Irrelevant Dude
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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. -
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.
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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.
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Nothing is stopping the Cubs from employing the same strategy to a slightly lesser degree even without a 2nd round pick. Or they could go completely the other direction and sign a full or over-slot in round 1 and go cheap in subsequent rounds. I certainly don't expect or want them to stick to the same strategy in every draft. Losing a second round pick really isn't that big of a deal, especially compared to the first round picks they might have to lose in coming years.
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Did he ever actually retire?
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I love the announcer talking like the Bears defense could actually stop someone.
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That is hilarious. Gould will likely never get an onside kick recovered in his entire Bears career and all it took was one night for Feely.
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I think Davey Lopes was a screw-up by Levine. He's still the Dodgers 1B coach. How long before the Dodgers file their tampering complaint?
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I was really hoping for a Wood non-tender, but I knew there wasn't much chance of that.
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2014-2015 Chicago Bulls Regular Season
Irrelevant Dude replied to SpongeWorthy's topic in Other Sports
Thibs said there was no re-injury to Rose. Thibs just didn't like the way he looked and "didn't want to take a chance." So the question becomes, why wasn't Rose on the bench in the 2nd half?
