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  1. goonys evil twin
    I'm sure Steve will be relieved to hear of your decision :wink: I don't care much for him as an analyst but I did hear him on Mike and Mike ( I know, I don't have much to do today) this morning and I think Fox dropped the ball also. I actually like that he's gone, because he sucks. But that is terrible reasoning for firing him.
  2. goonys evil twin
    bench coach, pitching coach, hitting coach, 3B, 1B, bullpen. There's plenty of room.
  3. goonys evil twin
    I get the feeling that the only way the Cubs get him is if Ramirez leaves, which means 3B it is.
  4. goonys evil twin
    It's ineffiicient use of his power, but not a waste. His power is not just HR, but lots of doubles too. And solo HRs aren't bad, they just aren't as good as a 3R HR. Sure you'll leave a couple runs on the table, but if you have to hit him leadoff to get him, and the other option is Pierre, then you suck it up and do it.
  5. goonys evil twin
    On to the next one, I say.
  6. goonys evil twin
    Even if it's true that they were plain vanilla in that preseason game and they were going to throw a whole bunch of stuff Leinert's way to confuse the hell out of him, there's no reason to talk about it before the game. NFL talent is so similar, that any team can step up and win with proper motivation (and coaching).
  7. goonys evil twin
    I don't see the justification for putting such a strong constraint in place. If a $20 million bullpen is good enough for the Mets, it's good enough for the Cubs. How is it $20m anyway? You have $12.5 decicated to the three current guys, give $500,000 or less to the remaining three, and that puts you at $14m. I doubt Wood is getting a $6m guarantee next year. I'm guessing more like $3m with incentives.
  8. goonys evil twin
    Wow I completely missed that. What did he say? Lovie scoffed at the result of the preseason game, talked down Leinert, and gave the overall impression that he nor the Bears were concerned about Arizona. The way they came out just chucking it all over the place and with no heart on defense in the first quarter, it shows they were more interested in making a show on MNF than winning the game. The emotion Lovie showed during and after the comeback indicated to me a man who realize Brian Urlacher just covered his ass and he was dead wrong in how he prepared his team.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Why not? Lou's done at Fox, he was when the ALCS ended. He's known about the position since at least July. He had to take a look at the team. He's managed in the AL, where Jones played, for years, and has to be aware of his limits. There might not be a need to announce a platoon today. But it would be asinine to wait until March to make that decision. You must know now what you plan on doing in March, so you can acquire the right players. You think it's asinine to wait. I think it's asinine to commit to roster positions now. I have no issue with filling your bench properly to handle a platoon, should that emerge, but you don't make that decision now. I said you don't have to decide today, although you should already have a pretty good idea, unless you're Dusty Baker who gives everybody a blank slate until they play for him. You can't wait until March, that's incompetent management.
  10. goonys evil twin
    no Maybe for Cabrera, but not for a player that is past his prime.
  11. goonys evil twin
    I'm not really scared. I'm pissed at the Bears. The arrogance was oozing out of Halas Hall the past week and I was disgusted with all the 16-0 talk around Chicago and the nation. These idiots talked like they learned their lesson from Carolina in the playoffs, but they obviously hadn't. I'm actually hoping for a loss in the 3 game road swing to further waken these guys up to the importance of actually playing 60 minutes. I don't give a crap about historical seasons, all I care about is the Super Bowl. And their arrogance is probably the biggest obstacle to the attaining that goal right now. Lovie dismissing the Cardinals as a threat was an awful mistake on his part. He should never down play an opponent like that again.
  12. goonys evil twin
    You have to send them reliever(s), and try as much as possible to include Jones in the deal. They do have lots of OFers, but Sheffield is gone, and they always mix in an OF for DH.
  13. goonys evil twin
    I've been saying for some time now that someone above Hendry should forbid him from signing any more multimillion dollar relievers. Not only would signing another expensive reliever be a misallocation of funds, but Hendry has a truly hideous track record with big-money relief contracts. And how many closing candidates does one team need? We have Dempster/Howry/Eyre/Wuertz, and people still want to spend a few mil more on Kerry Wood. Enough already. I want to trade one of the current relievers and sign Wood. And part of the reason I want to sign Wood is he's quite possibly going to be the best of that batch, it won't be a longterm deal, and there's still hope for him starting in the future. Holdings fast on a specific bullpen allocation is not wise, not when there are other factors to consider.
  14. goonys evil twin
    Well, there's no guarantee he won't get on base. My bet is that if he leads off, and the team struggles, they'll move him to 5. If the team does well, they'll keep him there.
  15. goonys evil twin
    Like everything else they do, it would be an inefficient use of his best skills, but I'd rather have Soriano leading off than Pierre.
  16. goonys evil twin
    Anything short of a double digit victory is a major disappointment.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Brutal. Hey Ron Turner, call a run sometime in the first half next time. Maybe more than one. Rex, you better study the next two weeks.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Why not? Lou's done at Fox, he was when the ALCS ended. He's known about the position since at least July. He had to take a look at the team. He's managed in the AL, where Jones played, for years, and has to be aware of his limits. There might not be a need to announce a platoon today. But it would be asinine to wait until March to make that decision. You must know now what you plan on doing in March, so you can acquire the right players.
  19. goonys evil twin
    Will someone please explain to me why people still think of Soriano as a leadoff hitter? Will someone please explain to me why Hendry is going after Carlos Lee? One of two possible good reasons: A) As negotiating leverage with others (if you don't sign, we'll get somebody else). B) Because he's planning on dumping Jones and thinking of all possible OF options. One really terrible reason: He thinks Lee should replace Murton.
  20. goonys evil twin
    I've decided Lyons is right and Fox and the rest are dead wrong. Terrible decision.
  21. goonys evil twin
    I'm reading some now too where fans want Zambrano AND Ramirez, or another guy who wants Zambrano and Barrett... as backup catcher. Its bad enough they Yanks want an All-Star lineup, but they want a guy who just came off a year where he put up All Star numbers to be ON THE BENCH.. Yankees fans do this with every trade. They expect to get back 3-4 all stars in every deal, or it's not worth making. I had a Yankees fan come up to me to ask about the ARod deal, and he was wondering what the Cubs would be willing to add to a deal that included Zambrano, Ramirez and Prior, to make it worth their while. I laughed at him and said Zambrano would become the best player on the Yankees. They aren't getting him, let alone him plus others.
  22. goonys evil twin
    Boras' speciality is playing one team off another to escalate the price. How's he going to do that in this instance? Isn't his other specialty driving up the price by saying his draft picks will just wait until next year?
  23. goonys evil twin
    Perhaps because he's old, it might be his last chance to manager, the Yankees job is unavailable, SF is too far and the Cubs spend a lot of money on payroll and employ lots of veterans. Lots of managers think payroll and veterans are the key to winning. So he's coming here because he thinks he can win. I think it's one of many factors. He thinks he can win, location obviously played a major role.
  24. goonys evil twin
    Perhaps because he's old, it might be his last chance to manager, the Yankees job is unavailable, SF is too far and the Cubs spend a lot of money on payroll and employ lots of veterans. Lots of managers think payroll and veterans are the key to winning.
  25. goonys evil twin
    Can we hold his decision making ability against him, since he chose to go there? :D He chose Tampa because he and his family live there. Not because it was an ideal winning situation. So can we assume he's not coming to Chicago because of its ideal winning situation?
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