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  1. erik316wttn
    It would have to be an American-made machine.
  2. erik316wttn
    I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it. Wait, how does somebody think Hendry is a good guy to be the face of the Cubs but not want him building the team? You think he should be some sort of figurehead? You can't be the face if you don't have any power, and if you are a GM type who isn't building the team in the future you have no power and can't be the face. What the heck does that phrase even mean? I thought Jim Hendry as the face of the Cubs epitomized everything that held back this organization during a decade when it could have and should have dominated its division. Hendry is a decent person and executive who wasn't interested in screwing people over and all that. But he couldn't do his job and be competitive against the other more modern executives in the league, let alone the more traditional ones who just got better results than he did. Perhaps some sort of PR capacity or something if he wanted it. Probably not, but if they gave him that sort of position I wouldn't hate it.
  3. erik316wttn
    Good news for a former Cubs radio alum. I wish him well. http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/133155768.html
  4. erik316wttn
    EXPOS YES What was that old expos logo supposed to be, anyway?
  5. erik316wttn
    I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it.
  6. erik316wttn
    Please win in San Diego, Packers. Thanks.
  7. erik316wttn
    Only the really good ones. ....oh, you weren't talking to me. Heh.
  8. erik316wttn
    Valentine seems pretty outspoken. I'd rather have a first-time manager who will buy into Hoyer and Epstein's philosophy and do what he's told. Preferably someone from a sucessful organization. I don't know what Bobby V's managing philosophy is, or what stats he values, but I'm sure he wouldn't be hired if his past actions don't fit into the organizational philosophy Theo and Hoyer put in place.
  9. erik316wttn
    Does Bobby V even have aspirations to leave his cushy TV job for the stress of managing again?
  10. erik316wttn
    I wouldn't mind at all. If they want to give Sandberg an interview over Tito, go for it. Sandberg could be wearing uniform of the Hitlerburg Kidtouchers for all I care so long as he's not managing the Cubs. You don't even want to know what their sign for "bunt" is.
  11. erik316wttn
    The whole "accountability" thing is much less important than the fact that Dusty liked bad decisions, poor players and overall stupidity. A lack of accountability is not why Dusty's teams failed. And you're absolutely right. Dusty was a terrible manager in just about every aspect. I'm just saying that you need a guy who can hold people accountable, because if a manager doesn't hold players accountable, eventually the players won't hold themselves accountable and then everyone will cease to give a crap. We saw it under Dusty, we saw it at the end with Lou.
  12. erik316wttn
    I don't mind "Player's Managers" to a point-- but Dusty was a Player's Manager and never held anyone accountable for poor play. That's taking it to far. It's fine if you want someone the boys in the clubhouse can like, but you also need someone they aren't going to walk all over, either.
  13. erik316wttn
    Who's Mark Buehrle? /Greg Maddux
  14. erik316wttn
    I'm disappointed he won't be coming back, but I trust Theo knows what he's doing. If we don't get Pujols or Fielder though (and Aram walking hurts our chances, I think) this offense is going to suck hard next year.
  15. erik316wttn
    Yawn.
  16. erik316wttn
    I like Dr. Cub's idea and would be able to live with a video screen on top of the old scoreboard. Ideally I'd just like the old scoreboard to be able to show the scores from all the MLB games, not just select ones.
  17. erik316wttn
    Good riddance. :yahoo: :yahoo: Have fun drinking yourself into oblivion, jackass.
  18. erik316wttn
    There's going to be a lot of legal red tape and wrangling with the city to replace the scoreboard. Once something is considered a landmark, it's harder than hell to get any changes done.
  19. erik316wttn
    STUPID BUG! YOU GO SQUISH NOW! /Homer
  20. erik316wttn
    God dammit. I really hate baseball sometimes.
  21. erik316wttn
    Because when all else fails, resort to name-calling! Durrr. Both of you, please knock it off. I'm quite serious when I say that I want to change the atmosphere around here. And I fully support you in that. I will stop.
  22. erik316wttn
    Because when all else fails, resort to name-calling!
  23. erik316wttn
    As much as I hate them, I do say I admire them clawing back not once but twice last night. That was an impressive effort.
  24. erik316wttn
    Just don't watch tonight. There's no way the Cardinals are losing. Careful. Making predictions on who's going to win baseball games (other than the Cubs) pisses people right the [expletive] off 'round these parts. ^^^ Case in point.
  25. erik316wttn
    That will never happen, nor am I sure I would want it to. What would be a workable solution would be to install such systems so that the umpire's strike zone accuracy and consistency could be tracked and policed. Home plate umpire variability is one of the most annoying parts about baseball to me. This x1000.
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