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Don't worry, Gopher Ball Glendon is a batting practice tossing lefty.

Mariners SHOULD HAVE KNOWN about Beltre being a "contract yr" kind of player. Yet, they still grossly overpaid for Beltre. Now Sexson, his season is a surprise. I agree completely. I also changed the $15.9 mil to the correct value of $25.9 mil.

Mulder will own us like all leftys do. I get the feeling that Rusch will have more to say about the outcome of this game than Mulder will.

Does that mean we can't discuss Sidney Ponson either? Zing. Good one Vance.

Agreed.

Hopefully Prior will show some improvement in this start.

Gripping your pillow tight?

Let's just say that a lot of your quotes have now become signatures. I don't remember writing any of this. God, I was obnoxious. Absolutely hilarious. Like ndistops said, thank you OMC.

A .317 OBP is absolutely terrible. Jacque is doing just as much, if not more, than should have been expected out of him. Currently he's on pace to post his highest BA since 2003, his highest SLG since 2002 and his highest OPS since 2002. Like srbin84 brought up, if he ends up with the 31 HR, and 95 RBI's he's on pace to put up, both of those will be career highs. You want to complain about OBP, complain about Ronny Cedeno who is walking even less that Jones this year and isn't even close to Jones in the power numbers. There are bigger fish to fry here goony. Ronny Cedeno makes the minimum and is playing a position where offensive success is a bonus. Jones is making $15M over 3 years and plays a position where above average offense is essential. His long term presence hamstrings us in any attempts to upgrade the offense because he takes up a position where helpful talent is much more readily available. Cedeno needs to be held accountable, for sure, but not so much as Jones does, as the Cubs have much more to lose if Jones tanks than if Cedeno does. We were discussing OBP not salaries. Goony criticized Jones's OBP and I stated that Ronny was worse. That's all. Why the need to bring up salary? I don't know what MLB you are watching, but shortstops are expected to contribute more than they used to. I'm not saying that all shortstops need to put up Tejada numbers but Ronny isn't doing anything at the plate.

Not sure what happened to the last one so I'm starting a new one. Predictions: Detroit and Phoenix both win their respective game 6's.

A .317 OBP is absolutely terrible. Jacque is doing just as much, if not more, than should have been expected out of him. Currently he's on pace to post his highest BA since 2003, his highest SLG since 2002 and his highest OPS since 2002. Like srbin84 brought up, if he ends up with the 31 HR, and 95 RBI's he's on pace to put up, both of those will be career highs. You want to complain about OBP, complain about Ronny Cedeno who is walking even less that Jones this year and isn't even close to Jones in the power numbers. There are bigger fish to fry here goony.

He's been better than this indicates, but his ERA is above 5 right now. I don't see anyone other than Hanley picking up any significant vote totals unless Marshall gets his ERA below 4. I agree. The starts against San Francisco and Florida (the second one) really screwed up his ERA.

for sure. Kyle is god awful as a setup or closer. He just will never be able to handle the pressure. 23 career blown saves and 21 total saves, with 99 holds. Take out the Leo Mazzone year and it gets even worse. The Boss blew one big time when he paid that joker 17m for 3 years. But he would make one hell of a linebacker. howry for 3 & 12 looks like a bargain. Definately.

even a blind squirrel can occasionally find an acorn. Kyle has all the talent in the world. Unfortunately he is saddled with a 2 cent head. but this obviously has nothing to do with poor coaching with the cubs, right? one couldn't possibly explain his success in 2005 by pointing out that he finally went to teams that could harness his talent, could they? this year is not a significant sample yet, either, so i'd wait until the end of the season before saying he's not going to succeed as a setup man / closer. How is it not a significant sample yet? It's 2 months, or 1/3, of the way into the year.

Pedro's in the NL. No good.

I know that the Cubs have problems with free agent signings, but the Mariners have Sexson and Beltre for a combined $15.9 mil. That's gotta hurt.

nevin at 1b, walker at 2b, womack in left is my guess. Nevin at 1st, Walker at 2nd, Murt in left. Maybe Womack at short... As long as Neifi doesn't start, I could care less.

If it ends up like the Sammy Sosa trade way back in the day then I don't care who we give up.

He probably will...for the New York Yankees.

Derrek Lee is absolutely killing me right now.

The Fat Drunk is probably going to shut us down even though he's well...fat and drunk. Cubs lose 3-1.

Good call.

Actually it was to third so a 5-3.

Jacque is going to hit a 2 run HR to win the game.

sorry Tiger, but I hardly fault Jones for that one. he ran, didnt taunt, just raised his finger (#1 style) in celebration It doesn't matter to me if it's taunting or celebration, you look stupid celebrating a home run that doesn't even give you the lead. What if it ties a game late in the game?