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Why, because they're 1 Rusch win from the World Series? Well of course not but I would think Rusch is a better option then Hill is...No? I wouldn't think that myself. Rusch is proven, but all that he's proven is he's going to stink most of the time. Hill is unproven, but he brings the chance that he'll be good. I think we're arguing over the worst of two evils. Neither has much value, if we make it to the post season, it most likely won't be due to either of their contributions, and either of them would be considered a weak link in our rotation. Hill, Rusch, doesn't matter to me. Both are equally worthless.

but that doesn't mean he can't be an effective pitcher. just b/c you can't consider him a prospect doesn't mean that his career is over at 26. How about putting the Hill dillemma in this context...none of us can predicte the future, so all we can do is analyze trends. How many pitchers who were struggling to break into the bigs at 26 that were relatively healthy up to that point wound up having a successful career? None come to mind. I'm not counting on Hill ever contributing anything to this organization. Doesn't mean he won't, but Hendry would be foolish not to trade him if an opportunity came along to trade him for a need. lots of guys have sucked until they reached 26 only to turn it around. the difference between hill and those guys is that they sucked in the bigs while hill took his lumps in the minors. Maybe, but those guys that turned it around aren't in the same group as Hill. They were at least able to prove they had something to offer in the bigs while Hill has been blocked the last three years by guys like Rusch, Estes or others, while guys like Leicester, Wellemeyer, Wuertz, and others have gotten a shot. The Cubs have given plenty of young guys shots in various roles the last few years, to the argument that he's been "blocked" really isn't legitimate either. Hill should be compared to other guys who were struggling to make the majors at 26 who had clean bills of health. The prognosis isn't good.

Hendry would be foolish to trade Hill and keep Rusch (unless he got significant value for Hill). That's true if Hendry had a trade on the table and the other team declared they would accept either Rusch or Hill in the same deal.

but that doesn't mean he can't be an effective pitcher. just b/c you can't consider him a prospect doesn't mean that his career is over at 26. How about putting the Hill dillemma in this context...none of us can predicte the future, so all we can do is analyze trends. How many pitchers who were struggling to break into the bigs at 26 that were relatively healthy up to that point wound up having a successful career? None come to mind. I'm not counting on Hill ever contributing anything to this organization. Doesn't mean he won't, but Hendry would be foolish not to trade him if an opportunity came along to trade him for a need.

Opting for Greg Maddux over Vlad Guerrero was a horrible idea and message board geeks everywhere knew it even at the time. A lot of things have gone wrong in the past few years but that Maddux contract is the one that sticks out in my mind. I thought the trib ponied up extra money just for Maddux that was above and beyond the regular budget? . In all honesty, the offseason was over, Vlad had signed somewhere else, and Maddux came about in late February. Maddux wasn't being seriously pursued while Vlad was available, so it's not fair to throw that out at Hendry. You make it sound like Vlad was a sure thing had he simply decided to not pursue Maddux and put an offer on the table to Vlad.

Indisputable? Hardly. The economics of the Ramirez and Lee deals can't be ignored. They were components of the deals that factored in what the Pirates and Marlins could demand in return. As such, its hard to see how Hendry can receive all the credit and the "Jason and the Argonauts Golden Fleece Award". As far as Nomar goes, he was a complete bust for the Cubs, in part, because Hendry waived the Cubs' right to require a physical. Instead, Hendry merely took Boston's reports and knew he was getting damaged goods by acknowledging that Nomar wouldn't be playing with regularity. As for Murton, he was a throw in, thanks to Theo Epstein's insistence when the Expos demanded Harris. Grudz and Karros turned out much better than I expected. I give Hendry credit for that. Other than Grudz/Karros, I hardly see an objective "fleecing" being had in each of these other instances. No, they were fleecings.

My guess is that if the Cubs had divulged this information earlier, it would have been against Prior's wishes and thus illegal. To me their credibility remains intact. You're assuming Prior made that request, thus your conclusion is quite premature, IMO. I'm sure Prior was just itching to give the club permission to put out news of his shoulder not being quite right, guaranteeing a barage of the type of media attention he clearly doesn't like. Prior doesn't have to make a request for the info to be kept quiet, he has to approve the release.

How come we couldn't ever get decent major leaguers who could consistantly hit .300 for minor league pitching when that was all we had to offer a few years ago?

Fixed You must have some rough whiskers if you can't get 2 days out of a Mach 3...

Ragarding your sig, have you tried the Fusion? Greatest razor ever IMO. I'm working with a patent attorney to develop my 8 blade razor. It will be called "The Ocho" and will revolutionize the way you shave. It will even be strong enough to trim your dog. Team USA offense could use some of the S. Africa pitchers right now. I think the producers of Dodgeball might already have a patent on that. I like the (sino) Korean version of eight: Pal But by arguing their patent claim, they would be forced to admit they produced the movie Dodgeball. Kind of a lose-lose situation. What are you talking about? Dodgeball kicked arse!

Ragarding your sig, have you tried the Fusion? Greatest razor ever IMO. I'm working with a patent attorney to develop my 8 blade razor. It will be called "The Ocho" and will revolutionize the way you shave. It will even be strong enough to trim your dog. Team USA offense could use some of the S. Africa pitchers right now. I think the producers of Dodgeball might already have a patent on that. I like the (sino) Korean version of eight: Pal

Waiting for the Simon sighting, but he's nowhere in sight...

I like Dope. err....let me rephrase that... I prefer to refer to him as Dope.

Is that how you pronounce it? I thought it was dough-PEER-ek I always thought it was DOH-pir-ak

If Prior wanted to go to Japan and play while under contract, I'd hope the Cubs would try to block him from going over there...

Gesundheit.

Sounds like Maddog is being pretty efficient with his pitches, he may go another inning or two.

There is no FSN chicago, only CSN chicago now, but its not on that channel anyway. If it was it would be blacked out anyway, but its on one of Fox's alternate channels. I wonder if there is a way to pirate these games lol Get direct TV, and ask an out-of-state friend or relative to let you use their address for billing. Then another area's games will be blacked out and not your own. I wonder how much my area could have to do with my getting blacked out Im on the other side of the country from Chicago. Ridiculous. You shouldn't be getting blacked out, I thought blackouts only occured to local events. Maybe because half of ST is in Florida, they're blacking out alot of ST games, and someone didn't realize that this game is actually in AZ instead of FL. Who knows...weird.

anyone else wish he was going to platoon with Jones? :wave: Wasn't Resto formerly a highly-regarded 1st rounder that never hit worth a squat in the bigs to this point? I wonder if Hendry could have found another Barrett...

Cuba must be fired up after getting embarrassed by PR.

There is no FSN chicago, only CSN chicago now, but its not on that channel anyway. If it was it would be blacked out anyway, but its on one of Fox's alternate channels. I wonder if there is a way to pirate these games lol Get direct TV, and ask an out-of-state friend or relative to let you use their address for billing. Then another area's games will be blacked out and not your own.

Why can't the rest of his body heal and bounce back like it sounds how his knee is...

I hope Barry didn't take that to mean that he himself has to injure himself to get on the roster. I wouldn't mind if he took it that way.

Plus, if you add all of the warm up tosses and what not, he probably throws 90 balls during a 30 pitch ST performance anyways.

Shoulda started DLee at 1st. :oops: