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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Well I said I was afraid that's what they are doing, not that they are doing it. I think we will all know more after this offseason. But, I do think people have the right to be worried. I don't think you have to worry about someone squashing someone's "rights" to be worried. I do, however, think it deserves some patience, since coming back from dropping the type of money it takes to buy the Cubs takes time. Also, has it come out that guys like Wilken were insisting they needed to spend more money in this year's draft?
  2. Sammy Sofa
    at least they have came out and said what they had wasn't working based on what they are spending. Why can't we do the same? We have done the same. Then we just move on to another shitty theme/philosophy. The Mets will likely do the same regardless of who their GM is, as will the Cubs. Trading managers/GM is usually just trading one crappy, outdated baseball mentality for another, not dissimilar to Hendry going from "we need guys who can catch the ball" on year to "we need to be more left-handed."
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Everyone who talk about the owners like they're going to remain in some perpetual cycle of looking to cut costs.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Aside from consistently starting Hill over Castillo, what has Quade done to make you think he isn't a good manager? i didn't care for the "castro is being dumb so we're going to pull him out of the lineup and make him watch games" bit. He was also injured at the time.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    And the Mets are "changing philosophies and going a different way?" Have you not met the Mets before?
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, the Ricketts' plan with the Cubs is to not make money.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    I'm really torn on the Reds because I've always liked the team, but the thought of Dusty having success makes me feel awful inside. I also hope the Phillies crash and burn.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Meatballs or meatheads think Orton is better?
  9. Sammy Sofa
    But on the flip side, if you end up re-signing him you're going to have pay him much more money and give him more years than Dunn (which means you'd be paying AGon big bucks for at least a couple years past the much vaunted "prime years) on top of having had to trade a decent haul to get him in the first place. AGon is clearly the better player, but is he that much better and that much younger to warrant signing for likely at least 3 more years, significantly more money and kidney-punching the meager farm system for the foreseeable future?
  10. Sammy Sofa
    I'd rather have him now, too, but it's not likely that he'll be traded now, plus if he was the demand would be too high and the Cubs would have to give up too much.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    You [expletive] cunts.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Why do you think they would opt to trade him before next season, and why do you think a trade that early would be one where the Cubs don't have to pay out to get him? Of course, he can be had earlier for a "reasonable deal," go for it, but how likely is that? The Cubs have their most realistic chance to land him in 2012. He's almost certainly going to cost much more in years in money than Dunn. If the Cubs get him then they really wouldn't be getting for a significantly greater amount of "prime years" vs. if they sign Dunn in 2011, especially since Gonzalez is likely going to want something like 7 years.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    WAR the past two seasons: Gonzalez: 6.6, 5.3 – career average: 3.15 Dunn: 1.2, 3.9 – career average: 2.7 If we go back a third year, it's 1.0 WAR for Dunn vs 3.9 for Gonzo. Even factoring in Dunn's move to first this year, he's still a couple of wins worse than Gonzalez. Add in that Dunn is 31 in November and will still cost quite a bit over 3-4 years, trading for Gonzalez looks like a pretty good option. Keep in mind also that Gonzo is still in his prime years, whereas Dunn is getting near that age that decline is very reasonable to expect. I wouldn't trade the farm for Gonzalez, but I'd give a decent amount for him. But how are they going to trade for him now? It's highly unlikely that they trade for him now, and likely won't until the deadline next season at the earliest, and even then it would be better for the Cubs just to wait to see if he tests FA in 2012. That said, I'd rather go for Dunn now since he's liked the Cubs for a while, is available now and likely could be had for less money and years (and Gonzalez would be 30 if the Cubs signed him for 2012).
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Obviously not alive in 2006.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Exactly!!! Sign an FA outfield bat for a year then bring Jackson up mid-way through then hope Sori takes a trade Yeah, because the biggest problem with trading Soriano is getting him to accept it.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Why would a great player not be valuable to a terrible team?
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Damn right. Dunn it up.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    http://www.jazzexcursion.com/pictures/az_49648_Unforgivable%20Blackness%20The%20Rise%20and%20Fall%20of%20Jack%20Johnson%20%28Score%29_Wynton%20Marsalis.jpg
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Plus most of "the kids" suck.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Please note that the offense still is wretched. The pitching was very good for most of this year, and look where it got us. Obviously, nobody is saying pitching be damned, but the main concern right now needs to be bolstering the offense.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    The latter was mentioned (at least the end of the Expos) as part of the strike segment. Though really, both of the above just represent the height of baseball apathy and really fly in the face of the whole "baseball is stronger than ever" vibe. I suppose they could have tied the WS win in to the whole Black Sox, but that would have felt pretty perfunctory given that it's the lowest rated WS of all time. If people didn't care when it happened, why would they care now?
  22. Sammy Sofa
    He was amazing in August, but he [expletive] sucked for most of this month and July. June was also wretched, May was pretty bad, but April was amazing, too. I really have no idea what to make of him at this point.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Damn, this was shaping up to be a weird one.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Wait, Soriano at 2nd? Prepare to be watched, game.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Crap, now my insane and inexplicable plan to kidnap Austin Jackson and force him to play for the Cubs has been revealed.
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