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I think it's 8.25 million.

If Nomar really wants to stay in Chicago, then he'll take a 2 million dollar base salary, with another million coming for every 100 plate appearances. Considering the money that we're paying him this year for the actual time he's spent on the field, that's more than fair. Ideally, for me, Nomar is brought back as the starter, Neifi isn't offered a contract, and Cedeno will be the main backup infielder.

Do you watch EVERY Cubs game? Geez. At least you realize your threads are stupid. I'm surprised he's still here. I was looking at some of his older posts the other day when he started that other asinine thread... and it's pretty shocking that he hasn't been banned yet.

White Sox fans know their manager's email address? So, Ozzie's received what then, 12 emails in the last 2 weeks?

Bringing in the closer right now would be a good idea. So with Baker making the decision, I bet he'll bring in... Rich Hill.

when did we sign Shaq? The best was that when Shaq actually graduated (1999, I believe, since he took summer classes for years and years), LSU had him back to give the keynote address at graduation. Shaq held up his degree (which was in general studies) and said, "I now believe that LSU stands for Love Shaq University." CAN YOU DIG IT!

Jesus Christ, Prior threw 120 pitches tonight?! WTF is Baker doing?!

I haven't watched any of the game, but he is 2 for 4. :| Oh he is? Ah, well based off of the last page of posts prior to mine, I just assumed that he was 0-fer and stunk in the field. Well, good for him. Gotta get that trade value up.

Corey having yet another crappy game eh? Wow, what a surprise. At least Dustbrain wont be able to say "we've had a winning record for three straight years and you dudes are talking about firing me?"

his mouth is activated also. when he was asked about the congressional investigation into steroids, his response to reporters is 'how much money have you donated to hurricane relief?' um...yeah...so about those steroids you took.... No, not exactly. He said that he felt that Congress should focus on more important things. Later, he talked about the hurricane relief. I'm no fan of Bonds, but let's not skew the facts when talking about him.

Obviously not the most ideal of choices, but given a choice, would you rather have Sweet Lou or Dusty?

Neifi, Corey, and Blanco in the same lineup... man that's a rough lineup!

He didn't answer (or receive) my questions. :x :cry:

All of that has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Dusty started Hollandsworth and Lawton over Murton until he had no other choice. Dusty does not like rookies. We know that. I don't understand why you're getting so upset at other people who get upset at Dusty for taking credit when a player does well, yet at the same time, never taking blame for anything that doesn't go his team's way. First it was "other teams don't have a book on him" then when Dusty realized that Murton wasn't a fluke it was "I'm putting him in a position to succeed" and now "he's succeeding because of me." If you want to believe that Dusty is the reason for Murton's success, then so be it, but I don't think it's necessary to act shocked when other people get upset that he takes all the credit for it. Only the Baker haters see it as "Dusty taking all the credit." Baker complimented Murton by saying the kid's impressing him. I don't see how Murton deserved to play over a proven player like Lawton. I wish Baker would have taken Burnitz out of the lineup and went w/ Murton in LF and Lawton in RF, but lots of managers would have went w/ the vet Burnitz even though he was slumping terribly. As for being upset, the one's who seem to be upset are those who constantly nitpick Baker over not developing young players. Baker hasn't had much to develop. I guess the fact that Novoa, Ohman and Wuertz are solid relievers is irrelevant. So Murton deserved to play over the proven veteran Burnitz, but not the proven veteran Lawton? I'm sorry, but I'm not following your logic here. And it's not as if Lawton was outperforming Burnitz at the time - the opposite is true. I think you're taking the devil's advocate thing a bit far here. That or you're arguing just to argue.

All of that has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Dusty started Hollandsworth and Lawton over Murton until he had no other choice. Dusty does not like rookies. We know that. I don't understand why you're getting so upset at other people who get upset at Dusty for taking credit when a player does well, yet at the same time, never taking blame for anything that doesn't go his team's way. First it was "other teams don't have a book on him" then when Dusty realized that Murton wasn't a fluke it was "I'm putting him in a position to succeed" and now "he's succeeding because of me." If you want to believe that Dusty is the reason for Murton's success, then so be it, but I don't think it's necessary to act shocked when other people get upset that he takes all the credit for it.

So now you are agreeing with my original statement that Def Eff is an irrelevant statistic?? or do you still think it's a good indicator of overall defense? Defensive Efficiency was brought up so i am just pointing out that the majority of good teams have better defensive efficiency's than the cubs Im not sure where i implied what you said in your post. As you say, obviously there is a correlation. This would lead me to believe, that we should work to improve the defense, not actively and obviously make it worse by going with a middle infield of Nomar and Walker. But we also need to improve the offense. Improving the defense by jettisoning two of the better offensive performers isn't going to help this team win next season. Offense wins games. Defense wins championsh... oh wait, wrong sport.

Definitely. I can see Hawk approaching Konerko with a "hey Paulie, you REALLY put that one on the boooooooooooooooard tonight" and then Konerko starts listening to his IPod.

Not sure, but a heck of a lot more than the current ones! By the way, I see you live in Columbia... are you another Mizzou student?

He doesn't. Usually, he tries to bunt the first 2 pitches, but fails. He ends up down 0-2 and swings at the next pitch which he usually pops up. It looks awful, but Dusty loves it. I understand he has had a truly dismal season when looking at the important statistics, but even to have a batting average above .270 with this approach at the plate is a complete miracle. Even his grand slam swing in St. Louis looked like he closed his eyes and prayed. I firmly believe that he's predetermining whether or not he's going to swing at the ball before it's even thrown. I remember a game within the past week where it was a ball that would have hit his back foot... but he swung at it.

Thanks, Bruce! Neifi leading off. :( I wish Dusty knew Walker could leadoff. If they're both batting 1-2, I'd rather Walker hit 2nd. If Walker leads off and gets a hit, there's a good chance that Neifi will hit into a DP. This way, he can only make one out!

1. After seeing the thread title, I knew that it'd be a quote from Dusty. It's amazing that he all but refused to play Murton everyday, then when he has no other choice but to play him, he takes credit for Murton succeeding. 2. Hilarious stuff, JC.

July 27, 2001: Traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later and Manuel Aybar. The Chicago Cubs sent Jason Smith (August 6, 2001) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to complete the trade. Thanks. For some reason, the Crime Dog popped into my head and I couldn't remember who we gave up to get him... turns out it really wasn't anyone.

Random... Who'd we give up to acquire Fred McGriff? Anyone know?

Wow, 4 runs off of Carpenter... that's good stuff. I wonder if Big Z is giong to bean someone.

Henry!