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  1. soccer10k
    How many of more of Ronny's throws are going to get away from the replacement? I suggest a little extra throwing practice for Cedeno. I'm also concerned about Ramirez throwing over to first now. That's true. On Ronny's throws, like the one yesterday, nobody could have caught that ball. At least Aramis gets his close to the bag.
  2. soccer10k
    No excuses. He says that now, but he'll use it and anything else as an excuse if we lose. We'll see, but he's been a different guy so far this season, and last year's Cubs would have folded up their tents after wathcing their best player get hurt like that. This team came back; its a good sign. Did you hear the noise while that was happening last night? It was the God's laughing at us. "We just took away their MVP candidate, we might as well let them win the game."
  3. soccer10k
    How many of more of Ronny's throws are going to get away from the replacement? I suggest a little extra throwing practice for Cedeno.
  4. soccer10k
    There is absolutely no way that replacing Lee with the combination of Hairston, Neifi, and Mabry will only cost us one or two wins. I know you have stats on this but I just don't believe that at all.
  5. soccer10k
    Please excuse me, I think I'm going into a coma.
  6. soccer10k
    I can see the newspaper reports now:
  7. soccer10k
    I think they are a little bit different.
  8. soccer10k
    Or Elbert Mujols.
  9. soccer10k
    he'll be back by summer. Yeah give up if you want. But I'm still gonna be watching this team rooting for them all the way! Common guys, everybody just needs to step up! Let's just see how they play the games the next few weeks. I'm not giving up. But this officially lowered my expectations, on a scale of 1 to 10, to a -8. The only good thing is that they can't fail to meet my expectations.
  10. soccer10k
    You can always become a White Sox bandwagon fan. There are plenty of those right now. Don't suggest such a horrible thing on this board... Of all the things you could have suggested. Only being a bandwagon Yankees fan would be worse.
  11. soccer10k
    Not a chance.
  12. soccer10k
    What about walks?
  13. soccer10k
    this is not football. there is nowhere near the parity, and the schedule is not made years in advance. the schedule makers know exactly who they are matching up against who. good teams become bad and bad become good incrementally in baseball, with few exceptions (this years Marlins being one, and a fine example of what it takes to go from good to bad). you can pretend that it's hard to predict whether the WhiteSox, Twins and Braves will be good and the Rockies and Royals will be bad, but that's being pretty damn naive. while it may appear minute to you, this division very well could be decided by a game or two. the Cubs could go 9-6 against the Cards, play exactly equal to the Cards with every common opponent in baseball, and still lose the division. those 10 or so games where the Cubs have considerably harder competition very well could be the difference in this 162 game season. thus, in my opinion, a legitimate issue to piss and moan about. Believe it or not there is actually more parity in baseball than in football. Basketball is actually the worst. I wrote an article on it for my school paper a couple weeks ago. Since 1980: MLB: 18 WS Champs in 25 seasons (no 1994) NFL: 13 SB Champs in 26 seasons NBA: 7 Finals Champs in 26 seasons
  14. soccer10k
    I just wasn't sure what you meant by Sox/Yanks. But I couldn't agree with you more. There are plenty of interleague matchups that are entertaining with different plotlines. The Cubs in 2005 playing in Yankee stadium for the first time since 1938 and the Red Sox playing their first game in Wrigley since 1918. I like seeing matchups like that. Just a minor point here. The Red Sox had never played in Wrigley Field before. In 1918, Wirgley did not yet have it's upper deck, so in order to accomodate the larger attendance, the CUBS played the series at Comiskey Park. Thanks for the correction Fred. So would it be their first time playing since 1918? BTW, post #1000. 8)
  15. soccer10k
    Definately change the All Star Game. I would also ban Barry Bonds from baseball forever. Pete Rose style
  16. soccer10k
    I would cancel the season and award the Cubs the World Series.
  17. soccer10k
    At least he catches the ball. A throwing problem should be easily fixable.
  18. soccer10k
    I just wasn't sure what you meant by Sox/Yanks. But I couldn't agree with you more. There are plenty of interleague matchups that are entertaining with different plotlines. The Cubs in 2005 playing in Yankee stadium for the first time since 1938 and the Red Sox playing their first game in Wrigley since 1918. I like seeing matchups like that.
  19. soccer10k
    I can't wait for Farnsworth to blow a couple games. First off, it will probably lead SportsCenter because it's the Yankees. Second, the New York media will be all over him. Third, I can't wait for Steinbrenner to rip into him. It's only a matter of time, you know it's going to happen. why would you want this? if you say it's because farnsworth is "gutless," well, i don't know what i'll do. I think my sig explains enough. And no I don't think he's "gutless."
  20. soccer10k
    Then you'd be a bad commisioner. It's great to see more Cubs games vs. great Central teams. Granted, they haven't been all that good lately, but the rivalries that exist with Pit, Cin, StL, and Hou, are all great fun to watch. I understand Hou is a new rival, and even Mil is growing into one, but I'd MUCH rather watch those 5-6 teams duke it out, no matter how bad one is. I don't think I'm alone on that. You can redesign interleague play, but eliminating it would be a mistake. I could care less about the Rays-Brewers Series' but Sox/Yanks, Cards/Royals, Indians/Reds, Nats/O's, Sox/Cubs, Yanks/Dodgers, Giants/Yanks, Giants/A's, Dodgers/A's, Angels/Dodgers Series are great fun to watch, and build/enhance Rivalries. Not sure which Sox you are talking about but whether it's Boston or Chicago, they would play the Yankees without interleague anyway. Maybe you meant Mets/Yanks. I agree with your point though. I think seeing some of those games is entertaining and eliminating interleague play would be the wrong thing to do.
  21. soccer10k
    I can't wait for Farnsworth to blow a couple games. First off, it will probably lead SportsCenter because it's the Yankees. Second, the New York media will be all over him. Third, I can't wait for Steinbrenner to rip into him. It's only a matter of time, you know it's going to happen.
  22. soccer10k
    Haha...good one It'll be intersting to see if DLEE is out for a period of time if the Cubs try to get Choi from Boston? If I remember right didn't Choi have a good glove? I hope not. Choi is a bum.
  23. soccer10k
    Bingo, that was my gripe last night. Did anyone check Furcal's pocket's for a flask?
  24. soccer10k
    But when you consider how much money they are bringing in, it's only fair to them that they have high salaries. Remember that baseball is a business. Nobody comes to the park to see the owners, they come to see the players. I spent several years with a Fortune 100 company as a project manager and could easily quantify how much money I saved or made the company. Many of them over the years were in the millions, and one topped out at $27 million. My salary was $48,000. Baseball players are overpaid. could anyone else have done your job? You beat me to the point Treeman.
  25. soccer10k
    But when you consider how much money they are bringing in, it's only fair to them that they have high salaries. Remember that baseball is a business. Nobody comes to the park to see the owners, they come to see the players.
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