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That’s a good point, oog.  I agree.

That’s a good point, oog

That is the worst thing anyone has every said to me.

That is the worst thing anyone has every said to me.

Nobody has ever told you that you look tired?

The Rays also hold the 3rd best Home record in the league. If they win tonight they will have gone .500 on a road trip that saw them go from Chicago to Toronto to Cooperstown to Tampa Bay.

Isn’t the issue with a lot of the guys in the DSL that they don’t have green cards yet?

Could be. They need to get these guys green cards, because there are some kids doing good things there. I’m also interested to see how Larry Suarez recovers from TJS.

And 3 of their best players (Marmol, Wood and Soriano) haven’t even played.

That’s 3 full days of rest for marmol and Wood.  they will be pitching tonight no matter what.

Good lord, it’s baseball, there’s 162 games, and the Cubs are in 1st place. If you think ANY game is a must win game you need get off the roller coaster.

Zambrano situation is very serious, but losing two in a row on the road to a very good team is just part of the the general ebb and flow of the season. You’d think people have never watched a full season of baseball before.

ryno, why do you love Jeff F7 so much?

he seems like such a meh prospect to get behind so much

ryno, why do you love Jeff F7 so much?

I think he has the most potential of any pitcher in our system. Mid- to high-90s sinking fastball, potential plus slider and a decent splitter and he strikes me as a “big game” pitcher after playing in front of large crowds and on national TV. If he can improve his command and hone his pitches, I think he’s a frontline starter.

Prince Fielder just hit his 2nd inside the park homerun

no, cheer for him by all means, it would be very nice to find a good sinkerballer to pitch for the team. my only issue is that result wise we havent seen much from him yet

either that or they just want to promote him so they dont have to explain why the 10 mill man is in A ball sucking.

His last start looks good though

in other news Wild Dick Hill starts tonight

this from Sullivan:

Zambrano was examined by Cubs orthopoedist Stephen Gryzlo on Thursday in Chicago, and was scheduled to have an MRI on his shoulder on Friday, sources said. Zambrano said after Wednesday’s game he hoped the problem was just tendinitis, in which case he could rest for a start or two while taking anti-inflammatories to reduce the swelling.

The Cubs had no update on Zambrano as of late Thursday afternoon in St. Pete. They’re likely to wait for the results of Zambrano’s MRI before making an announcement, so the news may have to wait until Saturday.

Zambrano is next scheduled to pitch on Tuesday against Baltimore are Wrigley Field, though that start appears to be out of the question at this point.

Interesting trend:
Jake Fox has walked 22 times ( 1 IBB) in 160 PA with Tennessee this season.  This is pretty much double his career walk rates.  If he’s somehow learned to take a walk, then his status may rise to future 4-corners man.  Power like his is hard to find.

He was terrible with Iowa earlier this season, and he is 25, but even with all that against him, if he learns to walk 12% of the time to go with his .150+ IsoP, he’s actually got a long-term future in the bigs.  At least that’s my guess.

From the Trib’s comments:

Carlos Zambrano is not injured. That’s his excuse for everything when he gets butt whipped. All the guy does is pout and scream when he gets hit hard. He will NEVER win 20 games in a season. NEVER. He’s not the # 1 starter this season either. No that goes to Ryan Dempster who’s handling his role as a starter as a Professional. Zambrano is a big baby. Grow up and act like a Professional and not like a PSYCHO.

so they dont have to explain why the 10 mill man is in A ball sucking.

The problem with that reasoning is that 99.9% of Cubs fans don’t have the foggiest clue who Samardzija is, which year he was drafted, or if he was signed out of the Dominican Republic or Asia, and haven’t any idea how much money he signed for. 

If the Cubs are making organizational decisions to try to throw off the 0.1% who do know, they need a new strategy. 

Furthermore, 90% of Cubs fans probably aren’t even really sure what AA is and certainly don’t understand the difference between the minor league systems. 

You have to remember that the people you’re talking baseball with around here, or anywhere on Al Gore’s interweb, know 500 times as much as the average fan and the average fan makes up 98% of the fans.  Even some of the clueless morons over at BCB know more than the average fan. 

It’s because of this that when Cubs fans have said the Cubs “overhype a prospect” it’s never made any sense to me.  Why would the Cubs waste time appealing to me and you when they can sell bobble head dolls of Alfonso Soriano and make money doing it? 

The one thing the Cubs organization will never do, I assure all of you, is make decisions to appease the few Cubs fans who actually know how to work the internet.

From the Trib’s comments:

See?  Even he is one of the few Cubs fans who know more than the average fan and he’s fucking dumb as shit.

Shields’ ERA is good (3.91), but his W-L record mediocre (4-5). A clue to that can be found in the HR allowed (10).
—Cakes

This makes sense. I like pizza, but not anchovies. Why? Because carrots are orange.

I got banned yesterday too.

Wow! Because you said you’d bring cole slaw? Did you get a special message when you logged in? Cakes = Hitler!

could be worse, could have been swept at home by the Royals.

I got banned as well

Wow.

BCB: Don’t Have Fun, Or Else!

Oh, I’m going to ban Al from ACB

and his son.

The Marlins are so convinced they’re going to be in the race to stay that other clubs report that they’re beginning to hunt for center fielders, catchers and bullpen help. But this has never been a team interested in quick fixes. So indications are they might be amenable to dealing some of their young players who would be eligible for arbitration this winter (Josh Willingham, anyone?), plus prospects, to bring back players they could control for several years.
—Stark

OK. I don’t know if they have anyone we’d want, but I’m SURE they value Pie pretty highly. At the very least, I’d think we could send him to FLA for something that could be sent to CLE, SEA or TOR.

Apparently Levine said Z is expected to miss one start.

Sounds like you didn’t hear it yourself, but did he say at least one start, or just one start? But then again, why would the Cubs’ team doctor talk before they see an MRI? So he’s probably full of shit anyway.

Al, check your email.

if you guys weren’t all hatefilled hatepersons who go around spreading hate, maybe Al wouldn’t have banned your soul-less hatefilled bodies

Go Fontenot!!!

if you guys weren’t all hatefilled hatepersons who go around spreading hate, maybe Al wouldn’t have banned your soul-less hatefilled bodies

well said…

Well it looks like there is something wrong certainly. Now we wait to hear what it is and how long. FUCK.

I said last night I’d have been shocked if the Cubs let him make his next start and to be honest, I’d be really surprised if they didn’t put him on the DL come Saturday regardless of what, if anything, is wrong.  No reason to rush him back out there.  Give him 10 days to 14 days off and let him get going again (if nothing is found in the MRI).  I think that’s what the Cubs will do.