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  1. goonys evil twin
    I'd prefer it if the out clause wasn't an issue. It would have been nice if it wasn't included. However, it's presence does not mean the Cubs had to let it get to the point where he used it.
  2. goonys evil twin
    A druggy ruining his life is quite tangible. Only after the damage has been done. So why do the Twins (Braves, etc) value makeup so highly? It seems to work. It's the difference between talent that flames out in AA and talent that plays in the bigs. If scouting is necessary to eliminate guys like Allison before they become problems, who did he get drafted in the first place? I'm all for scouts telling the decision makers that a kid is likely to become a druggy. That has nothing to do with teams overpaying for intangibles.
  3. goonys evil twin
    There is no need to eliminate a need that never existed. You don't need positional flexibility off the bench? They sucked offensively. No argument there. There is no need for guys who can play 7 positions, and play them poorly, without hitting a lick. The Cubs treated Macias's "ability" to play both IF and OF as a value worth paying extra for, when, in fact, there was no value. The only time you might need such a player, is during the course of one game, when multiple guys gets injured. But you are much better off just plugging in guys at positions for that one game, and then calling up somebody from AAA if you need them later. It's stupid to guarantee roster spots and significant money to players based on their ability to go anywhere in the field. Your bench should be able to hit, first and foremost. If you get into a position where you need such a crappy utility guy, call up somebody from the minors the next day. Don't waste the 161 games for the insurance of that 1 game where they might help you.
  4. goonys evil twin
    I don't have a problem with the out clause itself. The problem is not treating Aramis like a free agent last offseason. He was in a better position than Lee, because he had all the free agency rights of Lee, but with an insurance benefit of guaranteed years. If you are thinking of him as a pending free agent, just like Lee, you are in a position to negotiate a deal that is lower than the one you gave Lee. We're not talking about a 36 year old on the decline, who is less likely to exercise such an option. Ramirez is still in his prime, this is exactly when players want to be free agents.
  5. goonys evil twin
    There is no need to eliminate a need that never existed.
  6. goonys evil twin
    A druggy ruining his life is quite tangible.
  7. goonys evil twin
    No, he just mispronounces Chone.
  8. goonys evil twin
    No truth, at least in the way they made it sound. My Cubs people tell me this likely will go down to Nov. 11. Sigh. Okay. Any insight on how far apart they are? The difference isn't that great. I don't know the exact numbers, but what I reported the other day and what the trade rumors cite reported are in the ballpark. But the agent is going to squeeze until the last minute. The last time they signed Aramis to an extension, Adam Katz, who is one of the agency's principals, swooped in at the very last minute to seek changes and sweeteners. I fully expect the same thing this time, which is why I said you have to look at both sides in any negotiation. November 11 makes sense to me. Bruce, my thoughts on this were Hendry had a chance to make this easier by guaranteeing Ramirez more years, and bumping the salary a bit, a long time ago. But waiting for the season to end took away any leverage he had. I got the feeling Hendry was confident Ramirez wouldn't even exercise that option. Do you you think he misread the market, or Ramirez's intentions? Do you think he could have had Ramirez for something like 4/48 months ago? Going into this season, Ramirez was every bit the free agent to be that Lee was, the only difference being that Aramis had a fallback, but Lee was obviously the priority.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Yeah, but he does hustle. :lol: Seriously, he rarely throws as hard as he can. Bum!
  10. goonys evil twin
    Is that true? I've seen recent columns from Mr. Miles and from the Sun Times guys stating their opinions that Hendry should let Pierre walk because he's not worth a 3 year - $27M deal. Bruce is the exception. Also, lets talk about Greg Maddux. He had a terrible May, June AND July. Where's Rozner's column about how Maddux quit on the team, or should hang it up, or wasn't worth $9m/yr? He's a hypocrite with an axe to grind. He defends "his" guys and rips the ones who are not. If you talk to him via cell phone on your way to spring training, you can count on glowing reviews.
  11. goonys evil twin
    Is that true? I've seen recent columns from Mr. Miles and from the Sun Times guys stating their opinions that Hendry should let Pierre walk because he's not worth a 3 year - $27M deal. The Suntimes guy I read wants Pierre back. DeLuca or Marriotti? I don't read Marriotti.
  12. goonys evil twin
    Maddux really was miserable for the Cubs this year. He was mediocre the past two.
  13. goonys evil twin
    Is that true? I've seen recent columns from Mr. Miles and from the Sun Times guys stating their opinions that Hendry should let Pierre walk because he's not worth a 3 year - $27M deal. The Suntimes guy I read wants Pierre back.
