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  1. goonys evil twin
    No, it wasn't as bad as trading for him in the first place. He wasn't going to get as much as he gave up. Plus, trading for him for pretty much determined, in advance, that the outfield would not be productive this year.
  2. goonys evil twin
    Looks to me more like one guy got a bad impression about the story, then everybody downplayed the significance and he changed his mind when he found out about the prevelence of this sort of thing.
  3. goonys evil twin
    That's not really the problem, that's a symptom of the problem, at most. The problem is they suck. The problem is they are stuck in the stone age and refuse to think objectively about the game of baseball. They could have had a drill instructor and still sucked this year. It's annoying to see guys playing grabass even while they are losing. But it doesn't mean much.
  4. goonys evil twin
    You also have a slowing economy, falling home prices and quite likely a lot less disposable income next February.
  5. goonys evil twin
    Also, Prior is in his arbitration years, he's pissing away millions if he deliberately shuts down despite being able to throw. A decent 2006 could have earned him $8-10m next season.
  6. goonys evil twin
    The seats were sold, but the lost revenue from fans not buying concessions was huge. And the tickets didn't sell out this year. They won't sell out next year unless some major changes are made. Just because tickets have gone quickly since 2003, doesn't mean they always will. Do people not remember the 90's? You could get seats anywhere anytime.
  7. goonys evil twin
    If it happens, it will happen within a day of the season ending.
  8. goonys evil twin
    I would be ok with it if Lee is at 1st, Ramirez is at 3rd, ARod is at SS and Soriano is at 2nd! I guess I could tolerate that situation.
  9. goonys evil twin
    Yes he is. The Cubs single great offensive weakness is the lack of OBP, and that ties to an unwillingness to take walks. In other words, the Cubs aren't good offensively because they make outs too frequently. And Pierre is part of that very large problem. Hit totals don't mean anything.
  10. goonys evil twin
    Is he the best manager you ever played for because he plays you everyday and lets you bat first no matter how bad you are at getting on base? One manager gets you to a World Series. Another one gets you to last place. The guy who gets you to last place is the best manager you ever played for? :drunken: I think it's all getting much more clear why people like to play for Dusty Baker. It's all about "veteran" playing time. Add in Nevin's comments about making a call to Dusty this offseason and it's pretty clear mediocre veterans are his biggest supporters.
  11. goonys evil twin
    Why would a new manager have "low expectations"? I think a new manager, whoever he might be, will be expected to carry and hold the team to a much higher level than the current manager. A much higher level than the current manager is still very low. I think an 81 season would be acceptable by most for the next manager. If that's followed by an 85 win seasons he'll be sitting pretty (and those who complain about the lack of success will be chastised). It took a full-on disaster for Baker to start feeling real heat.
  12. goonys evil twin
    That's doubtful. The Yankees view any season in which they don't win the WS as disastrous, and Boston goes insane every season. I think those are both higher pressure than the Cubs job. Imagine if Dusty got the results he got in either of those two places. He made it 4 full years in Chicago, 3 of which he was accepted by the vast majority of the public and media as exactly the right guy for the job. He'd have been killed after the 2003 playoff loss and 2004 collapse. Instead people talked about how lucky we were to have back to back winning seasons.
  13. goonys evil twin
    Those are two very unreliable guys in the 4 and 5, especially when you already have somewhat of a question mark at 3.
  14. goonys evil twin
    Unreported stuff that has gone in the personal lives, suggests to me it's got nothing to do with hate mail or management calling out Prior. Maybe Cindy Sandberg came back. Maybe Prior's wife is sleeping around and he's depressed. Maybe Nevin's just talking out his butt.
  15. goonys evil twin
    That's pretty much how all football prognostication works. Lots of people still think of STL as an explosive offense. It took forever for people to realize Green Bay wasn't unbeatable at home. It took about 15 weeks for people to realize the Bears were good last year.
  16. goonys evil twin
    What kind of question? He's going to be worthless regardless of health.
  17. goonys evil twin
    Who says he doesn't have to? He does. Aramis is more important to the Cubs than any other team I can think of. If he is gone they will have one legitmate power hitter in the line up. Add in the fact that they will also have to replace a position in which there isn't a whole lot of talent avaliable. Losing Aramis could set up a cascade of bad trades in an effort to replace him. Aramis has to be resigned even if it costs the Cubs. Aramis deserves a big contract. I agree, he deserves a big contract. My only point is the deals a club feels like they have to make are often the ones that end up haunting them the most. Depending on the contract size it'll be tough to blame Hendry if he goes elsewhere. It would not, however, be tough to blame him if he is not properly replaced. If Ramirez gets $100m somewhere, there's not much you can do. But Hendry put himself in a position where he is desperate to resign Ramirez, so it's his responsibility to get the job done. Or else he's got to pull off a masterstroke in another move.
  18. goonys evil twin
    Pagan is a guy I'd be fine with as the backup to Pie if Felix fell flat. But I wouldn't want to open the season with him as the starter on purpose. Even in spare duty his rate stats were worse than Pierre's. Yes, he'd be much cheaper, but I fear he'd be a huge blackhole in the lineup. Couple that with his likely defensive deficiences, and you're asking for trouble.
  19. goonys evil twin
    Well, he's getting much less than half of what Neifi got, so I wouldn't say he set the bar.
  20. goonys evil twin
    You mean to tell me lefty - lefty matchups sometimes do not work? I think Dusty knows best. :lol: I did not realize how ineffective Eyre has been against lefties. He hasn't been good against righties either, and he's basically sucked since returning from the pulled fat injury. Hopefully they get a bounce back year out of him next season. But getting into his mid-30's, he might want to think about exercising a little.
  21. goonys evil twin
    Which owners booths are pining for speed leadoff hitters? What do you mean by clubhouses? And where does any of this defend the claim that it's a "risky move"? How is it risky for SD to make this decision on their own. It's not like some prospective manager of the Cubs is talking about such a move. That would be risky because it would likely mean he's not getting the job. But if the people who make the decisions in SD decide that this is what they want to do, it's not risky.
  22. goonys evil twin
    He should just have his family sit in the mistress section and let the mistresses play russian roulette.
  23. goonys evil twin
    Well...........d'uh. But hey on the season, the Cubs are at rock bottom, so they can't go any further. Rock bottom games under .500? Rock bottom for win percentage is actually well below where they are today. Actually, I think they could lose every game the rest of the way and have a better W% than they had at their absolute worst. I believe I read a story after the Cubs won Saturday that referred to Cincy as the "struggling Reds". It's kind of funny the Cubs managed to lose 3 of 4 to such a struggling team. Not getting the sweep against the Cubs might still count as struggling.
  24. goonys evil twin
    A very Cubs-like offensive effort, 4 runs early, 0 for the next 8 innings. None of the runs they scored were earned.
  25. goonys evil twin
    You make some pretty bold claims. Why would he provide 100 runs and 100 RBI? Runs and RBI don't travel when you change teams, because they are team stats. Just because a guy did that for a good offense in the past, doesn't mean he'll do that in the Cubs offense next year. Furthermore, he's nowhere near either number this year, and just getting older. In fact, he didn't accomplish either stat last year either (and has only done so once in the past 6 seasons). So, at 37, you are just going to assume he'll accomplish something he couldn't even accomplish as a younger man on a better offense? He's no lock for 30 HR, .380 OBP or 75+ walks either. And why can he "surely handle CF for a couple more seasons? He couldn't handle it this year without getting hurt and having his least productive season as a Cardinal. What makes you think that an old banged up player whose prime years are long gone is automatically going to be perfectly fine playing for the Cubs the next couple years?
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