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I was kind of a fan of Romo but seeing his rendition of the seventh inning stretch has changed my mind. He's got this cockiness which I'm sure is great when being the qb but just fraking annoying overall. Adding on he's a cowboy and he's singing?
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He may be the real deal this year.
So I wanted to start a post on super awesome/amazing clips of cub players. This is an obvious and recent one but here goes.
I think they'll keep Pie the rest of the year. At some point they have to give him a real shot. He kills the ball in AAA ball no need to work on things there. I agree with Dempster and not considering him one of the solid starters but he has 3 wins to start the season so he hasn't been hurting us yet.
Totally agree with St. Louis. Their current starting rotation looks horrible but they keep winning. Both years the Cubs won the division in the decade of 2000, the Cards were in the playoff picture up till the last month and even then they weren't that great of a team. Milwaukee is too reliant on Ben Sheets and it's been shown he can't last a season healthy.
Not only that but it's also the Pirates. For as long as I can remember even with the Pirates sucking for so long the Cubs still can't beat them on a consistent basis. Same goes for the Reds, we have so much trouble with these teams.
Chicagosports had an article about the lack of apostrophe in the new Ernie Banks Statue. Here are some pics from flickr.
Is Lets play two a typo? Can you say lets with out an apostrophe?
It's unfortunate Wood has had so many injuries cause he's a great guy. It's funny cause he was as injured as Prior but fans were so much more accepting of Wood than Prior. I hope he can stay healthy the whole season cause he'd help out the team big time.
Felix Pie is having surgery on his testicles today. I feel bad for the guy, it's testicle problems and it's all public. They couldn't have kept this info on the down low. Turns out to be an emergency as far as keeping the testicle if not detected fast. Here's more information if anyone is interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular_torsion
Also if anyone finds any funny blog articles I'm all up for it :)
So with it being the new year I was thinking about 2008 hopefuls for the hall of fame. My top candidate is of course the guy who I'm displaying as my profile icon, the one and only hawk, Andre Dawson. An MVP, Rookie of the Year and he hit 49 home runs in a time when speed was used more than the long ball. Let's hope this is his year. Any thoughts?
What are your thoughts on Cuban at the Bulls game against Dallas. This guy really wants to buy the Cubs to what I say, why not. I'm baffled that the MLB wouldn't want a guy who would make the Cubs a team in the spotlight. It really is a win win situation. If the Cubs become a perrenial contender, tv viewers will go up, ad revenues will go up too bringing in more revenue to the mlb and back to the pockets of all owners. So I think. Maybe the revenue sharing theory is wrong but everything else I feel is.
The trades keep on coming. The Cubs traded Craig Monroe today for a player to be named later. They really are clearing up the outfield spot. With the loss of now Floyd, Monroe, and Jones that frees up 15 million of 2008 salary. Impressive. Now let's get Johan Santana!
I also agree it won't be that big of a loss. He did have a sweet swing and bat flip.
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Don't forget about the "Hawk" Andre Dawson, Mark Grace, and Ron Santo.
Well if he would sign for one year I wouldn't care to pay him that much. It's amazing that he has 3 world series rings and was a pivotal part of all them. Actually he may have some with the Bluejays way back in the day.
So Schilling has put the Cubs on his list of teams he'd be interested in playing for. Do we pursue this development. Would he be a good fit or just annoying and an old fart?
There have been some excellent players that have gone through this Cubs team over the year. What's yours? I know for sure a one Shawon Dunston would have to be at shortstop.
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So they finished the sod renovations ahead of time. 2 weeks ahead of time if I read right.
Yup. The cool thing is he consulted Warren Buffet about negotiating with the Yankees. Buffet recommended negotiating one on one without his agent. Looks like it turned out well.
This isn't a moment really but I always enjoyed how Grace would make fun of Dunston's throws from shortstop.
It should be a busy off-season. What should be our top priority.
I know it'll be tough to get Johan Santana but I'd give away a lot for this guy. I wonder if we offered Prior and a couple stud prospects if they'd bite.
With the 2007 season being over, Jones ended up with a .285 batting average and a .334 on base percentage, almost identical to last years numbers.
Arm slot seems to have some magic to it. Like once you find the spot in your arm you're lights out. It always seems like Zambrano mentions his arm slat mid way through the season.
