The Official 2008 Chicago Cubs Thread!!!!!

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  • PJPAT
    PJPAT Posts: 399
    he still stands wrote:
    Soriano is returning tonight. He's almost as good as Felix Pie.

    This is gaged on the 13 games he played in this year correct?

    He is a career .280 hitter. His numbers will go up.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    As a Cardinals fan, I cannot wait until the weekend series in St. Louis. The Cubs have had our number as of late, but it's the best rivalry in baseball.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Game 3 is on WGN.
  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    tonight is great reason to understand how overrated the cubs have become.
  • PJPAT
    PJPAT Posts: 399
    ryan198 wrote:
    tonight is great reason to understand how overrated the cubs have become.


    I guess they are overrated since they only have the 3rd best record in baseball and should have the best.

    I guess they are overrated since they have only scored 175 runs this year, 9 more than the 2nd most (AZ 165) and should probably be scoring more than that.

    I guess they are overrated since they are batting .288 as a team only 9 points higher than the 2nd place team at .279

    I guess the pitching is overrated since the team ERA of 3.96 is 11th in the Majors.
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    PJPAT wrote:
    I guess they are overrated since they only have the 3rd best record in baseball and should have the best.

    I guess they are overrated since they have only scored 175 runs this year, 9 more than the 2nd most (AZ 165) and should probably be scoring more than that.

    I guess they are overrated since they are batting .288 as a team only 9 points higher than the 2nd place team at .279

    I guess the pitching is overrated since the team ERA of 3.96 is 11th in the Majors.


    Yup overrated. lol
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Yup overrated. lol

    no... its just time to put Marmol in as the closer.

    Howry as the setup man... he'll be good again this year he's just a slow starter.

    Wood is a 7th inning guy or spot reliever.... but I still admire the guy.

    Soriano needs to get on base once in awhile too...
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  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    he still stands wrote:
    no... its just time to put Marmol in as the closer.

    Howry as the setup man... he'll be good again this year he's just a slow starter.

    Wood is a 7th inning guy or spot reliever.... but I still admire the guy.

    Soriano needs to get on base once in awhile too...


    Ummm I'm not a Cubs fan btw. lol
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    PJPAT wrote:
    This is gaged on the 13 games he played in this year correct?

    He is a career .280 hitter. His numbers will go up.

    just joking around with the Pie comment. Soriano does need to get a few hits though, maybe take a walk or two instead of striking out 30% of the time.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I want nothing more than to get in a big Cards-Cubs debate with He_Still_Stands...but I don't have it in me to debate anything with a myspace name that involves Turd Ferguson. Turd Ferguson. Funny name.

    Should be a fun series this weekend.
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  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    I'm I the only one here who hates Soriano. I know he hit a big HR Friday but his two plays in the field were inexcusable. I liked ESPN's stats last night for each player on the various counts. Did you see Soriano is hitting .067 after an 0-1 count and 1 for 16 on 0-2 counts. Good thing he hardly ever takes any pitches. He's hitting well under .200 on the year. Good thing this arrgoant prick is only "comfortable" batting leadoff. $137 mil. poorly spent if you ask me.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    pureoc wrote:
    I'm I the only one here who hates Soriano. I know he hit a big HR Friday but his two plays in the field were inexcusable. I liked ESPN's stats last night for each player on the various counts. Did you see Soriano is hitting .067 after an 0-1 count and 1 for 16 on 0-2 counts. Good thing he hardly ever takes any pitches. He's hitting well under .200 on the year. Good thing this arrgoant prick is only "comfortable" batting leadoff. $137 mil. poorly spent if you ask me.

    I'm not a Cubs fan, but Soriano drives me damn crazy. That little "hop" he does in the outfield when he catches balls is retarded, and is also what I believe caused him to miss the second ball on Friday night. Then when he hits a batting practice cutter out of the park off of Izzy in the 9th he stares at it like he is some baseball God. Christ, Theriot would have put that ball out of the park.

    As a Cardinal fan I am pleased w/ how the series went. I was really impressed with Fukudome, he seems to live up to the hype.
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  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    FINALLY, a win. I almost forgot what those are like. Great outing by Z. Did anyone else see Detroit designated Jaque Jones for assignment!! Haha!! How long before Dusty picks him up in Cinci?
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    pureoc wrote:
    FINALLY, a win. I almost forgot what those are like. Great outing by Z. Did anyone else see Detroit designated Jaque Jones for assignment!! Haha!! How long before Dusty picks him up in Cinci?

    Hahahahaha, I thought the exact same thing!! :D
  • eddievedder1977
    eddievedder1977 Posts: 549
    Zambrano has started off fantastic this year, good for him.

    Still worried that the Cubs can't beat the good teams yet, but it is still early.

    As far as Soriano, this is the same shit we dealt with last year. Maybe not as bad, but he hit 270 with 0hr 1rbi last april. He still ended the season hitting 299 with 33hr. If I remember right, wasn't he player of the month in June? So while I completely disagree with Lou babying him and keeping him at leadoff, I do think eventually he'll get hot and help the club. I'd like to see Soriano and Fukudome flip spots in the lineup, the obp difference is huge, and setting the table for Lee and Aram would be huge.
  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    Nice to finally get a series win. Let's get the sweep today with Big Z on the hill.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    Huge win today! Sweeping the snakes is awesome!!
  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    mca47 wrote:
    Huge win today! Sweeping the snakes is awesome!!
    especially for us here in PHX! although I think there are more Cubs fans here than D'Backs fans. Can't wait for the series here in July.
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  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    BIG sweep. Also nice to be back tied for first!! Let's finish this homestand strong.
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    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
    Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
  • eddievedder1977
    eddievedder1977 Posts: 549
    looks like Gallagher just pitched his way into the rotation, Lieber back to the pen.

    To be honest with you, I figured Marshall would be the next in the rotation but for some reason he got sent down when Eyre came back up.

    Either way, very happy about the sweep and finally winning a series!

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