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  1. Scott G. F.
    Too bad we don't have Dwight Smith on the bench. He has experience helping a team come back from being down 9-0. Almost a 3rd of a game left. It could happen. Time for this team to show some character!!!
  2. Scott G. F.
    We could be on the verge of the greatest comeback in a long time. We have the team and the right opponent to do it. Just get to the Pen.
  3. Scott G. F.
    Maybe that'll get him going.
  4. Scott G. F.
    I see...so both teams have forsaken the #2 spot... :P The Cards lineup is uglier than the Cubs. I agree. That's why the Cubs should bring it today!!!
  5. Scott G. F.
    More reason to hate Neifi. He assaults the elderly. LOL!! Dude, you made Ramen come out of my nose!!! At the time you have to admit some Neif! Love!!!! Ramen out the nose...I'm ....I'm..sorry dude. Really.
  6. Scott G. F.
    More reason to hate Neifi. He assaults the elderly. I'm on the Neifury bandwagon!! It's quite a trip. (Free toothpicks)
  7. Scott G. F.
    they're not released. Thanks. Does Miles usually provide them? I guess Niefi! is starting today? He did hit the Granny last year people!!!
  8. Scott G. F.
    What thread page has the lineups today?
  9. Scott G. F.
    To clarify, Hendry and Baker fan I am not. Cub fan yes. With new avenues of funding for the Cubs to spend the payroll needed to be increased.
  10. Scott G. F.
    BBB that was quite a posting on the situation. I'm glad I brought the topic up just for a posting such as that. But this management team is a dynamic team. Dusty Baker could do nothing wrong in 2003. WE (royal kind) all loved him. He owned Chicago and was a darling. Finally a manager that will bring the Cubs to the promise land. Jim Hendry was the best at his craft too ho ho what a time. Then 2004 followed by 2005. Both disappointments. No doubt about it. I understand you're fed-up with the current management but is it because us Cub fans usually run the management out of town after not giving them enough time to cultivate a winner? The record indicates that that might just be the case. That's why I'm saying give them 2 years to see what can be done. If they fail then I will believe that they had a true shot and couldn't produce a World Series. Winning solves alot of problems and the one little post following the thesis was very funny to me and is an indication to me that you'd like nothing better then the Cubs to win regardless of who manages them. Same as me. BTW what's Lou Piniella doing these days?
  11. Scott G. F.
    It was a cramp!! Plus Prior and Woody have pride people. They read blogs and papers too. I bet they want to get back on the field more then you'll ever know. This is good.
  12. Scott G. F.
    Ha ha Gooney. But the blue cool aide is still strong in my vains right now. Don't be fatalistic. It's to early for that plus the JH signing will be Staurday followed by Dusty.
  13. Scott G. F.
    The have been stable because they've won. And Hendry/ baker have a .525 record which is 25 games over on the winning side. 25 games over .500 over 3 years is 85-77. That's not good enough to get you into the playoffs(1991 is the last year anyone in the top 4 of the league had a record that poor). Also, let's not forget we were several games below .500 last year, had a poor offseason and failed to address the problems that led to our poor year last year. Three years is too short of a time frame IMO to judge a GM. I posted above that Walt Jocketty's first five years in SL were much worse than Hendry's first three years in Chicago. Closer to home, Dallas Green had five bad seasons in his six years in Chicago. Looking back on it, do you think that firing him was the right thing to do? Dallas Green pleaded with the Tribune Company to open the purse strings and they didn't or the Cubs would have won IMO. That set up McPhil and letting Maddux go to the Braves (if I remeber correctly). When Dallas Green was hired by the Cubs he built the 1984 team bringing in Ryne Sandberg to name just one of many.
