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  1. Sammy Sofa
    I really, really, REALLY hate the "only the Cobs"-style of thinking, but this season, both on and off the field, has been insanely taxing along those lines.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    I'm just hoping that what we're seeing is a byproduct of him working on things, specifically his approach. Progress isn't linear and all that. Like I said before, that's what I keep telling myself. It kinda needs to be true.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    My point is I don't care what OUR reaction was; my let down is that it was yet another guy that our FO wanted and, quite frankly, it turns out the team really, really, really needs, and they didn't get him. If it makes you feel better that everyone hated the signing at the time, great. If it makes you feel better that they're not getting these guys and Concepcion sucks, great. I don't really have the masochistic drive to derive any satisfaction from that at all because the end result is the team still stinks and it prolongs "the plan."
  4. Sammy Sofa
    I'll take "Invented Arguments" for $1000, Alex. Jeez. Can you possibly get more pretentious. So much mental masturbation on this site. We're arguing sports for goodness sakes. Get over yourself. That's a pretty telling response; first you deflect to an argument nobody was making and then you spin to the strawman of you simply don't like the responses.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Let's talk about Castro. Why does he suck? How much does he suck? More importantly, how can the people who understand baseball stats so much better than I do explain this to make me not want to steal Tree's forehead heroin needle?
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Alright, the end result sucks, but that was amazingly badass.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Castro's...kinda not good at anything right now. That would have been insanely close, but come on.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    He was completely out of shape for his workout, had some off-field questions (was suspended in Cuba a few times) and few teams had any info on him because he didn't play much in international competitions so the signing was panned. He's since gotten into shape and shown a lot of athleticism and power. He's a good prospect who is a notch below Soler (probably a top 40 or 50 prospect). Sure, he was panned by the peanut gallery seemingly due to the eye test of his appearance and a general lack of information, but the teams that DID have info seemed to really want him, the Cubs included. It's a broken record, but they need to get more of these guys with the way things are looking.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    That was everyone's denial speaking at the time. That happens a lot lately.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Baseball makes me sad.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, how ridiculous he put a guy largely cruising along back in with 95 pitches to ideally pitch through the 7th. Come on, this wasn't the stupid Samardijza decision from the other day.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/1580-6/500x396xweeping-frenchman.jpg.pagespeed.ic.EBrXDTmcK2.jpg
  13. Sammy Sofa
    You know he's just sitting there and touching himself inappropriately waiting for Castro and Soriano to screw up or not run something out so he can go full meatball.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    APPLAUD THAT POST, YOU ANIMALS.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    How is that possibly anything but a hindrance to, well, EVERYTHING?
  16. Sammy Sofa
    That's the best hat ever, you monster.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    The bold part seems like a REALLY broad generalization that excuses the fact that very obviously sets himself up to "have" to use the more unreliable member of the bullpen.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    I agree...but one of the ways managers can actively take part in winning them is with defensive shifts. And Dale is a defensive shift wizard. Like I said, he does a lot of things I like, but since there's only two options there's not a lot of room for nuance. Given all of the convincing arguments as to how this team's record should be a lot better and given how many wins they've blown because of his inexplicable handling of the bullpen, that main negative is too glaring for me to overlook.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    In a black and white yes or no situation I see no way for anybody to honestly answer yes. In a more nuanced poll there's room for debate. Definitely; in no way is my vote some kind of a meatball-y "HE NEEDS TO BE FIRED NAO"-type of response. He's done and does a lot that I like and hopefully he's fixable.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Easily "no;" I'm firmly of the belief that it's much easier for managers to lose games than it is for them to actively "win" them. My ideal managers are the ones where I forget they're there; Sweum was that for a while, but the bullpen management is just too glaringly obvious to miss and has likely cost them at least half a dozen games. Having a deeply flawed bullpen shouldn't be an excuse but an opportunity for a manager to show that they're actually capable. He's failing too spectacularly in that regard for me to vote "yes."
  21. Sammy Sofa
    HA-HA! It's like like a best of for teams that are bad! I get things!
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Man, I gotta be up at 7, I'm outta here.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    This is a ridiculous thing to say.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    They're still gonna win this.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    While I also have issues with bullpen management in this game, I think it should be pointed out that Sveum was tossed in the 2nd inning. Managers can still manage the team very easily after being tossed, and the bullpen management tonight has been textbook Sweum.
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