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  1. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Recap posted.
  2. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I'd try to pass Bynum through waivers. He might get claimed, but I don't think it would be any loss. He's superfluous on this team and I'm not impressed with him at all. Even if he's claimed, all we gave up was Koronka to get him.
  3. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Pagan's injury puts them in a 40-man roster crunch. Pie is the only other rostered outfielder. If Pagan is going to be out an extended period, they could 60-day DL him and add Restovich to the roster. Outside of that, there's not a lot of options. I'd hate to bring Pie up to sit the bench, but that might be the only option without exposing someone on the 40-man roster to waivers.
  4. vance_the_cubs_fan
    To me Oneil, Greer, and Grace are not superstars; they are very good major leaguers but not superstars. That is the class I think Murton has the potential to be.
  5. vance_the_cubs_fan
    On the bright side, Ian Snell's ERA is a full run higher than Rusch's.
  6. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Wow...I was hoping.
  7. vance_the_cubs_fan
    That was ugly!
  8. vance_the_cubs_fan
    That was quick. Ugh. Hopefully Jerome can keep it close until the bats wake up.
  9. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Wuertz tossed a gas can on the Cubs' 8-2 lead last night. He's clearly not in major league form right now. Ohman was even worse the other day, then had another bad outing. Wuertz was fine in his previous outings. Again, shortsighted. Ohman can't be sent down without clearing waivers first. Wuertz can and so when a bullpen arm needs to be exchanged for a fresh one, Wuertz and Novoa will be the ones shuttled back and forth for now.
  10. vance_the_cubs_fan
    27 pitches for Duke in the first. Nice play by Ronny!
  11. vance_the_cubs_fan
    :cheers:
  12. vance_the_cubs_fan
    That's probably a good comparison. I could see a Rusty Greer type career as well, without the unfortunate end because of injuries.
  13. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I don't think Murton will ever be a superstar, but I believe he's going to have a productive major league career and be a team leader.
  14. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I found this note from Gammons' blog interesting.
  15. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Here's Peter Gammons' take on what it would take to get Willis should the Marlins make him available.
  16. vance_the_cubs_fan
    While I don't like Walker playing only once in four games, it pretty much looks like Dusty is going with a platoon of Hairston vs lefties and Walker vs righties with a sprinkling of Perez when they feel they need a more defense.
  17. vance_the_cubs_fan
    You've yet to answer my question. Do cheerleaders make high school sporting venues non-family friendly?
  18. vance_the_cubs_fan
    As a parent you are responsible for monitoring your kid's internet activity. Nice try. Just seems strange to me that a guy that is so worried about respecting women would have that avatar. Did your dad take you to too many NFL games with those evil cheerleaders during your childhood? No I'm guessing it was being subjected to dancers during those immoral high school pep rallies.
  19. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Pirates Game Notes The Cubs notes for today aren't up yet.
  20. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Actually dugout seats are usually the seats held by season ticket holders or brokers. Try to call up the box office at most stadia and get a seat a few rows behind the dugout. It's usually not there. The fact is, no matter where you sit, there are going to be people drinking. I still don't see how having cheerleaders makes it any less of a family environment. They aren't even that scantily clad, no more than a lot of women in the stands. Are high school football games not family friendly either? You are wrong about dugout seats, especially in Wrigley. You can walk up to Wrigley the same day as the game and get seats behind either dugout. Justify bad behavior with worse. Awesome parenting. When your kid gets older you'll get to enjoy the conseqences of that attitude. :wink: Enjoy. I don't know what bad behavior you're referring to. So, do you think cheerleaders at high school sports and high school dance teams are inappropriate too? Cheerleaders and dancers are a part of the sports culture. Equating it with adult entertainment is ridiculous and over the top. Shielding your children from everything usually has disasterous results as well.
  21. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Actually dugout seats are usually the seats held by season ticket holders or brokers. Try to call up the box office at most stadia and get a seat a few rows behind the dugout. It's usually not there. The fact is, no matter where you sit, there are going to be people drinking. I still don't see how having cheerleaders makes it any less of a family environment. They aren't even that scantily clad, no more than a lot of women in the stands. Are high school football games not family friendly either?
  22. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I've been to a number of NFL games, and while they are more intense than MLB games on average, I still think they are family venues, at least as much as a MLB game is. I don't think the presence of some cheerleaders make a sporting event no longer a family venue. God forbid, I can't take my child to the local high school football game because those cheerleaders and dancers are going to be shaking it at halftime. Maybe we should make all these women wear long denim skirts, no make-up, don't cut their hair and don't style it.
  23. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I'm sorry Mr. T&A. Some people don't wish to subject their kids to scantily clad women at a sporting event. BTW, they're not 18 and able to legally decide for themselves. If the ballpark wasn't a family venue, I'd say go for it. Girls dancing on the dugout doesn't enhance my baseball experience, only those pathetic individuals not happy with the women in their lives (if they exist). You buy a baseball ticket to...watch baseball. :shock: Amazing. Revolutionary. So are you saying the NFL and NBA aren't family venues. I'd say drunks shouting obsenities is more an affront to my children than those women. No, the NFL and NBA aren't family venues. If drunks are shouting obsenities, you need to ask them to keep it down. I've never had a problem with it. If you let them carry on in front of your children, that's your problem. You've never sat in the bleachers have you? And you actually don't think the NFL is a family venue? I'm guessing you don't like PG movies either.
  24. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I'm sorry Mr. T&A. Some people don't wish to subject their kids to scantily clad women at a sporting event. BTW, they're not 18 and able to legally decide for themselves. If the ballpark wasn't a family venue, I'd say go for it. Girls dancing on the dugout doesn't enhance my baseball experience, only those pathetic individuals not happy with the women in their lives (if they exist). You buy a baseball ticket to...watch baseball. :shock: Amazing. Revolutionary. So are you saying the NFL and NBA aren't family venues. I'd say drunks shouting obsenities is more an affront to my children than those women. I'm guessing you wouldn't take your son to the Wrigley bleachers either because there's usually women more scantily clad there than those Reds cheerleaders are.
  25. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Do the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders make a football game any less of a family experience? Do the dance teams at NBA games make it any less of a family experience? I'm sure Reds games with cheerleaders aren't any less fan friendly than an afternoon in the bleachers at Wrigley. I really don't see what the issue is. If you don't like cheerleaders, don't watch them. They are cheerleaders, not strippers. It's not like ballparks are some sacred places. We've had a moose on a motercycle in Seattle, costumed characters in every ballpark, dot races or find the ball under the hidden hat on jumbotrons across the majors, a ferris wheel in a ballpark, not to mention people shooting t-shirts from guns and sling shotting products around the stands in many parks and a monkey jumping up and down on the big screen in anaheim and yet we want to complain about cheerleaders. This really isn't an issue at all and I can't believe anyone would want to make it one. The cheerleaders aren't going to ruin baseball in Cincinnati anymore than cheerleaders ruin a football or basketball game. Just because baseball hasn't previously had cheerleaders doesn't mean it's a bad idea.
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