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alisa is a CRAZY PERSON.
i want to make sweet love to alisa even though she is crazy.
also see; crazy/beautiful
also see; crazy/beautiful
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Means "Joy" in Hebrew. Female name.
We named our child Alisa because she brought us joy.
Alisa tərəfindən 30 Aprel 2004
a wayyy cute girl who is really nice and kind
That Alisa girl is awesome
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The most amazing girl in the world. She is cute and sexy, with a great body and the most beautiful face. She is always smiling and she has a wonderful smile. Her hair is perfect and always in her own style. Her skin is amazing and her nose is cute, even if she doesn't think it, and her eyes interesting and expressive. She has a lovable, kind personality is sociable and fun to be around. She has the best sense of humour, is musical, sporty and talented, and has a beautiful voice. If there is an Ethan out there who goes out with this girl he is the luckiest guy in the world.
I love you Alisa
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Alisa is a very intellectual girl who is very social but loves being independent. VERY funny! Always light hearted. Has a great big heart and is very sensitive towards many things, even if they are little. She doesn't like germs, but in certain situations she doesn't mind them. A hard but very lazy worker. Great voice and a very bold personality. Loves being different. Great girlfriend! But chooses her guys wisely.
Wow is that Alisa? I hear she is super funny!
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Alisa is a very loyal person with soft brown hair that she likes to change the color of. She is a very nice person when you get to know her an she is kind and remarkable. I'm very lucky to have her as a best friend. I know she will always be there for me even when she gets a little bitchy. Alisa is also NOT a morning person!!! She is a very beautiful person who likes to fight about it!
Alisa-*laughing at me*
Alisa*laughs even harder*
Alisa*laughs even harder*
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Super cool and doesn't give a fuck about what anyone says. She's really pretty but doesn't believe it. She can get really negative and she is really sarcastic. She is hilarious but most people don't hear what she has to say. People tend to not talk to alisa but they should.
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Til the Cows Come Home: The Fatal Flaw in the Clinton Administration's Public Lands Grazing Policy
Joseph M. Feller
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Environmental Law, Vol. 25, p. 703, 1995
Since the first days of the Clinton Administration, the Department of the Interior, under the leadership of Secretary Bruce Babbit, has endeavored to develop policies to reform environmentally destructive livestock grazing practices on millions of acres of public lands in the western United States. In the face of bitter opposition from livestock ranchers and their congressional supporters, the Administration issued a succession of regulatory proposals exhibiting varying degrees of commitment to genuine change. None of the Administration's proposals, however, recognize that large portions of the western public lands are poorly suited to livestock grazing because of scant rainfall, low productivity, rugged terrain, and adverse impacts to other, more valuable resources. Perpetuation of grazing on such lands will result in false expectations, wasteful expenditures of public funds, and continued environmental destruction.
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A mental and physical state that is reached when one person becomes innebriated or slithered enough to do things one wouldn't typically do in normal situations.
"Dog, Dan punched a cop and fucked a cheerleader last night. He was whaulin out!"
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When he talks about his childhood and growing up, Harry doesn't describe himself as an athlete. In fact, Harry never stepped foot into a gym during the first 56 years of his life.
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Between Jan. 21 and Feb. 1, GoHatters.com is counting down the Top 10 Games in Patricia Wilson Field history...
Countdown #8
April 29, 2008, Home game #239
Stetson 4, Florida Gulf Coast 3
It was their first season in the NCAA Division I ranks, and they were dominant.
Florida Gulf Coast traveled to DeLand on April 29, 2008, sporting a 48-14 overall record and a 16-4 mark in Atlantic Sun play. The Eagles line-up was stacked from top to bottom and included the NCAA co-leader in home runs, Carmen Paez, and the top two RBI producers in the country, Paez and Cheyenne Jenks. The team averaged over 6.5 runs per game and had not been shut out all year.
Since FGCU was not eligible for postseason play, the Eagles were focused on winning the A-Sun regular season championship. One victory in their season finale against the Hatters would earn them that title outright, and a doubleheader sweep would give them a 50-win season in their first season as a Division I program.
FGCU was on the doorstep of such a major accomplishment that a local television station from Fort Myers made the four hour drive to Patricia Wilson Field to capture highlights of the potential Eagles' victory and postgame celebration.
So while game two of the doubleheader is officially Game #8 in our Top 10 countdown, it certainly would not have had its significance had it not been for the efforts of Erica Demers and Amanda Lindsey in game one.
Demers quieted the Eagles bats, carrying a no-hitter into the fifth inning and eventually shutting out FGCU for the first time all season. She retired Paez with the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the seventh to nail down her 31st career shutout, establishing a new school record.
Lindsey's lead-off homer in the bottom of the fifth was all the offense Stetson would need in grabbing a 1-0 victory, which brings us to game two.
FGCU knew it was their last game of the season. While a 50-win season was no longer possible, a victory would still give the Eagles the A-Sun regular season title outright.
Another pitchers' duel was in the works, this time between Morgan Campen and Lindsey. Neither team could muster a run through the first four innings, but the Eagles' bats came alive in the fifth. FGCU scored three times, all with two outs, and sat just nine outs away from victory.
The Hatters responded with a two-out rally of their own. Back-to-back singles by Amy Joyce and Nicole Forbes set the table for Andrea Migliori, who ripped the first pitch she saw from Campen over the scoreboard in leftcenter field. Just like that the game was tied 3-3.
It was Migliori's 42nd career home run, tying her with Melissa Wiggins for the most in school history, and her 20th of the season, just two off the NCAA lead.
Lindsey kept the Eagles off the board in the sixth and seventh innings, and the Hatters went to work on a game-winning rally. Singles by Forbes, Migliori and Blythe Golden loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh, and Amanda Bailey's grounder to short proved too hot to handle allowing Forbes to sprint home with the winning run.
