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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Jeez I dunno. Not him though. I guess Girardi, Bochy, LaRussa, Scioscia, Maddon He just doesn't seem like one of those guys that you have to go after if he's available, so if I see that Tito and Theo are having a disconnect, I don't eliminate Theo from who to go after, I eliminate Francona. How the hell is Girardi premier but not Francona?
  2. jersey cubs fan
    But at how many years do you walk away. Even 3 seems borderline to me. First things first I pick up his option, yesterday. If he voids it then I look to negotiate a 2 year deal, and if he insists on 3 then I look to make the terms a little more team friendly (maybe that 3rd year is a team option with a $2-4m buyout).
  3. jersey cubs fan
    There is no such thing as a premier manager. I like that his teams are incredibly patient and regularly lead or among the leaders in walks taken. Granted, that is a Boston philosophy, but he's been a part of it. He's managed 10 playoff series and won 7 of them. I think he will be a calm and rational voice in the clubhouse and not the net negative that Quade and Baker were, or an indifferent goof like Piniella became.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Considering it is much more difficult to acquire other teams' free agents than keep your own I absolutely think they have to bring Ramirez back. Letting him go leaves you even more desperate for an enormous influx of talent for just a chance to contend next year. He's not a negative draw on the payroll, he adds production that nobody in the system is even close to providing, and he plays a position that is difficult to fill.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Feels like a strange week with very little Bears talk. Considering both Chicago baseball teams have been done for a while I would think there'd be more interest. I think the line has moved from an opening of 7 to 6 now. Really hope that's a sign that the masses are getting goofy about Newton and negative on the Bears than the smart money moving it.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Just because one season doesn't work out in favor of 2 WCs doesnt mean it should be scrapped. Right now the NL Wild Card will be decided by one team playing a 100 loss team and another playing a 100 win team. Wouldn't you rather see them settle it against each other? Plus you can't even really look at it the same as if the season was played with 2 WCs in each league at play. Maybe the Giants don't play a bunch of young players or stick with their regular rotation if they are within striking distance of the WC with a week left. Maybe a team that's on the fringe of the WC race in July makes a couple of trades knowing they can get back into the race. An in the AL you had one team playing an also-ran fighting for a spot against another team whose opponent had the best record in the AL. If you stayed up to watch the finish of both games (I did!), you would likely have found it to be the most amazing night of baseball in a long time. I'll still stand behind my original assessment. I don't want anything taking away from the value of the regular season. Doesn't make me right and you wrong. Just my opinion. this proposal does not take away from the value of the regular season, it makes the regular season more important.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Why would you hate to rate the Cubs best player for the past decade with an A in a season in which he played really well?
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Huh? All you can do in professional sports is compare results with the other teams in the league. Epstein's results have been better than just about anybody else.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    They've won 90 or more in 7 or the 9 seasons he's been at the healm. The two years he failed to win 90, they won 86 and 89. They've been in the postseason 6 times under his watch, with 2 WS titles. And while did all this with a high payroll, it was dwarfed by the payroll of his primary competition. Every GM is going to have a move that looks great, and every GM is going to have some moves that look bad. But bitching at a GM that has brought as much success to the Red Sox as Epstein has is asinine. It is extremely likely that bad overpays he has made are largely due to the pressure of keeping up with the Joneses. But even with a bad signing or three, the guy's team wins all the damn time.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    It's not a grudge against a guy who stole your sandwich out of the fridge. It's a grudge about banging his wife. The fact that it is now an ex is probably meaningless if the guy had sex with his wife while they were married.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Beane did pass on his one opportunity, but wasn't it for fairly legit family reasons? Isn't he a divorced dad whose teenage daughter was going to be on the west coast if he took that Boston gig?
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I love that the Cubs are the proverbial prettiest girl at the ball, but don't tease me like this. They are more like the sluttiest girl at prom. The new guy is guaranteed to get laid that night, but if things aren't handled the right way, things can get crazy in a hurry, and he may wind up regretting that prom night the rest of his life.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    The season starts in 1 week. They have a home and home with Dallas. It's time to see if all that offseason rest makes a difference this season, and if any of those new acquisitions can help.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5844739/yankees-gm-brian-cashman-possibly-caught-in-messy-extramarital-affair Cashman apparently willing to step out on contractual commitments, or at least help others work around those contracts.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Probably because Alou never went into the stands to catch a ball ever in his Cubs career. In 30 years of watching Cubs games, I can't remember ever seeing anyone catch a ball in that part of the park. Yeah, anybody who claims Alou clearly would have made that catch is talking out of his butt.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Zambrano for Crawford, Epstein and Francona.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Quade is recklessly bad.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    The really amazing thing about that 1995 AL season was on August 20th, the Angels were 63-38, the Rangers were 54-47 and the Yankees were 51-50. And the Mariners won the AL West. The Yankees?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    I thought he was relatively decent once or twice before, with Baltimore?
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Are you suggesting Carlos Pena has been a clearly better player? I could see complaining about a random middle reliever, but Chen has been a decent starting pitcher, which tends to be valued more than completely replacable 1B. You need 6 or more of the former and only 1 of the latter.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I would be really surprised if he is fired before the new GM takes over, and more surprised if the new GM keeps him on board. I would assume Ricketts would give the new guy a clean slate to hire and fire at will, and keeping Quade on as a lame duck manager is a strong signal that the new guy is tanking 2012.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    You're not allowed to take pictures in those types of establishments. Or so I have been told. That has not stopped many a person from taking said pictures.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    He's at 59 AB now, and he's hitting .288/.377/.885 Since the corner outfield market in free agency is dismal this year, I'd be okay heading into next year with a Soriano/LaHair platoon at LF, once you merge their lefty righty splits and salary into a mean average. Spend the money on superstar 1B and CJ Wilson. The problem with that idea is Lahair would play a lot.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Exactly, if you're not an ND fan, you aren't watching this game. So why play it every year. And you meant 'is' you big meanie. Actually I usually watch at least some of that game. It feels like something traditional and meaningful even if it's not.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Absolutely. But I can't see Epstein making a panic move like that purely for PR purposes. Doesn't have to be Epstein making the panic move.
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