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  1. NorthsideAvenger
    Speed. Defense comes next week. So bunting must be the following week then? Nah man, it's called hitting not bunting. Bunting is for girly-girls, dude. There will be no bunting on this team. Next week, it Doughnuts Retrieval Week brought to you by the Dusty Baker Foundation for the Awareness of Stupid People.
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    Could you guys imagine Dusty getting replace by a dude name Whitey?
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    Man, that kid is paranoid beyond belief. No team would have given him the money the Cubs did, and then tell him not to pitch, That is complete crap, and he knows it. He is upset his career never took off, and he is bitter about it. I mean even before the draft, Clanton had a questionable character, and this just proves those doubters right. I have no doubt that Clanton is in the wrong, because why is he the only one to come forward and nobody else has? I mean, Christensen, Sisco, and a few others who left the Cubs org under less then good terms, could have back up Clanton's stories. The kid needs to shut up, take the money he Eddie Robinson'd from the Cubs, and enjoy his life.
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    Tampa Bay with as many wins as the Cubs?!? Fire Hendry! Fire Baker! Hey our payroll is only $40 million more then them! Somebody really needs to send the "Fecal League Standings" to both Baker and Hendry with a note saying, "Thanks, you morons." Cause both Hendry and Baker needs to forced feed how bad of management they TRULY are.
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    Ozzie Smith, is that you?
  6. NorthsideAvenger
    Here's to taking your mind off of Cubs baseball today: http://sportspickle.com/features/volume5/2006-0802-ortiz.html Talk about clutch.....man he is clutch..
  7. NorthsideAvenger
    Bill Plaschke thinks Grady Little is hyper intelligent. Bill prolly couldn't spell his last name, so he prolly thinks everybody is "hyper-intelligent."
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    No, it's not unbelievable, it's totally believable.
  9. NorthsideAvenger
    Not sure if you're being serious or not, but rearranging rotations to match up with competition is something that would give teams an advantage, but no team has the guts or vision to do it. MLB coaching/management is almost as conservative and copycat as NFL coaching/management. No one wants to deviate from the norm. Baseball coaching/management is much more conservative than the NFL. Otherwise you'd still see the wishbone and no forward pass in the NFL. I'm a Bears fan. May I inquire as to what this "forward pass" thing is? I heard a rumor that the Bears tried this "forward pass" a few years ago. But I believe the "pass" slipped from the QB's hand and went BACKWARDS ten yards, before it was recovered. I can't confirmed tho.
  10. NorthsideAvenger
    Not sure if you're being serious or not, but rearranging rotations to match up with competition is something that would give teams an advantage, but no team has the guts or vision to do it. MLB coaching/management is almost as conservative and copycat as NFL coaching/management. No one wants to deviate from the norm. I was half-joking/half-serious, to be honest.
  11. NorthsideAvenger
    I am going to say the Steve Phillips of Baseball Tonight put the claim on Andruw Jones. Cause we all know how much Steve Phillips LOVES to claim player, during August.
  12. NorthsideAvenger
    Keep the sledgehammer and the watermelon away from Sean, please... 8)
  13. NorthsideAvenger
    I just don't understand why other teams just don't set up their rotations against the Cubs, by having three lefties schedule. I mean, it doesn't take a rocket-scientist to figure that out. If every team for the rest of the yr, threw lefties in every game against the Cubs, I seriously doubt the Cubs would win another ballgame this yr. With that said, Zach Duke is going tomorrow, so that is pretty guarantee a win for the Pirates. Now the Pirates need to do a pitching change for Sunday, and pull out Snell and put Paul Malholm in his place, and a SWEEP is guarantee.
  14. NorthsideAvenger
    Personally, I want nothing to do with either Pierre or Podsenik. I know Hendry plans to extend Pierre, but I rather see Chris Walker or even Sam Fuld be given a chance to win the spot at Spring Training in 2007. If one does, and struggles, he would be cheap enough to replace. The Cubs are going to have to developed some homegrown position players.
