Sammy Sofa

Yessss.

Or as Earl Weaver said, Jim Thome is the type "that can sit on his ass for eight innings and enjoy watching the baseball game just like any other fan and then have the ability to get up there and break one open in the [expletive] ninth" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKxf3OkpJc holy jesus I've never heard this omg what is i dont even Really? The Manager's Corner prank is pretty legendary.

dew just made a point that too many don't seem to get; if the Cubs are somehow "crippled" or severely limited by Pujols making $25-$30 million a year 7 years from now then the organization has severely fucked up across the board. This is a team that should be able to take a contract that size and still have plenty left to work with, ESPECIALLY when you're looking at almost a decade from now.

What the [expletive], man. Between this and the Carlton story you're trouncing everyone.

Are the home and away clubhouses the same? I thought I remembered that the Cubs clubhouse is fine and up to date, while they just left the away clubhouse crappy and with things like bad hot water systems and stuff. I might be completely off, but I thought I remembered reading that awhile ago. Nope, the home clubhouse is a piece of [expletive], too Yeah, the home clubhouse is technical better than the away dungeon, but compared to basically every other home clubhouse it's a disgrace.

Keeping Garza.

Poor some gravy on that heaping helping of irony, dammit.

The question now is whether "primo" was a sticking point pre- or post-breakdown.

Blorp thanks blorp for blorp that blorp!

A madman would indeed think something like that.

That "tss" thing is some primo crazy.

PSYCH!!!!!!!!!!

That gif times perfectly with every song I've just skimmed through in my music library.

YES.

He is a suit, and people hate suits. He's from the Tribune, and people hate the tribune. There have been Hendry supporters and Hendry bashers and throughout Cubs history opinion wavers on the baseball decision makers. But for at least as long as the tribune has been involved, people have used ownership as the primary target. Now only the real loony tunes are angry at Ricketts, so the only remaining suit to hate is Crane. Many in the media hate him for reasons that are rarely articulated. The most complete I've seen is this recent takedown from Sullivan: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-10-24/sports/ct-spt-1025-cubs-crane-kenney-chicago--20111025_1_ricketts-family-rickettses-cubs-owners An excerpt: [expletive], this is goofy.

Everyone shut up; NOTHING is topping this.

No Sandberg talk in this thread, please.

I was gonna say I'd definitely have interest in Prado, but man, he fell hard this past year. Was he dealing with major injuries?

If you can't stand me now prepare to be walloped... Yes, a radio character from the mind of an above average but not HOF or anything comedian. To me it's hilarious in the sense that it might have driven me to madness. I have no idea how this explained anything. Though this is eerily reminiscent of Cynosure just before his meltdown.

How would they possibly do this during this offseason? They have practically no money.

Tsss...Tss....Well if he's leavin' then he's probably looking to secede or sumthin. Tsss. Explain this weird-ass "tss" thing.

That's great news!

Or he may not have been. He needs to confirm.

I wouldn't mind at all. If they want to give Sandberg an interview over Tito, go for it. Sandberg could be wearing uniform of the Hitlerburg Kidtouchers for all I care so long as he's not managing the Cubs. You don't even want to know what their sign for "bunt" is. Nicely done.

It's not just the beer. It's the "players manager" style. There's less accountability in general assumed in that. Francona was/is considered a players manager. Not to mention that the anecdotal lax approach to conditioning taken by some of the Red Sox players this year was one of the many scapegoat excuses. Ultimately, the GM places that on the manager, whether right or wrong. I'm not taking a position for or against that idea, frankly, with a well assembled team, I'm pretty sure that most managerial candidates won't cost or gain many wins. Right. What I'm saying is that those kind of antics have been the scuttlebutt about the Red Sox for at least the entire time Francona was running the team, and they were even hyped up after they won the '04 WS. I can buy someone saying a lack of conditioning meant their pitching went flat at the end of the season, but that general climate/attitude/whatever was pervasive the entire time he was there and it didn't seem to be too much of a detriment. If this was Hendry, wouldn't we call this obvious reactionary BS, designed to imitate this years WS winner? I just call it damned if you do/damned if you don't. It's like Quade and his nicknames; if the team is good that's the kind of crap meatballs gobble up. If the team sucks or falls apart, all of a sudden it becomes the type of thing the meatballs zero in on to hate.