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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Sports fans like this are the absolute worst; when you create this ridiculous high standard of championship or bust, what's even the point? The odds are stacked so high against winning it all you're just setting yourself up to be furious and miserable every single year.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    So when JL3 lights up Lebron James and the deep Bench Mob plays outstanding basketball, I can gloat and parade that the Bulls are championship material? That would be pretty stupid given the health issues they're facing next season.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Really, if you went just by this guy's posts you'd assume the Bulls were a terrible team riddled with terrible contracts run by one of the most incompetent FO in the NBA. But then he'll turn around and say "they're not good enough to win the title," nevermind that he's gone out of his way to make them sound like a hapless organization that would be lucky to win 40 games.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Asik being a better defender doesn't make Noah's contract a bad one.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, actually.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Yes they have bad contracts. How do you figure?
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Deng and Noah have horrible contracts?
  8. Sammy Sofa
    I don't want them to take pitching for the sake of pitching, but I would prefer them to get a good pitching return than positional return.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    I think you forgot something. Ugh horrible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16qhwX26vOA&feature=youtube_gdata_player Also, I recommend watching with speakers off. Thanks for the speaker warning! That someone in 2008 somehow thought it was acceptable in any way, shape or form to listen to that song is horrifying.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Aren't most trades for pitchers based around pitching prospects (or at least one top pitching prospect)? As I said, if that's a route the FO is going to pursue then the Cubs need pitching prospects, because the cupboard is pretty [expletive] bare right now. Yeah, pitching prospects can be more risky, but the benefit of having multiple highly regarded pitching prospects is that more often other teams are willing to take on that risk in a trade for an established starter than if you're offering position prospects.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    i'd have an easier time laughing at that clown if the cubs' unofficial mascot were not an obnoxious unemployed drifter. Ronnie Woo Woo isn't a drifter. Being a drifter would mean he would at least sometimes not be where the Cubs are.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    I definitely want them to get pitching as the main pieces. I mean, yeah, if for some reason they're being offered a near-slam dunk non-pitching prospects, fine...but I doubt that happens. Plus starting pitching is an area of EXTREME need, even on a team with as many needs as this one. Getting pitching prospects works twofold; you have resources from which internal options at a barren position will emerge and/or you're more likely to be able to trade for quality starting pitching if you have good pitching prospects.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    See also Maholm, Paul. Notably, there wasn't anywhere close to the same reaction as the Maholm signing even though we're paying him significantly more. Because, as David said, he plays a more valuable position.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Drop: Kemp Add: Bautista Drop: Smoak Add: Encarnacion Wild Card change: Mike Trout
  15. Sammy Sofa
    what the [expletive] is the white sox thing supposed to represent? also the blue jays' mascot is lame. The White Sox mascot is a...thing named "Southpaw." When you think that's ridiculous, please note that this used to be their unofficial mascot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_the_Clown http://i.ytimg.com/vi/c-AH4YTQhwM/0.jpg
  16. Sammy Sofa
    And most of the "overreaction" is people like WSR making stupid jokes; most of the "anti-Johnson" posts (if you can even call it that) are very calmly stating why such a signing is a waste or simply questioning the point.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    That's still $1.15 million they didn't have to pay. Like TT said, it's just a pointless move; the Cubs are nowhere near the point they need to be paying for a player like him, plus he's unlikely to net you anything of real value in a trade, so why bother?
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Holy [expletive], I love that.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, the former GM of the Red Sox has absolutely no clue what it would be like to see a beloved (or whatever Dempster is) player playing for a bitter rival. NO IDEA AT ALL.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    I'm just amused that Kyle says they sucked starting in 1909 when literally the very next year they went to the World Series (and again in '18, '29, '32, '35, '38 and '45). Between '09 and '45 they were mostly a mediocre team, except for most of the 30's. That said, I view the true futility as not starting until after 1945.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    2003 was worse for me because the playoffs are a crapshoot and we were never really in the 2008 series. In 2003 a WS appearance was in hand and it slipped out between the fingers at the last second. After game 4 it seemed like it was over and the series berth a formality. Over the course of the 2008 season my expectations were very high (because the team was much better), but the end lacked the lightning quick reversal of fortune brutality that I felt in 2003. Yeah, first round playoff losses are just so anti-climactic for me. I was pissed when they lost game 1 in 2008, but because of what happened the year before and because teams who lose the first game of the first round tend to get bounced I moved to the acceptance part much quicker. I guess it was like when Rose went down in the playoffs this season; everything afterwards was likely just a formality, so it was easier to accept.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    2003 wrecked me for a couple of days, but 2004 is the one that really put me in an extended foul mood for a while.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    But he's pretty good when the pressure is kinda high; he's bad only when it's at its peak.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Why would you possibly post this. Legit concern? Historically, Lilly was a better pitcher than Dempster, though Dempster's having a monster season. Also, my memory of 2010 is as hazy as I hope for my memory of 2012 will be by this time next year, but I don't recall Lilly having any injury issues in 2010 and Demp's been on the DL twice, which I can't imagine GMs not taking into consideration when trading prospects for a 2-3 month rental no matter how he's looking at the time. Another example is Edwin Jackson, who had a 2.2 WAR when the White Sox traded him on 7/27, and they ended up getting garbage for him, although he was immediately flipped in the Rasmus trade. You must have to actually try to make points this torturous.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Yikes.
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