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not really so we'd be status quo over where we are now...

At least Angel is in an organization that is experienced in bringing guys back from TJS. :?

I hope Sunday may be Marquis' last chance, but then again, Ive been saying that since last July, so who knows. Fixed. You and me both buddy.

I want to add another "+1" to this one.

Cost? League minimum I believe. We should just call him up.

So, how exactly is your dog any different than Edmonds then>

Oh, I almost forgot.... Geovany Soto.

Dude, they're like 4th in the league in runs scored. Okay, now I'll pat myself on the back. I've been saying they will be a pretty mediocre team this year, and not bad. If you don't count their games against us, they're 5 over 500.

I don't get moving Soriano to second to accomodate Holliday. Holliday is an upgrade over Soriano offensively, to be sure. I don't know that I'd call it a large upgrade. Maybe a significant upgrade, but not large. Moving Soriano to second isn't that large of an upgrade in offense over what we're getting now, but it is a gargantuan drop in defense, so I'd call any upgrade at 2nd a wash. That leaves us with a significant upgrade in the outfield. I can't see where the Rockies would deal us Holliday without Pie being part of the package. So that leaves Holliday and Fukudome in the OF, leaving Reed Johnson or Edmonds or someone of that caliber in the OF, which sucks and negates the gain we got from the trade before we even get into the value of Hill and Pie. The biggest upgrade is when DeRosa is pushed to the bench and Fontenot is sent down, and even that's not looking like that big of an upgrade at the moment. Holliday for Hill and Pie is not worth it if you're moving Soriano to second and you still have a crappy third outfielder after him and Kosuke. That's not to say I wouldn't do Holliday for Pie and Hill. I would figure out an OF with Soriano, Holliday and Fukudome and live with any defensive problems out there. The upgrade in offense for our OF would be huge, and I'll more readily take a hit in outfield defense before the infield. Our infield is pretty dang good and deep right now, don't mess it up by putting Fonzie somewhere where he'll embarass himself. His defense in the MIF would only be a slight upgrade if we had resigned Jody Davis and put him out there, and that's who he was replacing. After 2+ years of not playing MIF anymore, he certainly shouldn't be expected to be as proficient as he was (which was not at all), you should expect him to be slightly worse at best. In short, you only trade Hill and Pie for Holliday for the purpose of pushing a crappy player out of the starting lineup, not a solid one.

Sounds like a fairly shaky start. Which is not surprising considering he hasn't played in like a year. Glad to see him on his way back, though. Any reports on velocity and movement? I fully expect crappy control at this point. If his velocity was around the 95% mark of what it was and he felt fine afterward, then I'm happy.

You got your exercises backwards. In the "Say something positive about Barry Bonds" exercise, the right answer is "He isn't Jim Edmonds."

He's not Hitler. No one has ever been able to prove that he eats orphans. He hasn't brought about the end of mankind yet. Oh, and plug me in for one more "This move pisses off the Cardinals fans"

I am going to guess because the hitting coach normally isn't a topic of conversation unless the offense is sputtering, and then the conversation is when is the hitting coach going to be fired. I agree though that I love watching this Cubs offense, and Loue and Perry deserve credit for the turnaround. I don't know about that. The same logic should apply to the pitching coach, yet Rothschild is in the media much more. Maybe Perry just isn't a good interview or something like that. Kind of like Soriano, ever notice how Soto, Lee and others get interviewed alot but they never talk to Fonzie? Either they don't like interviewing him, or he's dumb as a box of rocks so they just leave him alone.

Knowing that site, I'm pretty darn sure this link earns the NSFW tag. I effing love that effing site, mothereffers! Seriously, I think the best part about the site is the usernames, e.g. Joe Torre's prostate What is it with people who come up with user names based on the body parts of celebrities? We've got a few of those on this site as well. Those are the lamest names.

don't get too confident True, we do have a tendancy of getting pwned by crappy ex-cubs. See most recently: Augie Ojeda. and Paul Bako. And Jerry Hairston. and Jason Kendall. and Todd Wellemyer. and Cesar Izturis. It's no secret ex-Cubs really get up to play the Cubs. Jinx. I can't believe we got beat by Shawn freaking Estes on Tuesday, then beat Jake Peavy the next day. We should be looking at back-to-back sweeps here.

1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000 Not good enough. I'll boo him no matter how he does. When (more like if) he does good for our team, I'll be happy inside, but I'm still booing him.

gd fin sob i hate that xxxxxxxxx f the padres for releasing that washed up pos i can't believe we xxxxxxx made such an xxxxxxxx stupid xxxxxxxx move. wtf are you smoking, hendry?

Edmonds probably knows the Reds are terrible. So he'd fit right in, no pressure. And he can still stick it to the Cards somewhat regularly. I see what you did there. I wish I could take credit for that one, but it was unintentional. Good catch. =D>

Edmonds probably knows the Reds are terrible. So he'd fit right in, no pressure. And he can still stick it to the Cards somewhat regularly.

Swearing out loud doesn't leave a permanent record of the collective disgust that this community has for Edmonds though. If not a profanity day, how about just a profanity thread? With Tims blessing, I'll change the title to add a warning, and everyone can just let it out here.

Where is Dusty when you need him? He has unreasonable manlove for "proven vets" and isn't getting good production from his CF. I'm amazed he's not flying under the radar trying to recruit him.

Starks was a Bull? Yes he was. That wasn't much of a parallel though. We stunk, so it was almost kind of a "gotcha" against Starks by forcing him to suit up and play in Chicago and watch him get booed mercilessly. That was hilarious. Edmonds taking time that should go to Pie and sabotaging us while we should be competing for postseason positioning is not funny in the least.

Sorry for hijacking the thread, but this is what I think we all should do to memorialize the signing of Jim Edmonds... viewtopic.php?f=21&t=48513

We need to have a period of 24 hours where profane language is tolerated on this board. That way, everyone can just get it out of their systems once we sign Jim Edmonds. NSBB can be a therapeutic outlet for its legions, maybe prevent someone from going postal at home or work. Anyone else aboard?

And I thought my language was bad when I first got back from Iraq... why would anyone vacation in iraq? It's like the worlds biggest beach. Just without the water...