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Eh, I'm torn. I love the guy and want him to do well, but I'm getting more to the point that I'd prefer the Cubs just buy him out next season. [expletive], what a crappy feeling. -
2011 Chicago Bulls Playoff Thread (5/26 7:30pm CST - TNT)
Sammy Sofa replied to chuckywang's topic in Other Sports
James Posey was the Heat who clotheslined Kirk. Wasn't a clothesline, it was a premeditated free-safety hit in the open floor. It was the dirtiest play I've ever witnessed live in the NBA, and considering I watched Rajon Rondo a few years later that is saying something. Haha, ok. Hey man, you're talking about a span of NBA basketball from Posey to Rondo. That IS saying something. And what a coincidence that both plays happened against the Bulls. -
that's being pretty optimistic. the cubs really aren't any better than average as far as their prospect pool, and they're lacking (as they have been for years) in any sort of true impact players. jackson and mcnutt could be above average but really don't have frequent all-star ceilings. I'm perfectly happy with decent everday players coming from the farm at this point. That's still a huge improvement over the last few decades. Fill those roles internally and then you can focus the money on impact players instead of having to spread it around and dilute the FA signings.
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Wait, what? He's survived far, far worse than this one game. No I meant this season. He's also survived far worse than this season. It's gotten to the point that I expect his firing to finally happen out of the blue seemingly over nothing, like after a win streak. I gotta think last year was his freebie. If this keeps up I don't see how the Ricketts can keep him on. This team is bad and besides BJack and maybe McNutt there isn't a lot to be excited about in way of future help. Really? The farm reports are a lot of fun these days. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if The Hug alone bought him another season.
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Wait, what? He's survived far, far worse than this one game. No I meant this season. He's also survived far worse than this season. It's gotten to the point that I expect his firing to finally happen out of the blue seemingly over nothing, like after a win streak.
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Wait, what? He's survived far, far worse than this one game.
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This is really [expletive] funny following this on Yahoo. Did the rest of the bullpen die?
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how else is the poor guy supposed to look angry Well played. He really is the stuff of nightmares.
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Yup, just leave him out there, too, Quade. Just be sure to look all angry and show your teeth a lot in the post game press conference.
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Awesome inning. A real group effort. Thumbs up, fellas.
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I don't care what Z had done against Rolen in the past; he should have never faced him after putting 5 straight on base and giving up 3 runs.
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Let me guess...nobody's gotten up in the bullpen yet?
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Ba-boom.
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2011 HR Derby Discussion & Transactions
Sammy Sofa replied to Southpaw191679666239's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Ugh, the ASB can't come soon enough. -
Unless Ricketts is willing to go to $140-150+, I'd probably hold off on Reyes in the hopes I could get Kemp. We have tons of middle infield depth in the minors even after dealing Lee and some combo of Barney/DeWitt/Baker should be decent options until Lemahieu or somebody is ready or a cheaper (yet still good) FA option comes along. That's if we get Pujols, that is. Yeah, it all hinges on what the money is. If they can afford them all, great. If it's a choice between signing Reyes for 2012 or waiting for Kemp in 2013, then I agree, wait for Kemp.
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Me count real good. Again, it all depends on what the Ricketts are willing to spend. If they're willing to push the payroll to back up what a core of Castro/Reyes/Pujols/Kemp could do then it's all good in the hood. If they're going to insist on a self-imposed cap of around $120-130 million then it would suck.
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All depends on how much the Ricketts are willing to spend. Those 5 would probably be in the, what, $85 million range?
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Hill again and Pena inexplicably batting 8th? Fan-[expletive]-tastic. Hopefully Aramis kicks it in gear after coming back from his trip home.
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Craaaaaaaaaaap.
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Signing both Pujols and Reyes would cost us in the area of $40-45 million next season, meaning we'd be left with somewhere in the range of $10-20 million to replace Reed, Pena, Grabow, Shark, Kosuke and Wood. That's if we retain both Dempster and Aramis. However, we'd only have about $68 mil invested for 2013 - Soriano, Marmol, Pujols and Reyes - for non-arbitration guys with about $70-80 mil left for the rest of the roster. Question marks like Vitters and Jay Jackson would have to develop and become productive ML players, but I think we could do it. The Reyes & Pujols thing is pure fantasy on my part, but I'd love to see the Cubs do it and then replace Grabow/Wood/Shark with internal options (unless Wood can still pitch and is willing to come back cheap again). Hell, I'd tolerate Colvin out in RF if it meant getting Reyes and Pujols, though ideally they could still net a pretty decent corner OF with the money leftover. Who is out there as an OF FA? If there's nobody essential I'd prefer to just sign a placeholder with the idea of throwing money at Kemp for 2013.
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The Cubs would be spending more money on their teams during their time with Pujols than the Cardinals did when they had him.
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Well, strike that; I don't know the exact amount. I definitely wouldn't want him being signed for more than 10 years (and I'm optimistic that he can be had for 8), but the dollar amount, I don't know. I guess $35 million.
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Anything more than 30/10.
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And again, describing Hill's situation that broadly is just wrong. Just face it: you wrote a bad song, Petey.
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2011 Chicago Bulls Playoff Thread (5/26 7:30pm CST - TNT)
Sammy Sofa replied to chuckywang's topic in Other Sports
That is [expletive] hysterical. What a profound lack of understanding of...well, everything.
