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  1. Wendy City
    With Wood and Williamson, I feel like our bullpen might be OK without a trade - though it's tough to depend on Wood. Nomar is an instant upgrade at short, that leaves us with LF. I'm open to any move at that position. We have to be buyers.
  2. Wendy City
    We just need to keep taking care of business. Other than one extra loss to Cinci that we should have won, we've been lights out since the AS break. Without that loss, where we had the 5-1 lead and blew it, we would have won every series and been playing at the same pace as the Stros. As it is, the Stros have been hot, but it's only translated into a one game difference since the AS break when they led us by one.
  3. Wendy City
    Today, the Stros can definitely lose. Aziekiel Astacio vs. Pedro. Tomorrow, Wandy Rodriguez vs. Kris Benson. That's most liekly a loss as well. Backe got hurt, which makes their bottom two in the rotation extremely beatable. However, the top three are un-hittable right now.
  4. Wendy City
    I would say the Stros might make a run at him - but they need an OFer that can hit. Otherwise, he's from Houston, played college ball at Rice in Houston and his dad is the 1B coach for the Astros. They do love their home-grown boys down there. If they don't pull the trigger on a Dunn (doubtful) or Alou (possible) they might be able to pick Cruz up for a song - if he's still around.
  5. Wendy City
    It's not so much that Hendry didn't want Alou as he couldn't offer him a deal without knowing if Sammy was staying or going. Sammy's contract tied his hands. By the time he unloaded it, Alou was gone and Beernutz was our only option (Not a bad last option, considering) As for Schmidt and Alou, I'd love to have them this year. I don't think it will take as much as has been stated on this thread to get them in the fold. Though I doubt it will happen.
  6. Wendy City
    I agree. Let Nomar work the kinks out with the Djaxx. We've handled Nefi starting for this long, what's one more week?
  7. Wendy City
    I agree...just shut him down. We can get a look at Hill tonight to see how he's coming along and we'll get a look at Schmidt too.
  8. Wendy City
    The real question isn't should we trade Wood, it's should we shut him down right now and have him have the surgery. If the surgery will help, why wait until the off-season? Right now, as much as I like Kerry, I can't trust him out there. I'd rather we were fixing the problem and getting him completely ready for next year. Why sell low now? I think the Schilling comparison is spot-on. I could be wrong, but isn't it worth waitng to see for sure?
  9. Wendy City
    Gooney is the only person I know who can so clearly be proven wrong and still go on fighting. Call it what you will, but it's always fun to watch. Keep fighting Goon, don't let the facts get in your way.
  10. Wendy City
    The Astros had underachieved all year. Then, Kent, Berkman and Bagwell got hot - Beltran did more for them defensively than offensively. They had been a weak defensive team in th OF with Biggio and others out there. He solifdified it and had a decent half season att he plate. But really if you look aty his numbers he was never an offensive jugernaut until the playoffs. In fact, in September when the Stros made the majority of their great run, he hit less than .200. That said, i thinkt he Cubs are capable of a pretty strong run themselves. A trade would help, but Nomar coming back could add a lot also and I like the way ew're hitting and pitching right now.
  11. Wendy City
    Neither does Alanis Morisette
  12. Wendy City
    I love it when people give their medical opinions.
  13. Wendy City
    Wasn't trying to jump on you. My smartass detector has been out of whack all season. I'm just hoping we can get those kinds of numbers out of Nomar.
  14. Wendy City
    Can anyone tell me how scouts or others have ramked Murton as a prospect? How does he compare to Dubois and others?
  15. Wendy City
    I agree - the dominoes are beginning to fall. Kotsay is off the market, who's next? Preston Wilson?
  16. Wendy City
    In three weeks we'll have our SS upgrade.
  17. Wendy City
    I'll take the .297 BA and .350 OBP that Nomar put up for the last two months last year. It's a massive improvement even if he's no more effective than that. What happend last year can't be laid at Nomar's door.
  18. Wendy City
    To me, all trades are pointless unless Dusty is fired as well. Lineup on August 1 Backups in () Manager- TBD - maybe Jim Leyland (I'd take Bobby Valentine at this point) CF Kotsay (Hairston) 2B Walker (Perez/Hairston) 1B Lee (Holla/Walker) 3B Ramirez (Macias) LF Huff (Holla) SS Nomar (Perez) RF Burnitz (Holla) C Barrett (Blanco) Can't blame me for dreaming - it's all I have left this season.
  19. Wendy City
    The Drumbeat for Dustbags head is getting louder in the press. Miles is, of course, tacitly calling for it in this article - as you have pointed out through emphasis. Clearly, if the Cubs go to a youth movement for the end of the year, Dusty can no longer me the manager. He couldn't handle it and it would be dangerous to those players to let him try.
  20. Wendy City
    Prior's pitch counts since comming back have been in the 70's for game one and 80's for game two. If we can reasonably assume he'll get to pitch into the 90's today, that still means he'll be out after six innings. Could be rough going late in this one. Plus, we're going to tax the bvullpen today with the DHer. Praying fro rain in FLA.
  21. Wendy City
    41 pitches in 4 innings. This is a leadership problem. This is squarely at Dusty's door.
  22. Wendy City
    2 outs. Must be time to start scoring runs against the Cubs.
  23. Wendy City
    Another 3-pitch K for Hairston. Has he been taking pointers from Cpat
  24. Wendy City
    I'm feeling pretty confident for something along the lines of 7-3 for this stretch. I'll feel even better if Kerry shows he's really back today. With our pitching at full strength, we're the team to beat. Frankly, if we add the bat we need to add, we can still make a run at the Cardinals. But one thing at a time, right.
  25. Wendy City
    I agree. But if he throws a simulated game this weekend. Throws another on normal rest after that. And then one more for good measure with his pitch count raising each outing. Then he could probably go for his first rehab start around the 20th of June. Even with three re-hab starts (which is a lot), he's ready to throw for the Cubs by about July 4th (About 4 weeks from now). That would give him two starts before the break. Again, this doesn't help us through the tough stretch of games ahead, but it's encouraging if we get through them and are still in contention - which seems likely to me.
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