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  1. David
    FWIW, he was sort of a victim of bad timing, too. He probably would've used that money on Beltran or someone else better had he had the opportunity earlier. It seemed MacPhail and/or the Trib was unwilling to OK monster contracts. That's not to excuse his poor allocation of resources otherwise, though.
  2. David
    lol remember in April when people thought Soriano had forgotten how to hit? He had 2 HR and a .577 OPS
  3. David
    He'll just say that he should be doing all that in the 5 spot. And then he'd go off about how the team needs a leadoff hitter.
  4. David
    wtf i have never seen IMB use a smiley
  5. David
    For the record, it's August... not April or May...
  6. David
    Sori is on fiyah
  7. David
    Can someone remind me real quick what game (or at least what series) the Aramis epic bat toss happened? In case that isn't descriptive enough, it was the monster shot that looked like it might go foul...
  8. David
    We are so much better than the rest of the NL, it isn't even funny.
  9. David
    Wow We are unfrigginbelievable
  10. David
    For my 9,000th post... Has anyone here read "Veeck as in Wreck?" I might have to pick that up at the library. Looking for a good baseball read.
  11. David
    I'm just posting because the next one after this will be 9000.
  12. David
    Of course he did. That's what the whole organization and their fan base is all about. Hell, they flew an L flag in their front office after they won a game against us at the Cell. Hillbilly's. It's amazing to me, since I don't live in Chicago, the stark differences in Cubs and White Sox fans. I just don't get it. Inferiority complex
  13. David
    FWIW, the guy who has been reporting on training camp and posting up daily highlight videos (Roy) has been saying that it's been fairly even but that Rex has been better. He has reported that Orton has thrown more interceptions, fumbled more snaps, and made more poor throws. Rex has made the occasional mistake and has fumbled a few snaps, but has looked better and made more plays. The highlight videos seem to support this, but, then again, they're just highlight. He has been pretty good about showing both the good and bad plays by each guy, though.
  14. David
    Seriously??? The only way I can see this ever happening is if you're 10+ beers deep and just left one of his random good games. That's how I wound up with a CPatt shirt a few years ago...
  15. David
    The "music" on CSN is terrible, BTW. Can't they come up with something better than that?
  16. David
    I love that the only difference the channel the Cubs are on that day makes to me is that I punch in a different number and get some different graphics/sounds.
  17. David
    Holy crap that's ironic
  18. David
    It's all relative. Last year's situation truly was disaster. This one was more on a smaller scale...like... "Um, we have this crazy blister that nobody's ever seen and it just won't heal. Damndest thing we've ever seen. Nothing we try helps. He's not close." ...two days later "He'll be back in a couple days."
  19. David
    Who cares?
  20. David
    Also, has anyone noticed that Harden has never even averaged a K per inning until this season (outside of 06 and 07 where he barely pitched - and even then, he wasn't K'ing near the same rate as now - so it's hard to really draw anything from the numbers)? How did he get so much better at striking people out? Is it the "new" more limited repertoire? He has always thrown really hard. Maybe the fact that he's just fastball/changeup with a lot of changing speeds is leading to more K's than ever, and the dumping of the splitter = fewer ground balls? Just thinking out-loud...
  21. David
    So would I.
  22. David
    I don't think so. The Cubs can beat those pitchers at home. I think they can beat them, period. But I'd still rather not face them (well, Webb and Haren)...
  23. David
    He's not talking about the last 5 years, though. He's talking about all those years through the 80s and (particularly, as salaries got higher) 90s where the team was being outspent by smaller market teams and generally not making an effort to put a decent product on the field. The years where we'd pick up Dave Magadan or Leo Gomez to plug the 3B hole. Or when Kevin Tapani and Terry Mulholland were big signings to round out the rotation. I'm not saying he's right, as I'm really too young to even remember many details about that era and I'm not gonna bother researching it. Just pointing out that he wasn't really talking about their recent free spending ways.
  24. David
    wat
  25. David
    http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/08/sports-center-fights-are-always-fun.html Him continuing to challenge Phillips like that was amazingly hilarious. Not that I agree that Joba should be in the CYA talk this year, but I love that someone on ESPN actually made an argument based on numbers that somewhat matter and not crap like, "He wins ballgames."
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