In two drama-filled games, the Hatters had swept the first-place Eagles, picked up their 40th win of the season, and improved to 13-8 in A-Sun play. FGCU settled for a share of the conference regular season title with USC Upstate and Lipscomb.
It marked the beginning of a strong rivalry between Stetson and FGCU that still continues today. However, the doubleheader sweep over the Eagles (officially the 4-3 win in game two) ranks as the No. 8 Top Game in Patricia Wilson Field history.


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COLUMBIA – The S-word resonated through the Wynfrey Hotel's second-floor ballroom last summer, his comment grabbing ESPN headlines and sparking national sports talk.
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney thought Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd was a chicken. A coward. Shriveled in fear.
He never quite turned to name-calling at SEC Media Days, but Clowney said Boyd was "scared" three times in 14 seconds. It was rapid-fire trash talk, one more South Carolina jab after four years of connecting haymakers against Clemson.
Once more, the full quote, in case four months fogged the memory.
"I can tell Tajh Boyd is scared back there," Clowney said. "He ain't no sitting duck, but you can see it in his eyes. He's scared of our D line. We know that, coming into the game, we've got him shook already. Just get a couple hits on him, and it changes the whole game. He's scared every time we play him."
Clowney had every reason to puff out his chest last summer. He was more than a Heisman Trophy contender – a rarity for any defensive player. He was a heavyweight champion. College football was wrapped around his finger. And he knew it.
That was then. This is now.
Clowney is no longer the undisputed top prospect in the NFL Draft. His two sacks this season aren't even half the 4 1/2 he had against Clemson last fall. The only one who has been called scared is him, after the star defensive end pulled himself from the lineup before South Carolina's game against Kentucky in October.
Naturally, the topic of the S-word was brought up again this week, both in Columbia and Clemson.
"No. Not at all," Boyd said when asked – yet again – if he's scared of Clowney. Then he took the high road. "I mean, obviously, he's a great player, super athletic. Obviously, we have to know where he is on the field at all times, but it's just part of the game."
Clowney and Boyd aren't perfect strangers. A couple years ago, Boyd hosted Clowney on his couch when the blue-chip defensive end visited Clemson. Conversations since that visit have been infrequent, Boyd said Tuesday. Still, perhaps that familiarity broke down the usual barriers of formality.
Or, perhaps it was just a nature of the offseason.
"That was summertime talk," Spurrier said Tuesday. "We've got to admit, Jadeveon had a wonderful summer, now. He had a good summer. He was out at the ESPY's, met Dwayne Wade, LeBron James and all those guys. Now the season is here.
"There's summertime talk, and there's during-the-season talk. I don't think he's going to say anything out of the ordinary this week."
That's because Clowney is not going to say anything at all to media this week, at least until after Saturday's game. Clowney has been available to reporters only once this season during game week – after the controversy following Kentucky.
Instead, senior cornerback Jimmy Legree was left to answer questions about his teammate's trash talk.
"I didn't sense it," Legree said Tuesday when asked if he thought Boyd was scared. "I guess Clowney did. That's his words. That's what he felt like. We just played as a team, did what we had to do to take care of business."
The S-word is an interesting side topic as Saturday's 7 p.m. kickoff gets closer. South Carolina has been careful not to add to the bulletin board material. Everything has been above board this week, every word calculated.
Spurrier knows a thing or two about saying something controversial. Like most things in life, there is a time and place for it.
"Again, that's sort of summertime talk," Spurrier said. "I've probably been known to say some stuff trying to be funny. Nothing like this, but I've always said that's summertime talk or offseason conversation, when you're trying to be funny around your people, or something like that. During the season, the week of the game, we try to show respect for our opponents the best way we can."


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quote: We're at a crossroads right now. Do we push graphics to the limits again (like I'm seeing at E3), or do we focus on making games fun again. I vote for fun. I hope (and wish) developers will do the same.
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Town that is full of tough guys. They act tough to everyone and nothing scares them. They are all hardasses and don't give a damn. They are known for their whiteouts and sick chants and the roller coaster at halftime. They will put any other fans to shame asbling as the situation presents itself. This us all with the help of the loudest man alive who currently lives there.
Middlesex: If you're winning and you know it clap your hands!
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The town in which the movie Donnie Darko took place.
Other guy: Hey Donnie, what school do you go to?
Donnie: Middlesex High School
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Mediocre or unremarkable sex.
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James McBrideJames McBride is the author of the 2013 National Book Award winning novel The Good Lord Bird, and well as the New York Times bestseller The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. McBride will focus on his life and on his newest novel, The Good Lord Bird, a story humorously narrated by the elderly Henry Shackleford, as he reminisces about his youthful adventures.09/22/2014Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The Book of MormonThe Book or Mormon, winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Book. Creators Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Parker and Stone also begat the four-time Emmy Award-winning landmark animated series, "South Park."09/23/2014 - 10/05/2014Location: Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Passing StrangeThe ground-breaking adventurous musical Passing Strange by Stew and Heidi Rodewald tells the story of a young African-American's travels from his roots in Los Angeles to Europe and back in his search for personal and artistic authenticity. Winner: 2008 Tony for Best Book of a Musical and three Drama Desk awards including Outstanding Musical. Mark Clayton Southers directs.09/25/2014 - 10/09/2014Location: TBAwebsite
Cello FuryWQED and the Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership present a LIVE performance by the "cello rock powerhouse" Cello Fury to usher in a new season of the PBS Arts Fall Festival on WQED-TV. The PBS Arts Fall Festival -- a Friday night fall tradition since 2011 --will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth beginning Friday, September 26 at 9 pm with "Sweeney Todd" in concert with the New York Philharmonic.09/25/2014Time: 11:30am - 1:30pLocation: Market Square, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Public Record - A Pittsburgh Biennial ExhibitionPublic Record — a nine-person multimedia exhibition in celebration of Pittsburgh artists — explores love, absurdity, surveillance, gaming, and identity. Artists include Rafael Abreu-Canedo, Matthew Biederman (with Aljosa Abrahamsberg, Marko Peljhan, and Brian Springer), Carolina Loyola-Garcia, Paolo Pedercini, Caroline Record, Paul Rosenblatt, Martha Rial, Susanne Slavick, and Two Girls Working. 'Paul's Vinyl Records' (at 707 Penn Gallery) features recordings were sold, collected, and (well) played before the artist collected them again.09/26/2014 - 11/09/2014812 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
10th Anniversary Gallery CrawlCelebrate the 10th anniversary of the Cultural Trust's quarterly Gallery Crawls with exhibitions and live music in the downtown Cultural District including the openings of Pittsburgh Biennial shows at SPACE gallery and 707 Penn Avenue.09/26/2014Location: Cultural District, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
SouvenirFlorence Foster Jenkins was an eccentric wealthy socialite whose utter inability to carry a tune never prevented her from holding recitals at the Ritz Carlton or selling out Carnegie Hall. Told through the eyes of her accompanist, Cosme McMoon, Stephen Temperley's hilariously off-key Souvenir has been called "the funniest show on Broadway since The Producers." It's a wonderful and poignant journey through her performances that were the talk of New York. Tome' Cousin directs.09/26/2014 - 10/12/2014Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Avenue Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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For weeks, a married Ridgeville couple told sheriff's deputies and journalists that they were clueless about the backyard shooting death of a 64-year-old relative.
