javy knows my name

Sorry to hear about your apples there, bud. ZING!

This is an incredibly naive rudimentary sabermetric belief. Attempting to steal a base is a good idea in tons of situations - and with the notable exception of the first six weeks last season, Theriot's been incredibly efficient at stealing bases. I'm afraid Alphonso Soriano will lose a foot en route to second base. Ryan Theriot hurt us on the bases last year.

Soriano should never attempt to steal another base. Neither should Theriot. Who cares who hits first

I love this. HOW MANY TIMES have Cub fans heard this before? It isn't even worth saying at this point.

Taking these drugs is really not dangerous; I don't think people are going to make a big deal about it.

And the street features only left-hand lanes

Isn't his fastball pretty flat? I imagine as it starts to lose velocity, he'll get pretty hittable.

Hooray! I like him as another long man, even

It wouldnt be a bullpen upgrade, it would be a rotation downgrade. He'd get the number 5 spot, put up sub-Marquisesqe numbers while Sean Marshall is the loogy. What makes you think Heilman would go into the rotation. I don't believe MLBTR's lies, but I would do that deal yesterday.

Who wouldn't do that? I'd live anywhere for a Cubs WS. Of course, they might not have TVs in ND. I see your point now. I would not live in Burma for a year if it meant a Cubs WS win. I would certainly live in ND.

just funny-lookin...more'n most people, even

Ja, but it's only with funny-lookin ones

How is Wells considered a better NFL prospect than Moreno? He has more mileage on him and has shown an almost complete inability to stay healthy for a full season.

You're right. Being the best running back in the country is meaningless. Remember, like you said no national champion in the last 10 years has had a 1,000 yard rusher. Wait, how many times did you backtrack on that? It's much more impressive to throw slip screens 1-yard in front of the line of scrimmage (or 8 yard ducks to guys who are fass) all year than it is to be the guy to stop on an offense and still get over 6 yards per carry and 100 yards every week. Dude were not saying based on his numbers he had an amazing year...heisman is not decided by just players numbers it's based on the [expletive] media, There team being one of the top ranked teams, Then the numbers You can't write like this and call ANYONE [expletive]

Sean Gallagher is a table scrap? Considering what you usually have to give up to get an ace caliber pitcher via trade, yes. You mean considering what you have to give up to get an ace caliber pitcher who is constantly hurt. It's notl ike we traded for Sabathia. Anyways, it doesn't matter. The player you're trading for doesn't change what a player is. Gallagher is a not a "table scrap" in any situation. Just to be clea,r I liked the trade. I'm just saying Gallagher is not a table scrap. So you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. I like Gallagher, too, but the fact of the matter is that he didn't have a future with the Cubs so by giving him up we didn't give up any value. He was, for all intents and purposes, one of three spare parts we gave up for an outstanding young pitcher. With all due respect to his Dad or whatever, I reiterate, table scraps. Wait, so Gallagher didn't have any value when we traded him? There's one very big flaw of what you're saying. Just because Gallagher doesn't fit into our future in your mind, that doesn't mean we "didn't give up any value". Think aobut it. That really makes no sense. Of course he has value, and the fact that we got Harden with him is pretty much proof of that. He has value through trades. If we didn't trade him for Harden, we could have traded him for somebody else. That's his value. Plus he'd be a decent option as our number 5 starter right now, so I don't know how you can say he didn't have a future with the Cubs. It's not like he was a catcher being blocked by Soto. He was a starting pitcher. You always have a future with a any team. Again, I liked the trade, but it's obvious we had to give up something good to get Harden. This is expected. Gallagher was our best pitching prospect at the time and basically the noyl good one we had left. How can you say that he had no value? I didn't say he didn't have any value at all, I said he didn't have value to the Cubs major league team as it was assembled, and I stand by that. We already had a long man and Gallagher was going to get under-utilized in spot starts and cleanup duty, IMO. And my original point stands, too. Hendry gets big kudos from me for getting one of the best pitchers available (along with a guy who may fill Gallagher's role and even exceed his small contributions to the club) without affecting our everyday lineup or rotation. Win.

Sean Gallagher is a table scrap? Considering what you usually have to give up to get an ace caliber pitcher via trade, yes. You mean considering what you have to give up to get an ace caliber pitcher who is constantly hurt. It's notl ike we traded for Sabathia. Anyways, it doesn't matter. The player you're trading for doesn't change what a player is. Gallagher is a not a "table scrap" in any situation. Just to be clea,r I liked the trade. I'm just saying Gallagher is not a table scrap. So you're just arguing for the sake of arguing. I like Gallagher, too, but the fact of the matter is that he didn't have a future with the Cubs so by giving him up we didn't give up any value. He was, for all intents and purposes, one of three spare parts we gave up for an outstanding young pitcher. With all due respect to his Dad or whatever, I reiterate, table scraps.

Hendry traded table scraps for Rich Harden. He can [expletive] my sister

I'll have a go.

Can he be :banned: now so I can go to sleep?

Oh my God we have a challenger to Meph's throne of arrogance

I think those who have refused to hear any new perspective on baseball that doesn't jibe with what they learned 30 years ago need to grow down, or something

Is Vance not allowed to post content with words in it or something?

Just to clarify on this, this is stated by Olney in the context of an article regarding Manny Ramirez, who he might sign with, and why the cubs aren't candidates. Perhaps the Cubs truly are "maxed out", and can't even afford a lefty reliever, much less Bradley or manny. But it may also be that they don't have $$ for manny ("maxed out"), but do still have enough discretionary flexibility to add lesser contract(s). There is no room for your level-headedness and rational thinking in this thread

I suppose if any team could do this, it would be the Cobs...

Why did you do this? Who is the Cub?