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  1. goonys evil twin
    I don't see the point in giving the benefit of the doubt to people who have a long history from which they can be judged. I hated on Baker before he was signed and never gave him the benefit of the doubt, and I think it's pretty clear I was justified. I don't have the same feelings on Lou, though. You can't use one example to prove the world. And besides, you have little choice but to give him a shot anyway----unless you're holding out on a huge stockpile of Tribune stock goony. Many Yankee fans hated on Torre when he took the NY job. His record wasn't exactly sparkling. I'd say they were dead wrong. Piniella has had some success. Not saying he will here, but I'll also bet if he doesn't, it won't be all his fault. Especially not with Hendry in the front office. I'm not doing cartwheels over this hiring, but hey whatever I'll give the old guy a chance. Once he proves himself incapable, then I'll start to complain. Prove the world? What does that even mean? I think there are plenty of times when one is perfectly justified in not giving a person the benefit of the doubt.
  2. goonys evil twin
    I think they convince themselves that their moves are so important to the team, so they have to make them, which to me, is akin to justifying your salary. They are paid like NFL coaches, whose strategies matter, but don't matter nearly as much. I'm guessing this is just very poorly worded? Not something I'd expect to hear you say, goony. The baseball managers strategies don't matter as much. Poorly worded.
  3. goonys evil twin
    I think they convince themselves that their moves are so important to the team, so they have to make them, which to me, is akin to justifying your salary. They are paid like NFL coaches, whose strategies matter, but don't matter nearly as much.
  4. goonys evil twin
    Why? Just because we have the money to spend. Doesn't mean you should give up one of your best young players who you will be getting a bargain on for the next # of years for an upgrade. Look. Put Soriano in CF and take his 25-40 HR and get stellar pitching and maybe even add another impact bat elsewhere. Or even a very good above average bat elsewhere and you have a very good offense. Keep Murton. He can be part of a really good offense. . I'd tend to agree here. I think I'd much rather try and keep Murton and improve elsewhere. I'd trade Matt for a stud like Cabrera, but not Dunn.
  5. goonys evil twin
    Do you really believe this to be true? I can see micromanaging because that's what they believe in but to justify their salaries....I really don't think so. Okay, replace "justify their salaries" to "feel like they're doing work/doing their job". I still don't believe that. IMO a manager has his beliefs and does what he thinks will be successful. Once you start thinking about doing things to justify their salaries or feel like they are doing work then it's time to leave the profession. I understand that many here don't respect managers at all but to say they do these things for these reasons are wrong IMO. My God, if I have 9 guys out there kicking butt I keep them in there unless I'm trying to get others some playing time and keep them from getting injured. In no way shape of form make a move just to justify me being there. That just doesn't make any sense to me. You aren't a major league manager. It's not at all similar. These guys are making millions to babysit. There's very little teaching, from a manager's standpoint.
  6. goonys evil twin
    What are you basing this on? Lee got a fantatsic deal. Ramirez is well paid. The offer to Furcal was market value (nobody expected the Dodgers to crazy with their offer). If he says these guys are in his sights, and news reports show Soriano as his number one target, why disbelieve it? Just out of natural Cubs angst? Others have posted what I was going for. If the Cubs overpayed for Beltran they would have not traded for Pierre and the list goes on. IMO, when you have a talent like that you do what you have to do to get him. What stinks is that this year their are not any impact hitters out there in the free agent field. Soriano, Lee. Lee isn't much of an impact player. He's more of a secondary guy like Cliff Floyd.
  7. goonys evil twin
    Well, he claims he never said that. Well, he was also completely shocked by speculation he'd be a manager during the ALCS. Really? It seemed pretty clear everybody in the booth knew he had a job waiting for him. Maybe I have it confused with the report that he was going to be the new Yankee manager, but my point was that he dismissed comments about him managing while he was broadcasting when it was well known he was in the hunt for a job. This could very likely be the same situation given his history with A-Rod and A-Rod's perception in NY. Well, the way he talked in the ALCS made me believe he was prepared to take the Cubs job. And the way he talked in the press conference made me believe he hasn't gotten much into the ARod topic with Hendry, and certainly hasn't demanded ARod come with him.
  8. goonys evil twin
    What are you basing this on? Lee got a fantatsic deal. Ramirez is well paid. The offer to Furcal was market value (nobody expected the Dodgers to crazy with their offer). Isn't that the point? That Hendry offers fair deals but doesn't go above and beyond with the big contracts he offers(Beltran and Furcal for example)? Sometimes that's good, sometimes it's not so good. Plus, those were his own players. It's one thing to negotiate with your own players before they hit free agency, and another to sign other teams' free agents.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Well, he claims he never said that. Well, he was also completely shocked by speculation he'd be a manager during the ALCS. Really? It seemed pretty clear everybody in the booth knew he had a job waiting for him.