They reiterated their astonishment this week even as deputies hauled off a loved one on a charge of shooting Jimmy C. Edwards three times in the back of the head.
Endsley Grooms said they told investigators the truth and had no idea that his wife's son, Sonny Jones, might have been involved with the Feb. 1 slaying.
But it was what Grooms, 67, said as he and his 54-year-old wife, Mary, appeared for a bond hearing Wednesday that indicates an untold side of the story.
"I don't know why I'm charged with murder," Grooms said, according to the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office. "All I did was get rid of the gun."
Arrest affidavits allege that both of the Groomses played roles in the "execution-style murder" of Edwards, a retired electrician and grandfather. Both were denied bail.
Sheriff's officials confirmed Grooms' statement during the bond hearing, which was overheard by the magistrate and other court personnel. But the officials declined to be identified because it has become a part of the homicide investigation.
Grooms is accused of giving Jones the .25-caliber handgun used in the slaying and of later retrieving it and getting rid of it. Sheriff's deputies have not yet found the gun, but they plan searches this week to that end.
He told The Post and Courier before his arrest Tuesday that he had forgotten about the firearm, which had been given to him years ago.
Mary Grooms saw her son hand the gun to her husband, according to affidavits, and did nothing about it. Instead, she "proceeded to cover up the crime by misleading" investigators, affidavits stated.
The couple said days after the killing that Edwards had phoned home that evening to say he would arrive in a half-hour. His truck pulled up around 11 p.m., and Grooms said he soon heard what he thought was fireworks.
The family had told deputies and the newspaper that the 37-year-old Jones was showering at the time gunfire rang out. Jones didn't know about Edwards' death until his mother told him, the Groomses had insisted.
When Edwards didn't come in, the Groomses walked out and found his body near his backyard chicken coop, they said.
But after Jones' arrest Monday, deputies started to offer a different narrative. They wrote in affidavits that the three family members devised a scheme together. Jones crept up behind Edwards in the dimly lit yard and shot three bullets into his head, affidavits stated.
Jones then took $44 and a checkbook from Edwards. He provided statements to the authorities about the crimes, according to court records.
Though he and his wife denied plotting the killing, Grooms offered reasoning for his stepson's alleged actions.
Jones had been depressed and developed an addiction to painkillers during the 12 years they all lived together at the house at 374 Ridge Road. He missed his former wife and his dead son, Grooms added. Deputies were summoned to the home in November 2011 and found Jones unresponsive.
Beside him was a note indicating a suicide attempt, according to an incident report. Also nearby was an empty bottle of neurontin, a drug that treats epilepsy and some forms of pain. The bottle had been prescribed to him and was supposed to contain 60 pills.
Two bottles designed to hold 180 tablets of blood pressure medication also were strewn about. They had been prescribed to Edwards, and they were empty. "He died right there in the hallway," Grooms said Tuesday. "But the EMS brought him back."


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Digesters: dream investment or pipe dream?
Digesters: dream investment or pipe dream?
At the Environmental Protection Agency's AgSTAR (http://www.epa.gov/agstar/) conference this week, we will hear from experts on the latest and greatest things happening with anaerobic digesters. Yesterday, we took a trip to Big Sky Dairy near Gooding, Idaho. The manure from 4,700 first-lactation cows goes to two digesters, then two gensets, to create an average of 1,200 kWh (kilowatt hours) per day.
This specific digester has outstanding stats in regard to its run time. Compared to their initial projections, it has produced 105 percent of the energy they thought they would. It has a run time of 97 percent, which basically allows time to change the oil (they change oil about every 550 hours).
Big Sky also benefits from a great power sales rate – selling at 7.5 cents but buying back at 5.5 cents. Electricity is sent to the grid, fiber (separated solids) is used back in the barn and sent for horticultural uses, and the heat from the engines is used to heat the buildings and the digester itself. They run their digester at mesophilic temperatures (98 to 101° F). The 13 Wal-Mart stores in Idaho also started shipping their organic waste to the digester, though it only makes up about 1 percent of the total digester feedstock. Wal-Mart aims to be 100 percent renewable by 2020 (http://walmartstores.com/sustainability/) with zero waste.
After two years and 20,000 hours, it seems their digester is a model for large-scale farm electricity, fiber, and heat production. The project was off the ground with financing in a partnership between Dean Foods and AgPower Partners, LLC, (a partnership between Andgar Corporation, GHD, Inc., and Cenergy USA, Inc.) which also manages the digester. But project managers yesterday cautioned that digesters were not from plug-and-play. A representative from AgPower Partners said digester success is derived from the ability to capture the three co-products of digestion successfully. Those products are the gas (for electricity), the fiber (for ag or horticultural uses), and the heat.
