im sure frence the take the cub this year why not?
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I think the cub will be a full grown, adult bear by the time frence gets anywhere near it.
872480
You have to do it at the beginning of the year before the draft so you have individual defenesive players.  Its too late in the year now.
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because they got abreu and he is a lot younger and more talented than old gary.  bobby is still producing and only getting better where as gary is nearly past his prime and more injury proned.  they cant give away a-rod, no baseball org. in their right mind would want to take on that sort of contract.  and the yanks will never get rid of jeter, he is too clutch in the playoffs and have been around for a while and everyone loves him in new york.  but yes the yanks do need pitching but they believe in a powerful offenses and not pitching as shown in the past.  but there are a lot of free agents on the list this year and i would not be suprised to see the yanks throw there money around like they do every year.
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Heck no.  They'll never have a shot until they load up on fireballers and re-assemble the Blake Street Bombers.\n\nGo Cubs!
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As many have already said\nthe addition of Sheffield will only shore up thier offense.\nThey need a lead-off hitter who can get on base, Granderson was ok there---but he strikes out too much for that spot.\n\nAs it stands now (before the winter meetings) I think they have a good shot of making the play-offs. Division or wild card. I am sure The Twins will be there as well.\n\nJemery Bonderman will only get better.\nJustin Verlander threw more innings last year then he ever has.\nThat might hurt him some in '07.\nBut, hopefully he doesnt fall to that "sophmore jinx"\nWith Zumaya out of the bullpen, throwing 102 mph, will help.\n\nBrandon Inge needs to buy a hitting bat, not a swinging one.\nMags, Pudge, and Guillen need to stay healthy if they are going to make a run at it.\nThey pitching looks good, and good pitching will beat good hitting.\nOf course, that is assuming they will produce as well as last year. Which is not always the case. Just ask the white sox.\n\nRe-signing Sean Casey was a smart move. His left handed bat will be well suited for that right field fence.\nChris Shelton is a question mark. No one knows for sure where he will end up. If he does well in spring training (which, btw, is only 75 days away for pitchers and catchers to report) he might have a roster spot. Chances are Shelton will end up in Toledo for most of the year to work on his swing.\n\nI look forward to playing The Yankees again, where i know it wont be easy. They will want to get even next year, and it will be fun to watch them play.\n\nWhatever happens, I doubt they finish under .500!\nIt will be nice to see them contend for several years, even if they dont win the WC or division, because after 12 years in a row of being under .500 Tiger fans deserve a good decent team.\n\nI know I babble a lot about The Tigers (cant help it! I'm a Tiger fan for life!) but I think they will be good, and make the playoffs.
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Why not. Its a buck right?
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Both. Injuires to the Cubs comes every year, and every year the orginazation does something to cover it up. Prior and Wood have seem the DL over 15 times together. Thats outrageous! D.Lee was a terrible freak accident that one would pray never to happen, but it did. Fortunatly they still have Aramis Ramirez, and 2 great pitchers is Zambrano, and Maddux. The big "if" seems to always lingere around the Cubs. "If he wasn't injured", "If he stayed healthy" "If we are cursed"
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The Cubs have a habit of going for personality over the team. Sosa is a perfect example. He was never a good player, just a showy player and he did more to kill the Cubs one year than he did to help them into the race. \n\nThink about this years lineup.  Pierre is a good hitter. I havn't seen him play so I cannot comment about his defense and I'm too lazy too look up relitive chances compared to other center fielders right now :) He is also young. So he seems like a good aquisistion. \n\nTodd Walker is a great filler player. Perfect for a contender with a hole at 2nd. He's a good hitter for a second baseman and has sure hands but limited range. Never going to be a great hitter. He's in his prime. Though for the Cubs he really didn't make sense as they are not really contenders and could have gone with an inexpensive prospect who might turn into a great player for far less. \n\nDerrek Lee has steriod baby written all over him. He was a stupid signing. He'd struggled his entire career and is far too old to be a prospect. That he suddenly developed power and learned how to hit just screams steroids. That he'll continue his 05 success is very unlikely. Being lucky enough to get such returns off such a dismal prospect the Cubs should have dealt him to the first idiot who'd give them real talent for him. \n\nJones was a solid outfielder. A great filler player for a contender or