"I don't want to put any pressure on him, but this is a young man who should approach 20 wins every year with his stuff" - these are your 2010 CHICAGO CUBS

no pressure, carlos z is cool as a cucumber, folks.

Got my HoHoKam tickets yesterday. :)

Soriano, A.
Fukudome, K.
Lee, D.
Ramirez, A.
Soto, G.
Byrd, M.
Theriot, R.
Fontenot, M.
Pitcher, (L)

rotation and bullpen pls?

Closer, (BS)

Please can we have someone else lead off who is not Soriano.

Zambrano, C.
Dempster, R.
Lilly, T.
Wells, R.
Gorzesmarzijida, T.J.

Yeah like Zambrano, he should lead off. Dunno about Wells as cleanup though.

No Gorzesmarzijidasilva?

man, i hope not~

Maddux to Chicago

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AhetXSLyI203S.PyYFWe2BA5nYcB?slug=ap-cubs-maddux&prov=ap&type=lgns

I'm hoping that means Maddux goes into the HoF as a Cub.

DID YOU KNOW???

. . . Greg Maddux holds the career SB record for pitchers

who would suggest ban greg maddux?

best news -> no more kevin gregg

I'm hoping that means Maddux goes into the HoF as a Cub.

this would guarantee I'd never return to that place.

I'm hoping that means Maddux goes into the HoF as a Cub.

There's basically no chance because he's spent more years in Atlanta, all of them at his peak. And players don't get to choose the team they're associated with anymore.

and won three of his four Cys, plus a WS, etc.

if he went in a a Cub I would be Morbs-level pissed off for the rest of my life

Ok, he shouldn't go in as a Cub.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2010-02/52045180.jpg

"He looks absolutely wonderful, and I think you'll see a heck of a better performance from him just because of that," Piniella said. "The mental part of it? He's mentally strong. He fights himself at times. He needs to harness that a little bit. But you want competitors on the mound, and Carlos certainly competes."

Kyle Farnsworth showed up to Cubs camp today as a rotation candidate.

http://www.fanfeedr.com/mlb/2010/02/18/farnsworth-shows-up-for-camp

Great, we get the Royals' rejects.

ok wait

mets camp is thataway mr farns

CAN WE JUST SIGN BARRY BONDS ALREADY?

this Starlin Castro kid looks like he's about 15 but he's pretty good huh?

All the other threads are getting revived so: I'm so glad Kevin Gregg is gone but it's hard to feel confident about Marmol as a closer.

Tyler Colvin looking good too.

RIP Big Z

What a horrible opening day game. Classic Cubs. Bad News bears defense, etc.

Big Z started ok but it all went terribly wrong withe the Bermuda triangle play in left field.

When Russell was doing a great job mowing down two straight innings, of course he gets pulled for Samardjiza.

I said, Samardjiza will immediately walk the bases full. And he did.

this fucking bullpen

more like this fucking esmailin caridad, to be more specific

can someone change this thread title to "It's nice to see Ted Lilly in uniform today" - these are your 2010 CHICAGO CUBS

it's safe to say that soriano is the worst everyday player in baseball?

I kind of hate him. Glad they finally got him off the top of the lineup, and he said the other day he's going to stop doing his stupid hop before he tries (and fails) to catch fly balls.

he did hit a ball abt 415 ft in his first ab vs the mets 2night

i hate him too though...i asked a friend 2 draft for me in a fantasy league cuz i was busy and he wasnt doing anything and he got me soriano..im fairly confident ill outright drop him at some point

i think now would be a good time

word last wk wouldve been even better most likely

he's gonna finish with an obp below .300

He's always been able to hit home runs, he can just never do it when there's anyone on base or when it would actually help win a game.

ho boy.

OneyRoberto
Run the bases Soriano that's why people hate ur punk ass

if there was some way for this team to literally be laughed off the face of the earth, maybe even like laughed off of an ice cliff in the north poll, then it needs to happen because, holy shit
http://i42.tinypic.com/eap1cw.jpg

oh man

He can't win 20 games from the bullpen, Lou.

