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  1. PackLandVA
    I'd dump the waaaayyy overdone "7th inning guest conductor" thing before the "Go Cubs, Go!".
  2. PackLandVA
    Unless you weren't serious.....Soriano doesn't seem to have the coordination to play an infield position, let alone first base. I know he's a former second baseman, but he seems awkward on just about anything hit to him.
  3. PackLandVA
    Prado is out a week to 10 days, not 4 to 6 weeks. So I was off by a month....stop nitpickin'!
  4. PackLandVA
    Minor leaguer or eventually Z once he's stretched out.
  5. PackLandVA
    I like Theriot....just not as a starter for the Cubs. He's versatile for a bench player. But I don't think any aspect of his game would be considered "above-average".
  6. PackLandVA
    Prado is out 4-6 weeks with a broken knuckle. Anyone think the Braves would be interested in Fontenot?
  7. PackLandVA
    Don't know if it was mentioned anywhere else, but Bruce Levine said yesterday on AM1000 (WMVP) that he expected Theriot to be the first Cub player traded, and sounded as if it were an almost certainty.
  8. PackLandVA
    I'd woo Whitey Herzog. He's a "Hall of Famer" after all.
  9. PackLandVA
    Chicks dig the sac fly, and Soriano will be paid like the KING of sac fliers. :P HeHeHeHe! He said "sac".
  10. PackLandVA
    I prefer "douche" to jerk. What a loser. F him. He just became one of my most hated baseball players.
  11. PackLandVA
    ESPN Insider has a line saying "Lilly to Yanks Has Legs". I'm not an insider, so I don't now the whole story.
  12. PackLandVA
    For those interested, Jake Peavy just threw a fastball and looks like he seriously injured his elbow, shoulder or arm. He immediately walked to the dugout and then into the clubhouse. Not looking too good for the Jake.
  13. PackLandVA
    Wasn't he a trade/FA target of a lot of posters here a while back? Not very good of late.
  14. PackLandVA
    I thought the biggest reason to hate the Juan Pierre trade was Juan Pierre.
  15. PackLandVA
    +1
  16. PackLandVA
    Yes, he's a bitter conceited jerk. Whatever. But that doesn't make him wrong. Also, he is allowed to have an opinion JUST LIKE YOU. You don't have to be a [expletive] manager to have an opinion. On top of that he spent decades playing the game at the highest levels. I just...ugh. Come on man, he has the right to speak his mind, and Piniella has the right to call him a jerk. Everyone is entitled to their opinion or there's no purpose to sports analyzing in the first place. Piniella is old and stupid and senile and getting thin skin - end of story on that. Where am I suggesting Stone doesn't have the "right" to have/express his opinion. But just because he has the right to an opinion doesn't mean I have tool agree with him. The difference between Stone and the fans is that Stone gets paid by companies so people like me listen. And as a consumer, I find his constant bitching about the Cubs boring and often unwarranted. IMO, he has an axe to grind, and that's not very professional.
  17. PackLandVA
    Stone has a hard on for Hendry and will go out of his way in any conversation to blast him. He often does it without saying Hendry's name. But he never holds out. And while Hendry has been less than spectacular as a GM, you would think Stone would have the professionalism to let it go after so many years. But he doesn't. Piniella is right with one of his comments: what has Steve Stone ever done regarding development of a player of a team or anything on the field after his one Cy season? Stone doesn't have to be right about player/managerial decisions because he's just a mouth piece. Stone is a cry baby jackass and I couldn't be happoer that he has to spend so much time in the booth with that other jackass Harrelson!
  18. PackLandVA
    Yeah. Len was talking about that was going to be finally snapped tonight right as Castro got on base due to the error. Anyone know the record to start a career?
  19. PackLandVA
    Castro has been on base at least once in every single game he played so far, right?
  20. PackLandVA
    Can Aramis be put on the DL if he's hurting the team???
  21. PackLandVA
    There are only two known things that have really changed since last season: his age and his health (possibly). While he's a year older, I really don't see how that one year could affect his batting that much. I could see a decline as he gets older, but his drop off from last year (due to age) doesn't really make sense. I don't see how his injured shoulder from last year could be affecting his batting to this degree either. I could see it affecting his power, but he just looks clueless at the plate. Flat out missing meatballs, swinging at balls way out of the zone. He's just not getting very many good ABs. So I can't see how the shoulder could be the problem. Maybe there's some other injury/personal problem the fans/media don't know about. Dempster was battling some personal issues early last season and was horrid. Once things got cleared up on the home front, he was much better. If Lou's not gonna bench him for an extended period of time, he has got to move him out of the 4-6 spot in the lineup. Auto outs with men on is killing the team, especially when he can't even put the ball in play in clutch situations.
  22. PackLandVA
    Ramirez needs to be on the bench for an extended period of time, or at the very least, batting no higher than 7th in the lineup.
  23. PackLandVA
    So a pitcher can be charged with "earned runs" (in this case, Z and Marshall) whereas they are "unearned runs" for team statistics. Is this correct?
  24. PackLandVA
    In that crappy 7th inning yesterday here is what playe dout: - X. Nady in right field - M. Fontenot at second - E. Caridad relieved T. Gorzelanny - O. Cabrera safe at first on shortstop S. Castro's fielding error - O. Cabrera stole second - B. Phillips safe at first on second baseman M. Fontenot's fielding error, O. Cabrera to third - S. Marshall relieved E. Caridad - J. Votto walked, B. Phillips to second - C. Zambrano relieved S. Marshall - S. Rolen struck out swinging - J. Gomes singled to shallow right center, O. Cabrera and B. Phillips scored, J. Votto to third - J. Bruce grounded out to first, J. Gomes to second - D. Stubbs singled to shortstop, J. Votto and J. Gomes scored - R. Hanigan doubled to shallow right, D. Stubbs scored - L. Nix hit for A. Rhodes - L. Nix grounded out to third I've checked a couple of box scores, and they each show earned runs charged to Marshall and Zambrano. But for the two errors, the Cubs would've gotten out of the inning after Rolen struck out without allowing any runs. So how are these "earned"??? Is there a difference between "pitcher earned runs" versus "team earned runs"????
  25. PackLandVA
    Lefties often find jobs in this league, so Grabow may have trade value....even when he sucks. Miles was/is a disaster.
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