somebody to occupy space for a celler dweller. It's been two years since he had a decent year much less a good one. Jones is probably done, if he isn't he likely doesn't have many good years left. A really poor risk for the Cubs. The ABs are wasted on Jones. They should be used finding future outfielders. \n\nBarrett hits well for a catcher but struggles with defense and handling of pitchers. He's still young enough to learn but the Expos tried him at various posisitions for a reason. It turns out that he doesn't hit better with the tools of ignorance off. So he is a catcher who needs a great deal of work. \n\nAramis Ramirez is a good third baseman. Good bat, weak glove but overall an excellent pickup and the kind of player the Cubs need to look for. He's still young and has his best years ahead of him. Quiet, does his job. \n\nRonny Cedeno has a promising bat and good fielding percentages. This is the kind of player the Cubs should be giving a chance to play. Not the Jones. \n\nMatt Murton another good promising youngster. Again the Cubs should be playing people like Murton. \n\nPitching is old or ineffective and that is the Cub's greatest weakeness. Maddux is not the Cy Young winning Maddux. This is the career stat building inning filler that the Cubs have. Hardly an ace.  Carlos Zambrano shows the potential to be one and is at worst a good #2 kind of pitcher. For the Cubs to compete they need a healthy Wood and Prior. Both of which have had such consistnat injury problems that it will probably never happen. If you have good reserves you can afford to carry a starter like that. Carrying two and both of those being your best starters. Thats a problem. \n\nDempster makes an unlikely closer but seems to be doing a good job at it. \n\nSo this year no, they have little chance at doing much. Next year? Not without a major makeover. The Cubs are too relient on washed up vets right now. As long as they are they'll get medicore results. While removing those vets could cause them to lose lots of game it could also win lots of games. Playing it safe assures a nice run at .500 with little hope for more. The Cubs need to dump Lee and Jones. Pick up a #1 starter if possible or develop good young talent. If Woods and or Prior ever pitch well and can beat injury problems thats awesome but the Cubs have to assume they never will again and hope to be pleasently surprised. \n\nIf the Cubs do what they've done over the last several years they will play it safe thus making sure are safe from going to the World
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I agree in part but they will never win until they get rid of Wood and Prior.  The Cubs can't afford to keep hoping that these two will come around.  Why they re-signed Wood I'll never know.  You're right, they need pitching or it will be just another long hot summer at Wrigley.
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they can, but they already won the series so it wouldnt be the end of the world if they lost.  Cubs players already showed how little class they have this series
705946
because the people who say the cubs offense is ok know what they are saying. come on your talking about the cubs here. half the team wil b e on the dl by june 15th so who gives a rats a s s who is in there line up. they will be playing minor leaguers half why through the season.
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No I think the Cubs will do better this coming year, not TOO much better though.  I really doubt the Cardinals can repeat.
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Yes. Despite Kerry Wood and Mark Prior's injuries, the Cubs are my sleeper team. Their hitting is good, and they still have some pitching left.
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The Indians were legit last year. Even though they lost Millwood, Elarton and Howry, they should still be a very good young team. Travis Hafner is quite possibly the strongest guy in baseball right now. I dunno if they have enough to beat the White Sox this year, but definately in the next few years.
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YES THEY DO BUT WHY GO TO CLEVELAND? YOU GET BETTER SEATS,BETTER TICKET PRICES,BETTER PARKING PRICES,BETTER CONCESSION PRICES,WATCH KIDS THAT STILL "PLAY THE GAME",BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GET 'FUTURE MAJOR LEAGUE BALLPLAYERS' AUTOGRAPH AND A TEAM THAT WON THE AA MINOR LEAGUE WORLD SERIES 2 OUT OF THE LAST 3 YEARS, RIGHT IN YOUR BACKYARD!
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They draw 2.5 million fans no matter what kinda team they have in the smallest park in the majors.What incentive do they have to improve their team? They also play in a division with 5 other teams not 4 like the rest of the divisions.Certainly injuries come into play as well.But the main reason the Cubbies suck is the the Tribune is cheap.
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maybe a few pitchers they need that and a DH \n\ntheyve already traded Sheff i think theyll trade some guys but not many theyll probably look at free agents\n\ni dont think they wil trade arod this year but if he has another year like this one theyll get rid of him by trade or contract. But i wish they would trade, in my book hes worse than TO