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  1. Sammy Sofa
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    I'd be much more optimistic if we had more potential to "wait and see," but we don't. And spending like this doesn't preclude developing the farm system, so we could still have that if they wise up.
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    I would have killed for the Yankee's lineup last year, too. I would have killed for 97 wins as well. People forget that the best pitching didn't win the playoffs. It's luck, timing and a lot of other stuff. But having a great offense is not a bad thing. Slightly above average pitching won this year. And that's probably why so many slightly above average pitchers are cashing in. But don't kid yourselves into thinking the Yankees were a bad team because they were all offense. They won 97 games. I'm not saying they were bad, or that pitching is the end-all-be-all...just that their collapse is probably almost all due to they fact their pitching was so deficit, and ours is much moreso at this point.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    *POPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOPOP* Spend like there's no tomorrow!
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    Source: http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/features/rumors Hendry will bid 4/60 soon. Would rather have written off 2007 and given our stable of 4A pitchers a chance to earn a rotation spot, then evaluate and address needs in the offseason. Sadly that ship has sailed(sigh). Was there even a ship to begin with? Outside of Hill, our current crop of youngsters ain't too pretty. I'm thinking some of them will improve, but do you really think any of them until Veal and Gallagher would improve THAT much?
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    Exactly. It's totally seperate from the payroll. It doesn't mean he'd get a huge contract afterwards. Count against the payroll for MLB purposes or not, the Trib would be spending an extra 25 million this season. That money does have to come from somewhere. It's a pretty big company. I'm not sweating it. In contrast to almost everyone else here, I hope that the Cubs DID put in the highest bid. SPEND THEM DOLLAS AND POP THEM COLLAS.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    I would have killed for the Yankee's lineup last year, too.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Hey, Jason! Chicago is only halfway! More like 3/4. Shut up before you ruin it!!!
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Exactly. It's totally seperate from the payroll. It doesn't mean he'd get a huge contract afterwards.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Hey, Jason! Chicago is only halfway!
  11. Sammy Sofa
    I think Rex needs to out and out tank like he did against the Cardinals 2-3 more times before they bench him. Somebody mentioned that Rex will lose you games...but he will also win them for you. Griese is OK, but he's a bandage at best intended for use if Grossman gets hurt...if he's in, the running game needs to explode and the defense needs to start scoring all the time. It won't be as ridiculous as it was with Orton, but it would definitely limit the Bears. Grossman, faults and all, opens up and expands this team. You bench him ONLY if he shows himself to be a complete disaster, and this latest game was nowhere near being that.
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    Bingo. Let's see how they look next week before pushing the panic button. They did a nice job coming back after the Miami loss. Did we really expect them to go undefeated; to sweep 3 straight East Coast roadies? Grossman has his issues; but let's wait and see. Agreed again. The Grossman haters will ride hard this week, but really, what can you accomplish by playing Greise? Greise was there as a BACKUP in case Grossman got hurt. Until that time I would be very disappointed with the coaching staff if they listened to the talk radio junk and benched Grossman. Grossman is the future, and he's showed a hell of a lot of promise in his first full year. We took down two tough New York teams, and lost to one of the best teams in the NFL, and a 3 time Superbowl QB. Their defense is stellar, and they were playing at home. I'm not saying there weren't things that went wrong, but I'm very far from the panic button. Preach it. Seconded He showed a lot of promise his first 5 weeks, and since then has mostly sucked Those 4th quarter stats they flashed tonight for him were kind of not good.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    The lack of the shotgun is driving me nuts. I don't want to live and die by it, but considering we've seen it only twice the whole freakin' year is ridiculous. Sure seemed to work alright for the Pats today. Mix it up!
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    Agreed. I'm not going to be losing a lot of sleep on this. We played right with them the whole game...the refs, the coaching, and some sloppy play (from both teams) led to a loss. Same here. I wanted them to win it, but 2 out of 3 on a really tough roadtrip and then losing the last 1 by only 4 points against one of the best teams out there really isn't killing me. If they look the same next week back at home, THEN I'll worry.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Not very sexy, Rexy.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Hey, Bears! Look! Shotgun!
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Manny is, at worst, as bad a fielder as Jones, and our overall defense (weren't the Cubs like 7th or better in the league?) was just fine with his shenanigans out there, and his bat is almost infinitely better.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Personally, I don't think Zito is worth even that pitching at Wrigley. I'd much rather see them try and get Schmidt.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Dude...your avatar...come ON.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Our Aramis is an awesome Aramis.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    STOP TROLLING US WITH YOUR SCHTICKY PERSONAL WEBSITES, TROLLY MCTROLLALOT!
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    I don't think anyone has been so head and shoulders ahead of the rest of their conference in a while like the Bears are this year. Maybe the Rams in 2001 but that's about it. As far as record? The Colts last year, the Eagles the year before that come to mind as teams who were so far ahead that they clinched the conference a month ahead of time. The Bears are enjoying a similar run this year, and it should be an easy run to HFA-my question to Bears fans is, do you want to rest starters or not? It's a very tough issue. Certainly play Benson more and get griese some snaps. Well I'm excited for this game! My argument about getting Griese excessive time is that Rex still needs the experience, especially going into the playoffs.
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    Short of Pie suddenly becoming the next Pujols offensively, I see little problem with batting him low in the order. Not that I think he'll stink...I'm just of the mindset that it's better to bat the rookies lower where there's less pressure so they can hopefully adjust better to hitting in the bigs. Find their role elsewhere in the lineup after they've made that first step.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    *Praysprayspraysprays* *Lights a zillion candles* *Burns house down* *Prays even harder*
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Kaplan also quoted unnamed agents as saying that Hendry's presentation was the best he'd ever seen and that Hendry's rep among players (past and present) helped seal the deal. Lou was active in this recruiting process and also met with Soriano separately. Hendry says he'll be pursuing pitching. As I posted earlier, there's some speculation that they wanted to sign Soriano early to boost credibility and improve there chances with potential FAs, such as Schmidt. Wow, if this is true, who is this man and what the hell has he done with Jim Hendry?
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