― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 17 February 2006 02:49 (nineteen years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 17 February 2006 02:52 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 24 February 2006 16:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Jeff. (Jeff), Friday, 24 February 2006 16:54 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 24 February 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)
blows hard. i have my sister in vermont working the out of state phone # while i rock the cell phone/desk phone combo. nothing but busy signal for 2 hrs 44 minutes.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 24 February 2006 18:45 (nineteen years ago)
― Jeff. (Jeff), Friday, 24 February 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)
i got two for a tuesday night game in june against houston.i wanted that saturday in july against the mets.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 24 February 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 23:51 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)
Opening day starting five look to be Zambrano, Glendon Rusch, Maddux, Jerome Williams, Guzman/Hill.
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:41 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 17:54 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 22:56 (nineteen years ago)
Fun Glendon Rusch fact: His nickname is “Tits.”
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 00:54 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 14:34 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 23 March 2006 00:53 (nineteen years ago)
I did not pay as much attention last year. I could see from the off season changes they were not going to be improved. It probably made financial sense not to get involved in some lunatic free agent signings, either way the Cubs were not as good a club. Oh I still watched quite a few games and followed them in the press, but my heart was just not in it last year. They suprised me getting off to a hot start at the plate, but the injuries mounted and Derek Lee could only do so much.
I still do not see the Cubs as being that much better this year than last year. They could score a few more runs and the bullpen does have a bit more depth, but the starting staff with the injuries to Prior and Wood looks pretty ordinary now. I think if everything goes great for Rameriez, Lee and Pierre scoring and driving in runs, they might be in a playoff hunt, but it is going to take a lot of people having career years and either Prior and or Wood being able to combine into at least one decent starter. It is too much to ask, so I figure they are still around a .500 club. I don't think they will be a train wreck, but they won't catch the Cards.
The NL Central is going to be pretty competitive this year, as I think Milwaukee and Cinci to me look improved over last year. Houston is a bit harder to call, but they still should be solid. I think as long as the Cards can keep Chris Carpenter and their starting pitching healthy, they are still the team to beat.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 23 March 2006 04:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Jeff. (Jeff), Saturday, 25 March 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Sunday, 26 March 2006 01:37 (nineteen years ago)
since the game is in cincinnati i think it's the reds' opening day.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 27 March 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: GRILL ENSPEKTOR (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 23:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)
The Don Baylor flashbacks are occuring early and often.
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 13:36 (nineteen years ago)
― brianiast (briania), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 17:38 (nineteen years ago)
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060403/capt.ohcd10704031909.cubs_reds_bush_ohcd107.jpg
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 23:24 (nineteen years ago)
i like stories. please tell me another one.
sincerely,
jonathan quayle higgins
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)
Suggestions:Make sure all words are spelled correctly.Try different keywords.Try more general keywords.Try fewer keywords.
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:45 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 5 April 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Thursday, 6 April 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Thursday, 6 April 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Thursday, 6 April 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: My theme is DEATH (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 6 April 2006 17:21 (nineteen years ago)
Total. Team. Player.
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 7 April 2006 17:40 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 7 April 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: My theme is DEATH (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Saturday, 8 April 2006 03:30 (nineteen years ago)
you fucks will never taste a World Series, and I'm fucking BASKING in it. I can't describe how great it feels to root for the reigning champs. Fucktards.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 8 April 2006 03:44 (nineteen years ago)
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 8 April 2006 03:46 (nineteen years ago)
― ojitarian (ojitarian), Sunday, 9 April 2006 21:56 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Sunday, 9 April 2006 23:52 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:12 (nineteen years ago)
That's not to say that you can't be a fan of more than one team, but it seems lame to root for other teams while refusing to root for your home team.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:47 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:34 (nineteen years ago)
OK, that's you. Nobody *should* do anything -- it's not high treason to root against them -- but I'm sure you've noticed that 99% of people do tend to root for the home team?
I didn't grow up rooting for the Maple Leafs*, but on the other hand, I didn't make a point of NOT rooting for them, and I certainly didn't root against them. Whereas with Cubs-White Sox or Mets-Yanks, don't you kinda have to hate the other team's guts?
*anybody who follows hockey can probably appreciate this. The Harold Ballard-era Leafs didn't do a good job of drawing in new fans.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:39 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: My theme is DEATH (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 10 April 2006 01:46 (nineteen years ago)
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 10 April 2006 02:03 (nineteen years ago)
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 10 April 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 April 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)
And what on God's green earth makes the Cubs non-boring, for that matter?
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Monday, 10 April 2006 02:23 (nineteen years ago)
But yes, Barry, I get that cross-city fandom is rare and rooting for the hometown team is ingrained - I'm questioning your view on it making people who don't follow random allegiances 'the worst fans ever.'
