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  1. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I think he should windmill it in there like a fast pitch softball.
  2. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Chris Carpenter, anyone?
  3. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Awesome!
  4. vance_the_cubs_fan
    :lmao:
  5. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Lunch was good. Mmmmm! Shrimp Fetuccini! Now a Cubs victory will make the afternoon complete.
  6. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I can't make it, but I got this email and thought I'd pass it along.
  7. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I'm going to pick up lunch and then get ready for the pre-game. Go Cubs!
  8. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Cardinals Game Notes
  9. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Cubs Press Notes. A few things from the notes:
  10. vance_the_cubs_fan
    So is the answer to never spend money on pitching? That seems a lot more reasonable than saying trade Prior now because 2 years down the road he'll be making a lot of money and there's a chance he won't be healthy. The answer is to trade declining assets if it's reasonable to believe they won't return to form and invest in pitchers you can be confident will be healthy and consistent like Zambrano for example. But isn't Zambrano a pretty big risk considering the high pitch totals he's racked up the past few years? Prior's managed to avoid the high pitch counts over that time, so he may be a better bet going forward. No, I don't think so. Zambrano has a very strong body. Some guys just do, some don't. Look at Randy Johnson. He has insane pitch counts and never gets hurt. Uhmm..if you're going to name workhorse pitchers, Johnson isn't an example of someone who never gets hurt. Randy missed nearly half a season in 2003. He also missed a large portion of a season in 1996 abd some time in 1994 as well. Throughout the years, Randy has had minor bumps with his back and knee. He hasn't had long stretches on the disabled list, but he isn't the picture of health either. Furthermore, when Johnson was 25, he had a grand total of 10 career wins and 186 IP.
  11. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Here's an update on the Lee contract.
  12. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I think we could find some pitchers who from 2002-2006 have missed comparable time as Prior. If my memory is correct, Jeremy Affeldt has been disabled more than five times over the same time frame and some of those times with merely blisters. There was a time when Beckett was missing time every few months as well. Just because he is healthy now, doesn't mean he hasn't missed time. In fact, Beckett has yet to start 30 games in a season or top 200 IP as a starter. John Thompson also seems to miss a lot of time due to injuries. I'm not sure of the number, but he's currently out now with elbow soreness. There's likely many more, but the fact is, most of the guys who may have a lot of injuries don't have the talent of Prior. Their teams don't count on them the way we count on Prior, so their injuries aren't magnified like Prior's happen to be. But to suggest that Prior misses more time because he's soft or is sitting out and isn't really hurt is pretty ridiculous and assinine. Furthermore if an average pitcher without Prior's talent missed 5 times with injury, he could end up out of baseball as teams would feel the investment isn't worth the effort. That in itself is part of the reason it's difficult to find comparables.
  13. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I hope that Wood is still on target to return at the end of April or first of May. Getting him in the rotation May 1st or 2nd against Pittsburgh would be great.
  14. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Ichiro begins a new streak for me.
  15. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Fred is right. He only has 3 posts so he doesn't have pm privledges.
  16. vance_the_cubs_fan
    This makes the deal for Baez look better for them.
  17. vance_the_cubs_fan
    If you could get Prior for Melvin Mora, I'd like to join that league.
  18. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I like the look of things. It looks nice.
  19. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Personally, I think your sign should pimp NSBB, but that's just me.
  20. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Quoted for truth.
  21. vance_the_cubs_fan
    So are we going to make threads for all former Cubs? Who's going to start the Matt Stairs thread? The Kyle Farnsworth thread? The Jeromy Burnitz thread?
  22. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Dude, he saved us last year!
  23. vance_the_cubs_fan
    Looking at Baker's quotes, he could negotiate himself right out of a job here. My guess is that Baker is Hendry's first choice to return as manager, but I also don't see Hendry paying Baker much more if any than he is making now. I also believe that Baker would like to return and really thinks he's going to get a deal at around five million per season. When that doesn't come, we'll see Baker and his ego leaving town. I'm hoping that the Cubs turn their attention back to Fredi Gonzalez. If not Gonzalez, then I'd love for Dierker to be given a long look.
  24. vance_the_cubs_fan
    I'm going to have to agree that Gooden was the biggest waste, though Strawberry is close. Look at these numbers for Gooden's early career: At 19, ERA+ of 137. At 20, ERA+ of 226. At 21, ERA+ of 124. So much promise there.
  25. vance_the_cubs_fan
    A few of my favorites:
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