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It was described pretty well, but here is a map for a visual too. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/snetsrak43/mao.png It's right by St. Louis University, where I go, so its really weird to think about how close this happened to me.

One of the recent Dugouts has some interesting theories on injuries we might see. Although, they all relate to Prior, who they love ripping on lately.

First thing that popped into my mind was Mickey Morandini.

Another DB Bears? okay..... ?

Awesome, Wolfe!

but it still comes in behind "playing with Hank Aaron." Who played with Hank Aaron? I bet that was cool. Dusty did. No way. Way. Aaron was still playing with the Braves during Dusty's early years as a player. I heard he was on deck when Aaron hit a home run or something. Wow, he should manage with that type of experience.

Jim Riggleman FTW!

OK, Eckstein (sort of) and Young. Two out of 30. Any others? Sort of? He played a whopping 17 games at SS in his minor league career. http://thebaseballcube.com/players/E/David-Eckstein.shtml

It would be silly to get rid of him now, but we better change his use until he proves he can be semi-effective. Use Cotts as the number 1 lefty, Ohman only verse lefties, and Eyre when his potential crap performance cant cost the game.

SOLD! Lieber hasn't been the same since 2002 with the Cubs, and he is making $7.5, although it is up after that. I'll pass because we also lose Ohman who despite his struggles has proven to be an effective LOOGY.

Well I can't say I blame him on most of those issues. If I wasn't resigned by the team I've played my whole career for and gave everything for, I'd be a little mad/bitter. Players do that all the time. I'd rather a player get pissed about not being resigned than ditch the team to make a few extra million like so many players these days do. the whole "gave everything I had" argument does not pass muster with me. Dude was WELL COMPENSATED for his time here. It wasn't like he played five seasons pro bono. And he was what? 36 or 37 when the Cubs let him go? If we re-signed a fading 37-year-old 1b with no pop for nostalgia reasons, this board will blow up. Decisions like that are what have caused years of mediocrity. Well he did still put up good numbers in 2001, similar to his career numbers. We did get similar production out of Matt Stairs though. He had the huge power drop off in 2002, but was moderately productive with a decent OBP. At that time, however, we actually got good numbers from Fred McGriff. Then he absolutely hit a wall and sucked in 2003 in just 66 games. So you could argue that 2001 wouldn't have been so cut and dry, but after that I would agree yes. 2001 Grace: .298 .386 .466 @ $3M Stairs: .250 .358 .462 (128 G) @ $3.2M McGriff: .282 .383 .559 (49 G) @ $6.5M prorated *Stairs only spent 89 GS at 1B, Zuleta (.217 .288 .415 23 GS) and Coomer (.261 .316 .390 14 GS) also saw time at 1B. Pretty close to a wash in terms of money spent and production. Our corner OF was fine with Rondell White and Sammy, so Stairs wasn't going to play anywhere else, so it would have been one or the other. 2002 Grace: .252 .351 .386 @ $3M McGriff: .273 .353 .505 @ $7.25M A bit of extra money and an extra 100+ in SLG. I don't know what Grace wanted at the time, but a two year deal with the second year seeing him as a part time player (handing off the reigns to Hee Seop Choi perhaps?) would have been fine by me, compared to what we actually did. We had some decent power at positions like 2B and SS in 2002, so we might have been able to take less power at 1B. We also had some decent SP that year (other than the horrid Jason Bere), so a 1B with weak power wouldn't have stopped us if we had a decent bullpen or good bench. Things the extra $4.25M from McGriff (possibly more if Grace would have given a home town discount) might have been able to patch up a few of those things. In conclusion? I don't know if I agree or disagree with you, but we were making bad decisions anyways.

I've got box seats for Saturday, yay!

My father has been hospitalized with this twice, and although he has been fine each time, I know the feeling of being scared of anything with the heart. Get well Ron.

whats with the Maddux urination thing?

1.3 IP 13 H 10R 3BB 1K

I actually hope he gives us a hometown discount this offseason.

I don't necessarily MIND Navy Blue, but it is overused. Atlanta, NYY, San Diego, Detriot, Milwaukee, Washington, Boston, Cleveland, Minnesota, Seattle, Anahiem, St. Louis vs Chicago, Kansas City, Texas, LA, NYM, Philly for Royal Blue.

For a good deal he is tradeable. That being said, I don't think we could get close to fair value for him.

heh, all I pretty much did was add some piping. It would be pretty easy. They could do it without 50% of the fan base noticing.

I thought the mid-'90s interpretation was the best of all. It, like the "Cuba" script, lasted all of three seasons. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/southfork76/simg_t_tfsccbfpmedjpg110.jpg Well heres a modification I saw one of the posters at that other forum do a while back: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/chief103182/NewCubslogo.png or http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/chief103182/CubsLogo2.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/snetsrak43/cubsprototype7.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/snetsrak43/cubsprototype8.png Why not home too

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/snetsrak43/cubsprototype6.png Thats about all I'm gonna do for now, unless someone wants to know what something might look like, go ahead and ask.

I use a program called gimp. I get the templates from sportslogos.net forum... you could do what I'm doing in paint for the most part, just takes a lot longer I presume. A lot of the users there use paint, but gimps also free if you want (in the free software thread in social from here).

If that's the case, then they should go back to the baggy pants look. Pic I'm all for the classic look with the pinstripes. But I also feel that the alternate uniforms should be used at least from time to time. Don't stop there http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/dressed_to_the_nines/images/nl_1901_chicago.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v313/snetsrak43/cubsprototype5.png