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 10 April 2006 03:06 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 10 April 2006 03:59 (nineteen years ago)
I get the feeling that you can root for the Cubs OR the White Sox, but rooting for both is lame. Or if you're from the South Side but don't like the White Sox, switching allegances to the Cubs is a bit of a crap thing to do. Hopefully the Chicagoans will comment on this. It's not the same as you choosing to root for other teams because you don't like the Rangers and/or Tom Hicks.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 April 2006 04:29 (nineteen years ago)
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)
― jinx hijinks (sanskrit), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 10 April 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 10 April 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 April 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)
You don't get out much, do you?
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 10 April 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)
The Sox are a whole different thing. Old Commiskey park looked like something that was run by Park Recs or something. They get a new park and get good, then they basically get up staged by the owner's other pro team.
A thing that to me is totally White Sox is when they first traded away Harold Baines. A week later when he came back with the Rangers (traded within own division mind you), they gave him a big plaque and named him "Mr. White Sox" or something of the sort. Never mind that the guy ended up playing ball for another dozen years and came back to the southside twice. I just always thought that was odd.
I grew up watching the Cubs and Sox on WGN like bunches of people. The Cubs were on much more often and back in the day, pretty much every single game. That is why I ended up a Cubs fan. The Reds were my first favorite club, but I know I have seen more White Sox games on TV than Cinci, as the Reds were rarely on TV.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 10 April 2006 22:24 (nineteen years ago)
-- jaymc (jmcunnin...), April 10th, 2006 1:06 PM. (jaymc)
haha .. pretty rich from the dork who "discovered" the likes of Fleetwood Mac in the last year ... good ol Jamsee .. perpetually behind the curve, always good for a chuckle ... mr. "sports are not artistic!!!" himself ... good stuff
I will say this ... the Cubs are impressing the hell out of me... I think they just might be for real...
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 05:13 (nineteen years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 05:42 (nineteen years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:01 (nineteen years ago)
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 01:30 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 21 April 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: My theme is DEATH (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 21 April 2006 00:24 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 21 April 2006 01:39 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 21 April 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 21 April 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)
― bnw (bnw), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:34 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)
a lot of south siders, particularly the Irish, near where midway is now, were cubs fans back in the day ie 1940s-ish
― oops (Oops), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:51 (nineteen years ago)
― oops (Oops), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Friday, 21 April 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 21 April 2006 20:12 (nineteen years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Saturday, 22 April 2006 01:15 (nineteen years ago)
The cubs are going to have to score so many runs this year to be any type of good. Not going to happen.
― Jeff. (Jeff), Sunday, 23 April 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod is a super idol of The MARS SPIRIT (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 23 April 2006 17:46 (nineteen years ago)
Three broken bones in the wrist is bad news and the injury is worse than I would have thought.
There are some good things even with all of the injuries with this team. It is good to see Matt Murton and Ronny Cedeno playing well. If Ramierez and Jones start hitting some more they might be OK, not great. I don't see them really contending this year either way even if D-Lee was healthy.
I also like seeing Greg Maddux pitching well and hope he can put together a big season, as I think his career accomplishments have been really overshadowed by The Rocket. I know talking about pitchers getting 'wins' is nearly verboten on this board, but I would like to see Maddux pitch well enough for another year or two and get to 350.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 24 April 2006 01:10 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 24 April 2006 07:04 (nineteen years ago)
yes but sportswriters around the country took note of how dan shaughnessey was able to recycle the same column 20 times per season AND turn it into a book all by invoking a lame-assed curse. i'm pretty sure they found that hackery is much easier than compelling writing.
i didn't see today's game, but i guess his ball was moving so well that twice the cards asked the ump to check it out.
yeah, it was moving well. he's had great movement each time i've seen him. brenly said when he was managing he used to ask the umpires to check the ball every couple of innings when maddux was on the hill and they never found anything.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 24 April 2006 12:12 (nineteen years ago)
He must be taking something because it's impossible for a 40 year old man to increase his muscle mass to the point where he's 4-0 with a 0.99ERA and is off to the best start of his career.
Obviously I don't believe any of that but if there was a hitting equivalent to Maddux right now then you can bet there'd be rumblings of that sort.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 24 April 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/3340/splits;_ylt=AlBK6jxOY5vqRVlHTJf.xrCFCLcF?year=2005&type=Pitching
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 24 April 2006 13:23 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 24 April 2006 13:27 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 24 April 2006 13:52 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 24 April 2006 14:48 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:48 (nineteen years ago)
Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine have both been remarkably durable starting pitchers.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 24 April 2006 23:24 (nineteen years ago)
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 26 April 2006 01:17 (nineteen years ago)
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 26 April 2006 03:47 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Jeff. (Jeff), Saturday, 29 April 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 May 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 15:42 (nineteen years ago)
Guh, they should just trade prior and wood for a sack of peanuts and use those peanuts to lure some elepants to cincinnati, st louis, houston and milwaukee to stomp on each of those teams. And pittsburgh too, they are sure to make a run.
