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  1. Banedon
    That's silly...Zito's a pitcher...Jones is a CF...duhhhhh :P
  2. Banedon
    You really don't know this. There's no way to know how much the new ownership is going to spend. There's really no way to even know who the new owners are going to be at this point, despite all the conjecture from the papers so far. Isn't it a little like maxing out your credit card and hoping that your future salary will be able to afford your current purchases though? It's an irresponsible way to live your life, and it's an irresponsible way to run a business. The only way it pays off, is if we win a WS this year. It is, but if the gamble pays off we are all happy. Where would this team be without those purchases this year? I understand that, and I'm certainly not complaining about this year... This thread is about Hendry, and his value or lack thereof. I think Hendry mortgaged the future of this team to try to win right now in order to save his job. What he did this year doesn't require a ton of GM skill. He spent an unknown future owners money to win now by overpaying for FA's.
  3. Banedon
    You really don't know this. There's no way to know how much the new ownership is going to spend. There's really no way to even know who the new owners are going to be at this point, despite all the conjecture from the papers so far. Isn't it a little like maxing out your credit card and hoping that your future salary will be able to afford your current purchases though? It's an irresponsible way to live your life, and it's an irresponsible way to run a business. The only way it pays off, is if we win a WS this year.
  4. Banedon
    First name that comes to mind is Paul DePodesta. Maybe he can get his old team to give up some of those young players like Kemp, Billingsley, Loney, etc that are such trouble makers. DePodesta was a GM for a total of 2 years. That hardly qualifies as "consistently above average." That is my problem with people that constantly complain about Hendry and how easy it would be to replace him with a better GM. Sure, potentially there are better GMs, but the names that keep getting thrown around are terrible. DePodesta? Hendry has had more success than Depodesta. As you pointed out, Depodesta got 2 years. Hard to really get a lot of success, dontcha think? How do you know he's terrible when he has barely gotten a shot? Way to avoid defending DePodesta. If you can't win with facts try to win by playing semantics? What about DePodesta makes him a "consistently above average GM? Well I never said that he was. So I'm not going to defend that statement. That said, I do believe he would be a better GM than Hendry given the chance.
  5. Banedon
    I don't think there's any argument there. The argument though, is that aside from this year, Hendry hasn't been very good at it. Aside from this year, Hendry hasn't been able to spend like a big market team. http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2005/01/chicago-cubs_112114177768677294.html Hendry spent 5 million more this season than last. It's future money that the Trib knows they won't have to pay that Hendry spent. For comparison, here's the Cardinals payrolls...
  6. Banedon
    Soriano is here because of a lot of money, not because Hendry is a good GM. Ramirez is here because the Pirates were poor and couldn't afford him anymore, and the Cubs could. He's made some decent deals, but he's made far more bad ones that he's been able to hide with a large payroll. Can't you say that for just about any big market team? Both NY teams, Boston, Angels etc... All GM's make mistakes, but big market team can hide or out spend them. The Yankees, Boston, and the Angels more or less consistently make the playoffs every year though. Compare the payrolls. Yanks 180 Boston 145 Cubs are at 90. Big difference. And the Cardinals? They seem to make the playoffs plenty with a similar payroll. Hell they even won a WS.
  7. Banedon
    I don't think there's any argument there. The argument though, is that aside from this year, Hendry hasn't been very good at it.
  8. Banedon
    First name that comes to mind is Paul DePodesta. Maybe he can get his old team to give up some of those young players like Kemp, Billingsley, Loney, etc that are such trouble makers. DePodesta was a GM for a total of 2 years. That hardly qualifies as "consistently above average." That is my problem with people that constantly complain about Hendry and how easy it would be to replace him with a better GM. Sure, potentially there are better GMs, but the names that keep getting thrown around are terrible. DePodesta? Hendry has had more success than Depodesta. As you pointed out, Depodesta got 2 years. Hard to really get a lot of success, dontcha think? How do you know he's terrible when he has barely gotten a shot?
  9. Banedon
    Soriano is here because of a lot of money, not because Hendry is a good GM. Ramirez is here because the Pirates were poor and couldn't afford him anymore, and the Cubs could. He's made some decent deals, but he's made far more bad ones that he's been able to hide with a large payroll. Can't you say that for just about any big market team? Both NY teams, Boston, Angels etc... All GM's make mistakes, but big market team can hide or out spend them. The Yankees, Boston, and the Angels more or less consistently make the playoffs every year though.
  10. Banedon
    Soriano is here because of a lot of money, not because Hendry is a good GM. Ramirez is here because the Pirates were poor and couldn't afford him anymore, and the Cubs could. He's made some decent deals, but he's made far more bad ones that he's been able to hide with a large payroll.
  11. Banedon
    Hendry's overall record is 407-403...so I'd venture to guess it's about even. And that's not good enough for me.
  12. Banedon
    After seeing the first two months of this team I'm shocked we won 85 games. I have no doubt that with this current club as is, we would've won 90 games easy... Agreed. This is why it bothers me a bit to hear the Cubs referred to as a bad playoff team and all that. They came back from ~10 games under .500 and 8.5 games back over two months into the season. You have to play pretty damn well and consistently to do that. Hell, had we not lost Soriano in August, we might have won 90 games, or at least come a bit closer. I guess you really have to look at the season as a whole, though. I'm biased, but I definitely think the Cubs are better than their record. I heard the other day that the Cubs are the best team in baseball since June 23. So I don't buy the argument that the only reason the Cubs made the playoffs is because of our division. And yes, we would have been even better with healthy Zo, A-Ram and D-Lee, all of whom were banged up much of the regular season. We're the best team record wise because we were playing the NL Central while other teams were playing the East and West.
  13. Banedon
    Neifi, Trachsel, Monroe, Womack, Lenny Harris, Pierre, Mabry, Izturis, Bowen, Bynum, Macias, Rusch
  14. Banedon
    It wasn't just the announcers. My late night threshold is so sadly weak since my son was born...I was falling asleep in the 12th inning last night and gave up and went to bed just before the 13th...just my luck.
  15. Banedon
    I thought the same thing. This seems contradictory to what he's said publicly.
  16. Banedon
    Ummmmmm....from the DBacks message board... 7 PM PST = 10 PM EST. Yeah I was confused because I thought he was posting CST.
  17. Banedon
    Ummmmmm....from the DBacks message board...
  18. Banedon
    I think he meant "It's now 4:15est"...I think he was pointing out that it was past that time.
  19. Banedon
    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3045013
  20. Banedon
    What makes you think it will be announced at 4? Heh...missed that. Thanks.
  21. Banedon
    What makes you think it will be announced at 4?
  22. Banedon
    A 10:30 am local start is ridiculous. And maybe against the CBA? Again this is all message board speculation.
  23. Banedon
    Also in that thread, someone says that the first round will NOT be made available in HD.
  24. Banedon
    http://forum.diamondbacksbullpen.org The "Arizona Cubs" thread has a lot of speculation about game times. The rumor is that the DBacks are unhappy about a possibly early game...10:30am Arizona time...but who knows.
  25. Banedon
    If you believe the Dbacks message board, there's a lot of phone calls being made from front offices to MLB about these times and that's why we have a delay in announcing them.
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