Sexy Dexy Talk

[dawson1989]

My impression of OleMissCub in this thread.

 

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[Banedon]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-schmuck-column-orioles-0226-20160225-column.html

 

Here's what actually happened. The Orioles had been engaged in a rather unusual negotiation with the Fowler camp — unusual because the player actually was seeking a shorter contract than the Orioles wanted to give him.

 

That's one of the unintended consequences of the qualifying offer system. Players who reject a qualifying offer and don't get much interest on the free-agent market now prefer to either sign a one-year deal or sign a multiyear deal with an early opt-out clause.

 

The opt-out clause was the issue here. Executive vice president Dan Duquette has made it clear throughout the offseason that the Orioles will not give any player the chance to opt out of a contract that includes additional guaranteed years because of how dramatically that alters the risk/reward equation for the team.

 

"We made it clear that type of deal wasn't going to work for us," Duquette said Thursday. "Based on that, it sounds to me like he wanted to return to Chicago."

 

When Duquette was pressed on whether he felt the Orioles had a deal when it was reported on Tuesday night, he would only say that he didn't know Fowler was headed back to Chicago until Thursday morning.

 

"We made a very competitive offer," Duquette said. "There was not an agreement to terms because they kept insisting on an opt-out, and I don't see, club ownership doesn't see the value of that type of arrangement to the Orioles. If we're going to guarantee a contract, then it should be a contract."

 

Based on Fowler's comments Thursday at the Cubs training facility in Arizona, he also seemed to be having second thoughts about leaving the Cubs in the first place. He said he decided to go back to "what's comfortable," which would indicate that he might have just gotten cold feet after coming very close to the deal with the Orioles.

 

How close?

 

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones talked to him by phone and told reporters Wednesday how "excited" Fowler was to be joining him in Baltimore.

[Schwarber Fan]

Pretty obviously Fowler saying that in the video.

 

And why do you think that? It can't be the voice giving it away. Fowler sounds just as nerdy as Theo does when he talks. You don't think it's possible that it's the guy who has his head tilted back as if he's shouting and whose physical cadence matches the delivery of the statement perfectly? Clearly Theo saying it. He's showing off to the team what he just did and that's why he steps away right at the end of MFer.

 

http://atmlb.com/1oDxhkR

 

Nerdy?

[Derwood]

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Wow...that's pretty harsh. Not sure why the statement was necessary though.

 

tl:dr - "Twitter is the worst"

[OleMissCub]

My impression of OleMissCub in this thread.

 

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It was THEO. ya know, the guy whose body language actually looked like someone shouting at people 100 feet away. You tilt your head up to shout over distance like Theo is doing, you don't look straight ahead like Dexter. This really isn't difficult.

[David]

lmaoooooooooooooo

[Banedon]

OMC watching that video...

 

http://i.imgur.com/dKuI00B.gifv

[FloridaCubbie]

Ok.

 

Whose turn is it to park in front of the driveway?

[David]

that is so obviously dexter fowler's voice and theo is so obviously not talking when he turns his head toward fowler while fowler is saying mfers that i can't even wrap my head around the idea that you could possibly be serious.

 

i have a less difficult time comprehending the idea that the universe is infinite than i do of someone being this assertively wrong.

 

and theo has his head tilted back the whole horsefeathering time, including leading up to that walk. it's because swag.

 

[OleMissCub]

that is so obviously dexter fowler's voice and theo is so obviously not talking when he turns his head toward fowler while fowler is saying mfers that i can't even wrap my head around the idea that you could possibly be serious.

 

i have a less difficult time comprehending the idea that the universe is infinite than i do of someone being this assertively wrong.

 

It's ok for you to be wrong

[dawson1989]

My impression of OleMissCub in this thread.

 

http://blog.similarweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/giph3truck.gif

 

It was THEO. ya know, the guy whose body language actually looked like someone shouting at people 100 feet away. You tilt your head up to shout over distance like Theo is doing, you don't look straight ahead like Dexter. This really isn't difficult.

 

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[OleMissCub]

well horsefeathers on a stick. I just played the clip on my ipad and for whatever reason the audio was a hell of a lot clearer than on my laptop. Boo. :banghead:

 

 

 

 

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I deserved every ounce of ridicule that I received in this thread.

