Jump to content
North Side Baseball

jersey cubs fan

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    67,901

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    63

 Content Type 

Profiles

Joomla Posts 1

Chicago Cubs Videos

Chicago Cubs Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

2026 Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Ranking

News

2023 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

Guides & Resources

2024 Chicago Cubs Draft Picks

The Chicago Cubs Players Project

2025 Chicago Cubs Draft Pick Tracker

Blogs

Events

Forums

Store

Gallery

Everything posted by jersey cubs fan

  1. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, and I'm not sure what to take from it. How strict will he be with that? Does he oppose ever giving any big contracts to any guy who is outside his prime years? What if he's in his prime when you give the contract, but he'll exit it during the contract (Prince)? It's a great rule to follow in general terms, but I think it has to be a flexible rule when considering specifics and I'd imagine that's what Theo will do in practice. I'm not sure about that, though. It was in direct response to a question about pre-and-post prime players, and I don't really think he made any sort of statement that he would never sign a 32 year old.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    No. I don't see any scenario where Z pitches for us again. Theo wasn't as sure about that on ctl as you are. He said starting pitching is something the cubs need and thzZ does have talent. But said he needed to do a lot of listening. I kept hearing him talk about "buying into the program", "everybody on the same page", "everybody accepting responsibility", "players supporting their team mates", etc. None of that sounds like Carlos Zambrano. Zambrano's issues have always been tied more into how poorly he handles losing. It's not like he's some stats obsessed fried chicken in the clubhouse eating jerk. He's the first guy to celebrate with his teammates.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I will absolutely be pissed that they pissed away an opportunity to significantly improve the 2012 team and damage a division rival. I won't blame Theo though. It's probably Crane's fault.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I love that you think you fixed it
  5. jersey cubs fan
    What is this nonsense? Why isn't Fielder the type of player you want to build around? He's a tremendous first basemen and he's not old. Pujols is aging, and he's still a tremendous player. The Cubs have nothing in the system that even resembles a first basemen. They need one, and they have a rare chance to acquire one this very offseason. And they have the financial flexiblity to get it done and thrive as a result now and in the longterm.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    That is ridiculous. Jim Hendry never acquired such a player.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    The 2018 Cubs will have money to burn.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I could see it, but I think it would be a mistake. The Cubs remain starved for 1B in the system and there are two great ones available who are on division rivals. This type of player doesn't become available every year, and most of the time when they do, the two biggest spenders, Boston and NYY are much more likely to get those players. An improved system should also lessen the negative impact of a decline by either player 5-6 years from now.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think it is. I think it alluded a bit more to the fact that the Cubs always went after very physically gifted players who were not necessarily great baseball players, or were extremely flawed in some aspect of their game. Soriano is a ridiculously talented baseball player. Ronny Cedeno was a gifted physical talent as well, so was Patterson and several others, including Vitters. It's more about the type of player they used to prefer and the development of that player. Well obviously some of it is bringing in the wrong players, some of it is doing a poor job of teaching young players. And that's not really on the manager. Managers don't teach players how to convert from raw physical talents to really good baseball players, that is what developmental people do. And the Cubs have been lacking.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I just gloated to our office's lone Red Sox fan about Theo. She can't decide if he was just in the right place at the right time or that good. She's dumb, and very ugly.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think it is. I think it alluded a bit more to the fact that the Cubs always went after very physically gifted players who were not necessarily great baseball players, or were extremely flawed in some aspect of their game. Soriano is a ridiculously talented baseball player. Ronny Cedeno was a gifted physical talent as well, so was Patterson and several others, including Vitters. It's more about the type of player they used to prefer and the development of that player.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    In this complete disaster of a season for the Red Sox where everything had to be blown up, they won 90 games. The Cubs did that once under Jim Hendry and only twice in 22 years.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Between that and his promotion of my playoff expansion format I've really come to like the guy.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    It's the same distance when they make love.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Shut up about the Red Sox Kornheiser.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Theo on PTI: from afar I saw they had a lot of talented players but didn't get the most out of that talent. offensively they were aggressive, probably overly aggressive in recent years defensive fundamentals were an issue.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2011-10/65650700.jpg
  18. jersey cubs fan
    The argument is that it's boring, and means you don't get to see the best players bat as often. And football teams can punt out of bounds instead of to Hester, so what? You can foul Shaq and cross check Kane. This sort of micromanaging the rules has no benefit. There are repercussions to the IBB, you are putting a guy on base, and potentially throwing off your pitcher's rythm. There's no way you can do this without just banning all 4 pitch walks, because a pitch around isnt' all that hard. It's not like this postseason has lacked offense or big hits by big time players. This is much ado about nothing and just nitpicking at something that doens't need picking.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    How are you going to differentiate between intentional walks and a 4 pitch walk? The idea would be that it would encourage less intentional walks though. How many times would you actually see this come into effect? Are teams going to want to put Pujols on 2nd or 3rd base intentionally? Nope. They'll pitch to him instead. I'm playing some devil's advocate here, cuz I'm not sure what I think of it. But it's fun discussion fodder. Who gives a crap? The IBB isn't a particularly smart move, why are we making rules to force teams not to do dumb things?
  20. jersey cubs fan
    A mortgage is a good thing if you structure it properly and buy the right house.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    He only had 2 IBBs this season. But had 11 four pitch walks (IBB's included). Aren't we just talking about the IBB? it said 4 pitch walk. And that's a stupid idea. Baseball definitely needs to find a way to make games longer. You get 4 balls and 3 strikes. If you throw 4 balls before the third strike, the guy gets first base. No reason to make up new goofy rules.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I got this same impression. I did not. I got the impression that the developmental side (minor leagues) would be busy as hell, but the FA (big league team) side not so. The whole time when he was answering that question about the major league team, I KNEW that "but" was coming about the parallel fronts (and [expletive] if he didn't do a great job of conveying it). I didn't get the impression that they would be throwing away next year at all. He basically went out of his way to come out and said that the two things aren't at all mutually exclusive. He could've easily taken the easy way and said nothing but the whole, "It's gonna take time," and nobody, seemingly, would begrudge him that if he did. Everyone seems willing (if not wanting) to be patient and throw away a year or two. But he didn't. He very clearly stated that every opporunity to win, every season, is sacred and he's not about to throw away a season.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    pretty good negotiating stance to take with Pujols.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    ramirez posts here too!!!
  25. jersey cubs fan
    about his last days in Boston, he felt like the guy in office space with the stapler and a cubicle in the basement, that is when he knew he had to go to the Cubs.
×
×
  • Create New...