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  1. treebird
    boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
  2. treebird
    I think your use of "needs to be shot" is juvenile and should be pulled as a comment. Little wonder people look at messages boards as something populated by childish minds. sorry Rob, but you should find a different way to post your continual displeasure with the team. Maybe you should find a different team. The "needs to shot" comment is way over the edge. you're not a mod, don't make these posts
  3. treebird
    Some serious guys to look at there including; Lane, Ensberg, Broussard, Wilkerson, Werth, Tsao, Lopez, and Giles. Discuss. morgan ensberg? of the astros? of 235/396/463??????????? i'll bet he could figure out how to play right field. let's do this.
  4. treebird
    even if the cardinals lose most of their rotation, our rotation is still really capable of being zambrano + 4 guys with an era around 5.00.
  5. treebird
    fake trees are an abomination.
  6. treebird
    in fairness, i'm pretty sure it's only an issue with like 15 dorks (myself included) on random websites like this one.
  7. treebird
    There are other rationales to that one to think that this signing "could" be a good one. Have they found the flaw in his mechanics? Is that the reason for his 2006 numbers? If he pitches like he did in 2004/2005 for at least 2 out of the 3 years he's here, it's a good contract. If he pitches closer to 2006 for 2 out of those 3 years, then it's a horrible one. If he pitches somewhere in between, it's a poor contract, but not terrible. do you really think you should have 3/20 or 3/28 or whatever for a guy who was TERRIBLE last year because you think you might have figured out how to fix him? and that YOU figured out how to fix him after dave duncan couldn't? if you want to throw a small one-year deal at him and be willing to cut him loose if he pitches bad, that's one thing, but there's absolutely no reason to sign him to this deal. if some other team desperately wanted him, let him go and don't think twice. go sign some other terrible guy if that's going to be the way you want to do things this offseason.
  8. treebird
    I don't understand how this signing is defensible through any logic other than "it's not my money, and he might be good, so I like it" rationale. The problem with that rationale is that it basically concludes all signings are good, which means it is basically the opposite of critical. In short, people who like this deal are going to like ANY deal, so there is not much point in arguing with them.
  9. treebird
    i went home for one freaking night, never bothered to check to see what was up for the cubs, and i return to find this. the cubs can go straight to hell.
  10. treebird
    jamar smith when playing well is my favorite basketball player of all time. It's gonna take some special moments for somebody to pass Jack Ingram for me. But Jamar is definitely my favorite on this year's team, and probably last's too. Jack Ingram has Kent status. The Wisconsin game is the beginning and the end of the conversation. I suppose that probably should have been made clear before this converation was started. My apologies. And he didn't even rest on his laurels after that making THE STEAL against Arizona. someone on here (burnt?) sent me a hi-def video of the ending sequence of the arizona game, and i still watch it every couple of weeks or so. i don't think that'll ever be topped for me, national championship be damned.
  11. treebird
    jamar smith when playing well is my favorite basketball player of all time. It's gonna take some special moments for somebody to pass Jack Ingram for me. But Jamar is definitely my favorite on this year's team, and probably last's too. Jack Ingram has Kent status. The Wisconsin game is the beginning and the end of the conversation. I suppose that probably should have been made clear before this converation was started. My apologies.
  12. treebird
    Yep, that's the one. I just want to point that this is a good read for everyone who hasn't seen it already, even if you don't care about gary hughes.
  13. treebird
    might as well spend the money i guess, and it's not like a one year deal is going to kill them or anything, but i still dont quite understand why you give dotel 5 million dollars.
  14. treebird
    and get on base 45% of time. bonds is still a great hitter, and he's not as bad as people make him out on defense. he's much more likely to be worth 16 million dollars during his contract than soriano is to be in any season during his.
  15. treebird
    excellent.
  16. treebird
    jamar smith when playing well is my favorite basketball player of all time.
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    http://www.gribblenation.net/nflmaps/
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    This seems somewhat unlikely. yea, you're probably right. 2 more world series is more realistic i suspect prior and wood still get hurt in 04, but i'm willing to grant you one. i honestly believe we win the world series if the bartman thing doesn't happen. in other news, i want to die all over again.
  19. treebird
    This seems somewhat unlikely.
  20. treebird
    i'm pretty much with you. i guess it's an okay signing, as long as we're willing to cut bait quickly if he shows up and sucks, but since i doubt that's the case, it's hard to get excited.
  21. treebird
    Ted Lilly pitched 4 or fewer innings/gave up 5 or more earned runs in a quarter of his starts last year. How many times do you really think the cubs' best assortment of rookies would do this?
  22. treebird
    Yeah it's not like going into 2004, when we had 4 very good, healthy, young starting pitchers, a solid lineup and a good closer. We could be certain of success that year. we were as certain of success as anybody's been in a while. the fact that it didn't happen to work out is irrelevant. if you could have that situation again, you'd be a fool to turn it down. my point was that it's the cubs, the only thing you can be certain of is that there won't be success well duh of course. we're going to lose. all that's up for debate is whether it's our fault or not.
  23. treebird
    Yeah it's not like going into 2004, when we had 4 very good, healthy, young starting pitchers, a solid lineup and a good closer. We could be certain of success that year. we were as certain of success as anybody's been in a while. the fact that it didn't happen to work out is irrelevant. if you could have that situation again, you'd be a fool to turn it down.
  24. treebird
    Not necessarily. If Prior's healthy and Hill returns to 2nd-half form, Lilly would be 4 starter (depending on who else we get). A 4 starter does not have to go 4-0. If Prior's unhealthy and Hill regresses ... if prior is healthy sounds like to the start of a lame joke. our rotation needs to start with the phrase "assuming prior's dead and makes zero starts . . ."
  25. treebird
    I assume you mean Meche. While I fully realize the comparisons don't necessarily translate, when you can say the guy compares with Schmidt, Carpenter, and Clement at 27 I don't see how that means he's terrible and has no shot. i meant meche, sorry. schmidt and clement are nice, yes, i just think carpenter is worthless as a comp because his career path is such a mess and so unlikely to be replicated.
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