soccer10k
-
Posts
26,146 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
3
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
2026 Chicago Cubs Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses
Blogs
Events
Forums
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by soccer10k
-
Joe Torre said he's not going to let Manny beat his team. Joe's Dodgers once beat Lou Piniella's Mariners team that had 116 wins.
-
The current record is 199 set by Ryan Howard last year. Mark Reynolds currently has 198 while Howard has 195. Jack Cust currently has an outside shot and is sitting at 190 after today's game.
-
Rich Hill gave up one run on three hits over seven innings and Jacque Jones hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Braden Looper to give the Cubs a 2-1 win over St. Louis at Wrigley. The win, combined with Cincinnati's 8-3 win over Milwaukee, gave the Cubs sole possession of first place at the end of a calendar day for the first time all season. The Cubs had been tied with the Brewers on August 1 and 2 but had yet to be in first all by themselves. They would spend only two more days in second place all year.
-
Just to put this in it's simplist form: Let's say a pitcher gives up a single to start the game to Batter A. The second hitter, we'll call him Batter B, grounds into a fielder's choice with Batter A getting forced out at second. The pitcher then proceeds to retire the next 26 hitters and doesn't allow another batter to reach base. Would you say the pitcher only allowed one batter to reach base or two, and why?
-
Is it worth it? I would be giving up Soto and Holliday. Offensively I have: C: Soto 1B: Howard 2B: Roberts 3B: ARam SS: Yunel Escobar OF: Holliday, Hart, Swisher Util: Victor Martinez/Fukudome/Youkilis BN: Kemp Would it be better if Hafner was removed from the deal since he apparently can't hit anything anymore? I'm leaning towards no because I don't think it really addresses my problems which have been HR and RBI.
-
I really only have two closers (Papelbon and Todd Jones) and am getting killed in saves right now. I also have a surplus of starters right now (Webb, Haren, Greinke, Parra, Wang, Hill, Smoltz, Volquez, McGowan, Gallardo, Kazmir) and am getting more than enough wins than I need right now. So I'm looking to trade for a closer and one guy who has an excess of closers has Hoffman, B.J. Ryan, Brian Wilson and George Sherrill available and he's interested in Gallardo, McGowan and Greinke. Would trading any of my starters straight up for one of his closers be worth it? I'm iffy on Ryan's health and Hoffman's age and I'm not sure if Wilson and Sherrill will get enough chances considering the Giants and Orioles are horrible.
-
I have Phil Hughes on my team and he has, well, sucked this year. Cliff Lee is available and has pitched well in both of his starts this year, though both have been against Oakland. Lee stunk last year and I'm a little hesitant because of that. Should I drop Hughes to pick up Lee or stick with what I've got?
-
So it's this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6559.jpg Season (2 starts): 13 2/3 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 12 K against this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6864.jpg Season (2 starts): 10 IP, 13 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 6 K Even though Rich Hill didn't do his part in saving the pen and only went 3 innings, Jon Lieber more than made up for it as the Cubs swept Pittsburgh and have now won five straight games. Big Z has been great so far this season - especially with his walks - and hopefully that can continue on Friday.
-
So it's this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7578.jpg 4/4 vs. HOU: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 RR, 3 BB, 4 K against this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/5784.jpg 4/4 at FLA: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K A four game winning streak has put the Cubs on the right side of .500 - hopefully for the remainder of the season. While the series has already been won, it would be nice to pick up the sweep going into the series in Philadelphia. And please, Rich, pitch deep into the game - the bullpen could use the day off.
-
The Losers were upgraded to the Cobs before todays game and with their second straight win and reaching .500, they are back to being the Cubs. So it's this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7678.jpg 4/2 vs. ATL: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K against this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6223.jpg 4/2 vs. MIL: 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 4 K Cubs got just enough offense today to help Z pick up his first win of the year. Hopefully Theodore Roosevelt can bounce back from a poor first start to help keep the win streak going into Tuesday's off day.
-
The Losers have been upgraded to Cobs after beating Oswalt today. However, they'll need to win this one as well to be upgraded to Cubs again. So it's this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6965.jpg 4/1 at SD: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K against this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6559.jpg 3/31 vs. MIL: 6 2/3 IP, 3H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K I have no idea what the Cobs are going to do in this game. They got shut down by Chris Sampson on Friday but beat Oswalt today. Backe isn't as good as Oswalt but not as bad as Sampson. Oh, and drink some flippin water, Z.
-
This guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6646.jpg will probably throw a no-hitter so it really won't matter how this guy http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6493.jpg pitches tomorrow because he's going to pick up the loss.
-
I've been debating this with my editor for the past few days after I made a crack about Dirk not deserving the MVP last year. I maintained that Dirk didn't deserve it and that Kobe was much more valuable to the Lakers than Dirk was to the Mavericks. Obviously these weren't the only two candidates (LeBron being having a case as well and I would have been fine with him winning it) but strictly between Kobe and Dirk, who was more worthy of the NBA MVP last season?
-
The NFL Draft Thread (Formerly Early Entries for NFL Draft)
soccer10k posted a topic in Other Sports
Steve Slaton declared today. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/news/story?id=3194897 It's certainly a loss for WVU but they do have Noel Devine to replace him. Still have Pat White, though. -
Just saw this reported on ESPN. EDIT: He was traded for Chris Burke and a couple other guys, I think.
-
Washington got the week started with a 24-16 win over the Bears. Here are the rest of the games this week. 1 p.m. ET Miami at Buffalo St. Louis at Cincinnati Dallas at Detroit Oakland at Green Bay San Diego at Tennessee NY Giants at Philadelphia Carolina at Jacksonville Tampa Bay at Houston 4 p.m. ET Minnesota at San Francisco Arizona at Seattle Pittsburgh at New England Cleveland at NY Jets Kansas City at Denver 8:15 ET Indianapolis at Baltimore Monday Night New Orleans at Atlanta
-
Matchups are all set, let's get your predictions.
soccer10k replied to CubsBears29's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Hopeful: Cubs over DBacks Cubs over Rockies/Phillies (don't really care) Indians over Yankees Red Sox over Angels Indians over Red Sox Cubs over Indians Realistic: Cubs over DBacks Phillies over Rockies Phillies over Cubs Indians over Yankees Red Sox over Angels Indians over Red Sox Indians over Phillies -
Cubs vs. Diamondbacks Pre Series Discussion Thread
soccer10k replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If the Cubs can beat Webb, I guarantee they'll win the series. If they get to a Game 5 back in Arizona where they'll have to face Webb again, they'll lose the series. I don't think they'd stand a chance in Game 5 against a well-rested Webb. If the series lasts 3 or 4 games I think the Cubs take it. -
Through all of this arguing about the seventh inning home run/non-home run and the 'was Holliday safe?' debate, the most important thing is...THE CUBS ARE IN THE MOTHERFLIPPIN PLAYOFFS!!!
-
Colorado will just protest the protest, showing the blown homerun call that should have ended the game in the 9th. It wouldn't have ended the game though. San Diego still had 6 outs left and the game would have been different with Colorado up 2 rather than just 1. You can't definitively say that the blown HR call forced the game into extra innings. It's the butterfly effect. In this situation, the blown call at the plate ended the game. It's over now and the Padres can't do anything about it. They don't have another at bat to come back. This was it.
-
Well, not really since this ended the game and the missed home run call didn't.
-
Holliday never touched the plate. He should have been out.
-
Apparently Holliday is hurt.
-
Wow. Runner on third, tie game and no outs. It would take a Cub-like effort from the Rockies to not win this thing.
-
OMG!!! Runs!!