javy knows my name

Someone one the board calls someone else a poopy face = I've had a pretty good day today.

If the alternative is Coco Crisp, then I'm fine with him.

It was lame, but it's not like Carp had been the picture of health prior to this, either. It may well end up being like Kerry Wood's situation: get injured early, come back and string together a few full, productive seasons, then break down. Look what you did!

Yes it could. He could definitely make it worse.

Oh God that WHIP is glorious

How is it dumb? It's obvious some pitchers are great unless in the save situation and then they can't handle it (LaTroy anyone). If you think the save is dumb then you have to think the win is dumb for starters (or loss). Why does it matter if they win or lose. All that matters is how many innings they pitch and what ERA they have. Same can be said about home runs. Who cares if he hits it over the wall all that matters is how many runs and rbis he gets throughout the season. Yep! This is correct. But I have to take issue with what Golden Thunder said. Most of us here know how flawed/superfluous the save stat is, but those who are paid to talk baseball, for the most part, do not. So, it is a little surprising that no one is talking about this because, no matter how silly it may be, sports writers and ESPN anchors normally eat the stuff up. Maybe this is a little more evidence of a growing east coast bias, where even things that would normally be a big deal aren't being reported because they are on the wrong side of the country. It's worth looking at, and certainly open to debate past the whole "the save is stupid" comments.

FoxSports is an idiot

This would shock me, given that he only hits from the right side for 25% of his PAs and doesn't exactly live in the opposite field.

I didn't think he was doing especially well in AAA this year. I think this is an easy one for Lou.

Not a single, solitary one IMO. I expect Soriano to get 75% of the starts there and Hoff and Ward to split the rest

where the hell do we put him?

Hopefully we'll blow them out tonight to rest Marmol and Wood. Of course we all know that's never a guarantee that we don't see Marmol

Totally OT, but I find that you have a quote about intercourse in your sig right above a link to the members guidelines to be hilarious for some odd reason. And the quote being by another mod is too much for me

LaPorta for Roberts would be catastrophically dumb

HAHAHAH Ray Durham

From a broadcasting standpoint, I agree 100%. As a fan though, you have to appreciate his genuine enthusiasm and love for the Cubs. I'm not looking for a great broadcaster in the color man. Harry was the same as Ron. He was a horrible announcer, but he was well loved because it was like one of us was in the booth. He got excited when something great happened and he got pissed when something terrible happened. I didn't like Santo when I first heard him call games on WGN, but he really grew on me. I think he wants this team to win more than all of us combined and I love that. Brenly is boring and unfunny, despite countless attempts at humor. Kaspar may be OK with a different partner, but I doubt it. I didn't like Caray either. I heard some broadcasts of him way back when he first started with the Cubs and earlier, and I was shocked at how good he used to be. We got him at the end of his career when he was way past his prime. I wish you could have heard Harry Caray doing Cardinals games with Jack Buck back in the fifties. You simply would not believe it was the same person. In the 50's, Harry Caray was the quintessential baseball announcer. The guy who came to the CUBS in '82 was a bad caricature of that announcer who then began to degenerate into buffoonery. While I was never a big fan of Harry's during his years with the CUBS, I have to give him credit where it's due. His enthusiasm for baseball in general and the CUBS in particular was genuine and unparalleled. I don't believe the braintrust at WGN ever considered that hiring Harry Caray would be a good thing because of Caray's great broadcasting talent and knowledge of the game, but rather, because he could stir up the fans like few others ever have, and they could use that to sell their product. The same argument, to a lesser degree, can be made about Ron Santo. From that perspective, selling the CUBS, there was no greater success that Harry Caray. Ten years after his passing we still have a caricature of his likeness on display in the ballpark, there's a statue of him outside the ballpark, and we still have guest celebrities doing his 7th inning stretch bit. Best hire ever. Kudos to WGN. Fred, from now on, I'm referring to you as FRED.

If you want to love him more, read his blog on Cubs.com And I agree with you - he's a class act who plays the game right way with the rare combination of talent.

Glavine looks a little like Tom Seaver in that pic. I hope the Cubs anticipate an extra 6 in. of outside corner tomorrow night

well when others post things exactly like what you did there's no way to know your being sarcastic especially when you are the first to post. The smiley face or something would help though. Not my style. I'll use my cheesy, over-the-top internet shorthand instead.

Oh my.

Giles? He doesn't play CF. If he can play right at Petco, he can probably play center at Wrigley

What I said was totally tongue-in-cheek. I tried to make this as obvious as possible. Only one person has actually said "OMG, jinx" in this thread and I'm bummed I'm lumped in with him (despite all the wonderful contributions he's had since he's joined. (That was sarcasm)) That said, the only people more ridiculous than people who actually believe in the jinx stuff are the reactionaries and defenders-of-all-that-is-right that profess a poster's right to post whatever they damn well please while totally missing all the sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek comments that litter the board.

I'm sorta disappointed this guy isn't getting flamed.

Screw that. If and when it happens, it has nothing to do with that kind of crap. Wow. I...wow.