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Week 16 The Desperate Bears @ Arizona Cardinals
jersey cubs fan replied to rawaction's topic in Other Sports
You know, I still haven't given up on my dream of having Marshall and Fitzgerald on the same team. Who cares about the line if that happens. -
Oh goody, I was afraid the piety had started to go away.
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I have stated on multiple occasions that things are heading in the right direction but there was no reason to be so absurdly conservative with the timeframe for trying to make the major league team better. They did a crap job with the major league team last year and are doing better this year. I never insinuated, let alone stated, that the farm system was getting worse or the ship was heading in the wrong direction.
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This is idiotic. Okay. Which part do you disagree with? Do you think like they've managed to accomplish more than make this team look moderately respectable, or do you think that is an accomplishment? Signing Jackson is the type of thing this team had to do. They didn't pull off some miracle by doing that. They have money and needed to spend it.
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You are still holding to the ridiculous "we are awful and the front office isn't oing to sign anybody until 2015" mantra? I've never held that mantra, just picked apart the notion that many people have spewed that we should wait to sign people until we're ready to be good. Regardless, nothing has been accomplished. It looks on paper like they have managed to make this team moderately respectable next season. That isn't an accomplishment. Who exactly was supporting that notion around here? lots and lots of people have been gung ho in support of not signing people until the internally developed core is good.
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Well, this is idiotic. Rob has decreed it's ok I sure did. What's the point of being right if there's no gloating? What do you think you were right about?
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You are still holding to the ridiculous "we are awful and the front office isn't oing to sign anybody until 2015" mantra? I've never held that mantra, just picked apart the notion that many people have spewed that we should wait to sign people until we're ready to be good. Regardless, nothing has been accomplished. It looks on paper like they have managed to make this team moderately respectable next season. That isn't an accomplishment.
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They stopped making Harry Potter books, what else was there to do? Raise your kid that's what tv is for. oh wait, is kyle the guy without tv?
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We're all over the map here. Comparing where we were last year at this time, last year on opening day and last year at the end of the season are fairly different categories. The Cubs weren't any good at the plate last year and it is going to be a struggle again this year. I've been wanting some sort of bat upgrade for a while and I'm still hoping to get one. That being said, I think this lineup should at least duplicate what they did last year. They were 14th in runs scored and 15th in OPS. They got bottom of the barrel production at a few positions and with the exception of 3B should be able to avoid bottom of the barrel at those positions this year, or at least be no worse. I think this year's lineup holds its own against last year's lineup and this year's pitching staff should be better than last year's. There really isn't much of a hurdle to cross.
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Well, this is idiotic.
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No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No!
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I don't get how we aren't "on paper" as good as we were last year at the start of the year. Last year's team wasn't any good at the start of the year. They were bad on paper. This year's team isn't any worse.
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As Kyle has made it his mission in life to report, I really doubt this year's team can be as bad as last year's just based off of the almost inevitable improvement from last year's worst pitchers to who will be this year's worst pitchers.
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It's fun having smart guys doing things. They might not do the dumber stuff we all secretly (or not so secretly) wish they would That's some passive aggressive horse [expletive] He's entitled to rub some noses in it. He was patient and showed some faith in the front office. Rub noses in what? Nothing has been accomplished. Nothing at all. Last year sucked and it didn't have to.
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I think I'm officially not disappointed with this offseason.
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The cost-controlled descriptor is rather meaningless. With so many guys at the level where we hope to get 110 innings out them, it makes plenty of sense. There's probably going to be many guys with 8-15 starts this year.
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7 starters to me means there has to be a trade of some sort happening. I really can't imagine Villanueva and Wood being stuffed in the pen. 7 starters is hardly too many to start spring training with. And with half of them being injury risks and/or actually swingmen/bullpen guys, then I don't see why it has to be a trade.
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I think he's a little bit better hitter, and a better fielder. Less slap dependent at the plate.
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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/02/2014-mlb-free-agents.html Answering my own question Spending can still be about taking on other teams' big contracts or trading for studs before they get a big contract.
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there are like 150,000 people on the list With this economic climate do you think there would be a wait list in the offseason of 2014-2015 if they lost 100 games in 2013 and 2014? Because of the prices and lack of demand I lost $1600 last year on a bleacher combo plan. I could not sell Opening Day, either White Sox game or the Sunday Red Sox game for face value. I'm sure a lot of people that did not renew were first-time season ticket holders last year that thought they could recoup costs on selling half their games. When those tickets are averaging $10-20 per ticket, you start losing money really fast. Also, I'm sure many of these people have not updated their account info and the Cubs will never be able to get ahold of them. I think they would burn through the list pretty fast. There will be a wait list, but it will be filled with people who aren't serious about actually spending the money if/when their name is called.
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lot of coin for a swingman, although I guess when your rotation is almost all swingmen it makes sense
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Week 16 The Desperate Bears @ Arizona Cardinals
jersey cubs fan replied to rawaction's topic in Other Sports
OH MY GOD YOU DON'T FREAKING GETTING IT. -
Week 16 The Desperate Bears @ Arizona Cardinals
jersey cubs fan replied to rawaction's topic in Other Sports
I'm more ok with the Michael Bush money than the Campbell money. As am I. If they would have addressed the line the Bush signing would have seemed like a nice bonus. But they blame short yardage problems on who is the RB and yet no matter who the RB is they've sucked in short yardage for quite a while. -
But who gets named captain? I see some trouble in the clubhouse with all those superstars.
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Sanchez ended up in a situation where the currently frugal Cubs and his own team were the only two bidding on him. Maybe next year Boston, Yankees, Mets, Dodgers, Angels, Rangers and White Sox will be looking to spend on starting pitching.
