June 26th @ Wrigley

[bryanman8]

Man, we could get something real good for Huff, couldn't we? He's a major second-half player and he's OPSing like .850 in the first half now and can play 1B/3B/DH. If we have a bit of a firesale at the deadline, we should definitely sell high on him.

[Mackus]

Guillermo!

[bryanman8]

Radhames!!

[itsernst]

First hit for a pitcher!!! aww nevermind...its a fielding error

[tywright]

Oh man, give Liz the hit!

[Mackus]

Man, we could get something real good for Huff, couldn't we? He's a major second-half player and he's OPSing like .850 in the first half now and can play 1B/3B/DH. If we have a bit of a firesale at the deadline, we should definitely sell high on him.

My response to a similar question earlier in the thread.

I think I'd prefer to wait until the offseason.

Gives us a better chance at breaking that .500 streak, which I do think would be important. Trading guys like Bradford and Cabrera don't really hurt this goal, but I think trading Huff at midseason would.

But much more importantly than our record this season, if Huff has his typical second half, he could easily be looking at a 30 HR / 100 RBI season. He'd be much more valuable then (and hitters tend to get more in the offseason anyways). And we could then slide Reimold into LF and Scott as the DH for 2009.

If someone offers a big package now, i'd certainyl take it, but I still think he'd be viewed largely as a salary dump, with just bringing back one back-end top-10 organizational guy at most. I think he could get a lot more in the offseason.

[blueberryale77]

Jeez, Theriot is almost bad enough to play SS for us! This after forgetting to cover second on the BRob "double."

[brvn52]

Did you guys see Walker in the dugout a couple innings ago? I guess he isn't available today?

[mrbig1]

I'm glad I called in sick today.

[itsernst]

one of my good buddies is a die head cubbies fan...i bet he is passed out in a gutter somewhere right about....now.

[PaulFolk]

Why did Piniella have Marquis bat for himself in the 4th, only to remove him one batter into the 5th?

Also, why did Piniella not just intentionally walk Quiroz to bring up Liz with two outs?

Odd managerial strategy.

[HeatherC12]

Aww, Brian could have gotten his average over .300 with another hit (I think, LOL). Maybe he'll do it in his next at bat.

Go Liz on hitting the ball! Who had Liz in the poll on the main board?!

[itsernst]

Liz needs to stop falling behind in the count...he is killing himself.

[Marvin]

I'm glad I called in sick today.

You should have called in sick and actually gone to the game.

It would have been like Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[itsernst]

Aww, Brian could have gotten his average over .300 with another hit (I think, LOL). Maybe he'll do it in his next at bat.

Go Liz on hitting the ball! Who had Liz in the poll on the main board?!

IT was ruled an error.