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  1. NorthsideAvenger
    If by "nobody," you mean late-90s Pedro, then yes. If you INCLUDE righties, in the discussion, then yeah, I would say Pedro was as good as Koufax (Pedro's better comparasion would be to Bob Gibson, mind you.. But I was assuming from the guy who started this thread, when he was trying to compare Liriano/Santana to Koufax, that were talking about LEFTIES as a whole. Now if you open the debate, then I agree that Pedro was in the same class as Koufax, as is Gibson/Clemens/Maddux/Youny/Matthewson/Big Train/ and th elist goes on.
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    In other words, Dave Kingman. Or Rob Deer?
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    Nobody WILL ever be better then Sandy Koufax, as much as I like Santana/Liriano, they prolly don't deserve to be mention in the same sentence. At least not right yet. And we all know the history of how the Twins got Liriano and Santana, much to the dismay of the Astros (Santana original team) and the Giants. Now the Astros, imagine if they had choose to hold onto Freddy Garcia, Bobby Abreu, Carlos Guillen, where would the Astros be with those guys? Baseball is strange, sometimes.
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    Needs to cut down on their BB's, but otherwise solid outing from "The Other Carlos."
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    I quoted the whole thing, in case you wanted the answer, but it's pretty funny that even Tigers fans are referencing this as "pulling a Dusty". Funny, and Sad for Woody and Prior. Does public image mean anything to Hendry? The fans have been unhappy for 2 years now yet nothing is done but raising prices and not listening to the media and outside influences. Aren't we already the biggest laughing stock in sports, you'd think he'd try to make a splash to show he gives a cr*p about this team. DO SOMETHING We are the biggest laughing stock. A waste of 100mil dollars is what the Cubs are. This team is pathetic, and at least some people recognize that the Cubs have idiots running this team. I disagree. Cubs are the laughingstock in BASEBALL, but to me the New Tork Knicks are the laughingstock of ALL SPORTS. They are still paying three coaches (Chaney/Wilkens/Brown not to coach the Knicks) they've traded just about every first rd and/or 2nd rd pick for a mediocre veteran, their payroll is nearing OVER 105 million. They are simply a worse run team in sports. But the Cubs are giving the Knicks a run for their money.
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    It's because he's one of 3 or 4 people within the big league club/organization that even know what OBP means and what a walk is. According to the org, Todd is "One Bad Person. And that my friends, is the only OBP they know.
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    Why, you expect the Cubs to even make an offer? Why waste team talking about a player, when you KNOW in your heart the Cubs have no interests in. Meaning even if Ichiro is available, the Cubs ain't interested. Willy Pierre Juan Taverez Makes me no never mind. I expect the Cubs to acquire SOMEBODY else with Taverez to make a deal worthwhile, I would love to take Brandon Backe off their hands. why are you so sure the cubs aren't interested? He's fast, a great defender and bats leadoff - all things the cubs value. How about the fact that Ichiro has a career .377 OBP, and the fact that the Cubs simply don't understand that getting on base is the object of the game. They would view Ichiro as a baseclogging, and instantly deem him "not a good fit." I would love to have Ichiro, but with the current regime, he would be tremendously WASTED.
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    SWING and a MISS strike three! Joe Moran: "What happened there, he just MISSED that ball" Joe Moran: "What he has to do is make contact. My former teammate with the big red machine--did you know I played there, Jon--Tony Perez would have hit that one pitch three times. That's the problem with today's game. Everyone has flaws. I was the greatest 2B ever. Have I ever mentioned the time that I played baseball once? I was the greatest ever. Jon? Jon?" Jon Miller: Somebody, just shoot me...I can't take this price anymore. And it is not PERez, Joe, it's PAY raise, get it stragiht, moron.
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    Looks like I might have to make a trip up to Lansing on July 23rd. :D Heres to "The Shark" having a really bad yr, and falls into the 4th rd or worse in the draft.
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    Why, you expect the Cubs to even make an offer? Why waste team talking about a player, when you KNOW in your heart the Cubs have no interests in. Meaning even if Ichiro is available, the Cubs ain't interested. Willy Pierre Juan Taverez Makes me no never mind. I expect the Cubs to acquire SOMEBODY else with Taverez to make a deal worthwhile, I would love to take Brandon Backe off their hands.
