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  1. davell
    I'm very pleased with this.
  2. davell
    that's weird i'd probably be more than happy winning 90 games a year even with a no WS guarantee See, I think that's weird. There's one winner each year. Winning 90 and not winning it all does nothing for me. In fact, it just hurts. So you are one of those people that didn't enjoy 2008? Not after it was over. We didn't win.
  3. davell
    Which is meaningless, because you can't know that. But that's what he asked. no it isn't "How many years of this BS is too much for a World Series to cure it?"
  4. davell
    that's weird i'd probably be more than happy winning 90 games a year even with a no WS guarantee See, I think that's weird. There's one winner each year. Winning 90 and not winning it all does nothing for me. In fact, it just hurts.
  5. davell
    Which is meaningless, because you can't know that. But that's what he asked.
  6. davell
    I personally don't give a [expletive] if they win 10 games TOTAL over the next 9 years if I know year 10 is a World Series winner.
  7. davell
    Wasn't he quoted saying he knew at the time it wasn't realistic but just couldn't justify telling the fan base it's going to take years of not trying? Is that true? If so, I don't remember any quote like that. I know rather recently he said the "dual fronts" quote was a mistake and he had underestimated Chicago politics.
  8. davell
    Theo made that comment when he first got to Chicago. If he had any inkling that the renovations wouldn't be any further along now as they were then, do you think he says that? Hell [expletive] no. Kind of tough to do the dual fronts thing when you don't have any money.
  9. davell
    Lots of notes from Mark Johnson(KC manager) Maples, Conway, and McNeil could all debut in KC late this summer. Tseng is polished Starting OF is Martin in left, Hannemann in center, Balaguert in right. Dunston is a swing guy. Could go with 6 man rotation after first two times through, 6th guy could be Underwood Pitching coach Dave Rosario gives them a bilingual coach, which they didn't have last year . Tseng has a translator traveling with him all year Hannemann is fastest guy Johnson has seen in a while Skulina's biggest thing to work on are mechanics
  10. davell
    Starting rotation in Kane County to start the year is Blackburn, Skulina, Taurez, Paniagua, and Tseng.
  11. davell
    Evidently Underwood tweaked his forearm in spring training and is running a bit behind. Maples broke a rib in his upper back and is out 8 weeks. Ugh.
  12. davell
    Three offseasons, a mid-level payroll. If that's not enough to get Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer past an 80-win cap, then are they really all that good? I think it's an honest question, but I think it's fairly intricate to try and answer. Our payroll would basically lend itself to adding two fairly large contracts. If you picked the exact right two, are we a playoff team? My honest guess is no and I know it WOULD increase the odds, but I still think the odds were against it. Then you weigh the two supposed players that were signed versus whatever age they were when signed, versus now.(impossible obviously) versus whatever 2nd rounder(s) it may have cost us AND the difference of going from Bryant at 2 to wherever a slightly improved win total would have picked and from 4 this year to wherever. I agree with the way they've gone if they didn't have the capability to just spend themselves into contention. And if it were possible, I truly wish there was an alternate universe that we could have watched the opposite way play out and we could compare the exact state of the two different paths. Because I do believe this is the one that would have wound up better for us.
  13. davell
    Tyrion's arm action is 2.3 times faster than Pineiro's.
  14. davell
    One, I don't give a flying [expletive] if we had won 73-80 games in either 2012 or 2013. Two, we're unfortunately not owned by the Guggenheim Group, therefore buying ourselves out of this [expletive] wasn't a real option. Three, we're 0 for my lifetime. If it takes a couple of shitty seasons, where we basically tank, to get better players for future, I don't give a [expletive]. One championship. That's what I want. If it takes sucking to do it, I don't [expletive] care.
  15. davell
    Just because you take a HS arm in the 1st doesn't mean you can't turn it into something else a year or two later. Giolito, after TJS and extremely few minor league innings(under 40) has the ability to bring back a major trade piece. If we take Kolek or Aiken at 4, the idea may just be that they'll have higher trade value quicker than the not quite as talented bats.
  16. davell
    Encino Man wins the day.
  17. davell
    Very cool to see Torrez make KC. Very surprised to see that Masek did not.
  18. davell
    Awesome.
  19. davell
    Expected to be able to play Wednesday.
  20. davell
    http://beta.sportingnews.com/article/4575705-baseball-twitter-mlb-must-follow-accounts-2014?modid=http://t.co/yBNluYFS54 I only posted this to laugh at it. TheCubReporter? Seriously? Holy [expletive], that's bad. And I like AZPhil as much as anyone....
  21. davell
    I'll go with 76. I agree with each thing you mentioned too. Will add that Castillo is an All Star, bullpen is good, but starting pitching is an issue. Especially after Shark gets dealt.
  22. davell
    Is he? Must've missed that. He was scratched a few days with a sore ankle. Don't think he's played since.
  23. davell
    Ruggiano is a bit banged up, isn't he?
  24. davell
    Where this class separates itself is in the depth. I think there's way more guys than normal that have mid to upper 90s velocity than in most years. We'll have a much better selection of arms to choose from in the 2-3 round area than we have had recently. Not a slight on the arms we took either.
  25. davell
    Wells could be with Tennessee because PJ is going to miss a start or two, I guess.
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