Caliban Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Good win today. Washinton picked us up after the Cubs dropped the ball yesterday. 4 1/2 back. Let's get one more tomorrow. Im giggling like a child reading and making these posts. Damn this is exciting. That damn team pulls me in every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Question for the Cubs fans: If you were walking down the street, holding a loading gun, and Steve Bartman walked by, what would you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 Question for the Cubs fans: If you were walking down the street, holding a loading gun, and Steve Bartman walked by, what would you do? Walk by. Bartman was merely one aspect of a complete implosion and it was easier to blame him than the team after a season like that. He didn't cause Gonzalez to boot an easy double play ball. He didn't make Dusty keep Prior in a little longer than he should have. He didn't keep the Cubs from winning game 7. Hell, I don't know if I'm certain Alou would have even caught that ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliban Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Walk by. Bartman was merely one aspect of a complete implosion and it was easier to blame him than the team after a season like that. He didn't cause Gonzalez to boot an easy double play ball. He didn't make Dusty keep Prior in a little longer than he should have. He didn't keep the Cubs from winning game 7. Hell, I don't know if I'm certain Alou would have even caught that ball. My thoughts exactly. I dont care one wayor the other about Bartman. Whose to say I wouldnt have reached for the ball. if anything I blame the rooftop people who were touching the AC pennent number in the right right rooftop next to the torco sign.Im not a superstitious guy, but seriously, we are talking about the Cubs here, and Im not taking my chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 Damn. That wasn't as fun as I thought it would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted July 8, 2007 Author Share Posted July 8, 2007 Damn. That wasn't as fun as I thought it would be See, your misconception here was that Cubs fans are just oblivious, Old Style swilling party mongers who hit Wrigley just to check out the bikini clad babes in the bleachers. Actually, all true Cubs fans are like that. But we true fans actually pay attention to the actual game on the field between stares and calling the beer guy over for another round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddison Posted July 8, 2007 Share Posted July 8, 2007 But we true fans actually pay attention to the actual game on the field Like Picasso pays attention to perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliban Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 See, your misconception here was that Cubs fans are just oblivious, Old Style swilling party mongers who hit Wrigley just to check out the bikini clad babes in the bleachers. Actually, all true Cubs fans are like that. But we true fans actually pay attention to the actual game on the field between stares and calling the beer guy over for another round. I like to star at the conservative hot blond chicks wearing the sundresses. I like the girls that Old Man Arne Harris would put the cameras on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Absolutely no commentary that Mark Buhrle actually re-signed with the White Sox? Oh, wait. It's the White Sox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Week Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 White Sox don't deserve him at that price with all of the bullshit they put him through. I would have liked to see him walk away from them at the end of the year after that. I normally like and respect Kenny Williams, but man I didn't like that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 White Sox don't deserve him at that price with all of the bullshit they put him through. I would have liked to see him walk away from them at the end of the year after that. I normally like and respect Kenny Williams, but man I didn't like that at all. Despite, or is it because of, being a Cubs fan, I can't find anything wrong with that statement at all. Loathe though I am to see Burhle in a Cardinals uniform (wanna bet there's some sort of clause in the contract regarding trades there?) he didn't deserve what the White Sox did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliban Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 The 4 years 14 mil a year for Buehrle reinforces to me what a great sign Lilly is turning out to be. The problem with the Sox signing Lilly, is that it may mean they wont be signing Garland. The Sox are very cheap. Also, this signing does not improve the White Sox. It is a bad team holding onto a good player. The Sox farm system is in absolute shambles. In the next 4 years (during the Buehrle years) they will have to win through free agency, and I dont see them having the money to do that. IMO, the signing was bad, not because they are giving up too much money, but because they could have traded him for some farmhands that would have really improved the system. I simply dont see the Sox winning that division over the next four years Jax, I heard Dave Duncan and Larussa did not want Mark Buehrle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Wolf Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 The 4 years 14 mil a year for Buehrle reinforces to me what a great sign Lilly is turning out to be. The problem with the Sox signing Lilly, is that it may mean they wont be signing Garland. The Sox are very cheap. Also, this signing does not improve the White Sox. It is a bad team holding onto a good player. The Sox farm system is in absolute shambles. In the next 4 years (during the Buehrle years) they will have to win through free agency, and I dont see them having the money to do that. IMO, the signing was bad, not because they are giving up too much money, but because they could have traded him for some farmhands that would have really improved the system. I simply dont see the Sox winning that division over the next four years Jax, I heard Dave Duncan and Larussa did not want Mark Buehrle. From what I read, the problem was that the Pale Hose were asking too much in return. For instance, the Dodgers inquired and the Sox wanted up-and-comer Matt Kemp and an additional prospect - for a pitcher who'd be a FA at the end of this season, that price is too steep, IMHO (and that's considering that I think LA needs another dependable SP). But then, I usually think rent-a-pitcher trades are a bad idea anyway. Besides, it sounds to me like Buehrle really wanted to stay in Chicago. At least, that's what I thought when I heard the original sticking point was that they didn't want to give him a no-trade clause. Personally, I think he could've made more money by accepting a trade and immediately hammering out a long-term deal with his new club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Slightly off-topic, but 'fess up, which of you was this? From the Chronicle article on Home Run Derby and people waiting for balls in McCovey Cove: ...When the slugging started in batting practice, the boaters lined up, paddle to paddle, and raised their open fishing nets toward the ballpark expectantly, like baby birds demanding to be fed. Cove regular Larry Ellison of Fairfield was among the first to snag a souvenir, one of hundreds he's collected -- but grabbing a batting practice ball is the McCovey Cove equivalent of kissing your sister. He had no regrets about his choice of venue. "This is where the action is,'' he said. Still, there was a lot of time to kill. Rafter Daniel Skadal made it deep into a thick novel, "A Clash of Kings.'' Refreshments were served to the waterborne captains when a representative of the company that makes Baby Ruth candy bars began tossing the confections from the shore toward the boats. For a time, it was raining candy bars in San Francisco Bay. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Not I. Last thing I want to read in McCovey Cove is the Battle of the Blackwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Jax, I heard Dave Duncan and Larussa did not want Mark Buehrle. Don't know about that one way or another. But seeing as Larussa is (possibly) hanging by a thread in St. Louis come the end of the season...I don't know that he keeps his job if they Cardinals finish anything less than second and only if that's after a hotly contested race. They may or may not have the horses come September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piper Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 If the All-Star game was anywhere but San Fran, what were the odds Bonds would have attended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caliban Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Soriano 2 run blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzlebane Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Not I. Last thing I want to read in McCovey Cove is the Battle of the Blackwater. I tied the chain off between the Seal Statue and the McCovey Statue on the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Wolf Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Slightly off-topic, but 'fess up, which of you was this? From the Chronicle article on Home Run Derby and people waiting for balls in McCovey Cove: "Still, there was a lot of time to kill. Rafter Daniel Skadal made it deep into a thick novel, "A Clash of Kings.'' SFDanny? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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