Jake

1. Don't move the lineup around based on game to game play 2. This past week has been the unfortunate logical end to a pretty long-term trend of worsening play for our boys. The talent is there to surge to the finish, but the health, mindset, luck, and everything else may not be. I'm happy to get to worry about this crap in the last week of September.

Time to just watch and hope.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:51 PM) He's batting under 200 for the month. He is batting .233 for the year. He wont be here next year. What exactly are you holding on to here. Whether it's right or wrong, no one will ever sign a FA contract with you if your reputation is such that you bench former All-Star starters in the last week of the season with no prior indication that you'd do such a thing.

lol Lilli chipping in

Gonna win or lose with these guys now. Nothing would make your manager and team look worse than benching a bunch of veterans in the last week of the season.

The team is 1. Beat up, worn down and 2. Pressing Don't say they aren't trying or don't care because there are no indications of that. Playing bad =/= not trying, it much more likely means trying too hard. Trying too hard and playing bad is no thing to pat them on the back for, but I think it's silly to think they are just cowering away

Cheese is getting rather binding

I said I was getting out of the business of making predictions about this division and I'm staying out of it

I can't get too mad about stealing bases when the prospect of consecutive hits sounds impossible

September when it doesn't count: nothing that happens matters September when it counts: everything matters and easily projects to the rest of players'/team's careers

Basically just praying for a HR at this point

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:10 PM) Not sure what other evidence you need to realize that the fan base is pretty awful here. If attendance is the measure, sure, they're bad. I just think there is far more to it because I think our fans are smart, friendly, loyal, and I'm proud to call myself a CWS fan

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:09 PM) Who can they really get rid of to send a message? It's not like saying they should unload Paulie, Dunn, Rios, etc. for nothing just so they can have a "clean slate" or something. Complete tear down to me sounds like "you don't keep any key players"

Lilli has had a truly dreadful season. Too bad.

I don't think we have bad fans, they just don't come to the park unless we have a consistent (aka more than one season) winner

QUOTE (flavum @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:05 PM) Your ridiculous what? QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:05 PM) Heck no considering he'll want a multi-year deal probably in 2/32 or 3/45 range. I wouldn't go higher than 2/24, probably. I like Youk, but I don't know that he fits. I don't think he wants to be a 3Bman anymore and I'm not sure if he can hold up an entire season as one.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:04 PM) If that's a teardown, then sure FWIW, I'd easily keep Peavy at a fair price

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:03 PM) Peavy, Youk, Floyd and Thornton If that's a teardown, then sure

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:02 PM) I'm confident he will Who goes?

Great baserunning by Marson

L/L matchups continue to burn us

L/L matchups continue to burn us

Moving Gordon in the order is a relative guarantee of a 1-2 month slump

Christ, about knocked Santana's face off

We need to get a comfortable lead before 10:30, I have to step out for about 20 minutes at 10:30