Go Cubbies Go! Kill The Red Sox!

[docetboy]

For the VERY FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, Boston makes a trip to the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field, and marks the first time the two teams have played eachother since 1918.

Oh BTW, They're getting their asses kicked!
14-6, FINAL!
Burnitz has 2 Homers!
Greg Maddux hits a home run for the first time since 1999!!!

GO CUBS GO!!! REVERSE THE CURSE!!!

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99 Days until I become a Bleacher Creature and turn 21 right - watching the Cubs earn a playoff birth by beating the hated Cards for the last time of the regular season!

[KSig RC]

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[docetboy]

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[sugar and spice]

So Nic has informed me that once I move to Boston, I have to give up my Cubbie love to become a Sox fan, but until then I'm pretty happy.

Let me insert a couple :D :) :D in here to annoy Rob even more.

[KSig RC]

Originally posted by docetboy
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Fixed your post - anyway, just in case you needed it more:

records after today's shelling:
CHI(N): 32-27 (6 back of STL)
BOS: 32-28 (3 back of BAL)

And the Cubs play in a far weaker division. And Dusty Baker is, by any measure, the worst manager in baseball. God bless Cubs fans, brave souls ye be.

Tomorrow's game should be a great one, with Miller and Zambrano going - today's game obviously was over pretty quick, but I think the rest of the series should be awesome.

[docetboy]

Originally posted by KSig RC
Fixed your post - anyway, just in case you needed it more:

records after today's shelling:
CHI(N): 32-27 (6 back of STL)
BOS: 32-28 (3 back of BAL)

And the Cubs play in a far weaker division. And Dusty Baker is, by any measure, the worst manager in baseball. God bless Cubs fans, brave souls ye be.

Tomorrow's game should be a great one, with Miller and Zambrano going - today's game obviously was over pretty quick, but I think the rest of the series should be awesome.

Yes, the cubs play in a weak division, but at the same time, aren't the Yanks usually above .500?

[Sister Havana]

Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win! :D :D

As a Cubs fan this getting all these runs in 1 game worries me...since they tend to not get any for a couple games after a performance like this.

GO CUBS!

[The1calledTKE]

Lol this rates as news? This is not the World Series. What happens if the Red Sox take the next two games? More whining about Bartmen or what ever his name is and the goat?

[Thrillhouse]

1917! Curse? We don't need no stinkin curse!

[tinydancer]

OK this makes me feel better about posting that the Phillies swept the Rangers. I usually have so little reason to be excited about my Phillies.

[valkyrie]

Originally posted by tinydancer
OK this makes me feel better about posting that the Phillies swept the Rangers. I usually have so little reason to be excited about my Phillies.

Okay I'm not trying to be rude, but aren't Phillies girl horses? Is that the root of the problem here?

I think the Rockies are possibly the worst team of all time, so it's not like I'm talking shit at all. They're really awful.

[tinydancer]

Originally posted by valkyrie
Okay I'm not trying to be rude, but aren't Phillies girl horses? Is that the root of the problem here?

I think the Rockies are possibly the worst team of all time, so it's not like I'm talking shit at all. They're really awful.
Yeah, you would think the Phillies would have a horse for a mascot, but nooooo, the Rangers have one.

Actually, the Phillies are in second place in their division, so that's a lot better than usual. It's early, though.

[docetboy]

From the New York Times, the best line describing yesterday....


With the Cubs and the Red Sox in the same stadium, there was no shortage of self-indulgent rhetoric. For much of the day, Red Sox chants blended with Cubs chants until the fans could finally agree to direct their insults at the Yankees.

[The1calledTKE]

It was pretty cool to see Nomar getting to hang with his old team some and now he has WS ring too even though he only half earned it. He deserved it though for all his years with the Sox.

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[KSig RC]

Originally posted by docetboy
Yes, the cubs play in a weak division, but at the same time, aren't the Yanks usually above .500?

I wasn't even including the Yankees, although you should check their pythagorean records and rate stats . . . the yankees are pretty bad, due to endemic mistakes they've been forced to make lately in the Steinbrenner era, but they've also gotten a little unlucky(also note that the Cubs' numbers are very good in pythagorean standings). Would you like to compare the Yankees to, say, the Reds, Pirates, or Astros? I think only the Devil Rays compare to those assboxes.

Also, as of the 2nd, it looks like the Sox have really gotten to Zambrano by being patient and taking some walks - he's throwing meatballs with his slider, and missing badly with his sinker, and talking to himself more than usual on the mound. The result? Two jacks and 4-0 lead early . . .

When you have a horrific manager, you have to pitch lights-out - it'd be nice to bury them early, so Carlos can't get back on track. He's a stud, but Dusty is doing his best to destroy the kid.

[docetboy]

4-4 in the bottom of the 5th in Chicago...what a beautiful day for a game

[docetboy]

Two down, One to go!

Usually, I won't root for the Yanks, but the Cards need to LOSE and i'm glad they did. (Still not glad the Yanks won, though)

[The1calledTKE]

What no post today about the Cubs? :p 8-1 Red Sox win. No sweep.

[docetboy]

Cubs don't play night games. :)

Marlins during the week, then a trip to Yankee Stadium over the weekend....root for us against the bastard Yanks!

[KSigkid]

From a pure baseball standpoint, it would have been great to be at Wrigley this past weekend.

You have to love how Dusty has continued his practice of burning out young pitchers...Carlos Zambrano, you're up next.

As for my Yankees...this is what happens when your GM and owner are on a completely different wavelength than your scouting director and minor league people. The Yankees started down this road years ago with poor drafts and even poorer spending habits. There's already talk of them repeating the late 60's (the first big downturn for the team) and the early 80s (Dave Collins and Steve Trout anyone?).

