04/05 CUBS (Zambrano) @ Atlanta (Lowe) 3:05 CDT, WCIU & ESPN

[Hairyducked Idiot]

imb *did* use capital letters earlier in the thread. It was the biggest upset of the day.

[Schwarber Fan]

In other news, there's another West Virginia coal mining tragedy...

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_mine_explosion

I hope Bob Huggins makes out with all of them.

 

What the hell man?

 

Maybe it's because there's too many Cubs fans like you that God hates us.

[erik316wttn]

trade this guy to the nfl

Could we sell his rights?

 

The Bears do need some WR help...maybe it could be a win win for both teams...

 

Cutler would be a good set-up guy, I think.

[illiniguy]

In other news, there's another West Virginia coal mining tragedy...

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_mine_explosion

I hope Bob Huggins makes out with all of them.

 

What the hell man?

 

Maybe it's because there's too many Cubs fans like you that God hates us.

Calm down. It was a joke.

[Omar]

This thread is brutal.

 

While we're at it, I don't like any of you.

[TruffleShuffle]

why doesn't this stuff ever happen for us instead of to us?

 

because most organizations don't waste $10m on wide receivers? samardzija got one of the biggest contracts awarded to players in the amateur draft. sometimes the cubs are unlucky but usually managment just does [expletive] things that predictably blows up in their face.

What did Strasberg get?

 

4 years, $15.1M major league contract.

 

the thing is, you compare samardzija's contract to guys who were legitimately great players in college:

 

pedro alvarez: 4 years, $6.4M major league contract

matt wieters: $6M bonus

strasburg: 4 years, $15.1M major league contract

david price: 6 years, $8.5M major league contract

mark teixeira: 4 years, $9.5M major league contract

mark prior: 4 or 5 years, $10.5M major league contract

evan longoria: $3M bonus

 

it makes no sense whatsoever. these were guys who were great college hitters and pitchers; samardzija got as much or more money than most of them even though he was an unpolished guy who didn't have particularly good numbers in college, and there were serious questions as to whether he would even develop the secondary stuff to be a starter. it's just an incredibly stupid decision and a massive waste of resources.

[illiniguy]

why doesn't this stuff ever happen for us instead of to us?

 

because most organizations don't waste $10m on wide receivers? samardzija got one of the biggest contracts awarded to players in the amateur draft. sometimes the cubs are unlucky but usually managment just does [expletive] things that predictably blows up in their face.

What did Strasberg get?

 

4 years, $15.1M major league contract.

 

the thing is, you compare samardzija's contract to guys who were legitimately great players in college:

 

pedro alvarez: 4 years, $6.4M major league contract

matt wieters: $6M bonus

strasburg: 4 years, $15.1M major league contract

david price: 6 years, $8.5M major league contract

mark teixeira: 4 years, $9.5M major league contract

mark prior: 4 or 5 years, $10.5M major league contract

evan longoria: $3M bonus

 

it makes no sense whatsoever. these were guys who were great college hitters and pitchers; samardzija got as much or more money than most of them even though he was an unpolished guy who didn't have particularly good numbers in college, and there were serious questions as to whether he would even develop the secondary stuff to be a starter. it's just an incredibly stupid decision and a massive waste of resources.

Oh I agree, thanks for looking all of those up.

[erik316wttn]

This thread is brutal.

 

While we're at it, I don't like any of you.

 

Go to hell, jerk!

[Little Slide Rooter]

It's one day. And as you like to point about our aging guys being injury prone, so is Chris Carpenter. Ok maybe not you, but this board.

 

yes. It's one day. And you don't change your projection about the team for one day.

 

But that doesn't mean every time you fall back a game, your chances don't lower a little.

Right, I understand. I just don't feel the need to get that worked up about it after one game. Especially since I don't think we are beating anyone all that good this year anyways. Would love to be wrong though.

 

Were also about to be a game behind the Pirates.

[Andy]

Ban bets, suggestions of suicide, making fun of idiosyncrasies of other posters...must be a Cubs game thread. :)

 

This game sucks.

[illiniguy]

It's one day. And as you like to point about our aging guys being injury prone, so is Chris Carpenter. Ok maybe not you, but this board.

 

yes. It's one day. And you don't change your projection about the team for one day.

 

But that doesn't mean every time you fall back a game, your chances don't lower a little.

Right, I understand. I just don't feel the need to get that worked up about it after one game. Especially since I don't think we are beating anyone all that good this year anyways. Would love to be wrong though.

 

Were also about to be a game behind the Pirates.

Good for Jake.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Its usually at least May before things get this heated around here.

[Omar]

Its usually at least May before things get this heated around here.

 

Yeah, we might run out of the fire before August.

[TruffleShuffle]

Its usually at least May before things get this heated around here.

 

Yeah, we might run out of the fire before August.

 

by august we might be at 3-page game threads with fred contributing 90% of the posts.

[illiniguy]

Its usually at least May before things get this heated around here.

 

Yeah, we might run out of the fire before August.

 

by august we might be at 3-page game threads with fred contributing 90% of the posts.

Ah the 90's.

[Andy]

When does Rothschild's crew stop walking everyone they can get in front of the plate?

[Omar]

Its usually at least May before things get this heated around here.

 

Yeah, we might run out of the fire before August.

 

by august we might be at 3-page game threads with fred contributing 90% of the posts.

 

because everyone else will be banned.

[Schwarber Fan]

You're down 9... just throw it over the plate.

[imb]

this game has also brought together the ghetto-version of cubs voltron, with erik, bum and aramis fan teaming up, which is pretty epic in it's own right

[erik316wttn]

Its usually at least May before things get this heated around here.

 

Yeah, we might run out of the fire before August.

 

by august we might be at 3-page game threads with fred contributing 90% of the posts.

 

because everyone else will be banned.

 

If imb hasn't been banned by now I don't think anyone ever will be again.

[Magnetic Curses]

oh yeah, we've also never had a prospect like heyward, either.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I bet the Braves would take Colvin for Heyward. Given Colvin's ST stats, we should probably ask them for a low-minors pitching prospect as a throw-in.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Its usually at least May before things get this heated around here.

 

Yeah, we might run out of the fire before August.

 

by august we might be at 3-page game threads with fred contributing 90% of the posts.

Ah the 90's.

 

Ah, late 2009.

[erik316wttn]

oh yeah, we've also never had a prospect like heyward, either.

 

What are you talking about? Ty Griffin was Babe Ruth incarnate!

[imb]

oh yeah, we've also never had a prospect like heyward, either.

 

look, we skimped on colvin so we could sign samardzija. And they're both making a difference for the big club. 2 for 1, duhh, that's just simple math