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To: Clappy who wrote (51889)	5/20/2006 3:23:59 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104155

Clappy: Unfortunately this is probably the most inspiring baseball the Cubs are capable of playing....if you can't beat them.....try to beat them up. Here's a newsflash for you...when you try to beat up the other guys who are whipping your ass (most of MLB these days)....you better have the advantage of Kyle Farnsworth when you do it....Mabry was tossed around like a hand puppet and Barrett was plowed over on a completely fair play....and Barrett punched the White Sox catcher with everything he had and AJ was laughing....Actually, the Cubs are totally embarassing this year. They sure won't win any good sportsmanship awards. The Chicago Cubs are not a well run organization. That's really what it boils down to. With the revenue that the Cubs produce and the deep pockets of the Tribune Co., the Cubs should probably have a payroll in the $125 - $150 million range. Unfortunately, there is no commitment on the part of the Trib Co. to put a winning team on the field. $95 million (the current payroll) is a lot of money, but when it's not spent wisely, it just being wasted. I think the Yankees have had a few spirited brawls with the Red Sox over the years. Yet, both those teams can play good fundamental baseball and get their fans fired up and into the game. This year it's tough to be a Cubs fan. Yet, I will support any Chicago team good enough to make a post season run. I admire what Kenny Williams (the White Sox GM) and Ozzie have accomplished...They have a stronger team this year than they did last year...It wouldn't surprise me to see the White Sox back in the World Series again in 2006. Yet, some Cubs fans I know are not going to the games as often...some of their kids are growing up as White Sox fans...You know things are bad for the Cubs when a leading Chicago sports writer has a column like this in May... It's white flag time for Cubs suntimes.com -s2@IsThereAnyWayTheyCanSuspendTheWholeTeamForTheRestOfTheYear?

To: Clappy who wrote (51889)	5/20/2006 3:48:42 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104155

Any baseball team should be able to lose two starting pitchers and a star offensive player for 2-3 months and be competitive....on a .500 level IF that team is truly a championship caliber team WITH those injured players healthy. Losing 3 key players is NOT going to plummet a team to .400 or sub.400 baseball. Last year the Cardinals lost Rolen, Sanders, Walker, Ishringhausen, Williams and a few other players (many at the same time) and continued leading the division. They lost more than the Cubs have lost this season. The difference is the Cardinals were a championship caliber team and the Cubs were not and are not. The Cubs are a .500 or so ballclub and without their stars they are falling to .400 and below. The product with all the players healthy simply is substandard.....all for $95 million dollars. I think $50 million would have accomplished the same thing. -s2@JustMyView.com

To: Clappy who wrote (51889)	5/20/2006 5:25:00 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 104155

Coach Clapster: A friend just sent this email to me... ____________________________________________________________ <<...I really don't think there is any excuse for what Barret did. That's not the way to fire a team up...it's not something where everyone on the team is going to come rally behind you and say "Great job michael". I think it was a bush league move by an immature player who thinks he is a leader of the team...yet no one on the pitching staff wants to pitch to him. In the scheme of things...I'm not horribly concerned about the suspension...we suck with or without him. But I think it does reflect badly on the organization and it makes our team look more like laughing stocks than they already are. You want to motivate the team...show it on the field, throw some runners out, hit some clutch homers...don't throw a punch at someone on a team that is about 13 games ahead of you in the standings. I was very pleased to see Baker for once NOT support one of his players...he knows Barrett didn't help anything. "I asked Michael what happened and Michael said he (Pierzynski) hit him without the ball, but that's baseball to me," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said during an in-game TV interview. "I think Michael is frustrated. Everybody is frustrated and everything broke out."...>>