***Official 2009 N.L. Central Thread*** Congrats to the Cardinals***

[arstyle27]

Cub's offense gets worse every day.

1st and 3rd no outs......and twice......TWICE.......no runs scored......horrid.

 

[CP1708]

Our offense is offensive.

 

[CP1708]

Born, you aiight man?

LA done stompin up and down on ya'll's campus championship style. Wonderin how you feel about that.

 

[arstyle27]

Cubs suck.

 

[sickickz23]

...............fire..............jim.............hendry................

I've been saying that long before NT, ever since he got that pointless contract extension. White Sox showed us how to hit, hit while there's RISP,situational hitting, and play small ball, and showed us how a true lead-off man does in that one spot. I mean c'mon dude was sitting on his couch when hewas released.....Ken Williams gave him a call....why didn't Jim Hendry notice this? Cuz the fat pig likes to eat rather than make good GM decisions.I'm surprised the hate for Hendry isn't strong. He's done more bad than good. That's a fact.

Scotty Podsednik isn't making that much to break the Cubs already high payroll......but I guess the folks at Cubs FO thinks otherwise or they believe thatwe have a true lead-off hitter in Sorryano.

This team will implode. Only a matter of time. Aramis won't help. This division isn't ours.

 

[arstyle27]

It's not Hendry's fault that Aramis got hurt, its not Hendry's fault that nearly every member of that lineup is having an off year.

However, its Hendry who signed Soriano to that massive contract with a no-trade clause, it was Hendry whoo didn't have a legit back up 3rd baseman, itsHendry who traded away two beloved and productive Cubs in DeRosa and Wood, it was Hendry to signed Bradley to a 3 yr 10mill contract when he could've hadIbanez instead, who is a natural lefty, and it was Hendry who paid to trade away Marquis for no apparent reason.

So yes, Hendry has done more bad than good.

But these bats can heat up in the second half, you just never know.

 

[sickickz23]

Agreed. Injuries happen. It's how we respond, adjust to it. Which we adjusted and responded very bad to it. We had a fine backup utility man by the name ofDeRosa. What happened? Oh right, in the offseason, HENDRY, decided to make room for when he thought he was getting Peavy, and dumped DeRosa with his salary.That move fked us up right when Aramis got hurt.. So who do we have as Aramis's backup? A short +$# Fontenot. So yeah, I don't blame the injury ofAramis to Hendry......but in a way I do, after he got hurt. We got exposed, big time. Whereas in the previous two seasons, when Aramis or Lee, or whoever thatwasn't playing SS, CF, C, or P got hurt, it was DeRosa to the rescue.

He gave all them no trade clauses. However way you look at it.......idk. But it looks like we're stuck with this team whether we like it or not.

Then the brilliant move of signing Aaron Miles. Reminds me of a Ron Coomer type player. Slow, short and stupid. Milton Bradley was a crapshoot, but Ibanez wasthere, along with Adam Dunn. (both are having better seasons). Bradley has already shown us that he doesn't care and can't stay 100% healthy. So yeah,might as well blame Hendry because he lacks better vision.

The lineup is in disarray because, we have glaring gaps and hole in our lineup. We have glaring gaps in spots in our lineup. Soriano, gap, Bradley, gap, Fuku,gap, Soto, gap, (I'll give Fontenot a pass because this is his first full year), Miles, a pothole. So that's Lee, Theriot , Hoffpaiur, I guess KoyleHill, and Johnson hitting their normal strides....not gonna cut it if we're going to find a way to hit consistently and score plenty of runs.

I would like a Theo Epstein type GM if Hendry gets fired. Epstein has fine scouts and himself along with his team knows a good prospect and fine toolings of aplayer. Better free agent signings.



I'm just stating the facts.

 

[wildkycat]

Votto's headed to Sarasota...looking to get back June 30th.

Lincoln headed to the DL.

 

[CP1708]

Every team needs to have one of those little guy type hustle players. Those dirty, gritty do anything David Ekstein type guys.

We have like 6.

A lineup full of David Eksteins ain't doin @#$%.

Hendry fault.

If he wanted to go all in and get Peavy, fine, then don't friggin cry and hold onto guys like Marshall or Cedeno or whoever else was grippin him up. Makethe damn deal for a #1 guy, don't hassle over borderline major leaguers.

Not one move he made this offseason has worked to this point. Marquis leads the friggin league in wins don't he?

DeRosa (though hated by Cleveland fans for some reason) is having a better year then any Cub.

Gregg over Wood?

Lou gets some of this too. Wasn't Fuku doin pretty well early in the year and Lou starts with his bat 3rd, off day, bat 2nd, off day, off day, bat 5th,bat 3rd, type garbage that gets a guy completely out of his comfort zone, and hence, Fuku starts to slide again.

 

[wildkycat]

Micah with a homer.

 

[jdcurt2]

Originally Posted by wildKYcat

Micah with a homer.

He shoulda dh'd in KC.

