Sammy Sofa
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Why?
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Ha - I suppose that sooner or later one of the insults hurled at him is funny. I just find it absurd that he's universally recognized as the board punching bag and 1) he keeps coming back and 2) people keep reading. Yeah, because if people say bad things about you, you should just run away and cry and never show your face again. He can be here all he wants, as far as I'm concerned. If someone doesn't like a poster, they should, oh, I don't know.... USE THEIR IGNORE FEATURE, or shut the hell up about it because it can't be that bad if you're completely unwilling to act. I do use the feature. It's been discussed elsewhere recently. It's funny that you'd tell me to shut the hell up in a comment defending someone's else right to post whatever they want. No big deal - not looking for an argument. The most telling thing is that the two posters to jump all over you over this have been Theo and erik. Keep on keepin' on. -
The local media contract ends after the 2013 season. The new deal will likely eclipse the Yankees contract. Texas just got about 150 mil a year (and the Angels a bit more), the Dodgers should be worth at least twice that. So the new owners are just trying to pump up interest before negotiations. note: The Cubs receive about 50 mil a year from WGN and CSN. Though the WGN contract ends 2014, the CSN contract doesn't until after 2019. I wonder if the Cubs will even have any interest in working a new deal with WGN now that the Tribsters aren't involved in ownership. Why? The Tribune company still owns WGN, and a new TV deal should be beholden to the Cubs first, not the network. If they have to stay in partnership I'd prefer it be Comcast since the Ricketts own a 20% stake in Comcast Sportsnet Chicago.
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He's on my shot list too I'm pretty indifferent to the guy, but I'm surprised at the number of people here who talk about him like he's likely to be anything more than a backup. I've seen posts where people think he could be a starter or even could be a valuable trading chip.
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Hanley (28) has looked like his old self since coming to the Dodgers, Crawford (31) was as well when healthy this year. A Gon's (30) has been pretty huge as well, and a change from the AL East to the NL West could be huge, assuming that he can stay healthy. With the possible exception of Beckett, and he's only 31-32, it's not like these are a bunch of over the hill, declining players heading off to die. These guys should dominate the NL for the next 3-5 years. Of course the same was said about the Phillies not too long ago. Why would moving to the NL West help AGone? I won't help him. If anything, it'll hurt him, for a number of clear reasons. Saying it will help him was ignorant at best. I actually very much meant Beckett there. Which is true for obvious reasons. Lies.
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Stop saying Jimbo.
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The Dodgers have my 2010 The Show 1-4.
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This is the last year of Zambrano. Not sure if he's counting that. But yeah, this team isn't filled with large contracts like the national media will probably continue to say it is this winter. Even if he is counting it his idea that they weren't serious about trying to sign someone like Cespedes is undercut by how little money they have locked up going forward from this year and how they doled out cash to Soler and Castro. If that's the case why isn't Cespedes a Cub? Because apparently they didn't want to sign him for only 4 years.
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This is the last year of Zambrano. Not sure if he's counting that. But yeah, this team isn't filled with large contracts like the national media will probably continue to say it is this winter. Even if he is counting it his idea that they weren't serious about trying to sign someone like Cespedes is undercut by how little money they have locked up going forward from this year and how they doled out cash to Soler and Castro.
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Evan Longoria says you can put "almost" in. Evan Longoria's "star player" contract doesn't exist yet. When it does he almost certainly will not be worth all of it.
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Well, we don't live in a made up world where impact players have to be worth their entire contract to be valuable. Because they almost never are. Wait, that's wrong; leave out "almost."
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When all is said and done Gonzalez will still probably be worth around $15 million this year, so I don't think worrying about someone as talented as him bouncing back at age 30 would be something to lose sleep over.
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Lies.
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Too late for that. Aside from the 2nd round pick and despite how early it still is, all indications are that this was an Angeloish type draft from Emery. We should have either done more free agent damage or drafted anyone but Shea at that slot. All he preached was how he wanted to draft immediate impact players and his picks were the opposite of immediate impact. Even a rookie WR needs more time then other positions to develop. i'm ok with the draft. i like jeffery and rodriguez a lot, i think hardin is a specimen. i'm not sold on mcclellin yet. I love Jeffrey don't get me wrong. But rodriguez is a smallish TE (project), Hardin never played Safety in his life (project) and Shea is undersized, lacking strength and experience at DE (project). i wouldn't call rodriguez a project just because he's not the starter, they will utilize him at a couple of positions this year to help immediately. hardin doesn't need to be an impact player because we have conte and wright as the starters. shea is a dude that they've been rotating on on third down to rush the passer and have an impact there. make no mistake, any pass rusher they drafted would have been utilized the same way. there is a learning curve for every single rookie in the NFL, but just because that exists doesn't mean that every rookie is a project. the season hasn't started yet, easy there. Nope, it's too late.
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It's different because one player is better than the other and younger. Soriano was a poorly thought out move from day one. Gonzalez is better and only 30 this year; he's the kind of guy you can still build a team around.
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On SOSH, they are hearing that the Dodgers will pick up 96% of the salary coming from Boston. I definitely think this is a good trade for the Red Sox, but I'm surprised the Sox fans aren't more upset about losing AGonz after all the fanfare his arrival brought 2 years ago. I know he's underperformed a bit but the dude is still a great hitter and young enough (well..he's 30) to be a contributor 2-3 years down the road. Would you have bailed on the Soriano contract in August 2008 if the Cubs were out of it and not likely to contend in 2009? If you could get a return and not pay most of the contract? Alfonso Soriano would have been 33-year old Alfonso Soriano in 2009 as opposed to Adrian Gonzalez being 31-year old Adrian Gonzalez in 2012. This doesn't seem like the best comparison.
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Just stop playing dense. It's been posted numerous times how little money they have on the books in terms of owed payroll going forward, so unless you're acting like you have even less reading comprehension than WSR this is just stupid, even for you. I mean, really; what bad contract could you possibly claim they have at this point besides Soriano's? Unless you think his money somehow magically counts for 4 times what it actually is you're clearly just trolling.
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Just admit you have no clue what you're talking about. What about bad contracts is wrong? Soriano is not a bad contract? Rebuilding Wrigs. etc.... This is some ridiculous trolling. They are clearly not burdened by "bad contracts" at this point.
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Cubs claim LHP Alex Hinshaw
Sammy Sofa replied to BCVM22's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
True as it may be, if I must choke down God awful baseball, I prefer to watch palyers that have a chance to play a role in the future, and Hinshaw does not fit that mold as far as I'm concerned. Beliveau does. If they needed the roster spot for someone who really seemed promising, I'd have no problem with it. However, going by minor league career numbers alone, Hinshaw is basically an older, poor mans Beliveau, or a lower-middle class Scott Maine. What the [expletive] are you babbling about. 10 days. 10 DAYS. -
Just admit you have no clue what you're talking about.
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love love love the all-whites. They haven't worn them since the 09 opener, when Urlacher got hurt, Cutler threw 50 picks, and Mannelly snapped the ball to Garrett Wolfe on a punt. Either Urlacher doesn't get to choose the uniform combo anymore, or he thinks they're cursed. But I, too, love love love them i was at that game You're a stone cold menace.
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I love video game trades.
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Lance Armstrong to be stripped of Tour de France titles
Sammy Sofa replied to erik316wttn's topic in Other Sports
Yuuuuup. -
Yeah, it's a damn shame we're lowering ourselves from the long, illustrious history of victory this team is renowned for.
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thefootballknowitall.com, of course.
