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Post by BDS on Sept 23, 2006 6:53:42 GMT -5
Wish I would have seen this thread when it started. I'm a die-hard BDS. And I agree; cant wait for this offseason to see what happens. Awesome! Glad to see Cubs Nation represented even more here. Should be a fun Hot Stove League coming up. |
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Post by josharpie99 on Sept 24, 2006 18:55:03 GMT -5
Did you know that the Cardinals and the Cubs are trying to win a World Series for the first time in their new stadiums? lol....hmmmmm wait a minute  |
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Post by BDS on Sept 24, 2006 21:56:26 GMT -5
Cards fan?
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Post by sickman on Sept 24, 2006 22:17:39 GMT -5
Thats a pretty good joke and since you live in Peoria I won't have to thrash you  |
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Post by BDS on Oct 1, 2006 19:12:12 GMT -5
Let the housecleaning begin! The worst team in the National League for 2006 has forced the resignation of their president, Andy MacPhail. A decision on the future of lame duck manager Dusty Baker is to be announced tomorrow. The interim president, John McDonough, said some good stuff in the press conference. He promised that GM Jim Hendry would have all of the assets he needed to win, and that his only goal was to win the World Series for the "best fans in the world."
I have mentioned that it's going to be a fun offseason in Cub Nation, right? Here's to the Tribune buying the '07 World Series!
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Post by sickman on Oct 3, 2006 8:20:55 GMT -5
Dusty is gone and perhaps Girardi becomes the new manager. I would like that. He did good with a young Marlin squad. Let the rebuilding begin!!
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Post by BDS on Oct 4, 2006 14:17:29 GMT -5
Dusty is gone and perhaps Girardi becomes the new manager. I would like that. He did good with a young Marlin squad. Let the rebuilding begin!! They fired the entire coaching staff today, too. House has officially been cleaned. Bring on Girardi ASAP, please. |
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Post by Pete on Oct 5, 2006 0:40:00 GMT -5
Dusty is gone and perhaps Girardi becomes the new manager. I would like that. He did good with a young Marlin squad. Let the rebuilding begin!! They fired the entire coaching staff today, too. House has officially been cleaned. Bring on Girardi ASAP, please. The entire coaching staff being gone could be pretty significant if that means the training staff is gone with them. I truly believe that the trainers have played a huge part in the Cubs' misfortunes the past 3 years. How many times did we go from "Prior's going to skip a start" to "Prior's going on the DL" to "Prior's going to be out for 4 months"? I'd like to see Hendry go as well, but the Tribune may not care to eat the entire 2-year extention they gave him recently for some reason. |
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Post by BDS on Oct 6, 2006 8:25:32 GMT -5
The entire coaching staff being gone could be pretty significant if that means the training staff is gone with them. I truly believe that the trainers have played a huge part in the Cubs' misfortunes the past 3 years. How many times did we go from "Prior's going to skip a start" to "Prior's going on the DL" to "Prior's going to be out for 4 months"? I'd like to see Hendry go as well, but the Tribune may not care to eat the entire 2-year extention they gave him recently for some reason. I've not heard about the trainers yet, but I agree with you. The Cubs' handlng and reporting of injuries during the last few years has been abysmal, and we can only hope it gets better. Just getting rid of the staff is going to be a huge boon. They were all Dusty's boys except Rothschild, and they had the same antiquated theories about how baseball works that Dusty did. All the best for them in life, just stay away from the Cubs, please. |
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Post by BDS on Oct 8, 2006 6:13:28 GMT -5
Whoo-hoo! Sportscenter is reporting that Steinbrenner is going to fire Joe Torre and replace him with Lou Piniella. The Boss being crazy has taken one of Jim Hendry's managerial options not named Joe Girardi away. Huzzah!
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Post by Mad Dog on Oct 8, 2006 21:21:03 GMT -5
I think the Cubs need to purge the main roster almost completely to get rid of the garbage that Dusty Baker has caused with his lack of discipline. I'd keep Lee, Barrett and anyone who can show they won't pop out on the first pitch. Everyone else needs to go. Zambrano needs to go because he's a hot headed punk.
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Post by stephenvegas on Oct 9, 2006 21:31:07 GMT -5
Dusty is gone and perhaps Girardi becomes the new manager. I would like that. He did good with a young Marlin squad. Let the rebuilding begin!! They fired the entire coaching staff today, too. House has officially been cleaned. Bring on Girardi ASAP, please. Girardi had his interview with the Cubs earlier today. Although the Cubs are reportedly saying they still want to interview two internal candidates who manage two of their minor league teams, I think that is just a formality and Girardi will deservedly become the new Cubs manager. |
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Post by gwffantrav on Oct 9, 2006 21:44:58 GMT -5
I'm still shocked Florida got rid of Girardi! I mean there was like 4 rookies with 10 wins on the squad! That's pretty darn impressive.
