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Lotta hangers from Russell so far.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 09:10 PM) Who's ready to compare them to the '27 Yankees? Give Hawk some time.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 09:10 PM) You can't pitch Jenks in a game you're down 2. I'll say this...we have no chance to make the playoffs unless Dotel steps up his game or Linebrink returns soon. Linebrink continues to play long-toss with Mark Prior. Liney's gone. Forget Liney, which is exactly what KW should've done at the trading deadline.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 09:07 PM) HoRam has nothing on his pitches. Everything just rolls up to the plate. We went from having a stellar bullpen to having Adam Russell be the #3 guy behind Jenks and Thornton. Good times.

Are Ozzie and Don Cooper actually in the dugout? Are they awake?

I think that one of these teams is ready to play in October. The other . . .

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 09:00 PM) jesus christ....seems like that happens way too often to us Four times this season. Four times.

We may be the worst fundamental team that talks the most about how important it is to be a good fundamental team.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:58 PM) ball four to upton looked pretty close to what he called swisher out on...eddings has been brutal tonight It's just tough for me to get worked up with Eddings.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:55 PM) DJ- "Oh okay Hawk, I get you now". Hawk, knowing DJ is a moron- "Your what hurts"? DJ: "Hawk, is this why Paciorek left?" Hawk: "No, DJ. I drove Paciorek out. As you know, he occasionally called me on my silly bulls***." DJ: "Gardenhire knows."

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:53 PM) Hawk- "This guy has a chance to be the best offensive player in baseball". DJ- "Oh yeah, without question". DJ (in his head)- "Shut up, you old senile f***". Hawk: "Gardenhire knows. He knows." DJ: "He knows what, Hawk?" Hawk: "He knows, DJ. He knows."

Horrible call on the 3rd strike. No way.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:44 PM) Or someone can just tell Hawk that Gomez currently sucks. "I mean, D.J., you're talking about a guy who might be -- no, probably already is -- a Hall . . . of . . . Fame player."

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:48 PM) Now I really hate Dotel. Hey, toss a little hate Ozzie and Cooper's way, too. Everyone on this board knows that, with Dotel, you know after 1 or 2 hitters.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:48 PM) Now I really hate Dotel. Hope Linebrink's mysterious, undefined injury is healing well.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:35 PM) Dotel screws the pooch tonight. Seems he either implodes big time or dominates. No gray area. And Ozzie and Don Cooper appear to be the last 2 people on Earth who don't know this. Goddamnit, as soon as he gave up the first 2 rockets, that should've been it. When he's bad, he's bad. Got it, geniuses?

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:40 PM) It doesn't seem like he picks the ball up off the bat very well. Even on routine fly balls, it seems like he has to circle the wagons. That's what I see, too, which tells me maybe he IS better in right -- used to the path of the ball that way.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:37 PM) Our outfield really is awful defensively. Even an extremely slow catcher scores on a gapper. I can't tell you how disappointed I've been in Quentin in the field. Could be he's actually better in right, but I had heard he was plus defensively. Not so much. Unbelievable hitter right now, but the D has been a bit suspect.

QUOTE (G&T @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 05:13 PM) Pins and needles? That team is going to waltz into the playoffs. If they are smart they stopped caring about this loss as soon as it ended. That's my point. If you're Cotts, why have a fit in the dugout? If you're Kasper, why do you need to continually reassure people how great the pitchers have been? And, finally, why were the Cubs being booed during the Nats' big inning? Makes you wonder.

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 08:28 PM) 2 straight pitch-outs??? WTF! Given how generally predictable Ozzie's been with running this year, I wouldn't imagine that another part of strategy, our signs, are all that hard to steal, with a little scouting.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 04:46 PM) i used to not mind kasper and brenely...and in general i still like brenely...but i have soured on len kasper as a broadcaster so much....god he is so annoying...his voice squeeks more than 13 year old in puberty Kasper now reminding viewers, every 3 minutes, how great the Cub pitching is this year -- and that "stopper" Ryan Dempster pitches tomorrow. You just get the feeling that everyone is, like, on pins and needles over there. Nice outing by Gaudin. And they're just leaving him in there to die.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 04:35 PM) I'd say one big difference is the scale of the numbers each of the 2 had put up before being traded. Ramirez had nearly 2000 at bats as a Pirate before being traded, and had already put together a full season with an OPS of nearly 900. Ramirez was tanking it that year -- seriously bad attitude before the trade. This is the reason I've always called him "The Baseball Vince Carter."

Could Len Kasper possibly stroke the Cubs and their fans more? Reed Johnson tries to bunt for a single, and he's "unselfish." He hits a 1-1 pitch for a bouncing double, and he's had a "quality at-bat." Oh, and even though 1/3 of the seats appear to now be empty, "not many people have left the ballpark."

Another fake Cub dive catch, this one by Theriot. I thought only DeRosa did that.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 22, 2008 -> 03:55 PM) Neal Cotts vs. water coolers Did he beat up on them? Jeez. It's an August game with a 5.5 game lead, when the Cubs have been on a big winning streak. That team is wired a bit tight, no? Anyone remember Ted Lilly last October in Arizona? At least, Cotts didn't do his business on the mound, like that 3rd grader Lilly.