Irrelevant Dude
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Is the 5.1 audio awful for anyone else? -
I may have missed it, but has the final roster even been announced? Who made the team between Sweeney, Szczur, and Herrera?
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I assume that Wood before Hendricks is only to break up the two lefties. I'm alright with that.
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And once it is unrolled, it can never fit back into the box again no matter how hard they try.
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Gross! Take it down!
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Assuming that Baez shows improvement in AAA to justify being recalled (not a safe assumption), what is his service time date? Late May?
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2015 Spring Training Game Thread
Irrelevant Dude replied to David's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
3 more K's from Baez today. He has to start the season in Iowa, right? -
No. I am tired of seeing people clamor for a shorter season, shorter games, etc. I want as many games to watch as possible and when I attend a game I certainly don't want it to be over in 2 hours. For a majority of people complaining about those things, they aren't going to be satisfied no matter what changes are made. It feels like MLB is chasing an audience that simply isn't interested in their product. I understand they want to expand their fan base, but I fail to see how shortening the season by 5% (or any amount for that matter) accomplishes that.
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I'm waiting for Andre Dawson to fall out of Schlitter's beard.
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A Cubs season without Ernie around... that just doesn't seem right.
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It's two boards like the one we already had in RF. Ahh, ok, so on top of the wall. When I read "on" I was thinking on the face of the wall, but this makes more sense.
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Boards on the outfield wall? I don't remember hearing anything about that before.
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5.685 million for Wood. I still don't understand why he was tendered.
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I don't know why anyone would think that. They are 100% certain that Bryant is going to play a position he has never played even though he just spent an entire minor league season at 3B? That doesn't make any sense. It makes sense if they r trying to win games and maximize value. Valbuena 3B+Bryant LF > Bryant 3B+Coghlan/Gomes platoon The Cubs aren't going to be that short-sighted with their top prospect. If Bryant can play 3B, which they seem to think he can, he is much more valuable there than in LF.
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I don't know why anyone would think that. They are 100% certain that Bryant is going to play a position he has never played even though he just spent an entire minor league season at 3B? That doesn't make any sense.
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This is hardly a low risk high reward situation. The risk is very real that you threw away $4.5m on a guy that will provide nothing. The reward is maybe one season of a good reliever. And how high is the "high reward" if he ends up getting some of the performance bonuses and making $6-7 Million? Hopefully he pitches well enough to get the incentives, but it will be difficult to significantly outperform the contract.
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Week 15: Bad (5-8) @ Indifference (5-8) MNF
Irrelevant Dude replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Why would that be strange? -
Like who? Kyle Farnsworth is still available.
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Are there fans of other teams that are also stuck in this dilemma? Where they don't get the local broadcast but are still blacked out of Extra Innings and MLB.TV? Have we just been lucky because games have been on WGN my whole life? If you want to go through the effort, you can use a VPN to mask your location and be able to use MLB.TV. I have a Cardinal fan buddy that does that, and I may end up having to go that route as well. I use http://www.unblock-us.com to watch day games at work. it's pretty simple. like 4.95 a month after the free trial. Does that only work for watching on a PC, or can it also be used to mask the location for streaming devices (like a Roku)?
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I would assume this is a 1-year agreement and the Cubs will hope for increased ratings this season so they can negotiate a more favorable medium-term deal to bridge the gap until the Comcast deal is up.
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A couple notes from Boers & Bernstein. 1. They mentioned that 20 million is being paid up front as a signing bonus, coming from previous years budget savings. That will make Lester's yearly payroll contribution less than the 25 million AAV. 2. They also mentioned that the deal includes a full no trade clause.
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If that is the case, which I am all in favor of, then why did the Cubs tender Wood? Does he have any trade value whatsoever?
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The Winter Meetings Thread
Irrelevant Dude replied to David's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
As if we would have mistaken Montero for a "big bat". -
The Winter Meetings Thread
Irrelevant Dude replied to David's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I especially like this... The A's traded Addison Russell and the White Sox won't give up Tim freaking Anderson? -
Kinda where I'm at Yeah, me too. I can't get excited about this deal and, prospects aside, it seems like a lot to pay a guy who isn't substantially better than what the Cubs already have. So are you all just completely disregarding all the pitch framing stuff? I'm not buying 100%, but there has to be something to it, even if it's not the gigantic divide the stats make it seem like it is between these two. I'm not completely disregarding it, but I don't put a lot of stock in it either.
