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i wouldve rather had him catch it

hit a [expletive] fly ball at least plz.

bradley bomb?

There's no reason to ever pitch to Pujols when there is an open base. 4 through 9 in this lineup are all auto-outs.

sexy.

that was a great AB

so much for Fox catching

Just popping in to tell McCarver to shut the [expletive] up. "I THINK HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF ARGUING ON HIS CHECK SWING BECAUSE HE'S MILTON BRADLEY AND ALL HE DOES IS ARGUE" He was walking back to the dugout you ass.

awesome.

the Cards are in town, what do you expect

dear god i hope these guys get swept so i can officially move over to football season

DFA

epic.

why is he still in?

good thing heilman stayed in. catch the ball aramis.

and where was that?

ill be honest, im shocked that im enjoying keith moreland in the booth

i hate umps

hard right at them. god dammit.

in what world is strike 2 a strike?

I like Harden, but that's crazy talk. With as many holes as this team has, the Cubs can no longer afford to take that risk. What holes can they actually fill? Soriano isn't going anywhere. There's your LF. It's about a 100% guarantee that one of Fukudome/Johnson will be in CF next year. 99% chance that it's both again. Bradley will be in RF again. Ramirez at third, Lee at first. Theriot will either be at short or second, with one of the spots needing to be filled via FA because they can't go with Fontenot again. Catcher is set. Starting pitchers: Z, Lilly, Dempster for sure. Probably one of Wells/Marshall, and then you need a fifth. I doubt they go with both Marshall and Wells in the rotation (and one of them will probably be traded). They'll add some bullpen arms, but not many. We may have a lot of holes, but contracts make it so we don't have much leeway to do anything. And it's not like we have a good farm system. As you said, probably either second base or the bullpen. They don't have very much money to spend this offseason. And it might be in the Cubs best interest to pocket the money and wait to become major players after 2010. The farm system still isn't great position player wise, but it's starting to have lots of quality pitching. The Cubs will have several options next year if they want to go that route. Samardzija, Marshall, or quite possibly Coleman at the start of the year (Coleman will never be a great pitcher but could already be close to major league ready) with possibly either Jackson or even Cashner later in the year, although the Cubs might not want to rush those two with their upsides. It might be, but I can't imagine that happening. The new owner might want to make a splash instead of maybe accepting we need a year or two to save up some money before doing anything major.

shouldve walked him.

Couldn't agree more.

I like Harden, but that's crazy talk. With as many holes as this team has, the Cubs can no longer afford to take that risk. What holes can they actually fill? Soriano isn't going anywhere. There's your LF. It's about a 100% guarantee that one of Fukudome/Johnson will be in CF next year. 99% chance that it's both again. Bradley will be in RF again. Ramirez at third, Lee at first. Theriot will either be at short or second, with one of the spots needing to be filled via FA because they can't go with Fontenot again. Catcher is set. Starting pitchers: Z, Lilly, Dempster for sure. Probably one of Wells/Marshall, and then you need a fifth. I doubt they go with both Marshall and Wells in the rotation (and one of them will probably be traded). They'll add some bullpen arms, but not many. We may have a lot of holes, but contracts make it so we don't have much leeway to do anything. And it's not like we have a good farm system.

Looking at next year's FA list, Harden is probably the best SP option out there. I wouldn't mind resigning him if we fall out of contention and then shut him down and make him have surgery.