― Jeff. (Jeff), Sunday, 7 May 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:45 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 8 May 2006 13:05 (nineteen years ago)
1. Juan Pierre2. Neifi Perez3. Ronny Cedeno
OMG MURDERERS ROW
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 12 May 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 12 May 2006 18:15 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 12 May 2006 19:30 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 26 May 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 May 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 26 May 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)
Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago Cubs selected infielder Tony Womack from their Triple-A affiliate in Iowa on Friday.
The 36-year old Womack began the 2006 season with the Cincinnati Reds and played in just nine games before being released.
He then signed with Iowa on May 17 and batted .467 (7-for-15) with a double, RBI and three stolen bases in five games.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 May 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 26 May 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 May 2006 19:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 26 May 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 May 2006 19:13 (nineteen years ago)
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 26 May 2006 19:30 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 26 May 2006 19:51 (nineteen years ago)
--Ron Santo after today's game
Did you know a player can get 2 errors on the same play? I think they said Neifi did.
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 26 May 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 26 May 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)
also: Perez had both a fielding error and a throwing error on one play in the ninth, letting in the go-ahead run. if I was Zambrano I would kick him right in the Neifis.
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Friday, 26 May 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)
Yeah, you can e.g. boot the ball to allow the runner to reach first and then throw it away to allow the advance to second.
Tommy John once committed three errors on one play:
http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/J/John_Tommy.stm
In theory you could commit four errors at 3B by booting the ball, throwing wildly to first anyway, dropping the throw to third to nab the runner trying to advance, and throwing wildly to home. I could see a similar thing happening with a catcher on a bunt single -> backing up the throw to third (if the pitcher or an infielder covered home?)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 26 May 2006 20:42 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 26 May 2006 20:43 (nineteen years ago)
Zambrano had to be wild to walk in a run with Frenchy at the plate.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Friday, 26 May 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 26 May 2006 21:38 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 29 May 2006 13:21 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 29 May 2006 13:41 (nineteen years ago)
yikes.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)
― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:31 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 21:42 (nineteen years ago)
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 1 June 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 1 June 2006 13:31 (nineteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 1 June 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 01:17 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 01:38 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:24 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)
Oh, wait a sec...
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)
Well no shit you're going to strike out a guy with a name like that.
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 18:32 (nineteen years ago)
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 16 June 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)
Bob "Johnnycakes" Brenly, I love your new handlebar moustache.
― felicity (felicity), Sunday, 18 June 2006 17:17 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 18 June 2006 17:48 (nineteen years ago)
― felicity (felicity), Sunday, 18 June 2006 17:52 (nineteen years ago)
Sad but most likely true.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Monday, 19 June 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 19 June 2006 22:21 (nineteen years ago)
I still think Wood will spend most of the rest of his career in the bullpen, given his insistence on not changing his pitching style despite repeated injury.
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)
The best thing that could happen to either one is getting away from the Cubs, as this team does not look like it has any clue on how to get them back into order.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Tuesday, 20 June 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)
Yeah, maybe the Cubs will trade him back to the O's for Corey Patterson, Sammy Sosa and a bag of sunflower seeds and Leo Mazzone will make him a big star and he will marry Anna Benson and we'll all cry in our beers at the Cubby Bear.:(
I would like to take a poll:
Which version of Bob Brenly's moustaches is better:
1. the "Superfan"
http://cubscentral.com/images/brenly.jpg
2. The "Handlebar+Sissybar"
http://media.scout.com/Media/Image/26/260106.jpg
??????? Your votes, please.
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)
― maura (maura), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:22 (nineteen years ago)
Now which moustache do you prefer?
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:40 (nineteen years ago)
― c(''c) (Leee), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)
― felicity (felicity), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)
― c(''c) (Leee), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)
The Superfan is much easier to manage. I give props for the sissy bar, that is more work. Maybe he has one of those new razors with the extra blade on top to hit the hard spots.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 21:28 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 21:39 (nineteen years ago)
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AuoON8ZfuXP_pVApTU5cw8MRvLYF?slug=ap-cubs-wood&prov=ap&type=lgns
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 22:19 (nineteen years ago)
Carlos Zambrano struggled with a 27-pitch first inning when he walked two and gave up a run on two singles."His back was a little tight, and he couldn't get it loose,'' Baker said. "They worked on him after the inning.''Zambrano settled down and improved his record to 6-3. He only had two strikeouts, his lowest total this season, and threw 101 pitches. He complained after his last start that his arm felt heavy.
