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  1. CuseCubFan69
    I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think Soto is an above average intellegent baseball player. He knows the flow and pitchers very well at a young age.
  2. CuseCubFan69
    I was going to say the same thing. If there is a big surplus of starting pitchers, Hendry will have the option to deal for an impact hitter when one is needed.
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    Personally, if China doesn't cooperate, I could see both the IOC and the IGF invalidate's China's Gold in Women Gymnastic. In terms the gold the China would have won in the gymnastic all it would amount to is being a (expensive) paperweight. And isn't that what athletes dream about? Not necessarily winning the gold medal, but that medal validating (and acknowledge by the IGF and IOC) the fact that you are the best in your sport. What's the point of winning the gold medal, if people don't recognize you as a "Gold medalist?" China will cooperate. It will print up shiny new documents for this child, showing her to be 16 years and change. They'll lie, but it's not like there's any applicable law to punish them or superior organization to show age. That'll work until she shows up for her 4th grade class.
  4. CuseCubFan69
    I credit the rest of the division being horrible. 88 wins isn't really something to get impressed by, especially when that team was probably capable of better. Last night's game against the Reds reminded me of every reason I'm glad Baker is no longer here. Terrible fundamentals, over-management of the bullpen.....sorry Reds fans If you listened to Baker talk though he mentioned quite often on how he brought his "winning attitude" to Chicago. I suppose mentioning how bad of a manager he is like hitting a golf ball off of a ship and hoping it'll hit water, it's just too easy. Remember when he used to talk about how "fundamentally sound" his teams ALWAYS were? I recall Bruce saying that Lou's guys were out there working on stuff and are a hard working group of coaches while Dusty's did little or nothing, it shows in the results. Baker's teams were never ready coming out of spring training, and fundamentally sound are two words I wouldn't ever use to describe the 03-06 Cubs. But that wasn't because of Dusty. His teams are always fundamentally sound!
  5. CuseCubFan69
    Z is the answer to the Cubs RF question next year. Have him platoon w/DeRosa and move kouske to CF. Of course, he'd have to pitch every 5 days as well.
  6. CuseCubFan69
    Losing to any of those teams would hurt in different ways. TB because they are having their first winning season, ever I think. Boston, annoying fans that have had it way too good of late. The White Sox....enough said. The Twins...they get decent and pull one out out of nothing and then go back to being average. The Angels would hurt the least but I want mine first.
  7. CuseCubFan69
    He chews rocks he finds on the mound.
  8. CuseCubFan69
    Bingo. Ideally, this would kill 2 birds with one stone if they could find a corner masher to hit #3 next year instead of Lee with Derrek batting #2 or #5 instead. Despite his batting woes, Kosuke is dynamite defenisvely and should be able to handle CF in a platoon with Johnson. Yeah, that's an expensive platoon, but you can't just leave him out there fulltime in a primo offensive slot if he doesn't drastically improve. Was Tex a bad RF or is he going to stay at 1st from here on?
  9. CuseCubFan69
    Traded for Harden on July 9th. So since July 9th, the Cubs are 22-12, 5-2 on days that he has pitched, and his record is 3-1, 2.04 era, 1.08 whip Thanks BB.
  10. CuseCubFan69
    Does anyone know what the Cubs record is since they traded for Harden?
  11. CuseCubFan69
    What's a Royal? A Big Mac in France? The Royals used to be very good and I always rooted for them to beat the Yanks.
  12. CuseCubFan69
    I wonder if they even knew he was this good until he went to the Cubs?
  13. CuseCubFan69
    I just gave my opinion of a pure hitter. I never said that Carew was one and I agree with you that he was more of a contact hitter. Dunn does center the ball quite well when he hits it, just imo he doesn't do it often enough.
  14. CuseCubFan69
    Is that his bicep or is he just happy to see him? It's kind of creepy looking.....the bicep.
