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It doesn't ring hollow, and I appreciate the sentiment. Do me a favor, though. When the Cubs are on the verge again, whenever that may be, root against them. I want the full victory experience, and that includes disappointed Cards fans. We now resume our regularly scheduled sulking. I hate my life.

wait until we sign him

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Guys, give it a rest. You don't agree, and you likely won't ever on this subject. No sense in dragging it out to other threads. You took a lot of time to write blah there.

Every time you show that picture, I want to kill you just a little bit more. Where is Vance's right hand in that picture? I'm injecting Sammy. With confidence! And Sosa's left hand? injecting Vance

Don't you know? Weaver is a great pitcher! His postseaon shows that! He's better than Verlander or anyone else on the Tigers. He's probably better than Santana on the Twins too! Since you didn't understand what I was saying. I said Weaver was a better post season pitcher than Verlander was. Weaver as the 5th starter would be fine with me. He will give you 11-13 wins a year, and he will pitch atleast 200 innings. Year Round Tm Opp WLser G GS ERA W-L SV CG SHO IP H ER BB SO +------------------+-----+--+--+------+-----+--+--+---+-----+---+---+---+---+ 2002 ALDS NYY ANA L 2 0 6.75 0-0 0 0 0 2.7 4 2 3 1 2003 WS NYY FLA L 1 0 9.00 0-1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 2004 NLDS LAD STL L 1 1 11.57 0-1 0 0 0 4.7 8 6 2 4 Ok, so Weaver in the postseason before this year was an absolute disaster. You're seriously telling me that you somehow knew that Weaver in this postseason was going to be solid gold, even though he's never had ANY postseason success before? If it's true, please pm me the winning ohio lottery numbers. ALL I SAID WAS, "JEFF WEAVER PITCHED BETTER THAN JUSTIN VERLANDER IN THE POST-SEASON." No, you said he was a better postseason pitcher. Not the same thing. Is Kenny Rogers a good postseason pitcher? I may of said Weaver was better than Verlander in the post season. I think it is the same thing. may have

Don't you know? Weaver is a great pitcher! His postseaon shows that! He's better than Verlander or anyone else on the Tigers. He's probably better than Santana on the Twins too! Since you didn't understand what I was saying. I said Weaver was a better post season pitcher than Verlander was. Weaver as the 5th starter would be fine with me. He will give you 11-13 wins a year, and he will pitch atleast 200 innings. Year Round Tm Opp WLser G GS ERA W-L SV CG SHO IP H ER BB SO +------------------+-----+--+--+------+-----+--+--+---+-----+---+---+---+---+ 2002 ALDS NYY ANA L 2 0 6.75 0-0 0 0 0 2.7 4 2 3 1 2003 WS NYY FLA L 1 0 9.00 0-1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 2004 NLDS LAD STL L 1 1 11.57 0-1 0 0 0 4.7 8 6 2 4 Ok, so Weaver in the postseason before this year was an absolute disaster. You're seriously telling me that you somehow knew that Weaver in this postseason was going to be solid gold, even though he's never had ANY postseason success before? If it's true, please pm me the winning ohio lottery numbers. ALL I SAID WAS, "JEFF WEAVER PITCHED BETTER THAN JUSTIN VERLANDER IN THE POST-SEASON." No, you said he was a better postseason pitcher. Not the same thing. Is Kenny Rogers a good postseason pitcher?

Should we target good regular season players or good postseason players though? Such a hard decision.

What does that have to do with anything? Or are you just openly trolling now? I think the answer is obvious. Not trolling at all. Just a reminder of opinions expressed. Kinda like the opinion you expressed previously that we were lucky to have Macias and Neifi as fill-ins?

