If the Cubs don't get CC, I don't think they'll get any of the Big 3. Harden will cost too much and they just don't seem to be interested in Burnett for whatever reason.
Boy, this is awesome. The audio on the Cards/Mets game isn't working, so I don't have to listen to the awful STL announcers. Unfortunately, Pedro sucks. At least Ludwick is starting to come back to earth. Over the last 10 games his average dropped over .015 and his OPS over .060. And I jinxed it, the audio is back.
Good question. I think if it came down to it you could slide Fontenot there for a game or two when needed. If Theriot suffered a long-term injury though, I don't know what we'd do.
Yeah, I couldnt believe he decided to injure mike brown, dusty divorcek, nate vasher, charles tillman, kevin payne, ruben brown, lance briggs, darwin walker, rex grossman, cedric benson..... brian urlacher
If somehow Rich Hill pulled off a miracle and pitched this year, I think I'd cry tears of joy. Z CC/Burnett/Harden Lilly Dempster Hill that'd be ideal. I'm not expecting Hill to come back, so throw Gallagher there and that'd be fine too.
Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it. lol wat Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park. Between the San Francisco weather, high walls, and some parts of the park that are very deep it is definitely not a pitchers park. It also neutralizes left handed home run power quite a bit. It's Park Factor for runs is at 1.025, just slightly below Fenway (1.051) and Coors (1.040). Compare that to McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, which is at 0.849, he was definitely going into a much, much more hitter friendly environment. Is AT&T Park the biggest hitter friendly park in the league? Obviously not, but it's definitely hitter friendly.
Going for the monster park in Oakland to the tiny park in SF obviously wasn't going to bode well for Zito. Everyone in the world knew it. lol wat Oh come on it is barely 421 to right center with a 25 foot wall. :D Okay, the gaps are big but down the line its nothing. 339 in left and 309 in right? That's a hitters park. So Wrigley is a pitcher's heaven since it has the longest foul lines in the majors. Not at all, there's more factors than that. Long foul lines doesnt = pitchers park just like one big gap (gross) doesn't = pitchers park.