"His back was a little tight, and he couldn't get it loose,'' Baker said. "They worked on him after the inning.''
Zambrano settled down and improved his record to 6-3. He only had two strikeouts, his lowest total this season, and threw 101 pitches. He complained after his last start that his arm felt heavy.
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 22 June 2006 15:41 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Thursday, 22 June 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 22 June 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xvg7aBVatQU&search=wade%20letterman
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 23 June 2006 03:37 (nineteen years ago)
No one can dispute that Corey Patterson had to go after being unable to prosper under Baker and his coaches, but Patterson's emergence in Baltimore is another black mark against the Baker regime.If other clubs can get something out of talent that was running on empty with the Cubs, that sets off alarm bells in the front office. As hard as Baker and his coaches have tried, results are all that matter. And the results don't add up to offering him a contract extension later this year.There is plenty of blame to go around. Baker's inability to foster the growth of young talent such as Matt Murton and Rich Hill is matched by Hendry's decision before this season to lavish pitcher Glendon Rusch and infielder Neifi Perez with two-year contracts.
If other clubs can get something out of talent that was running on empty with the Cubs, that sets off alarm bells in the front office. As hard as Baker and his coaches have tried, results are all that matter. And the results don't add up to offering him a contract extension later this year.
There is plenty of blame to go around. Baker's inability to foster the growth of young talent such as Matt Murton and Rich Hill is matched by Hendry's decision before this season to lavish pitcher Glendon Rusch and infielder Neifi Perez with two-year contracts.
I can't help but think Larry Bowa's getting his resume ready.
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 23 June 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)
The Cubs are just down right fugly.
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 03:38 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 11:12 (nineteen years ago)
I think the Cubs should do the right thing and deal Maddux either across town, to the Red Sox or some other contender, if he wants to go.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/cubs/2006-06-27-maddux-forgotten-star_x.htm
He may be the greatest living right-handed pitcher alive, but hardly anyone notices. He has won 300 games like you-know-who in Texas. He also has 3,000 strikeouts. He, too, likely will be heading to Cooperstown as a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Yet, strangely enough, it's as if baseball has forgotten about Greg Maddux.
"That's OK, he's more of a story," Maddux says of Roger Clemens. "He's the Rocket. He has an aura about him that I've never experienced. I'm happy he's back.
"I was rooting for him the other day (in his 2006 debut), even though the Astros are in our division."
Maddux was the flavor of the month in April when he opened the season going 5-0 with a 1.35 ERA for the Chicago Cubs. Everyone wanted to know his age-defying secret. Now that he has won only two of his last 11 starts, the only time he hears his name is in trade rumors.
"I don't think anybody wants to be traded," says Maddux, 7-8 after losing Monday to the Milwaukee Brewers. "But I'm only a player. I don't make those decisions. I lost my no-trade clause when I came to Chicago.
"It's funny how everyone was saying I was winning because I was in such great shape. No, I was winning because I was making my pitches. I'm just not making as many good pitches now."
And nobody seems to care whether he plans to continue pitching, let alone debate whether Maddux, and not Clemens, is the greatest pitcher of our generation.
One of the top two
"It's one of the damnedest things I've ever seen," says Baltimore Orioles pitching coach Leo Mazzone, who coached Maddux for 11 years in Atlanta. "We all know that Roger Clemens is good. Real good. But the real baseball world knows that Mad Dog is right there with him. You can argue all you want who is better, but your argument starts and stays right with those two guys.
"As far as someone with the precision of his pitches, being able to locate his fastball and change speeds with terrific movement, nobody in the history of the game is better than Greg Maddux.
"I'll go to my grave believing we will never see another pitcher like him."
And Mazzone says there will never be anyone — owner, general manager, manager or player — smarter in the game of baseball.
"I don't care who I offend," Mazzone says, "he is the smartest man in baseball. He picks up things that nobody can. I remember one time (Braves manager) Bobby (Cox) wanted to walk Shawn Green with first base open. Bobby goes to the mound and Mad Dog says to him, 'Give me two pitches. Then I'm going to get him to pop up the third one to third base.
"Bobby comes back to the bench and I say, 'What are we doing?' Bobby says, 'Wait 'til you hear this!' And you know what, Green popped up to third base."
Maddux, 40, hardly looks like a guy whose résumé includes four Cy Young awards, 325 career victories, 3,108 strikeouts, 4,504 innings and 15 Gold Gloves.
Maddux, who failed to win Monday night against Milwaukee, needs just one more victory to tie Eddie Plank for 12th place on the all-time victory list, two to tie John Clarkson for 11th, and four to tie Steve Carlton for 10th.
"It's kind of cool to see the names," Maddux says. "It was nice having your name associated with guys like Don Sutton and Nolan Ryan. And my brother (Brewers pitching coach Mike Maddux) pitched with Steve Carlton. But guys like Eddie Plank and Walter Johnson, those were standards set a long time ago. It's hard to relate to them."
