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That is effectively a veto, there's no reason to pretend otherwise. There is for the purposes of interpreting that report. For all we know, his position was (if the Braves and that trade are still around) that he'd take that trade at the 11th hour if nothing materialized with LA because he'd still rather be in Atlanta than here. We know he didn't accept the deal in place that was presented to him. That's a veto. He can say whatever he wants about considering the next one, but he vetoed the one that is now off the table. -
That is effectively a veto, there's no reason to pretend otherwise.
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wait, who just deleted a post?
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Bean is getting wayyy too much screen time
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now they are staging the wally world parking lot scene from Vacation.
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Ricky Gervais @rickygervais It's great that Stomp teamed up with Enya to do the music though.
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There's some weird Danial Craig/James Bond and the queen in a helicopter thing going on now
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http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=3 opening ceremony
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07/27 Cardinals (Lynn) @ Cubs (Wood) 1:20 CDT, CSN
jersey cubs fan replied to ctcf's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Travis Wood has thrown 89 pitches, but he has plenty left in the tank, with his fastball sitting at 89 over the past 10 pitches. -
07/27 Cardinals (Lynn) @ Cubs (Wood) 1:20 CDT, CSN
jersey cubs fan replied to ctcf's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
another big lumberer got caught stealing? Hey guys, I think the advanced scouts picked up on your little trick. -
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A small return is not a net win.
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He's hardly the first person to bring that up.
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You could say it was early. Week 1 against Atlanta.
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From what I've read it didn't sound like that went very far at all. It seemed to be more of a show the trading partners he won't be easy to get gesture more than a real effort. I could be interpreting it wrong, but I think management has doubts about what Garza will bring to the table the next 6 years and would strongly prefer the prospect haul over his pitching value.
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My Steelers fan friends say Spaeth was a blocking tight end that doesn't block well. Not sure if true, but I see him as odd man out. I swear I made this exact post when the Bears signed him. LOL. He actually blocked OK last year I thought. Much better than Steelers fans led me to believe he would. I barely remember him playing, aside from a td in philly.
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My Steelers fan friends say Spaeth was a blocking tight end that doesn't block well. Not sure if true, but I see him as odd man out.
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"[expletive], WHY AM I STUCK WITH THIS TALENTED PITCHER?!?! OH, WOE IS ME." Are you really that clueless or just trolling? Who the [expletive] cares how talented is. A. He's not going to be around when this teams competitive. B. This team needs to be building for the future and acquiring as much young talent as it can. It's not rocket science. We need to turn him into multiple talented pitchers that will be around for when we are competitive, that's what I think most of us would prefer. It's impossible a 28-year-old pitcher will be around when they're next competitive? Don't be ridiculous. Management has given every indication they weren't planning on having him around.
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"[expletive], WHY AM I STUCK WITH THIS TALENTED PITCHER?!?! OH, WOE IS ME." You're kidding yourself if you think he's not pissed about this turn of events. They were shopping him around because they wanted to, and now those efforts have been severely hindered. Exactly. I was mostly implying the whole Dempster ordeal which reported he was " furious" and " livid", but you know they were shopping Garza around looking for a huge haul with the extra year of control he had and now that's taken a huge hit. Not being able to trade Garza is more of an icing on the cake thing when it comes to the frustration. Dempster's move was the big blow. But not being able to trade Garza (rather than choosing not to trade him for what was offered) still has to be disappointing to anybody whose job description basically is to exchange assets for assets in a never ending quest to continually improve your team. Had they traded Dempster for whatshisname and Garza turned out to be injured and untradeable, I'm sure they'd shrug it off. But stop pretending it is not a setback.
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Not to mention that the reason he can't be shopped is because he's injured and can't physically pitch right now, so that too sucks, in and of itself.
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I think that is an overly rosy view with little basis in reality. The 1.5 years of control thing was real, and it will be gone this winter. Teams were almost certainly willing to take a chance on him right now, in what is a very hot market. An offseason trade will be tough to match what could have been done now, let alone "be better".
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But keeping Garza is good. Not in the long run. Weren't you the "why are we afraid of good baseball players?" guy this offseason? Garza is a nice player. But I've been turned off by his downturn this season. And I feel that the results will always struggle to live up to the peripherals due to his putrid field and bat handling abilities. I feel he will struggle mightily to live up to the next contract (or the one after next if all he does is sign for 1 year). His age 27 season was probably his one off career year that won't be matched, but expectations and contracts will be influenced mightily by what has so far looked like a complete outlier in his career. If the market was truly as strong for him as has been reported this year, the Cubs will have missed a terrific opportunity to do what they have supposedly been trying to do all year if they can't trade him.
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But keeping Garza is good. Not in the long run.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-26-12
jersey cubs fan replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I wonder if there's some truth to what JJ Cooper (I think) said a few weeks back, something along the lines that Brett might've taken this "discipline" thing too far, becoming too patient for his skill level, as he doesn't have the hand-eye or bat control to get certain pitches in deep counts. I'm paraphrasing there, but the way Cooper made it sound, it sounded like Brett should be trying to go after good pitches earlier in the count. I don't know. I know the "s" word is bad to say, but it SEEMS like he's striking out a lot without taking many pitches. Especially when he was going at his worth about a month ago, I would look at the pitch-by-pitch and he had several 3-4 pitch strike outs. Could be he's taking a lot of 1st pitch strikes and getting himself too far behind in the count, kinda proving Cooper right. But there's really no way to spin the Ks positively at this point. I'm one of Jackson's biggest fans, but it's pretty bad right now. The scouting reports at the time of his draft said his biggest weakness was making contact. I do believe the patience issue has negatively affected his K rate; however, the biggest part of the problem has to be he simply swings and misses too much. -
cal ripken's mom found safe after abduction
jersey cubs fan replied to cl smooth's topic in General Baseball Talk
=D> Don't get. Costner has been rumored to be the reason Cal almost broke his games played streak. Think of him as Raffy Palmeiro, with Ripken as Sandberg.
