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I think right now you are overreacting. We haven't played two weeks of games yet. If he is still hitting .214 at the end of April, then we should be concerned. Let's give him a little more time to turn it around.

Agreed. I think Murton can develop enough power to be a good No. 5 hitter. He's already shown flashes of it. Let's hope he keeps it up.

Ehh, im not sure about that. The only way he'll be an allstar is if he has a really hot start or if Vance decides it so. :lol: Hopefully both will happen.

To bring Novoa up obviously. Honestly, I really don't know.

Pagan is young also so what's the difference? Its to break up all the righties. Pagan can switch hit so later in the game it breaks up a all righty order vs the bullpen. That's makes sense.

Duke already has a pitch count in the upper 20's. That's nice. Well, not for him.

Pagan is young also so what's the difference? if I start to think like dusty, shoot me. Done.

Why couldn't they have optioned Rusch down to AAA? I know salary reasons, but still, it's a nice thought.

That's just stupid.

Pagan is young also so what's the difference?

Barrett has started out well and he's batting fifth. Why wouldn't you put Murton sixth?

Seconded.

It could be worse...Neifi could be starting.

Makes sense. Novoa would be able to give them more innings than Aardsma and a move was desperately needed, regardless of Wuertz's outing last night. I'm just hoping that out starters start to go deeper in games. I'm worried about our Pen being burned out by June! Thats why I think we should carry an extra pitcher, as proposed in a thread in Baseball Discussions. That way we have an extra arm to go to until we get our pitchers going deeper in games.

Why don't we just keep the extra pitcher and have that pitcher be Glendon Rusch? Then we wouldn't have to worry about him pitching except in blowouts.

Is there anyway we can start this game an hour early. Cause I don't want to wait another 80 minutes for the game to start. I'm itching to watch my Cubbies win.

he's a clubhouse cancer. he's lucky to be playing at all! :twisted: I have to eat crow so far this year because I was one of "those people" who said to trade Walker because we need better defense. Shows how much this arm-chair GM knows.... :x I don't think I ever said to trade Walker, but I was definately a proponent of a platoon at second. Save some of that crow for me.

I lurk a lot, but I don't say much. Alou's hissy fit was the turning point. If he keeps his composure, like a veteran is supposed to, the Cubs go to the World Series. He didn't go near that wall in the three years he was with the Cubs, and the one time he decides to, he has a hissy at a fan. Nice, poised, playoff-hardened, World Series experienced veteran play there....NOT! Moises Alou and Alex Gonzalez...the two reasons why the 2003 Cubs did not go to the World Series. And Prior goes blameless for allowing an Alou hissy fit to rattle him? Way to be a pro there Mark....NOT! Should Alou have kept his cool? Definately. But I understand why he reacted the way he did. Your home fans are supposed to help your team (re: Jeffrey Maier) not hurt it. Had I been Alou, I probably would have reacted the same way. And how do you know that Prior came unglued after that play? Like rrudd2 said later, Prior came back to get an easy double play ball to Alex Gonzalez who botched it. That was the turning point. It's one thing to get angry like Alou did, that's just his personality. But we had Alex Gonzalez on that team for his DEFENSE because god knows he left a lot to be desired when he was in the batters box. I blame Alex Gonzalez for the outcome of that game. Prior should not be blamed for that. He kept his cool after Alou went crazy. I don't think it really mattered after Gonzalez booted that ball. The series was over right then.

As a parent you are responsible for monitoring your kid's internet activity. Nice try. But isn't this supposed to be a child friendly message board? I know I got a message taken off and a message from a mod when I questioned A-Rod's sexuality with a nickname. What's the difference between what I said and your avatar? Nothing. You can't control your kids accessing a PG rated message board. What's the difference? Personally, I don't think there is much, but it seems there are things the powers that be tolerate and things they don't. I was called a "d*ck" w/o the * in another thread and the mods didn't say a peep other than to "drop it" to me. It's not like the rules are enforced here, other than selectively. I wouldn't read too much into the mods actions. No, I can't control a kid accessing a message board. A parent can and it is their job, not mine. I didn't think my comment was too bad either. And d*ck isn't the worst thing somebody could see. A girl like the one in your avatar is what a kid could see at the ballpark anyway and that's not including the cheerleaders. What's the big deal about that?

As a parent you are responsible for monitoring your kid's internet activity. Nice try. But isn't this supposed to be a child friendly message board? I know I got a message taken off and a message from a mod when I questioned A-Rod's sexuality with a nickname. What's the difference between what I said and your avatar? Nothing. You can't control your kids accessing a PG rated message board.

But at the same time, you have to figure that Aramis will hit. Pierre should hit a little better. Jones I'm not sure about. But a drop off from Barrett will be nullified by an increase in production from Aramis. Maddux will have his poor outings but I think he'll be better this year. And I see no reason why the bullpen would have a significant drop off. They will have some bad outings, but at the end of the season I expect our bullpen to be the best and most consistent part of our team.

I'm sorry Mr. T&A. Some people don't wish to subject their kids to scantily clad women at a sporting event. BTW, they're not 18 and able to legally decide for themselves. If the ballpark wasn't a family venue, I'd say go for it. Girls dancing on the dugout doesn't enhance my baseball experience, only those pathetic individuals not happy with the women in their lives (if they exist). You buy a baseball ticket to...watch baseball. :shock: Amazing. Revolutionary. So are you saying the NFL and NBA aren't family venues. I'd say drunks shouting obsenities is more an affront to my children than those women. No, the NFL and NBA aren't family venues. If drunks are shouting obsenities, you need to ask them to keep it down. I've never had a problem with it. If you let them carry on in front of your children, that's your problem. You've never sat in the bleachers have you? And you actually don't think the NFL is a family venue? I'm guessing you don't like PG movies either. Not to try to disprove your point Vance because I do agree with you about the cheerleaders, but you've obviously never been to an Oakland Raiders game. I don't know about the other stadiums, but a Raiders game is hardly what I would call a family venue.

You beat me to the drunks cussing point Vance. BLAST!!

That's an excellent point. I'm too young to remember, but don't you think there was a big controversy the first time cheerleaders were at basketball or football games? Especially as they progressively wore less clothes. I don't think its a big deal. Vance kind of touched on this, but what is worse, some cheerleaders or a bunch of drunk fans hurling obscenities at the opposing team's players the whole game?

Hopefully not after Walker went 4-5 yesterday.