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Of Course I don't start Cedeno in my Utility spot today. :evil: Oh and Maddux has a 1.03 ERA at the current moment. :shock:

Uh no! No Gooz today please. I want our experienced quality bullpen people today. If they blow the lead at least do it with the best. But Aardsma was perfectly legitimate the other day? :? No he wasn't! I thought you argued that it was as good a time as any to bring him in? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else...

Uh no! No Gooz today please. I want our experienced quality bullpen people today. If they blow the lead at least do it with the best. But Aardsma was perfectly legitimate the other day? :?

And he gets a base hit!

I'm always happy when Edmonds gets drilled.

Maddux, dropping the F-Bomb. :lol:

Murton looking clueless at the plate. :?

about time ARAMABOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess Dusty is feeling desperate for each run, since this lineup isn't really murderer's row.

:lol: @ Miles.

He's fleeced us on 4 performances: HIs 20-K game in 1998, his 1-hitter in 2001, and games 1 and 5 vs. the Braves in 2003 Yea his entire 1998, 2001, 2002, and 2003 were just awful. :roll:

Fixed your post.

When will Neifi realize he sucks at everthing and isn't fast either?

Can ARAM buy a break?

I prefer to be in the worst depression that exists while watching replays of the 8th inning of Game 6 on repeat, while listening to "I wanna kill myself" Emo.

I'm not sad. I'm miserable. I hate being a Cubs fan but there's just no way out. I'm stuck in this horribly painful place for the rest of my life. *sigh* Go Cobs. :(

Goodie - another girl! :D At the risk of offending people, I'd actually be interested in a "sticky" post ID'ing the gal posters. That'll just encourage massive epooning and they won't even have to work to find out which ones are girls.... You don't know what that would bring upon yourself. epooning? e-macking, e-flirting, e-stalking, e-obsessions perpetuated normally by men toward women. Not pretty. Thanks again for getting those tickets for me in the spring dude! I never heard that term before, but figured it was something like that given the context. I agree, bad idea. Yea it's a relatively new term to me. I see it on other boards I post on that don't nearly have the moderating that this one does. BTW, sorry bout yesterday, this whole DLee thing has me in a funk.

It would probably be that little rugrat Eckstein that inflicted the damage too. That's the only way it would be fitting for the Cubs.

Goodie - another girl! :D At the risk of offending people, I'd actually be interested in a "sticky" post ID'ing the gal posters. That'll just encourage massive epooning and they won't even have to work to find out which ones are girls.... You don't know what that would bring upon yourself. epooning? e-macking, e-flirting, e-stalking, e-obsessions perpetuated normally by men toward women. Not pretty. Thanks again for getting those tickets for me in the spring dude!

Goodie - another girl! :D At the risk of offending people, I'd actually be interested in a "sticky" post ID'ing the gal posters. That'll just encourage massive epooning and they won't even have to work to find out which ones are girls.... You don't know what that would bring upon yourself.

Hairston, Bynum and Mabry serve a purpose. Bynum and Neifi do not. That's like saying "Hairston, Neifi and Mabry serve a purpose. Bynum and Neifi do not." :lol: :lol: What I MEANT was: Hairston, Mabry, and BLANCO serve a purpose, Bynum and Neifi do not.

Greenberg getting drilled in the head in his first AB would also deserve mention.

He was 6-4 with a 3.89 ERA post all star break last year. How in the world is that "really bad"? He was coming off a broken freaking elbow, and came back as good as any reasonable person could expect. That's not really bad. It's about No.3/4 starter quality. He's probably just frustrated that in addition to that, Prior had a 4.02 ERA the year before. That's cause for concern for a guy who was once one of the better pitchers in the league. Number of NL starters with an ERA below 3.89 last year: 24 That must be quite the pitching staff for it to be 3/4 starter quality. Any contending team who has a No.2 starter with an ERA around 4 has problems. First of all, using ERA as a black and white determinant is pretty crazy. FWIW, Prior's ERA all of last year was 3.67 Secondly, there are 16 teams in the NL, and Prior's marks(no pun intended) put him 19th ERA. He was 14th in WHIP, 12th in K/BB, 1st(by quite a bit) in K/9, 11th in Quality Start %, 5th in BAA, 9th in OBP against, and 12th in OPS against. If anything, he was a borderline number 1 starter last year. We're talking about the last two years. His combined numbers been far from Ace quality. It seems from your posts that you really don't want Prior here anymore and I really can't understand that sentiment. in 2003 he was amazingly good #1 starter numbers in 2004 he was shaky due to injury #3 starter numbers when pitching in 2005 he was downright cruising till he took a ball off the elbow and still ended up with #1 starter numbers He's only 25 I believe. TT proved his numbers last year - he started nibbling too much but other than that he had #1 starter numbers. Why do you want to get rid of him so badly when he's so young and could be one of the best if not THE best pitchers for years to come? I love Prior, but with all of his injuries, I am worried this is gonna keep happening every year. I know a couple were freak, but still. I also don't understand why he has pitched so far below the 2003 season the last 2 years. I am concerned he is a falling asset, and I don't want the Cubs to end up with nothing to show for what was once the most valuable asset in baseball on the pitching side. Thanks for the honest response. I guess I understand the concern, but I just can't see someone flopping whose already shown tremendous stuff. I think he just needs to develop a greater pain threshold. Pitch through pain, not through injury is what I was always told.

I had one of those while taking a shower and I was out of commission for a week. :oops:

Hairston, Bynum and Mabry serve a purpose. Bynum and Neifi do not.