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Let's hope so. I'll even take Pie is going to be a SOLID player! He'll be solid and then progress to fantastic. I have confidence in Pie producing. The key is playing time and this year is the year for him to get that. Meph disagrees. :mrgreen: who's Meph? oh, right, the nsbblol blogger... Really? Yes, really. When was this figured out? I wouldnt have guessed it , particularly given the rant on Meph himself. If so, he loses serious credibility. Because while some of it is fair, most of it is just crass. yes, it's true. long story, but the blogger was him and now he's banned I just read some of it and holy crap! What's with all the racism? If you're referring to the racism in the comments, that is none other than our old frieds Baseball7897 and Reds44 with a little Omar sprinkled in.

1. Alex Rodriguez 2. Albert Pujols 3. Hanley Ramirez 4. Jose Reyes 5. Ryan Braun 6. David Wright 7. Chase Utley 8. Jimmy Rollins 9. Miguel Cabrera 10. Johan Santana 11. Matt Holliday 12. Ryan Howard 13. Grady Sizemore 14. Prince Fielder 15. Jake Peavy 16. Troy Tulowitzki 17. Victor Martinez 18. Carl Crawford 19. Alfonso Soriano 20. David Ortiz 21. Carlos Beltran 22. Brandon Webb 23. Vlad Guerrero 24. Ichiro 25. Derrek Lee 26. Russell Martin 27. Joe Mauer 28. Brandon Phillips 29. Brian Roberts 30. BJ Upton 31. Derek Jeter 32. Corey Hart 33. Josh Beckett 34. Manny Ramirez 35. Dan Haren 36. Robinson Cano 37. Justin Verlander 38. Erik Bedard 39. Aramis Ramirez 40. Cole Hamels 41. Larry Wayne "Chipper" Jones 42. Adam Dunn 43. Mark Teixeira 44. CC Sabathia 45. Carlos Lee 46. Lance Berkman 47. Roy Halladay 48. Carlos Zambrano 49. Scott Kazmir 50. Francisco Liriano 51. John Smoltz 52. John Lackey 53. Chris Young (the outfielder) 54. Curtis Granderson 55. Brian McCann 56. Ian Kinsler 57. Magglio Ordonez 58. Jorge Posad 59. Khalil Greene 60. Carlos Guillen 61. Garrett Atkins 62. Felix Hernandez 63. Aaron Rowand 64. Geovany Soto 65. Chris Young (the weirdly proportioned pitcher) 66. Roy Oswalt 67. Aaron Harang 68. Ryan Zimmerman 69. Carlos Pena 70. Joe Nathan 71. Matt Kemp 72. Francisco Rodriguez 73. Dan Uggla 74. Gary Sheffield 75. Jonathan Paplebon 76. Daisuke Matsuzaka 77. Hunter Pence 78. Tim Lincecum 79. Rich Hill 80. Nick Markakis 81. Rickie Weeks 82. Kosuke Fukudome 83. Kenji Johjima 84. Fausto Carmona 85. JJ Putz 86. Takashi Saito 87. Jose Valverde 88. Todd Helton 89. Javier Vazquez 90. Nick Swisher 91. James Shields 92. Miguel Tejada 93. Brad Hawpe 94. Hideki Matsui 95. Travis Hafner 96. Edgar Renteria 97. Alex Rios 98. JJ Hardy 99. Chone Figgins 100. Billy Wagner 101. Joba Chamberlain 102. A.J. Burnett- picking for IMB 103. Bobby Abreu 104. Shane Victorino 105. Mariano Rivera 106. Placido Polanco 107. Kevin Kouzmanoff 108. Jason Bay 109. Josh Hamilton 110. Brad Penny 111. Michael Young 112. Torii Hunter 113. Adrian Gonzalez 114. Matt Cain 115. Eric Byrnes (IMB) 116. Huston Street 117. Adrian Beltre 118. Howie Kendrick 119. Brett Myers 120. Andruw Jones 121. Justin Morneau 122. Bobby Jenks 123. Ben Sheets 124. John Maine 125. Matt Capps 126. Delmon Young 127. Pedro Martinez 128. Francisco Cordero 129. Rich Harden 130. JI....JIM THOME 131. Tim Hudson 132. Adam Wainwright 133. Paul Konerko 134. Kelly Johnson 135. Ted Lilly 136. Yovani Gallardo 137. Joakim Soria 138. Yunel Escobar 139. BJ Ryan 140. Trevor Hoffman 141. Pat Burrell

Boston Globe reports Red Sox have no interest in Marquis or Fuld. Link.

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

If Wood proves he can go back to back games, it's his job. I think right now, the Cubs are skeptical to his ability to do so.

And yet, we're still trying to trade for another one.

Let's see if Cotts can blow a 10-run lead....

My parents live in Surprise. Trust me, there aren't alot of hot women there. Obviously. it's like uggo city. Is that politically incorrect? Whether politically correct or not, it appears to be factually correct.

Kroeger was a highly touted prospect in the Diamondbacks system before falling out of favor. In 2005, Sickels rated him the number five prospect in their system. Sickels had this to say. In 2005, he put up mediocre numbers in a good hitting environment. He failed in a brief call-up with the Dbacks, and in 2006 his numbers were dismal. He did very well last season at age 24. It's likely he's just a late bloomer and that it has taken him this long to put it all together. He's a corner outfielder, so unless the Cubs are besieged by injury, he's in the wrong organization to break through. He would be a decent LH bat off the bench.

I hope Ward continues to hit like this into the regular season.

Haufpauir having a nice game.

High heat from Wood there.

Nifty looking double play there.

Dempster couldn't find the strike zone with a GPS and a map,

And Dempster shows his true colors this inning.

Unless he can prove he's versatile enough to handle SS if needed. Lou mentioned on the broadcast yesterday, that Mike was going to play some SS in upcoming games. Fontenot's bat is better than Cedeno's. Also, right now both of our MI are RH, so having a LH compliment might be preferred.

It would appear so. Of course it begs the question at whose expense. I don't think either Fontenot or Cedeno have options remaining.

Cintron is going to make this team.

Geovany Soto

Have you spoken with Marshall at all about this? I'm sure he's not happy with what's likely to happen, but how's his attitude in general about it? Hopefully he's not taking an "I'm just an employee" attitude like Prior did. His attitude is good. He sees the situation and really isn't one to complain. We saw his wife on yesterday's broadcast. I wouldn't complain either. :D

I don't think any of us really believe that Takatsu will make the team so that's probably why most aren't upset that he blew the save. Sure I prefer winning to losing, but by the middle of April I will have forgotten entirely what the Cubs ST record is much less that Takatsu blew the lead in a split squad game to the A's.

Dempster is looking sharp today. But then again, the Royals suck...so take it with a grain of salt.

I hope Pie can continue to hit into the regular season.

Ward with an RBI. 1-0 Cubs.

Too bad Haufpauir is in the wrong organization to find a spot on the bench.