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  1. Sammy Sofa
    As he should. Arguing that Jordan is the better player is one thing; saying that guys like LeBron and Kobe aren't even in the same "stratosphere" as him is ridiculous.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Being [expletive] incredible at baseball is pretty redeeming.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Holy douche-chills, Batman.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Kujay basically said that already Was I wrong? And that's not quite what I said. Unless he's got a compelling personal reason to stay in Chicago, I just don't know why a guy like him would want to play out the string on this crappy team. Just guessing, but unless he's hurt I'm sure he's thinking he's going to bounce back any day now and put up big numbers the rest of the year. If he does that but he's traded then he's locked in to next year wherever he goes. He'll be making a good chunk of change for 2012 if that's the case, true, but I'm sure he'd rather try for something like a 3-year deal for, say, at least around $9 million per. I know that's by no means a sure thing, but who knows what he's thinking/his agent is telling him? With 3B production down across baseball if he can rebound and have a huge second half it suddenly makes him that much more appealing as FA to a number of teams.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    I have no idea why anyone would want to miss out on the dynamic comedic styling of the Fecal League Following.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    He was still very useful in 2009. Not ideal compared to what he did the year before and in 2010, but he was pretty middle of the pack for catchers that played roughly as much as he did. Between that and 2008 and 2010 it's a pretty safe bet to look at the Cubs as being "set" at catcher for the foreseeable future barring him being knocked out by serious injury.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Why?
  8. Sammy Sofa
    I don't see the point in talking about what they can and cannot do. Sure, the Ricketts could always just throw a few more million into the Cubs to allow for another signing. The point is there is a budget for the Chicago Cubs irrespective of the wealth of the family, which is based on the revenue of the Chicago Cubs. That budget is divided in many ways, but the meaningful one is the distinction between major league ballclub and prospect acquisition. Assume the budget is fixed. They didn't expect to suck this bad and be out of the race this early. Revenue is probably going to be lower. If they are going to spend $150m this year (made up number between payroll and signings), why not cut a little bit of that out of the major league budget and give a little boost to that prospect acquisition in what is already an exremely disappointing year? I never gave a reason as to "why not." I asked why they should have to worry about getting out of the remaining money for several contracts that end after this year and you gave a potential reason.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Is he really getting all that much "slack" recently? I don't recall seeing much outside of people bemoaning Hill having had to play instead of him; outside of that nobody seems to be much talking about him at all. Even Soto as bad as he is now has the decent chance to be much, much better than Hill could ever hope to be. What are you talking about besides that?
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Three of those players are gone after this year regardless, so "getting out of their contracts" isn't really a pertinent issue. And why would the Cubs need to "get out" of Byrd's contract? If getting out from millions of dollars in their contracts allowed the Cubs to sign all their overslot guys in the draft and still have enough to binge a bit on overseas FA, would that be making a difference? Sure, but I don't think they're in that position. Well, I'm sure revenue is going to be lower than expected this year. A few million shifted away from a dying major league roster to the minor league system could easily be meaningful. Sure. But again, I don't think they're in a position where that has to happen. If the Ricketts want to shell out whatever it takes for their draft picks they can regardless of how much the MLB team is taking in this year.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Three of those players are gone after this year regardless, so "getting out of their contracts" isn't really a pertinent issue. And why would the Cubs need to "get out" of Byrd's contract? If getting out from millions of dollars in their contracts allowed the Cubs to sign all their overslot guys in the draft and still have enough to binge a bit on overseas FA, would that be making a difference? Sure, but I don't think they're in that position.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    So did he lose the killer instinct after spanking the Bulls? Gold star for playing big in the conference finals. Now why does he seem to disappear on the biggest stage of all? Yet Wade is the greatest even though he "disappeared" in the round to get to the "biggest stage of all?" Who said Wade was the greatest? That's what this latest discussion spun off of, Wade being called last night the greatest/best player on the Heat.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    I'm honestly surprised at that. I figured it happened maybe once or twice at the most.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    How many times have the Cubs hit more than 1 home run in a single game this season?
  15. Sammy Sofa
    So did he lose the killer instinct after spanking the Bulls? Gold star for playing big in the conference finals. Now why does he seem to disappear on the biggest stage of all? Yet Wade is the greatest even though he "disappeared" in the round to get to the "biggest stage of all?"
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Three of those players are gone after this year regardless, so "getting out of their contracts" isn't really a pertinent issue. And why would the Cubs need to "get out" of Byrd's contract?
  17. Sammy Sofa
    I'm sorry, but you are wrong. They made Ryno the highest paid player in the game in the early 90's. From the late-90's through the 2000's, when Wrigley actually started selling out on the heals of success they rose the payroll from middle of the road to top of the NL. It wasn't just prior to the sale. They very selectively did so. By the time they started doing B "for real" the failings of A brought everything crashing down. Your issue should be with MacPhail, and his small-market mentality, not with the Trib. The Trib was making money available, MacPhail was just too cheap to spend it on a bigtime free agent. Instead he spread those dollars across 3 or 4 okay free agents. So it comes back to A). My issue was with both. He may not have been spending as much money as he had, but it's not like there was a ton. This might just be me getting things wrong or making things up, but I could swear the talk has been that Hendry wanted to go after both Guerrero and then Beltran in the mid-00's but both signings were effectively nixed due to money constraints.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, injuries are the reason we had Doug Davis start tonight. The fact we could not find someone better than Doug Davis is the bigger problem. No, finding a less crappy spot starter is not a bigger problem than a starting pitcher going down for a significant period of time with an injury. Not in any kind of sane universe.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    [expletive] yes.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, injuries are the reason we had Doug Davis start tonight.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    I have to say, I'm pretty shocked about this. This isn't hitting .230something and OPSng in the low .700s, which id expected to be Colvins floor. Obviously, as everyone said, his start last year wasn't sustainable, but I don't think that even the biggest doubters would have predicted him to bottom out this bad. Nope. I definitely was opposed to the "Colvin as a starter" idea, but even I didn't think or expect he'd be THIS bad.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    I'm sorry, but you are wrong. They made Ryno the highest paid player in the game in the early 90's. From the late-90's through the 2000's, when Wrigley actually started selling out on the heals of success they rose the payroll from middle of the road to top of the NL. It wasn't just prior to the sale. They very selectively did so. By the time they started doing B "for real" the failings of A brought everything crashing down.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    SCOTTI FOR PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    ... which would tend to support the notion that perhaps the Trib wasn't so bad after all. Nah. Most of those plans were just sale hype.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Bull [expletive]. The 2006 Cubs had different pieces, not more.
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