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  1. NorthsideAvenger
    So that was a baseball that hit Bonds, I thought a zit popped...
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    I could see the switch-pitcher and the switch hitter, playing a baseball version of Texas 2 step.
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    Personaly, I would the Cubs to draft a PLAYER who could potentially help THIS yr. Forget the option clock nonsense, if the Cubs can help, let him help.
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    Any idea of what they are asking? If I'm the D-Backs, I start with Hill. The Cubs are in a bind, the whole league knows it. Since Arizona has no need to get rid of Clark, why not shoot for the moon? I mean, Hendry gave up three great prospects for a leadoff-hitting center fielder who OBP is almost completely dependent on his BA. After 28 years, I'm ready to call it quits with this stinking organization. I refuse to even call it a team. But the problem with that theory, is that Clark is NOT the only available first baseman, the Cubs would be interested in. I'm sure the Cubs are prolly weighing the worth of calling someone up like Hoffpauir (have to take somebody off the 40 perhaps Restovich or Bynum) or Sing, to that of acquiring a bat via FA or trade. I not enamored with the move, but Walker has more then handle himself at first, so there is NO NEED to overpay for Clark.
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    Tony Clark is very inexpensive. Around $1M for 2006. He does have a NTC though. But what do we do with Clark when Lee comes back? Clark can only play 1b, and he's not going to get much time with Lee in front of him. Doesn't seem to be a fit for the Cubs IMO. The Cubs need a 1B, for the next 2 months. How's that not a fit? And when Lee is back, then Clark takes a seat on the bench next to guys making even more than him (Hairston, Mabry, Neifi, Blanco). I MEANT to say....that Clark would be a redundant player for ARIZONA, not Chicago. Of course, I think he is a fit for the Cubs.
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    The problem is...everybody is PRESSING to do something to get it started. The problem lies with the fact that this Cubs team is depressed because they felt that Lee and/or Ramirez are the offense, and Lee is out for awhile. The problem with "STATS" is that while the numbers don't lie, they are OFTEN misinterpreted. This team needs a chakeup, regardless of what "fancy math" is applied. Juan isn't doing the job as leadoff....FACT. Aram isn't the doing the job as cleanup....FACT. Murton/Barrett/Walker/Cedeno are pretty much the Cubs offense....FACT. Not changing the lineup to relinquish some pressure...FICTION.
  7. NorthsideAvenger
    http://sportspickle.com/ LOL
  8. NorthsideAvenger
    Right now, the Cubs need more then another bat in the lineup. The Cubs need to change up their lineup in the worst of ways. Pierre NEEDS to be taking out of the leadoff role, cause right now...he ain't getting the job done at leadoff. I know the Cubs are keeping him there to justify giving up three young, and cheap pitchers, but it is so OBVIOUS he isn't working right now. Perhaps Walker/Pierre/Murton/ARam/Barrett/Cedeno/Jones/Hairston might be the trick---albeit a temporary solution---to get this offense going. The Cubs need their best OBP to start the game, and the need their best hitter to come up in the first inning (Murton). Either that or we the fans should get the Cubs this product: http://www.properformancestore.com/hw/hitaway_pole.asp Because this team needs ALL THE HELP it can get on the offense back on track. Because this yr's offense, makes last yrs, look like murderer's row.
  9. NorthsideAvenger
    Maybe Marshall could throw just a LITTLE BP on off days, seeing as how THE CUBS DON'T HIT LEFTIES FOR SQUAT THIS YEAR. No......That is WHY the Cubs have Glendon Rusch.
  10. NorthsideAvenger
    First: I like Len and Bob (Dave O'Brien would have been great also), but THEY WILL never replace the Carays/Stone. No matter what. With that said...the WGN could NOT have done a better job at replacing Caray/Stone for Kasper/Brenly. Len and Bob actually had made me forget about all of the GAWD-AWFUL announcers the wgn USED TO RUN OUT THERE, guys like Josh Lewin, Joe Carter (wonderful man, just bad to listen to a game to), Thom (the current D'backs broadcaster, I believe) something, I can't think of his last name. Second: It is the job of a broadcaster, to call it as he sees it, and not be a butt-kisser. And when Stone call out Merker, and Alou, and to a certain degree Wood, I absolutely will side with Stone. Those players DESERVED to be call out. Third: People call Stone arrogant/smug/self-absorbed, I just don't get it. I've met Stone a few times (about 4 to be exactly) and he came across as being INTELLIGENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE, APPROACHABLE, and flat out NICE. I JUST don't get how people call Stone arrogant, because to me...he isn't.
  11. NorthsideAvenger
    We're Cubs fans, bad things happen regardless. :-k Bad things? How do we know that the Cubs only have bad things, it's not like the Cubs have good things to compare the bad things to. Yes, I'm trying to confused people.
