Wheelimus

Only if I'm getting some prospects who aren't like the last guy that the Braves tried to dump on us. Else I just sit tight for a bit and hope that Z can turn it around to be dealt towards the end of the month.

Is it sad that waiting for video of this to go up is the most Cubs excitement I've had all year?

The Cubs are desperately in need of a fire sale. I just think the original poster in this thread wants to fire too many players. This team needs some continuity. If a player is under your control long term and not a disaster, you keep them. With that in mind, we're either keeping and/or stuck with the following guys. Aramis Ramirez - long term contract he'll live up to Derrek Lee - long term contract he'll live up to Alfonso Soriano - long term contract we're stuck with Mark DeRosa - long term contract that we're likely stuck with, and his production is perfectly acceptable for a second basemen. Ted Lilly - long term deal he may live up to Jason Marquis - long term deal he may live up to Rich Hill - under our control long term Angel Guzman - under our control long term Michael Wuertz - under our control long term Sean Marshall - under our control long term And those are really the only chips I choose to hold onto ahead of time. The rest are trade bait. Barrett for something. Cesar for whatever. Jones for whatever. Dempster for something better hopefully. Eyre for nothing. Miller for nothing. Floyd for a little better than nothing. Ward for something. Ohman, Cotts, Theriot, Murton, etc. moved in a deal that gives us organizational improvement. Which leaves us with Z. He either has to commit longterm to us now, or be traded. This season is a disaster. We don't control him next. What sane person would choose to stay here if '07 finishes up like '06? Deal him for the best package you can.

Idea for next WGN telecast: when Cubs do stupid things, overlay some classic Bozo shenanigans on top of them. Would be more enjoyable...

Barrett got picked off...

omg wow...just wow

I doubt we'll have to worry about it. There are 40 games before we see him, I know he just got out of a long homer less drought, but something tells me he breaks it in the next 40 games.

I'm not sure what you could do. Certainly clear up the Zambrano situation. Perhaps call up the Halo's and see if you can bring back Santana or Wood. Sort out your trash (Cesar, Eyre, Miller, Howry, Jones, Blanco, etc.) and see if you can bring back anything useful ala our trades last year. Next year, looking at the FA class, I make a hard run at Andruw Jones even though I know the years and money will make me cringe. If Kent hits the market I might consider him. Would allow him, DeRosa, and Theriot to split up the at bats, with Theriot or DeRosa being able to spell a game here or there in the outfield. Will Dunn be on the market? As much as I like Murton, I'd sign Dunn and make Soriano play right.

To be perfectly honest, if they offered him a cab and he was able to coherently say "no, I'm walking down to the Westin", then he wasn't drunk enough to warrant not being served.

Let us hope that Marshall makes the discussion moot then.

He's just joining the team so they can check him out, he's not being removed from the disabled list.

But as of right now Anaheim doesn't have a spot for him. If he can throw more strikes than balls, you had me at 97 MPH...

I tell you, Mark Prior is sure an interesting chip. If (key word) Dr. Andrews did fix him up and he heals, that's a top of the rotation starter under your control for two years. I could see a team that's hopeless for 2007 pulling the trigger with a hitter they aren't expecting to get that kind of a return on. A Pat Burrell type maybe.

Monday will be the big trade with the Texas Rangers. Rangers send: Sammy Sosa, Eric Gagne, Michael Young We send: Matt Murton, Ryan Theriot, Sean Marshall, and Scott Eyre. Plus prospects as needed. We eat all cash. And in the end, we pray Gagne doesn't break, Sosa isn't a fluke, and Young can bounce back. Hilarity ensues...

Obviously, this malcontent MUST be traded. In the sense of fairness, I volunteer to trade them Scott Eyre for him...

$14 million plus career earnings. More if his grievance happened to turn out in his favor. No respect. Yeah, I think I'd hang up the cleats and enjoy an early retirement to my family.

I could see Marmol as closer in a "throw stuff at the wall, something will stick" sense. I mean, he might have some success if you limit the looks batters get at him. But he had major trouble with control last year, and while "no walks in last 3 appearances" sounds enticing, I'm going to need to see him do it in the big leagues to believe it. Else it's just another guy who can't throw strikes trying to close games.

no she's some high school girl from california Wow, how creepy can some people get. For the record, I wouldn't do this trade. We don't need to dump Jones for a prospect and have Pie man CF for the rest of the year. If we want to win this year, Jones needs to be in CF over Pie. Not really trying to promote it, but in one of those weird random cosmic coincidences a thread has popped up on a message board I help run that has more info on her. She's 18 at least, lol http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29673 If anyone cares.

Can't we get back to the meat of the topic, which is the stupidity of Jesse Jackson and the need to disqualify him from the human race? It's just [expletive] stuff like this that drives me crazy. Instead of doing something productive he wastes his time on a meeting that will do nothing. It isn't like the Braves are going to think "holy crap, we need an African-American on the ballclub! Lets release Jarrod Saltalamacchia and add Tony Womack to the 40 man!". It isn't that the team has better alternatives who are African-American but are holding them back. The game of baseball is to take the 25 best people you have and put them on your team. What he could do is, gasp, invest his time and resources into actually helping the cause. How about a nationwide inner city ballpark drive? Find the run down park ballfields where you're more likely to find a piece of broken glass than a base and fix them up. Run a program where you actually give these kids baseball equipment. Hire former ballplayers to run clinics in the inner city, so you can actually identify those who are gifted before life gets a chance to ruin it. I mean, crazy idea I know, but it seems more productive than going on talk shows to whine about things and organizing advertiser boycotts...

I'll one up you. I'll crap and fling it at the losing team if the Cubs win the World Series. Even if it's on the road. I better aim for the biggest jerk and make it count. I'm only getting one shot....

I have the following two questions for this supposed "Jason Marquis". Question #1. What did you do with the REAL Jason Marquis? Question #2. Assuming I'm right about the answer to question 1, did you make the hole really, really deep? :lol:

What a bum that Theriot is. How dare he not get on base...

i'd let him work the 7th if i was lou with the bottom of the order coming up. Me too. Tell him he has 10, maybe 15 pitches, and to use them wisely.

I hear a lot of pot advocates try to downplay the dangers of smoking and driving. I don't hold the least bit of resentment against pot smoking myself, but the fact remains it's very much a problem. The only difference is fewer people do it. Oh, I'm not trying to downplay the danger of smoking and driving. You should not drive while impaired by ANYTHING. And that goes for painkillers too. Hell, that even goes for Nyquil. I was just noting that the primary cause of the crash was the fact he was drunk off his ass and on the cell phone.

A lot of pages about the weed he had, and I'm willing to bet money that it had nothing to do with his crash, even if he had lit up right before getting in the car. It was the alcohol, which is many times more harmful and dangerous than marijuana. The day our society realizes this will be a good day. To be honest, if I had to rank the causes of this crash, it would be Alcohol, Cell Phone, Pot...in that order.