  15. CuseCubFan69
    He should have stayed but the temptation of a night show was too great. If you're thinking of what was best for Kilborn, yes. If you're thinking of what is best for mankind, no. Yeah, for Kilborn. As for mankind, Abe Vigoda would be my top choice.
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    Good, that means I got it right.
  17. CuseCubFan69
    I think it's pretty swell! To answer abucks sarcastic question, I'd say a pure hitter is a guy that hits the sweet spot of the ball at regular intervals.
  18. CuseCubFan69
    Baker should also sometime drop a line about the drastic difference in talent put on the field in 03 vs 02. I didn't stay at a holiday inn express or nothing, but I think that may have had a lot more to do with the team being a whole bunch better that 1st year than his attitude I think the writers are now starting to see this. It's the presses fault...it's the previous GM's fault...it's the previous coaches fault...it's the announcers fault... How many years did the Reds sign him for? I hope they don't fire him for the duration of his contract. 3 year deal, and that could be a glorious 3 years for the rest of the NL central Yep, the salad days. I anticipate the move of putting Patterson in the lead off spot to jump start the team.
  19. CuseCubFan69
    Baker should also sometime drop a line about the drastic difference in talent put on the field in 03 vs 02. I didn't stay at a holiday inn express or nothing, but I think that may have had a lot more to do with the team being a whole bunch better that 1st year than his attitude I think the writers are now starting to see this. It's the presses fault...it's the previous GM's fault...it's the previous coaches fault...it's the announcers fault... How many years did the Reds sign him for? I hope they don't fire him for the duration of his contract.
  20. CuseCubFan69
    He should have stayed but the temptation of a night show was too great.
  21. CuseCubFan69
    I credit the rest of the division being horrible. 88 wins isn't really something to get impressed by, especially when that team was probably capable of better. Last night's game against the Reds reminded me of every reason I'm glad Baker is no longer here. Terrible fundamentals, over-management of the bullpen.....sorry Reds fans If you listened to Baker talk though he mentioned quite often on how he brought his "winning attitude" to Chicago. I suppose mentioning how bad of a manager he is like hitting a golf ball off of a ship and hoping it'll hit water, it's just too easy. Remember when he used to talk about how "fundamentally sound" his teams ALWAYS were? I recall Bruce saying that Lou's guys were out there working on stuff and are a hard working group of coaches while Dusty's did little or nothing, it shows in the results.
  22. CuseCubFan69
    IMO he and Gally were the keys to the trade.
  23. CuseCubFan69
    It's not entirely our fault. Who'd have thought Dorrell would destroy UCLA's football team back 5 years or so ago when we scheduled them. UAB has fallen off a cliff since we scheduled them, but they were only decent back then anyway. Wyoming is a normal homecoming pushover and NIU is down from where they normally are. So yeah, outside the SEC is easier than normal, but the conference schedule is going to be brutal. Well if the other SEC teams are playing the same type of OOC schedule you are it should match up some 3-0/4-0 and make it look even better! Seriously, your conference has stepped it up a bit with the exception of LSU, theirs is terrible.
  24. CuseCubFan69
    "I am the king of Little League! There shall be a great feast, with all the finest meats and cheeses of the land! And a keg of root beer!!" I submit for consideration that Mayne was funny but once everyone else at ESPN tried to copy him or come up their own schtick it got old fast. Copy him? He's the one that made it obnoxious by using catch phrases that were a paragraph long. Keith and Dan were the ones that made it fun to watch SC. Craig Kilborn was also good on SC. Too bad, Kilborn sucked at everything else he's done since leaving ESPN. He wasn't bad on the Daily Show but he certainly is no Jon Stewart. I agree. Kilborn was like having a Steven Wright doing the show while Stewart looks like he's going to break out laughing about 3-6 times a show. I think Stewart is a better match and then having Mr. Straight face Colbert...I love that guy.
  25. CuseCubFan69
    So, was the 03 Cubs success was somebody else's fault as well? He'll take the wins but the losses are always somebody else's fault, coward.
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