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Blackouts Be Gone! Lawsuit Names Selig, MLB TV Networks
Sammy Sofa replied to JockJones's topic in General Baseball Talk
Sorry, but I want the Cubs to get that phat TV cash. Go away, lawsuit. -
Man, that's eerily similar to the parody post SSR made earlier.
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Kyle, them's the breaks when you switch your argument at the drop of a post just because you can.
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Yeah, who was thinking Cespedes was likely to just blow up and be amazing his first year?
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This is now Kyle's new thing. It's hysterical how he has, like, 8 different conflicting viewpoints in thread alone.
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No, I was just lazy and came in mid-argument. WAIT, WHAT, NO, THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
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Rizzo called up
Sammy Sofa replied to mred's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
That article and the comments are a little depressing. The implication is that some scouts are worried he can't hit advanced velocity. It seems to me like that's exactly the kind of hole AAA, full of marginal MLB veteran arms, would suck at exploiting. What the hell article did you read? -
Rizzo called up
Sammy Sofa replied to mred's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Doesn't everyone? -
That's because you're Kyle.
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You mean like spending six months saying it would be inexcusable for the Cubs to slash payroll and rebuild, and now saying it was understandable given the circumstances? It was unnecessary. I disagree with it. Did then, do now. But it's understandable given the circumstances they walked in on last fall. Now it is not. Yes, this.
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It was just about this time a year ago that TT (and myself, and others) repeatedly made it abundantly clear that we didn't have to go through this year of suck. Epstein disagreed. What makes you so confident that this time will be different? Because the arguments are different. I admire your persistence. Last year it was a barren farm system that wouldn't allow for significant trades and a FA class that didn't jive with the team at the point they were at (though they tried for Darvish and Cespedes). Now you have even more money and more tradeable assets (and likely more to come). They have more to work with.
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They don't have to go through "one more year of suck" to get to that point, as TT has made abundantly clear. And I'm saying the FO thinks you're wrong. A year's worth of extremely high picks and IFA budget, plus the ability to see what you have with Brett, Castillo, Vitters, and whoever else may be acquired trumps the possibility to win 75-80 games, lose some prospects, lose draft and IFA positioning, and still not win a WS. Trade Garza and Dempster and you have more than enough pieces to work with. And you can't always "see what you have" because often that kills trade value. If you wait to do that with too many prospects you destroy your assets.
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It was just about this time a year ago that TT (and myself, and others) repeatedly made it abundantly clear that we didn't have to go through this year of suck. Epstein disagreed. What makes you so confident that this time will be different? Because the arguments are different.
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They don't have to go through "one more year of suck" to get to that point, as TT has made abundantly clear.
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LIAR. http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs4/1751719_o.gif You can't use that. It's illegal.
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LIAR.
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Take it up with Theo. It wasn't my first choice on how to run an organization, but it's what we've got. No, it's not. *checks 25-man roster* Yeah, we do. Again: really bad, even for you.
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Take it up with Theo. It wasn't my first choice on how to run an organization, but it's what we've got. No, it's not.
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He regretted giving in to the pressures of always being in on every free agent and constantly playing the arms race battle with the Yankees. He regretted being so heavily veteran free agent focused. There's some middle ground here people between the obscenely stupid everybody from within scenario and what the Red Sox started doing in their desperation to stay on top and compete with the Yankees every single minute. Agreed. But I don't think Theo's interpretation of that middle ground involves the Cubs making any moves for impact, prime-year players this coming offseason. I wouldn't at all be surprised if it's the same flow-chart as last year: Do we have a young, potentially core player ready to take the spot? If no, is there someone cheap available that we might be able to flip into some trade value at the deadline? If no, then find some organizational AAA roster fill with a tiny hint of upside and just let them take up space. Which is setting yourself up for failure more often than not.
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His last name is a nickname. He's very efficient.
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So then why the hell do you have Bryan LaHair as the starting LF? Well, we pretty much can guarantee Soriano isn't sticking around. And I've looked at FA for next year, we ain't signing Hamilton. Lee is old as hell and can't play the field anyway. Melky? Pay way up for him at this point? I can't see it. Upton? Sure, if he comes cheap enough, which I doubt. Maybe Delmon Young? Buy low guy anyway? Personally, I think we'd be better off with the LaHair/Gomes platoon I had. Personally I think it is asinine to pencil in LaHair as your starting LF on Opening Day, on purpose. Fine. So why not offer up someone else for discussion, instead of just criticizing my option? Alfonso Soriano.
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He regretted giving in to the pressures of always being in on every free agent and constantly playing the arms race battle with the Yankees. He regretted being so heavily veteran free agent focused. There's some middle ground here people between the obscenely stupid everybody from within scenario and what the Red Sox started doing in their desperation to stay on top and compete with the Yankees every single minute. NO, NO MIDDLE GROUND. HE'S EITHER GOING TO FARM A LUSCIOUS CROP OF YOUNGSTERS OR TRADE THEM ALL AND SPEND LIKE HE'S THE DUBAI OF BASEBALL. THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION.
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That's bad, even for you, Kyle. Yup, the only options are going homegrown or "going nuts in the trade market." Stellar work.
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Apparently to the point where the Cubs are going to have a sub-$60 million payroll. Which is just stupid.
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Because I didn't care about the rest. I took that interview as an obviously tongue-in-cheek response/hypothetical, because God help us if it isn't. You cannot strive to make a team like that because you WILL fail at least 9 times out of 10. You took that as tongue in cheek? It seemed completely honest to me, and it completely explained everything he's done so far as president of the Cubs. Why wouldn't it explain the near future? Because you can't actively try to build a team that way because it fail WAY more often than not. It's a waste of the resources of the Chicago Cubs and it's a waste of the ability of our FO because it's such an absurdly one-sided, narrowly focused approach to building a baseball team. Seriously, if the pitch that brought Theo and co. here was allowing them to go crazy and try to build a team that way then Ricketts failed. Miserably. Fortunately that article makes it clear that this is not the case when HE HIMSELF SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
