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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Also, that the NHL isn't the NFL, and you won't have nearly the public outcry to settle that the NFL and the NFLPA did. No PR leverage. If they would have to give back money anyway, there's no incentive for the players to settle now and avoid missing a bigger chunk of games.
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    6-0
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    4-0 Tigers on a bomb by Miggy off CC. God I love Yankee elimination day. We should get off work tomorrow.
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    That's a pretty silly thing to say. If the Cubs traded Soriano for ARod minus his salary over what Soriano would make this year and next (a fantasyland idea), that would be nice. Then you could just consign him to the bench or cut him when he's 40 and can't play the field anymore. If the Cubs traded Soriano for ARod in a contract for contract swap (probably the only way the Yanks would do it), it would be monumentally, sickeningly stupid. No one in their right mind would do that. That'd be a ridiculous premium to pay to fill a short term need. He might be a bit of a pariah now, but do you really think the Yankees would eat $78MM just to be rid of him? Because that's the only way it would make one iota of sense. The only way they can trade him is by eating money and when the pressure builds on the Yankees to get rid of somebody, they usually do. When signing the deal in the first place they had to know there would be a huge chunk completely wasted.
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    that makes so much sense that it doesn't make any sense
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    I'm talking about the swap of a LFer coming off a surprisingly good year for a 3B coming off a year that is going to drag down his perceived value. The Cubs are desperate for 3B help, but can more easily acquire OF help. Also, Soriano's value is being good. Being good and being a veteran isn't an additional value. Reed Johnson got credit for being a gritty vet, it's the same damn thing that doesn't help the team at all in reality, but rather makes fans feel better about how horrible they are.
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    Not sure how I'd feel about a Sori-ARod swap. I can't imagine the Yanks would eat his whole contract to facilitate a trade, especially when the Dodgers or Marlins might not require it. I could definitely see him going to one of those places. Someone suggested Heath Bell and Mark Buerhle as possible trade candidates in that deal. The Yankees need a shortstop and should get Reyes.
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    What it's worth is zero. Nah. Doesn't mean its some irreplaceable skill, but it has value. Less and less value as guys like Castro and Rizzo hopefully become the leaders of the clubhouse, but there is some value in having a steady veteran who can show young players how to prepare and deal with the nuances of major league baseball. Now the caveat is they have to be able to play, otherwise they're just a coach. Luckily Soriano more than covered that this year. There is no assigned value in that, given that any veteran can do the same damn thing.
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    From Deadspin:
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    I'd prefer the bang bus
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Such forward thinking. Amazing.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Normally that would annoy me, but thanks for this one.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I could see something where Wood does home games to break in and some other studio work perhaps for away games, while Hollandsworth does the reverse.
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    What it's worth is zero.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    That's a pretty silly thing to say.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    those are easier to come by
  18. jersey cubs fan
    No different than Soriano.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs have nothing even resembling a third baseman ready to contribute the next few years. Soriano's value comes in large part to defensive metrics, which aren't particularly reliable and don't reflect the fact that coaches working on position play a major role in that.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Pretty much goes with the scouting report at draft time.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Either that or the Bears' front office was incompetent in doing their research on him. He was a known injury risk with back issues and the Bears signed off on it anyway.
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    He was consensus, or close to consensus as the #3 LT, but not consensus to go that high in the draft. The only reason people thought he would was how desperate the Bears were for line help of any kind.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    In part it certainly was. If they could have taken best player available they could have taken a better player. It wasn't as though the league mandated they take a linemen. They were forced into taking a linemen by their own ineptitude.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    ARod for Soriano with each team paying off the contract of the guy already on their team. Yankees fans are up in arms about ARod. They hate him. More than I've ever seen.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Which pipe? The "Arod is persona non grata in NY now so he's on the chopping block" pipe.
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