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my MRI had to be scheduled about 3 weeks out. why should some dude from Venezuela get preferential treatment? Hahaha, don't get me started.

It just occurred to me they might wait until after the game to announce the results. And it also occurred to me that's not a real good thing.

I would consider it a milestone experience to see a World Cup final live. (ehem, since we're talking about Soccer here)

I hate waiting. I'm the guy who will take back roads to avoid the traffic jam on the highway, even if I've proven it is actually still faster to sit in the traffic jam. Just feels like more waiting. Must know. Soon.

All of those guys have enough value to net some decent players like Raul Ibanez or so. If you want to go after an ace like CC, then you need one of baseball's top prospects as a centerpiece for a package. Very few GMs will trade a star for a quantify of good, but not great, players. It's too bad that we can't trade future draft picks like in the NBA, that would certainly help us this year. I, for one, don't think we need CC even if Z is out for an extended period of time. We just need someone who can post decent numbers to keep us in games. Our offense should take over from there -- especially when Sori comes back and even more when he gets hot. We've been winning many ballgames like this in '08, even when Z has been on the mound. There's also Hill/Marshall -- 2 guys who should still be able to give us some quality starts this year.

Yeah, but you aren't part of the group of "teachers" that pushed hard to reach for him in the draft. I would be surprised if they didn't give Wolfe a spot this year. Oh to hell with it just snap the ball directly to Hester. All problems solved :mrgreen: They did once yesterday at OTA's. The players had all swapped jerseys, and Grossman and Hester swapped...so for one play, Hester played QB. LOL, and I was really just trying to be funny.

Yeah, but you aren't part of the group of "teachers" that pushed hard to reach for him in the draft. I would be surprised if they didn't give Wolfe a spot this year. Oh to hell with it just snap the ball directly to Hester. All problems solved :mrgreen:

If he's really out for a significant amount of time, we could look into a trade. The problem being, of course, everyone else will know we're desperate. I would love it if Hill and/or Marshall could come back to the big leagues strong. If either could just give us a couple of strong months it would be massively helpful. I'm still not clear on what the hell happened to Hill. He should still be a serviceable middle-of-the-rotation pitcher. He needs to get back to what he was projected to be and get it done. Don't really care how.

Jones apparently really wants to be here (judging by his comment in the article). I don't see a reason not to at least bring him to camp. Personally I'm not impressed with Wolfe. He wasn't nearly as quick as I thought he would be. I have severe doubts he's going to provide that "change of pace" that the Bears want him for. I definitely wouldn't automatically give him a roster spot on this football team without any competition.

There's a blurb about him in today's Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/1013552,CST-SPT-cubnt19.article

Good question. We might need him sooner rather than later. Here's a recent article that says he's doing pretty good with the hamstring: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-16-cubs-bits-chicagojun16,0,3869065.story

Yeah -- Yost is using Torres as both the 8th inning guy AND closer. Can't do that forever -- that's robbing from Peter to pay Paul, eventually it'll come home to roost.

Yes, I'm certainly not complaining about the Cards dropping 2 at home at the perfect time.

I love how Yost brings Torres in to pitch the 8th AND 9th nearly every time because he has no other bullpen. Baseball Gods gonna make you pay for that one eventually, Ned.

How many players did we get hurt today too? CRAP MAN FTH.

This is starting to really suck. We might get swept down here. Good Lord. :x :banghead:

What's so special about Percival? His FB looks straight as an arrow, right down the middle, and not terribly fast. Yet we swing and miss. WTF?

What a terrible night. Every team I want to win is losing, and vice versa. Sheesh.

Oh don't be a poopy face. Ride the wave of optimizm until you are crushed by reality a few weeks later. Rollercoasters are fun!

Baseball strategy in general is mythologized way beyond its usefulness. It's pitch ball, hit ball, field ball much more than anything else. Obviously the NL uses pinch hitters more frequently, but the average NL team has had only 98 of their 2445 ABs come from pinch hitters this year, while the AL has had 27 out of 2431. The difference in number of RBI is 12-5, while R is 10-3. Some argue that it's actually a little more difficult for an AL manager to know when to pull his pitcher, because he doesn't have the incentive of getting him out of offensive purposes to save him from letting the guy go to long. I think that's all a bunch of hooey really. I know our resident coaches take offense to such notions, but it's not about strategy, it's about performance on the field by the players playing the game. And even then, the AL can still use SB, sacrifices and all the rest if they want to try and strategize to a victory. The only real difference is they don't pinch hit for pitchers. But they will switch up pitchers and hitters for the purpose of matchups and all that good stuff. So that's essentially 3.5 times the strategic situations (98 vs 27) in the NL vs. the AL. I'll take that. I don't think it's a myth. We all watch a lot of baseball. Obviously it's about opinion. I like NL baseball better, and I enjoy the increased need for strategic switching. I like seeing what the manager will do now that the pitcher's spot has come up and he needs to make a move, or whatever. What I don't understand is why some people can't accept that others like it that way (not you specifically, but in general).

There looked to be twice the Cub fans in attendance. There can't be more than 30,000 actual Rays fans in existence, how did you become friends with one? :mrgreen:

Neh, he'll stay. Cavs will have to make the sacrifices or else they'll go down in history with the worst gaff ever. It would be like the Bulls trading Jordan in the late '80s because they couldn't afford him. No way that happens. Find the money, and pay the man. You don't ever give up a LeBron, period.

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-woodsfuture&prov=ap&type=lgns This wasn't a smart move from Tiger. I mean, what did he really gain from winning this? Only a 14th major as far as I can tell. I could understand if he was going for a milestone that he might not have a chance to do again. Like if he had won the Masters, the U.S. Open and the British already in a year and had this injury going into the PGA Championship. In that case, go for it because you might not have another shot at the Grand Slam. But this seems kind of pointless to me. Sure, you won this major, but now you guaranteed to miss the next two. Not to mention that it wasn't a guarantee that he was going to win this one. What if he didn't win? Then he would have done all this for nothing. Maybe he figured Elin would lose all the pregnancy weight by now and it was a good time to go on a 8-month hiatus. He probably wanted to play at the course close to his home for a major title more than he wanted to play the British/PGA later in the year. He'll be back for the Masters next year anyway, presumably.

And it will drive Cedeno's value higher. hmmmmmmmmmmm :-k Hendry's strategies revealed, only on NSBB folks 8-)

Whinebrenner. Hehe, I like it.