In terms of dollars and sense, he put it another way: the power purchasing agreement (PPA – the long-term contract for electricity revenue) can help pay for your debt, the fiber can help cover digester engine operating costs, and the carbon credits and renewable energy credits will be your small profit. He estimated revenue to be 70 percent power, 20 percent fiber (often just selling solids back to the dairy), and 10 percent carbon credits. However, with the future of carbon credits being California's cap-and-trade system, carbon credit values should jump in 2012.
This all leads back to the question: is it worth it to build a digester? I don't know the answer because every case is different. Representatives yesterday cited 2,500 cows as a minimum build level. But here's what I do know: my initial head count yesterday showed more investors at this conference (many of whom had never visited a farm until yesterday) than farmers.
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Charleston and Dorchester 2 school buses are currently running their regular morning and afternoon routes.
Neither district was notified of a planned bus driver strike for today, so both are following normal transportation schedules.
Meanwhile, negotiations are slated to resume today between the drivers' union and their employer, Durham School Services. Neither side has specified which district will be discussed, but the biggest issue has been drivers' pay..
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Teamsters Local 509 represents Charleston, Dorchester and Beaufort drivers, and all but two voting union drivers in those districts have voted in favor of authorizing a strike in recent weeks.
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Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
The recently released Jim Edmonds should clear waivers on Wednesday and it looks like the Cubs are going to bite. The move would likely send Felix Pie to the minors and give Edmonds the majority of playing time in a center field platoon with Reed Johnson.
[UPDATE 4:00 PM]:Ruz has added his take, at the bottom of the article.
So it's understandable that the Cubs want to upgrade center field right now. It seems to be the only weak spot in the lineup and some of our guys are certainly going to regress substantially from their early season success. But could the Cubs actually find someone to upgrade with?
A tale of the 2008 tape after the jump...
|Felix Pie
|Jim Edmonds
|vs Righties
|Really Good
|Slipping Fast
|Not a douchebag
|Frost his tips, has a vanity license plate that says "Hollywood"
Other than pitches per plate appearance, Felix Pie is actually out-hitting someone in baseball and it happens to be the guy about to replace him. Granted, another bat in the lineup that is going to see over or near four pitchers per plate appearance is going to drive pitching staffs batty, but that's one small plus for this potential transaction in a sea of minuses.
Of course, it could be argued that Edmonds has a history of being a pretty good hitter and center fielder and he's going to bounce back at any moment.
I doubt it.
(Ed note: So as not to be misleading, 100 is a league-average OPS+, not 125 as the chart suggests. I assume most of you know that, but just in case.)
He's clearly on the downside of his career, I think he's actually going on the "put him out to pasture" part of his career.
But even if Hendry and the Cubs can catch some lightning in a bottle, it's Jim "Fucking" Edmonds. I hated this guy for every one of his eight seasons with the Cardinals. How the hell can you root for Jim Edmonds on the Chicago Cubs? There's part of me (a rather large part) that hopes he goes 0 for his first 20 or 40 or whatever it takes to get him cut as soon as possible. This is the guy that Zambrano drilled twice in one game after some home run showboating.
My stock response in these situations when the Cubs have a player that I'm not particulary fond of is, "I hope he does well, but I doubt it". In this case, I hope Zambrano drills him with a fastball the moment he walks in the clubhouse...and then another one the first time he takes batting practice...maybe one more when he's in the clubhouse shower.
Freaking Jim Edmonds is about to be a Cub...maybe Hendry can swing a deal to bring in AJ Pierzynski, Mark Buehrle, Roy Oswalt, Barry Bonds and Ozzie Guillen in as a bench coach. That would definitely take the "lovable" out of "lovable" losers. Oh sure, I want to the Cubs win, pretty much at all costs. But since I have serious doubts that Jim Edmonds will be anything other than a road bump for Felix Pie's eventual return to the club or a trade for legitimate upgrade, I'd rather the Cubs just let him ride off into the sunset. Or maybe off to the Reds.
Ruz's Take:
I will be so angry if this happens.
I have a visceral anti-Edmonds reaction, and the comments below show me I'm not alone. For me, it's not about his frosted tips (something which I will admit to having done myself). It's not even about the fact that he is more identified with the St. Louis Cardinals than just about any player in the last decade. That, in and of itself, wouldn't make this a bad signing. Believe me, if the Cubs traded for Albert Pujols, I would have no problem rooting for him.
No, the problem is that not only is Jim Edmonds Mr. Cardinal, he also sucks. He just got put on waivers by the Padres, who are currently the worst team in baseball. The Padres are hitting .233 as a team, and they decided they didn't want Edmonds any more, that they'd rather take their chances with Scott Hairston and Jody Gerut in center. Edmonds is about to turn 38 and is in the middle of his fourth-straight season of declining production. He's hitting 178/265/233 (yes, he's slugging .233!). Why send Felix Pie back to the minors to take a flyer on an aging veteran who might, but might not, regain his stroke?
Several years ago there was chatter about the Cubs acquiring Chipper Fucking Jones. Now there are few players in baseball I dislike more than Chipper Fucking Jones. In fact, there might not be any player in baseball I dislike more than Chipper Fucking Jones. But when the possibility of Chipper Fucking Jones becoming a Cub was raised, I got over my initial distaste because it seemed pretty clear that acquiring him would help the Cubs.
If Jim Edmonds was still getting on base at a .360+ clip and hitting 20-30 homers, I would be happy to see him in a Cubs uniform. After all, I'm a Cubs fan, and anything that makes the Cubs better makes me happy. But this isn't going to make the Cubs better; it's going to make them worse, at the expense of one of their young prospects, and it's going to come with the indignity of Jim Edmonds in a Cubs uniform.
