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The Cubs have a workout at 1:00 PM. My guess we'll know something after the workout.

Dope has already signed with another Club......... Who picked him up?

Here's the 2008 Diamond Mind projections from the Replacement Level Yankees blog. Link. These have been out for awhile, but here's how they see things stacking up in the NL Central 1. Cubs 2. Brewers 3. Reds 4. Cardinals 5. Astros 6. Pirates And from his team projections if you follow the link to the second entry,

You can just send it unless you just want to give me a heads-up ahead of time.

Too bad my Wood jersey is from when I was 10 and there is no way in hell it'll fit me. I think you should squeeze into just for the hell of it.

Link. In other news, Dusty still hasn't decided if Votto will start or if he'll use Hatteberg.

Link. Reyes will pitch out of the pen while a rotation spot goes to Todd Wellemeyer. Forgive me if I find this humorous.

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I heard addison got sick. She actually is sick with the flu right now, but my wife is already off work for Monday. Plus, I'm taking three "sick" days to come to Chicago in May.

Many are speculating that this signing is to fill the void that will be caused when Pacman is traded or released.

For those willing to read up, let me suggest you go here. Link.

Tough call here. I'm through with my class load at 1:00 which gives me plenty of time to find a way to get home for first pitch. On the other hand, Monday is faculty meeting day. Methinks I'll just ditch the meeting.

A good discussion exists here. Here's a link to a work done by TangoTiger (Link.), and his conclusion is summed up as follows.. He comes to a bit of a different conclusion than the fact it doesn't exist. He claims it is an actual ability, but that the effects of it are limited. Another study is included here. His conclusions were as follows... There's more to read, and frankly, I find it interesting. What I think we can take from it, has been stated already. First, if clutch hitting exists as an ability, it's not going to show itself in enough situations to make much difference over the course of a season. Secondly, it's very hard to peg players as "clutch" because it's not a skill that seems to repeat itself year after year. Third, while some players may appear to be anti-clutch or clutch, it's still not wise to make player personel decisions based on this idea. Continue the debate if you must, but I think that's about all that needs to be said.

OPENING DAY! http://www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/wrigle60.jpg The Chicago Baseball Club of the National League otherwise known in his current form as the Chicago Cubs, begins its 132nd season of baseball. This guy http://mydobber.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/CarlosZambrano.jpg Carlos Zambrano will take the mound versus http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/986141.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193CC300C081D9F470003E3AA47EC04DCFC644FE13D7E15E920 University of Louisiana Monroe alum, Ben Sheets The Cubs will stack up this way against the rivaled Beermakers from the north... SS Ryan Theriot http://turning-two.com/images/ryan-theriot-score.jpg LF Alfonso Soriano http://asapblogs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/26/rockies_cubs_baseball_rumb.jpg 1b Derrek Lee http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0520/mlb_g_lee_195.jpg 3b Aramis Ramirez http://homerderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/aramis.jpg RF Kosuke Fukudome http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2007/12/11/aamjhX4F.jpg 2b Mark Derosa http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2007/sb20070605a1a.jpg C Geovany Soto http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2007-10/32982359.jpg CF Felix Pie http://extrapolater.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/pie.jpg Are you ready for baseball? Let's go Cubs! Take one step closer to the goal! http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e274/chicubforlife/Chicago%20Cubs/2167ChicagoCubsWin.jpg and http://www.brendanmckillip.com/uploaded_images/CubsWin-755732.jpg and http://www.thesunblog.com/sports/World_Series_trophy.jpg Go Cubs! http://www.veteranpresence.com/2007MLB/Cubs.gif

And as I tell Addison after every single commercial on the cartoon network, we don't always get what we want. Maybe on your birthday.

The Astros are eating 6.5 million on this deal. Wow.

205. Ryan "Donnie" Garko 206. Ubaldo Jimenez 207. Nate McLouth 208. Jose Guillen 209. Whoever the hell earth2sean picked 210. Jason Isringhausen 211. Kevin Gregg 212. Troy Percival 213. Tom Gorzelanny 214. Edison Volquez

Thanks again, Ted.

Thanks, Ted.

I guess I could put the Brian Dopirak auto'd ball into the prize kitty for the predictions contest.

not to mention basketball all weekend And Wrestlemania. Don't forget Wrestlemania. I'm sure none of the other eight year olds on nsbb will. It's still real to me, dammit!

My spring break officially ends this weekend and I have eight weeks of school with no break coming ahead. I feel this weekend will fly by.

The Cubs should only trade Murton if it benefits the Cubs. Murton's best interests are only a concern if what is best for Murton is also best for the Cubs. That's a sad reality, but the Cubs should not give Murton away just because he isn't a starter or on the bench this year.

Team Stats & Scoring +675 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2008 87 +50 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games) 10 +100 3. Number of runs scored, 2008 850 +300 4. Number of runs allowed, 2008 760 +25 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division 1st +200 Player Stats & Scoring +160 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs 30 +30 2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases 17 +40 3. Kosuke Fukudome's OBP 401 +0 4. Derrek Lee's RBIs 95 +40 5. Ted Lilly's Wins 11 +0 6. Carlos Zambrano's ERA 3.88 +50 7. Rich Hill's Ks 172 +0 8. Ryan Dempster's Innings Pitched 115 +0 Bonus Questions I (20 points each) +30 1. Which will be higher: Rich Hill's K's or Rich Hill's Innings Pitched? Innings pitched +30 2. Which will be higher: Jon Lieber's starts or Jon Lieber's relief appearances? Starts +0 3. Which will be higher: Felix Pie's at-bats or Reed Johnson's at-bats? Pie +0 4. Who will have more HRs: Soto or Fukudome? Fukudome +0 5. Who will have more wins: Hill or Lilly? Hill +0 6. Who will have a higher SLG: Soriano or Ramirez? Ramirez +0 Bonus Questions II (30 points each) +60 1. Most HRs: Soriano +30 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Fukudome +0 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Zambrano +0 4. Most saves: Wood +30 The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "none" to predict an ejection-free season for Lou) To be used only in the event of ties. June 24th vs Baltimore Total - 925

Cowboys and Titans continuing to negotiate a deal that would send Pacman to Dallas. The Cowboys are offering a sixth rounder and the Titans want a third. Some are speculating that it will end up being a conditional third or fourth depending on if Pacman is reinstated.