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  1. jersey cubs fan
    YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT OLD TO REMEMBER HIS PLAYING DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahaha I realize that, but there is a new generation of fans(including my kids) that don't remember his playing days and didn't see him play. The older fans you will create goodwill with are the 50 and 60 years olds. There's really not much business sense in doing that. If you are investing in goodwill you do that with the younger crowd. But the Cubs should be entirely about the best team, they have no use for goodwill at this stage of the game.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, that was after Theo was announced. The one I'm thinking of was from before. I think Demp can get 3/35 on the open market. At that price (and at his age, and coming off the year he is), I have to imagine he'd be willing to take that rather than gamble on his market value still being good enough to make more after this year. Only if he thinks he can't do better in 2012.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Byrd was almost exactly the same player this year as he was last year. no he wasn't
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I seem to recall a quote by Dempster where he basically came out and said "I'll exercise my option if they express an interest in keeping me beyond this year. Otherwise, I'm gone." If that's not just a figment of my imagination, not doing a sell job would be the same as convincing him to leave. The quote I read after the Theo news was that he was excited and wanted a chance to win and finish his career in Chicago. He hinted about an extension, but he might prefer to make $15m this year and try and have a better 2012 which should leave him in a position to wind up with more overall money. If somebody is going to give him 3/30 after he declines, 1/15 and go from there could be a better option.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I'd assume that more would have to be done to fill out the rotation. The question I'm asking isn't really about the composition of the entire rotation. It's more about whether Demp would be worth anything close to $15M in 2012. I like Dempster and he's likely to be worth around what his contract calls for... but I think it'd be in the best interests of the team to convince him to go. Dempster projects as a Type A. If he declines the option and we offer arbitration, we'll get two picks and $15 million in payroll freed up. We could approximate his production by signing Paul Maholm for a fraction of that price and spend the rest of the money on upgrades elsewhere. I'm not really sure how you convince him to go. I think you can choose not to do a sell job on him, but it's about whether Demspter can get more elsewhere. I don't see anybody wanting to pay big money and give up a draft pick for him.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    He's now at 4 straight seasons of 200+ IP, when he was younger he went 3 straight before surgery. I think there's some risk that he's coming close to emptying the tank. However, I think his 2011 would have been a lot better if he didn't have a complete idiot for a manager. There were multiple times, including opening day, where Dempster scuffled through an outing and/or what should have been his last inning only to have Quade extend him into the 110+ pitch zone and he got rocked. He had a 900+ OPS against in the 7th inning as well as 900+ past the 101 pitch mark. It was 1350 in a batter's 4th PA against him and his horrible manager never picked up on that issue. He wasn't great early in games, but if Quade didn't start wasting his efforts from Day 1 I think his 2011 would have looked a lot better. And if you treat him like a 6 inning pitcher this year he could be pretty decent. But I would love it if he didn't pick up his option.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THAT OLD TO REMEMBER HIS PLAYING DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Minor league teams sell tickets with gimmicks. It's not going to change the numbers of tickets the Chicago Cubs sell.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    west coast offense is all about short quick throws and the Bears' is not.
  13. 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:
  14. jersey cubs fan
    He did play for the guy So what, he's still a meathead.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    My feeling is the long passes are designed while the short passes are more emergency dump offs when under duress.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Zambrano got on the previous management's last nerve. The new management is not the same as the old management.
  24. 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.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    The next time he's right about the Bears will be the first time. He has a huge blind spot there.
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