One last poll on the NL Central Smackdown below this post or on the right sidebar...promise. I just want some data on what you guys think is the best overall staff in the NL Central. My ranks would be Cubs, Brewers (w/ Gallardo), Reds, Pirates, Cardinals, Astros.
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It's a proven vet Dude
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In Lou's estimation, PIE is a proven **Dud** so if Edmonds is acquired it's possible that PIE is about to be traded, or at least offered in trade along with our other expendable outfielder MATT MURTON among others, to the team that showed interest in both, none other than THE SAN DIEGO PADRES.
GM Kevin Towers is in Chicago right now and I'm guessing, given the deep hole SD finds itself in, he's serious-talking to Hendry.
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Nice Edmonds picture.
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Meh. Maybe this will be like Jason Kendall and produce some positive results. I tend to agree with Rob's skeptic stance though.
Although I also have a problem with rooting for Edmonds, it isn't going to keep me from being pleased when he does succeed. Apparently Hendry freely admits Edmonds isn't really a fix in CF, and maybe more ABs in AAA will somehow be beneficial for Pie (though I doubt that too).
Slightly off topic...
Just did my lunch-time walk in Chi.
The winds are gusting 15-25mph!
Left field bleachers will be a very busy place today, hopefully off of Cub bats.
This is not the optimum conditions for Jason "I used to be a Sinkerball Pitcher" Marquis, who has had the ball up and over the plate his last three starts.
Re: Slightly off topic...
Our Marquis matchup today is... wait for it... Shawn Estes. Yep, the Padres just brought him up from Portland (which is coincidentally losing at this moment to the Iowa Cubbies).
Suddenly I feel better. :-)
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I'm hoping this is just the Sun Times trying to dig up some sports news. I'd have one heck of a hard time rooting for Edmonds. I really feel like we should just let Pie play. We're leading the NL in runs scored, so who cares if he bats .230 for now? And, actually, hasn't anyone else noticed that his numbers have slowly been rising? If they want to make changes, move Fukie over to CF and bring Murt back up (he's recently collected his first 3 doubles of the season).
Edmonds. I might vomit. I'd rather bring in Bonds. At least we could be pretty certain that Barry would hit.
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This, this is Not Wise.
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Read my comment below. :)
But I probably did read at least 66% of the words in this one.....
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Re: Edmonds...is there any definitive answer with respect to the previous 50 concussions the Dude has had? Isn't he still in "recovery"?
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I'd be fine with it if it were a minor league contract. If Edmonds rebounds from the calf injury and starts hitting over .300 in a few weeks then bring him up and send Pie down for regular ABs. If not, then release him. But Hollywood is not going to agree to that.
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Mark Prior had an MRI on Monday and is expected to fly out to Birmingham to meet with Dr. James Andrews on Wednesday. Not a good sign.
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One final, slightly more useful comment:
the graph is a bit deceiving in that the "center" line isn't 100, but 125. The decline is steep, but if you shifted the graph upward to make 100 the visual centerpoint, it wouldn't be quite so spectacularly horrid a sight.
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Yea... that is a good example of how to distort data to prove a point.
But the graph does still show a drastic drop in production, but the bottom end of the production is not as bad as the graph makes it out to be.
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Oh, that's Edmonds' production numbers? I thought it was Bush's approval rating..
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Didn't think the comment that won this thread would be because of a political joke.
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No, Edmonds was at least productive at some point in his career.
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Chances are Edmonds will flop...but Felix Pie isn't exactly setting the world on fire, if he was then they wouldn't have to worry about signing anyone. I'd say give him a month or so and if he isn't the right fit for the team get rid of him. I don't see any real downside. Its Pie that is holding back his own progression, not Lou Piniella or Jim Hendry.
Its not like were going to be trading anyone good to get him. we are are going to sign him for the Vetern minamium and if he sucks after a month, we cut him and Pie gets a month in AAA to work on his adjustments in his batting stance. As long as they are not sold on him as the solution no matter what it is a no-lose deal.
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It is infuriating that Dusty is willing to play Edmonds over Pie with those numbers. If we are going to live with a line like that, at least let it be because we are building for the future. Pie has yet been given a chance to play a long string of games.
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Let's take a look at the few recent scrap heap pick-ups, by Hendry, shall we?
Reed Johnson- Offense, C- Defense, A
Jason Kendall - Offense, B/B-(NLDS RBI), Defense, C+ (better than Barrett)
Chad Fox - Useless, D
Whom am I leaving out? In any case, two of the three have provided value to the club. Both Johnson and Kendall have "new life" at their new teams.
If this were to happen, it certainly would not be a long term commitment ala Jason Schmidt. Just like the above examples, it is a low risk, probably low reward type of move.
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Wade Miller
Ryan Dempster
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I would like to start a list of players the Cubs got too late in their careers. Perhaps they were serviceable or did a good job but still too late. Here are a few off the top of my head:
Gary Gaetti
Rick Aguilera
Rod Beck
Todd Hundley
Jason Kendall
Please add your own
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Howard Frickin' Johnson
Mel Rojas
Dave Smith
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The above (Mel Rojas!) were not recent Hendry signs.
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this wasn't about hendry.
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Good additions
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Bobby Bonds
George Bell
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yes on bonds but no on bell. Bell netted us Sosa, so the timing was perfect.
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Well if you want to go back that far, how about going back further for a couple of Hall of Famers?
Jimmie Foxx
Robin Roberts
Hoyt Wilhelm
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Kal Daniels
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Larry Bowa?
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funny larry bowa tidbit
1978 posts this line: .294 .319 .370 3rd in mvp voting.
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You're right. Looking at his stats, they weren't as impressive as I thought, and I thought he was in his mid 30s.
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My stock response in these situations when the Cubs have a player that I'm not particulary fond of is, "I hope he does well, but I doubt it".
On the other hand, Rob, look at how well John Starks did when he became a Bull.
Oh, wait...
