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  1. Soul
    I still have goodwill for Corey. I just don't think he's panning out as a baseball player, that's all. Maybe I'm wrong.
  2. Soul
    Combined record of those teams: 74-137 (.351) Of the 3 next opponents, the worst team--Charlotte--is the one we face on the road. This week is set up very nicely for the Bulls. If they can't take care of business it's their own fault.
  3. Soul
    I like Z's passion too, but when it gets him ejected from games that doesn't help him or the team. By the way, he was ejected last year for ridiculing the home plate umpire. He has already turned his temper on the umpires. He had already left the game on opening day when he made those comments. And against St. Louis, he was about to leave that game, too. It's not like he's getting tossed a few times a season in the third inning. That makes it OK? Look, I *love* Z too. I just want him to grow up a little bit and direct his emotions better. That's all.
  4. Soul
    I like Z's passion too, but when it gets him ejected from games that doesn't help him or the team. By the way, he was ejected last year for ridiculing the home plate umpire. He has already turned his temper on the umpires.
  5. Soul
    And I hope he drills Edmonds again. He got panned for it but I thought it was appropriate and should win his teammates affection. I remember watching that game. IIRC, Edmonds got plunked once, then hit a HR and Z was yelling at him to go around the bases quicker and then didn't Edmonds get drilled a second time? The thing that bothered me was, Zambrano is young. No matter how good your stuff is you have to earn respect to be able to yell at a veteran for trotting around the bases during a homerun. Usually when someone hits a HR off of Clemens he will make sure they run or else he's likely to throw at them. I don't have much of a problem with this because Clemens has been in the league and has been a top 10 pitcher basically his whole career. I'm not the biggest Cubs fan, just come here to post since it seems much more civil than other Cub fans I've been around. But I do think Zambrano is a terrific pitcher, his emotions may hurt him once in a while, but I think he's just super competitive which is something you want in a pitcher. I think he's terrific too, but if he continues to act like a baby when things don't go his way he's going to lose his teammates and coaches real quick. He needs to grow up a little.
  6. Soul
    If he's going to try and throw harder because he's upset then it's a problem. Exactly. Someone please show me the legions of Hall of Fame pitchers who whined when their teams failed to turn a double play, or made a fielding error.
  7. Soul
    Self destruct and put up a sub-3 era. I was thinking more along the lines of burning out early in his career and no longer being the Z we know and love......
  8. Soul
    Unless he learns to focus his anger, Z will self-destruct.
  9. Soul
    Bulls win 101-97. Philly loses. Bulls now 1-1/2 games out of the 8th spot.
  10. Soul
    Man, that was incredible. I thought for sure UCONN would take it once they made it to OT. What a great effort and accomplishment for George Mason.
  11. Soul
    Bottom line: there is not yet enough proof to keep Sammy out of the Hall on the basis of steroid use.
  12. Soul
    A massive bust. And all because he decided he didn't need to be coached anymore. Good luck with the rest of your life, Corey. or maybe his coaches didn't do a good job. That question will be answered by his play with Baltimore. Looks like the verdict is in: .255/.288/.364 It was Corey. Time to move on. He'll be lucky if he plays in 50 games this year. I have my doubts that Patterson will ever be able to put it all together but I don't looking at his spring training numbers this so far this spring shows that much. Yes, but you know it's not just his spring training numbers from this year that counts against him.
  13. Soul
    A massive bust. And all because he decided he didn't need to be coached anymore. Good luck with the rest of your life, Corey. or maybe his coaches didn't do a good job. That question will be answered by his play with Baltimore. Looks like the verdict is in: .255/.288/.364 It was Corey. Time to move on. He'll be lucky if he plays in 50 games this year.
  14. Soul
    Carpenter: 8-12, 4.75 ERA. Lee: .375, 45HR 125RBI. Lee wins MVP. Carpenter suffers career-ending injury. This is a Cubs board. What did you expect? :wink:
  15. Soul
    That's a good point. If Grace named names he would be getting killled for being a sellout. either way he can't win. Maybe it would be better if he pretended he couldn't speak English like Sammy? .......or how about he just keep his mouth shut instead? Wow, there's a novel idea. Agreed.
  16. Soul
    I'm not sure what to make of this idea. On the one hand, Barry definitely deserves to have his records expunged, but on the other hand, so do other steroid users who we don't know about yet and possibly never will. It wouldn't be acceptable to chase one guy in particular when there are dozens who are guilty. In my opinion, baseball built this mountain for themselves and now they're going to have a heck of a time climbing it. There are plenty of lawbreakers out there who are guilty but never caught. I would definitely be against emptying our prisons because we can't catch them all :) I think we should wipe Bonds & Palmiero, because we know they did it. Then continue investigating the others, see where it leads.
  17. Soul
    .500 sounds about right. 3rd or 4th place. I wish I could be more optimistic, but this baseball team needs to do something to justify that optimism such as putting together a roster that can stay healthy, hiring a manager with a clue, and either picking up more top FA or developing more & better talent in the minors.
  18. Soul
    That's a good point.
  19. Soul
    A massive bust. And all because he decided he didn't need to be coached anymore. Good luck with the rest of your life, Corey.
  20. Soul
    With 12 games left, right? It's possible I suppose. We do have a home/home with Philly coming up. Upcoming schedule is Boston, Orlando, Charlotte. That's very winnable. Philly has Detroit, Indiana, Cleveland in the immediate future. Bulls need to pull it together. Any more 4 game losing streaks and its over.
  21. Soul
    And the mountain of paperwork and testimony they have assembled to support their assertions? Is that all a joke too? Doesn't sound like Bonds is laughing, by the way... [-(
  22. Soul
    Just to be clear: there's no actionable evidence Sosa took steroids. But that cork sprayed all over the infield proves beyond any shadow of a doubt he was a cheater. I'm not jumping on Sosa----I happen to love the guy despite his flaws, and despite the fact that he corked his bat. But in an effort to be fair and objective............we must concede he cheated.
  23. Soul
    They are talking about the most recent game. Corey was 1-15 leading up to that... He entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the 6th. Glad to see CPatt can still hit single-A pitching.
  24. Soul
    The last time I checked it wasn't too good. I think he was hitting in the low 200s. But ST numbers don't really mean the much. Corey is hitting .250/.286/.365 with 1 home run and 8 strikeouts in 52 at bats. It makes me happy to hear this. I hope he does well. The better our "castoffs" perform after we trade them off, the more likely we are to get something useful in return in the future. However, if our castoffs routinely do well after we get rid of them, then that should be considered like a screaming indictment of our coaching at the major league level. Conversely, if Patterson continues to play poorly for another team, we will have to admit that he, and not the ML coaches, is responsible for his failure (or success). One thing is for sure, he certainly isn't making the Cubs coaches look bad in Spring Training. The Baltimore Sun reports that Markakis (and Matos) are outplaying him which is one reason why he was moved to a corner OF spot. There's certainly a possibility that he won't be a starter during the regular season. If CPatt does well elsewhere, it only proves he finally got it through his thick skull he needs to change. Sounds like he hasn't, however. I know it's only Spring Training, but that's a disturbing report from the Baltimore Sun.
  25. Soul
    :lol: Priceless
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