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and Joe makes it sound like no other cf could make a play like that. Kid in little league could have thrown him out

I just love these two Joe stating the obvious and Tim with his witty edge

to me it is baseball and that is much better than any other sports being played on TV today

Let's see if any of us will be able to afford the 400 dollar tickets for the cheap seats

going 7 would mean we get swept in 4 rather than three

In a Warp way Brenly would be most logical. Milwaukee want us bad, Bob has had a front row seat, knows our pitching staff and what they need to do to get us out (like that is a big secret) But what would he do once Sheets and CC are gone?

How about karos?

i think that ship has already sailed And it still stings

Where would we get our off beat music references from?

Congrats, now get stomped like a narc at a biker's rally. No expansion team should win before the Cubs win their's WS. That includes any team created after the Cubs were formed!!

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1KetPkaXdScQi-4fOHUftctztjQ Why is the outrighting of a cubs farmhand who hails from the south suburbs from the iowa farm team to the iowa farm team scooped by canadian press? Because they aren't bogged down by presidential politics and so they have time for the important stories

thank you

Meph has one problem. He throws out combative statements and doesn't explain how Fuku and Iwamura are different. Please do meph, so people that don't know Iwamura his stats and day to day play.

Oh no, not NSBB five tool guy that many thought was a God when he came up.

Wow, that was harsh!!! (but true)

I love your attitude!!!!! :thumbsup: Make it so number 1

Wait, you can't say that, you are becoming a lawyer. Isn't that the next step after becoming a lawyer?

This is a student survey for my class. The student just asked if you could put what office you would seek as a comment. Thank you

How many of you would run for a public service office, it can be at any level?

Got to go with the Dodgers, I hate anything LA but at least we can say we lost to the best team

If you had to compare it to this years results, yes

To expound on my own quote, here are a few stats to further prove that Theriot is a bottom of the order hitter. #1. 24 XBH's in 661 PA's. That's an extra base hit every 27.5 times he comes to the plate. Remember how badly we despised Juan Pierre at the top of the Cubs order? As bad as he was, he generated twice as many XBH's for the Cubs that year than Theriot had this year. #2. Theriot scored 85 runs this year, mostly batting at the top of the order on a team that led the league in runs scored. 661 PA's and 85 runs scored is not impressive by any means. That's actually called not making much happen. Sure, he can get on 1st base with the best of them, and if getting to 1st base put runs on the board, he's an all star. Realistically, Theriot is part of the reason Derrek Lee finished the season with a ridiculous number of GIDP's. Corey Patterson scored more runs than Theriot in 2004 than Theriot did this year. #3. Soriano drove in twice as many runs as Theriot in many, many fewer at bats. The Cubs had the luxury of having quality hitters throughout the entire line up, which gave Soriano plenty of RBI opportunities hitting at the top of the line up. Soriano missed 53 games, which is nearly 1/3 of the season. Had he played in those games, his RBI total could have broached 111 for the season, good enough to tie Aramis for the team lead. There is something to be said about giving your best hitters the most at bats. I'm curious how many more runs this team could have scored if they let DeRosa hit second all year. DeRosa led the team in scoring (103 runs scored) batting in the bottom half the order all season. How many more runs could DeRosa have produced if 1) he hit at the top of the order all season, where he would have had a whole lot more at bats 2) would have got on base in front of much better hitters all season? Ryan Theriot is not the definition of a table setter. A table setter is someone who can get in scoring position a high percentage of the time. Digest this one just for the fun of it: Theriot in 661 PA's this season= 24 XBH's Cubs starting pitchers in 331 PA's this season= 18 XBH's Argue against Soriano at the top of the order all you wish, but the results will always come out way better than Theriot hitting there. Theriot doesn't belong in the discussion. Period. I apologize for throwing his name out but a good benching or moving him to the end of the order may shake him up enough to play well. It is no longer about stats it is about psychology

ANSWER No. Would you move him down the line-up then? No, I'm not a fan of making quick, rash changes. Who would you lead off? This is a desperate situation but Theriot seems a lot more patient. I respect what Sori could do but should we wait for that "something amazing " to happen out of him

Bring Hoff up and be willing to sit D. Lee. I still like Edmonds off the bench, are we going to see him or not?

then back the regular season with several dbl headers and finish sooner so we aren't inot November