Sammy Sofa
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Sammy Sofa replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
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he typed up that post while power [expletive] Yessss.
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AKA the hccf defense.
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Week 7: Dolphins (2-3) @ Bears (3-3) Noon, CBS/780
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
To go alongside this, Cutler's projected 16 game totals based on his play this year 416/611 68.1% 4,469 yards 7.32 YPA 35 TD 16 INT 97.4 rating http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldgald7yWQ1qdnwe0.gif -
Are you saying that because he didn't make sentence to help you form an opinion? Just wait someone will help you. I am assuming this was translated to Japanese and then back to English, right? BUT CUBINNY HAS FANCY PLANS...and pants to match.
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In my dreams they just level the whole thing.
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Using something as broad as just playoff appearances allows you to do just that. Playoff success is impossible for a GM to control (unless we want to bury Billy Beane). Regular-season win totals are tricky because it flies in the face of the "60 wins are no worse than 75" philosophy of rebuilding. So I guess what you're saying is there's just nothing we can do to improve the evaluation process and it's just the Wild West of focusing on whatever we like about guys. Maybe we really can't do any better than that? Maybe. Booga-booga-boo.
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Using something as broad as just playoff appearances allows you to do just that.
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Ok. Are we judging on that? Because that knocks out Beane and puts in Sabean. What I am looking for is a coherent set of standards that create a top tier (Beane, Friedman, Epstein?) that clearly differentiates them from Sabean, mozeliak, cashman, Jocketty, duquette, etc. There is not, of course, one set of concrete criteria by which to judge this given the variety of contexts. You know it, and it's a stupid tangent. That sounds an awful lot like the same kind of reasoning that gives MVPs to the guy with the most RBIs. It's just the "we know it when we see it" argument, which isn't something the sabermetric community should ever be accepting as an answer. So explain what YOU think is the clear cut criteria for deeming someone a successful GM. Don't do this B.S. dance of acting like the burden of proof is on everyone else to make your point for you.
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What answer are you even looking for?
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Ok. Are we judging on that? Because that knocks out Beane and puts in Sabean. What I am looking for is a coherent set of standards that create a top tier (Beane, Friedman, Epstein?) that clearly differentiates them from Sabean, mozeliak, cashman, Jocketty, duquette, etc. There is not, of course, one set of concrete criteria by which to judge this given the variety of contexts. You know it, and it's a stupid tangent.
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Probably not given the end result was a couple of World Series wins.
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[expletive], KYLE.
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I seriously doubt it's a tricky learning curve, especially given who we're talking about.
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I don't buy that for a second. Yeah, I don't really get this whole "Theo learned his lesson" thing. He's a smart guy, so it's not like he wasn't aware of the ups and downs of big money baseball before he became the Red Sox GM, and it's not like he wasn't managing big money prior to his final couple of years there (which is what it seemed like the initial "lesson learned" post seemed to be about, like Theo is paying his penance for the "mistakes" at the end of his Boston run). It's not like we're talking about something that has to be experienced firsthand to be understood; it's a pretty basic concept.
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Really? I'm not saying that to troll; what was learned? The one "big" FA they've signed under him has been terrible, and "avoiding big FA's altogether" isn't a lesson I necessarily want them embracing.
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For [expletive]'s sake, Kyle.
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the nba has a drunk in crazy colored plaid suits The NHl "wins" with this [expletive] dirtbag: http://a.espncdn.com/media/motion/2010/0528/chi_100528_melrose_Niemi_Leighton.jpg how do you even know this??! you think you know somebody Dude pops on the screen before I can change the channel and he is burned into your brain.
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the nba has a drunk in crazy colored plaid suits The NHl "wins" with this [expletive] dirtbag: http://a.espncdn.com/media/motion/2010/0528/chi_100528_melrose_Niemi_Leighton.jpg
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I would have been ecstatic with either at the time, but in hindsight I wish it was Friedman.
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Week 7: Dolphins (2-3) @ Bears (3-3) Noon, CBS/780
Sammy Sofa replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
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Alright, let's flashback and pretend both Friedman and Theo were available to the Cubs and we know ahead of time about the travails of #poortomricketts. Who would you all prefer the Cubs to have gone with given the relatively spendthrift era to come?
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Sure, but you only have to pander to them to a point. Talking about Manny in such a way when he's not an issue and months after the fact of him being hired just feels like trying WAY too hard to kiss their asses. Maybe it's just the timing, but this and the whole "that's so Cub" thing coming out at the same time just feel really lowest common denominator, even by the usual low sports press standards. Both of these things were said at a season ticket holder event, not technically the press. It doesn't get much more meatbally than an STH base. They're the worst kinds, too, because they actually think they are really knowledgeable. That's a good point. Ah well. The Network-style meltdown will have to sadly wait another day.
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What did he "get away with on the field?" Seriously, what are these terrible things that people would be worried he's going to teach to younger players? "Hey kids, hilariously cutting off a throw from the outfield with an epic dive or high fiving a fan or taking a whiz behind the Green Monster should be the cornerstones of your career."