Particularly when his fastball, clocked consistently in the mid-80s, can be found on many high-school diamonds.
"If I was in high school, I wouldn't even be drafted," Maddux says. "They want guys who can throw in the mid-90s. That's just the way it is. They want guys like Roger Clemens, not me."
Finesse vs. flash
Ah, Clemens. The guy has won 16 more games in his career, but has lacked Maddux's uncanny consistency. Maddux is the first pitcher in history to win at least 15 games in 17 consecutive seasons. Maddux has pitched at least 199 innings the last 18 years, making at least 33 starts in all but the strike-shortened seasons since 1987. And if he wins 13 games this season, he'll join Cy Young as the only pitcher to accomplish the feat in 19 seasons.
"I've played with Barry Bonds, Frank Thomas and Carlos Delgado," Cubs reliever Scott Eyre says, "but the greatest player of them all is Greg Maddux.
"I can't believe when people say, 'Yeah, he's good, but he's not a power pitcher.' Uh, he's got more than 3,000 punch-outs doesn't he?
"People say they'd rather see Roger Clemens pitch 97 mph.
"Me, I'd rather see Greg Maddux carve 'em up."
Says Astros starter Andy Pettitte: "He's in a league of his own. His velocity isn't like it used to be, and he doesn't have a dominant pitch, but his moment and location are like nothing we've ever seen."
Maddux, an eight-time All-Star who needs four more strikeouts to tie Bob Gibson for 12th on the all-time strikeout list, frankly doesn't care how you view him. Compare him to Clemens? It should be an honor, not a debate.
"It doesn't bother me at all," Maddux says. "Personally, I've never seen a better pitcher. We get pretty much the same results, but he's been more impressive doing it. He's dominating guys. I just try to squeak by.
"So, if I have to take a backseat to him, hey, I can handle it."
'Like a big kid'
Maddux is sitting in front of his locker in his underwear, reading the sports page, sipping on coffee, and ever so deviously glancing toward the table in the middle of the clubhouse.
He stopped by the local McDonald's early in the morning, grabbed some breakfast sandwiches and put them out on the clubhouse table for everyone to enjoy.
And then sits back and laughs hysterically when unsuspecting players open their sandwich and realize that Maddux has already taken a bite. Out of each one.
"He's like a big kid," Chicago Cubs coach Benny Cadahia says. "He's always the first one to the clubhouse. He gets his work in before anyone gets there. And by the time they show up, he sits back and enjoys all of his pranks.
"That's why I laugh when people talk about whether he'll retire. You kidding? He loves being here. He couldn't do this stuff at home."
Maddux has never retired. He doesn't plan on starting now.
"I remember earlier this year, I just got my brains beat in pitching in San Diego," Maddux says. "I stunk. I was embarrassed. I was humiliated, and all of that.
"But you know what, I still had a great time because I was out there competing. I have the greatest job in the world. I play golf on my off days, and I get to pitch in the major leagues on the days I work.
"Doesn't get any better than that."
And as long as Maddux still believes he can be effective, providing that someone still will give him a uniform, he'll continue to pitch.
"I want to play as long as I'm good enough to play," he says. "It's like playing bad golf is better than no golf. It's the same as pitching. Why would I want to give that up?"
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 29 June 2006 03:25 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)
signs of life: 5 K in 2 IP
― gear (gear), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)
No.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 29 June 2006 17:58 (nineteen years ago)
just horribly horribly bad ball.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)
2005Derrek Lee: .335/.418/.662 = 1.080 OPS, 46 HRsAlbert Pujols: .330/.430/.609 = 1.039 OPS, 41 HRs
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 29 June 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 29 June 2006 19:06 (nineteen years ago)
Too bad it isn't, the Cubs have some fearsome towel throwers.
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 29 June 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)
With Lee back, they seem less frustrating than in years past because they seem to be trying. At least they have a good leadoff man and some power in the lineup.
They need to stop making those stupid Cubs-esque errors, that's what always gets me.
― felicity (felicity), Friday, 30 June 2006 03:22 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Saturday, 1 July 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)
"They have their guys they like for certain reasons," Williamson told the Score. "I don't know why. They go to them, go to them, go to them. It's good to be that guy. If you mess up, you get back out there. But the bad part is if you're not one of their boys and he doesn't have confidence in you, then you wear it."For me and some other people, we don't get opportunities to get in there and stay fresh and keep it going. It's been hard. If you are just one of the players on the outside, it's hard because you feel like you're under a microscope and walking on eggshells. If you have a bad outing, you don't feel like you're going to get back in there for a while. They've got a Bob Howry, so there's no need for me. Hopefully I do get traded."I feel terrible for Murton. I feel a lot of stuff is not going the right way with him. This kid is going to be a superstar, a franchise player. He's a kid with a great work ethic. They didn't let him play and get his at-bats and fight through struggles."
