Houston , St. Louis, or Chicago WHO WINS THE CENTRAL AND WHY?

[blueedwards]

j-man, durham was the crack head...not the searge!

 

[RPM]

i would go with houston.

 

[Journeyman]

ok good for some reason I must have misread...I always liked Mathews, he was very demonstrative !

 

[D2bets]

Journey, you do realize that Sarge Matthews is the current Cubs hitting coach, right?

In case anyone didn't notice, Cubs took over first place today. They've gone from down 3.5 to up 0.5 in 4 days. At this rate, they'll clinch by Sept. 5!

Cubs are the hottest team this month, 10-4 in August.

 

[blueedwards]

d2, put down the kool-aid.

 

[D2bets]

All I did was state facts. The Sept 5 remark was a joke of course. They are the hottest team in August at 10-4, that's just the way it is.

 

[Journeyman]

Yes , I did know about Mathews being hitting coach...CUBS WIN CUBS WIN...Pitching beats good hitting , still!

I think its the Giants with the best balance , but if the Cubs can get one hitter...That staff is damn good...And Dusty wins

 

[D2bets]

Maybe the Cubs add a bench player but the lineup is set. No need to add a bat, players just need to do what they're capable of. 1-6 all capable of hitting .300 or close to it. Lofton, Grudz, Sosa, Alou, Ramirez, Karros.

 

[ChuckSims]

Kerry Wood had nothing today. Could be hitting the proverbial "wall". Zambrano and Prior pitching more innings than ever before. Might have nothing left come September. Cubs have to play the Cards 8 more times. SEEEEE YA.

 

[blueedwards]

d2, the cubs have NOT won a playoff series in 96 years. that includes world series. they haven't won any post-season series in 96 years.

 

[ericdixon]

Cubs have the horses to get them there! Houston should give them a run for the money and St. Louis with the worse manager in baseball will fizzle!

 

[blueedwards]

tony larussa is the worst??? eric, have you ever watched a white-sox game? jerry manuel is by far the worst manager in the game today. if it wasn't for terry bevington, manuel might be the worst manager in history.

last night in the texas/chicago game...its early in the game, no score. loazia is in trouble with guys on second and third and 2 outs. palmeiro is up and loazia falls behind. what would be the smart thing to do? maybe, walk palmeiro and get to a rookie (mark texeria)? he pitches to him and palmeiro hits a double. i have only managed a coed softball team for one year and i know that you'd rather face a rookie hitting .250 than a future hall-of-famer with 500 homeruns.

besides all that, i'd take larussa over baker any day.

 

[-Slim-]

Not the Astros.

Why? Because they're a bunch of choke artists....

What a team I chose to root for

 

[Journeyman]

Astros are an on again off again team, they take every other year off it seems....Check back in `04 on this team Slim.

 

[Journeyman]

Houston

1999 97 wins

2000 72 wins

2001 93 wins

2002 84 wins

Actually THIS should have been their year , signing Kent as well...Injuries knocked them off and its been a struggle...

 

[FairWarning]

Oh, and the Cubs will win because they have "Black Jesus" as manager.

 

[LogansRun]

LA 10
Flubs 5

Dusty must own a shitload of HMOs that specialize in orthopaedic surgery cause he never met an arm he didn't want to blow out.

 

[blueedwards]

logans...nice

 

[D2bets]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by blue edwards:
d2, the cubs have NOT won a playoff series in 96 years. that includes world series. they haven't won any post-season series in 96 years.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Cubs played in the world series in '45. Did they not have a playoff series prior to the WS back then? I just assumed they did.

 

[Journeyman]

Playoffs started in 1969.....