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Why? Was Dusty on the radio too? No, but basically what Rogers said was Baker had a meeting with the media and somebody asked him what he thought about Murton and Cedeno and Baker's response was something like"If I dont play them I dont play young people." and then went on to justify how he plays young people like the bull pen and back in his days with the Giants. Typical Baker.

Have there been any updates or other reports from any other sources (Levine, Miles, Ofman) about anything other than the usual vague reports of interest? Nope.

I doubt Rogers says anything. We would know something already.

I'll ask this hypothetical again: Bradley is a little injury prone. If the odds of him having a meltdown or getting hurt next year are 50/50, would you rather have Pierre than Bradley? I like to take risks. I'll take Bradley.

Great news!

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm Cool...didn't know about that. Thx for the link. They also have one for quicktime.

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

From what they said earlier Cubs had another discussion with the Marlins.

wgn radio. http://wgnradio.com/listen/index.htm

Pretty good move by the Dodgers.

That's probably news Cubs fans do not want to see but it makes the most sense for the Reds, especially considering they don't have to trade within the division.

I'd much rather have Bradley or Wilkerson in CF. Bradley please.

I like Wickman but at the same time we don't have anymore room in the bullpen.

That's very possible.

Wow, that's crazy.

I find it amusing how some people are attcking others because they said they can be a GM. The bottom line is this..Hendry for the past two years has done squat to make us contenders and as of now we do not have a winner roster on hand. It is still early this offseason but as I have said before I have lost faith and confidence in Hendry to get us back into the playoffs for several reasons. Some of you have more faith and confidence in Hendrt and Baker than I do. That's fine. Everybody on this forum is entitled to their opinion. Difference of opinion or not we all want the Cubs to win.

Expected post - My complaining was premature. If Boston had injuries to Manny & Ortiz, like the Cubs have had to Prior and Wood, they'd be in the same boat as the Cubs. Few teams can survive such injuries. It's just the way the ball bounces sometimes. Agreed, but they did lose Schilling and Foulke and they still made it to the playoffs in a tough division.

If you are watching it coudl you keep us informed? Thanks

Hendry won several titles in the 2000s? I take back my complaint, I was under the impression that the team Hendry put together actually came up well short. Cmon you're mischaracterizing what I wrote. The way Hendry wants to build this team has been ripped a many occasions. It probably has been ripped because of his failure the past two years. He keeps talking about what kind of team he wants but results speak for themselves. As of now Hendry is not doing a good job of getting this team ready for the playoffs.

First, I'm glad you know that the only reason Walker is being shopped is becasue the Sox won with speed and defense, even though they really won with pitching. Second, there may be legitimate reasons for not liking the job Hendry has done. However, I get the feeling that the reason many on this board bash him regularly is because he may have a different approach to valuing players than do many here. In other words, there may be philospohical differences. And instead of calling it that and reasonably acknowledging that there's a chance Hendry might know what he's doing, some posters call him names. God knows none of the posters here who disagree with Hendry can be wrong in evaluating a player or mistaken in their approach. Finally, if Hendry refuses to see Walker's worth he's got a ton of company, ie all the other GMs who gave up on the guy. There's no chance none or all of those guys are right, is there? I guess not. That's why they are GMs and we are sitting around posting on a message baord playing at being a GM. It's alright to call HendryBall (Strong pitching, defense, , speed, and average offense) stupid. Although, it won a title several times in the 2000's. Just don't call hardcore Moneyball stupid. That's offensive. Ok, when "Hendryball" actually starts working for the Cubs we can start praising it. In the meantime "Hendryball" to me = average defense, high K's, lack of leadoff hitter, enormous amount of power, and low OBP.

Get used to these talks because people know we have needs and they are not about to give you a discount for their players you need.

Trading for Bradley would be huge for us.

Does it really matter? They made the playoffs last year and also made the WS in 2004. They already have a good offense including a leadoff hitter and two pretty good starting pitchers. Bottome line, I can care less what the Cardinals do, I just want to see the Cubs improve.

I would be satisfied with those players as long as Neifi isn't starting over Cedeno or Walker. Although some better trades could be made to improve the team a little better I would call it a successful offseason if we ended up with those players.

I will gladly give up our top 3 prospects for Cabrera.