"For me and some other people, we don't get opportunities to get in there and stay fresh and keep it going. It's been hard. If you are just one of the players on the outside, it's hard because you feel like you're under a microscope and walking on eggshells. If you have a bad outing, you don't feel like you're going to get back in there for a while. They've got a Bob Howry, so there's no need for me. Hopefully I do get traded.
"I feel terrible for Murton. I feel a lot of stuff is not going the right way with him. This kid is going to be a superstar, a franchise player. He's a kid with a great work ethic. They didn't let him play and get his at-bats and fight through struggles."
Angel Guzman to thread!
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 3 July 2006 18:44 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 3 July 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 3 July 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)
Baker used the analogy of a plane crash to describe how he views the situation."It's like the black box on the airplane," he said. "The airplane has a failure. Everybody is going to see [afterward] if it was pilot error or mechanical error or whatever. The one thing you learn about life, no matter what job you are in, you're going to have your turn to be in that box."Whether you are a manager or a coach or a CEO or a janitor, everybody is going to have a chance to be in ... I call it the black blame box. That's what it is."
"It's like the black box on the airplane," he said. "The airplane has a failure. Everybody is going to see [afterward] if it was pilot error or mechanical error or whatever. The one thing you learn about life, no matter what job you are in, you're going to have your turn to be in that box.
"Whether you are a manager or a coach or a CEO or a janitor, everybody is going to have a chance to be in ... I call it the black blame box. That's what it is."
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:45 (nineteen years ago)
The test was conducted Friday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Cubs athletic trainer Mark O'Neal said Saturday the results explain why the pitcher has struggled to do anything, including playing catch.
Wood had undergone an MRI on June 26 in Cincinnati, but that did not include an arthrogram, which is more detailed and provides more information, O'Neal said. Wood was waking up at night with pain in his shoulder, and wasn't responding well to treatment.
What's next?
"There's different thought processes on how to treat it, and that's to be determined," O'Neal said Saturday. "In all reality, there are significant number of people who have successfully returned conservatively. We're in the process of sending the films out and letting two or three of the specialists in the country look at it and see. That's what Kerry wants to do."
The options are conservative treatment or possible arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder.
― maura (maura), Saturday, 8 July 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Saturday, 8 July 2006 23:21 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 9 July 2006 01:03 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Sunday, 9 July 2006 01:29 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 9 July 2006 01:56 (nineteen years ago)
Mark Prior was scratched from Sunday's start against Milwaukee with a strained left oblique muscle that he said he injured while taking batting practice on Saturday."The goat is starting to look real," Prior said, referring to the Billy Goat Curse.Trainer Mark O'Neal said Prior's injury could be problematic, and he could be placed on the disabled list. ... "I hope after four days it'll be alright," [Prior said].
"The goat is starting to look real," Prior said, referring to the Billy Goat Curse.
Trainer Mark O'Neal said Prior's injury could be problematic, and he could be placed on the disabled list. ... "I hope after four days it'll be alright," [Prior said].
It's just comical at this point. The worst part of it is that Glendon Rusch got the start and is pitching well today in a Dusty-job-saving role... ugh I hate everything about this team.
― mattbot (mattbot), Sunday, 9 July 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Sunday, 9 July 2006 18:53 (nineteen years ago)
― felicity (felicity), Monday, 10 July 2006 06:33 (nineteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: NOIZE BOARD GRIL COMPARISON ANALYST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 10 July 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Monday, 10 July 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)
A stinky goat. What a ridiculous curse.
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 10 July 2006 15:17 (nineteen years ago)
The bottom line is that this has got to be the shittiest team ever assembled in terms of dollars spent per win. Someone needs to admit it and try something new.
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 10 July 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.grudge-match.com/Images/balki.gif
This is pretty much the man who's put a 60 year curse on the Cubs."Who stinks now couzeen Laaary?"
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 10 July 2006 15:35 (nineteen years ago)
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Monday, 10 July 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 10 July 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 10 July 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)
― INSANE CLOWN FOSSE (Adrian Langston), Monday, 10 July 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 10 July 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)
the attendance thing blows, this will be the first year i haven't been to a bosox game since 1978. two (maybe it was three?) years ago i was able to walk up 50 minutes before the first pitch and got a pair of club level seats midway between home and third. having a waitress bring me beer and hot dogs was something that was totally foreign to me at that point but i was able to rapidly adapt.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 12:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)
― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 15:45 (nineteen years ago)
Tribune: No, but 'Give me the horses' can be construed as you saying, 'I need more players.'Baker: No, it's not. I don't care how it's construed. What I said is, 'Hey, man, give me the horses, and if my horses stay healthy, I'm going to win.' Well, my horses haven't been healthy. [Kerry] Wood and [Mark] Prior haven't been healthy. My main offense guy (Derrek Lee) wasn't healthy. It's not an alibi or an excuse, because I don't use excuses....Tribune: At one point you denied your team was underachieving, and they were 18 or 19 games under .500 at the time, and even your most vocal supporters were saying, 'Come on, at least admit that much.'Baker: Well, is that underachieving, or is that ...Tribune: Just the way they are?Baker: (No response.)
