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  1. Bull
    I was about to post the same sentiment in the game thread. Turns out Olt has been on the DL since Aug 19
  2. Bull
    Can't agree on Valbuena or Alcantara being expendable. Valbuena especially is an ideal utility guy. Nor are any of the relievers expendable. I have to believe that one of Contra or GoodValley (fertileValley?) will be traded. Adding Bryant to the team makes one of these guys expendable. I get that you don't HAVE to trade either, but with a front office that understands value, I have to think they will sell high. Valbueno is likely at his highest value right now, and in a low power environment, infield power could really be an asset other teams want and the Cubs can trade from abundance.
  3. Bull
    I will be at this game. It will be my first game since spring of 2012.
  4. Bull
    And when are they expected to be in place? Well, signage will be in place next year. Who knows how much of that would go to it, though... He sounded really high on the TV deal but I got in late so I don't know if he was just talking about the 2019 one or if he was addressing the 2015+ slate as well. I was under the impression money from the signs was going back into the renovations That is the reasoning given to justify them initially, but it's also been considered one of the untapped revenue streams. I'm not really sure how that will all be allocated, though. I've always had it in my mind that sign money would go to pay for renovations until they were "paid off" and then go toward salary.
  5. Bull
    he started worse than this in iowa A lot worse. .142/.229/.255/.484 through 28 games with 45 Ks in 118 PAs. Only had 3 HRs also. yes! yes!! this is what I need. More! More!
  6. Bull
    Somebody remind me how he started slow in each minor league stop.
  7. Bull
    I went in '03. Paid $6 for nose bleed seat. the stadium was empty and I secured seats about 15 rows behind 3rd base by the 3rd inning.
  8. Bull
    I'll be at Busch Friday night. Haven't seen the Cubs live in years. This feels like getting in on the ground floor again. hope its not a scam.
  9. Bull
    Does anyone still have hope for Olt? I want him to be rizzo 2.0 so bad.
  10. Bull
    and they eat 5 mil a year.
  11. Bull
    speaking of "no place for him", how much must Elliot Soto love baseball, to be jerked around wherever they need a warm body, knowing he is never going to play in the bigs? Not that everyone here wouldn't have done it given the chance.
  12. Bull
    Even Adsense gets it.
  13. Bull
    Milton?
  14. Bull
    Seriously!? Av talk in THIS thread? Javier Baez is getting called up, boys! It is on!
  15. Bull
    I think that's because this board sees him as a better hitter, which may end up being true, but the other guys are doing it as infielders. Also, the injury thing. But I think position is the bigger factor.
  16. Bull
    I have a fourteen inch titanium rod in my leg to this day from a similar injury THE DAY AFTER I graduated high school ('95). Doc said it was the cleanest break he had ever seen, my leg was beyond 90 degrees to the outside just like this, but didn't break the skin (though it pressed against skin and stretched it abt an inch) Friend tried to take my legs out "play at the plate style". Put his shoulder through both of my leg bones. I rolled onto my back to flip myself up, and foot flopped to the right (right leg). I was enough in shock that I didn't feel all the pain I should have, until paramedic straightened it out to put in cradle and on board to carry me to ambulance. Doctor didn't set the small bone and didn't cast it, as the rod was "much stronger than both bones combined. The day after surgery (removing kneecap, drilling out tibia, inserting rod, replacing patella) they had me on crutches, trying to put ever so slight weight on my big toe. I passed out and threw up, in that order. In 2 weeks and 2 days I was walking with a cane. Giant calcium deposit that acts as a barometer, but beyond that, no trouble nearly 20 years later. Until I saw these pictures. Now I am reliving every moment.
  17. Bull
    Listen to the man, Billy. Darwin Barney is of immeasurable value. Do whatever it takes to get him. Maybe he should realize that requesting Barney start when he pitch was part of the reason he got such minimal run support. That was my first reaction as well.
  18. Bull
    I understand that, I guess it just hit me that how bonifacio was used may be exactly how alcantara will be used. It's the specificity of roles that is standing out to me today. Clearly I'm late to the party.
  19. Bull
    Yeah, he's going to play the role of Bonifacio for now. Is it just me or is it very clear EXACTLY who (and in the same role) each of our super prospects will be replacing? Almost as though each of the stop gaps was brought in to hold a very specific spot... I think it's very much up in the air. Are you saying Starlin is a placeholder for Russell? I really think that they have a lot of options with the types of players they have in the minors. Everything is up in the air because some of the super prospects may not make it and/or will be traded for pitching at some point. Not so much Russell and Castro, but definitely bonifacio, olt, Sweeney, Barney for alcantara, Bryant, Soler and Baez. Obvious it is possible (probable?) they don't all pan out, and you have to "plan b" it here and there, but it seems like there's a connection.
  20. Bull
    Yeah, he's going to play the role of Bonifacio for now. Is it just me or is it very clear EXACTLY who (and in the same role) each of our super prospects will be replacing? Almost as though each of the stop gaps was brought in to hold a very specific spot...
  21. Bull
    Alex Gonzalez, learn how to field a routine GB Yep. And it's not even close. Not sure why I just watched the 8th inning of that game again. I want to die.
  22. Bull
    Except that free agents like Lester aren't knocking down the door to sign with a perennial cellar-dweller. If you can do it without including any of our top 50 guys, do it.
  23. Bull

    Rizzo

    Bull replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Ty Cobb Who also had a strangely small face.
  24. Bull
    Can we delay it until 2015?
  25. Bull
    I don't know that I've ever seen an opposite field homer a) get out that fast and b) get out at such a low angle. That man's power is unfair. Seriously who the [expletive] hits home runs like this? http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/0/v33771229/chcmia-stanton-lines-a-tworun-home-run-to-right Looked like mcgwire's 62nd. Edit: except opposite field, wow!
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