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Edmonds is a textbook douchebag, but if the Cubs are only paying him $300K I'm not going to get bent out of shape over the move. An Edmonds/Johnson platoon will probably be better than giving Johnson 130+ starts.
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Dempster's turned out pretty well as a scrapheap pickup.
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Let's take a look at the few recent scrap heap pick-ups, by Hendry, shall we?
Just looking at non-pitchers, Oh the pain...
Tony Womack
Phil Nevin
Enrique Wilson
Ben Grieve
Jody Gerut
Matt Lawton
Damian Jackson
Rey Ordonez
Jose Macias
The Nefimeister
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And what does the word RECENT mean to you?
For me, RECENT means "within the last 12 months".
MANNY TRILLO and I were/are very aware of "previous to RECENT" scrap heap signings. I have published the "definitive Hendry "stiffs list" right here, during the 2006 season.
However, the scouting, since qualified people have been added, has somewhat improved since the end of the 2006 season.
Anyway, Cubster -
I HATE Jim Edmonds. Almost as much as Will Oh-Man! Not quite - but almost.
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...Enrique Wilson...
Solid gold.
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Does Bynum count?
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Craig Monroe one of last years scrap heap pickups which didn't do so well with the Cubs is actually playing well with the Twins this year.
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Now maybe Pie can go back to AAA and fix his swing. Probably not, he'll probably keep using that retarded swoop swing and he'll have all kinds of success in AAA and everyone will stand around scratching their heads trying to figure out Pie's mental block. Ugh... I have never been thrilled about Pie, the regulars around here know this very well. This is why, no one on the club is willing to coach him into good hitting mechanics. They figure, "well, he's clobbering the ball in AAA, let's not mess with it."
Edmonds? Meh, whatever. Better than nothing.
*runs and hides*
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Maybe when Edmonds puts on his Cub uniform he begans to melt like the Nazis at the end of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
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Jim Edmonds is so old that his high school yearbook is IN the Lost Ark.
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Jim Edmonds is so old his typical comeback is:
"Johann's Great Grandmother..."
Pie Dilemma
Like most Cub fans I have cultivated a hatred for Edmonds, but that's not why I don't like this signing. When guys throw on the blue pinstripes it usually doesn't take long to forget the past. I won't like it initially, but the first time Edmonds is standing on second base in his Cubs uniform, clapping his hands after a key RBI double, I'll like him fine.
The reason I don't like this is that it creates a no-win scenario for Pie that will inevitably reduce his value to the Cubs, either as a player or as a trade chip.
There are two possible scenarios after he is sent to Iowa. One, he tears AAA pitching up (again). If that happens, the conclusion will be a little different than when he was viewed as just an up-and-down "prospect" -- he will be finally cast as a certified AAAA player. If he fails at the major league level and then hits .375 at AAA, we will be forced to admit that his ceiling is probably at AAA.
The other possible scenario is that he struggles or does just OK at Iowa. If that happens, his career goes into a permanent holding pattern.
Under either of these scenarios, his confidence is dinged and his trade value is minimized. Is taking a flyer on a (hated) outfielder -- one who would at best be a stopgap option -- worth all that?
Either play Pie now or trade him now. Enough of these silly AAA games.
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Well, he probably WILL clobber AAA pitching and explained why above ^^^
Frosted Tips
Frosted tips are such a great detail. Can you confirm that it is true?
Soriano has a really bad car. I assume many of these guys are douchebags, but so far the Cubs seem not to have amassed more than their fair share.
Hardest Cub to root for?
For my money, it was Ryno when he came back. Really pathetic.
Speaking of Ryno
When did he become Larry Bowa?
Suspended for 3 games
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Indeed, Edmonds's frosted tips seem to be common knowledge.
A little additional searching turned up frosted tips on ARod and Clemens. Bad company.
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Does Bynum count?
He can count to 12 (if he uses Alfonseca's fingers)
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Edmonds is a scrotum and I don't want him on the Cubs.
Hey that Reed Johnson thing really worked out, huh? So let's replace him with another discard that sucks even more. Good fucking idea.
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I took a roadtrip to St. Louis last summer. Even the Cardinal fans in my section had Zero love for Edmonds. The biggest complaint was his penchant for shortlegging routine flyballs into diving attempts. The consensus seemed to be that he was a Hot Dog Douche. That being said. Reed Johnson and Felix Pie have shown they aren't the answer. If Lou isnt going to put KFuk in center. Then we absolutely need to put SOMEONE out there who can add something to the offense. Be it a Edmonds/Johnson or Jack Jones/Johnson platoon.
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San Diego has never been a hitters park. Plenty of hitters (Phil Nevin) who started losing their power, dropped like stones out there. It's possible that Edmonds gets back in the central. Faces pitchers he is familiar with. And sets his "Lightning trap" where it needs to be. Or Maybe he is really done. Either way, its worth it IMHO for the cubs to take a minimum wage flier on a guy with his track record. And trust me when I say it. I have hated Gay Jim more than anyone over the years. I just want the cubs to win. And since Lou aint gonna play Pie or Murton. We better get a vetern Platoon Lefty in here that can help. Edmonds,Jack Jones, Griffey, whomever.
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I give it a week before Theriot is wearing eyeliner and half t-shirts.
Putting out to pasture or putting out of misery?
"He's clearly on the downside of his career, I think he's actually going on the 'put him out to pasture part of his career."
As steep as that graph is falling, I think "putting him down" would be the more appropriate animal metaphor.
Sounds like he would come cheap, but there is a very good reason for that. And why opt for declining mediocrity when reliable mediocrity with at least a glimmer up upside (Pie) is around?
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Rooting for Dennis Rodman seemed hard at first, then easier.
If Edmonds performs and embraces the Wrigley faithful, it will be all right.
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If Chicago fans can root for Dennis Rodman, they can certainly root for Jim Edmonds. The level of vitriol and venom for Rodman was FAR worse in the late 80's/early 90's than it ever was for Edmonds, and he became a fan favorite. Granted, he was still good when he was with the Bulls so that was why. I doubt Edmonds will reach the level of success necessary to look past his past.
