Psandberg 23
Submitted by Transmission on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 9:13am
Psandberg 23: "The Cubs are my Ballclub"
The Cubs are my Ballclub, I shall not want.
They maketh me to watch games in green fields.
They restoreth my soul:
they leadeth me in the path of happiness for their name's sake
Yeah, though we walk through the valley of the shadow of elimination, I will fear no Dodger:
for Harden art with us;
his fastball and his splitter they comfort me.
They preparest a pennant before me in the presence of mine enemies:
They annointest my jersey with Wood;
my beer cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and victories shall follow me in all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Cubs forever.
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#1 Re: Psandberg 23
Because being a Cubs fan is nothing, if not about keeping a sense of faith and of humor.
#4 Re: Psandberg 23
And always I turn to The Simpsons, when Homer goes to a Pacific island as an accidental missionary, he turns the natives church into a casino. The natives get angry afterwhile gambling and drinking, and start tearing down the place.
One of the drunken natives asks Homer-
"What kind of God allows ace to be one or eleven!?!?"
I'm really questioning my faith in this team, and if they do not win it all this year I'll be shutting it down with them.
#46 Re: Psandberg 23
but...he doesn't even believe in jebus.
#2 Re: Psandberg 23
DLee and Rich Hill for Aubrey Huff.
Who makes that trade? Discuss?
#15 Re: Psandberg 23
D-Lee has a down year offensively and a poor first 2 games of the playoffs, and now he's not even worth Aubrey Huff on one remaining year of a ridiculous contract? I don't think so. Also, wouldn't trade Rich Hill right now. I'd hold onto him in hopes that he can rebound a bit next year and then see whether he's worth much, if I'm interested in trading him at all.
No, I would not give up nearly that much for Aubrey Huff. Plus, wouldn't the Orioles rather have younger players? I'd think they'd be more interested in the likes of Pie, Fontenot, Marshall, Gaudin, etc.
#16 Re: Psandberg 23
D-Lee and DeRosa are the only 2 Cubs doing any hitting right now. But he did make a crucial error...
#20 Re: Psandberg 23
I'm just thinking out loud. But Huff did have a WAY better year than DLee this year. He is also a year and a half younger. And he does have Lefthandedness going for him. You know Lou will love that.
Since Kfuk is here for the next 3 years, and doesn't look to have a RF bat. What about a Pie, Hill/Marshall type trade for Huff. Baltimore/McFail sheds some payroll. Huff slots into RF, while backing up 1B/3b. And some LH thunder is in a lineup that sorely needs it.
Soriano
Theriot
Aramis
Huff
Lee
DeRosa
Soto
Kfuk
#38 Re: Psandberg 23
I think the biggest problem with that trade is the addition of salary to an payroll that already has a $48 million 4th outfielder. Huff, from what I hear, is also not much of a defender in right. I guess you've got Soriano, Fukudome, Huff as the outfield? That's pretty shaky. The offense would be much improved though, if Huff could even come close to what he did this year. He's been pretty hit or miss from year to year.
#41 Re: Psandberg 23
With an outfield of Sori, Fuku, and Huff I don't think you'd be improving the offense much as you'd just essentially be replacing Edmonds with Huff. Edmonds ended up with a respectable OBP and, what, 20 HRs?
Hendry needs to realize Fukudome's contract is a sunk cost at this point. The Dodgers realized they couldn't continue to throw A. Jones and Pierre out there everyday regardless of how much money they're being paid. Hendry/Lou need to come to the same conclusion with Fukudome the 1 Month Wonder.
#44 Re: Psandberg 23
don't count on it...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs...
"Obviously, he's got the ability," general manager Jim Hendry said. "Unfortunately, he's in a real tough snag and I'm of the belief that he will figure it out and get better again. I don't have a doubt that he'll be back next year playing well. He's not an out-of-shape guy, he's a specimen. And he's a proud guy.
"And I think sometimes you have to go back and lean on history a little. We've had a lot of multiyear free agents that come here for the first time and Year 1 doesn't always work out like it was planned, like [ Moises] Alou and Derrek Lee [acquired in a trade after '03], who right off the bat didn't hit well early.
"Alou was the most prominent, though, and then he gave us two outstanding years. I don't have a doubt in my mind this guy is still going to be a good player for us, and to credit him, even in his darkest times here the last month, he's helped win two or three ballgames with his defense, and he's never taken it out to the field with him."
#51 Re: Psandberg 23
They won't write off Fukudome just yet, nor should they.
They might beg him to accept a move to centerfield, however.