  10. goonys evil twin
    This is a Dustyesque rationalization of a negative statistic. No it isn't. They ran well last year. Have the same people + a healthy Benson. Have focused most of their offense on the passing game. Dusty has nothing to do with it. So they're really not trying that hard to gain yardage when they hand the ball off? No, they just aren't putting any sort of emphasis on the running game. Last year they would repeatedly go to the run, even when the opposition knew they'd run. Occasionally, they'd be stuffed for no gain, but they'd keep at it and rack up yards. This year, if they don't gain 10 yards on a run play, the next play is a deep pass. They averaged 40 more yards per game and a full yard more per rush, and that was against stacked boxes last year. They are clearly capable of running the ball well. I suspect they will as the season goes on.
  11. goonys evil twin
    I don't see the point in giving the benefit of the doubt to people who have a long history from which they can be judged. I hated on Baker before he was signed and never gave him the benefit of the doubt, and I think it's pretty clear I was justified. I don't have the same feelings on Lou, though.
  12. goonys evil twin
    I don't need to see Benson run blocking at all.
  13. goonys evil twin
    This is a Dustyesque rationalization of a negative statistic. No it isn't. They ran well last year. Have the same people + a healthy Benson. Have focused most of their offense on the passing game. Dusty has nothing to do with it.
  14. goonys evil twin
    The potential for bad winter weather certainly would be even more of a help to their already-great defense. But I don't think the Bears play an offensive style that's all that favorable for playing in wind, cold or snow. They don't run the ball all that well, and they have been using the deep pass extensively so far this season. They are very capable of running the ball well, as they did last year with the same squad. I think they've gotten away from focusing on that aspect, partially in an effort to get Grossman developing, and partially out of ego once they realized they could throw. I bet they run a lot the rest of the year. The Bears have the third worse YPC in the NFL. They aren't running as much, true, but when they do run the ball, they aren't effective at all. Like I said, they haven't focused much on it this year, and I believe it was a combo of putting so much effort into developing Grossman and partially out of arrogance.
  15. goonys evil twin
    CROWN THEIR ASS!!!!!!!!!!!
  16. goonys evil twin
    Gee, really? Hadn't heard. Hey, at least I justified it with what I think is logical reasoning. Feel free to disagree. Brady makes plenty of big plays and puts up plenty of offensive weapons. He takes chances, and executes. He doesn't take many chances. The Patriots are a ball-control offense predicated mostly on the short pass. He will go deep sometimes, but doesn't often try to squeeze the ball into small openings the way that Favre has always done. Brady's career high in interceptions is 14 - Favre has thrown more picks than that in all but four years of his career. Throwing deep to Berrian when he has a couple steps on the corner is not really taking a chance. Either BB catches up to it or not. Grossman was mostly throwing 15 yard passes to open receivers to start the year. He'd take one or two really risky throws, but last night was the first time he just started chucking like a maniac.
  17. goonys evil twin
    The potential for bad winter weather certainly would be even more of a help to their already-great defense. But I don't think the Bears play an offensive style that's all that favorable for playing in wind, cold or snow. They don't run the ball all that well, and they have been using the deep pass extensively so far this season. They are very capable of running the ball well, as they did last year with the same squad. I think they've gotten away from focusing on that aspect, partially in an effort to get Grossman developing, and partially out of ego once they realized they could throw. I bet they run a lot the rest of the year.
  18. goonys evil twin
    I really don't think so, look at the two games that the Bears didn't dominated. Metrodome (where they suck) and a loud AZ stadium. I do not want to have to play in seattle in the playoffs. Yep, the Bears domination has been at home, and at Lambeau (where they've been winning quite a bit lately). HFA looks big right now. Personally, I've seen the Eagles beat the Bears in 2002 on the road, and then lose at home in 2003 and 2004 in the NFC Championship game. Two of the three years the Patriots won the Super Bowl, they went on the road to Pittsburgh to win the AFC Championship game. The Ravens in 2000 won two games on the road en route to the Super Bowl championship, and the Steelers won three in a row on the road last year. Obviously talent is most important. But there are real HFA factors that play in, especially with teams like Seattle, or dome teams.
  19. goonys evil twin
    He hasn't talked freely about it.
  20. goonys evil twin
    Gee, really? Hadn't heard. Hey, at least I justified it with what I think is logical reasoning. Feel free to disagree. Brady makes plenty of big plays and puts up plenty of offensive weapons. He takes chances, and executes.
  21. goonys evil twin
    That's not what he did at all and you know it. He was talking about a player's dedication to his team and teammates.
  22. goonys evil twin
    It seems obvious to me the Cubs wanted him back but he wanted special treatment and quit, for the 2nd time.
  23. goonys evil twin
    Well, he claims he never said that.
  24. goonys evil twin
    Gee, really? Hadn't heard.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Stone wasn't fired, he quit because his feelings were hurt.
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