  14. goonys evil twin
    Ryne Sandberg never produced early, so if that's his concern, he's a hypocrite.
  15. goonys evil twin
    Not needed in baseball. I'm not sure about that. I thought the Cubs interviewed Listach solely to comply with that standard. What a stupid rule, if true. Why should you be forced to interview someone you have absolutely no intention of hiring just because they are a minority? It's a waste of time and sort of demeaning to the person being interviewed I think. "Thanks for coming in Pat, but you are really only being interviewed because you're black and we have to do it." It's an effort to get minority candidates noticed, as well as giving them practice in the interview process. Teams tend to interview candidates who have been candidates elsewhere. The theory is, get guys out there to promote them, and hopefully offset the problem of past discrimination.
  16. goonys evil twin
    I didn't understand why Rozner wanted to paint that as a potential positive, and I don't understand why you think it is either. Wrigley ownership was disastrous, was it not?
  17. goonys evil twin
    For whatever reason, people are much more willing to let the play do the talking in football than they are in baseball. Maybe it's because so much of baseball is about failure, or maybe it's the tedious nature of a 162 game schedule, or a combination of the two, along with the long history of overly dramatic poetic nonsense written about the game. There just aren't as many football games to get to the level of nitpicking that people do with baseball. In football, production and results are all that matter. In baseball, people look at lots of other things besides production. There isn't a lot of love for the last man on a football roster. You want playmakers making plays, and then when they stop making plays, you want them replaced. You like cheap fill-ins, but as soon as they are no longer cheap, or miss a tackle or fumble, you want them gone. In baseball, the nobodies get tons of love simply for being there, and their failures are perfectly acceptable. And if they make $2-3 million, good for them. If your football players produces on the field, you forgive his imperfections. If a baseball player produces on the field, he better fit the stereotype of the mythological hero from days past.
  18. goonys evil twin
    It's far from ridiculous. Writers rely on those insiders for their stories. In the give and take of media/management relationships, management routinely feeds the writers stories they want out there. It's not a matter of controlling the media, it's using it to your benefit.
  19. goonys evil twin
    He is not in the top ten. The only thing he led the league in this year was hits batsmen. He's an innings eater, but he's far from a great pitcher. There are several better pitchers out there. There is no justification for giving up Murton, Pie and a young pitcher for him.
  20. goonys evil twin
    The following is totally warranted: :roll: This whole thing wreaks of smear job. It's like they unleashed a horde of critical articles to gauge public opinion. I'm not sure it's a smear job in the sense of the Cubs are testing the waters. Writers write like this all the time. Rozner has his favorites (who not so coincidentally take his phone calls), like Maddux, and he takes cheap shots at lots of others. It's pretty easy to get away with writing what he wrote about Ramirez. All he has to do is wave at one ball, and people will assume he does it all the time. He hedges his bets, however, by saying the Cubs "have to overpay" Ramirez, as if he's begrudginly accepting that there is no better option.
  21. goonys evil twin
    That is not the only wrinkle. What if they are purchased by the next Bill Wirtz or Peter Angelos?
  22. goonys evil twin
    Figgins is the type of guy who is valuable as a pre-arbitration guy coming up through your system. If you can produce such a guy to throw into the mix, and pay him well below league average, he's fine. But once he starts hitting those arbitration seasons, and especially after he hits free agency, he's going to be overpaid for underproduction. He's owed more than $8m over the next two years, and that's simply too much for what he does, especially if you have to give up talent to get him.
  23. goonys evil twin
    if the bears need bulletin board material to win a home game against a 1-6 team with joey harrington as its quarterback, then they've got more to worry about that who's saying what about them oh jeez. can fans of other teams who want to rain on bears fans parade please start their own thread and refrain from posting in the threads that bears fans pay attention to? especially if their team is either rebuilding or coming off 3 consecutive losses. pot meet kettle Are you saying the Bears are a rebuilding team coming off three consecutive losses and their fans are raining on the parade of some other team that is doing well?
  24. goonys evil twin
    I doubt it'll happen shortly. Depends on your interpretation of, "shortly". . Well, when I think of baseball transactions taking place shortly, I'm thinking within a week, or two at the most. Oh, ok. I was thinking "short" as in relative terms of the universe. . Well, I guess anything could happen in the next million years.
  25. goonys evil twin
    I really hope it is meaningless for the Bears, and expect it will be meaningless for Green Bay.
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