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<!--quoteo(post=27035:date=Apr 5 2009, 07:20 PM:name=sleepyhead)-->QUOTE (sleepyhead @ Apr 5 2009, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=27034:date=Apr 5 2009, 07:19 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Apr 5 2009, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=27033:date=Apr 5 2009, 08:15 PM:name=sleepyhead)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sleepyhead @ Apr 5 2009, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=27020:date=Apr 5 2009, 06:26 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Apr 5 2009, 06:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Someone on the radio alluded to his mysterious fall last week, but didn't provide details. There had to be a reason why Oakland was so willing to dump him on us, when his numbers were pretty solid for most of his career. Maybe this guy was quite the shithead and his problems are more mental than anything, like Farnsworth. So in the end, if we traded Gallagher for Harden and this tool, we may get nothing out of that trade unless Harden turns it around soon.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Are you actually implying that Harden has been a disappointment as a Cub? Granted he's had injury issues inthe past and some mediocre spring starts, but his numbers have been absurdly good in pretty much every regular season start as a Cub.
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Yeah, but then we got swept in the playoffs and Harden didn't help. I'm not saying I agree that it's been worthless, just saying you could make that argument.
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That argument only holds water if what you gave up is better than what you got. Are you gonna tell me that Gallagher/Patterson/Murton combined has been 1/10th as valuable as Harden?
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Well Murton is now with the Rockies, Patterson is in AAA and Gallagher couldn't even crack the A's rotation and supposedly lost velocity as ST went on.