Sammy Sofa

Why are people surprised when married celebrities end up shacking up with "regular" mistresses? It's not like Tiger can try and bone famous women. He would have been busted a long time ago if that was his M.O..

Obviously you aren't aware that beer is a potent diuretic, especially when you have six to ten. And that's before the game starts. Real fans know to pregame elsewhere, as the ballpark beers are expensive. And terrible. I don't care if it's tradition: Old Style is horrible and the Bud the vendors serve tastes like it's been watered down as much as possible.

His temper sucks, and at the rate the negative publicity is mounting on him he will be a detriment to the PGA for the 1st couple of months. I would not be surprised if the PGA told him to take a leave before he actually did. The last thing they need is the entire focus of a tournament being built around hating Tiger Woods. He is too important for them. The PR machine is going to have to have been rolling for a couple of months before he comes back. Tiger is golf. I guarentee you that the PGA is weeping over this statement from Tiger. Let's not act like the PGA is some bastion of morality here: Tiger playing is going to draw monster coverage and ratings and the PGA will make a boatload. They want him playing ASAP.

I assume that that's just the "quick access" facilities for players and umps during the game.

More troughs, as it should be.

I would be with you, but after I saw the way the players reacted with relief after Bradley was suspended at the end of the year, I am pretty certain it would be better for the team to play next year without Bradley. For me the trouble with that is how much of that was truly directed at Bradley and how much was that just frustration over the crappy season and looking for someone to blame? Or how much of that was just based on the feelings at that moment due to a specific incident? Bradley made plenty of stupid comments/decisions, but I think it's reasonable to think that effectively starting fresh with a new season that it would be a much different situation. I think it would basically come down to how the 2010 season kicks off. If the team is winning and/or Bradley isn't ice cold again I highly doubt anyone on the team is going to have a problem with him.

Only signed through this season and he has made it sound like he wants to test the FA market after his current deal is up and the Cubs likely do not have and will not have the money to extend him. Couple that with what they'd have to give up to get him and it's a frustrating matter of bad timing that unfortunately makes it not worth the Cubs getting involved.

There not locked into anything they just don't want Milton around anymore. Most of the players hate him, most of the coaches dislike him and the common Cubs fan hates him as well. Having Milton on the team is just bad PR and will make them look bad next season. Plus I think they really wanna improve the outfield defense, and that includes moving Fukudome back to RF and getting a new CF. But when it all comes down to it, Ricketts doesn't want Bradley on the team anymore. Otherwise I don't think it would be a must like it is. Tough crap if people don't like him (especially the fans). If it's not realistic for him to get traded without the Cubs paying almost all of the contract then you have adults explaining to other adults the reality of the situation and they deal with it. Ricketts basically flat out said that he gave Hendry a set limit as to how much of Bradley's salary that they'll cover and it's pretty clear that that's not working out. If it's not economically feasable then you make it work.

That ship has sailed. The Cubs obviously feel they can no longer have Bradley on their team. Whether that's a smart decision is debatable, but that's the decison they have made. What? This isn't some decision the Cubs are locked into. They don't have to trade him.

Have a press conference with Hendry, Lou, Bradley, Jaramillo and Ricketts and make up some crap about putting everything behind us and moving forward and emphasize Jaramillio and him and Milton working together and Milton's year in Texas with Jaramillio and then tell everyone to STFU and move on. Bat Milton #2 and tell him he can refuse to talk to the press like he wanted to do in the first place when he got here.

What a mess. Come on amazing draft pick.

Only a fool would think there isn't significant things this team needs to improve even if they do get one of the big FA signings, but to say that the talent isn't there is also rather foolish.

There's pretty clearly talent there.

This made me laugh. It's clearly a scenario Olney made up, asked someone with the Cubs if they'd be open to such an idea and then he wrote it up like it was ever something anyone ever proposed besides Buster Olney himself.

It was pretty well understood they'd struggle this year. At least from my perspective. Still, I wasn't expecting last night to happen. True, I went into this expecting an off year without Gordon and waiting for the FA bonanza, but I didnt expect Vinny to still be this bad. You couple that with Rose either being too young or simply not having the personality to lead on the court and you've got a young team that's basically rudderless out there.

It seems pretty redundant to run down the team when they don't have a leader of any kind really either on the floor or in a coach right now.

Vinny's gotta go. I think he's potentially the most damaging thing to the Bulls' chances of landing a big FA. They've got a decent young core in Rose, Deng and Noah but Vinny repeatedly shows that he has know idea how to guide and properly utilize these guys when it's most critical.

Definitely would not mind having Church on the bench.

Looking at the players involved I'm definitely glad the Cubs weren't in on this.

Good. I'd rather get Cameron.

What makes people think this? Matt Murton deserves a shot but Sam Fuld doesn't. Not necessarily you, but this is where people who rely mostly on stats lose credibility in my opinion. They argue Fuld should not be given a chance because you can't rely on a small sample size of success last year and his minor league stats don't suggest he will be a good player at the major league level. Meanwhile, a guy who has bounced around organizations doesn't get the shot "he deserves". The great Billy Beane had no use for Murton. Why? It may have something to do with his lack of defensive ability and his hitting does not overcome his bad defense. Beane could have had Murton again but instead chose Jake Fox. Interesting. On the other hand, Fuld plays good defense, has better speed and has shown an ability to get on base at the major league level but most people here don't want to give him a chance. I'm not necessarily advocating Fuld for CF, I'm just trying to point out the double standard that exists. One guy said Murton didn't get the shot he deserved and you're extrapolating that to some board-wide double standard when it comes to people realizing that Sam Fuld is simply not a very good fulltime baseball player. Most of us have actually come to the conclusion some time ago that Murton, like Fuld, is a mediocre at best player. Also, you point out that beane targeting Fox means that Fox might be better than we think...right after you pointed out that Beane also went after Murton and he didn't amount to much of anything. Just because Beane shows interets in a player doesn't mean they're going to amount to anything.

I really hope the Cubs check the "NO" box before they pass the note back to Looper.

Whew. I was worried about that. It's ok that you let Harden walk, but you gotta lock up Little Babe Ruth for as long as you can. That dude is the backbone of this team! While letting Harden go was pretty dumb unless his arm was about to shatter, you can't really compare signing Fontenot to signing Harden. Even just with arbitration Harden would be making a lot more.

Man, the HOF is going to be busting down Garland's door to get him in. Lowe and Moyer, too. ELITE.

Dunn as a Cardinal would make my soul cry.