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  1. David
    Seriously? It means nothing. That might turn out to be the case. But whoever put up that depth chart doesn't know anything we don't.
  2. David
    Actually, I'm guessing he meant transpires. True that.
  3. David
    bah leave the guy alone... he meant progresses. it's the holidays for duck's sake.
  4. David
    More like this team is really average and Orlando (er, Dwight Howard) is really, really good.
  5. David
    I don't think that word means what you think it means... Some people think these moves are trangressions. As for Peavy, that situation is not directly related to any of these moves. As I blogged, the ownership situation has to sort itself out first. Was DeRosa a cancer in the clubhouse or was there something behind the scenes we are not privy to? It seems pretty odd to move on of your better offensive players for 3 B- or C rated prospects. Even if this isn't related to Peavy, they needed to clear up money for Bradley.
  6. David
    From a backup middle IF? a .330~ OBP is probably acceptable. Plus he might be a decent (Reed-esque) platoon partner for Fontenot. w/e... this deal makes me sort of excited only to the extent that it seems to signal that DeRo is on his way out which could very well signal that Peavy is on his way in.
  7. David
    How is he against lefties?
  8. David
    I am. I never really thought it was "dead" to begin with. I think Hendry told Towers to shelve the talks for Peavy until later in the offseason when he could swing a decent trade for Marquis. If Towers found another trading partner for Peavy, then go for it. But I think from Peavys perspective, he was telling Towers "the Cubs or nothing." JMO I need someone more besides Bruce Levine's speculation before I'm a believer. The Bradley and Marquis things have other sources. The Peavy thing doesn't. What about Dan Hayes saying the teams were still talking last week? Or the Rosenthal report that talks would be revisited if/when they got some payroll things figured out with new ownership? Or just the fact that it would've been stupid for the Cubs to walk away completely when they held the majority of the cards in this. The opening of a spot in the rotation (granted, we have guys like Marshall and Guz) may (or may not) suggest that we intend to acquire another SP.
  9. David
    That's a good thing. It seems like you think a worse hitter (who might, among other things, hit for less power and be more likely to bunt) would be better suited getting the second most PAs. Stop thinking that.
  10. David
    What exactly would you like them to mention?
  11. David
    Thanks
  12. David
    Is Kane alright? I'm a hockey noob, but chicagosports.com had a headline up that he left the game with a knee injury. Looks like he's playing now, though.
  13. David
    nomar garciaparra and rich harden the harden trade was certainly not leaked. there were like a couple of small rumors about the cubs possibly be interested in him a couple weeks before that but that's all It was talked about a pretty good deal leading up to it, but *nobody* expected it to get done as soon as it did. well a rumored trade happening and a trade being leaked are 2 different things. remember there was the article about how the trade happened, and they didn't actually do it until the night before it was announced, when jim called billy and said he'd include gallagher. But they were talking about it for like a month, and the reports/rumors didn't come out of thin air. There was obviously truth to the fact that they were having discussions. They just had a breakthrough that night when Gaudin was included. I'm just saying... some people act like Hendry is this obsessive secretive guy like Jerry Krause who never lets any information leak about what he's doing.
  14. David
    nomar garciaparra and rich harden Brian Roberts. Yea... and Jake Peavy. It's not like the Cubs haven't had trade negotiations that were very public in the past. Sammy Sosa (both in 2000, but that wasn't Hendry, and in 04-05). Just because they don't wind up happening doesn't mean there isn't significant substance to the reports.
  15. David
    I told you guys these talks were never dead in the first place. It was common sense. No reason for the Cubs to close the door on this when they're in such a position of strength. I'm not speaking to everyone here, obviously, but I'm just saying that you shouldn't overreact to every snippet you hear. Just as much as it wasn't done when people were reporting it "all but done," it wasn't dead when it was being reported as dead. Rumors are rumors. No point in dealing with absolutes here.
  16. David
    nomar garciaparra and rich harden the harden trade was certainly not leaked. there were like a couple of small rumors about the cubs possibly be interested in him a couple weeks before that but that's all It was talked about a pretty good deal leading up to it, but *nobody* expected it to get done as soon as it did.
  17. David
    no, not probably. it definitely is.
  18. David
    this is probably the funniest post in this thread
  19. David
    Well it's so nice that you let us all know hiow much you don't care about my posts. That was very necessary. Do you realize you average nearly 20 posts a day? My parent's vodka when I was a teenager was less watered down. and that has nothing to do with anything. i just thought it was funny that you made a post to say how much you don't read my posts That's 2 of his 88 posts in 3 years. lol
  20. David
    Bulls with their first win in NJ since 2001. Rose with a very nice game, 21 pts, 13 assists, 2 steals
  21. David
    Thabo has shown up big on defense the last two games... Maybe he'll keep getting a little burn.
  22. David
    The Angels completely ran away with it.
  23. David
    On the other hand, I'm guessing our RF production was pretty lackluster, though...
  24. David
    Totally forgot about Dempster. That one is a no-brainer. My bad. I guess where I was going on Theriot is that I think he might be able to keep that up. It seems like changed his approach and he hit so many singles at the expense of having any kind of power. Like it was by design to some extent. That said, that obviously doesn't mean it's sustainable, but it leads me to believe it might be. But you're right about it being lucky in itself to have that many players at least meet expectations.
  25. David
    Who besides DeRosa and, to some extent, Harden had career years (plus Edmonds' overachieving for his age)? Not really fair to call a rookie season a career year for Soto... Although it's fair to say we don't know if we can expect that again until he actually does it. I guess Aramis had a career year in the sense that his approach changed somewhat and he drew more walks, but his overall production wasn't anything out of the ordinary compared to the rest of his recent career. Theriot? I guess. How sustainable was his BA from last year?
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