E.J.

Bat Fontenot 2nd please.

I love it when we get runners in scoring position with no outs and then leave them there.

They have to or they're gonna get the Steve Stone treatment.

Haha. That's some terrible photoshopping by WGN. :lol:

Cubs' Lineup: Soriano LF Pie CF DLee 1b Floyd DH Fontenot 2b DeRosa 3b Jones RF Theriot SS Hill C

Unless Bowen is starting. Bowengasm? How about just Bowgasm?

Thank God.

Details. That's a game I actually care about. Brewers winning 7-5 in the bottom of the 8th.

Come on Giants.

I doubt Bowen will start, even if he does get to the park in time I doubt they throw him out there right away. Why not? Might as well get him acclimated to suckage as soon as possible.

I'll never get over that stupid trade. :cry:

Bruce Levine is funny.

Come on. Dude's a switch hitter. We're set.

Why would we want Greene? We already have SS who can't hit.

Cubs trade Barrett and cash to the Padres for Bowen and a low-A outfielder who was drafted in the supplemental round of last year's draft. No word on if Bowen is our new starting catcher, or if this means Soto will be called up to be the starting catcher.

I have a friend who does a lot of stuff with the Minor leagues, and he says that Burke is a legit prospect. He definitely has the capability of breaking out. His future is not written like other prospects. I trust his opinion, so that was good to hear. It'll depend on Cubs player development - he's extremely raw and has struggled in pro ball. yeah... he's screwed.

Our offense just got worse. Unless Hendry is bringing in a RF or SS, I don't understand this trade.

Wow. We've got a close match here.

Dontrelle Willis was a successful low level prospect when they traded him away. The guy the Cubs got has been awful in rookie ball and low A ball. Point taken, but if you believe as I do, that the Cubs should be sellers and our next chance to make a solid run at the division will be 2009, the trade makes sense. Getting anything is better than getting nothing for a guy that isn't a part of the Cubs long term plans anyway. I think the Cubs can and should make a solid run at the division in 2007, 2008 and 2009. This is just wrong. The Cubs are a fundamentally flawed team. They have overpaid for the wrong players. They have failed to develop young, cheap talent, and I can't imagine payroll going much higher than what it already is. They have ignored plate discipline, OBP, and offense in general to the point where we are counting on non-prospects like Theriot and Fontenot and role players like DeRosa and Floyd because the main pieces that we're paying in the 10s of millions aren't good enough to carry an offense on their own. This is the same organization that just sent Murton to the minors while still running Jones out there every single day, and moved Soriano back to LF instead of RF. 2009 may not even be a good year, but at least after 08, Eyre, Dempster, and Jones go off the books (whether they're playing for the Cubs or someone else I suspect the Cubs will be paying them). I've said this before and it bears repeating. The Cubs will do NOTHING this offseason beyond resigning current players and picking up cheap fill space players to round out the roster. The ownership change will consume most of, if not the entire, offseason. When was the last time you saw a team make big moves in an offseason where the ownership changed? He didn't say they'd make a run at a World Series, just a division title. Not very hard when you're playing in the crapple NL Central. I do agree that the Cubs will do nothing this offseason with the sale of the team going on. We can only hope that the new owners cleans house and gets some new people in here who understand the value of a walk.

So what is going on with the catcher's position? Hendry doesn't really plan on having Hill and Bowen as the catchers on the team, does he? Does this mean we're going to see Soto soon?

That was a clutch quote abuck.

The report is that Barrett is already on his way to SD-so I would hope Bowen is on his way to Texas. Theriot and Ward are the emergency catchers right now (reported a few days ago). Haha. It would be hilarious seeing Theriot in catcher's gear. :lol:

You think Barrett is a bad defensive catcher, wait until you see Fox. He's actually been playing the outfield quite a bit. Don't know if he's going to stick behind homeplate.

The bottom of our lineup is going to be horrid. Hopefully Piniella starts batting Z and Marquis 7th in the lineup on days that they pitch. :x

Meh. I guess I'm not upset that Barrett is gone, but our already weak offense just took a hit. Hendry better be bringing in another bat soon or he's an idiot.