You know who would probably be good enough to overlook his indiscretions? Bonds. Fuku in center, Bonds in right 3 games per week would absolutely destroy the Central division. The outfield defense would be terrible, but if we thought the Cubs were seeing a lot of pitches/pa now...
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Also, having Bonds available to PH the other 3 games/week would be sick. The guy's a douche, but I'm guessing the fact that no team has even looked at him might have brought his ego a bit down to earth. I doubt he'd be a diva/jerk in the clubhouse on an unfamiliar team when being given a second chance. But maybe I'm just being too optimistic about the guy.
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"I doubt he'd be a diva/jerk in the clubhouse on an unfamiliar team when being given a second chance."
Once a diva/jerk, always a diva/jerk.
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You know what I would rather not have Barry Bonds on the Cubs.
People bitch about Soriano being an egomaniac, selfish prick (though where are those people now??!?!) and yet want to bring in Bonds.
Sorry in the peoples eyes he is a nobody, and to other franchises he is a cancer. No wants to legitamize his career by giving him a second chance.
The real HR champ is still Hank Aaron and the next may be A-rod, but Bonds will never be the champ in how the fans look at the game. He disgraced it.
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Are you referring to me as one of the "people" bitching about Soriano being an egomaniac, selfish prick? If so, that couldn't be further from the truth. I've stated that another 6.5 years of him will be an albatross due to his now chronically bad legs and high K rate, but I've never once commented on his personality. From what I've seen, Soriano seems like a happy-go-lucky guy who gets along with his teammates.
As for Bonds, I don't really want him, but as long as Hendry is going to sign an old, douchebag outfielder, we might as well sign the one who will actually OPS around 1.000.
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Bonds in right is a terrible idea. How many singles/double would turn into triples/itphomers?
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Rob, defense is the excuse people use to back up their opinions when stats won't do the trick. You should know that by now!
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You can link what you want but the truth is that with his leg problems, he has trouble running and he's never had a good arm (self admitted). Those two things are a recipe for disaster out there.
In his day, he was a great fielder. And by no means is he a butcher out there. but he can't move the way he used to. He's 43 for crying out loud.
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"Considering that's possibly moving two players to accomodate one that we dont' really need, it would be retarded."
and we agree.
No way!!!
Wait for Junior to hit number 600 and deal for him.
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Wait for Junior to hit number 600 and deal for him.
Cubs were one of the few teams he was willing to waive his no-trade for last year. Given the Mariners struggles, you have to figure they will be near the top of his list this summer.
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You know that I would rather not have Barry Bonds on the Cubs.
plus Marquis is already dedicated to pinch running ONLY for the Wardosaurus.
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Jim Edmonds loves to party according to the picture with the cuties, how can you not love a player like that?
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That is a very thorough and compelling list.
I hear the guy can be, you know, a real douchebag.
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In the Edmonds photo, which one is Johan's mom?
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The one on the left....
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Anyway, re the Mariners comment - there is more substance to Grif to Seattle rumors due to the fact that his career started there.
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Hopefully Junior wants a shot at a champsionship which the Cubs can offer better chance at than the Mariners this year.
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Griff has no spot on the Cubs. he is too old to play center.
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He can play RF with Fbom in CF
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Did Kenny Lofton die? Why would we sign Edmonds before even considering Lofton?!!?
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According to the DHL commercial, his stuff got sent to Japan
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Seems like Edmonds used to own our asses. That said, unless he's got a nice supply of HGH or "The Clear", I don't expect him to do much now.
Anyone have his Wrigley splits? It'd be interesting to know what he's hitting in our yard. Yeah, I know... numbers are skewed because it's Cubs pitching... ;)
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Here is what he has done career against current cubs pitchers
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Thanks. Looks like Liebs won't mind this signing one bit...
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Edmonds doesn't bother me nearly as much as Felix does, and I used to do PR for Pie, as you may recall.
See analysis (or fulmination) here.
I doubt that Pie ever raked in the minors, at any level. I just can't picture it. If he did, then Dave Keller and Gerald Perry and, yes, part-time hitting coach Lou Piniella have some explaining to do, because he's messed up now.
Edmonds can play the position and he's one other guy besides Lee who can hit a ball to the seats in right field. What's complicated?
It could be worse...
At least the Edmonds negotiations are distracting Hendry from thinking about signing another recently released former Cardinal, Julian Tavarez.
Seriously...the Cubs have scored more runs than any team in baseball with Soriano limping and D-Lee batting .222/.286/.378 in the month of May so far. This team needs to be adding starting pitching, not another retread outfielder. Especially one that we all seem to hate so viscerally.
This only makes sense if there is a trade of Pie and a pitching prospect in the works for a league-average starting pitcher.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
Felix Pie Minor League numbers:
2190 AB's .300/.358/.468 not raking of course.
He may never approximate that in the majors, but for god's sake, he needs to play consistently for a few months. Not a month, not a week, not every 4th game.
I hope the Cubs trade him, and he jams it up their ass for the next 12 seasons.
Jim Edmonds.....what a joke. Can we go get Sidney Ponson too? He threw a good game this year....ugh.
Looks like "Everyone in the bleachers gets a free sovenoiur day"
or "Say goodbye to Felix Pie day" might be postponed:
80% chance of rain today.
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Partly sunny and non-threatening now, for what it's worth.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
Jim Hendry, the junkman, a complete rebuild is just three years away. Hopefully someone will send Jim the Marlin's playbook. They look really good on top in the East.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
If they're still leading the National League in slugging in July, then you're right. Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to happen. Uggla, Willingham, and Jacobs are all playing out of their mind. They won't slug 500 all season. Hanley and Hermida won't keep up their current pace.
