Well if the Cards win tonight and knock the Cubs to 4th place and 4 games back

this weekend becomes even more important. With only a 3 games with St Louis

after the All Star Game they don't have many chances to gain on them head to

head. Dropping 6-7 games back by getting beat this weekend would not be good.



I was really hoping the return of Ramirez and to a lesser degree Johnson would

spark this team, but that may not be possible. I don't see anything turning this

team around. They just can not seem to be able to get it together at all right

now. I am so tired of the good pitching NO HITTING games I could scream, and

often do. I hope the second half improves but I really don't have much hope

right now. There is no reason for this team to be this bad so I see no answers

to fixing it, it will just either happen or not.



-Dewayne











[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

To be honest, winning the division and being swept in the first round again

isn't something I'm really up for. There would be worse things than Hendry or

Ricketts or whoever having to confront not only the damage Hendry did last

winter, but the fact that last year's team was not one we could afford to even

stand pat with.



They obviously didn't learn the lesson of last year's post-season. Maybe not

being in the post-season this year will bring the lesson home.







----- Original Message ----

> From: Dewayne Matteson <girabaldi_b5@...>

> To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com

> Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 6:37:20 PM

> Subject: [The Cubhouse] This weekend

>

> Well if the Cards win tonight and knock the Cubs to 4th place and 4 games back

> this weekend becomes even more important. With only a 3 games with St Louis

> after the All Star Game they don't have many chances to gain on them head to

> head. Dropping 6-7 games back by getting beat this weekend would not be good.

>

> I was really hoping the return of Ramirez and to a lesser degree Johnson would

> spark this team, but that may not be possible. I don't see anything turning

this

> team around. They just can not seem to be able to get it together at all right

> now. I am so tired of the good pitching NO HITTING games I could scream, and

> often do. I hope the second half improves but I really don't have much hope

> right now. There is no reason for this team to be this bad so I see no answers

> to fixing it, it will just either happen or not.

>

> -Dewayne

>

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> ***KEEP IT CIVIL, DON'T QUESTION OTHER MEMBERS' LOYALTY TO THE TEAM- AND TRIM

> YOUR POSTS!***

>

>

>

>   Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

>

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



--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Robert Waters <r_e_waters@...> wrote:





To be honest, winning the division and being swept in the first round again

isn't something I'm really up for.











[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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]

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]

>

That's what has been bothering me about this team this year as well.

Their inconsistant hitting. They keep switching back and forth from steaming hot

to icy cold. Last year in addition to winning 97 games,

Cubs lead the league in most runs scored and I think most base on balls. Our

starting pitching has been pretty consistant so far,but the offense needs to

crank it up and the bullpen has to start getting it together. The four game

series with the cardinals this weekend is going to either make or break this

team.-Jael







--- In thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com, "Robb" <sanuriel@...> wrote:

>

> 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]

> >

>

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it will break the team



Debbie





________________________________

From: Jael Sisera <spydurqueen@...>

To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:21:08 AM

Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend



That's what has been bothering me about this team this year as well.

Their inconsistant hitting. They keep switching back and forth from steaming hot

to icy cold. Last year in addition to winning 97 games,

Cubs lead the league in most runs scored and I think most base on balls. Our

starting pitching has been pretty consistant so far,but the offense needs to

crank it up and the bullpen has to start getting it together. The four game

series with the cardinals this weekend is going to either make or break this

team.-Jael









[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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]

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]

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> ***KEEP IT CIVIL, DON'T QUESTION OTHER MEMBERS' LOYALTY TO

> THE TEAM- AND TRIM YOUR POSTS!***

>

>

>

>   Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

>     mailto:thecubhouse-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

>

>

>

And then they went cold against the Dodgers. Like they did against the year

before against the D-Backs. It's not as if this were a new thing, yet Hendry did

not address it. We are reaping the consequences of his complacency now. And the

sad thing is that the complacency apparently continues. He says that this is a

good team and that not much needs to be done to fix it. He just cannot see that

it's a team of streaky, inconsistent hitters who can't handle pressure.



--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Jael Sisera <spydurqueen@...> wrote:



> From: Jael Sisera <spydurqueen@...>

> Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend

> To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com

> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 10:21 AM

> That's what has been bothering me

> about this team this year as well.