I dunno, 20 vulture wins seems attainable if the offense can get going.

All the other threads are getting revived so: I'm so glad Kevin Gregg is gone but it's hard to feel confident about Marmol as a closer.

so far so good with Gregg in T. tho
you guys want Jason Frasior?!

NL WHIP leaderboard

Carlos Silva 0.77
Adam Wainwright 0.81
Barry Zito 0.84
Livan Hernandez 0.87

if there was some way for this team to literally be laughed off the face of the earth, maybe even like laughed off of an ice cliff in the north poll, then it needs to happen because, holy shit

sad lol

http://a.espncdn.com/i/headshots/mlb/players/65/30450.jpg
Starlin DeJesus Castro
1-1, HR, 3 RBI, 1 R

A few hours later, he was in Cincinnati and in the starting lineup for a game against the Reds, batting eighth.

"I'm happy. Whoo!" he said, sitting in his locker with a No. 13 jersey hanging from the side.

I guess it time to bring on Ryno. I wonder if they will go ahead and name him the successor early or wait until the season is done.

only Gary Gaetti can save this team

Nothing like knowing/remembering a guy from his playing days, and that guy retiring as a manager, to make me feel kinda old.

Mets' booth guys seemed to think Bobby V for the job.

btw, via Neyer: Every mgr w/ more career wins than Lou is or will be in the HOF.

I've figured that they were grooming Ryne Sandberg for the job since he left being a bench coach and started managing in the minors. He's been the Iowa Cubs manager for a couple of years.

If they want to bring in a hard ass that is a manager retread and has Cub ties to shake things up, I suppose they could maybe look at maybe Larry Bowa. Alan Trammell is also on the Cubs staff.

That said, I'd have to think Sandberg is the guy.

Colorado - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Sean Marshall pitching for Chicago	CHC	COL
S Marshall relieved J Berg.	2	5
C Barmes doubled to deep left.	2	5
M Mora hit for R Betancourt.	2	5
M Mora singled to right, C Barmes to third.	2	5
D Fowler struck out swinging.	2	5
R Spilborghs hit for S Smith.	2	5
R Spilborghs struck out looking.	2	5
C Gonzalez singled to right, C Barmes scored, M Mora to second.	2	6
T Tulowitzki doubled to deep left, M Mora scored, C Gonzalez to third.	2	7
B Hawpe doubled to deep center, C Gonzalez and T Tulowitzki scored.	2	9
A Cashner relieved S Marshall.	2	9
C Iannetta tripled to deep left, B Hawpe scored.	2	10
I Stewart homered to right, C Iannetta scored.	2	12
C Barmes singled to right.	2	12
M Mora doubled to deep right center, C Barmes scored.	2	13
D Fowler homered to right, M Mora scored.	2	15
R Spilborghs singled to left center.	2	15
B Schlitter relieved A Cashner.	2	15
C Gonzalez singled to center, R Spilborghs to second.	2	15
T Tulowitzki doubled to deep left center, R Spilborghs and C Gonzalez scored.	2	17
B Hawpe walked.	2	17
C Iannetta walked, T Tulowitzki to third, B Hawpe to second.	2	17
I Stewart flied out to center.	2	17
12 Runs, 13 Hits, 0 Errors

straight Cashner, homie

wow

loooooooooooool

I love a good 2-out rally.

Clint Barmes was on deck waiting for his third at bat of the inning.

Holy shit this team is so bad right now.

Starting pitchers have pitched an average of 4.1 innings since July 26.

rip

26 hits allowed -- 14 between 2-3-4 hitters Hart, Braun, Fielder.

And the Cubs had four hits total.

was the Lilly trade done for financial reasons? It seems dumb to trade away your most consistent pitcher, especially when one of your best pitchers (Zambrano) isn't playing.

yes, it's usually an economic factor unless the team is in contention.

And they wouldn't do the deal unless they could ditch Theriot's contract as well.

