treebird

augie for retired numbers!

of course you retire sammy's number. im really surprised it's up for discussion.

we should get some of those intelligent observer folks to come and run the cubs.

I like to go on gut instinct, tea leaves, and wind direction. All of which say say Walker is cheap and productive. Cheap and productive are good things unless someone has changed the rules of MLB. auggiedoggie is that you? Nah...auggie would make up stats. I think the answer to why teams let Walker go can be found here. haha, remember when i made cool posts hope everyones happy will all-lowercase non-sensical ramblings instead Just as long as you don't move to Iowa. i dont know what that's supposed to mean, but i sure do think rich hill is going to be the best player in major league history

I like to go on gut instinct, tea leaves, and wind direction. All of which say say Walker is cheap and productive. Cheap and productive are good things unless someone has changed the rules of MLB. auggiedoggie is that you? Nah...auggie would make up stats. I think the answer to why teams let Walker go can be found here. haha, remember when i made cool posts hope everyones happy will all-lowercase non-sensical ramblings instead

Would you start Wegman? only against the cardinals. he kills the cardinals.

I know you were telng me this last night, but I have to disagree. Eric's been deserving of being promoted for some time, and getting double promoted to the playoffs is sort of a treat for his great season. It's only a few games and then the playoffs, so if he can't handle it, it really shouldn't affect him *too* much, and it can be another way for the Cubs to see if Eric can handle AA at the start of next season. I don't see how this is can really be a "dumb" thing. If they think that he might be able to stick it out and contribute in the postseason, he should've been there a long time ago. One level a year is nice, but it's dumb to just go with it universally. If they don't think he's ready to contribute and help the jaxx in the postseason, and they're just sending him up for fun, I don't like that either. I don't think it's really a big deal or anything, and it's almost certainly going to be of very little consequence in the long (and short) run, it just doesn't seem to add up to me.

petersons great, just don't listen if he says he can fix a pitcher and that you should definitely trade everything you have to get him. Who did he say that about? I don't remember. Victor Zambrano. He basically told the Mets that he could see a flaw in his delivery and fix it so that he'd have much, much better control and become an elite pitcher. He was so confident that he basically just told the team to get him at all costs, and they did.

petersons great, just don't listen if he says he can fix a pitcher and that you should definitely trade everything you have to get him.

Thanks for answering our questions, Mr. Harvey. One time I said hello to you while you were in the on-deck cirlce at O'Brien Field. You kind of looked up but not really. It was probably the highlight of my summer. Anyway, my question is about your arm. Has it seemed like people run on you less and less as the season goes along? I attended several Chiefs' games this year, and it always seemed to me that teams just absolutely stopped running on you after a while, which always disappointed me.

ryan harvey, represent

!! cobs are so dumb

if this happens, i will definitely have to make the "the cubs are just making this up as they go along" thing my sig screw that, im doing it now i hate cobs

hahahahha i liked him better the first time the cubs had him that was awesome

props is in way too early a stage to be used conclusively, imo

I'm voting Harvey. Nothing will dissuade me.

They certainly will. My point was that, even with a "statistical correction", he's a very, very good player. His '04 season was actually his worst since '01; it just doesn't look like it, due to ballpark effects. Plus, I'm of the opinion that he's actually turned the corner, and isn't likely to regress TOO much. His approach at the plate is much better. His strikeouts are way down from previous, he's taking more walks again (though not as many as in '02-'03 -- stupid Cubs philosophy!), and, most important of all, he hasn't had a bad month, which always was a problem in the past. In fact, his worst OPS for a single month this year is July's 1.048. Based on this, while I doubt he'll have another year as good as this, whatever adjustments he's made have helped both his pitch recognition and his consistency. Those things are likely to help him continue at a higher level than as in previous seasons to this one, IMO. Lee may not regress back to his career norms, but I still have my doubts about him being a 1.000 OPS guy in coming years. With all the talent at 1B, it might be better served not to extend Derrek, and even capitalize on his inflated value by trading him. Also, and I'd expect you'd already know this, Derrek's had a great string of luck this year, BABIP-wise. Without his good fortune, Lee's OPS goes down a minimum of 60 points. I'd like to see the Cubs trade Lee.

if someone wants to pay that much to a guy whos probably not going to be one of the top five at his position after this year, derrek should leave

see serena? theyre trying their best to make me think theyre both the same person?

any more responses to this?

That story is one of many reasons why Ted Williams is my very favorite old time ballplayer.

Ron said the Royals were winning in his postgame so I turned the game on. royals win the a's offense thinks it's may again.

ALERT ALERT royals winning 2-1 in oakland, going to the ninth

if you subsititute stupid for crazy, you realize that it's entirely possible walker is elsewhere next year.

both are lame can we start building futuristic looking parks or something now? just something different.