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  1. soccer10k
    I'm sick of hearing the deal is almost done. Let's just get it done so everybody can enjoy his season without having to worry about if Lee is going to leave after the season.
  2. soccer10k
    I'm definately in. How could you not be.
  3. soccer10k
    too many reliable pitchers for him to burn them out. he trusts howry, eyre, williamson, ohman, and dempster COMPLETELY. And I'm sure he trusts Weurtz too based on last year. He can't burn em all out. It's not like when we had the Farns and then Alfonseca and a bunch of rubbish. As much as I hate Farnsworth, I'll admit that he had a couple good years with the Cubs in 2001 and 2003, but Alfonseca should be included as part of that rubbish. He flat out sucked in his two years with the Cubs.
  4. soccer10k
    Definately a highlight of the clip. Also, on every highlight show they don't say anything about Rincon and Izzy walking the bases loaded. They just show Barrett's GS.
  5. soccer10k
    Isn't Dempster known as a jokester.
  6. soccer10k
    Agreed.
  7. soccer10k
    I would love to see this armless, eyeless track star you speak of. :) "It's only a flesh wound!" "Come back I'll bite your knees off!" "You coward." I love Monty Python.
  8. soccer10k
    A Cubs-Cards NLCS would be the stuff of legend. Sort of like Sox-Yanks in 2003 and 2004. But in our case, 2004 would be the one we would want to follow since the Sox won.
  9. soccer10k
    I LOVE our bullpen. I've been complaining about that for years. BTW I just saw another highlight of Barrett's Grand Slam and I stood up and put my hands in the air again.
  10. soccer10k
    It sure felt like it last night. As has been said repeatedly in numerous threads, when Barrett hit the grand slam, the stadium completely erupted as we haven't seen since Woody's HR in game 7 for the NLCS. It doesn't get much better than sweeping a bitter rival at home and winning two close games in a row to do it. Those are games that we usually lose to the Cardinals and two days in a row we ended up victorious. I love it. This is why I'm a Cubs fan.
  11. soccer10k
    I don't blame him. I'd have a pretty poor opinion of fans who jumped that hard on me after 4 games. Hopefully, he'll shake it off and the fans will figure out that being antagonistic usually doesn't help. Like you said, it's only 4 games. If this continues over the next two or three weeks (i.e. if he's hitting below .200 at the end of April) then it's time to worry. Maybe tonight's game will be a sign of things to come.
  12. soccer10k
    I'm also anxious to see if Aardsma retains his mid- to high-90's heat. The Cubs will certainly have arms to go get something at the deadline. I just hope it isn't Soriano. but what do they really go for? if cedeno can keep it up, and jh is going to be stubborn about jones, where does anyone go? Unless Jones can really turn his career around, it isn't going to be hard to find someone better than him to play RF. Heck, he might already be in the system. Pie is batting .500 in his first 5 games at AAA. :wink: That is definately some great news.
  13. soccer10k
    Yep. Going 2 for 4 is very good. And it came at the right time when the Cubs needed it at the time. He's up to .125 on the year. 4 RBI in 5 games though. That's what he is here for, to drive in runs. I'd like to see him end up with 80-90 RBI's on the year. I think he'll turn around.
  14. soccer10k
    161-1 this year. I'm calling it.
  15. soccer10k
    Nope. It was a completely unexciting average Cubs game. You didn't miss anything.
  16. soccer10k
    Give me a break. Pitching has not been the problem with this team, its been offense. It has alwys been offense, last year the Cubs were near the top in HRs, SLG, and BA. And only in the middle of the pack in runs scored. Same in 2003 and 2004. The Cubs have the pitching to win, but not the offense. So are you saying the Cubs shouldn't try to upgrade? That is pretty assinine. Didn't we solve the relief pitching problem with the Howry, Eyre, and Williamson signings? I think we have enough starting pitching to get by. I think we should give Ronny, Murton, and Jones a chance to produce before we go out and trade good starting pitching to get Abreu. Don't forget we traded away Cy Young runner up Dontrelle Willis.
  17. soccer10k
    Zing.
  18. soccer10k
    Yep. Going 2 for 4 is very good. And it came at the right time when the Cubs needed it at the time. He's up to .125 on the year.
  19. soccer10k
    In previous years, he either leaves Marshall in and hopes for the best, or he goes to one of few reliable guys in the bullpen whom he has managed to already overuse inside of the first five games. Or he goes to a bum who serves up more than just two runs, and without getting a strikeout first. An early trip to the bullpen always spelled doom, but if they turn out to be as good as they seem so far, we could be in for a very fun season. Exactly. And, in past years, if he goes to one of the reliable guys to get out of a jam in the fifth inning, he would still have to put in one of the crummy guys later in the game who, inevitably, would end up giving up more runs. Look at our pen's stats so far: Apr 3: 5 pitchers, 4 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 5 SO Apr 5: 4 pitchers, 4 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO Apr 7: 2 pitchers, 2 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO Apr 8: 4 pitchers, 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO Apr 9: 4 pitchers, 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO Aside from the walk problem in the first two games, the pen has been lights out. 3 ER in five games for a 1.44 ERA. Looks awesome to me. I know we'll have our rough games, but it's encouraging so far.
  20. soccer10k
    I knew he wasn't going to come in and hit 25 or 30 HR's, but I figured he would be one of the better offensive catchers in the league. I don't have any numbers on him coming through in the late innings, but I just seem to feel confident that he's going to get the clutch hit because I've seen him do it numerous times.
  21. soccer10k
    Yeah. I don't want to hear opposing players say "wow Wrigley is awesome. I think that I get more ready to play a game there as I do anywhere else." I want to hear players complain about it.
  22. soccer10k
    If we can have the whole pen pitching well then Dusty won't have to worry about overworking one or two players. Eyre and Ohman as lefties. Howry and Williamson as righties. Dempster as the closer. The big thing in previous years is that Dusty didn't have any faith in the pen because they stunk. This year there is no reason he shouldn't have faith in the pen. Hopefully it works out well. I just know that I love our pen this year.
  23. soccer10k
    The pen has looked wonderfully strong so far this year. Such a huge change from the past few years. I think I'm going to be surprised when our pen blows a game this year whereas in previous years I expected them to blow it. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come for the right arms of Prior and Wood. Pen that Dusty trusts means he won't go Grady Little on us and leave the starters in too long.
  24. soccer10k
    I've been touting Barrett since the Cubs picked him up in 2004. He always seems to come up with the big hit. Over the course of a season it doesn't seem like he does a whole lot, but I think the last two games prove my point. That's what I know Barrett for: the clutch hits.
  25. soccer10k
    Yeah, especially KoJock!!! I was even happier whan Jacque hit that home run because it was him that hit it. I still would have been happy if another player hit a home run but I don't think anyone else hitting one, with the exception of a pitcher doing it, would have made me happier.
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