Jump to content
North Side Baseball

CaliforniaRaisin

Community Moderator
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    33,663

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    12

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by CaliforniaRaisin

  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    Oregon can beat USC. USC definitely is suspect this year. Cal would be much better if their best defensive player wasn't out for the season (and defense, especially DBs, isn't something that the Pac-10 has depth for, outside of USC).
  2. CaliforniaRaisin
    Rondell White!? Not cool, Zito.
  3. CaliforniaRaisin
    You think the M's will pony up the money for Daisuke and Schmidt? Honestly, no. But given all the things in their favor in terms of the Japanese players signing with them (and the fact that Schmidt isn't a slam dunk Mariner signing), I think they have to be in the top 2 or 3 (add Baltimore, I guess). That wasn't really a fair question on my part either. I was trying to point out that many people are viewing Daisuke and Schmidt as non-Cubs because of rumors of them going to Seattle, but it's highly unlikely both end up there. I don't know that Schmidt is a non-Cub, but Daisuke definitely is (imo, of course).
  4. CaliforniaRaisin
    Prior had more pitches/starts in 2003 (his first full season in the bigs) than Z has ever had. That's scary.
  5. CaliforniaRaisin
    Oof, that was a perfect chance.
  6. CaliforniaRaisin
    And now Orlando Hernandez is questionable.
  7. CaliforniaRaisin
    Ron Gardenhire would have, judging the way the Twins treated Liriano this season.
  8. CaliforniaRaisin
    Frank Thomas!!~~
  9. CaliforniaRaisin
    Castillo is third in the league in CS. And promptly gets CS while Zito was still struggling a bit with command.
  10. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yes. Very good.
  11. CaliforniaRaisin
    Ugh, Joe Morgan.
  12. CaliforniaRaisin
    There's no reason to hate it if we get Miggy.
  13. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yeah right! With what money? The money the gained from dumping Miguel Cabrera's soon-to-be more expensive contract on the Cubs? :) Not official by any means, but when MLB.com thinks Freddi is going to be a Marlin, I don't have much hope: EDIT: Serena is fast.
  14. CaliforniaRaisin
    If true, this speaks about Hendry's willingess/ability to do what is best for the Cubs. He always talks about doing the right thing and making fair deals and treating people right. Theoretically this is to give the Cubs a reputation as a team that is good to deal with. Yet it also can lead to missing the boat on guys. Hendry refuses to even talk about future candidates yesterday, as if he was caught off guard that he'd need a new manager. This is why you fire Baker in June. This is why you don't wait to the last minute. This is why you don't get an obvious lame duck play out the string when you need to move forward. Hendry is more interested in keeping his good guy image intact than he is in making the Cubs winners. I'm guessing Hendry would play this off as he was looking in another direction anyway. But there is absolutely no justification for him treating this situation the way he did. The decision could have and should have been handled much earlier, and the candidates could have and should have been lined up already. Frankly, it shouldn't matter if Dusty was fired in June or yesterday. Girardi was fired today and Fredi is being hired today - the Marlins knew they needed a replacement and were prepared.
  15. CaliforniaRaisin
    Why couldn't the Marlins have been all over Piniella instead? :(
  16. CaliforniaRaisin
    Man, I just read that the Marlins are supposed to announce Fredi during their conference to fire Girardi. I didn't realize they were that close to hiring Fredi. :(
  17. CaliforniaRaisin
    Go A's! I also think this will be the best series (and the one I had the most difficulty picking a winner).
  18. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yeah. Start a new game thread for each game in a series, but after the game, they'll be merged into one thread for the series by a mod.
  19. CaliforniaRaisin
    I'm like goony. Rex was never my first choice in the draft, but I knew he was talented and was glad to have him ever since (I think I liked him a whole lot more the past few years than goony, though).
  20. CaliforniaRaisin
    Did you go to St. Ignatius? :D Dang, everyone knows a cousin of Prior's. I wish I was cool like that. :(
  21. CaliforniaRaisin
    He supposedly will be available this offseason.
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    Ugh. Yay!
  23. CaliforniaRaisin
    The games are all on Oahu. I'm no expert, but I'm not sure why the state wouldn't use the same name/pronounciation as the island. Anyways, the league got started on Sunday. Scott Koerber pitched for North Shore in the opener and got the win by pitching the 5th and 6th. Scott's line: 2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 K/0 BB. Here's the Honolulu Advertiser's article and box score. Koerber's 5th inning: S. Kazmar flies out to RF. W. Venable strikes out swinging. J. Mayberry pops out to 1B in foul territory. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB) Koerber's 6th inning: J. Whittleman lines out to CF. J. Ford pops out to 1B in foul territory. T. Sakaguchi doubles to left field. M. Stodolka singles through the hole at second base, T. Sakaguchi scores. M. Moriyama grounds out, 1-3. (1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB)
  24. CaliforniaRaisin
    Geeeeeeeeez. Boras might make some really nice coin this year if he's representing two of the potential #1 picks. Then again, we all remember the last time that happened with Weaver and Drew... That would be nice if a Weaver or a Drew dropped down to the 3rd pick because of Boras. I don't like Brackman as much as Price or Wieters, but I'd take any of those three (as of now, obviously things might change by next June).
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    Senioritis!
×
×
  • Create New...