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Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You would think we could have traded Gretzky for a young, low-ml pitcher with control problems coming off TJS rather than an overage 1B who can't hit ml pitching. -
Barney to SS because the SS is hurt and people have always thought he'd be able to handle SS... That too.
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Barney to SS to increase his trade value.
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Cubs are 5th most valuable frachise. Poor Tom Ricketts! From Wall St. Cheat Sheet: 5. Chicago Cubs The longstanding sufferers from the city on a big lake that’s not the ocean, ladies and gentlemen, your Chicago Cubs. Yeah, the Cubs make bank. No, they still haven’t won since 1908. Yes, we should probably take the Goat Curse as fact at this point. No, this isn’t a misprint or a mistake — the Cubs are worth $1,320 million ($1.3 billion). Singlehandedly proving Vince Lombardi wrong, the Cubs stand firmly on the side of “winning isn’t everything,” as do their fans, bringing in $320 million worth of team revenue for the Lovable Losers. That’s a whole lot of Cubs paraphernalia. Perhaps because there’s nothing like eating (and drinking) the pain away, the Cubs rank third overall in concession sales, pulling in $30 million from all the fans who show up. And boy, do they show up. Try fourth in the league for gate receipts ($128 million), because everyone likes a train wreck. That’s probably not fair to the Cubs. Or their fans. Or their players, who are collectively being paid $107.6 million to try and end the longest-running drought in American sports. Which they won’t do. Again. At least your team is worth more than the White Sox. .
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Hopefully he hasn't lost his power along with the weight.
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Same way for Andre Dawson. Let's hope he shares more with Dawson than which way he bats, throws, and writes.
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Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Tell him to come talk to the Bears. They could use him on defence. -
I think Quinns issues would go much deeper than a fall out from putting state money into Wrigley would cause. But you're talking about putting a ton of state money into Wrigley in addition to his other issues while running against a very conservative, cut-everything Republican. I think the cut-everything Republican would be more likely to put state money into Wrigley I think it's a safe bet that neither will be putting money into Wrigley. That being said, I guess there is a slim (very slim) chance that once the election is in the rear-view mirror the governor could decide to contribute something.
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I think Quinns issues would go much deeper than a fall out from putting state money into Wrigley would cause. But you're talking about putting a ton of state money into Wrigley in addition to his other issues while running against a very conservative, cut-everything Republican.
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That's what I always questioned. I can't believe that anyone seriously thought the city or state was going to help when both of them are broke and have been for quite awhile. You can't believe that a government agency, even if they're broke, would kick in money to a project that would cost them something up front but they stand to benefit from in the millions on an annual basis from? You're right, that's totally crazy talk. I'm sure the mayor (or governor) would love to bankrupt the city (or state) while being booted out of office so that the mayor (or governor) in 20 years can reap the benefits of such a deal. Do you live in Illinois? Yeah, I've lived here my whole life. Our politicians are noted for making deals that benefit them and not some future office holder. Emanuel probably doesn't have to worry too much about being re-elected when the mayoral election comes up, but Quinn could be in trouble in this year's election.
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That's what I always questioned. I can't believe that anyone seriously thought the city or state was going to help when both of them are broke and have been for quite awhile. You can't believe that a government agency, even if they're broke, would kick in money to a project that would cost them something up front but they stand to benefit from in the millions on an annual basis from? You're right, that's totally crazy talk. I'm sure the mayor (or governor) would love to bankrupt the city (or state) while being booted out of office so that the mayor (or governor) in 20 years can reap the benefits of such a deal.
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That's what I always questioned. I can't believe that anyone seriously thought the city or state was going to help when both of them are broke and have been for quite awhile.
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Kind of vague. Hope it's nothing too serious. Apparently it is some lingering neck issue and he didn't want to pitch through it, though he hasn't ruled out pitching next year/ I'm glad to hear that it's a neck issue and not some life-threatening illness. I worried when a competitor like he is leaves over $13 million on the table to spend more time with his kids.
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Kind of vague. Hope it's nothing too serious.
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Meanwhile, we can't afford to sign any ballplayers.
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I questioned all of the enthusiasm shown here when Theo was hired because it seemed like many of the posters thought that all of baseball was going to roll over and allow Theo to draft and sign the best players and get the best of every trade made. As you pointed out, many executives have caught up to (and maybe passed) Theo since his early days in Boston. As for the money issue, it still looks to me like they're choosing not to spend rather than not having it to spend.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/11/masahiro-tanaka-expensive-flight_n_4764346.html we dodged a bullet We certainly don't want a high quality, young pitcher who would wastefully spend $200,000 to make sure he "in the best of form" in spring training.
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On a minor league deal. That's surprising. I wish the Cubs could have gotten him on that deal.
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Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I'm always glad to see hoops post here... I always enjoyed Hoops' posts. He seemed to have some decent information. -
Offseason Rumors
Backtobanks replied to Clem Fandango's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I can't wait for the day that we can discuss acquiring players that will help the team instead of how soon we can flip them. -
Maybe we can import some from St. Louis.
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Of course Bonds had a little help along the way.
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With the talk of Vitters playing OF and Bryant's future as an OF, I'm wondering if we can find one more 3B to convert to the OF so we can have three former 3B as our starting OF.
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You forgot Tanaka might be a free agent in 2018 too. Of course signing Trout, Harper, or Tanaka for $30+ million per year for 7-10 years means you have to have an owner and FO willing to spend that much. Also, you need to have a team attractive enough to attract the top FAs.
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They could regress some, but they still have a lot of young talent and still have a 24 game advantage from last year over us.