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#123591 - 01/14/04 03:43 PM
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It's not so much your ignorance as that I can't spell. Yes I meant Greg Maddux (old Cub and Brave). I heard another report that although they are trying really hard to get him, he may be asking for too much money. Too bad too, I remember in '89 when the Cubs went to the playoffs with "The Professor" pitching.
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#123593 - 01/14/04 04:09 PM
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I want him - not only will he make the young guys even better pitchers (versus throwers), but IMHO, he is the best conmtemporary pitcher in the game of baseball and I want him to go to the Hall of Fame in a Cubs uniform. I will take 10-12 wins out of him rather than someone like Estes.
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#123594 - 01/14/04 04:34 PM
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Totally off topic What happened to your picture CubDave? 
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#123595 - 01/14/04 05:02 PM
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Just got sick of being one of the only people to post their face, so I took it off. (and that is not a soliciation for people to post their face, but as maria and dawnie would agree, no need for my big head to be out there!)
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#123596 - 01/14/04 06:28 PM
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Even if Maddux goes back to Chi-town for one or two seasons, puts in 10-15 win years, and say the Cubs even make the playoffs or (jinx! jinx!) go to the Series, he'll still to to Cooperstown with an "A", not a "C" on his hat. You can't beat ten playoff seasons [edited: and three Cy Young awards] with one team.
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#123599 - 01/14/04 10:39 PM
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Trust me - they scare me - i just don;t think Clemens makes them incrementally scarier. I love Clemens - I wanted him to come to the Cubs when he went to the yanks, but I'd be much more worried if they had signed someone like Vlad G.
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#123601 - 01/14/04 11:07 PM
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I can't wait to see Clemens bat.
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#123603 - 01/15/04 01:45 PM
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I was at UT when he was there, but I can't remember if he could bat. But of course, there is that little issue of a two decade layoff.
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#123604 - 01/22/04 10:56 PM
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28 more days until I hear those magic words....
Pitchers and catchers, report!
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#123605 - 01/22/04 11:00 PM
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And not long after that, those other magical words will be said..... 'The Brewers have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs' 
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#123609 - 01/23/04 03:22 PM
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Hey now! This is baseball, folks - everyone starts with the exact same magic number. Who was honestly thinking about the Marlins (THE MARLINS!) at this time last year?
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#123611 - 01/23/04 04:25 PM
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You're right. I was just having some fun at the expense of the Brewers.
That's ok, I think most people in WI do this as well.
When talking Brewers baseball, one has to have a sense of humor.
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#123613 - 02/18/04 02:30 PM
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Double woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#123614 - 02/18/04 03:44 PM
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My guess is that you guys are celebrating the signing of Greg Maddux. Your young guys will have one of the game's greats to learn from. I'm thinking the Cubs will have one of the best, if not the best starting rotations this year.
Not to, uh, pollute (as Cubs fans may think) this thread with talk of the "eeeevil empire" (meaning the Yankees), but do you think that A-Rod's signing automatically means a return trip to the Series for the Bombers? Sure, they now have loads of offense and a nasty infield, but they lost Rocket and Pettite on the pitching staff. What do you baseball aficionados think (not hope, think)?
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#123615 - 02/18/04 04:14 PM
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Hey, now when the Cubs play the Astros, Maddox and the Rocket can:
1) share Ben-Gay;
2) reminisce about disco dancing;
3) talk about their pet rocks;
4) discuss where they were when Robert Kennedy was shot;
5) Get ideas for gifts for their grandkids from the younger players;
6) Use their seniority to make sure the music in the locker room tends more toward Cheap Trick than Nirvana.
GOT ANY MORE???
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