Sometimes you have to be able to roll with the punches and work with the cards you are dealt. I always have a Plan B or Plan C, if necessary....but not last night. I had one plan and that changed very quickly. The CCO crashed for the second night in a row, but this time much worse than the first. So after losing my article for today, I searched for a Plan B....What happened that I need to report? What have I missed while repairing the site?
How can I form an article after loosing all of the pieces of the puzzle that I was depending on?
I scrambled through my notes to remind myself as to what happened on Tuesday. O.K., there were no signings, they are looking at Juan Gonzalez, Prior came out on Tuesday denying the problems with his shoulder that Will Carroll reported on Monday. Prior said on WGN that he "does not feel he has to defend himself" and Dan Roan said Prior is expecting to be on the mound in the next few days. O.K., where is that info on ARam? Aramis Ramirez said on Tuesday he probably will not play in the upcoming WBC and he will make an announcement by the end of the week. O.K., where is the rest of it, that cannot be all....I kept searching and flipping through my notes and looking around to make sure that was all that I had to work with. And then I thought of Dusty....
Could this be how he as felt for the past 2 seasons? He keeps looking around and the pieces he thought he would have to work with are not there. The word injury has become a dirty word for the Cubs Faithful. So while I work on getting the CCO back up to speed, I have several questions:
1) How do you think Dusty will do this season with a healthy team?
2) Who do you think should be at second base this season?
3) How many games do you think the Cubs will win this season?
4) Are you looking forward to the Cubs Spring Training games or the WBC?
Also, congratulations to Gene Elston the 2006 Frick Award Recipient. Elston was the Cubs' broadcaster in 1954.
The CCO will be as good as new, very soon!!!!
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I still don't think Dusty knows what to do with speed. So I dont't think he will fully utilize the team. If all of our pitchers have above average years we could win the division.
2) Hairston needs the chance he says he is healthy
3)85 games
4)At 1st I did'nt care about the wbc at all, but now I'm interested, maybe i'm just baseball starved
1. I think we will see if Dusty can be a good manager if he has a healthy team. He has to have faith in the younger guys, has to tell all the players that he wants contact with 2 strikes on them, has to know when to pull pitchers and has to use his bench well. He also has to have contact with runners on third base and less than 2 outs. I think they led the league in striking out with runners on third base last year. I don't particularly like the way he manages, but I would like to see him win with this team.
2. I like Walker but think Hairston is the type of 2nd baseman we need. He has more speed and I think we need two speed burners ahead of our big hitters. If we had someone else to hit 2nd I would put Walker at 2nd base and hit him either 6th or 7th.
3. 92 games
4. Cubs spring training games. I think the WBC should be held in November or December in a warm climate.
1. Dusty is the type of manager who will do well with a healthy team, and he has to be thinking speed as a priority. As a "player's manager" a healthy team will respond well to his philosophies.
2. Walker, we need the offense at least until a trade is made.
3. 90 games
4. Cubs spring training, there is no better game than a Cubs game (exhibition or real)
what the hell is going on!!!! to lose 9 out of the last ten is freaking pathetic!!! when lee was in the line up, the team scored. but when he is gone its like watching a junior high team. i wish i was watching a winning team, oh wait im not a WHITE SOX FAN. that is what the cubs have forced me to. come on get your shit together!!!!!!!! lets win some freaking games already.