Iwamura has expressed a desire to play pretty much any position on the diamond. He would be worth a look-see, imo. I agree, but Fukudome would be great too. Is it me or is Fukudome the most comical name ever? Look at how it's spelled, then seperate the letters. Dick Trickle

No Captain Vegetable? http://muppet.wikia.com/images/thumb/b/b9/Captainvegetable.jpg/300px-Captainvegetable.jpg

where would you prefer the much needed offense to come from? i don't love soriano or anything, but he's the best hope for making this offense respectable. Get a 2B in Free Agency(Durham and Iwamura are my favorites, Loretta would be okay too), and revamp the OF in trade. Kearns, Burrell, A-Rod(which isn't the OF, but still), Sheffield, maybe Cabrera, Hawpe, or Cuddyer if they come available. What and alomst completely strip our farm system of any of the A prospects left of it? I'd rather keep the prospects and sign big free agents when they become available, somewhat simular to the mets. If we would have done it that way a few years ago, just for example. We could have a guy like Beltran and still have guys like Willis, Garland. . ect. . Instead we trade the Willis' and Garland's for mediocre crap and think we're gonna contend. (we=JH). . Your hate for Hendry is blinding. Garland was traded 8 years ago, when Hendry might not have even been in the organization. And Willis was traded before Hendry was GM too. Next time you try and trash Hendry, at least criticize him for things he's actually done. It's very easy to second guess. yeah, it's almost like somebody saying they knew jeff weaver was going to pitch the cardinals to the world series. http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1196258/2/istockphoto_1196258_referee_touchdown.jpg

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I don't think hitting coaches matter very much. What matters is getting hitters that perform in the playoffs. Their theory does though, especially when you have young guys coming up and looking up to you to be thee hitting coach. Damn, I gotta strengthen the sarcasm a bit.

I don't think hitting coaches matter very much. What matters is getting hitters that perform in the playoffs.

What the heck? He had a pretty long post after that responding to your points. And please don't call other posters "ignorant." Hold the phone. Vance called me ignorant a couple of months ago. I dont see why I couldn't call him ignorant if he called me ignorant. probably because you said something ignorant. Surprising.

No. It's not how he was pitching in the playoffs. It's how he pitched in the regular season. Weaver sucked in the regular season. Verlander didn't. Going into the postseason nobody in their right mind would have picked Weaver over Verlander. It's insane. It's how he pitched in the playoffs that matters. That's my opinion. Ok guys, here's what i would do. I'd get some good regular season pitchers, and i'd win a lot of games and make the playoffs. And then, once the playoffs started, i would trade for all of the pitchers that did really good at the end of the year and put them on my playoff roster. later in the playoffs, I'd trade for all of the pitchers that did good in the early rounds of the playoffs. What do you guys think? Dont quote me when you don't know what you're talking about. Pitching, defense, and clutch hitting will win you a world series. I am done arguing something that I know is true. WELL I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO GET GOOD PLAYOFF PITCHERS EACH YEAR IS TO TRADE FOR THEM WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS.

No. It's not how he was pitching in the playoffs. It's how he pitched in the regular season. Weaver sucked in the regular season. Verlander didn't. Going into the postseason nobody in their right mind would have picked Weaver over Verlander. It's insane. It's how he pitched in the playoffs that matters. That's my opinion. Ok guys, here's what i would do. I'd get some good regular season pitchers, and i'd win a lot of games and make the playoffs. And then, once the playoffs started, i would trade for all of the pitchers that did really good at the end of the year and put them on my playoff roster. later in the playoffs, I'd trade for all of the pitchers that did good in the early rounds of the playoffs. What do you guys think?

I would do Jones for Burrell if they picked up $7-8 mil

I would because that name is awesome. I guess I should clarify that this is the exact reason why I said absolutely.

Absolutely

1. Lots of Cubs fans go to their parks and act like a-holes. 2. Unbearable smugness during the pre-injury Wood/ Prior era, when we all thought the Cubs would dominate the division for the rest of the decade. Actually its because of all of the hot babes we pull down. Say, that reminds me: 3. We're completely delusional. speak for yourself. I'm drowning in hot babes over here. I'm sure your wife just loves that. :) She's somewhere in the chick pile. I can barely type, seriously.

Lou Holtz for Prethident.

And has that model worked? I really don't see a point in following a model that hasnt worked. You dont need a superstar line-up to win. You also dont need to have a $200 million payroll to win either. Pitching comes first, then you go out and get your hitting. The. Cardinals. Didn't. Have. Great. Pitching. They didnt have great pitching, but their pitching stepped up when it matter the most. Which, in the end, gave them a World Series victory. Which means that you need to get lucky.

It appears as if USC has no coaching whatsoever.

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