Sammy Sofa

The day I realized there was a Jeffrey Baez was infuriating.

It's not nice making fun of the challenged.

But guys, really, the Baez thing...that's not funny.

Boxcar Tom is hilarious. Especially his adventures with pies on windowsills. Damn right.

Based on what's winning it's clear NSBB doesn't understand great humor. Based on the volume of PTR references I'd say you're right. PTR has been greatly misused; it only works if he's an old timey hobo.

Based on what's winning it's clear NSBB doesn't understand great humor.

I think a good percentage of people would say Bochy is the best manager in baseball and its hard to argue at this point Meh. Do you think players don't look at him as someone they'd want to play for, especially given the Giants' success in recent years? It seems like Maddon has a good rep, but if a FA is weighing managers it would seem like Bochy would be really appealing.

That's really not an applicable comparison; they managed to get LBJ back mainly because he's from the area and he liked the narrative of returning home. Up and coming can only get you so far when you're trying to argue your case against teams that actually have been regularly competitive and have won multiple WS within the last decade. Again, I think a lot of people here want to dismiss how much this likely influences a FA's decision along with the money/years.

"Oh yeah; I was also there all of those other years, included the two where we won the World Series!" an argument of "we're competitive all the time" falls a bit flat when the club has finished in last place two of the past three seasons. Far more competitive than the Cubs, competitive more of ten than not and they've shown the propensity to bounce back quickly when he was with them and the willingness to do what is needed to bounce back quickly. I don't think it's a stretch at all to say the Cubs have to sell themselves a lot harder than teams like the Red Sox or the Giants.

"Oh yeah; I was also there all of those other years, included the two where we won the World Series!" Theo: BTW, I was the GM for the first of those two, and the players I developed/acquired played a big part in the second! Come to the Cubs! I think these guys weigh recent franchise history more than a lot of us want to admit.

"Oh yeah; I was also there all of those other years, included the two where we won the World Series!"

Guys, nothing about Baez is funny.

Meh. There are long term pitching options available out there just for cash as opposed to shelling out what few resources they have via their crappy farm system for a single season rental. That is a fairly good point; the Sox farm system is [expletive] as it is, why trade from what little you have for a rental when there are so many FA options out there (given the state of their payroll)? Maybe their plan is just to make their run this year and collect that pick when Shark walks, and not be that much worse off after 2015. Even then, trading prospects for Shark to get a non-top pick in 2016's draft seems pointless. If the idea is to compete in 2015 and beyond, why not go after one of the FA pitchers? And it's not as if any of this makes them favorites in the AL Central by any means, either. It's going to be tough sledding for them still. More puzzling to me is what Beane is doing. I'd be very nervous if I were an A's fan right now. Whatever, it's late and my brain is foggy. It wasn't surprising when the A's started shipping people off, but now it seems like he's in some kind of bizarre slash and burn mode. And yeah, the Sox acting like they can go all in for 2015 is weird. They have some decent young players, but it's a pretty small core without much of anything coming up behind them. They could make some noise if they shore up the starting rotation, but again, why not just sign someone instead of going for a one and done via trade?

Meh. There are long term pitching options available out there just for cash as opposed to shelling out what few resources they have via their crappy farm system for a single season rental.

What's the risk? If he walks, they get a pick. It just seems like a move for the sake of making a move given the state of their ML team and their farm system.

It's for a guy who has repeatedly all but screamed from the rooftops that he is going to put himself out there as a FA after next season and everyone knows that there is zero chance of the A's re-signing him; nobody is going to give up a haul for him. This isn't the slam dunk for the White Sox you seem to think it is.

There is so much left undone for a lot of teams and so many players left out there that it is preposterous to say that at this point. Unless someone signs both Lester and Scherzer, nobody is beating Shark for nothing, Robertson, LaRoche, and Duke. I don't know why you're so enamored with these moves.

But Cespedes would be so much more fun to watch. Valbuena just has his bat flip.

Nah, he's sticking at 3B with Baez imploding. then valbuena/alcantara/lastella plays 2B and russell plays 3b GIVE ME THIS ONE THING, YOU NEARSIGHTED SCRAP PILE!

Nah, he's sticking at 3B with Baez imploding.

Pure blinding rage. Soler is by far my favorite of the Cubs' young players. Now if they can get Cespedes so that both Cuban gods can rule Wrigley? Stand the [expletive] back and get some goggles.

Wow, what the hell happened to Bruce last year?

So if not, we just do nothing? Typical. Or they go for the bat and get one of the other big pitchers.

Did anyone actually say the first two? Let's fight them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/edstevensiscool/2-2.jpg YES. I want #fumtr to be a thing.