Keener98

I love Soto

BLEH!

Come on Murt!

But with a runner on 2nd with Lee and Aram coming up there is no need to bunt.

Good job Theriot. Cubs just keep on keepin on

Ronny keep on hitting buddy.

Lame

Ward has his 1st hit finally lol. Thats why Lou put him in there, damn that Lous a genius.

Strikezone sure does seem to get bigger for Cedeno today. Good job Ronny

Plus defender dude who called him that? You said he provides plus defense, hence, making him a plus defender.

I agree with the person who said "to waste time." But also-I'm not saying you shouldn't express your opinion. I'm saying that it really doesn't serve a purpose to root against a player based on what you think he is likely to do when he has performed above the highest expectations of either him or his backup for most of the season thus far. Like I wrote earlier, I REALLY wish they would have gotten a better player than Theriot in the offseason. I blame Jim Hendry for being stupid and not understanding the value of going after a guy like, for example, Khalil Greene (whether or not he was even available). However, now that the season has started, it doesn't make sense to me to constantly write about the "black hole" that Theriot is in the lineup when he simply hasn't been that thus far. Will he revert to what he was last year? Stats say he probably will, but I would really prefer that he doesn't so I will continue to root for him to succeed and not use every one of his at bats to criticize him for things he hasn't even done yet this season. I think you are going to have a hard time finding more than a select few people who are rooting for Theriot to fail. WE all want the Cubs to win, and some of us feel Cedeno gives us a better chance at that.

To kill time. Ok just dont express your opinions on the Cubs while wasting time.

Plus defender dude

Wilco, so basically your saying since we arent making personnel decicisons for the Cubs we shouldnt express our opinions? Ok whats the point of this board?

You obviously haven't read too many game threads this year. My favorite: the "BE HURT THERIOT" comment(s). To be fair, we aren't complaining about his play to date this season. We are complaining about the likely level of play the rest of the season. Wow-complaining about play that hasn't even happened yet. That's an effective strategy. Its something a GM has to do every day on his job. Even Neifi has had stretches where he walloped the ball. I I know everyone's a wannabe GM, but last time I checked, no one on this board was getting paid by the Chicago Cubs to make personnel decisions. Fans in general need to understand their roles a little better-it will do everyone a lot of good. What stupid thinking. Just because somebody isnt in baseball means we cant have our opinions, and our opinions are automatically wrong? So by that logic there are no stupid people in any profession because they are in that profession, right?

Nice AB from Ronny

he shouldn't even be given a chance to keep it up god i hate his white ass so badly if i see him start another game for this team i am going to start bleeding out of my eye sockets Give me a damn break, there are plenty of reasons why people dont want Theriot at SS, but you making it a racial thing is probably the most ignorant thing Ive ever heard. Give it a rest you are making an ass out of yourself.

Theriot a plus defender?HAHAHAHHAHAHHHAAHHAHAHHa Just be happy with his offense so far, and lets not make absurd statements

I love Geo

He has put together a nice collection of absolutely pathetic Ab's this year.

So, this Derrek Lee guy is pretty good, eh?

But but but Sheets isnt injury prone just ask our resident Brewer fan......

It's a rant because you said a variation of the same thing about 10 times. We get it, you're not happy that Z was still in there but there's no need to keep repeating it over and over. As far as the Z question, you answered your own question with the bolded - it's a routine. And as far as PAP, my basic knowledge of them tells me that they don't start until you go over 100 pitches and, I believe, it's ((# of pitches) - 100) ^3. Z threw 101 pitches which would add up to a whopping 1 PAP. It's not that big of a deal. I'm being told that it's better to let Zambrano throw over 100 pitches because he's used to it and that makes no sense to me at all. There's a long list of reasons why he shouldn't have been out there and just how risky the decision was is completely irrelevant. Piniella is managing a roster of 25 guys and not a video game. He shouldn't be making these kinds of decisions. IT'S ONE FLIPPING PITCH OVER 100!! If he had thrown 99 pitches, would you be bitching and moaning so much? You're making it seem like he threw 115 or 120. Apparently nobody is getting my argument, or David's, so I'll start over. It has nothing to do with how much risk there was involved. It's that Lou made a decision that carried some risk when there was no reason to. Again, the amount of risk is totally irrelevant. I would have liked to have seen Zambrano taken out after 6, when his PC was in the 80s. We have three long relievers who need work. One will be held back for tomorrow, but that still leaves two. But the overall point is that there's no redeeming value to Lou's decision yet there's a risk, so why do it? We do have 3 long men in the pen. 1 is being held back for tomorrow in case Lilly is a disaster again. 1 is being held back for Friday in case Hill cant find the strikezone. Then on Sat Marquis is pitching, and we may very well need a long man that day.

Hes getting to watch this in person lol. Lets hope the Cubs fans are lettin him hear it

I love me some Geo.