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  1. sneakypower

    2013

    sneakypower replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    yes, let's do this please http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/10/09/lukewarm-stove-braves-pitchers-free-agent-pitchers-soriano/
  2. sneakypower
    not all (obviously), but we'd be without arguably 3 of our current top-10 prospects, and our former #1 prospect who just graduated prospect status and other current contributors of course
  3. sneakypower
    Okay, is 14 wins for a team with that much money to spend somehow unthinkable? Would there be anything wrong with getting halfway there and putting yourself within variance range? and how do you get halfway there? well for starters, by not trading two of your best relievers, by not toying with the idea of putting another in the rotation, and signing...um, Prince Fielder, for $200 million or whatever (and of course also keeping Maholm and Dempster through the deadline) congratulations, your approach has us winning a more respectable 78 games this year, and facing a future with a very good 1B, but very little else in the way of young, valuable contributors, and significantly reduced financial flexibility
  4. sneakypower
    we would have had to add something like 14 wins via free agency to project as a contender http://claydavenport.com/PROJHOME.shtml on a semi-related note, did you know: the 2007 (WS winning) Red Sox had only one player on the roster acquired via FA post a 2+ WAR season (Matsuzaka)
  5. sneakypower
    then we have completely different priorities i just want a clear vision for long-term, sustained success, and i can tolerate a 61-win season, rather than a season clawing at a 70- or 75-wins that runs in direct conflict with that long-term success
  6. sneakypower
    you'd be completely void of any intellectual honesty to say that teams that are making a real concerted effort to contend, don't install a 22-year-old, fresh off a 51 OPS+ season, as their every-day 1B (and weaken their worst position to do so); it's such a patently absurd assertion, and that's just one example
  7. sneakypower
    http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9m8eojDnA1qfn8tp.gif
  8. sneakypower
    "putting together a winning team" basically means no: Anthony Rizzo Arodys Vizcaino Travis Wood Christian Villanueva Ronald Torreyes Dave Sappelt Jaye Chapman Michael Bowden? Shark as SP edit: don't really want to make this point the focus (and still probably means like, a 75-win season at best) now, debate the merits of those names as you please, but at the very least, if say, Grant Desme were to come around and convince all those guys to pursue a new calling in life, i have to imagine we'd consider that a debilitating blow to our prospects for the future
  9. sneakypower
    i was surprised you guys kept up with OU as long as you did on Saturday
  10. sneakypower
    i'd like to hear more about that Jim Johnson for AL CY argument
  11. sneakypower
    an emphatic yes
  12. sneakypower
    guess he redeemed himself
  13. sneakypower
    Martez Wilson's the only reason this game's not over yet
  14. sneakypower
    Crosby missed that by 30 yards
  15. sneakypower
    Brennaman just called Reggie Wayne a hall of famer; that doesn't quite seem right
  16. sneakypower
    lol, Brandon Weeden just threw two passes on the same play
  17. sneakypower
    well, that was a fun game
  18. sneakypower
    i didn't want Valentine, but i did want this guy http://ladybaseballopinions.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/bobbyvalentinemoustache.jpg
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    http://cdn.smosh.com/sites/default/files/bloguploads/brony-spring-youdontsay.jpg
  20. sneakypower

    2013

    sneakypower replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    i wonder if there's any player you could try to obtain with that package, that wouldn't make the opposing GM crack up
  21. sneakypower
    you or wsr, i can never tell the difference holy buttfuck, that's the worst lineup i've ever seen
  22. sneakypower
    A+++ would do business with again
  23. sneakypower
    http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/30sznyv.gif
  24. sneakypower
    yup.
  25. sneakypower
    Cutler was PFF's highest-rated QB this week, Marshall the 2nd highest-rated WR
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