Masset looks hurt

 

[joe billionaire]

oh god @ the cubs offense

 

[kiddin like jason]

Micah Andrew with a homer.

 

[wildkycat]

lol...just beat Milwaukee, please.

 

[kiddin like jason]

Doubtful.

 

[sickickz23]

Lou gets some of this too. Wasn't Fuku doin pretty well early in the year and Lou starts with his bat 3rd, off day, bat 2nd, off day, off day, bat 5th, bat 3rd, type garbage that gets a guy completely out of his comfort zone, and hence, Fuku starts to slide again.

Funny as you mentioned that. A few days back I heard a caller on the radio saying that Lou should be fired, Dusty was and is a better skipper thanLou, because he won a postseason series.

Lou is trying, give him some credit. It doesn't show, but he is trying. For starters he is going to change the lineup soon, as he says.

He is taking the garbage that Hendry gave him and is trying to make it work. He says that there's no magic formula, but what goes on in that clubhouse isanother story. He aint yelling at them or showing that so called fire that the media wants him to portray.(Charlie Manuel, Terry Francona, and Tony LaRussaaren't fiery managers. look what they accomplished)These are grown men he's managing. No need for that. Unless the team is about in meltdown mode like07, then we'd see the fiery Lou.(he did that to take away all the distraction of the Z-Barrett incident to him. Which worked.

Yeah Dusty won a playoff series, but not the one that mattered the most. When a skipper sides with a player about a color commentator dispute, and plays NeifiPerez, and Jose Macias(sp?) over, and over.....and over....then your manager skills suck. When the going gets tough, he gets his son to sit on his lap toanswer the "tough" questions.

Dusty is a joke. Let him staythere in tha land of WKRP.

 

[wildkycat]

Lou's in his 22nd season as a manager.
Dusty's in his 16th season as a manager.

going into this season, they had the exact same regular season winning %, and our record is currently better than the Cubs' record.

Dusty has a higher post-season winning % than Lou.

Dusty has managed only 3 less post-season games than Lou, despite having coached 6 less seasons.

both have 3 manager of the year awards.

Dusty damn near took y'all to the WS...

the land of WKRP? you mean the city where your sweet Lou actually won a post-season game? and a world series?


sit down.

 

[DownByLaw]

What happened to the other Cardinals, Astros, Brewers & Pirates fans? This thread is like an AIM conversation with Cubs, Reds fans & Kiddin Like Jason

 

[CP1708]

^
Hi Born.

SC never looked so good eh?

 

[wisconsin 4 life]

Originally Posted by FIRST B0RN

What happened to the other Cardinals, Astros, Brewers & Pirates fans? This thread is like an AIM conversation with Cubs, Reds fans & Kiddin Like Jason

I can post more if you really miss me that much.

Just dropped 30 runs on the Indians for the sweep. Indians scored 25 runs and didn't win one game.

 

[pacmagic2002]

Originally Posted by FIRST B0RN

What happened to the other Cardinals, Astros, Brewers & Pirates fans? This thread is like an AIM conversation with Cubs, Reds fans & Kiddin Like Jason

Still here....not watching too much baseball because of the upcoming wedding, but i planned on driving to Kansas City for fathers day with my kidsfor the highway rivalry series.........hopefully we can sweep them this time (We are missing Greinke AGAIN). We should probably WANT to face him, we rippedVerlander a new one and he is their ace and won 7 in a row before he hit the big red wall.

 

[DownByLaw]

Originally Posted by CP1708

^
Hi Born.

SC never looked so good eh?

?

Originally Posted by pacmagic2002

Originally Posted by FIRST B0RN

What happened to the other Cardinals, Astros, Brewers & Pirates fans? This thread is like an AIM conversation with Cubs, Reds fans & Kiddin Like Jason

Still here....not watching too much baseball because of the upcoming wedding, but i planned on driving to Kansas City for fathers day with my kids for the highway rivalry series.........hopefully we can sweep them this time (We are missing Greinke AGAIN). We should probably WANT to face him, we ripped Verlander a new one and he is their ace and won 7 in a row before he hit the big red wall.

Sounds like a fun trip Pac, give those Royals fans hell

 

[CP1708]

Some of us were worried about you since the Lakers were stomping all over SC's campus.

Glad you didn't blow a gasket or anything.

But that stadium never looked so good then with a Laker court sittin on it.

 

[DownByLaw]

Unfortunately the Coliseum was filled with trash on Wednesday. The people that rioted and looted Sunday night were the ones who attended that piece of trashparade and gathering. Respectable Lakers fans (which are few and far in between) actually have jobs and had to work. I don't live near campus, nor did Iwhen I attended. Living in Los Angeles you learn to deal with the smog, traffic, fucla & the endless scumbags that wear Lakers apparel. Thanks for worryingabout me though

 

[CP1708]

I thought maybe you and OC were cuddled in a corner together shaking uncontrollably.

Even Mike went to the parade, and he's not a Laker fan, or a USC guy, and he was out there with everybody. He said he wanted to cheer for Farmar andAriza. I think he's in love.