C.C.

What software do you use for your personal message board? I'm telling if you have VB4 with free plugin called vbStopForumSpam you won't get spam. We maybe get 7-8 spammers a year. At most. Doesn't matter. We are phasing out that particular board. Our parent company is managing a new one that we just started. We don't have to mess with any of that stuff anymore. But thanks for the suggestions. Not a problem. Just thought I'd throw it out there

What software do you use for your personal message board? I'm telling if you have VB4 with free plugin called vbStopForumSpam you won't get spam. We maybe get 7-8 spammers a year. At most.

Always a class act Kyle. I really mean that. Anyway, so do we have the best front office in the NL or what? I say yes.

I like him. Can we keep him? Can we please?

And if Pujols leaves we would win the division.

I take back what I said then. I didn't read his first two posts.

Not sure what people see as "fairly short order", but at 5 hours or more per post approval, it's going to be rather hard for anyone to be a part of the conversation here or to make a quick quip. As to the Cubs fan "again" comment, really? Blood in the water for the faithful here? I was referring to a renewed sense of interest and love for the team that I have lived and died with for over 30 years. Pretty sure I'm not the only one that lost interest and refused to spend any money on the debacle that were the Cubs the last couple of years. This board has a very clique-like mentality, afaik. It limits the amount of people wiling to post here and endure the hazing atmosphere. In turn, this limits input and diversity. Tim and the Mods would do well to try to eliminate that kind of behavior instead of protecting everyone from "spam-bots" imho. You have the ability to moderate after an offending post is made, correct? Hence the comment about a board that feels the need to moderate both before AND after the fact. Just my .02 Flame on. :hello: We have no problem with people who don't come in and say stupid things. There's really no noob hazing. There's dumb hazing. So say smart things and you'll be more than welcome. Not a way to treat a new member. Apology is in order. With comments like this it'll be hard to keep new members.

Not sure what people see as "fairly short order", but at 5 hours or more per post approval, it's going to be rather hard for anyone to be a part of the conversation here or to make a quick quip. As to the Cubs fan "again" comment, really? Blood in the water for the faithful here? I was referring to a renewed sense of interest and love for the team that I have lived and died with for over 30 years. Pretty sure I'm not the only one that lost interest and refused to spend any money on the debacle that were the Cubs the last couple of years. This board has a very clique-like mentality, afaik. It limits the amount of people wiling to post here and endure the hazing atmosphere. In turn, this limits input and diversity. Tim and the Mods would do well to try to eliminate that kind of behavior instead of protecting everyone from "spam-bots" imho. You have the ability to moderate after an offending post is made, correct? Hence the comment about a board that feels the need to moderate both before AND after the fact. Just my .02 Flame on. :hello: Welcome and I agree. I feel your pain bra.

we thought you were dead where is chocolate milk????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? cc is only letting one guy out of his bloody foot dungeon a year, give it time wtf wtf

I think that's what the rumor is. Theo targeting Maddux as the new manager. The rumor reported in the Tribune was as pitching coach. Then forget it. No way is Rangers are going to give him up for lateral move. Why would they? They wouldn't and he likely wouldn't either. I do think he'd make a great manager. Sure. Why not.

I think he's going to sit out a year from baseball. He seems like he's pretty burnt out.

The slick back hair is the give away. He never had slicked back hair and he's pretty much bald now isn't he? Edit: http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2011/09/17/spt_17_sandberg_bb_page_t210.jpg?74a72ef94756bccc16ea1c78066b52f96b62dbc7 yeah.

He's on WGN now. The worst questions I've ever heard.

It's good to be Theo.

Tom Ricketts in this picture represents the entire fanbase, at least on this board. I still can't believe this just happened. We finally have a owner with a clue. gosh darn that feels good!

Man, Bernstein used to be good....it's sad how dumb he's gotten. It's frustrating because he's the only person that knows about advanced stats and he'll actually cite BP and Fangraphs and he'll cite things like WAR, but then he just has completely idiotic takes on things/opinions. I think you guys are missing the point he was making. Simply that Castro is not strong in some of the areas that Theo seems to deem as pretty important, like defense and plate patience. He was just saying Castro may need a little extra help to become what he potentially can and be a Theo type of player. That's what I thought and I agree.

I agree. What's wrong with that question? Coaching is fine. Hiring a coach for a specific player is a strange suggestion. I didn't hear the comment, just read it on here, so maybe it was presented differently than I read it. Well if he said hire a coach just for Castro, then yea, that's stupid. I took it as (I didn't hear it) was just give the kid extra coaching.

Man, that was an awesome conference! So [expletive] pumped! Everything he said was gold.

I agree. What's wrong with that question?

I gotcha bra. http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7147573/chicago-cubs-introduce-theo-epstein-president-baseball-operations

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You think he'll get more than 8 years? I sure don't. I don't even think it's a given he gets more than 6. And the Cubs wouldn't be signing him at age 31; you'd be getting him for this typical peak years of 28-32. So you want them to pass on both? What about signing someone like Kemp to a big deal after 2012? The (somewhat irrational) Cub fan in me would be thrilled and giddy if we landed Fielder or Pujols. Signing either one would be incredibly exciting. Especially Pujols. The (very rational) economist in me sees both guys as losing propositions from a pure risk/reward perspective. Signing either one would be incredibly risky and potentially crippling. Especially Pujols. You could argue that perhaps I'm too risk-averse, and maybe you're right. But when I remove all of the emotion from the equation, I just think both flunk the cost/benefit analysis. I don't agree with any of this.

Why are they against it? Who did they prefer?

You mean chink in the armor.

I think that's what the rumor is. Theo targeting Maddux as the new manager. The rumor reported in the Tribune was as pitching coach. Then forget it. No way is Rangers are going to give him up for lateral move. Why would they?