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It was hot...but watching Lee hit that rocket...wow, man oh wow!

Two games down...one to go. Man, was yesterday hot.

Here's an ESPN article on the situation. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2114965 Apparently, according to Nevin's agent the deal has not been approved.

Is Wellemeyer stretched out enough to start?

IMB has a girlfriend!!! :shock:

I understand those in the trade Wood camp that say that he would accept a trade because players with no-trade clauses are traded all the time. On the other hand, there are numerous times the no-trade clause means exactly that...no trade. For every Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling who were traded, there is a Rafael Palmeiro, Phil Nevin, Ryan Klesko,Matt Williams, Ken Griffey Jr. who has vetoed a trade or made it clear that pursuing such avenues would be pointless. I've made some inferences based on his wife being from Chicago and their buying of a home there. But the biggest reason I think Wood isn't going to be traded is two-fold. I don't think Wood has any interest in leaving and I don't think the Cubs have any interest in trading him. Other than rampant speculation, there has never been any real official trade rumors involving Wood. I think that is either the idea has never occured to the Cubs's brass or that they already know Wood's feelings on the matter and figure approaching him with such is pointless.

I'm guessing after tonight's loss there's little chance of us winning the series.

Judging by his physique, I think it's safe to say Ribbee is not on the juice. You never know. Ribbie, Do you think mascots should branch out into other sports? Should tennis players, golfers, and NASCAR drives start having mascots? I think so.

Plz kidnap Baker. :lol: Or someone let him know, Hollandsworth sucks and Murton doesn't. He missed the memo.

I couldn't see into the Cubs dugout, but Hollandsworth misplayed that ball badly and it was obvious to everyone in the ballpark. There's no way that should have been a triple.

Tomorrow the Cubs losing streak will stretch to four games as the Cubs will find some new and interesting way to lose another game. I'd list all the creative ways they've lost this year, but it would be a waist of bandwidth. Hopefully, Jerome Williams will find a way to shut down the Cardinals, but even if he does, someone will misplay a ball or balk in a run or some smurfing stupid bullsmurf stuff like that. This is only a spot start for me, which is ok...because it's not like these suck heads can win. I'll be there to watch this display of suckage...but that's ok. Nothing can be worse than what I witnessed in Atlanta. Go Cubs! You suck!

EXCELLENT!

And now we know why you won't get to watch or listen to the game.

Thanks for the link, but over the years rotoworld hasn't been the most reliable source for predicting the value of prospects. Also, they continue to be off on most of their ETA's.

You have to wonder when you read that stuff...are Cinci fans so much more intelligent than the Reds' management? Apparently not. Why? The mistake in regards to the order of what levels he was at in the minors is because the listing of stats came in the AAA-AA-A order, not chronological order. And Rich has given up 20 HRs in 100+ IP. Rich Hill is definitely not the best prospect in baseball. Heck, I'd say he's not even the best pitching prospect on the Cubs. I agree which makes me wonder why the Cubs wouldn't part with him in the right deal.

I'm so looking forward to this game. Don't let me down, Cubs.

Japan??@? Cool. What are you doing there?

I wouldn't be upset over getting Kearns, but I'd still rather have Dunn.

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! I would amend that to an extent. If Bruce posted a rumor I would trust it. Agreed.

what does it say? registration required A poster (with 1 post) said that he heard on the radio Dunn for Mitre, Welley & Nollasco. Than another poster (with 1 post) said he heard the same report. very fishy. I think the moral of this story is that you should never trust rumors posted to internet message boards. Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!

I'd say those two were about even. But why those two are succeeding or failing depends way more the individual themself than in the system. They've both gotten copious chances, Doobs did not excel. But the Twins HAVE to field that kind of team - they can't afford not too. That fact does remain, but that's not very sound thinking to me. I've gone over the main reason why that fact remains - they've had much better talent. That's a pretty important explanation to that remaining fact don't you think. If you just look at the remaining fact you're really leaving out a lot. Why did Doobs not get a second chance to start? They just don't have faith in him I guess, cuz he's not here anymore. Like with Choi, who hasn't done much in his pro career. Maybe they're wrong, but they have all the facts, and they'll get burned if they're wrong ya know? Murton's been up what two weeks? He's playing, if he keeps playing like he has he'll earn the starting spot don't you think? Holla was hitting very well too and benching him wouldn't have been a good move either. I agree Cedeno should play more, but he is playing some and that's something. I'm happy with Neifi. He's has done pretty darn well when you factor in his gold glove caliber fielding. He's come thru in some clutch situations all year, and while his OBP sucks, his BA is good for an SS, and BA is an important stat too in my book. Same thing goes with Macias. Cutting to the chase, we are looking at two managers who have opposite views of playing rookies. One believes you coddle the rookies, protect them, and place them only in certain situations like a righty/lefty match-up. The other manager believes you let them play and continue playing even if they first struggle. One of those managers has won 15 straight division championships. You're always one to point to Dusty's alleged success as why we should give him benefit of the doubt. But there's another manager who obviously has a different view and has shown to be much more successful than Dusty. That in itself should give much credence to the argument that Dusty's teams would be more successful given a different approach.

I like ur lineup but I would rather have Cedeno in there instead of Perez. I do too, but saying that would be like saying I'd want Cox or Fredi Gonzalez making out the line-up.

My respect for Bruce Miles has now increased to epic proportions.

I'd take Alou and a couple of bottles of hand sanitizer if I could get them.

So was Kelly Johnson really that much better a prospect this year than Jason Dubois or Matt Murton? None of the three made the top 100 of BA's prospects this year. The fact remains, regardless of where they rank, the Braves are a contending team that allows their prospects to have a chance to break in and gives them significant time to see if they are for real. Let me put it this way: Hollandsworth sucked at the beginning of the year and was given about six weeks before he was replaced with Dubois. Dubois did not shine in his opportunity, I'll admit. But Hollandsworth was afforded a second chance, yet Dubois was not. Why? If a veteran can struggle and then later find his stroke, why isn't a rookie afforded the same chance? Why is it assumed by Dusty that a rookie right hander can't hit right handed pitching? There's no reason to platoon Murton. He's hitting nearly 400, why not play him everyday? It's freaking ridiculous and there's no defense for it. It was easy to bash Dubois and say oh well...he didn't produce, but it's indefensible to not let Murton play nearly everyday, regardless of who is pitching. Just as it is indefensible not to let Cedeno play too. He can't hit any worse than Neifi.