Cubs have first 3rd-generation MLB pitcher:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0803-bits-cubs-chicago-brewers20100802,0,3803135.story

Cubs apparently working to eliminate any trace of fandom I have left by dealing away every single good player and/or player I like.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100818&content_id=13591374&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

he's going downhill and KLaw says they got a good package for him.

are they gonna blow this one?

I don't think so.

Would be happy to be proven wrong, though

Carlos MarLOL pulls it out this time.

so let's see, the team is now basically

of: colvin, byrd, soriano
if: ramirez, castro, dewitt, nady
c: soto
sp: zambrano, gorzelanny, dempster, wells, ???

i don't trust any of those players to be worth a shit in two years

They will get others, mebbe

they need to go hard after cliff lee imo.

Lou retiring effective after today's game

http://209.85.117.197/12413/88/0/e25948//e25948.gif

http://209.85.117.197/12413/88/0/e25948//e25948.gif

wtf?!

Good job, Lou.

More like Lou Palin, amirite? Quitter! Finish your term!

seriously I have been following the cubs since I was a child, this is the worst fuckin team right now, don't blame lou

"As many know, the several weeks since that announcement was made have been very difficult on a family level, requiring two leaves of absence from the club," Piniella said. "While I fully intended to manage this club the rest of the season, a family situation at home now requires my full attention."

ok, never mind, if he's got shit to deal with, that's different

Very true.

Poor Lou, what an ending.

yeah, I think a finale like that will keep him away for good

UHHHHHH

PWSullivan Colvin in stable position after being impaled by bat in upper left chest. Minimal external bleeding. Chest X-rays and sutures. Scary.

he was running home from 3rd on a broken bat hit and a bat shard went right into his chest

Oh shit

his season is apparently over. also, tweeted by paul sullivan:

Colvin to remain in hospital for few days. Chest tube inserted to allow air in, prevent lung from collapsing.

a maple bat

Will THAT "do it," then? Or does an MLB player need to die?

i was actually thinking awhile w/r/t broken bats that the worst position to be in is breaking for home from third/running in for a bunt that turns into a swing, and the batter ends up breaking his bat. someone's gonna get nailed in the throat someday.

i think it's still being the pitcher

pretty much being a pitcher is the most dangerous thing you can do in baseball

Former Cub Matt Murton is Japan's new single-season hit king, breaking Ichiro Suzuki's record. Congrats, Matt!

I guess it was not the Year of the Pitcher there

I am truly happy for the Giants and their fans. But I inhabit an unimaginably more torturous circle of baseball hell: I am a Cub fan. The scar tissue has scar tissue. We have not been IN a World Series in 65 years, 9 years longer than the Giants' World Series VICTORY drought. We have not WON a World Series since man first trod the North or South Poles. We have not won since the human voice first was carried by radio. We have not won since 90% of the world's population was ruled by one of seven emperors. We have not won since both Mark Twain and Leo Tolstoy were alive and writing books. We have not won since the first Model T was two weeks old. We have not won since the year the Sultan was deposed. Remember how, allegedly, in old folks' homes around New England, codgers clung to life so they could witness another Red Sox championship in 2004, causing a drop in mortality before the clincher and a spike right afterwards? That could not happen in Chicago. Because all those who witnessed the last Cubs championship first-hand, on October 14, 1908, are already dead. Put simply: We have not won in the lifetime of anyone who could possibly remember. If they ever do win now, it will be too late. The fandom of many of us has simply curdled. We have heard "We have the right organization" and "We're just a couple of players away" so often that all it draws from us is a dry rasping laugh of contempt. Ironically, the only Cub fans who will be cheering on the streets if they ever do win will be those who cannot possibly have been through what the real Cub fans have been through. We are the hollow fans We are the lost fans Leaning together Blue hats filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As a muffed grounder at third Scoring one more Redbird In our NL cellar.
Posted 11/2/2010, 3:31:55pm by patrickmarren

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