CubmanPi

My bowling league is on Monday nights during the game, and it's always on one of the scoreboard screens. Last time the Bears were on Monday night, I was doing great for the first three quarters and stunk horribly for the fourth quarter. If my bowling tonight has the same correlation to how the Bears play, I hope I roll gutter balls all night.

You should have a defensive drinking game too. 1/2 shot for forced punts 1 shot for 3 and out 2 shots for each takeaway

When I first read this, I thought it was going to be a shot for fumbles lost, two shots for INTs, and I was thinking that you'd end up in the hospital by halftime.

That's what I'm more concerned with. I don't care who/where the Bears play the NFC championship, as long as they're one of the two teams on the ticket. This year will likely be the third of six in which the Bears get a second round playoff game at home, and we know where that's gotten them so far.

actually 5 teams thought they could and did hehe... I knew that was coming sooner or later. And don't forget the police :shock:

I'm picturing the manager from Major League when he was in the hospital trying to hide from nurses that he wasn't ignoring baseball. He's probably got the phone hidden under the blanket with an earpiece attached, and when he's talking and a nurse walks by, he starts singing in an effort to pretend he's listening to his ipod. I'll be looking for stories from confused GMs around the league starting in the next few hours.

:lol:

Look at Suppan's innings over the past eight years and the rest of his stats over the past four seasons. He's been the model of consistency and is not at all the gamble the other SP's have been thus far. With Suppan you know what you're getting: ~190 IP ~110K ~60 BB ~4.00 ERA 31-32 Starts ~14 wins With the Cubs, you don't know that last one to be true. Also remember that he was with the Cards. Figure in the extra year of age and the change of scenery to the northside, and standard metrics project his numbers with the Cubs in '07 to be along the lines of: ~75 IP ~35K ~60BB ~6.35 ERA ~17 starts ~5 wins ~2.5 months on the DL So you're just going to throw numbers around arbitrarily? Those are based on absolutely nothing. All of the sudden his bb/K ratio is going to flip flop? Standard metrics couldn't possibly be more wrong if this is the case. So based on this theory, or metric, would Carlos Zambrano be a 30-game winner if he joined the cards? Would he then strike out 300 hitters because he was a cardinal? Would he be twice the horse and throw more innings (300?) while staying even more healthy? Um, I'm pretty sure he was just joking. A joke. Is a story with a humorous climax? >:| It was sarcastic (and bitter) commentary on the magic pitcher dust the Cards use on all their pitchers, combined with with a twist of traditional Cubs luck. Doesn't fit said definition of joke, but it was indeed a humble attempt at humor. And as KingCubsFan pointed out, the answer to all bolded questions is an emphatic yes. He would also be grittier, scrappier, save babies between innings, and play with more grit and more scrap.

Look at Suppan's innings over the past eight years and the rest of his stats over the past four seasons. He's been the model of consistency and is not at all the gamble the other SP's have been thus far. With Suppan you know what you're getting: ~190 IP ~110K ~60 BB ~4.00 ERA 31-32 Starts ~14 wins With the Cubs, you don't know that last one to be true. Also remember that he was with the Cards. Figure in the extra year of age and the change of scenery to the northside, and standard metrics project his numbers with the Cubs in '07 to be along the lines of: ~75 IP ~35K ~60BB ~6.35 ERA ~17 starts ~5 wins ~2.5 months on the DL

Jones+Prior to Atl for Jones+Hudson. What, it can happen!

Exactly. Couple this with the fact that Hendry is also fighting for a job here. Yes, in a hypothetical situation that was based purely on risk/reward, going with the rookies might be the wiser choice, given the market. In Hendry's shoes though, he already tried it, and if he tries it again only to see the Cubs play less than .900 baseball in April, he could be gone by the end of the month.

The first article on Cubs.com makes it sound like talks continue with both Schmidt and Meche while simultaneously getting close on Lilly. I know it's pointless to even dream about such a thing, but is this season's pocketbook deep enough to bring in all three?

Either that or Schmidt's contract demands just broached the Carlos Lee level.

The only way the Cards land Schmidt over the Cubs is if he hopes that benefitting from Ecksteins scrappy grittiness is worth the paycut.

The other quote posted from Jocketty seems to indicate otherwise. Here's to hoping their source is way off.

They'll also bat .340 with 8 hr and 25 RBI a piece.

Those are some beautiful plays. I'm not liking the nickname though, I wish he'd let it go.

Already there.

The first time I saw it, I had to wait for it a sec, but I had the same reaction. If I look at it long enough, it still gets to me. Profound indeed.

This calls for my favorite photoshop ever... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/cubbybear314/BartmanPhotoshop.jpg

Preseason exhibition in Iraq!!

Front page bump. Other than that rockin picture of the Bear that pwns New York, does this thread have any photos yet?

There's not much else he can say.

In the press conference article on Cubs.com, it says Hendry announced that he asked Soriano not to play and that he agreed. I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people in the organization above Hendry who also didn't want to see Soriano playing any winter ball either.

good stuff. Definitely my favorite part as well. Reminds him that he was in the playoffs because his team was the least bad in a pathetic division.