Fox Sports: Ramirez SIGNS WITH CUBS!

[E.J.]

God I'm so sick of this crappy organization. I might just go to my dad's house and inject heroin into his forehead for making me a Cubs' fan. :cry:

[ToupeeOnFire]

Look on the bright side, this just means more money for Hendry to spend this offseason.

 

David Bell, Sarge Jr., Mark DeRosa...he's gonna be like a kid in a candy store.

[Outshined_One]

I can't wait for ten years from now when the Cubs have an incredibly talented young player fall into their laps and then they screw up re-signing him and let him go on to huge success elsewhere.

 

Maddux and Ramirez...who's next? David Price? Michael Main? Justin Jackson?

[Tedward]

It's time to blow this team up. Trade everything of value, load up on prospects and young players, and just put the kibosh on the next two years.

 

I agree. It'll never happen, but it should. We've just got too many holes to fill.

 

Hendry would be wise to fall down his stairs again around the time of the convention. It's going to get ugly.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'd like to think that even Pinellia is smart enough to want to punch Hendry in the mouth if this is true.

[baseball7897]

What the hell happened?

 

jim hendry and the trib happened.

 

jim friggen hendry.

 

Who the hell is Jim Hendry?

 

Who the hell is the girl in your sig?

 

You dont know Maria Kanellis? :wink:

[JWCUB]

Does this not remind you of the first Mad Dog go around?

[Laura]

The worst organization in professional sports continues to defy the odds and get even worse.

 

New thread title?

[Sammy Sofa]

I can't wait for ten years from now when the Cubs have an incredibly talented young player fall into their laps and then they screw up re-signing him and let him go on to huge success elsewhere.

 

Maddux and Ramirez...who's next? David Price? Michael Main? Justin Jackson?

 

Heh, Aramis saw himself as the nu-Mark Grace and wanted to get that ring before the twilight of his career.

[rawaction]

A team with the resources of the Chicago Cubs should never lose the top FA in the game, when they are the only freakin team that can negotiate with him!

 

It's not a done deal by any means, but as I said earlier in this thread. Screw a hometown discount. If Aramis said he was seeking a 6-year deal at $15M/year....the Cubs should have immediately offered $16-17M. That is what the hometown discount will end up being anyway if he comes back. There's no way that somebody doesn't take his deal into 9 figures.

[UMFan83]

I'll bet the Bears get murdered on Sunday, just to make this sweet, sweet agony complete.

 

Bulls are doing their part tonight

[CuseCubFan69]

It's time to blow this team up. Trade everything of value, load up on prospects and young players, and just put the kibosh on the next two years.

 

I agree. It'll never happen, but it should. We've just got too many holes to fill.

 

Hendry would be wise to fall down his stairs again around the time of the convention. It's going to get ugly.

 

They won't blow it up. They'll do their crappy attempt at getting overpayed average players and never do the right thing. Hendry has until opening day because this whole thing isn't over yet but I see no reason to be optimistic.

[USSoccer]

I can't wait to see what that bumbling drunk of a GM we have says to try and rationalize this one.

 

I can't wait to hear him sell me on Gary Matthews Jr and Geoff Blum or whoever.

 

I cannot, cannot wait to listen to the idiotic-assed Barry Rozner tell me about how the Cubs did the right thing by not giving a loafer a big contract and then go back to worshipping his Greg Maddux statue.. And I can't wait for people on NSBB to back them up. I can't wait to listen to Mike Murphy and his nasally voice tell me about how Aramis is a bum.

 

I really hate the Cubs and baseball in general. It's unfair. It sucks.

Edited November 12, 2006 by USSoccer

[UMFan83]

I can't wait to see what that bumbling drunk of a GM we have says to try and rationalize this one.

 

I can't wait to hear him sell me on Gary Matthews Jr and Geoff Blum or whoever.

 

I cannot, cannot wait to listen to the idiotic-assed Barry Rozner tell me about how the Cubs did the right thing by not giving a loafer a big contract. And I can't wait for people on NSBB to back them up. I can't wait to listen to Mike Murphy and his nasally voice tell me about how Aramis is a bum.

 

I really hate the Cubs and baseball in general. It's unfair. It sucks.

 

Yup I agree. I hate every moment of it to a point that this news doesn't really bother me that much because I'm so bitter and just angry. Oh well, another long summer to enjoy without the Cubs. Good luck filling the seats at Wrigley this year Cubbies.

[Sammy Sofa]

The number of Chicago journalists and Cubs blogs rooting that this would happen are now suddenly infuriating me one thousand fold.

 

IvyChat was smarmy enough as it is before, but now it's going to be insufferable.

[USSoccer]

I can't wait to see what that bumbling drunk of a GM we have says to try and rationalize this one.

 

I can't wait to hear him sell me on Gary Matthews Jr and Geoff Blum or whoever.

