If the Cubs want to make the most of what is left of Lee's, Soriano's and Fukudome's careers, they can't affford to stand pat and merely dump off the obvious...
... Much of what he did came early. He struggled mightily once pitchers realized that they could tie him up, then get him out with pitches away. Yes, he...
... 11 HR and 44 RBI in 216 AB as a ROOKIE projects to much better than 20 HR /80 RBI if he's playing DH every day. I think he projects to .280/35/130 if he...
I agree. Not sure why the A's made this move? D On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:11:53 -0000, Socherball wrote ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Again, I point out that NOBODY was going to take on Miles entire salary unless you put in a premium prospect in with him. Fox is not a premium prospect....
... Agreed on the Miles thing, but I don't know how much value Fox really had. Yes, his minor league numbers last year were eye-popping. But, he big-league...
HOLY CRAP! I just read that the A's "received cash considerations" in the deal!!!! That means the Cubs received two A ball players and a fringe AAA/ML...
http://tinyurl.com/yhyoupw The Cubs rid themselves of Aaron Miles, which I consider to be a good thing regardless of who they got, but they had to give away...
... That is pretty graphic, but you are probably right. They obviously don't want to risk an investment on a player who is a certainty to spend a considerable...
Plus the Cubs know his shoulder, inside and out. D ... From: Socherball To: cubscoven@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:40 PM Subject: [Cubs'...
... I got into an argument with someone on this that was bitching about how stupid Hendry was for not offering him arbitration, what was he thinking? etc. ...
... Ok, so if the media are the shepherds, and the fans are the sheep, are Soriano, Bradley, etc. the lonely perverts who "bend us sheep over the proverbial...
... It is much the same way the Obama administration has tried to spin everything as the previous administration's fault. ... Interesting. Especially since...
... This is a bit of a chicken/egg question. Were the fans so happy about the Cubs spending because the press was portraying it as a good thing; or was the...
... I agree it is the latter. They are cowards - but, I think it is not completely their fault. They write what the crowd wants. When the purse strings were...
The Cubs beat writers are starting to write about the big contracts Hendry has given out in years past limiting his flexibility to do much now. I certainly...
I think there is a big deal in the works involving Bradley and Jay Cutler. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:05 AM, cubbieblueralph ... [Non-text portions of this...
... I fully expect to hear stories about Sosa molesting young boys at the Neverland Ranch shortly. I always knew the guy was f***ing nutty, but I never...
Well I thought the same thing... then i read the article and apparently others said that too because he said he doesn't think he looks like MJ... ... [Non-text...
This makes sense to me. With Tejada's age and Theriot's lack of range we probably would need both of them over there. And Lee can cover the entire right side...