#56 Re: Psandberg 23
That's actually not bad idea to move him to CF. Pretty much same defense as Pie, with a more useful offense (even in his current funk, w/ the possibility for big improvement once he's more comfortable here).
#57 Re: Psandberg 23
Let's just trade for Ichiro.
#58 Re: Psandberg 23
I would say that Pie is better than Fukudome defensively, especially in CF.
#29 Re: Psandberg 23
D-Lee has ... a poor first 2 games of the playoffs
Huh? Are you serious?
But I agree about not trading Lee+Hill for Huff.
#39 Re: Psandberg 23
Just wasn't thinking--the Cubs have had such a bad two games that it's been hard for me to think of anyone on the team as playing well, which isn't fair. Lee and DeRo have been good with the bats, though that has meant very little as far as runs go, and Zambrano pitched very well. Marshall was also at least acceptable the other night. The errors were all hard to forgive, including Theriot's barehand play that wasn't ruled an error. Lee hasn't really had an amazing first two games, but calling it poor even with the error is unreasonable. That error really hurt, though...
I never would've imagined that Edmonds, Lee, DeRo, ARam, and Theriot would have errors after the first two games.
#50 Re: Psandberg 23
For what it's worth, I have a brother in Tampa who says that -- based on comments in the media -- Piniella and Huff did not get along.
#32 Re: Psandberg 23
Who makes that trade? Discuss?
A retard?
you want to replace a 33 year hitter with a great glove for a 32 year old hitter with a poor glove that had 3 average season until breaking out again last year? Yeah, the Cubs definitely could use a left-handed power bat for the middle of the order, but Aubrey Huff is just rolling dice and hope you get 7's again. It's a lateral move at best.
Think big.
Sign Furcal and Teixeira (29, switch-hitter, just as good defensively as Lee) and try and trade Lee's contract (good luck, especially with a NTC).
Pitching-wise, I think your options are:
Resign Dempster or consider moving Wood back to the rotation (and resign him of course) or go after Derek Lowe.
CC's another option, but the 6-8 years he's likely to get sounds like all kinds of stupid to me. He just doesn't seem like a guy that will hold up considering his workload and fatness.
And then do some stuff with the bullpen...
#45 Re: Psandberg 23
The ownership and payroll situations are why I suggest Huff. 1 year at 8 million to fill a huge offensive hole.
Saying lets sign Tex,Furcal,Sabathia,Wood and Dempster is akin to me saying. Lets go ahead and raise the stock market. Make the dollar stronger. Develop alternative energy. And lets go ahead and do world peace as well. Why not?
#49 Re: Psandberg 23
Come on. That's just silly.
I really, really don't recommend signing Sabathia. The Cub need somehow to develop or trade for some good, young pitchers (plural, because A pitcher always seems to get hurt, so if you've got a few maybe one or two will manage to pitch most of the season).
#52 Re: Psandberg 23
what hole does Aubrey Huff fill? Do you want him to play 1b or RF? He had a good year, but that's one in his last 4. I just don't get why you want to trade someone who's just as likely to hit as well as Huff and play better defense for a left-handed stick.
But yeah, I was just throwing out a "if Mark Cuban owns the team" suggestion. I realize it's not realistic. I do think they could sign Furcal probably and if they did dump Lee's contract, could probably be in on Teixeira.
#3 Re: Psandberg 23
Rich Hill? Didn't the Cubs used to have a pitcher named Rich Hill?
#5 Re: Psandberg 23
Mercifully...
We're sorry, but you were not selected for an opportunity to purchase tickets to 2008 National League Championship Series games at Wrigley Field.
#7 Re: Psandberg 23
You probably weren't even selected for an opportunity to watch a 2008 National League Championship Series game at Wrigley Field on TV.
#6 Re: Psandberg 23
Funniest thing I have read at this site, a much needed laugh.
I'm still going tomorrow night, but I'm not happy about it. What miserable SOBs MLB people are, making us wait two days for the inevitable.
#54 Re: Psandberg 23
You probably haven't read Heinie Massman's biography.
#55 Re: Psandberg 23
Heinie Massman taught me this prayer.
#8 Re: Psandberg 23
So much for that benediction that Kenney asked for...
#9 Re: Psandberg 23
You have my deepest sympathies, CA Phil - but hey, at least you'll probably have nice weather at the Ravine. A few brews, a few laughs - what could be better?
#10 Re: Psandberg 23
Well said. It's not over yet. Fight the good fight. Keep the faith. Go Cubs.
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