Sammy Sofa
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Well, I don't know. It would be one thing if 3B was dealt with, but with 3B and 1B AND (to a lesser degree because of the position it is and not because of who is currently there) all question marks they can't discount any options at this point. Sign someone like Reyes and move Castro to 2B and then getting Prince for 1B makes the hole at 3B a LOT more tolerable. Good point, I keep forgetting about 3B being open this winter. Baker/DeWitt platoon at 3B? Kidding...kind of. Hey, that might be a very real possibility for next year. The 3B options aren't all that impressive. -
Well, I don't know. It would be one thing if 3B was dealt with, but with 3B and 1B AND (to a lesser degree because of the position it is and not because of who is currently there) all question marks they can't discount any options at this point. Sign someone like Reyes and move Castro to 2B and then getting Prince for 1B makes the hole at 3B a LOT more tolerable.
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I did forget about Silva and more importantly Ramirez, so 85 million is more accurate as a raw number. Still, like CCP's example illustrates, that gets eaten up quickly with the raises to other players coming up(and that example assumes we let Marmol and Marshall walk, which is a frightening thought at this point). Well, then I'd prefer to go the route of singing Prince and whatever this year and then saving room for Kemp after 2012 instead of Reyes, though I have the feeling that the Ricketts will want to make the biggest splash possible after this season, so my Kemp idea is likely just a pipe dream unless the payroll is expanded.
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Yeah, I'm confused by your numbers, TT. I'm not saying your wrong, but I'm not seeing how they only have $64 million freed up between what comes off of the books after this season and the next. Even with raises isn't it still around $80 million?
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MLB Takes Over Dodgers Financial Operations
Sammy Sofa replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in General Baseball Talk
I don't want Cuban getting the Dodgers. I will not let my dream of the Cubs signing Kemp for 2013 die. I WILL NOT. -
Yessssssssssssssssss. Delicious.
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Yeah, if it was going to happen it would have happened between 1990 and 1997.
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Alright, THAT was a really nice play by Castro for the 3rd out. And great outing for Z after the 1st.
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Holy [expletive], Will Ohman sighting. I had no idea he was back in town.
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I'm sure Hawk is already demanding they play under protest.
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Oh, Ozzie. Loved the look on Geo's face.
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I feel really bad for Dunn.
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That was a phenomenal AB.
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KA-BOOSH.
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Cubs do an "It Gets Better" video in support of LGBTQ youth
Sammy Sofa replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Hey man, at least he was honest and just expressing himself! -
Aw, Soriano and Castro are adorable together.
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CASTRO WILL NOT BE CONTAINED.
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Again: "Yeah, if the interesting things never happened there would be no interesting story!" This one is good, too: Think of all the various sports, history, news stories you can sum up this way. EXTREME ANALOGY: "Yeah, that Lincoln assassination is pretty boring. If he had just stayed home then you would have seen some REAL action!"
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He yelled out safe. Yeah, it was pretty funny. He was getting all worked up and forgot he was on the air for a second.
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What the [expletive] happened to Dunn?
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Of course the reaction to Bartman is part of the story. The reaction in any major event if always part of the story, especially when it comes to sports. You're talking like even discussing what happened to Bartman is off limits, like it wasn't this bizarre thing that obviously happened. Your argument is basically "well, if it wasn't such an interesting story then nobody would be interested." Well, no [expletive]. And saying he had nothing to do with the collapse is asinine. Of course he did. There's a difference between him being involved and him being at fault.
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With the monetary issues the Dodgers have, they may not be able to afford to re-sign Kemp, though. He's a FA after the 2012 season (I think?) and he'll cost a hefty bundle, so they won't have much time to get their finances in order before he's on the market. Ethier and Kemp are both FA after 2012 and I highly doubt the Dodgers are able to keep either of them. I'd definitely prefer Kemp. And Truffle, I think they'd actually still have enough money between what's coming off the books after this year and the next (Zambrano, Dempster and Byrd) that they'd have enough to sign a good pitcher for the rotation.
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Castro coming through.
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Exactly. Bartman's not the reason they lost the series, but his sudden moment of fame was the first part of a bizarre series of events and inaction and reactions that makes for a good story. Yes, the documentary exists because of what happened to Bartman. It's an interesting story because it's something that just doesn't happen. You keep dancing around the blame issue, first seemingly saying people here were blaming him and now automatically assuming that the documentary is blaming him. You're also inexplicably declaring that this is somehow only interesting if what happened was actually his fault, which doesn't make any sense. Whether you like it or not the story exists because of the timing of what happened and the larger context it happened in. It doesn't hinge on whether or not anything was actually his fault.
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Precisely.
