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  1. Sammy Sofa
    I am in full support of your brilliant time machine proposal.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, Lord, YES. I caught them playing a snippet of him sitting along the river in Pittsburgh playing Oasis' "Wonderwall" with a guy on the sax and I swear my TV started crying. That album of his...I can't stop shaking!
  3. Sammy Sofa
    That horse don't fish, dude.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Or to put it in even more simple terms...none of us WANT Hendry back, but, short of a miracle, we're resigned to the fact we HAVE to have him back.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    Good news... good news! Why not skip this turn of the rotation, just to give him a few extra days and make 100% there is nothing there? How many times have we heard from the Cubs training and medical staffs that player X is OK and then a week later they end up on the DL because they were not sure of the extent of the injury. What if he alters his mechanics slightly because of the pain, and ends up really hurting himself? I see no drawback whatsoever of skipping his turn, and a huge possibility for trouble. QF-effin'-T. What is possibly worth it this season to risk a guy like Z? Give him an extra rotation off, big deal. Learn from your past mistakes, you dumb $#&^^$^$@$!@@$$#$#'s!!!
  6. Sammy Sofa
    How you like that Fungo?!?
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Nothing will happened. The "evaluating" comment was said in a booze-induced frenzy and has been completely forgotten at this point.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Wait, wait, wait...all you said is that "he'll never be a successful manager." That implies that as a manager of a baseball team, he will not succeed. Your team winning the WS flies completely in the face of that. Now, question his statements and his attitude and his temper, etc., that's totally different. No, his success doesn't give him a license to do and say whatever he wants. But you cannot argue that he has not had tremendous success as a manager. And what does Dusty have to do with any of this? None of that has anything to do with whether Ozzie is a successful manager, which he has been and which he still is. Let's see if I can untangle this...you hypothetically ask whether or not I'd be as mad at Dusty as I am now had the Cubs won in 2003, ignoring the fact that a WINNING Cubs team in 2003 drastically changes the face of any Cubs team afterwards. But if we want to do this in ridiculous over-simplified terms, yes, I would be ticked off at how bad the team was last year and this even if they had won in '03. Hell, probably even more so since they won the friggin' WS in 2003 and then less than 2 years later turn into one of the worst teams in baseball. Now what the hell does any of that have to do with Ozzie his success as a manager? The White Sox don't stink...in fact, a lot of people think they're even better than last year. Where exactly is he not succeeding AS A MANAGER?
  9. Sammy Sofa
    *Stands* *Slow claps*
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Well, I'm 27, and as much as I slam the ASG every year, I end up watching it and get all mushy and starstruck seeing that many great ballplayers together, so I guess I'm just a big ol' kid.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    I miss home runs. This makes me sad.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    I don't think it's a matter of overlooking...he's slumping on a terrible team riddled with players inexplicably "peaking and valleying" since April. Given his offensive history, I think it's a safe bet he'll bounce back, and probably already is. I look at Walker this way...he's nowhere near being a problem, he swings a heck of bat (especially when used in the top two spots in the order), his D is serviceable and he's incredibly cheap. Unless he can be traded for a decent prospect or two or be part of a package for an impact player, moving him is very unecessary. The Cubs really need to focus on the starting pitching and the outfield to kick this team back towards even being mediocre, and unless Todd can be used in a big way in those areas, I think he should definitely be here next year batting #1 or #2.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Bilk- 1. To defraud, cheat, or swindle 2. To thwart or frustrate 3. To elude $32.5 million for 12 wins in 3 years. Let me know when he wants to give any of the cash back for doing nothing. This post is a moron.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Bilk- 1. To defraud, cheat, or swindle 2. To thwart or frustrate 3. To elude $32.5 million for 12 wins in 3 years. Let me know when he wants to give any of the cash back for doing nothing. He tore his labrum and now rotator cuff to swindle the Cubs? and he would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling kids... and that dog. "Who's up for a Neifi-Snack?!?"
  15. Sammy Sofa
    He's a MLB manager and the team he's currently managing just went and won the WS for the first time in almost under a century under his watch. Sounds pretty "successful" to me.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, but that's hindsight. Sure, compared to what we have now, Clement would be a godsend. But when you sit down and look over his numbers, dropping him because of how much money he wanted is along the lines of wanting Wood and Maddux gone to save the money they'd command vs. their production. We shouldn't have to settle for picking one crappy situation over the other...I want Hendry and co. to make something close to the right decision for once! And re-signing Clement would not have been the right choice. The right choice would have been using the money saved smartly...of course, that didn't happen, either.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! Awesome!
  18. Sammy Sofa
    The Daily is pumping for a LA team to Z! Yellow journalism at its finest. Of course if the Dodgers or Angels want to give the Cubs their top 5 prospects Hendry ought to think about it. If those 5 are overall top 50 guys that is. Agreed. The LA Times is trying to start a rumor, that isn't even out there. They think that because the Cubs are nearing the Pirates/Royals levels that the Cubs would be look to "dump" salary. If it was KC/Pitt that Z was on...he would be the hottest name available for trade, and I could see why the LA Times would jones for the guy. But since Z is on the Cubs, I can't see how they think the Cubs are going to trade him? Yeah! Whenever we stumble upon the the game's best players, we keep them mired in mediocrity, dammit! We're no quitters!
  19. Sammy Sofa
    I think Hendry said he was "evaluating" Dusty in one of his alcohol-induced hazes and has completely forgot about it at this point.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Dude, if it's not going down in Madison, it's not going down, ya dig?
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Totally meaningless gossip from CubsReporter.com: Probably nothing ("Talking to a guy..."), but hey, it's a slow Sunday night. So, yes, I know this will no doubt amount to nothing, but I like the hypothetical question it raises...how many of you would want Piniella running the team if it meant we could see A-Rod playing for the Cubs? I really don't want to see Sweet Lou in charge, but...
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Is that really a "Murderer's Row?" Two moves like that would be big steps in the right direction, but hardly all that would need to be done to make this team serious contenders.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    That doesn't call for a reduced payroll, though. That calls for a new management team that will make the right decisions with the current payroll level. Tell that to the Royals, Pirates and Orioles.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    That's like expecting everyone to ignore the elephant in the corner of the room. Dusty was brought here to make this team win, and he came within 5 outs of the WS. The next season, his team imploded in the final stretch and missed the playoffs altogether. Since then, the team under his watch has gone from bad to staggeringly awful. The issue of Dusty's future with this team cannot be ignored at this point by anyone. Sorry, Scott, but them's the breaks.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    It's not a matter of giving up on him...the only suggestion to deal him off the team in this thread that people mulled over was somehow packaging him for freakin' Tejada! Giving up on him would be settling for someone like Neifi Perez instead.
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