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  1. Sammy Sofa
    I totally agree with you. If the Cubs play .538 ball the rest of the way they end up 84-78 and have a decent shot at the Wild Card. Now I agree that they have sucked this season, but you can't tell me that they can't play .538 ball assuming ARam and DLee start hitting. ARam might have a "down" year, but he's not going to stay in "Aaron Miles land" the whole season. He might. Some guys simply fall off of a cliff after a major injury. I obviously hope that's not the case, but it's certainly not outside of the realm of possibility.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    What exactly are these options they would be finding out about? Mainly if any of our current coaches can manage. Pretty irrelevant since it's obvious that the Cubs are lining up Sandberg for the job. Well that sucks then, if true. I'd be stunned if it wasn't. As much as I'd like Ricketts to be some kind of baseball savant above all else, as a businessman he'd have to be an idiot to not recognize the PR coup that would come with giving Sandberg the job, especially after 2 letdown seasons. They could easily frame it so that his first year will be a rebuilding year so he doesn't get slammed too much, if at all (look how Lou's been treating with kid's gloves), if the team does poorly.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    No kidding. Any talk like he's slacking off or burnt out or whatever is just absurd. He has every motivation to do well this year in what his likely his last opportunity for a really big payday. If he's terrible this year he can always choose not to opt out and try again next year in his contract year. That's why people had better pray he at least puts up respectable numbers the rest of the way if they don't want him on the team next year, because if he's terrible this season he'd be a fool to opt out and leave millions on the table if he has a good contract year next season. The team has an option after next year, so if he kicks ass next year I wouldn't be surprised if they used it. Then he wouldn't hit the FA market until after the 2012 season.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    How can Nady and Fontenot be spun as scapegoats at this point?
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Wait, what? Talk about being melodramatic. Finishing 83-78 was underwhelming and a letdown, but a "historic underachievement?" Yeah, right. By Cubs standards it was a glowing success. Yeah, no kidding.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    No kidding. Any talk like he's slacking off or burnt out or whatever is just absurd. He has every motivation to do well this year in what his likely his last opportunity for a really big payday.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Wait, what? Talk about being melodramatic. Finishing 83-78 was underwhelming and a letdown, but a "historic underachievement?" Yeah, right.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    What exactly are these options they would be finding out about? Mainly if any of our current coaches can manage. Pretty irrelevant since it's obvious that the Cubs are lining up Sandberg for the job.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Get cracking doing what? Why not just let it play out? Let the contracts that are expiring expire (ideally after you've traded those players and convinced them to waive their NTC and pray to God that Aramis opts out), let Lou walk at the end of the season and let Hendry go with just a year left on his contract. Simply waiting things out could easily be the smartest thing Ricketts could do and definitely an indicator that he's "figured stuff out."
  10. Sammy Sofa
    But at least the best manager would have Lee and Ramirez, especially Ramirez working out their problems from somewhere in the 6-8 spots with some combination of Soto, Byrd, Soriano and Kosuke in the heart of the lineup. I understand letting your stars work out of a funk, but how long can you keep a guy who looks absolutley lost at the plate and another who doesnt look much better in the heart of your order? And that's how this hypothetical manager would maybe have the team at .500. Not really awe-inspiring. The vast majority of the "blame" falls on the team.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    It's not. Unless the Cardinals seriously stumble or this team as a drastic turnaround they're not going to be in contention to ever overtake them. And forget about the WC. Well, the NL is terrible. Who's the frontrunner for the wild card? The Mets? The Giants? Certainly not the Cubs. What have we seen that indicates they're not going to just stumbled half assed across the finish line lucky to be at .500?
  12. Sammy Sofa
    It's not. Unless the Cardinals seriously stumble or this team as a drastic turnaround they're not going to be in contention to ever overtake them. And forget about the WC.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Anyone who regrets moving prospects of any level for Adrian Gonzalez should get a pipe to the dome.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    I agree. I'm terrified of the midseason move where Hendry trades several top prospects for a mediocre veteran reliever. Unless Aramis and Lee have pretty significant rebounds I don't think there's much worry to worry about in that regard. They're going to be nowhere near the WC or the Cardinals.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    re: Heyward: no re: Leake: yes re: Might want to rethink that: you.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, those guys are total flukes and couldn't possibly have success against any other team. Only the Cobs, amirite?
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, Lou isn't the reason this team stinks. He's certainly not helping and contributing to the suck, but even the best manager would probably only have this team at .500 right now with their two most important hitters in the toilet.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    [expletive], I'll happily take some kind of sucktacular Nady/Hoff 1B platoon monster if it means they'll unload the contents of a money bin on Adrian Gonzalez' doorstep.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Or just use Gorzelanny as the setup guy. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE RIGHTIES.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Or just use Marshall as the setup man, since you're sure as [expletive] not getting a good one for Gorzelanny and a "mid-level prospect."
  21. Sammy Sofa
    I have a feeling it'll be the forfeit lineup overall with the relative early start after last night.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    You suck.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    Hopefully we don't have to care what he does next year when the Cubs do the smart thing and don't re-sign him, and it would be the smart thing to do even if he wasn't in the lull that he's in.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Gomes is pretty awesome. Good for him.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Man, baseball games between mediocre teams are really boring.
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