Ted Lilly. A Cub.

[Huey]

I guess it's offical now, boys.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061206&content_id=1752625&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

I say Hendry stays in his hospital bed until October.

[JD, Too]

What about bed sores?

[Huey]

They can re-hire The Panozzo to roll him over every third day.

[Al Czervik]

Heard they're still going hard after Meche too.  The more I read about and hear about Meche, the more I think he'd be a pretty good pick up.  Piniella really wants him, and for now that's enough for me.

Hendry finalized the Lilly deal while hooked up to an EKG machine.  Kinda makes you like the guy.

[The Big Cheese]

Why not?   Old people all have the scooters now.  Hendry can popularize the motorized rolling bed with an iv setup.  It's not like the guy was taking the stairs all that often to begin with.

[Huey]

He's gone from making Greg Maddux and Phil Nevin engineer their own trades out of town to closing deals while in a hospital bed.

Pretty amazing what one is capable of doing when one's job is on the line.

[Ho Ho Kamper]

With Hendry in the hospital, all deals with the Cubs will now only be consummated "pending a physical".

[buckitt9]

Why not?   Old people all have the scooters now.

Man, I really want one of those things.  Looks more fun than walking, and the singing old people on the tv box every night during X-files re-runs really give me a positive feeling about em.

What am I missing about Ted Lilly btw?  From what I know, he's always been pretty awful.  Is pretty awful the new good or something?

[BananaHands]

What am I missing about Ted Lilly btw?  From what I know, he's always been pretty awful.  Is pretty awful the new good or something?

Pretty average, but I wouldn't say awful. I do like that he's pitched in New York before, if nothing else, he won't b$tch and moan like Jones about having fans that care about actually winning.

[InternetApex]

If he goes 15-13 with a 4.31 this year, that would be great. Those were his numbers with the Jays last year. That ERA has to come down in the NL. I'm thinking 13-10, 4.13. I'd have no complaints.

[forkserker]

If he goes 15-13 with a 4.31 this year, that would be great. Those were his numbers with the Jays last year. That ERA has to come down in the NL. I'm thinking 13-10, 4.13. I'd have no complaints.

If he's the #3 starter, behind Z and Hill, it's not bad at all. If he's #4 starter behind Z and Hill, and Prior undergoes a successful addadictomy, it's great. For a #2, we're in last again.

[Slaky+]

Who doesn't love this fucking guy? Ted Roosevelt Lilly, friends.

[Fork_The_Third]

If he goes 15-13 with a 4.31 this year, that would be great. Those were his numbers with the Jays last year. That ERA has to come down in the NL. I'm thinking 13-10, 4.13. I'd have no complaints.

If he's the #3 starter, behind Z and Hill, it's not bad at all. If he's #4 starter behind Z and Hill, and Prior undergoes a successful addadictomy, it's great. For a #2, we're in last again.

Boy, this guy was way off. What a dick.

[Down In Front]

If he goes 15-13 with a 4.31 this year, that would be great. Those were his numbers with the Jays last year. That ERA has to come down in the NL. I'm thinking 13-10, 4.13. I'd have no complaints.

If he's the #3 starter, behind Z and Hill, it's not bad at all. If he's #4 starter behind Z and Hill, and Prior undergoes a successful addadictomy, it's great. For a #2, we're in last again.

Boy, this guy was way off. What a dick.

I saw that *I* started this thread and took a breath.  I was glad I didn't embarass myself...this time..although there are certainly hundreds of cases here where I have.  I was bracing myself to see the deal get ripped and prepared to calll that Huey guy out as a ledge-jumping, panty-wearin' overreacting pansy. 

It is interesting that Pex, who puts on a an optimsitic face more than most (so long as the deals in question don't net middling white guys who walk a lot and get a bunch of singles), still underestimated, vastly it would seem so far, Lilly's season.  Holy shit, Hendry may have gone all Jed Clampett on this one. 

[Corn-fed]

If he goes 15-13 with a 4.31 this year, that would be great. Those were his numbers with the Jays last year. That ERA has to come down in the NL. I'm thinking 13-10, 4.13. I'd have no complaints.

If he's the #3 starter, behind Z and Hill, it's not bad at all. If he's #4 starter behind Z and Hill, and Prior undergoes a successful addadictomy, it's great. For a #2, we're in last again.

Boy, this guy was way off. What a dick.

I saw that *I* started this thread and took a breath.  I was glad I didn't embarass myself...this time..although there are certainly hundreds of cases here where I have.  I was bracing myself to see the deal get ripped and prepared to calll that Huey guy out as a ledge-jumping, panty-wearin' overreacting pansy. 

It is interesting that Pex, who puts on a an optimsitic face more than most (so long as the deals in question don't net middling white guys who walk a lot and get a bunch of singles), still underestimated, vastly it would seem so far, Lilly's season.  Holy shit, Hendry may have gone all Jed Clampett on this one. 

Yeah, but who actually expected the fly ball pitching Lilly (fly baller?) would be 11-4 at this point, 5-0 in July, with a 3.16 ERA at Wrigley?

Don't lie to me. I can always tell when people lie to me.