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I complained all offseason and was upset with most of Hendry's moves, but the optimist in me is coming out. I feel confident that this team will contend.

By the way, I've heard that Ponson is Dutch for fat. "Panzon" is Spanish for fat... Gordo is, actually. Unless 'panzon' is some sort of slang or something. I've never heard of it though. Not that I speak or listen to spanish slang often.

Was Kareem Rush there for the 20 best Mizzou players thing they did at halftime? I only caught the very end where Norm Stewart walked out.

Does anyone know if any other major league teams have similar songs? I know the White Sox have that "Go Go White Sox" song, but I know nothing about the rest of MLB. The Cards version is done by Dolly Parton. I think it's called Redbird Nation.

What have you heard?

really? a nice guy? i always thought he seemed like a jerk. He's definitely arrogant, and I could see how you feel that way. Just by listening to his weekly interviews from a local bar though, he seemed genuinely nice.

Sweet, now maybe we'll win some games. Quin's time here was definitely memorable, that's for certain. I wish him the best in his future; he seemed like a nice guy.

I think they're just trying to simplify the confirmation process and make it tougher for people who try to purchase more than the maximum amount of tickets. That'd be my guess at least.

You think bleacher seats will still be available once they go on sale online or do those generally go pretty quickly for Cards games?

So essentially 2300 bucks for an '84 Cavalier? Are you serious? Edit: Looks like one person voted yes... I bet that one person is the guy who's selling the car. :lol:

I'd guess that because the Steelers have more well known and more marketable players. I haven't heard anything about this, so maybe I'm reading too much into it, but... it seemed like Cowher was standing on the 50 yard line for a good two minutes after the game ended waiting for Holmgren to come shake his hand, yet Holmgren never showed. Am I the only one that observed that? I thought the exact same thing, but I've looked into reports and haven't seen anything mentioned about it. The impression I got was that Cowher was only concerned about where the post-game celebration was going to take place. He wasn't standing on the 50 or making an effort to get to the other side. He seemed to be looking around for directions to where the stage was being set up. I didn't get that impression at all. In fact, you could hear someone next to Cowher saying "where is he" as Cowher was standing wherever he was. I thought that the "he" was Holmgren.

I was just looking around on baseball reference and came to the 89 Cubs page. After comparing their stats, I don't see how Walton won the award over Dwight Smith. Comparing the two: (Stat... Smith, Walton) AVG... 324, 293 OBP... 382, 335 SLG... 493, 385 HR/RBI... 9/52, 5/46 SB/CS... 9/4, 24/7 So it looks like Smith outperformed Walton in just about every offensive category. And it's not like it was a close vote for the award... Walton had 22 first place votes and Smith had only 2. I was just a little kid back in 89 and don't remember much of the season. Surely some of you older people remember it well though. How on earth did Jerome Walton win the award over Dwight Smith?

The what?

Ryan Freel

Congrats on your new hat, Vance.

To quote a great movie... so you're sayin there's a chance! Great news, thanks.

Yesterday, the Cubs announced the specifics of the day that tickets go on sale. Press Release They'll go on sale at 8 A.M. at the box office. Tickets can be purchased over the phone starting at 10 A.M. Tickets can be purchased online starting at 10 A.M. I kinda had hopes of getting Opening Day tickets as an early graduation gift to myself, but with people in Chicago getting a two hour head start, is that even possible now? For that matter, will any of first three home games still be available at 10? Anyone have any guesses?

Cedeno is the same or worse than Neifi? Murton is the same or worse than Hollandsworth/Dubois/Lawton? Not in my eyes.

I've never said that there's nothing wrong with the offense. I have said that its far from the enormous problem that you proclaim it to be. You continue to harp on last year's problems, yet there's no doubt that they have been improved. And the reason they were 9th in runs was more because of people like Corey Patterson, Neifi Perez, and Todd Hollandsworth playing everyday. Even with those scrubs in there, if you take away Ramirez's injury, the Cubs go from below average in runs scored to above average.

Oh yes it should have. We hadn't beaten Nebraska in 25 years prior to that game; they were ranked #10 (I think) in the nation at the time; we hadn't defeated a ranked team in 20 something years; and we didn't just beat Nebraska, we kicked the crap out of them. If ever there was a time to tear down goalposts, that was it. And I didn't take any real offense to your original comments about Mizzou fans. It's just friendly bashing of teams you don't like. I do it all the time. The timing could have been better, I guess, but it's not like a Cards fan making fun of a Cubs fan after Game 7 of the 2003 NLCS or anything.

9th in runs scored in the 16 team NL. That's bad. Below average is bad. 4th in OPS doesn't come close to telling the whole story. The OBP side of OPS should weigh more heavily than the SLG side. The Cubs are good with the SLG, but absolutely terrible with the OBP. This offense is not among the worst of the worst, but it's far from good at the same time. It's an enormous problem. That's one (entirely pessimistic) way of looking at it. Take away the time that Aramis Ramirez missed, and the team would be above average in runs scored. Maybe even top 5. Pessimistic? It's the god's honest truth. Just the facts, no spin. It's tough to score runs when you don't get on base very often, and the Cubs don't get on base often enough. You're the one throwing around ifs. Yeah, if everything works out perfectly the Cubs would win every game. I live in the real world where the Cubs have had a real run scoring problem for several years that is tied to an OBP problem, which is entirely based on their inability to draw walks. But no, let's all pretend that's just pessimism and not the truth. It is pessimism! And that's fine, but that's what it is. And I'm well aware of the OBP problems, but they have been addressed to a degree and I'm 100% confident that the team OBP will be a lot better than what it was last year. I'd hardly say that the offense is an "enormous problem" like you originally stated. The team had the second best batting average in the league (tied with the Cards) and the 4th best OPS last year... and it has been upgraded. I know, I know, their OBP was bad. Well, OBP isn't everything. This offense is fine.

9th in runs scored in the 16 team NL. That's bad. Below average is bad. 4th in OPS doesn't come close to telling the whole story. The OBP side of OPS should weigh more heavily than the SLG side. The Cubs are good with the SLG, but absolutely terrible with the OBP. This offense is not among the worst of the worst, but it's far from good at the same time. It's an enormous problem. That's one (entirely pessimistic) way of looking at it. Take away the time that Aramis Ramirez missed, and the team would be above average in runs scored. Maybe even top 5.

You guys should just stop caring. The only Mizzou game I've really watched all year was the kU game. I didn't even know they were playing tonight.

How did this name get approved?!

Our offense doesn't suck. Last year it was 9th in runs scored and 4th in OPS. And it has been improved. While not the best in the league, it certainly doesn't suck either.