[KSig RC]

Originally posted by KSigkid
As for my Yankees...this is what happens when your GM and owner are on a completely different wavelength than your scouting director and minor league people. The Yankees started down this road years ago with poor drafts and even poorer spending habits. There's already talk of them repeating the late 60's (the first big downturn for the team) and the early 80s (Dave Collins and Steve Trout anyone?).

Their draft was predictably attrocious, too - then again, so was the cubbies . . . when will some teams get off the "5-tool" bandwagon?

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by KSig RC
Their draft was predictably attrocious, too - then again, so was the cubbies . . . when will some teams get off the "5-tool" bandwagon?

No idea...not that someone like Craig Hansen would have helped the Yankees, since they have obvious proven depth in the farm system pitching-wise...(end sarcasm)

[KSig RC]

Originally posted by KSigkid
No idea...not that someone like Craig Hansen would have helped the Yankees, since they have obvious proven depth in the farm system pitching-wise...(end sarcasm)

yeah, that was pretty absurd - that hansen fell all the way to 27th was stunning, although I love the the Sox didn't take him at 24 because they knew they could wheel him with the second pick, since the pads and twins wouldn't take a Boras client . . . Baseball's draft makes no sense at all.

I can't imagine what would make the Yankees pick a high school shortstop who is committed to KU to play basketball . . . C, you need to head down to Tampa and clean some house, the scouting squad is made up of retards, as far as I can tell.

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by KSig RC
yeah, that was pretty absurd - that hansen fell all the way to 27th was stunning, although I love the the Sox didn't take him at 24 because they knew they could wheel him with the second pick, since the pads and twins wouldn't take a Boras client . . . Baseball's draft makes no sense at all.

I can't imagine what would make the Yankees pick a high school shortstop who is committed to KU to play basketball . . . C, you need to head down to Tampa and clean some house, the scouting squad is made up of retards, as far as I can tell.

The big problem is there's a HUGE disconnect between the scouting department and the rest of the organization. Steinbrenner won't even listen to Mark Newman and his people, so when draft time comes their opinion is nothing. From reports I've read, most of the scouting people wanted Hansen, but Steinbrenner (and Cashman maybe) wanted Henry.

I know you're a Sox fan, but want to help me with me hostile takeover of the Yankees front office? I figure we could rebuild their farms system within five years.

[KSig RC]

Originally posted by KSigkid
The big problem is there's a HUGE disconnect between the scouting department and the rest of the organization. Steinbrenner won't even listen to Mark Newman and his people, so when draft time comes their opinion is nothing. From reports I've read, most of the scouting people wanted Hansen, but Steinbrenner (and Cashman maybe) wanted Henry.

I know you're a Sox fan, but want to help me with me hostile takeover of the Yankees front office? I figure we could rebuild their farms system within five years.

Yeah, I could be totally into that - I don't think it would even take 5 years, honestly, if you used Rule V to stock the pen/bench and pitched some fungible commodities in the process . . . hell, you'd still be competitive in the meantime, as long as Matsui and Sheffield stay upright.

This is from Gammons' column yesterday, and I totally agree with it:

""I look at what Scott Boras was able to do with his three top pitchers and while I tip my hat to him, he got them to the three teams that could afford to meet his price," says one GM. He is referring to Boras telling teams that it would take a major league contract to sign the following pitchers: Wichita State's Mike Pelfrey, Craig Hansen of St. John's and Tennessee's Luke Hochaver and got them to the Mets, Red Sox and Dodgers, respectively. "I have no idea how the Yankees can give Jason Giambi six or seven years, then pass on Hansen because they don't want to give [him] a big-league deal," says another GM. "We couldn't afford him, but Hansen has the best arm, the highest upside and is the quickest to the big leagues of anyone in the draft. And the Yankees let him go to the Red Sox?"

That's why Brian Cashman and Gene Michael should have more control over drafting and development."

There's no reason for it, it's insane.

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by KSig RC
Yeah, I could be totally into that - I don't think it would even take 5 years, honestly, if you used Rule V to stock the pen/bench and pitched some fungible commodities in the process . . . hell, you'd still be competitive in the meantime, as long as Matsui and Sheffield stay upright.

This is from Gammons' column yesterday, and I totally agree with it:

""I look at what Scott Boras was able to do with his three top pitchers and while I tip my hat to him, he got them to the three teams that could afford to meet his price," says one GM. He is referring to Boras telling teams that it would take a major league contract to sign the following pitchers: Wichita State's Mike Pelfrey, Craig Hansen of St. John's and Tennessee's Luke Hochaver and got them to the Mets, Red Sox and Dodgers, respectively. "I have no idea how the Yankees can give Jason Giambi six or seven years, then pass on Hansen because they don't want to give [him] a big-league deal," says another GM. "We couldn't afford him, but Hansen has the best arm, the highest upside and is the quickest to the big leagues of anyone in the draft. And the Yankees let him go to the Red Sox?"

That's why Brian Cashman and Gene Michael should have more control over drafting and development."

There's no reason for it, it's insane.

It is absolutely insane, like a planner on how not to run a baseball team. Honestly, I was extremely upset after the first round; I didn't think there was any way they'd let Hansen get to the Sox, and that it was a given they'd meet Boras' price.

Gammons was on WEEI yesterday, and said essentially the same thing in stronger tones. He tends to be more outspoken when on radio, and it was great hearing him let loose on the Yankees front office. They seriously need a wake-up call.

My boys are truly in dysfunction right now; I'm lost for words on how they're being run.