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  1. Sammy Sofa
    And there was evidence of this from when he was previously a manager? No, of course not. Brenly was a very typical, unremarkable manager, and he almost certainly would be with the Cubs, too.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    That's all meaningless. Quade had the same kind of reputation/rhetoric going in to the job, too. Unless it's younger players, managers and coaches simply are not going to be able to instill any kind of significant difference when it comes to how a veteran plays defense or runs the bases.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Imagine if the Cubs had an impressive rebound season after a horrible won and were competitive. Oh right, it did, JUST FOUR [expletive] YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WON THE [expletive] DIVISION AFTER GOING 66-96 THE YEAR BEFORE.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Unless you're tiny/fat and white, then you're a good character guy who knows what's really important. Really can't see Kaplan having the same issues if Konerko did the same. Or someone like Thome.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    And how likely do you think that is? That he's been coasting on luck for several seasons? Roughly equally likely to having almost all of our rotation doomed by bad luck simultaneously. Those don't seem very comparable. I mean, they're both arguably examples of "luck," but one is a series of occurrences in a single season involving multiple people suffering what isn't all that an unusual thing (injuries to pitchers) in the grand scheme of things. The other is a guy in one of the most easily exposed positions in the game somehow coasting pretty significantly on luck for multiple seasons. I can buy a pitcher getting lucky for 1-2 seasons, but a "few" (which is presumably 3+)?
  6. Sammy Sofa
    It was very disconcerting because I kept thinking I had left The Show on.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Drop Victor Martinez Add Berkman
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Drop Dunn Add Bautista
  9. Sammy Sofa
    And how likely do you think that is? That he's been coasting on luck for several seasons?
  10. Sammy Sofa
    I'd like a real No. 1 pitcher, to not have 40% of the projected rotation rocking horrible ERAs this season, and to not have the No. 2 starter showing signs of wearing down over the last few years. We are seeing that rotation without Wilson suck out loud right now, so I don't think it's that hard to imagine a scenario in which that rotation is the weak link that prevents a pretty good offense from contending next season. Like I said, they might as well go for it because they've got the money to spend. That doesn't mean I have a lot of faith in it working. Sure, you could have 2/5's of the rotation go down again, but on paper that's a damn good 1-5. Your breakdown of the rotation this year is pretty faulty since it seems to hinge on ERA.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    I like a lot of this, but trading Dempster and Byrd just isn't a good idea unless a team is offering amazing deals for them. I'm not saying they're untouchable, but the Cubs don't have to and shouldn't frag their team for 2012, and moving those guys just creates big holes that likely can't be filled adequately that quickly.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    What indications were these? None.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Imaginary pitching FA made up out of thin air. Scathing baseball analysis from Kyle: "Baseball players might be bad...might not. Film at 11."
  14. Sammy Sofa
    But Darwin is Asian.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Then they should just give up.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, I'd be fine with those moves...except for the Beltran part. He's old and (usually) busted. Ride out the remainder of the Byrd contract and then replace him with Kemp after 2012.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    The Cubs would have to get an incredible offer for them to even consider dealing Garza. He's a huge part of their plans going forward.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    It's not even that; they HAVE to spend at least some of it.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Given the money at their disposal and the division they play in there's no reason to automatically write off next season at this point.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/5347/could-soriano-ramirez-be-fits-for-yankees Why are you seemingly so desperate to trade the best third baseman in the NL? He will not be here when our window reopens. I say grab what we can and move on. The window is open next year.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Fan-requires-stitches-after-being-struck-by-Josh;_ylt=Auu1mm8STMaRucreEr9ClxERvLYF?urn=mlb-wp12082 Hamilton drills a foul ball into the stands and hits a teen in the face. The kid ends up with stitches. Rough stretch of luck.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    The quality and quantity of the criticism in no way fairly matches anything he's done or said.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    It's more that he's an awful, awful CubsGM-style poster, and the pictures are just the rotten cherry on top of a rancid turd sundae.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Damn. Obviously, a ton of factors could have been at play, but based on the video he doesn't look like a "heart attack-kind of guy" at all.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, they're likely regretting that. That railing sure seems really low given the drop beneath it.
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