Baker: No, it's not. I don't care how it's construed. What I said is, 'Hey, man, give me the horses, and if my horses stay healthy, I'm going to win.' Well, my horses haven't been healthy. [Kerry] Wood and [Mark] Prior haven't been healthy. My main offense guy (Derrek Lee) wasn't healthy. It's not an alibi or an excuse, because I don't use excuses.
...
Tribune: At one point you denied your team was underachieving, and they were 18 or 19 games under .500 at the time, and even your most vocal supporters were saying, 'Come on, at least admit that much.'
Baker: Well, is that underachieving, or is that ...
Tribune: Just the way they are?
Baker: (No response.)
He ended up walking out of the interview.
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)
― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)
There's also the whole player development issue as well -- Corey Patterson is making the Cubs coaching staff look terrible (and rightfully so). The hate for the youngsters is well documented, of course.
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 21:07 (nineteen years ago)
I'm being somewhat serious here, if one's main worry about the pitching staff is keeping their arms healthy, what can a strength and conditioning coach do that the trainers can't?
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 10:37 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 12:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 12:22 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 12:25 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 12:29 (nineteen years ago)
i think a strength and conditioning coach would be used pro-actively so that players DON'T get hurt whereas a trainer would fix what's already broken.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)
"[This] lively account of the team's trip from triumph to decline—first written in 1993, updated and reissued this year—will warm the heart of any Cub fan. . . . It's an unvarnished insider's view of what goes on within the game at many levels and a refreshingly honest exercise in self-discovery." —Dan McGrath, Chicago Tribune.
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)
He got hurt while taking batting practice last Saturday in Milwaukee. Prior, who began the season on the disabled list with a sore shoulder, came off it June 18 and went 0-4 in four starts with a 7.71 ERA. He was scratched from his start last Sunday. How long will the Cubs be without Prior?
"We're not sure," manager Dusty Baker said. "He was better yesterday."
Prior is scheduled to throw in the bullpen Thursday and then again next Tuesday.
The Cubs are also without Kerry Wood, who has a partially torn rotator cuff and is in the process of deciding whether to have surgery or try to rehab the injury.
"Kerry is going to see a few doctors. We always let the players decide who they'd like to see in this situation," general manager Jim Hendry said.
"So I think Kerry and his representatives and our medical staff are trying to do the best thing for him and let him have the opportunity to see a lot of people."
Right-hander Carlos Zambrano, who was hit in the elbow by the fungo bat of White Sox third base coach Joey Cora before the All-Star game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night, is OK and scheduled to make his start Saturday against the Mets.
― gear (gear), Friday, 14 July 2006 17:02 (nineteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 14 July 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 17 July 2006 00:08 (nineteen years ago)
Other fun stats from that half inning:1 booed manager1 curious force at home1 trash event1 sarcastic cheered strike1 standing, booing ovation
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 17 July 2006 01:43 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 17 July 2006 06:19 (nineteen years ago)
Business as usual.
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 17 July 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)
― ojitarian (ojitarian), Monday, 17 July 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)
― boldbury (boldbury), Monday, 17 July 2006 22:01 (nineteen years ago)
― maura (maura), Monday, 24 July 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 24 July 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50033
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)
Carlos Zambrano has a posse4 HR, .435 SLG
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)
Derrek Lee 3.0Henry Blanco 1.8Matt Murton 0.8Freddie Bynum 0.3Angel Pagan -1.5John Mabry -2.6Neifi! -4.3Ronny Cedeno -13.7
I'm really starting to embrace how bad this team is.
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 19:26 (nineteen years ago)
― ojitarian (ojitarian), Thursday, 27 July 2006 00:26 (nineteen years ago)
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:FGUELgsP6-rzrM:point.worldtel.net.pk/wallpaper/Nature/Nature-%2520Animals-%2520Wild%2520Horses.jpg
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 28 July 2006 12:31 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 July 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)
Possible Chicago Cubs lineup, Aug. 1 2006:Pierre CFPerez 2BPagan LFMabry 1BIzturis 3BBynum RFCedeno SSBlanco CHill P
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― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 31 July 2006 20:13 (nineteen years ago)
Becuz, y'know, we need to see what we've got for next year.
