4/14 Cubs (Jackson) vs. Giants (Lincecum) - 1:20 pm (CT) WGN

[Guest]

it would be so cubs to get theo 10 years late and then go down as his failed second act

[TruffleShuffle]

"Holding off accountability" isn't a thing, you monstrous gorilla. If the team is stays garbage for 4-5 years after they've been here I see it much more likely they walk. "Holding off accountability" is what people scrambling to save their jobs are doing. These guys didn't come here with that kind of necessity.

 

kyle's posts have become borderline unreadable at this point. well, except for the whole "borderline" part.

[Sammy Sofa]

"Holding off accountability" isn't a thing, you monstrous gorilla. If the team is stays garbage for 4-5 years after they've been here I see it much more likely they walk. "Holding off accountability" is what people scrambling to save their jobs are doing. These guys didn't come here with that kind of necessity.

 

 

This team is about to be 65-109 under their watch. The fact that they aren't scrambling to save their jobs show that holding off accountability is exactly what they are doing.

 

Really? They should be "scrambling to save their jobs" two weeks into their second season? You're so transparently tedious.

[abuck1220]

always fun to blow late leads/lose extra inning games with your best reliever sitting in the bullpen with his dick in his hand. sveum has been pathetic his weekend.

[Sammy Sofa]

Wow.

[Sammy Sofa]

always fun to blow late leads/lose extra inning games with your best reliever sitting in the bullpen with his dick in his hand. sveum has been pathetic his weekend.

 

Who, Russell? Len said he had pitched the last three games.

[TruffleShuffle]

always fun to blow late leads/lose extra inning games with your best reliever sitting in the bullpen with his dick in his hand.

 

did not know david cone had come out of retirement.

[Guest]

always fun to blow late leads/lose extra inning games with your best reliever sitting in the bullpen with his dick in his hand. sveum has been pathetic his weekend.

 

Russell has pitched in three consecutive games.

[Guest]

yea, camp being left out there in the 10th is inexcusable

[Sammy Sofa]

Boooooooo.

[bcl412]

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[Little Slide Rooter]

if theo/jed get unlucky with prospects, this thing could be a complete disaster. with the amount of sucking going on now, people are going to be expecting huge things by no later than 2015. even we're not good by then, it's going to be pretty ugly.

 

It's gonna take awhile. 2015 could become 2016 next year and 2017 the year after that. Just close enough to keep some of the fans calm, far enough away to fend of accountability.

 

God, you can't even be negative right; why would they bother riding that out? If this team is mediocre or sucks after 2015 I could easily see Theo or Hoyer or both quitting. Instead you have to go right back to your stupid, smelly "they want a [expletive] team for some fat reason I don't actually believe" nonsense.

 

I'd imagine that they'd try plan B and do what big market GMs normally do before quitting. Even if not, if the team were bad/mediocre by 2015 and beyond, they'd still have their reputations and the fact that they at least didn't leave the next regime with a massive payroll to land them each another big money gig. If they just walked away from a mess of a team half way through their contract, it suspect that would be far worse their credibility and legacies.

[Guest]

castro has probably completely forgotten what it's like to be on a good team

[Andy]

castro has probably completely forgotten what it's like to be on a good team

When WAS he on a good team? AA?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Didn't Daytona win the FSL with Castro?

[Sammy Sofa]

if theo/jed get unlucky with prospects, this thing could be a complete disaster. with the amount of sucking going on now, people are going to be expecting huge things by no later than 2015. even we're not good by then, it's going to be pretty ugly.

 

It's gonna take awhile. 2015 could become 2016 next year and 2017 the year after that. Just close enough to keep some of the fans calm, far enough away to fend of accountability.

 

God, you can't even be negative right; why would they bother riding that out? If this team is mediocre or sucks after 2015 I could easily see Theo or Hoyer or both quitting. Instead you have to go right back to your stupid, smelly "they want a [expletive] team for some fat reason I don't actually believe" nonsense.

