CuseCubFan69

One can only hope.

"Paging Tom House. Tom House, report to Chicago immediately." There is a Dr. in the House.

Tony Esposito is my all time favorite hockey player and this is coming from a Wings fan.

Darn it CPatt.....listen to me!!!!!!!!!! He is not keeping the bat over the ball....he is too far under it when he swings and it is too loopy too early. The barrel should be above the ball until it meets and this loop swing is going to make CPatt a very frustrating hitter to watch. :x

Nomahhhhhh!!!!!

Burnitz is really struggling right now.

Todd's 8th on the team for having runners on while at bat. It's also rare for him to have a man on 3d (13 AB's). However, he is also 8th in RBI's per runner on base in front of him. Best for position players in plating runners - Lee, Ramirez, Barrett, Neifi!, Blanco, Hollandworth, THEN Walker). Thank you kind sir! It's good to hear that he has hit ok with runners on since he has hit in the lower portions of the lineup at times.

Well.... :oops: last year I was quite torn about that because I knew if SU went 7-5 Coach P would be back because the AD was content doing just that. P was just plain wrong for this college IMO. It was the hardest time for me since 68 to root for my team even though I still did route for them...once they fell behind it was nice to see them fall apart and quit playing, thus hopefully P would get canned. The deal was sealed against Georgia Tech in the bowl game. So, did I route for them to lose. No....but I didn't really route for them to win either. It was the worst football season ever for me.

Nobody answered me before but why does Walker only have 27 RBI?

Can't spell Kearns without a K either... By jingles you're right! Hmmm....Lawton, CPatt and Kearns in the Cub OF next year. Interesting.

Are you kidding us? Let me guess, you'd trade a playoff appearance for a losing season just so Baker will get canned, right? Brilliant strategy. when will we be making the playoffs? we are 7 back....will we continue to play for the wild card when we are 15 out with 15 to play? I see absolutely no point in rooting against your team, period. And, there have been lots of teams who have come back from seven games out in August to win pennants or division titles. If the NL were stronger, than I'd be less optimistic. But it makes no sense to root against your team. Dusty's regime is hurting the team. We have no realistic shot at the postseason. Losing may be only way to get Baker out. I think the logic is clear. We have an awful bullpen. We have abysmal fundamentals. We have a hot and mostly-cold offense. Our key players are hobbled. Our manager can't seem to play the right players or manage the bullpen. Even if we had fundamentals, that would be something. Anything is possible as long as the mathematics allow for it, but you have to be realistic. You can review my posting history and see that I have always been optimistic, but this isn't a sleeping giant. This is a sinking ship. So, is it fair to say that using that logic an individual would also hope that Perez goes 0-4 if they don't like Perez? That Wood would get hurt or have a 7.00 ERA if they don't like him? See Patterson go 4-80 if they don't like him just to see these guys not play? And what happens if the Cubs go 60-102 this season and Baker is back? Did rooting for a collapse really make sense? I'm not hoping the Cubs lose but what I'd like to see is that they go young all of September and rid the team of all the parts that will not be there in 2005. Maybe have a nice gar(b)age sale in front of Wrigley for other GM's.

Can you spell an without the d? :P I can't!

You can't spell Kearns without an E!!!!

That was one bad at bat. I still do not like the way he loads his bat.

I wonder if his shoulder is right. But, then again, his strike zone is entirely different right now than when he was locked in. Remembering how he stopped hitting late last year, could his early (though extended) surge brought on an earlier season downfall? His strike zone may have changed because he is compensating for the injury. And he is surely pressing. I'd like to see him get a couple days off and see what he looks like afterwards. I believe everyone should be accountable for this mess. And it's ridiculous for Lee in one breath to say they have to win games while he can't see he's hurting the offense if he is indeed hurt. I'm beginning to think that's not the case since he said something prior to the All-Star break and sat. Why wouldn't he sit now? Also, I know we have our favorites on here, but it's not like Lee is a career .340 hitter. Maybe, like Perez, he's just getting back to his normal stats. Except that his career stats aren't as bad as he has been playing. And he, like Aramis, are probaly playing though injury because the team thinks they are still in it and know if they are going to get offense, it will probably be from those two. Straits were not as dire before the ASG. No his stats aren't as bad as he's been playing, but that's why they're averages. If he finishes along his career lines, because of his torrid start, he'd have to put up bad numbers. If he is hurt, his eyes are hurt, too, because he's swinging at crap pitches he wasn't swinging at earlier this year nor last year. Cubs lead!!! Cubs lead!!! Too bad, we're not in the fifth or I'd call for rain. IMO when you're hurt or tired you start to do things you wouldn't normally do. The Cubs have all these lefties so why can't one give Lee a rest?

Nice...a leadoff guy driving 2 in. Why does Walker only have 27 RBI? Oh, that might be a reason.

Why would any fan be against a salary cap? It would provide a much, much greater guarantee of competitive balance and help fix the costs for the average fan of attending ballgames. Make that 2 fans that are against a salary cap. Do you really think that it would stop the greedy owners from raising prices JC?

I said yes to Baker last time so I have no idea who would be a good manager for the Cubs.

Why are you always knocking on Wood? The guys hurt...leave him alone.

I hope this is just the start of a kid movement on this team. If ARam is hurt I'd love to see Fountant (sp) get some time at third and second after Sept 1. If Baker continues to play Macias at third instead...well you know the rest. Go CPatt and good luck!!!!!!

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Kansas City Colorado Tampa Bay Pittsburgh Seattle San Francisco Cincinnati LA Dodgers Detroit Baltimore Arizona Cubs If we stay in the top 15, we can sign any FA we want and only lose a 2nd rounder. Really?...Wow, they might as well go for it. The Cubs are just as close to a top 5 pick as they are the playoffs.

I don't need #1. Every manager will play hunches and lame matchups. They all gamble. If a manager gives you #4, then that's all you can ask for. As for the rest, I think Dusty can do #2 well if he has a veteran bench. For some reason he feels vets need regular work to stay sharp, while rookies learn from watching. I think it's the pitching coach's job to maximize a pitching staff. I do think a manager has to relinquish some responsibility and let the PC advise him on when to pull guys and the moves to make. The PC advises him but it's the managers decision to pull him or not. If I'm the manager I do not want my PC to tell me when to take a pitcher out, I'll listen to what he has to say and then make my decision.

That would never happen, mostly because it would eliminate geographical rivalries. I'm not sure I would want to watch a "free for all" league race. I'd have the rivalry weekend and the last 3 games of the year would be rivals. Just imagine the Cubs and Cards the last 3 games of the year every year. Also, Pitt would play Phil in the rivalry too unlike now.

How is that any different than all 5 NL East teams currently having better records than the NL West leading Padres? It isn't as I don't like the way they do it now either.