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  1. Sammy Sofa
    McD's! Bring back the Moonman.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, OK.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Johnson's defense doesn't make him all that appealing a platoon player, especially if he's having to man a corner spot.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    It's more than just about him being fat. It's about trying to match up his best years when we're going to be competitive. If we're signing him while accepting the fact that we still won't be much more than an 80 win team next season, then likely his best season as a Cub was just wasted. Also, a lot of posters seem okay with the thought that the end of the contract won't be great for Prince personally, so there's 2-3 wasted years of a huge contract. It's just a bad time. But yes, fat players have shown more of a propensity to decline sooner. It'll continue to be a bad time if they continually talk themselves out of singing impact FA because the first year they'll likely only be around .500 at best.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    So you'd be okay giving a 31 year old Ethier a 4 year deal? Dude, you don't understand; HE'S NOT FAT. You're getting me confused with someone else. My position on Prince has changed somewhat because Rizzo may be available and I really, really like his chances. And because we missed out on a bigtime pitcher. If Rizzo becomes what he's capable of, we'd have that much more cash to spend elsewhere. Along with I'm really starting to think Prince is getting 200 mill. I think he's an impact guy for sure. But I think Rizzo will be and obviously would come a hell of a lot cheaper. And if I had $500 every time someone here ridiculed a finished product in favor of some prospect who's incredibly likely to not be anywhere near as good as people think, I'd be a hell of a lot richer and happier. Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. Come on, he's mashing in the PCL! The guy is all but a lock!
  6. Sammy Sofa
    He man, you avoid not getting locked into fatty money then you can afford the WORLD.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    So you'd be okay giving a 31 year old Ethier a 4 year deal? Dude, you don't understand; HE'S NOT FAT.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    I was asked who we COULD spend money on in 2013. BASED ON A SCENARIO I had mentioned. As one of the biggest bats avaialable that offseason, I mentioned him, proceeded to say he wouldn't hit the market, followed by saying he had tons of red flags, followed by saying if I'm signing a bat from that class, it'd probably be Upton or maybe Ethier, but we'd probably have to trade for a bat because the class is so weak. What a ringing endorsment for Josh Hamilton I gave! Ethier? Jesus Christ. What's wrong with Ethier, other than he's evidently a prick towards some of his current teammates? He played hurt most of this past season and his 3 previous ones he had OPS'S of .885, .869, and .857. He'd be 31 at that point and could probably be had on a 3 or 4 year deal. I don't see a problem with him. He's not great defensively? That's not enough to bother me about him. Too old, too overrated, too expensive.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Nonsense. If in 3 years the Cubs have a good team out that looks to be in it for the long haul it's not a failure. My gripe is the potential awfulness we have to witness to get to that point if they're trying to do it on the cheap. theo wouldn't be a failure under those circumstances, but we'd be giving him an awful low bar to hop over. i mean, how many guys have gotten a chance to do things that way? to have easily top-5 resources in the league, but don't worry about losing 100 games over and over while you rebuild for three straight seasons? Hey, I'm totally agreed. Bottoming out intentionally to fulfill this asinine notion of building teams "the right way" seems like a waste of time. It's one thing if the money isn't there; it's another if they're just not using it. They're almost certainly using it one way or the other. The question is if they are using it on major league payroll or not. I doubt that Theo is just going to leave 30 million of his budget unspent. If they're not using it that's coming from Ricketts, not Theo.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    I was asked who we COULD spend money on in 2013. BASED ON A SCENARIO I had mentioned. As one of the biggest bats avaialable that offseason, I mentioned him, proceeded to say he wouldn't hit the market, followed by saying he had tons of red flags, followed by saying if I'm signing a bat from that class, it'd probably be Upton or maybe Ethier, but we'd probably have to trade for a bat because the class is so weak. What a ringing endorsment for Josh Hamilton I gave! Ethier? Jesus Christ.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Nonsense. If in 3 years the Cubs have a good team out that looks to be in it for the long haul it's not a failure. My gripe is the potential awfulness we have to witness to get to that point if they're trying to do it on the cheap. theo wouldn't be a failure under those circumstances, but we'd be giving him an awful low bar to hop over. i mean, how many guys have gotten a chance to do things that way? to have easily top-5 resources in the league, but don't worry about losing 100 games over and over while you rebuild for three straight seasons? Hey, I'm totally agreed. Bottoming out intentionally to fulfill this asinine notion of building teams "the right way" seems like a waste of time. It's one thing if the money isn't there; it's another if they're just not using it.