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Very nice start for Hill tonight 7 IP 2 H 0 ER 3 BB 7 K His overall numbers are actually starting to look very respectable 21.1 IP 18 H 12 BB 22 K 4.15 ERA 1.38 WHIP 2-0

Giving Johnson a full time spot would have been terrible. He can't hit RHP

why isn't anybody talking about osgood's huge dive? 1:13

you just don't come across too many slick fielding shortstops who can't hit these days. let's just enjoy the show

i wonder if soto will start getting booed pretty soon. honestly i wouldnt really feel bad for him. all last year he talked about how much losing the weight helped. so how can you let yourself get fat again if it helped so much? i dont understand how a professional athlete can let something like that happening. it's like he didn't even care. either that or it's because he was juicing for the 2 years that he was suddenly awesome

actually, it kind of is michael wuertz is dominating for oakland because lou ran him out of town... just because he didn't like him.

It actually hasn't been boring at all. i mean the series in general... not the game. i feel like detroit is going to sweep and pitt will struggle to win just one, let alone 4

another boring ass stanley cup finals in progress

here's marshall's game long in the next few weeks- 6/7- .1 IP, 0 ER 6/10- .1 IP, 1 ER (HR) 6/14- .2 IP, 0 ER 6/17- 0 IP, 0 ER 6/22- .2 IP, 0 ER

A new world's record: Nine posts before someone blames Hendry. Now we're blaming Hendry for Lou's senility/dementia/bad decisions. be honest- did you even read his post?

i thought the irrational dislike of rothschild's performance in recent years was something that was reserved for cubs.com i don't really understand where the "they have performed under expectations" stuff comes from, especially when you talk about the rotation. who has underperformed? seriously, who? i feel like it's the other way around. lilly has become a great pitcher. dempster was awesome last season and has been better than his era suggests this year. marquis was a leage average starter or better for 2 years. marshall has managed to keep his era under 4 for the past few years despite giving up bombs and not missing bats. seriously, who has underperformed? i dont understand why people always want to get rid of this guy for no reason even though our pitching is always a strength.

i guess we can't possibly know if bengie molina could play center field either

Didn't stop Milwaukee with Gamel. Gamel actually plays 3B. Just poorly. Fox doesn't play 3B. Plus Gamel is a stud prospect

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You've made a very stupid post here for your debut fella. 6 games is fairly standard for pitchers, it forces them to miss time. The league may have gone further, if the ump hadn't contributed to the problem. But it was a perfectly acceptable outcome. Again, very stupid post, put some thought into it next time. lol relax i don't see how it's a stupid post. he's absolutely right. suspensions for starting pitchers have always been a joke. "that's unnacceptable guy..... we won't tolerate that garbage here in the mlb... we're pushing your start back 2 days! think about that while you're sitting on the bench next tuesday getting paid to do nothing. maybe you'll think twice next time"

I was thinkig that too. Didnt she used to be incredibly hot? she's never been "incredibly hot". she's pretty and she has a nice rack. she's still hot... she just looked kinda bad in that video. almost like she had a stache at the beginning

does anybody remember how like sometime around midseason in 04 patterson went on a hot streak and there was some special segment on BBTN about how patterson had sparked the cubs and was carrying them.... and that he was turning into a superstar? whoops

his 04 and 06 seasons were pretty decent when you consider his position, defense, and the fact that he stole bases at a pretty good rate... especially in 06

I wasn't being sarcastic, the internet had a huge chubby for Wieters today. Also, I'm not annoyed, I've been anticipating his arrival all year. i think he was talking about the clubhouse quotes re: weiters arrival felix pie part II imo

wow sarah spain looks pretty beat in this video i'd still do it

pretty much everybody who is complaining about the moves now were complaining about the moves when they were made. back then it was "give the moves a chance" and now it's "hindsight is 20/20"

