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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Though the guy's already got a WS under a belt, so I could see him ending up pretty much anywhere so long as he gets the money/years he wants.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    This time in 2002, Cubs were 22-35 with a -49 run differential, en route to a 67-95 finish, and Sammy's numbers that year were at the top end of what we can reasonably hope for from Pujols. Baseball boners that year were pretty scarce. I don't understand your point, unless you think I expect that the Cubs will only sign Pujols and do absolutely nothing else. Pujols is only one part of the baseball-boner. Granted, he's a big part, so he'd be the turgid shaft.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Yesssssssss. That walkoff might as well have come with a note saying "do you like me? Check the box for yes!"
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Can't really be mad at Pujols hitting a couple of homers. I want him to start kicking ass again so that his signing with the Cubs becomes inevitable and I can walk around with a permanent baseball-boner.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    It seems like a scare tactic to get a lot of hits built up with little substance behind it. And then, not at all ironically, this is the post to follow the one above: That's the kind of response hacks like Wittenmyer are going for.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    THAT BASTARD.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Because I didn't see it in writing or hear him speaks the words? Watching the team, seeing the lack of action, comments like "We're bad because of injuries, we'll be fine". Lowball spending on the draft despite being a big market team. You don't see anything wrong with that? Now you're spinning. Most of this... ...is completely made up right now. It's you taking some pretty huge leaps about a family that has owned the team for less than two seasons based on a few selective quotes.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    You realize you're making most of that up in your head, right?
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Well, at least it seems like people are regaining their historical perspective. I was getting tired of people who seemingly had no idea the Cubs existed prior to 2003.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, I'll wait for a source just a tad more knowledgeable about these things than Gordon [expletive] Wittenmyer.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Oh wow. Talk about posters plumbing new depths.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Right. It's definitely something to be concerned about if the Cubs are still on this list 2-3 years from now, but I'd be very surprised if they were.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Well said. plus pretty much everyone has a no trade clause so if, for some crazy reason, any of these guys wants to stay in chicago we are stuck with them. But yeah, I expect little to no movement. It's very unlikely that players who have contracts ending after the current season would use their NTC to avoid moving to what would almost certainly be a better a team and thus ideally a good chance to better shop/highlight their abilities for their next contracts. Aramis is about the only one I could see making that unusual choice; if he turns it on and has a monster season the rest of the way he could want to avoid being locked in to next season wherever he would end up since his team option automatically vests if traded. NTC are not the insurmountable obstacles that a lot of people here think they are when it comes to trading a player who has a contract coming to an end and they're playing on a bad team.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    I don't know about "promised him the job". I think Hendry told him he needed some minor league experience if he wanted to be considered for a major league managing job. I think that's perfectly reasonable as is letting him get his feet wet in the bigs as a bench coach rather than making him a manager. I thought the way Sandberg reacted to not being named manager was a bit much and didn't do him any favors in the eyes of those who were already teped about him to begin with. He's my favorite player of all time but based on his apparent management style in the minors and the handful of articles he wrote for yahoo, I definitely wouldn't want him managing the Cubs. Exactly. Sandberg responded (albeit as diplomatically possible) like he was petulantly stunned that 4 years of minor league management didn't land him the job. It sounds in no way like he was "promised the job" after such relatively little coaching/managing experience except in his own mind.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Kemp is definitely a FA after 2012 and the Cubs definitely need to target him for 2013 if the Dodger's financial woes keep them out of the push to sign him.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    I never understand why people would only care about Castro, as if he's the only one who potentially has a big role in the future of the team. What about Garza?
  17. Sammy Sofa
    How?
  18. Sammy Sofa
    I would have enjoyed seeing him get blamed. Me too, but it wouldn't have happened.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    As bad as this season is going, Sandberg not being the manager is one of the few bright spots.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    I really don't understand this kind of sentiment. Yes, I want the Ricketts to do what needs to be done, but it's not like they've let these stellar FA classes get by them in the time they've owned the team. Unless you were expecting them to command the FO to start trading the farm or blow even more bloated contracts on mid-level FA then there hasn't been much to do right now to dramatically change this team. And Wrigley is a dump that's literally falling apart. It's a huge part of the investment for anyone that owns the team and it needs a ton of upgrades and work sooner rather than later. I think this offseason will be the first real indicator of their level of commitment to the product on the field. Right. This is when you're seeing their first real opportunity to make an immediate impact on the team itself. Obviously, I wish Hendry had been sent packing earlier, but beyond that there just hasn't been many options since they took over.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    I really don't understand this kind of sentiment. Yes, I want the Ricketts to do what needs to be done, but it's not like they've let these stellar FA classes get by them in the time they've owned the team. Unless you were expecting them to command the FO to start trading the farm or blow even more bloated contracts on mid-level FA then there hasn't been much to do right now to dramatically change this team. And Wrigley is a dump that's literally falling apart. It's a huge part of the investment for anyone that owns the team and it needs a ton of upgrades and work sooner rather than later.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    ROAR.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    He wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd hardly call him crappy. He's kept the White Sox competitive pretty much every year, and he's good at identifying under-utilized players from other organizations. Man, talk about lowered expectations.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Because Kenny Williams is a crappy GM who lucked into a WS.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Shhhhlllllllllllurrrrrrrrrrp
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