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Nonsense. If in 3 years the Cubs have a good team out that looks to be in it for the long haul it's not a failure. My gripe is the potential awfulness we have to witness to get to that point if they're trying to do it on the cheap.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, you silly billies.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    And anyone who argued against signing Prince because he's fat who also suggests signing the older, junkie-brittled Josh Hamilton instead (in the off chance he even hits the market) needs a smack on the tush.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    The organization doesn't need to be "torn down," and they can easily both build/rebuild internally AND spend big.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Irony. Nah. I'm really cool when I get mad. It's a simmering, sensual fury. Those expletives slip from my lips with the hiss of a steam grate on a sultry summer night down a dangerous alley in the big city. That second sentence creeps me the [expletive] out. It's time to appreciate the classics, kid.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    "Going cheap" implies that they are not spending the money they have; it is entirely possible that they're not spending money because they don't have much to spend. Yes, I know; that sucks. Whether they are choosing to not spend or they can't spend, the end result is still awful.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Irony. Nah. I'm really cool when I get mad. It's a simmering, sensual fury. Those expletives slip from my lips with the hiss of a steam grate on a sultry summer night down a dangerous alley in the big city.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    It is entirely possible that the Ricketts haven't found enough ways to monetize the team at this point, and they are in fact running a deficit. They then decided that the best way to spend money most efficiently was to allocate the money to the place where it could turn the most immediate profit-in facilities (hence the Mesa facility, as well as the purchase of the McDonald's location and a a push to improve Wrigley) and the front office (where a mind like Epstein can be had for roughly the same cost as a middle reliever). If/when those investments pay off (which may not be for several years), the Cubs become the big market team everyone thinks they are. Until then, It is possible they may be operating in the red. Then it's back to the good ol' days of suck for a while. Yeah, I know, building for the future is fine and I want them to do that, but I'm not going to lie and act like I give a [expletive] about the minors until any of those players are actually producing for the Cubs. I'm a fan of the major league team, and spending years waiting for the farm system to develop while our offense is for the foreseeable future is a pretty barren wasteland of mediocrity outside of Castro is depressing as hell. If it all starts paying off years down the line, hey, great; it's just going to REALLY suck getting there in the meantime if the Ricketts are going cheap.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    If you consider each decision they've made in isolation like this, then there's nothing wrong with it. But the whole picture is getting a little less impressive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2aN4S2fGoA Feel any better? Not really, no, because that was in the context of a large market team that wasn't afraid to act like one. Based on the (granted, very, very limited) history and trends we're seeing it appears that the Ricketts don't want the Boston world of "Moneyball" and big money; they just want the former with a smattering of the latter. I could, however, be wrong about this. I hope I am. Going after J.D. Drew when you have Youk and Pedroia and Manny and Ortiz and Beckett and Schilling is pretty shrewd. Going after DeJesus and Stewart when you have the projected 2012 Cubs is depressing because it bodes for years of pain.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Theo's a [expletive] genius and I think it's odd that he's being questioned already as though he's a moron the likes of Jim Hendry, but whatever. Questioning the Cubs organization (ie-the people with money) is not the same as acting like Theo is a "moron." Calm the [expletive] down.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    It's the general malaise. There's being smart and frugal when necessary and prudent and then there's (so far) holy crap, we're just tanking this for a while. I'm not mad at the FO; I'm mad that potentially the Ricketts ARE going cheap. The FO can only work with what they have.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    LET IT WASH OVER YOU.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    It's insane that we're talking about the Cubs like they're the [expletive] Brewers or some [expletive].
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Why? Pitchers can fall off of a cliff, they're really expensive, the Cubs won't be that much closer to competing, their offense will still su-OH, HEY, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THE REASONS JERKS SAY TO NOT SPEND THIS YEAR YET AGAIN. Nice self-defeating scenario you've created, dicks.
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