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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, that's basically my take on it; looking at they've been able to do with McCown should be an endorsement of wanting to see it do even better with Cutler, not just stick with the backup. It is hard to see the offense playing any better than it did last night, regardless of who the quarterback is. I still think Cutler should be the starting quarterback, but I feel much better about moving on without him if they are unable to sign him. Well, last night is the screwy exception of playing a defense that's even worse than the Bears'; I'm talking more about the games leading up to it, unless people are thinking that last night was some kind of "beakthrough" for McCown.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, that's basically my take on it; looking at they've been able to do with McCown should be an endorsement of wanting to see it do even better with Cutler, not just stick with the backup.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Wait, the [expletive] is going on with Wilson in this thread? Is this something other people actually think? I have no idea how you took any of that away from what he said. Guy had a good game, a sick block, he was the first one right there pumping up and congratulating Bush and Alshon after their touchdowns, and you think he's a selfish "diva?" I do not understand sports fans sometimes.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Please don't be so awful.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    So [expletive] sad. His is the only named jersey I've ever had.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    I'd say he's more in the top 20-30 range, but I could be wrong.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    It's not about "what I would give up for him," it's about what they would accept for him. What do they have to gain from taking our garbage? Just because that's what Anderson's risk is worth to us, does not mean that's his "value." You don't go into Best Buy (you shouldn't anyway, screw you derwood) and look at a $1,400 60-inch tv and go "well it would be nice, but I already have this nice 50 inch" and offer the store $400 for it because that's what it's worth to you. I like you.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, thank God; I thought we had found someone that had wanted the Cubs to be tanking it for even longer.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    In what insane universe does someone want four years of this hell.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    This is basically WSR's time to shine.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    That doesn't mean it's a good idea to do it. At some point, at a certain length and size of contract, even the richest teams are hurting themselves more than helping themselves (yes, in terms of winning games, not just payroll efficiency)...so it's not like, "well someone else is willing to do it so if we want to get that guy we have to do it" is a always going to be good justification for doing it. That's what I don't get about this argument. I get that "You have to do it to get great free agents..." but is getting great free agents, particularly these older ones that are now the norm, a good thing at literally any cost? Where is the line drawn? What/where that point is, I'm not really smart or informed enough to say...but it seems silly to justify it by saying well if you want this guy you have to do it. Then you're probably better off having smart front office people find wins elsewhere. It's not like you need elite superstars to win in baseball. It's not basketball. I'm just saying it's wishful thinking to think they're going away, not that the Cubs have to pay them.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Christ, I have to argue with both sides of you lunatics. What exactly was so horrific about the Soriano contract? Ask the people who bitched and moaned about it every day since it was signed The meatballs?
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Well, for one, the idea that 10 year contracts are going away seems a faulty premise since one was just signed. And yeah, in the context of the team we're all here for 7 year monster deals might as well be 10 year monster deals. Those monsters shrinking a couple years isn't drastically changing the FA landscape, nevermind that there seems to be little indication that the giant deals won't continue besides "well, the Yankees aren't doing them right now so...profit?" It just seems like wishful thinking to think that 8-10 year deals are going away; there's always going to be a team willing to to pay that or that needs to barring some kind of crazy industry collapse.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Somehow the Yankees simply trying to manage their huge spending to a slightly less huge level has become "BIG CONTRACTS ARE DYING!!!"
  15. Sammy Sofa
    All it really takes is one team willing to gave 8-10 years for a guy; that type of situation likely isn't going away. You say you think teams are shying away from it, but we just had a team do it 2 days ago. It was never something that was happening left and right.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    It does now, sure. Cano is an elite hitter, but he's not an offensive monster (like say, Pujols or A-Rod were in their primes, or even Fielder). If, as some have predicted and seems likely, he'll need to be moved off of second, his offensive value diminishes. As he declines, it's only going to be more the case. I don't see it as a case of "we can just move him to DH as he nears 40 and his bat will still play". Why not? It's not like Someone has to be Pujols or ARod to work as a DH; why can't Cano be like a less power-mad Ortiz as he shifts into that role? People have been saying that for years and years; with all of the money out there these aren't going to vanish. There are always going to be teams with money willing to gamble on getting more out of a big contract than they lose. That's...an odd way of looking at it. "Decline and mediocrity" are not the same thing; an elite player declining can still be very valuable for years away from their peak, so lumping everything together as 7-8 years of burning money seems like a pretty huge generalization.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Literal laugh out loud. He's acting about as clumsy as people in infomercials trying to figure out how to work a blanket or pour a soda. Although he is right when he says "what a piece of [expletive]." I guess Oswald couldn't afford an .03 Springfield or 1917 Enfield. In the same magazine where that Carcano sold for 19 dollars, an 03 Springfield was just being sold for 30 bucks. A 98k Mauser would have been great and not too expensive. Basically any military bolt action rifle at the time was better than a Carcano. Hey, the guy was bouncing from job to job and moving a lot; even just $11 probably seemed like too steep a difference that day (basically would be about $85 more today). And as relatively crappy as it was, hey, it got the job done. And him harping on the scope is so typical; Oswald was trained to fire using iron sights anyway and could have easily just used those instead. Plus the scope was still usable; someone aware of how it was off could easily compensate, and he almost certainly did know since he had practiced with it plenty of times before that day.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Well, it's not much of a precedent if it's basically business as usual.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Big name players getting ridiculous deals isn't anything new.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Plus Cano is a good [expletive] hitter.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    You're really concerned for the Mariners over this. If they can swing the money they're probably not too worried about those last 2-3 years.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, pity the poor AL team that will be forced to continually start him at 2B for the entire length of his contract. Lordy, if only there was an option through which they might be able to maximize his offensive value even as his defensive ability declines...BUT HOW?!? HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW?!?! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW?!?!?!?
  23. Sammy Sofa
    This cracks me up: It's like OJ trying on the glove in the court.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    You realize about a million other people had some variation of that opinion, right? Cano to the Cubs was little more than a hope.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Overkill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WovyEqfR8Hg precisely. the whole "6 seconds!?!" part of conspiracy nutters is so stupid. Oswald hardly needed to be some Chris Kyle "Devil of Ramadi" type sniper to pull off the murder. Plus, like it's been mentioned, the 6 seconds window is likely off and it's more like he had 9 seconds. The whole thing is hinged on making the shooting sound a lot more impressive than it really was; it's weird how conspiracy theorists talk about the "Magic Bullet" like it was some amazing feat of shooting when it was just something a bullet does in a split second when two bodies get in its way.
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