Give me Joe anyday!
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Post by BDS on Oct 9, 2006 21:57:41 GMT -5
I agree about Joe, Stephen. I think he's pretty well a lock for the job at this point. The article on ESPN.com about it says that he and Hendry spent the whole day together, so something had to happen there. I think they'll interview the internal candidates tomorrow or the next day, probably more for the experience for them than for anything else, then make a decision before the week's end.
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Post by stephenvegas on Oct 9, 2006 23:05:28 GMT -5
I'm still shocked Florida got rid of Girardi! I mean there was like 4 rookies with 10 wins on the squad! That's pretty darn impressive. Give me Joe anyday! Yeah, I fully agree. Girardi really did a great job with the Marlins. At the begfinning of the year, the Marlins were widely projected to lose about 100 games. But under Girardi the Marlins actually contended for the NL Wild Card spot! |
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Post by GalactiKing on Oct 9, 2006 23:19:12 GMT -5
Then again, Baker was supposed to be the solution for t he Cubs......there needs to be more than a change of manager to help these Cubbies.
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Post by sickman on Oct 10, 2006 17:22:36 GMT -5
Then again, Baker was supposed to be the solution for t he Cubs......there needs to be more than a change of manager to help these Cubbies. And he was.........for one year. The injury bug is the main reason the team tanked. When you lose Prior, Wood and Lee at the same time; I don't care what team you are, you aren't going to win. But getting rid of Baker was still the right move. He lost control of the team and they did not believe anymore. Hey Dusty, piece of advice; instead of worrying about what the broadcasters are saying; next time just do YOUR job. I would love to have Joe Girardi as the new Cubs skipper but apparently Pinella is available now since he isn't headed to the Yanks now. Should still be interesting. |
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Post by BDS on Oct 11, 2006 5:53:39 GMT -5
I just want to see them get a new manager in place, no matter who it is. I'd rather not have Piniella, because I don't necessarily think this team needs another guy with an old-school mindset. I'd like to get someone who actually appreciates the value of these new-fangled statistics. And not even anything arcane like ISoD or anything like that - just someone who doesn't refer to walking as "clogging the bases."  Hopefully we'll get a skipper in place before the Series. I'd love for it to be Joe, because I think he's the best option or a wide variety of reasons, but I guess we'll see. |
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Post by Mad Dog on Oct 11, 2006 9:19:27 GMT -5
I totally disagree with this statement. Injuries were a part of it but the problems with the Cubs ran a lot deeper than injuries and they were all Bakers fault.
The team was addicted to the long ball. That's all they could do behind the plate. Whenever I saw a game the Cubs pitcher would suffer through an inning throwing a ton of pitches and then the offense would go out and 3 pop outs later and it's the pitcher back out there. This is the guy who believes walks are a bad thing.
He also wouldn't pass up the chance to deflect the blame off of one of his players. He also managed to turn the 2004 season into the television announcers fault for whatever reason. He's an enabler plain and simple. The problem is is that he's an average manager that was gifted with good teams for most of his career with the Giants. The Cubs made a mistake hiring him.
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Post by sickman on Oct 11, 2006 14:50:46 GMT -5
I totally disagree with this statement. Injuries were a part of it but the problems with the Cubs ran a lot deeper than injuries and they were all Bakers fault. The team was addicted to the long ball. That's all they could do behind the plate. Whenever I saw a game the Cubs pitcher would suffer through an inning throwing a ton of pitches and then the offense would go out and 3 pop outs later and it's the pitcher back out there. This is the guy who believes walks are a bad thing. He also wouldn't pass up the chance to deflect the blame off of one of his players. He also managed to turn the 2004 season into the television announcers fault for whatever reason. He's an enabler plain and simple. The problem is is that he's an average manager that was gifted with good teams for most of his career with the Giants. The Cubs made a mistake hiring him. Hmmm. I could be wrong but I believe I summed up most of this with my 3rd sentence above. As far as being addicted to the long ball......they've been that way more or less ever since Sosa showed up. So not sure you can put the blame completely on Baker for that one since it had been the mind set of this team for the better part of a decade. But AGAIN, I'm not saying that firing Baker was a BAD move. Just saying that there were other contributing factors as to why the Cubs lost. |
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