Sammy Sofa
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Yeah, somebody mentioned that and I couldn't find any evidence of it. GAH, this game is just so frustrating; it's like a repeat of last year with the middle of the lineup just unable to muster the kind of performances you need when most of the rest of the lineup is performing. Yeah, I know Aramis' numbers aren't bad, but they're not what they desperately need right now minus the power and with Pena as cold as he is. -
screw statements like this we all saw it coming, but it doesn't make it any less infuriating. Pretty much. Anyone expecting that is an [expletive]. Just because I expected that to happen doesn't mean that I wanted it to, but I've been watching this team long enough to have much confidence in any other result. Lame. If you're expecting the worst, why even bother?
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screw statements like this we all saw it coming, but it doesn't make it any less infuriating. Pretty much. Anyone expecting that is an [expletive].
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Oh, but he's had something like 2 good games against this season! That totally, totally makes using him in this situation (after injuring himself the day before, no less) make all kinds of sense with Quade-logic.
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What an incredibly frustrating game.
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FOR [expletive]'S SAKE.
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Fan-[expletive]-tastic, Cubs.
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Ugh. Probably about to squander another runner at 2B with nobody out.
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Man, the Cubs have had the leadoff man on in 6 out of the 8 innings played and only have 3 runs. Meanwhile the DBacks get 3 of their 4 runs in a single inning where they only have a single and a bunt single.
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Mmmmm, Soto-y goodness.
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Terrible decision, Pena.
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Coleman, you 'tard.
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NO, I DON'T WANNA.
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http://www.pollsb.com/photos/50/47005-code_red.jpg BAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFF. And God bless this cavern of a ballpark.
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Yes, half of his salary is deferred to 2012. BR says it's to be paid "1/2012."
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Whoops. I jinxed it.
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All 3 Cubs hits are doubles? I'll take it. Coleman looking good so far.
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Eh, they split it between this year and the next, so it works for me. I have no problem with Hendry taking 1 or 2-year shots on a guy like Pena as a placeholder. I mean, it's not like the Cubs would have an extra $5 million (or however it's specifically split) to spend next year if they didn't spend it on Pena this year. And look, they sign a guy like that for a reason: the hope that he rebounds a little and manages to hit a ton of home runs. There's people here that wouldn't mind if the Cubs had signed someone who was complete garbage for next to nothing to man 1B with the idea of just killing time until Pujols or Fielder takes over in 2012, but there's zero chance that a team trying to sell tickets is going to do such a thing. It was pretty much a given they were going to go for a name even just for 1 year, and that's pretty much a lock to cost between $6-10 million for that season.
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He did dumpster dive for 1B.
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Nice.
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Well, I think the financial restraints have dictated a lot of that.
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Any recent updates on Cashner or Wells? Are either close to starting rehab assignments?
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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
First test he ever got a positive score on. YOU'RE WELCOME, SSR. -
The sad reality is that while Hendry has often been bad, he's been "averagely bad." In short, most GM's are adequate at best (with scattered moments of success) at their job. Again, this isn't an argument to keep him, but it's should be readily apparent why he still has his job. The Cubs simply have not been a continual failure under his tenure (look at this from a technical/business standpoint and not the "ANYTHING LESS THAN A WS IS A FAILURE"-type of mentality) and given that you have new owners still getting their feet back under them in terms of the money that can be invested in the team it makes sense that they'd be apprehensive to overhaul the front office, especially when Hendry is generally well-regarded amongst "baseball people." I think that last part is key for a number of reasons, namely in explaining why the new owners would want to stick with him him for the time being and why I'm not optimistic that his replacement will likely be much better.
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I don't think so, because that's just the nature of sports fans. The bottom line is that most people look at it as something they enjoy, whether its because their team is good or they like griping about them when they suck or whatever, but it's ultimately something that they enjoy relatively casually peppered with periodic insane emotional outbursts. If their team is good, it's good and if it's bad it's bad and they have only a few passing ideas/theories as to why that is, and they're usually wrong. I really don't think the Ricketts need to see that having a bad team consistently is going to drive their profits down; it's just common sense. Again, I think people need to have more of a wait and see attitude given how new the ownership still is. It's going to take at least a couple more years to "fix" things based on what FA are available, what contracts are coming off the books and as well as seeing as how this latest group of promising young players plays out.