> Their inconsistant hitting. They keep switching back and

> forth from steaming hot to icy cold. Last year in addition

> to winning 97 games,

> Cubs lead the league in most runs scored and I think most

> base on balls. Our starting pitching has been pretty

> consistant so far,but the offense needs to crank it up and

> the bullpen has to start getting it together. The four game

> series with the cardinals this weekend is going to either

> make or break this team.-Jael

>

>

>

> --- In thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com,

> "Robb" <sanuriel@...> wrote:

> >

> > 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]

> > >

> >

>

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> ***KEEP IT CIVIL, DON'T QUESTION OTHER MEMBERS' LOYALTY TO

> THE TEAM- AND TRIM YOUR POSTS!***

>

>

>

>   Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

>     mailto:thecubhouse-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

>

>

>

I think they're already broken. And Hendry doesn't have the sense to know that,

and take steps to fix them.



--- On Fri, 7/10/09, Debbie Tripp <debbie020556@...> wrote:



> From: Debbie Tripp <debbie020556@...>

> Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend

> To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com

> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 10:37 AM

> Unfortunately, I'm afraid it will

> break the team

>

> Debbie

>

>

> ________________________________

> From: Jael Sisera <spydurqueen@...>

> To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com

> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:21:08 AM

> Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend

>

> That's what has been bothering me about this team this year

> as well.

> Their inconsistant hitting. They keep switching back and

> forth from steaming hot to icy cold. Last year in addition

> to winning 97 games,

> Cubs lead the league in most runs scored and I think most

> base on balls. Our starting pitching has been pretty

> consistant so far,but the offense needs to crank it up and

> the bullpen has to start getting it together. The four game

> series with the cardinals this weekend is going to either

> make or break this team.-Jael

>

>

>      

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------

>

> ***KEEP IT CIVIL, DON'T QUESTION OTHER MEMBERS' LOYALTY TO

> THE TEAM- AND TRIM YOUR POSTS!***

>

>

>

>   Yahoo! Groups Links

>

>

>     mailto:thecubhouse-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

>

>

>

If they play the same way during the second half as they have thus far, they

will finish this season as a 500 team.



Ron

   ----- Original Message -----

   From: Dewayne Matteson

   To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com

   Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 6:37 PM

   Subject: [The Cubhouse] This weekend











   Well if the Cards win tonight and knock the Cubs to 4th place and 4 games back

this weekend becomes even more important. With only a 3 games with St Louis

after the All Star Game they don't have many chances to gain on them head to

head. Dropping 6-7 games back by getting beat this weekend would not be good.



   I was really hoping the return of Ramirez and to a lesser degree Johnson would

spark this team, but that may not be possible. I don't see anything turning this

team around. They just can not seem to be able to get it together at all right

now. I am so tired of the good pitching NO HITTING games I could scream, and

often do. I hope the second half improves but I really don't have much hope

right now. There is no reason for this team to be this bad so I see no answers

to fixing it, it will just either happen or not.



   -Dewayne



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And with this lineup that is not acceptable, there should be nothing less than

major house cleaning next season if this team ends the season at around 500.



-Dewayne



--- On Tue, 7/14/09, Ron Schultz <rschults@...> wrote:



From: Ron Schultz <rschults@...>

Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend

To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com

Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 4:47 PM



If they play the same way during the second half as they have thus far, they

will finish this season as a 500 team.



Ron

 











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But sadly, there won't be. We're just going to hear more of that crap

  from Hendry about how this is a good team that just needs a little

tweaking, blah, blah, blah.











-----Original Message-----



From: Dewayne Matteson <girabaldi_b5@...>



To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com



Sent: Tue, Jul 14, 2009 4:23 pm



Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend































































































































And with this lineup that is not acceptable, there should be nothing

less than major house cleaning next season if this team ends the season

at around 500.















-Dewayne















--- On Tue, 7/14/09, Ron Schultz <rschults@...> wrote:















From: Ron Schultz <rschults@...>







Subject: Re: [The Cubhouse] This weekend







To: thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com







Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 4:47 PM















If they play the same way during the second half as they have thus far,

they will finish this season as a 500 team.















Ron







 















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