Let's see if you still want Jimmy to play the Marlins game at the All-Star break.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
I think this is where you'll find Jim Edmonds these days:
If you refer to the description of what kind of person rates a douchebag here, Edmonds pretty much has it all - frosted tips, spray - on tan, and pretty girls on his arm.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
Everybody who doesn't want Edmonds just keeps saying play Pie more---it's very obvious that the ONE person who makes this decision, the manager, has made the decision NOT to play him, even vs. RHP----end of discussion---sign Edmonds and put Pie down for more playing time--
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
This makes the Todd Hundley signing look like signing of the century.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
If i could be a baseball player, i would be jim edmonds.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
I would definitely be Mark Kotsay. I don't think anymore needs to be said about this one. ::ninja
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
why does this even matter?
jim edmonds comes on for a partial season shoving a 22 year old who's hitting cruddy for a manager that wont play him.
so while everyone is "lol dusty baker" and "oh no edmonds"...at the end of the day you got a crap hittng guy who's not gonna get his chance to break out right now and a stopgap with a "name" that may or may not work out but the worst that will happen is the LEGIT prospect rotting on the bench will actually get playing time somewhere.
big deal.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
i'll give you C, but if A is going to lead to pie getting 200-250ab's this year is it really worth it?
we've already heard every excuse for why pie/cedeno aren't playing...cedeno i don't mind, but pie's still overmatched and developing. it's not like he's some 25+ year old fringer.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
...'cause he's a douche.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
But I'll give him this: he does have a really scary looking jaw.
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I thought you were a fan of hotdogs...
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
Maybe the Cubs want to sign Jim Edmonds so they can make him a pitcher. They could use another lefty reliever, and they haven't converted any position players to pitcher this week (so far).
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Does anyone have a link of Pinella/Hendy talking about Fuku being promised right field. I could swear i even saw a quote from Fuku that one of the reasons he signed with the Cubs was that they promised him right field.
I can't be making this up, right?
No, you're not making it up. Here's the link
"After I declared my free agency, the Cubs were actually one of the only teams that were trying to get me from the beginning to the end of the whole process," Fukudome said through a translator. "I felt they really wanted me and they were also one of the teams that promised me I could play my position — right field."
oh, and you're welcome.
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thank you
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Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
he might. but you don't just move him. and this is why hendry is looking at edmonds.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
You're right, but every couple of weeks or so somebody has to bring up the idea of moving him to CF. He's a right fielder, but 'I' want him at CF, so...
By the way, I just noticed the new slogan at the top of the screen. Wow...dirty. I approve.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
Pie will never be the center fielder getting the sporadic number of at-bats he gets. Playing 1 of every 4 games won't do it.
Corey Fucking Patterson got 3 1/2 full season to prove he wasn't as good as advertised, and Pie can't even get one full season. This with much better overall numbers in the minors than Patterson.
I repeat: I hope Pie gets traded, and jams it up the Cubs ass for 12 years or so.
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
I'll post this here since it has been mentioned on here. The only deal the Cubs should consider with the Padres is one that would send Jake Peavy to the Cubs or maybe even Greg Maddux back. Theriot is not the best throwing short stop, but he is getting better and he is hitting well, which Green is not. They get slightly better than average defense and better than average offense, I think they need to keep that. What the Cubs need is a couple of new starting pitchers that can get the job done. I realize Marquis is streaky and the fifth starter, whoever he is really isn't getting the job done. If the Cubs want to be competetive this year they need to address this issue very soon. I don't want Kerry Wood back in the starting rotation but I'd rather see him there than Hill or Marquis or Gallagher. I'd rather someone from their farm system be able to come up and get the job done, but looking at their farm system, I don't believe anyone is ready yet.
The Padres can keep Khalil Green (and Michael Barrett)!
Re: Cubs Ready to Sign Jim Edmonds
Wouldn't the better move, at least for a little while, be to try keeping Pie around and batting him ninth with the pitcher batting eighth? Setting aside the reasons why the Cardinals (which might be more understandable if it weren't Izturis - and his .682 OPS - who was usually batting 9th) or Brewers (which makes more sense since Kendall - and his .732 OPS - is back to getting on base) do it, this would seem to make a fair amount of sense since Pie would likely get better pitches to hit with Soriano batting behind him. If Pie has any chance of showing that he can be the hitter he was in the minors in the majors, it would be batting with that kind of protection behind him. Plus, it sort of solves the Soriano as a leadoff hitter who is not a leadoff hitter problem after the first time through the order.
By the way, of the four players mentioned here, the one with the worst OPS - by far? Edmonds at .498, edging Pie (.572) by a fairly wide margin.
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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quote: Don't read forums or newsgroups much? M$ or Micro$oft is how it is typed.Actually, the Wii has the better games hence it is has the largest installed base. People are buying it for the entertainment value of the system. games + "funky controllers" is what sells.Eventhough, M$ rushed out the 360 to have a year+ head start, the Wii has passed it and continues to sell at a record pace. how long until M$ gives up on the 360 and makes the 720?Again, i do not understand who in their right mind would buy a faulty console like the 360. I want to play games, not ship it back to get fixed over and over again. or have it scratch the disks. Or have accessories burn out and give off smoke.
quote: As far as scratched discs, that's long been fixed
quote: I find it hilarious that you ridiculed another user for being childish and then make a post like this.When listing games for the Wii a reasonable person would mention the latest Zelda game. Many sites have mentioned it in the "greatest game ever" category. Also, Metroid Corruption was released just today and received a near perfect rating from IGN.Also, when it comes to the control scheme don't confuse intuitive with simplistic. Want to shoot something on the Wii? Just point the remote. Want to shoot something another console? Move a stick around. Which is a better scheme again?If you think the Wii isn't a gamers machine you seriously need to reevaluate your definition of gamer.
quote: M$ made a defective console. they should have done the right thing and had a recall of all the consoles and fixed them.
quote: I can't say that I had any knowledge of the failure rate of the PS
quote: Also, we're talking about the XBOX360, not PS2
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