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[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 wrigley is the best. . .friday afternoon games, ivy in the outfield. . . and beer is sold till the bottom of the 8th inning on day games.  plus, they sell old style!

but you have to watch the cubs
 
 
   

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 i hear, from very reliable sources, that busch stadium is awful, at least they put grass back in a few years ago.  

it really isn't bad at all, a cookie cutter stadium but much better once it was renovated, and far better than veterans, of course Busch will be gone soon and replaced with a stadium just like all the other "classic" stadiums
 
 classic is the new cookie
 
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[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by pollard:
   

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 [qb]wrigley is the best. . .friday afternoon games, ivy in the outfield. . . and beer is sold till the bottom of the 8th inning on day games.  plus, they sell old style![/b]

but you have to watch the cubs
 

better than watching the cardinals.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 better than watching the cardinals.

27 years of watching the cardinals has been far better than 27 years of watching the cubs would have been
 
 have the cubs even had a decent third basemen in the last 27 years

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by pollard:
   

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
 better than watching the cardinals.

27 years of watching the cardinals has been far better than 27 years of watching the cubs would have been
 
 have the cubs even had a decent third basemen in the last 27 years [/b]

i wouldn't call ken oberkfell decent.  
 
 in all fairness, i'm just support the fiancee here. . .i grew up a giants fan, but am now an a's fan, despite my dislike for american league rules.  but i've never liked the cardinals. . .where's jeffrey leonard when you need him?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  [qb]  i wouldn't call ken oberkfell decent.      
 
 in all fairness, i'm just support the fiancee here. . .i grew up a giants fan, but am now an a's fan, despite my dislike for american league rules.  but i've never liked the cardinals. . .where's jeffrey leonard when you need him?

I would take Terry Pendleton and Scott Rolen over any of the cubs third basemen in the last 27 years.  That loser Jeffrey Leonard is hopefully flapping his wing out of baseball somewhere.

[Guiny]

have the cubs even had a decent third basemen in the last 27 years [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 Ron Cey? Or were his best days with the Dodgers?

[markie]

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[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
  have the cubs even had a decent third basemen in the last 27 years

Ron Cey? Or were his best days with the Dodgers? [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 he had a couple of good years with the cubs, but his best were with the dodgers.  same with players like bill madlock (although i think he won a batting title with the cubs) and bill mueller.  they seem to be better players either before or after they play for the cubs.
 
 btw, pollard you know anything about tito landrum having a kid with tommy herr's wife?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  btw, pollard you know anything about tito landrum having a kid with tommy herr's wife?

first I have heard about it

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
  Bill Madlock - although i think he won a batting title with the cubs

i believe that was 76, 27 years ago

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Baseball trivia:
 
 Which Oriole player has the highest salary this year?

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
  Baseball trivia:
 
 Which Oriole player has the highest salary this year?

albert belle? in case it was a trick question or something, no idea if he is still being paid
 
 sidney ponson?

[brennser]

there was something about david segui making 7 million this year in the paper - is it him? belles salary expired last year so I don't think its him

[ratioci nation]

according to espn it is belle
 
 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=bal

[brennser]

weird, well what do I know about baseball anyway
 
 but raffys #2 at $9 million and I doubt very much we're paying him that much
 
 and I thought the whole reason the Os signed a bunch of free agents this year was that Belles contract was gone
 
 but again what do I know about baseball