Cubsfan23 said:I'm turning in my Cubs fan badge, could a mod change my name to UofLfan23? Thanks.
Mrbob said:And Patterson strikes out to end the game. Fitting ending.
ATLANTA -- The Chicago Cubs decided Corey Patterson needed a change.
The Cubs optioned Patterson and outfielder Jason Dubois to Triple-A Iowa after Thursday's game, and purchased the contracts of outfielders Adam Greenberg and Matt Murton from Double-A West Tenn.
"Obviously, we're not going well and we're not here to point fingers at these guys, especially Corey, that it's their fault," Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said after the team lost its eighth straight game. "Corey's been in a funk and we're not helping him by having him try to get out of it under these conditions.
"I think it's better that he can clear his head and spend a lot of time working on the stuff he and [hitting coach Gene Clines] have been trying over the last four days, and hopefully it'll click," Hendry said. "For his own good, and our good long-term, it seems like the right thing to do."
Patterson declined to talk to reporters after Thursday's game. The 25-year-old center fielder was batting .232 with 11 home runs and 24 RBIs. He started the season well, hitting .284 in April, and followed that with a .273 average in May.
Cubsfan23 said:. And yeah, patterson was only batting leadoff recently.
Mrbob said:Patterson sent to AAA? A day late and a dollar short. Hey maybe we can go on one of those massive runs like the Disastros did last year I remember them being 8-9 games out of the wild card spot before going on a huge tear. And that was *after* the all star break.
BELIEVE!
Now, Dusty, PLEASE STOP PUTTING NEIFI IN THE NUMBER ONE SLOT!
Hokkaido team links with Marlins
SAPPORO (Kyodo) A baseball club in Hokkaido has joined hands with the Florida Marlins for the first tie-up agreement between a Japanese amateur team and a major league organization.
Chitose Baseball Club Hokkaido announced the deal with the Marlins on Thursday, under which it will form a new team called the Hokkaido Marlins and take part in a minor-league training camp of the Marlins organization.
Tetsuro Hirose, a former Nippon Ham Fighters player, has been named manager of the Hokkaido Marlins, who are scheduled to hold a player tryout in August prior to participation in a regional amateur league.
Scoobert said:Any word on the Marlins/Cubs game tonight?
Kuroyume said:2004 WILDCARD CHAMPIONS OF ALL TIME BOYZ OH YEAH!
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Mrbob said:After the moves today made by the Cubs, I have forseen the future.
Cubs have 78 games left and they will go 58-20 in those 78 games. Finishing with a 98-74 record!
Miguel said::lol
Cubs have to cheat to get 98 wins! They need an extra 10 games!
98+74 = 172!
Astros will win 93 games, we'll beat the Cubs by percentage points :lol
93/162 = .574
98/172 = .569
MrBobowned!
Fifty said:This is terrible