Low-90s fastball, fine slider, side-arm herky-jerky motion, and these minor league numbers...

	Year	IP	H	HR	BB	K	ERA	SV
Double-A West Tenn	2004	53.0	23	2	24	64	1.87	21
Triple-A Iowa	2004/05	46.2	27	6	17	58	1.93	19

Phil Garner, Davey Lopes, Steve Sax, Glenn Hubbard, Tommy Herr, Bill Doran, Bobby Grich, Chico Lind, Manny Trillo, Willie Randolph, Damaso Garcia, Johnny Ray, Lou Whitaker, Frank White, Juan Samuel, Julio Franco, Harold Reynolds, Jose Oquendo Running through these names is all that needs to be done to understand why Ryne Sandberg is a Hall of Famer, and should have been a first-ballot Hall of Famer. For a decade, Sandberg was unarguably the elite second baseman of the Major Leagues, both offensively and defensively.

GAME 104 IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (50-55) @ CHICAGO CUBS (53-50) WRIGLEY FIELD, 3:05pm CDT, TV: WGN

Rich Hill, LHP 0-0, 4.22 ERA 14/5 K/BB, 1 HR in 10.2 IP	Mike Gosling, LHP 0-2, 4.13 ERA 10/14 K/BB, 1 HR in 24.0 IP
SS Royce Clayton	CF Jerry Hairston
2B #Alex Cintron	2B *Todd Walker
LF *Luis Gonzalez	1B Derrek Lee
3B Troy Glaus	3B Aramis Ramirez

Use this thread to discuss all the rumors that are flying around as Sunday's non-waiver trading deadline ticks ever closer...

GAME 103 IN-GAME DISCUSSION THREAD ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (50-54) @ CHICAGO CUBS (52-50) WRIGLEY FIELD, 1:20 CDT TV: WGN, Fox Sports Arizona

Mark Prior, RHP 7-3, 3.23 ERA 97/30 K/BB, 14 HR in 94.2 IP	Javier Vasquez, RHP 9-9, 4.37 ERA 127/24 K/BB, 20 HR in 140.0 IP
2B *Craig Counsell	CF Jerry Hairston
RF *Chad Tracy	SS #Neifi Perez
LF *Luis Gonzalez	1B Derrek Lee
3B Troy Glaus

GAME 68 PREVIEW CHICAGO CUBS (34-33) at MILWAUKEE BREWERS (31-37) Miller Park, 7:05pm CT, TV: FSN, CSN

SP Tomo Ohka	SP Greg Maddux
SS #Neifi Perez	CF Brady Clark
CF *Corey Patterson	3B Jeff Cirillo
1B Derrek Lee	1B *Lyle Overbay
RF *Jeromy Burnitz	LF Carlos Lee
3B Aramis Ramirez	SS Bill Hall
2B *Todd Walker	2B Rickie Weeks

Just the other day I was complaining about the state of our bullpen. Now, hardly heartened by events in New York over the weekend, my critical eye is increasingly being tempted to waiver elsewhere. And by elsewhere, I mean the top of our batting order.