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No. I doubt anyone would be happy. It's just an excuse for certain people to whine.

Oh my God, stop being so emo. Every post I've seen from you lately belongs on LiveJournal.

Is this a risk we're willing to take? I remember Matsuzaka being considered a "can't miss," and well.. he missed.

Considering Fielder will likely cost much much less than Pujols, is it possible that the Cards could pursue Fielder if they lose Pujols?

You can't just decide that one or two players are must-haves. You can't stop one crazy team from overpaying what a player is worth to you. And Fielder? Why would the same statement not apply?

Me likey.

There's already a huge Garza thread on this page.

That sounds so out of nowhere. Francona is honestly my preference, I just don't see it happening.

Sullivan burying news again... this time about Wood Yeah, Wood also said in that interview that he won't play for anybody but the Cubs. It's Cubs or retirement. Face the facts. It's Ricketts that's in love with Wood, not Theo. Retire. Why the hell do you hate Kerry Wood so much? He took a huge discount to stay here and pitched well. This isn't the first time I've seen you blasting him. I'm guessing "14 wins" is going to come up in your response somewhere.

Wow, I'm surprised he has been consistently good for so long now. Still, why bring up his RBI numbers?

But for the first time, I actually feel incredibly confident that we will get Theo's prime target. It all started when Tom went after Theo and got him. The dominoes have been falling in place since then. Honestly, we are 3rd choice on that list. Only if we're offering the 3rd largest salary.

If whoever they hire is equally qualified as Ryne Sandberg, I'll be pretty pissed.

Oh boy.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2011/11/cubs-fire-manager-mike-quade/1

Well, that's false. So we have a person who has previously commented on how he views the game and how he wants to manage, what he believes in, etc. Then, that person follows through on said thoughts and by all accounts, indeed manages that exact way in the minors. Now, one would logically assume that he wouldn't completely change his beliefs, even in the majors, given the fact that said beliefs don't even have much to do with player development in the first place, and in his view, deal with winning (which would be his major league goal as opposed to development). One could make an argument that he wants a job at any cost, and would agree to change his minor league style to simply get a job, despite it conflicting with how he said he views the game of baseball in the first place. But instead of realizing that's unlikely, though possible, you seem to state it's extremely likely with the "false" comment. See where there's a perceived problem? So if I drove a Nissan Maxima and then drive a Lamborghini, I am going to drive the Lambo the same because I drove the Maxima first? The players will be different, the situations will be different and most of all, it's not the minor leagues, where teaching the game is more prevelant than at the major league level. And most of his "views" on the game are him wanting players to play hard and the right way, which I am not sure where the problem is in those comments. So there's a decent chance that everything he's done to this point would change in the majors? Sure, I guess. I'd rather just get someone that has done things right to this point and assume they will continue doing that.

Already posted? Well, dang. I'd take that as near confirmation. Though, wasn't Aramis a free agent briefly after 2006?

I do too, honestly. I think he's going to be the manager next year.

I'd be pretty happy to bring Nick Markakis on board - I doubt he'd take a ton in terms of prospects to get the deal done. For a corner spot, his offense isn't all that great, but he definitely knows how to get on base and is a good bet for an .800 OPS. I might be underestimating how much it would take to get him though.

Wait, Holly?

That is ridiculous. Jim Hendry never acquired such a player. But Alfonso Soriano was really expensive and so are they!!!!!!

Well silly us, that's obviously public knowledge and we must be ignorant for not knowing. Not really an excuse to be an ass about something like that whether you knew of her transgender status or not.

he's gone Officially?

For those of us at work - any hints on the manager situation?

My feeling is actually pretty strong that Theo is not going to ship Z off for nothing. Z pissed off management a lot, but that management isn't really here anymore. We'll see.

Yeah... I don't know how.