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    First: Trading Jones would mean Hendry made a mistake in signing Jones to a three yr deal. And Hendry hasn't been known as being upfront abou making a mistake. In fact, I consider him a Cloak-n-dagger type GM, never really trusting what he says. Second: For the Twins to be interested in Jones, the Cubs would HAVE to eat some contract. Perhaps all of 2007 and say half of 2008. And if the Cubs were to do that, I would expect to recieved a Scott Baker, or a Boof Bonser in return. IMO, Jacques ain't going anywhere.
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    IF hit, THEN steals 2B. :shock: We got Zambrano to do that, then what's the purpose of Juan Pierre again?
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    Fall practices for Notre Dame (or Nota Dem) must be fast approaching, and they wanted to get him closer to home, so when it time for him to head back to ND he doesn't have to travel as long. But I also believe that before he heads back to ND, the Cubs want to do one last evaluation to see where Shark stands with his talents. All in all, I'm not surprise at this move.
  14. NorthsideAvenger
    Those stats really aren't all that amazing. They've become commonplace with this team. PS: I blame it all on Aramis Ramirez's lack of hustle. Nah, man, it's not because Ramirez didn't hustle, it is the kids that are holding the Cubs back.
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    All of these"suggestions" are fine with me, don't really think one situation is better then the other, but NONE of these moves are of the caliber of moves Hendry is capable of making. I would look for the Cubs to acquire Reggie Sanders, Jeff Suppan, and Chad Moeller (to replace Blanco) and give Baker more "horses." The Cubs are allergic to making to best move.
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    Nah, the Cubs resign (not re-sign) to the fact, that they suck worse then the Kansas City Royals.
  17. NorthsideAvenger
    While 5 were earned, there should only have been four thanks to the disputed play at second. Too bad Dusty didn't win his argu...oh wait, he didn't do anything about his player getting spiked. Come on, dude, he couldn't see the play cllearly, so the play had to be clean, dude, right, dude? I'm sure Walker would love to throw at Baker, right now.
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    I got to looking at these lyrics, and I swear this song was talking about the Cubs.
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    Vance, you know the Cubs will not trade Howry (or Eyre) this yr. Maybe next yr, but most likely in 2008 when he would be a soon-to-be FA. Why are getting people hopes up, like that? I would like to see if the White Sox would do a Rich Hill and Scott Williamson for Garcia type deal.
  20. NorthsideAvenger
    I would be glad to take Ryan Church off the Nationals hand (especially if they think Luis Matos is better then Church) and Jeff Mathis off the hands of LA Angels. And no, I don't see Carlos Quention being available. But I doubt Hendry has the kind of foresight needed to get one of those kids.
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    I bet he'll get at least one and maybe 2 out of those guys. My guess would be Carlos Lee and one of the pitchers. I could also see him getting Mulder instead of Zito/Schmidt, which would not be good. Wouldn't getting Mulder be redundant? I mean the Cubs ALREADY have a batting practice pitcher who moonlights as a starter, in Glendon, do we REALLY need two of those types of "pitchers?"
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    And that is just to get to the fifth inning.
  23. NorthsideAvenger
    When the Cubs make me mad, you know what I do? (Get up and do "The Hustle." It may not be pretty, it may not be coordinated, but hey, at least, it takesmy mind off the Cubs for awhile. (The Hustle continues.....)
  24. NorthsideAvenger
    Who will play RF for Cincy? Who will play SS for Cincy? Wagner for Bray (both were former 1st rders) is a wash. So the Reds traded two nice and young contributors for a solid MR, a crappy SS, a unknown backup, and Darryl Thompson. Man, how did Bowden pull this trade out of his butt? And Kravisky looks very dumb. After this trade, can you NOW imagine what Bowden will asked for, when teams will be calling for Vidro, Soriano, Guillen, and Hernandez? If they can get similar type deals like this one, the Nats will be contenders in 07. Man, this trade looks like CIncy is giving up on the season. This was a STUPID trade.
  25. NorthsideAvenger
    She gets to hang out with Superman, perhaps?
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