  14. Scott G. F.
    I want more too and the Cubs have had some good success over the last 3 years. Have they won the World Series? No. Will they with the current people in place? I say give them 2 years and see. 88 and 89 wins is that good if and when you consider the horror that was this orgainization over the span of my life. Do I want them to win the WS of course yes. Do I believe that we have a legitimate shot with JH and DB? Yes I do. It's alway been "let's look for the next 'right manager' for the Cubs". Fact is, there is no right manager for the Cubs we've used every type in the last 30 years with no sucess. I say stick with the current winning system and see if it brings you a WS ring. It's not a perfect system but it's getting the Cubs much closer then anything prior to it.
  15. Scott G. F.
    You need to solve the first correctly before you can solve the second though. Who's to say we haven't?
  16. Scott G. F.
    So 2003 didn't happen? Didn't JH make moves that look like he's trying to win? Dusty Too? I say extend them both for at least 2 years. They didn't win the World Series in 2003 did they? They won 88 games in 2003 then collapsed in the playoffs. I don't care if they look like they're trying to win, I care if they actually do win. And so far they have not, nor have they done anything to make it look like they'll be any better than they were. Every GM and manager does things to try and win. The problem is lots of them fail, as Hendry and Baker have. The Cubs (Tribune) never (and I mean never ever) use to make off season noise or trade deadline noise period end of sentance. But with Hendry and MacPhail and Dusty, their buyers every year so far. In 2003 they almost took us all the way, in '04 and '05 it didn't work out that well but they did something. I say keep these guys around to see what happens the next 2 years. I'm no big Dusty Baker fan but give him some room. I believe he's delievred what he's promised. A winning team with it's eye on winning the world series. That has never ever been the case while I've watched the Cubs. ever year they made the playoffs it was considered lucky. Right now they have the Cubs team and system primed for a long term winning run. Cleaning house, to me, would set the entire organization back.
  17. Scott G. F.
    The have been stable because they've won. And Hendry/ baker have a .525 record which is 25 games over on the winning side.
  18. Scott G. F.
    I had to laugh because that use to be so true, but not not anymore. This is the last year for Torre if no WS IMO.
  19. Scott G. F.
    So 2003 didn't happen? Didn't JH make moves that look like he's trying to win? Dusty Too? I say extend them both for at least 2 years.
  20. Scott G. F.
    The Cubs winning percentage since 1990 .468 The Cubs winning percentage under Dusty .525 Looks like the Tribune and Cubs are moving in the right direction to me. Lets see how far they can take this.
  21. Scott G. F.
    There is no hot new manager out there. If so name one. But as far as stable, yes I would like to be excited watching the Cubs come down to the last couple games each year like during the Dusty Term unlike most if not all the years I've watched the Cubs. Dusty is 25 games over .500 as a manager as of last year. It seems thet Jim Hendry is an easier sell on this thread.
  22. Scott G. F.
    BBB whom from the bench would you have retained Lenny Harris? I keed! The stability through the Cubs system would provide what the Braves have, such as watching younger players develop and knowing how to manage them once at the major leauge level. The knock that Dusty doesn't develop younger players is crap. I believe that would prove to be false if given time (aka stability). IMO if you roll out a new GM and managers every 2 to 3 years you'll never win. It's like trying to solve complex math by changing more then 2 factores instead of solving for one then the others in some type of order. I'm just trying to state that the Trib and Cubs might want to stick with a more stable back office and manager, since over the last 30 years bringing in new people hasn't worked.
  23. Scott G. F.
    I understand your point of view. But looking at the longest term Cub managers you have Jim Riggleman with 5 years then Leo D. in the '60's! Jim Riggleman's best year was 1998 at 2nd place.
  24. Scott G. F.
    I'm not sure that Cox was hired and won right away, I doubt it, but before the WS appearence for the Cards LaRussa was in the hot seat and the fans were calling for his head. (Red Bird Nation Blog... now dead). The Cubs have been sucessful under Dusty and Hendry since 2003. Back to back winning season 03 and 04 for the 1 st time in 30 years. They have a competative team on the field and expect to win. That's an entire mind set of loveable losers to expected winners. I believe they've done a good enough job to be extended.
  25. Scott G. F.
    I'm betting Dusty gets a 2 years with a 1 year option. Hendry a 3 year.
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