I was leery of the Jones signing when it happened. He's doing pretty much what I expected. Hopefully he can hit a few well placed homers in between the K's.
  4. Soul
    JP is no Derek Lee. JP is a one-dimensional ballplayer who hasn't been valuable to a team since 2004. I never said he was Ry. The point is valid: wanting a player to be thrown out of town based on an April isn't right. Not saying you want that, but people are suggesting it on these boards. If it gets to be June and he's still getting on at his current clip, I'll be the first to suggest we NOT extend him and perhaps give Pie a shot or pursue some other avenue. But it's still April (well, for a couple more days anyway). And lots of players struggle their first April with a club. Doesn't mean anything......yet. BTW, you should look at Pierre's April numbers from 2003, when he first came to the Marlins. Eerily similar to this year's numbers. And he wound up giving them 2 good years----like you said, through 2004.
  5. Soul
    that's the sad thing. True, but I also agree the angst should be directed at Hendry for bringing him in at ridiculous $$$$, rather than at Jones for being himself.
  6. Soul
    It's gonna be really interesting to see what the Bears do. What time does the draft start? And so it should be what, 2 hours and 30 minutes after that when the Bears pick? Could be longer. 15 minutes per pick. That's 4/hour. Probably won't go that long, but it could be up to 6 hours (i.e. 4pm).
  7. Soul
    I see a trend. Yes. 2003 was his first season as a Marlin.
  8. Soul
    Bad things: 1) Derek Lee out. No replacement of note. 2) Neifi gets more play time because of #1. 3) Pierre can't take a walk apparently. 4) Jacque Jones is the new AGone. K,K,K,K, 3-R homer. If the homers dry up, you've got nothing more than a K machine killing the lineup. 5) Rusch sucks. No elaboration needed. 6) Aardmsa is borderline, Wuertz still makes me nervous. 7) Mabry looks done to me. Is he our only power option off the bench? That's terrible. 8. Prior & Wood still aren't back. Once again, it was supposed to be April, then May, now maybe June? Ridiculous. Prior needs to learn how to not be such a baby and play with a little pain. You're a starting pitcher, Mark. Sometimes your arm is going to be sore, get over it. Woody needs to get his act together and quit shredding his arm because his mechanics are junk. Hendry apparently just told them exactly the same. About freaking time. See the optimistic thread for my opto-points (just pointing it out for those who say "oh Soul is always 100% negative")
  9. Soul
    Derek Lee struggled his first April here. Guess we should have benched/traded him, too.
  10. Soul
    1. Bullpen is indeed more solid than last year. Yesterday was just an aberration---it will happen to the best of them. 2. Dempster is a solid closer. Better than anything we've had for years. Yes, better than Borowski in '03 (even though I still love JoBo for what he gave us). There's nothing like recovering someone from the scrap heap and turning him into a prime time player. Very nice work, JH. 3. Matt Murton has a shot at being a solid ballplayer for years to come. He's focused, genuinely wants to learn, and is getting big hits even against good pitchers 4. Slam Pierre all you want. I'm still glad we have him at the top of the order instead of what we were trotting out there last year as our "leadoff hitter." 5. Ramirez is starting to heat up. 6. Marshall is pitching much better than anyone could have hoped for. 7. Wood is close to returning (alright, I just said it---jinxes STAY AWAY). 8. Greg Maddux is incredible. Enough said. Plenty of positives going on here. Yes, we lost yesterday. We still took 2/3. Take 2/3 from the Brew Crew and I'll be very happy.
  11. Soul
    This is insanity. COME ON BEAT THESE GUYS. :evil: :shock: 8) :roll:
  12. Soul
    Dude. You are really on the ball with the Guzman banner and the Z quote. Nice work.
  13. Soul
    No way. It can't be broken. He was shaking it like crazy. It hurts really, really bad to shake a broken hand. Can't lose Barrett
  14. Soul
    I'm just excited to finally see his debut after all these years of waiting.
  15. Soul
    Guess that tough love is having an effect already 8)
  16. Soul
    As much as I wouldn't want that to happen, at some point in will and I think half of the people are going to die. I also can't wait for Pierre to have a couple good games in a row because I guarantee you I will start a "Crow Anyone?" thread. I'm extremely positive on the Cubs right now. Watching Marshall do what he just did, and seeing Matt Murton break out against one of the top pitchers in the league-----freaking awesome. Add that to Maddux's resurgence, Dempster's continued solid performances, and our much improved bullpen? We've got a fighting chance to hold out until our vets return. Unfortunately, those of us who acknowledge the positive as well as the negative find their positive posts ignored. Part of the problem are the readers of this board, reading only what they want to see and prejudging people.
  17. Soul
    =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> Thank you, Rocket Sauce. This post should be in the NSBB Member Guidelines.
  18. Soul
    Typical Jim Edmonds. I might have known. There's a reason the Angels dumped him (and then went on to win a World Series without him, by the way). They just got sick of dealing with his B.S. Lucky for Edmonds, he found a kindred spirit in Tony LaRussa so all is well. :roll:
  19. Soul
    I love Walker. Other than the bullpen acquisitions, I'd say the non-trade of Walker was our most successful offseason move. I think over time you will see a few more fielding problems, though. Removing a gold-glover has to have an effect eventually.
  20. Soul
    I don't think it is a slump, I think what we've seen is prety much what we are going to get. You mean the whole bad,bad,bad,bad, 3R-HR routine? It's very AGone-ish, if you ask me. Not that I think it's bad---I'll take the 3 run jacks any time I can get them of course.
  21. Soul
    my hand hurts pretty bad. Smacked my desk pretty hard :lol: haha Uggla. LOL, you're riding the rollercoaster tonight :lol:
  22. Soul
    He's been watching his teams do this for years & years. I somehow don't think he's getting the message :?
  23. Soul
    He's struck out NINE!!!!!!! It's not about the strikeout. He's pitched poorly overall. I don't buy that this was a "quality start." He made some poor decisions on the mound and allowed himself to be beaten by their few good hitters (namely Cabrera). Like Meat&Potatoes with Ronnie, I call out your anti-Z bias! It's a quality start. 6 innings, 3 earned runs. I'll take it everytime. So you're okay with Z consistetnly with a 4.5 ERA? I'm not, not from him. Not consistently, but the offense has to pitch in a little too. I'm watching this Vargas kid and it's not the greatest stuff. We just aren't getting it done plate side. I'd like a better start from Zambrano, but let's not call it a disaster.
  24. Soul
    oooooHHHHHHhhh. Hendry lays down DA LAW on Prior & Wood?
  25. Soul
    He's struck out NINE!!!!!!! Doesn't matter when you consistently walk batters and give up crucial hits. If he Ks 15 and gives up 3 in 5 it's still not good enough. Come on though, man. Other teams give up 3 runs and baseball tonight is praising their solid pitching. Z gives up 3 and he's terrible? That's not right.
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