 

I cannot, cannot wait to listen to the idiotic-assed Barry Rozner tell me about how the Cubs did the right thing by not giving a loafer a big contract. And I can't wait for people on NSBB to back them up. I can't wait to listen to Mike Murphy and his nasally voice tell me about how Aramis is a bum.

 

I really hate the Cubs and baseball in general. It's unfair. It sucks.

 

Yup I agree. I hate every moment of it to a point that this news doesn't really bother me that much because I'm so bitter and just angry. Oh well, another long summer to enjoy without the Cubs. Good luck filling the seats at Wrigley this year Cubbies.

 

I'll be going to a lot of Fire games.

[UMFan83]

I can't wait to see what that bumbling drunk of a GM we have says to try and rationalize this one.

 

I can't wait to hear him sell me on Gary Matthews Jr and Geoff Blum or whoever.

 

I cannot, cannot wait to listen to the idiotic-assed Barry Rozner tell me about how the Cubs did the right thing by not giving a loafer a big contract. And I can't wait for people on NSBB to back them up. I can't wait to listen to Mike Murphy and his nasally voice tell me about how Aramis is a bum.

 

I really hate the Cubs and baseball in general. It's unfair. It sucks.

 

Yup I agree. I hate every moment of it to a point that this news doesn't really bother me that much because I'm so bitter and just angry. Oh well, another long summer to enjoy without the Cubs. Good luck filling the seats at Wrigley this year Cubbies.

 

I'll be going to a lot of Fire games.

 

GREAT call. I really enjoyed the 3 games I attended this year.

[JeffH]

LF - Matt Murton

CF - Gary Matthews, Jr.

RF - Jacque Jones

3B - Mark DeRosa

SS - Cesar Izturis

2B - Adam Kennedy

1B - Derrek Lee

C - Michael Barrett

[USSoccer]

I can't wait to see what that bumbling drunk of a GM we have says to try and rationalize this one.

 

I can't wait to hear him sell me on Gary Matthews Jr and Geoff Blum or whoever.

 

I cannot, cannot wait to listen to the idiotic-assed Barry Rozner tell me about how the Cubs did the right thing by not giving a loafer a big contract. And I can't wait for people on NSBB to back them up. I can't wait to listen to Mike Murphy and his nasally voice tell me about how Aramis is a bum.

 

I really hate the Cubs and baseball in general. It's unfair. It sucks.

 

Yup I agree. I hate every moment of it to a point that this news doesn't really bother me that much because I'm so bitter and just angry. Oh well, another long summer to enjoy without the Cubs. Good luck filling the seats at Wrigley this year Cubbies.

 

I'll be going to a lot of Fire games.

 

GREAT call. I really enjoyed the 3 games I attended this year.

 

The one I went to was a blast. I'm happy to spend my time rooting for an organization that gives a crap about it's fanbase and actually contends.

[b_wiggy_66]

Whos your 3B next year? Bell, Huff, Feliz, Boone, Hillenbrand :twisted:

 

Hopefully Jim was smart and put a bid in for Iwamura

 

O wait since that would be smart I guarantee he didn't do it

[minnesotacubsfan]

I'd like to think that even Pinellia is smart enough to want to punch Hendry in the mouth if this is true.

 

 

that would be soooo sweet

[Tedward]

Hendry has until opening day because this whole thing isn't over yet but I see no reason to be optimistic.

 

Yeah, that was my philosophy last offseason. I kept thinking that it would get better, but it doesn't. Hendry really effed this thing up with Ramirez. How can you let a 28 year old cornerstone 3B walk. This is really inexcusable. I'm so effing ticked off right now.

[snoodmonger]

I was going to write a long angry rant, but I just don't have it in me. Hendry has failed. And he'll continue to fail because he's not good at his job. He's in in over his head, and he always has been.

 

And now he and McDonough are going to force feed some BS marketing on the fans and convince a lot of them everything's great because that's easier than assembling a good team. That's easier than having a clear, effective plan regarding player acquisition and adhering to it. That's easier than investing a lot of money in good players.

 

Yep, we're going to hear the same tired song--"we made a competitive offer, and it was rejected," followed by a lengthy smear campaign RE: ARam's hustle. And then we're gonna seem some Shane Andrews 2.0 plugged into 3B, and they're going to talk about the great year he had at XXXX, even though it was really a mediocre year, but if you look at one stat, ONE SPECIFIC STAT--maybe it's avg. this time, maybe it's RBIs, whatever--it doesn't look that bad.

 

But anyone who scrutinizes it all will realize this Ron Coomer/Steve Buechelle hybrid they're gonna drag off the scrap heap sucks, just like the team, just like the organization, just like the people who run it.

Edited November 12, 2006 by snoodmonger

[Outshined_One]

If the Cubs pick up Shea Hillenbrand to replace Ramirez for next year, I might just give up on this team.

[Soriano12]

And now he and McDonough are going to force feed some BS marketing on the fans.

 

I stated on the day he was annouced Team President, McDummy is

nothing but a snake oil salesman.