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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Over which OF?
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Something along those lines would be ideal. No reason to not keep the scoreboard as well.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Wrigley is a [expletive] dump. This is not news.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    This really was amazing in its stupidity.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Jordan would have been "allowed" to do whatever he wanted with the Bulls. His separation from the organization is pretty much all based on his own doing and his own decisions. The Bulls treated their superstars just fine. They paid them a lot of money and built teams around them that enabled them to get 6 rings as Bulls and retired their numbers and treat them with reverence and celebration the few times when they show up for an event. It was Jordan's decision to end his career with another team as a player, not the Bulls, and they did bring Pippen back so he could finish his career with them. They then gave him a job with the organization but he left that to work for ABC, then he got caught up with the idea that he could keep playing. I don't see how you can really fault the Bulls with these guys.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    No...it's been better. Soriano: G.O.A.T.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    What was the other lackluster season? Yeah, I'm wondering that myself. Soriano was easily worth his contract and then in some in 2007 and 2008. 2007, yes. 2008, that's debatable. He played well, but not great, for 100 games. He was putting up comparable HR, RBI (better), OPS (4th best of his career) and SB numbers in almost 30 fewer games.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    What was the other lackluster season? Yeah, I'm wondering that myself. Soriano was easily worth his contract and then in some in 2007 and 2008.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    yes, so does that mean you think the Reds are gonna be MLB's best offense the rest of the year? Probably not, but I wouldn't necessarily be surprised if they hover close to the top the rest of the way.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Few teams are the team they are in the first month.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    His 'stache is trash. Those quotes are pretty funny. Anyone have any idea where they're from?
  12. Sammy Sofa
    I don't really think it's a sudden reversal. They've been saying they weren't going to move him, but that doesn't ensure they meant it. The bullpen hasn't been that good. Marmol and Marshall have solidified things when starters go 7 innings. But Grabow still sucks. And they went out and signed a completely worthless Howry. I'm not sure how the bullpen is any more solidified now. And there's no way of knowing how the next guy is going to do. The bullpen has been a question from day one and remains so. Cashner has been an obvious candidate to fill a role from day one. The Cubs were probably just looking for the right time. Now he's go a fair amount of 2010 inning, almost of which have been dominant. They need to win to save jobs, it's almost June and the team is still under .500. I'm not confused about the timing at all. It's been the obvious move. What I don't get is the supposed test of letting them relieve for a couple weeks in AAA and then sending them back to the rotation. Russell and Stevens have shown themselves to be very capable. I'm not saying they're locks to lights out, but the bullpen is clearly not as precarious as it was earlier in the season. Yes, you still have the x-factor of Lou, but we're stuck with that until the end of the season.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Jesus Christ. Do some people really think that nobody would be paying Soriano over $5 million a year if the Cubs didn't have him in his current contract?
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, this is my line of thinking with this. I'm not opposed to the idea of Cashner in the bullpen at some point, but the timing as it's playing out right now just doesn't make much sense and seems very shortsighted.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    He may not have the fastest fastball, but its still going to hurt when Casey catches it in his ribs when we play them in LA. Lilly might not be a Cub by then (hopefully).
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Cubs win, 16-3.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    He's not getting any younger. He'll be 24 when this season ends. No matter how much you want to downplay it, it makes no sense to do this just as he's dominating as a starter. You can justify it all day and you can probably make a good enough case that it's "no big deal" or that it isn't that bad. But there is definitely no defending it as a good move. It's completely illogical and completely desperate. At best, they're delaying his development to fill a hole on a team that isn't going anywhere in an attempt to save their jobs. Or, better stated, the chances that this team is going anywhere, combined with the chances that this move is the quick fix they're going to hope it is, aren't nearly worth delaying his development. Depends on how much he's used out of the bullpen. If he ends up doing little besides sitting on the bench, yes, bad move. If he's used regularly, not necessarily.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    2007 and 2008 were 2 of our better years despite Howry's awfulness (mostly in 08) Wait, are you serious? You think Howry was "awful?" in 2007? How the [expletive] are you coming to that conclusion?
  19. Sammy Sofa
    How is this irreparably "screwing with" his development as a starter?
  20. Sammy Sofa
    People have been vastly overstating how bad this move actually is.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    32 isn't as old as you think it is. Yes, it should factor into the equation, and if he was actually exhibiting some kind of significant decline it should weigh in more on any type of decision, but as it stands this is a 32-year-old showing little decline with only one more year left on his contract. He'd be a fantastic pickup for a decent team looking to bolster their starting rotation into something playoff-worthy. He's obviously not Strasburg-worthy like some insane ex-GM's have suggested, but he'd be a fantastic pickup for a team like the Nationals, and would be also be a good move for the Cubs so long as they didn't give up someone like Castro.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    So you're saying that his ERA tells more about who he is as a pitcher now than what dexter just posted? Or that it has equal weight? Even if ERA is not dismissed, the weight of the evidence is pointing away from your conclusion. Besides, the HR issue is potentially inflated by pitching in Houston. Look at 2008, when he gave the most HR he ever has in a season: 23. He had 16 games at home and 16 on the road. 16 of those HR came in Houston; the other 7 on the road. 2009: 13 games at home and 17 away and 19 HR. 10 of those were at home and 9 were on the road. The HR increase you keep pointing to seems to indicate he's had a bit more trouble not giving HR in a park that is notorious for giving up HR.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Cubs win, 5-2.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    No. I love playing soccer, but watching it is the most tedious thing in the world.* *Exceptions can be made on a case by case basis if I end up at a bar or party or some type of gathering where everyone is going ape [expletive] over one of the teams. That's [expletive] fun as hell.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Wow.
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