Sammy Sofa
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So you need a few more years AFTER the last two years? And I thought we were the idiots talking about him being terrible for five years in a row. Yeah call me crazy for not wanting to kick him to the curb after an injury riddled 95 win season. I trust his track record and his general intelligence. He has built at 3 to 4 phenomenal cores in 17 years. Even if this one tanks I would give the dude another shot to build another core. Who was saying fire him after last year? Though that said, you put the caveat of last season being the result of injuries, and now they're cruising in for about an 88 win season. And the guy is signed with the Cubs for, what, 2 more seasons? All of his talk is how he's likely outta here after 10 years. He's going to need to stumble on a LOT of good picks and international signings in short order to right the ship before he goes.
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Well you have plenty of goofy takes so why would I assume otherwise. Also considering Laurel is synomous with past achievements and awards, aka legacy in baseball.. it would seem your quote was in direct argument to his overall legacy? Yes, again, I'm saying Epstein is in a position where he can't effectively just ride out his success to the end of his tenure with the Cubs. The moves his FO have made have left the team and farm system in shaky positions where they're seemingly constantly having to patch holes and fill pretty urgent needs and work off of their heels. All of their talk was like they were setting up a player drafting and development system that was going to keep them flush, and that has most certainly not even remotely come to pass after the main surge that led to the WS win. Couple that with some key bust/disappointing trades and FA signings and we're looking at an org that is on a downward trend without much relief in sight.
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Because I was pretty obviously talking about him being more likely to leave Chicago a la his flaming parachute jump from Boston as opposed to him being able to spend the rest of his time with the Cubs in a victory lap or resting on his laurels; the state of both the team and the farm system are clearly demonstrating that the former are obviously not the case. The Cubs haven't been operating from a position of strength for some time on either level, so to trot out that they're still run by a "top 3 FO" just because someday people will look fondly on Old Man Boy Genius going into the Hall doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot right now. This whole, "I don't care how things go going forward because of the past" shtick is pretty goofy. That you think anyone here was arguing against Epstein's overall legacy or that it needed defending is even goofier.
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It wasn't a debate or discussion anyone was actually having; it was an odd non-sequitur reply to people pointing out that the job Epstein and co. are currently doing is looking pretty shaky at best. Let's not ignore the weirder part that multiple people would apparently be fine with their favorite baseball team being terrible for years because their favorite baseball executive is HoF-worthy.
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Jesus horsefeathering Christ.
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Because who gives a damn what his reputation is going to be down the line? I mean, besides you and the two guys who liked that confounding post. Like, why would Epstein's reputation when he finally retires have anything to do with taking a long hard look at the pricey declining team and terrible farm system he's presiding over right now? Who looks at the current state of the Cubs organization and gives themselves comfort by thinking, "well, at least Theo's rep is safe and secure when he finally calls it a day, who cares how the rest of it goes?" It's weird.
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Oh god; just punch out before you shoot your other foot off, too.
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He can leave in a gorilla suit and rest on his laurels easily. He is a hall of famer if he loses 100 games the next 5 years and retires. Well, that's certainly one way to stan for this guy. A weird one, IMO.
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Theo's much closer to making yet another costumed getaway than being able to do some laurel-resting.
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Stuff like this baffles me. Like, how can the manager and coaches AND the FO not act on this very obvious and very easily obtained info. They absolutely must know about it, so....why? It's so interminably meatball-y. -
#letthekidsitthanks
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I would assume it's because he'll just be back up in a few weeks, and can get regular starts in the meantime. He was really damn bad in June and July, though had bounced back a bit in August with a .400 .556 .500 1.056 line, though that was in only 27 PA and with a whopping .444 BAbip.
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What a weird reply.
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Why are we rooting actively against our FO, the best we evet had and top 3 in baseball? Mostly because of their enabling of a domestic abuser and partially because the owners are garbage people who support awful things politically. Yeah, the ever escalating shittiness of seeking out players like Chapman and Murphy, and the ongoing enabling of Russell, all while talking out of the other side of their mouth about things like character and whatnot. Seemingly just rolling right along with the owners crying poor, and then demonstrating rather (IMO) piss-poor ability to counter that limitation via, well, anything. Underwhelming at best trades, signings and drafts for several years, unimpressively inconsistent and flawed player development (I think all of the "Cubs Way" talk has demonstrated itself to be mostly horsefeathers-all fluff nonsense...or the Cubs Way is a shitty way to develop most players. Take your pick)...nobody is going to deny they had an incredible surge that resulted in what we all wanted...but that's now sandwiched by multiple years first of terrible tanking, and now a steady slide that demonstrates more and more that these guys repeatedly dropped the ball in terms of maintaining just how damn good this team was (and building to both maintain it and setup for the future), and they've basically had to scramble to play catch up almost from the moment the WS was won. I think just tossing out there that they're a "top 3 FO in baseball" like that's a given is a VERY generous stretch.
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2019 Game Thread Starters
Sammy Sofa replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
PackLandVA, Derwood and soccer10k are the next ones up. -
Yeah, I was all but checked out for at least a solid week before last night's hilarious loss. Now I'm 100%. Could not give less of a horsefeathers if they end up doing well, and pretty much hoping that this FO goes down in flames.
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2019 Game Thread Starters
Sammy Sofa replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Ding Dong, it's you, whatever, who cares. -
Go (away) Cubs.
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Modzilla was online yesterday morning, and Cox hasn't been seen since. There wasn't a final meltdown or anything; I guess someone finally found the Modzilla password and put him out of his misery.
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Moves like that and PH Kemp for him last night have me irrationally hoping that these dopes are just finally running out the string with him.
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Joe being forced to play Almora because he was Theo's first pick or something. The petty, bitter side of me (only a side?) is convinced this is the case. Nothing else makes sense.
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Well, now I'm annoyed that he got to play a character that no doubt gave him a tiny ol' boner every day.
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Let's remember some umps...
