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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, no crap. The point is you don't need the most cost efficient lineup. Cost efficiency isn't the goal. Winning games is the goal and you do that with the best players possible. As a big market team with the highest payroll in the division the Cubs might have the most flexibility outside of the Yankees to overpay on occasion and they absolutely should for the best of the best.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I like the song I think you can be somber about your current predicament but hopeful for the future. Nothing wrong with that comment.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    No idea. It was right across the street from a hotel where a few sessions have been held. They re-run a clip from there regularly. He was ordering chicken with rice and beans (I had a quesadilla) and talking on his phone. What I heard was: "I'm in New York, just flew in. I have to go meet the commissioner now and I'm flying out tomorrow." I smiled and said hi to him, and he said hi back. I've actually seen him at the same charitable event a couple times. He sat at our table once. Not that he had any reason to recognize me. The hispanic guy at the grill asked me if he was any good and the lady behind the counter did the finger wag.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    west coast offense is all about short quick throws and the Bears' is not.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5853853/the-horse+collar-rule-is-horseshit that link might now work because of potty mouth. But it's from deadspin's jambaroo:
  6. jersey cubs fan
    He did play for the guy So what, he's still a meathead.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I think it needs to be restated that the goal is not to have the most cost efficient roster, but to field the best team you can. Half the benefit of having the biggest payroll is you can afford greatness at the expense of potentially overpaying down the road. The difference between what he's paid and what he's worth 7 years from now really doesn't matter. What matters is they have a great player.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I think overpaying for a hitting coach is a silly thing to do. I also don't trust Holly to know what the hell he's talking about.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I just ordered lunch next to Dikembe. He just flew into NY, going to meet commish then fly back out. I think the deal is done.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    My feeling is the long passes are designed while the short passes are more emergency dump offs when under duress.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    He can't be his own boss if he's answering to a different guy who is making draft decisions. And if Wilken is as well respected as he reportedly is in the draft game, then it should not be hard at all for him to find a new gig.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Theo doesn't need a season to evaluate things. It's pretty clear he's well aware of what this team does poorly. He couched it in diplomatic terms but he's well aware of who is an idiot. He's not Dusty. If Theo decides he wants a manager like Maddon or even Tito, who may take a year off, then this would be considered an evaluation season. Because he can't just come out and say Quade is a lame duck, although I think it'd be kind of funny. Nobody has to say a manager in the final year of his contract is a lame duck, they just are.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Wilken is probably a very solid scout. But Wilken's job is to run the draft. And the Cubs just brought in a guy whose job is to run the draft. I'm sure the Cubs would be happy to keep him, but my guess is Wilken would prefer to be his own boss again.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Theo doesn't need a season to evaluate things. It's pretty clear he's well aware of what this team does poorly. He couched it in diplomatic terms but he's well aware of who is an idiot. He's not Dusty.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Zambrano got on the previous management's last nerve. The new management is not the same as the old management.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I'm sorry about the Zimmer comparison isn't at all suitable. The Cubs were a moribund franchise in the early 80's. They would struggle to draw 1.5 million. Zimmer didn't sell tickets, a winning team sold tickets. The excitement surrounding the 84 team sold tickets that season, and when it looked like they could get back to that level again they sold more. The Cubs sold 3.0 million last year with a losing team. The stakes have been raised. People are going to buy tickets because they are excited about the opportunity to see Epstein build a winner. Sandberg would only bring in incremental increases at best, and probably zero. This isn't a team that is struggling for attention. They need to put the best team on the field if they want to take the next step.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    The next time he's right about the Bears will be the first time. He has a huge blind spot there.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    This argument in particular doesn't make any sense to me. As a fan, why wouldn't you want a manager who would bring in fan support and revenue streams that would allow your team's owner to field a huge payroll and aquire more premium talent? Oh, because of some deluded and largely self imagined sense of superiority over other fans? It's amazing to me how seemingly grown and rational adults still cling to "jocks vs. geeks vs. nerds vs. stoners" pre-teen junior high school tribalism. What sort of fan support do you really think Ryno is going to bring in?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Until you start talking prostitues.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    An idiotic writer writing it doesn't make it so.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I would be profoundly happy if this exact thing happened, and I see no reason why it shouldn't. I'm having trouble reconciling these two statements. I would hate to go through another season with that idiot on the bench. It's painful to watch the guy screw up so many things so often. Unless Theo really lays down the law with how he handles Castro and the starting pitchers (specifically not leave them in too long) I could not tolerate this.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Are you in Pittsburgh? You have to go to a game, especially with a great team around.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    4 years ago I would have worried about needing more offense, but the Blackhawks aren't exactly hurting for scoring punch. They were 2nd last year and are 4th this year. I think it's the right thing to do to have Keith get a little more responsible on the defensive end, considering that's where his noticeable struggles were last year.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Over the course of an 82 game season season I'm glad they limit the OT time. No reason to make these guys play that much harder for 5 more minutes a night. 5 seems too short and 10 would be too long. What about 7 minutes? That might involve play from an extra line and lead to a settlement. I dislike shootouts in any sport. I dislike like them, but the NHL at least does it right with shootouts just in regular season and unlimited OT in playoffs.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I really don't get it.
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