 

I'd imagine that they'd try plan B and do what big market GMs normally do before quitting. Even if not, if the team were bad/mediocre by 2015 and beyond, they'd still have their reputations and the fact that they at least didn't leave the next regime with a massive payroll to land them each another big money gig. If they just walked away from a mess of a team half way through their contract, it suspect that would be far worse their credibility and legacies.

 

"Halfway?" Theo signed a 5-year-deal.

[Guest]

i'm beginning to prefer the offseason to the season

[Little Slide Rooter]

FWIW, we scored 4 runs or more in 7 of the last 8 games. If we can remain relevant until the originally projected starting rotation is in place:Garza-Shark-Jackson-2 of Baker/Wood/Villanueva (sorry Feldman) as well as Barney, Stewart, and maybe a few competent late inning relievers, this team could just be watchable.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Really? They should be "scrambling to save their jobs" two weeks into their second season? You're so transparently tedious.

 

They've got a .373 win percentage. It's horrific.

[Sammy Sofa]

Really? They should be "scrambling to save their jobs" two weeks into their second season? You're so transparently tedious.

 

They've got a .373 win percentage. It's horrific.

 

Nobody is arguing that last season wasn't horrible; what I'm pointing out is your hilariously moronic and obviously trolling notion that a FO should be on the hot seat after their first season. Unless you're talking about a GM who tried to pull a Marlins without owner approval that's just [expletive].

Edited April 14, 2013 by Sammy Sofa

[Little Slide Rooter]

if theo/jed get unlucky with prospects, this thing could be a complete disaster. with the amount of sucking going on now, people are going to be expecting huge things by no later than 2015. even we're not good by then, it's going to be pretty ugly.

 

It's gonna take awhile. 2015 could become 2016 next year and 2017 the year after that. Just close enough to keep some of the fans calm, far enough away to fend of accountability.

 

God, you can't even be negative right; why would they bother riding that out? If this team is mediocre or sucks after 2015 I could easily see Theo or Hoyer or both quitting. Instead you have to go right back to your stupid, smelly "they want a [expletive] team for some fat reason I don't actually believe" nonsense.

 

I'd imagine that they'd try plan B and do what big market GMs normally do before quitting. Even if not, if the team were bad/mediocre by 2015 and beyond, they'd still have their reputations and the fact that they at least didn't leave the next regime with a massive payroll to land them each another big money gig. If they just walked away from a mess of a team half way through their contract, it suspect that would be far worse their credibility and legacies.

 

"Halfway?" Theo signed a 5-year-deal.

 

Crap. Why was I thinking 7. Either way, I think that before the relationship comes do an end, unless something miraculous occurs between now and the 2015 offseason, money will be spent.

Edited April 14, 2013 by Little Slide Rooter

[Andy]

FWIW, we scored 4 runs or more in 7 of the last 8 games. If we can remain relevant until the originally projected starting rotation is in place:Garza-Shark-Jackson-2 of Baker/Wood/Villanueva (sorry Feldman) as well as Barney, Stewart, and maybe a few competent late inning relievers, this team could just be watchable.

How are we going to get a few competent late-inning relievers? And when exactly is Garza coming back? And why should we believe he won't just get hurt again a month later?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Nobody is arguing that last season wasn't horrible; what I'm pointing out is your hilariously moronic and obviously trolling notion that a FO should be on the hot seat after their first season. Unless you're talking about a GM who tried to pull a Marlins without owner approval that's just [expletive].

 

I can't exactly put the owner on the hot seat.

[Guest]

fujikawa was supposed to be the guy that kind of came in and anchored the pain. his sucking and his injury have really crushed us so far.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Crap. Why was I thinking 7. Either way, I think that before the relationship comes do an end, unless something miraculous occurs between now and the 2015 offseason, money will be spent.

 

Money *is* being spent. They committed almost $100 million this offseason, and almost $50m of it is being paid out this year.