Edited February 26, 2016 by OleMissCub

[Aaron_Kennelly]

If you had asked me before the off-season, I would have been happy with re-signing Fowler, adding a guy like Lackey, and then making some moves for rotation depth, preferably in the form of a swing guy or two and a minor league arm that is at least near-Major League ready. (Granted, this was a bare essential: We needed to do at least that to make me happy. I wanted David Price, and will gladly admit I was wrong there. I also didn't foresee there being that much of a difference between his contract and Heyward's. But, whatever, even given hindsight, Heyward was always the smart play and I am stupid for ever thinking otherwise.)

 

Anyway, Theo proceeded to re-sign Fowler; added a guy like Lackey, in Lackey himself; added solid rotation depth, in Warren; added more rotation depth in the minors, in Brooks. He added even more rotation depth with swing guys in Richard and Cahill, because, horsefeathers it, why not? He didn't even have to part with Hammel or Wood to make the salaries work, which was a worry. He also didn't even have to give up a single minor league prospect. And he was able to retain both Javy and Jorge. Oh, and he also upgraded from Castro to Zobrist... oh and added Jason horsefeathering Heyward, too. Just an absolute home run of an off-season. And if it was a home run, it was a massive, Schwarber Dong of a home run. =D>

Edited February 26, 2016 by Duke Silver

[David]

check out jed's :flythew: fleece

[minnesotacubsfan]

God I love this horsefeathering team

[mdwilla]

That looks like a sticker on Jed's fleece. He has to wear a name tag at Sloan park so security will leave him alone.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

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This tweet makes my brain hurt. Explain it to me.

 

We have a lot of versatility

 

But didn't we already have this stupid little stat before signing Dex? What am I missing? He adds an extra CF, of which we would've had 3 guys there already anyway. (4, actually) One could argue because Cogs played 2B we are losing versatility but whatever

[David]

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69972428/v544419583/fowler-discusses-decision-to-sign-with-the-cubs/?query=cubs

[Cubbie Swagger]

The first time I watched that clip, I thought it was Fowler. After watching it a couple more times, I think it's Theo. Why would Fowler say, "Ya'll thought this horsefeathers was over, motherfuckers?" That sounds like Theo just beating his chest a little bit. He knows he's killing it.

[David]

The first time I watched that clip, I thought it was Fowler. After watching it a couple more times, I think it's Theo. Why would Fowler say, "Ya'll thought this [expletive] was over, [expletive]?" That sounds like Theo just beating his chest a little bit. He knows he's killing it.

Christ. This really isn't even debatable.

[Gilby]

Theo is a white guy from Boston. I feel like a few people have forgotten this.

[Cubbie Swagger]

The first time I watched that clip, I thought it was Fowler. After watching it a couple more times, I think it's Theo. Why would Fowler say, "Ya'll thought this [expletive] was over, [expletive]?" That sounds like Theo just beating his chest a little bit. He knows he's killing it.

Christ. This really isn't even debatable.

You're right. It's clearly Fowler's voice. My bad.

[kente777]

The first time I watched that clip, I thought it was Fowler. After watching it a couple more times, I think it's Theo. Why would Fowler say, "Ya'll thought this [expletive] was over, [expletive]?" That sounds like Theo just beating his chest a little bit. He knows he's killing it.

 

I don't think Theo would say that as the top baseball executive of the Cubs. As the players' ultimate boss, that would be unprofessional. Sorry, that wasn't Theo.

Edited February 26, 2016 by kente777

[David]

The first time I watched that clip, I thought it was Fowler. After watching it a couple more times, I think it's Theo. Why would Fowler say, "Ya'll thought this [expletive] was over, [expletive]?" That sounds like Theo just beating his chest a little bit. He knows he's killing it.

 

I don't think Theo would say that as the top baseball executive of the Cubs. That would be unprofessional. That wasn't Theo.

 

Theo might say that...or at least something similar. He said something like "That was some Godfather horsefeathers," today and has been known to say some stuff like that in the past, but in this case, Theo did not say that.

[kente777]

The first time I watched that clip, I thought it was Fowler. After watching it a couple more times, I think it's Theo. Why would Fowler say, "Ya'll thought this [expletive] was over, [expletive]?" That sounds like Theo just beating his chest a little bit. He knows he's killing it.

 

I don't think Theo would say that as the top baseball executive of the Cubs. That would be unprofessional. That wasn't Theo.

 

Theo might say that...or at least something similar. He said something like "That was some Godfather [expletive]," today and has been known to say some stuff like that in the past, but in this case, Theo did not say that.

 

Bragging about his offseason moves in front of the players using an expletive? I think Theo's better than that.