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    But dude, I got to stick with the horses that got me here, dude. Z is my horse, and I listen to my horse, dude. This is the same manager who has an unnatural disdain for walks, and that if you know how to walk, he will beat it out of you (coughsmurtoncoughs). So is it any surprise that the Cubs manager wouldn't know that pitching and pitching injuries have a connection? But hey, Baker should be gone after the year, and we better HOPE we get a manager who knows the game of baseball, instead of trying to be the BFF with every player he manages.
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    Remember the garbage that Hendry was spewing when he was trying to pimp out Jacques Jones "defensive abilities" at the time of the press conference to announce his signing? JJ hasn't exactly been Todd Hundley at there, but he isn't as good defensively as Hendry claim. It's a very similar to how the Cubs and the Tribune have been pimping Izturis "defensive abilities" since the trade. The difference between the two....at least JJ has a resemblance of a bat. So if the Cubs are planning to build around pitching and defense in 2007, should they perhaps.........try to get some pitchers and players who can defense to make it work?
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    Juan Pierre is better than Chris Duffy. I don't think the guy in right field is tearing it up either. I would also lean towards DLEE over there first baseman. Who is THEIR first baseman?
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    I could see that, as well as the Cubs going after guys like Kip Wells, Tony Armas Jr, etc. etc. Something tells me...Jason Schmidt/Barry caliber pitcers WON'T even get a phone call from Hendry. Call it a hunch. Heck, I could see Hendry borrowing Benny the Bulls---provided he's out on bond---and throwing a parade to get guys like Jeff Suppan to sign in Chicago..
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    When I saw the thread title, I thought we were going to talk about Ricky Bobby's son. :x 8) Gosh darn to Texas. :-s And go Oakland?
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    A Tribune writer wrote an article about a disgraced Sun Times writer, an yet...your bring in a Daily Herald writer into the conversation? Ain't that a kick.
  21. NorthsideAvenger
    Why would we want to be jerks to the Red Sox? I can think of alot of teams I wouldn't mind screwing, but Boston isn't one of them. Especially not if we're risking ending up with Javy freakin Lopez. Are you kidding? Red Sox fans are worse than Yankee fans since 2004. Actually, they were pretty annoying before 2004, also. They had what I call "The Fake Curse." Red Sox fans, WANT everybody to feel their plight against the Yankees. Now I dislike, of the Yankees and their fans, but more recently, that disdain has become more consistant with Boston.
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    or #36. Brad Penny wears #31. I wonder if Brad Penny wouldn't give up the #31 or if Maddux refused it because he is the "new guy". I'm guessing the latter. Greg doesn't seem like the type to ask for a number from someone that has it.... IMO Penny should have had a Maddux jersey with 31 waiting for him in the clubhouse when he got there. But wouldn't that cost Brad alot of PENNIES to have it done? 8)
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    I'm willing to bet Hendry offers a "Dempster/Williamson" type deal to KW. I would love to see KW in short-relief/closer in 2007. KW knows at best, he might get $5 mill for a yr, but I doubt it. With his history, he will have to "settle" for about 2 mill at best. I really want to see KW rejuvenate his career.
  24. NorthsideAvenger
    In theory I appauded the move for Pierre, because I was tired of the station-to-station type ball the Cubs org had implored for years. So, in theory Juan Pierre was going to help the Cubs. Unfortunately, his impact has been minimum, to say the least. And what he is making, his impact needed to be bigger and it wasn't. So unless Pierre settles for a deal in the 3-4 mill for atmost 2 years, I would rather see the Cubs move on, and see if they could acquire a guy like Freel.
  25. NorthsideAvenger
    And 10-3 against the Cards, the ONLY opponent the Cubs seems to want to play this year. Maybe Dusty should had focus a little less on trying to beat the Cards, and a little more time on playing actually good baseball, then the Cubs wouldn't be battling the Pirates and the Royals for the worst record. Give that man the Worst Manager of the Year award.
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