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  1. CuseCubFan69
    I hope Papi buys a new couch with his prize money.
  2. CuseCubFan69
    Agreed. And Tony Perez deserves some consideration as well. I agree that Perez should have been at first. Also, there HAS to be a better starting pitcher than Fernando.
  3. CuseCubFan69
    Yeah, right after I posted this I realized he wouldn't even play if he was traded for. What does UK have against him? He hates cheap effective hitters.
  4. CuseCubFan69
    Manny Ramirez OF Clemente OF Vlad OF Edgar Martinez 3B ARod SS Carew 2B Pujols 1B IRod C Marichal P Pedro Martinez P Valenzela P Rivera P Good job of voting for current players. Really nice job. This is a joke. You can not tell me Sammy shouldn't be on this along with many others. Pujols has played for what...4 years?
  5. CuseCubFan69
    I may be giving him too much credit but when it comes to knowing his team I'm quite sure he knows how they would react a lot better than some writer. That sounds an awful lot like the Dusty Baker defense (he knows more than some fan who has never "been there"). I would think Baker would know better then we would and I said that the first year he was in Chicago. It's his job and since it is his job I have to assume that he can do it better than we can. Hendry thought he was the best man for the job and I assumed he was right. It's one thing about listening to ideas and quite another when it comes to the daily things that go on behind the scenes with a ball team.
  6. CuseCubFan69
    I may be giving him too much credit but when it comes to knowing his team I'm quite sure he knows how they would react a lot better than some writer. I agree that the series is a lot closer then it seems but how do you know that Garner didn't help make it closer? When people look at 6-5 they assume that if the manager did something the team with 5 they might have won but is it possible that the manager helped get them to within 1 instead of down 2 or 3 and did all he could?
  7. CuseCubFan69
    No speed at the top so it ain't gunna work. If you don't believe me ask Dusty. Okay, let Murton and Beltran bat 1/2. I'd be fine with that too. Nope...too slow at leadoff. If this is the team Baker has Cedeno batting first. Baker rule 1562773-L: Leadoff hitter must play CF, 2b or SS or have lead off experience. Mind you, I like the first lineup but that has no bearing on the Dustmiester.
  8. CuseCubFan69
    No speed at the top so it ain't gunna work. If you don't believe me ask Dusty.
  9. CuseCubFan69
    I know, but I agree with Verducci in that Garner made not one move to stop the bleeding. Manufacture a run with the squeeze, talk to Oswalt, pull Oswalt after a career high 46 pitches in the 5th, something! I guess it's easy to not take the blame in the post game conference when you make absolutely no moves to question (other than non-moves)! Again it goes with knowing your players and the situations that come up. I didn't see the game so I don't know the different examples that those who did watch it would but I am a believer that the manager knows his team and how each player reacts to different circumstances and can identify what to do. He sees them for 162 games+ and how often did this SI guy see them not to mention the mental part of this? It's a managers job to know when to coddle, us against them and when to let them have it.
  10. CuseCubFan69
    I know it may seem crazy, but I don't trade Williams and Murton for Zito. Me either. Not for one year of Zito, anyway. 2006 is his FA year, right? I don't know but I assume that it is. I still don't want this guy to be a Cub because I just have a feeling he's on his way down and not worth the players the Cubs might trade for him. Now if they trade a bunch of Rule 5 guys they would lose anyway fine but I doubt that would happen after what the A's got for Hudson and Mulder.
  11. CuseCubFan69
    I know it may seem crazy, but I don't trade Williams and Murton for Zito. Me either.
  12. CuseCubFan69
    Isn't that an unusal combination?
  13. CuseCubFan69
    I would assume Garner knows his team better than some hack from SI.
  14. CuseCubFan69
    Very nervous, UCLA doesn't do too well in Stanford. And Stanford is coming off a big upset of Arizona State. This isn't the same Stanford team that lost to UC Davis. Harris teams beat teams they are not suppose to and lose to teams they are suppose to beat. The key to winning this game is to tell Harris that this is a bowl game.
  15. CuseCubFan69
    I've always wondered why people that are dark in complexion are considered different things in different cultures or areas. Is being black not a possibility if your from the Caribbeen or South America? In the article, Joe Morgan is quoting as using the phrase African-American. In that context, it is pretty clear he is referring to American born black folks. I understand that. I was just wondering what makes a person black.
  16. CuseCubFan69
    I've always wondered why people that are dark in complexion are considered different things in different cultures or areas. Is being black not a possibility if your from the Caribbeen or South America?
  17. CuseCubFan69
    I'll be there. Hope it lives up to the last MI - NU game in Evanston. Northwestern is fun to watch and this certainly is an interesting matchup. I think Depaul could beat Syracuse in football this year 1908...you guys missed your chance!
  18. CuseCubFan69
    Gary Hughes would burn the data, banish Fred, and destroy every computer in the office rather than open his mind up to something other than subjective observation. Gary Hughes doesn't allow computers in the office. I don't think Mr. Hughes knows what a computer is. He knows something about computers though, that damn Moneyball was written on one of those daggum machines. So he uses the book and computer as paperweights? As I said in the Japanese players thread I just don't understand not using every resource available. Being stubburn or ignorant just gets you where you've been, not where you're going.
  19. CuseCubFan69
    The 5th inning of these games is as far as I can stay up, maybe next year they can start at 9 EST.
  20. CuseCubFan69
    Maybe not but more teams may be after Bradley then we know. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cards get him and Giles (if he is a free agent). I know how much money the Cubs have to throw around this offseason, but how much do the Cards have? I dread Giles going to Busch too, but do their resources allow it? They found a way to get Sanders and Mulder last year. I just don't underestimate what they are capable of doing. Their GM seems to be pretty creative and gets the job done IMO. I also hope the Cubs don't spend money just because they have money. I want them to spend it on quality and not the Burnitz types.
  21. CuseCubFan69
    I like the 88+ from the batting average. He seems to seeing the ball very well right now.
  22. CuseCubFan69
    Maybe not but more teams may be after Bradley then we know. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cards get him and Giles (if he is a free agent).
  23. CuseCubFan69
    I would rather keep Williams and make a trade for an impact bat.
  24. CuseCubFan69
    Something about Zito bothers me Hoops. I would like to see Bradley and hopefully the Cubs can buy low with him but if the Yanks are involved I'm curious on how many other teams might be too.
  25. CuseCubFan69
    How's it looking in SCville? Is the recruiting going well for you guys now that Spurrier is there?
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