I didn't want Lower that much, but I would have much rather have had him at 4/60 than Dempster at 4/53. Actually, I'd rather have saved the money and not had Dempster than just trhrow it away on him. Seriously, you're saying that it's better to give out a horrible contract than it is to not give one out at all. You really don't see a problem with that? What about when we're in need of a starter one offseason and Carlos Silva is the only guy avilable. Is it okay to give him 4/40? Hey, anything is better than what we have... right? Here are Dempster's FIP numbers for the last four years: 3.38, 3.79, 4.54, 3.41. Here are Lowe's: 4.16, 3.68, 3.97, 3.26. Lowe's 4 years older than Dempster. So remind me again why you'd be cool with giving Lowe more money than Dempster, but think Dempster got a "horrible contract". One guy was a reliever and the other was a starter, first of all before 09....how many good years did lowe have as a starter. how many did dempster have? Pointing out that Dempster has been used as a closer and then following it up by asking how many good years he's had as a starter? That's your counterpoint? Really? How exactly was Dempster supposed to be good as a starter when he was busy being good as a reliever? umm, no....that's my point. the 2 go together. you gave numbers that compared the 2. it's silly to compare the 2 when they had completely different roles. lowe has has several good seasons as a starting pitcher. dempster has had one (maybe 2 if you consider that year with the marlins to be "good"). the point is that dempster is not proven as a starter like lowe is. lowe didn't get paid for one year like dempster did.

I didn't want Lower that much, but I would have much rather have had him at 4/60 than Dempster at 4/53. Actually, I'd rather have saved the money and not had Dempster than just trhrow it away on him. Seriously, you're saying that it's better to give out a horrible contract than it is to not give one out at all. You really don't see a problem with that? What about when we're in need of a starter one offseason and Carlos Silva is the only guy avilable. Is it okay to give him 4/40? Hey, anything is better than what we have... right? Here are Dempster's FIP numbers for the last four years: 3.38, 3.79, 4.54, 3.41. Here are Lowe's: 4.16, 3.68, 3.97, 3.26. Lowe's 4 years older than Dempster. So remind me again why you'd be cool with giving Lowe more money than Dempster, but think Dempster got a "horrible contract". One guy was a reliever and the other was a starter, first of all before 09....how many good years did lowe have as a starter. how many did dempster have?

Actually, yes, that's a rotation more than good enough to win a championship. LOL then I suppose you've got no issues with the Cubs' lineup bullpen or bench either, since sketchy/mediocre is "more than good enough to win a championship". You'd suppose wrong. Why not focus on the subject at hand instead of trying to deflect it. Would you care to prove that those guys are sketchy/mediocre as a group? You can't just say "HOW COULD YOU DO X, Y IS WHAT YOU NEED TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP?" and then act like anyone who disagrees with you doesn't want to win a championship. That rotation gives you two dominant starters, and at worst one good and two average ones. If that's not good enough to win a championship, Philadelphia and St. Louis better be giving back those rings they won in the last three years. Seriously, stack those five up against the 2008 and 2006 World Champions, and show me how they don't measure up? LOL, I knew I'd get the '06 Cardinals thrown in my face. If your objective is to build an 83-win team and then pray for a miracle, then you've got the rotation you need. Good luck with that. You'll excuse those of us that would prefer to set the bar a bit higher than that. Yeah good GM's overpay for crappy players by giving them huge contracts. That's the way you win.

Actually, yes, that's a rotation more than good enough to win a championship. LOL then I suppose you've got no issues with the Cubs' lineup bullpen or bench either, since sketchy/mediocre is "more than good enough to win a championship". Stop deflecting. You implied that it's okay to make a bad decision/desperation move as long as you really need that position filled. That is a terrible way to build a team. I didn't imply any such thing. I was merely trying to point out that the folks bemoaning the Dempster deal have conveniently forgotten to offer up a cheaper plan that would've put the Cubs in a better position to contend. Seriously. Going with what we've got (minus Dempster) would've put the Cubs in worse shape. Hoping to find the next Kyle Lohse at the risk of finding the next Wade Miller or Adam Eaton or Jeff Weaver instead would've, too. I didn't want Lower that much, but I would have much rather have had him at 4/60 than Dempster at 4/53. Actually, I'd rather have saved the money and not had Dempster than just trhrow it away on him. Seriously, you're saying that it's better to give out a horrible contract than it is to not give one out at all. You really don't see a problem with that? What about when we're in need of a starter one offseason and Carlos Silva is the only guy avilable. Is it okay to give him 4/40? Hey, anything is better than what we have... right?