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I heard Dione Sanders is giving the presentation speech.

Marshall should be untouchable, he was the only one that has stayed healthy and was consistent from day one of the season. He should be given a raise as a thank you for last season

Ok, what, if anything, has anyone heard about what the Cubs offered albert? According to the ESPN ticker the Cubs made an offer

Where do you think the Cubs are going to get there bats from this year? They will need to recycle that tree once they pay too much for Pujols

Ha, exactly Greg will teach and Mike will coach

He is too tall to be gritty

Now he isn't a threat to anything or anyone. A shame

Their first choice was Ventura then Matheny so now they have to go back to the drawing board. Knowing the cub's luck we'll get Jesse Ventura

You really should buy a PC, then. :) I am on the same, so can't enjoy your article, I'll look up the patch for safari Read the article, and you summed it up very well, unfortunately it reminded me of the headline I saw in our local paper today. "Canyon in 2011 will have its driest year ever." It to was well written article but it too was also a "Duh!" moment. Keep it up

Monopoly Or they are watching the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Monopoly Or they are watching the Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Jumbotron=stupid antics between innings

Ryne Sandberg minor league winning percentage: .516 Mike Quade minor league winning percentage: .509 Ryno's been better in the minors than Quade, but it's not a particularly significant difference. And Quade had at least one winning season at every level he managed at as well. Both managers have overall losing records at the A-ball level as well. Is a .007 better winning percentage in the minors the difference between a poor MLB manager and a good MLB manager? then what are you looking for, he has done everything asked of him and probably has learned a lot. Girardi's knowledge came from the fact he had to manage from the field as a catcher, yet like Dusty at SF, he was surrounded by talent at FL and NY. So, we really don't know if he is and incredibly, talented coach or just lucky to end up in good positions Who said anything about Girardi? what I was trying to point out is that many point to very successful manager that became such because of the owners willingness to surround them with incredibly talented players, and then continue to pay those players very well to hang around for a long time, thus making a manager look even better. We can't judge Sandberg as a manager based solely on the minors, or solely on his major league career, but together we get a little indication of his potential and willingness to learn, listen and monitor and adjust to the different levels he has been called to manage. The only way we can truly know if anybody can handle the majors is to make them a manager, like being President, previous experiences can give indications but you never no what they will do until they are in that position. I personally believe he has paid enough dues to warrant a shot.

Ryne Sandberg minor league winning percentage: .516 Mike Quade minor league winning percentage: .509 Ryno's been better in the minors than Quade, but it's not a particularly significant difference. And Quade had at least one winning season at every level he managed at as well. Both managers have overall losing records at the A-ball level as well. Is a .007 better winning percentage in the minors the difference between a poor MLB manager and a good MLB manager? then what are you looking for, he has done everything asked of him and probably has learned a lot. Girardi's knowledge came from the fact he had to manage from the field as a catcher, yet like Dusty at SF, he was surrounded by talent at FL and NY. So, we really don't know if he is and incredibly, talented coach or just lucky to end up in good positions

Can you have TJS twice? or is it even worth it when you are 36? I have a bad feeling that not only are the Cardinals going to win, also Theriot is going to have a good game. Not sure I could watch that. No, please, I do not want him to have a good game, I just ate pizza and wings and don't want to taste this good meal a second time as I am heaving it when he gets the winning hit

Hamilton is going to have a great game. What is the prediction that we hear Carpenter is getting TJS by Thanksgiving?

1. Meaningless 2. He expected to be given the managerial job and thought a major league coaching position was beneath him. 3. Baseless, and meaningless. 4. Theo paid lip service for the mongoloids that think the Cubs lost because they don't move runners over enough or practice in spring training. Theo knows the Cubs lost because Jim Hendry and his underlings were incompetent fools running things like high school coaches. moving runners over and stressing fundamentals aren't going to change things for the Cubs. The fact that lots of idiotic baseball people thought like idiots for a long time doesn't defense Ryne Sandberg for thinking like an idiot. A. He has won at every level he was asked to manage. Why was three meaningless? It doesn't matter how much talent they have it they are not motivated and challenged they won't perform. Sandberg seems to understand what motivates ball-players to perform to their talent level or beyond.

This article has a distinct smell of our own Lo Pan

Spend for a great hitting coach at the minor league level

fixed- lo siento

I'd prefer that as well, or as my daughter calls them "the big-cd's"

I won't answer this because I might jinxs the possiblilty of him getting fired. Here's knocking on wood that he does.

Negative numbers becuase I could see that he was surrounded by incredible talent and once removed from it he would struggle, like Joe Torre

Left handed

Why not? Because he's not expensive, he's a league-average player, there's nobody waiting at the gates internally to take his roster spot, and he's not here long-term anyway? Thing about Byrd is his defense and he is a nice trade mid-season to a contending team for some decent prospects that would help rebuild the farm.