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 31 July 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)
― ojitarian (ojitarian), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 09:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 4 August 2006 00:37 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 4 August 2006 00:50 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 4 August 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 4 August 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 12:04 (nineteen years ago)
There were some choice Dusty quotes while ilx was down, my favorite being his "where did he come from? where is he going" ramblings about 2B Ryan Theirot, buried on the depth chart behind Neifi. He also had some insightful comments about why he keeps pushing Zambrano over 120 pitches per game in a lost season.
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)
"My stance hasn't changed. When you're in the situation we're in, a lot of things go into play when you're evaluating field personnel. [I will move] forward in early October." --Cubs GM Jim Hendry
"I'm not getting fired … my contract just expires." --Baker
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:07 (nineteen years ago)
whew... so yeah THAT Jeff Ma wrote this about Barry Bonds/Dusty Baker/Brian Sabean:
"These days, with their star on the decline, the Giants struggle to keep their record above .500. Watching this fizzle, while ex-Giants Manager Dusty Baker flails in Chicago, it's fair to ask where these guys’ careers would be if Barry Bonds hadn't ever decided to come home."
from: http://www.protrade.com/insight/InsightArticleDetail.html?sp=KRC5120355&x=x
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:49 (nineteen years ago)
Three days a week Barrett ends his training day with an hour of martial arts. "I don't believe there's a place for fighting in baseball," he says, "but I want to be confident that if a situation arose, I could handle it... I wouldn't mind trying to be an ultimate fighter after my baseball career."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/players/02/28/workout0306/index.html
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)
christ, just what chicago needs, another beefy frat boy who loves fisticuffs.
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 17 August 2006 12:36 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 17 August 2006 13:04 (nineteen years ago)
― otto midnight (otto midnight), Thursday, 17 August 2006 19:02 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 21 August 2006 12:38 (nineteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 21 August 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 21 August 2006 16:08 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)
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― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)
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― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:52 (nineteen years ago)
Jays-White Sox! Mike Sirotka!! FUCK YOU KENNY WILLIAMS.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 24 August 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 August 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 August 2006 15:13 (nineteen years ago)
Next year: Do the Cubs need to improve their on-base percentage next year? They currently rank last in the National League with a .318 OBP."On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage," Baker said. "Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem."
"On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage," Baker said. "Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem."
― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 24 August 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 28 August 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)
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― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 01:24 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 September 2006 18:48 (nineteen years ago)
I wish I could perform like this at work and not lose my job :(
― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 6 September 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 2 October 2006 17:23 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 2 October 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 2 October 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 2 October 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Monday, 2 October 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)
(warning: crummy song, but it's sort of funny. esp since it was made on may 26.)
― maura (maura), Monday, 9 October 2006 08:25 (nineteen years ago)
Phillips: "Piniella wants to win."
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)
― mattbot (mattbot), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:26 (nineteen years ago)
― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 16:31 (nineteen years ago)
in other news, my autographed copy of http://www.heartlanddigsandfinds.com/store/graphics/Product_Graphics/Product_3277.jpg fails to appreciate in value.
― ▒█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▒█▄█ , Tuesday, 17 October 2006 19:09 (nineteen years ago)
"Steve Phillips: Players needed"
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)
Sammy (Wrigleyville): Are the Cubs still relevant?
Nate Silver: One of the stories that got somewhat buried in the national media is that the White Sox did better TV ratings than the Cubs by a fairly wide margin. I think the Cubs have 2007 to remain relevant, but if somehow they manage to have a year that's been as disappointing as the last couple, I predict that you start to see a fair number of empty seats in Wrigley in 2008.
Is he talking about national or local TV ratings? It wouldn't surprise me if the Sox drew better on Sunday Night Baseball, but as for the local market, are Cubs fans really switching sides?
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 October 2006 16:55 (nineteen years ago)
i didn't even bother to watch a single game after the initial post-derrek lee injury slide.
*i think this point has everything to do with the team, btw. there's always been talk that wood's delivery contributes to his injuries, but no one has bothered to push the issue with him obviously. and word is mark prior, for all his impeccable mechanics, doesn't take care of himself as well as he should. whatever the truth may be, there's some smoke there.
― gear (gear), Friday, 20 October 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)
didnt wanna spoil new Cubs thread w/ '06 revelation:
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2011/2/22/2008549/dusty-baker-given-lovely-parting-gifts-as-cubs-manager
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 21:35 (fourteen years ago)
O_O
― old man yells at poop first thing in the morning (pixel farmer), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 21:39 (fourteen years ago)
Prior or Wood would be justified.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)
i was thinking wood b/c wasn't he the guy who smashed sosa's boombox with a baseball bat?
dark horse possibility: david aardsma, because of his family connections.
― omar little, Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:13 (fourteen years ago)