While I'm old enough to concede that sometimes the mind isn't what it used to
be, I continue to defend Pinella- at least most of the time. Fox doesn't really
have a position. Lou was trying to shake things up, and I can't blame him for
that.

I read a Hendry quote yesterday, though, that really demoralized me. "We have a
pretty good team, " he said. "We don't really have to make many changes."

That he could reach that conclusion in the middle of a season like this, after
having been swept out of the playoffs in the first round two years running,
pretty much says it all, IMHO.

--CF4L

--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Dwayne C <dwayne@...> wrote:

> From: Dwayne C <dwayne@...>
> Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend
> To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 7:59 AM
> I usually am the best most optimistic
> fan I know.
> But please let me vent. I ask for allowing me to vent, that
> my usual Cub pride makes defend even the dumbest moves. For
> this I apologize.
>
> This team stinks offensively.
> Soriano is done. Its sad. Its Hendry's fault.
> Bradley stinks, and always has. His last season was a
> mirage. Better ballplayers went cheaper. Lou wanted Ibanez,
> a professional ballplayer. Hendry's fault.
> Relying on Fontenot. Fonte is a good sub, nothing more.
> Hendry's fault.
> Dumping DeRosa(while way, overvalued) was a 10 times better
> sub than Bradley is as a starter.
>
> Hendry way over paid on vets like Lee, Soriano, Zambrano,
> Fukodome(he is no Ichiro), while kids like Fox and Hoffpauir
> sit.
>
> Speaking of our old, should not have been hired in the
> first place, Lou P. Fox's E was due to he had played 3rd
> base, and practiced at third for 4 weeks, and Lou sends him
> out to RF? WTF? Even us weekend warriors would concede
> that.
> Lou has publicly accepted his future job with the Yankees.
> What ever happened to tampering.
>
> Hendry overpaid, to win it all. Then to try anf fix his way
> over paid mess of a payroll, he dumped the wrong guys. He
> dumped two clubhouse leaders, and replaced them with crap.
>
> I love the Cubs. Lets go Cubs. But its not looking good.
>
> I apologize for backing Hendry. Lay it on me, I deserve
> it.
>
> D
>
>
> Dwayne Corry
> Wayne Transportation
> 715-423-6261
> 715-423-6194 fax
> "I do not suffer from insanity, I enjoy it"
> dwayne@...
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Robb
>   To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com
>
>   Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:08 AM
>   Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend
>
>
>
>
>
>   I have to agree with you guys that the offense is
> confounding. I believe it really frustrates Santo as well.
> Its sad to see..Last year's line drives are this year's
> outs. I thought I saw a light at the end of the tunnel for
> Soto and Bradley as their batting averages raised in May and
> June, but thus far in July aren't looking so good. Kosuke
> has started hitting again, but the enigma thus far has been
> Soriano (as except for April he's not posted a OBP higher
> than .274 any other month), and I hope the two days off for
> Soriano and Soto with Von Joshua can get them going. We're a
> shave past the halfway point and somehow this anemic offense
> has gotten us to .500, and I believe part of that is our
> strong pitching...others might be Cubbie luck if there might
> be a thing.
>
>   --- In thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com,
> Frank Bales <frank.bales@...> wrote:
>   >
>   > Not me. I'd rather have it the other way. The
> way it is now I'm miserable
>   > the whole season, not just the playoffs. I
> loved watching the Cubs last
>   > year; this year's another story.
>   >
>   > Frank
>   >
>   > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Dewayne
> Matteson <girabaldi_b5@...>wrote:
>   >
>   > >
>   > >
>   > > I agree, Better to miss the playoffs than
> have to go through that again.
>   > > This team is just so frustrating this
> year. At this point there is no longer
>   > > any reasonable excuse for how bad they are
> playing, especially with the
>   > > pitching they have gotten.
>   > >
>   > > -Dewayne
>   > >
>   >
>   >
>   > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>   >
>
>
>
>  
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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