Sammy Sofa
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Everything posted by Sammy Sofa
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Nah, if they get him, I really do think its to give them more credibility with FA. Hey, maybe it gets Cano and co. to come down even further than he'll have to from their ridiculous contract expectations.
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Really kinda blase about Girardi; my main concern is that it's their attempt at a big move this offseason to placate the meatballs.
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Robinson Cano Sweepstakes Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to rocket's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncHgI1ToFc Further clarification: -
Robinson Cano Sweepstakes Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to rocket's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
http://i.imgur.com/pEcfnUE.gif Oh yes. -
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Robinson Cano Sweepstakes Thread
Sammy Sofa replied to rocket's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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There are 11-13 4 win 1B in baseball? What an age we live in. in fairness, they really need to adjust replacement level so it stops assuming that a replacement first baseman would be a ghost and the ball would just float through him when the shortstop threw it over Congratulations: you just created Angels in the Outfield 2: Angels in the Infield, you monster.
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Like signing Tanaka? Oh man, there's no guarantee he pitches better than two guys the Cubs no longer have and need to replace. Welp, better not sign him.
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It's the feel-terrible show of the year!
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Week 4 Bears (3-0) @ Lions (2-1) Noon CT Fox/780
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Fine. 48-6. -
Still wouldn't make you happy if we missed out one one single guy Whoa, hey, put away the big guns, man. That's really hurtful.
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800 kajillion dollars.
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Week 4 Bears (3-0) @ Lions (2-1) Noon CT Fox/780
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Me either. I think stafford is going to have a great day. Bears are 9-1 in their last 10 games against the Lions, and 7-1 with Stafford as the starting QB. Should have lost one of those on one play Peanut wasn't on Calvin. And that was with a pass rush. And no Reggie Bush. The Bears are going to leave messy farts all over the Lions. 41-13. -
neely, do you ever get the feeling that you're too smart for this place? If so, run with that.
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The FO ought to always listen to offers on anyone. If someone is going to overpay in a big way, trade him. Yeah, but that's not very likely right now. Trading guys like him or Rizzo is especially foolish given they had down years and they're so young, so it's not like another bad season has them teetering precariously close to the post-30 time of death.
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Someone, please, take the [expletive] shot.
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Bud Selig to retire after 2014 season
Sammy Sofa replied to captain_kickass's topic in General Baseball Talk
Post-'94, is this the longest stretch where the game hasn't had any labor issues in, like, a really, really long time? -
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
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Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrizzo with the RBI single off of Liriano...me like.
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Well, but that speaks to the larger issue of how things are really working against them in terms of timing; yeah, they have money to spend, but it's on a really shitty FA class. I'm excited about the other stuff, but I have a feeling the spending is going to be pretty anti-climactic largely out of necessity (mainly a repeat of the kind of spending they did going in to 2013). Definitely can be useful, but this is really coming down to Castro and Rizzo bouncing back and the farm starting to pay off.
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Somewhere Ryan Theriot starts to stir...
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They definitely "tried" this year. Were they putting out a team likely to win the division and kick a ton of ass? Of course not, but given what they had to work with I think they did a good job of putting together a team that on paper should have been hovering around .500 for a good chunk of the season. Obviously it didn't work out that way due to some key players really underperforming, but to talk about this season like they set out there shooting for another disastrous run is pretty disingenuous.
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But they didn't, so it's impressive under these conditions. Being able to focus on the farm system isn't a guarantee that the people in charge can actually succeed at making a good farm system. Like I said, there's still a lot to prove, but within the context of what's been done so far I find it relatively impressive.
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Given the lack of an actual dual mandate, and the fact that most other teams actually try to be good at the major league level, I really don't think it is that impressive. A fair amount of the big names were already here, most notably Vogelbach and Baez. The most refined blue chipper they have is only here because they were allowed to take a dive in 2012. They have thrown much more money at the farm than other teams in recent years and have been the most active in terms of trading veterans for prospects. I really don't think that making a farm system climb the rankings while focusing exclusively on the farm and abandoning the major league team is all that difficult. We just disagree on this; I don't see it as nothing. It's not nothing, but it's like focusing on only half of your job. Of course you would do better at it. It's becoming more and more clear that it's largely been a matter of necessity given the Ricketts' financial liabilities.