  12. NorthsideAvenger
    Relax, the point wasn't to insult, just to do something a little different. The point remains that it's impossible to find someone that's unquestionably clean. Maybe "unqeustionable clean" maybe TOO HIGH of a standard in today's baseball, but I still wouldn't take Giambi, who not only used steroids, but LIED about taking steroids. No thank you. A cheat is one thing, but a cheat and a LIAR, no way. Call it the Sammyitis.
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    What the hell is Rusch signed for? He sure looks like a LH BP pitcher to me... But dude, Glendon has saved the Cubs from having to call a "productive" pitcher up...oh wait.... Glendon is the DEFINITION of batting practice. We already have two lefties in the pen (Ohman/Eyre) and the Cubs already have two lefties in the rotation (Hill/Marshall), so that leaves Rusch without a job. The BP pitcher role is his...by definition....but hold on.... Who would win: the Cubs offense or Glendon Rusch? :-k
  14. NorthsideAvenger
    You're fooling yourself if you think it's a temporary problem. With or without Lee, they have a crap bench. They need all the help they can get in that department. They've spent all their energy trying to find versatile bench players, meanwhile, they haven't bothered finding a bench player that can hit worth a lick. I don't care if a guy can only play 1B defensively, they still need bats, desperately. I agree, but would Clark waive his no-trade clause to come to Chicago to sit on the bench? "I firmly believe that if the Lord wants me somewhere else, I'll be somewhere else," said Clark. "But my concern has been and will continue to be what's in the best interests of the Arizona Diamondbacks." So yes...he is amendable to waiving his NTC.
  15. NorthsideAvenger
    But I figure his era will prolly jumped abit within the next couple of yrs.
  16. NorthsideAvenger
    That's like saying....I don't have little or no interests in acquiring more money then Bill Gates. (which I do).
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    DUKE from pittsburgh is good. No....Duke from Pittsburgh is merely SOLID against the REST of the league. Against the Cubs, Duke is simply Cy Young reincarnated. Looking back at it...I'd prefer to have seen the Marshall .v. Duke matchup.
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    I can't stand the Jimmy Fallon Pepsi commercial. I might be a bit biased because I don't think I've seen Jimmy Fallon do anything remotely funny ever. Maybe because you don't have a sense of humor? :wink: Just kiddding. He's ok. I smirk ONCE in awhile for Fallon.
  19. NorthsideAvenger
    SLOW pitch Softball. I know, it's not baseball, but right now...I'd take a slow pitch RF over Slop and Jock Jones.
  20. NorthsideAvenger
    The Cubs are losing to the FRIGGIN' Pirates, by 8 runs? A FRIGGIN' change is needed. LF Murton 2B Hairston C Barrett 1B Walker 3B Ramirez RF Same kid who is seating along the RF line SS Cedeno CF Pierre This team needs a friggin' change, cause whateve Baker is doing, is clearly not working.
  21. NorthsideAvenger
    Smokescreen, is all that is.
  22. NorthsideAvenger
    Not all of us need to dye our head red. Some of us are naturally gifted.
  23. NorthsideAvenger
    Recently the umps have been making bad/rude calls against the Cubs. So there MIGHT be some credence to jjigman theory.
  24. NorthsideAvenger
    I wouldn't want Jason on the Cubs...because his season will never again go unquestion. You have to constantly put up :-s about his season. I want players who unquestionably clean, not players who you have doubts about. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/cubsfan_05/headline.jpg Could you be any more condescending with your post, TT?
  25. NorthsideAvenger
    I prefer signing Pena to giving up a good player for Clark. The difference between the two is not enough to give up a good prospect for, IMO. Plus, Tony isn't exactly off to a hot start this season. Maybe so, but I don't think Pena is going to sign with the Cubs, when there are teams that have bigger needs for a 1st basemen. I do think Clark makes more sense for the Cubs then Pena, tho. I think Pena would be well served to sign with the Cubs. He knows he'd get to play everyday for at least 2 months, long enough to show what he's got. He would likely be traded after Lee returns. IIRC, Pena was out of a job for a while before the Yanks signed him, so it's not like he will have a ton of suitors. I know short-term the Cubs would be an ideal fit for Pena, but as I mentioned earlier, the Cubs DON'T have a legit RH pop off the bench, unless you count Hairston and Blanco as RH pop off the bench. Signing Pena would make the Cubs too predictable with their options off the bench. I wouldn't lose any sleep over Pena, but he wouldn't be my first choice. I'd still prefer Choi (if the Cubs were going after a lefty first baseman) to Pena, and I'd prefer Clark to both.
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