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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I guess it depends on what you mean by poorly. 2012 will be a grace period where almost any result would be accepted by Ricketts. But if they aren't winning 85 games by 2014, I'm guessing the new guy will start to have pressure. If they go out and win 81 games every year, that would be a poor job, but he'd probably keep it for a long time. The GM's going to be judged more on the decisions they make in the short to medium term versus wins and losses. The manager will get the heat unless the new GM makes a bunch of dumb moves. Obviously if the team is sub-.500 for several years the GM would get canned but that doesn't seem likely with the amount of $$$ the Cubs have to play with. In the very short-term, sure. But the GM is going to hire that manager. And judging deals is subjective. If the team loses for 3 straight years, he should get a lot of blame. This isn't rebuilding Pittsburgh.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I guess it depends on what you mean by poorly. 2012 will be a grace period where almost any result would be accepted by Ricketts. But if they aren't winning 85 games by 2014, I'm guessing the new guy will start to have pressure. If they go out and win 81 games every year, that would be a poor job, but he'd probably keep it for a long time.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I love the notion that you would hire a GM based on which manager you expect him to hire.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    The same way John McDonough became team president(!). These guys know how to sell themselves. But Team President the way McDonough was team president was a different situation. He wasn't involved in the on-field product. Really? My understanding is that he was a direct successor to MacPhail on the Tribune org chart, and was involved in the monster contracts of the '06/'07 offseason. He sounded very much like a factor on the baseball side when he was talking about putting the Cubs in the World Series on that dreary day at the end of the 2006 season. McDonough got the job because MacPhail left just as the sale process was heating up and they weren't going to go out and hire a new guy. He was just minding the ship. Coletti moved from one team's PR department to another team's PR department and became a GM after that, which is completely different from the president's job and the way McDonough got that job.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Probably had something to do with all the knob slobbing.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    And this catch: That looked kind of awkward. Almost like he didn't exactly dive for the ball but rather just went limp after catching it on the run.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Bears only getting 4 days off before this game, and another 4 more before the last game. Kind of strange. But we're 17 days away from when it counts.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I heard this too, and it's probably not so crazy to believe even if it's just a vague memory. Soccer is the next great frontier in American sports. Guys like Beane would be very interested in getting in on the proverbial ground floor. As someone who doesn't "get it" with soccer, I hope America gets bored of sports and moves onto math and science before soccer goes crazy here. Though I guess it's infinitely better than our dumbass version of football and it's 12 minutes of game time. I have no idea what the heck any of this is supposed to mean.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Depending on when the claim went through, he got past either every other team, or every other team except for the Red Sox. Not surprising there would be such limited interest in an underproductive 1B.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Does Rosenthal understand the Cubs could still sign Pena for next season as a free agent? I can understand if the Cubs don't get an offer worth taking, but to use 2012 as the reason for pulling Pena back is kind of dumb. It would be part of the reason, along with not getting anything of value in return. The fact is it's easier to keep your own free agents than acquire them from other teams. Obviously it would suck balls if the Cubs intended of going into 2012 with Pena as the 1B, but that's another issue.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    He took a line drive off his pitching elbow, and then his manager left him in the game to pitch? I'm very certain he didn't stay in that game. He collided with Marcus Giles, landed on his pitching shoulder and stayed in that game. His manager abused the crap out of him, regularly using him for 110+ outings for something like 10 games in a row down the stretch when his workload went far beyond what his body was used to handling. God I hate Dusty Baker. What a scumbag.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Sure, but it's not true that you should never volunteer to pay out more money at the start than at the end. You can get the overall value of the contract lower, and can fit it into your budget better when appropriate. There are a variety of factors to take into account, including expected tax rates. If 2 teams are offering the same guy 2/50, you can front load it to make your offer more attractive. In general, yes, it's cheaper to backload. But paying more early on can make sense and you should not completely rule it out.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Why?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs are in this situation because they allowed Jim Hendry to run the damn team for too damn long (which is more than a day).
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure why retread is being used. Jim Bowden is a retread. Brian Cashman is not. Just because somebody already is or has been a GM doesn't make them a retread. I think he's asking if guys like Cashman and Friedman bow out of the race and the choice comes down to a Bowden or Phillips type vs. a Rick Hahn or Kim Ng. But that doesn't make sense when talking about a proven guy from a winning front office. I doubt it'll come down to such a situation, but I also doubt that Ricketts will stick to some specific criteria like that. He's looking for the best candidate overall, not one description over the other.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure why retread is being used. Jim Bowden is a retread. Brian Cashman is not. Just because somebody already is or has been a GM doesn't make them a retread.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    All of which is very exciting. But he's got one pre-arbitration year left and he's still a 3-WAR player if you take the most generous estimations of his defense and a 2 WAR player if you don't. Not exactly the caliber of player that makes me think "Oh man, you can't possibly afford to waste these sweet cheap pre-FA years." You don't seem to understand what the heck people are talking about when they refer to wasting his cheap years. By the time he no longer has any flaws, he'll make $20m a year.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/chi-blackhawks-kane-targeting-season-opener-for-return-20110823,0,6409762.story Kane may not be ready to start camp, might not be back until season starts.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Is that weird? He was in Colorado at the peak of their offense friendly era.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Eventually, sure. But I highly doubt it will be a year one priority.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-tennessee-hoops-coach-summitt-diagnosed-with-dementia-20110823,0,3924424.story Pat Summit has dementia. And JoePa doesn't?
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I thought the one in the middle was insensitively mocking his opponents.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Maybe after next year. Given the constant complaining by Quade about Castro, I doubt a new regime looks to lock the kid up to what would be a lifetime of security for him and all his family. It would be very risky and open them up to criticism for coddling players and not holding them accountable. Yeah, but does anyone really care what Mike Quade thinks? Even the meatballs who would normally eat this stuff up think he's a clueless buffoon. No, not really. But it's not just Quade. It's basically assumed now that Castro is well on his way to becoming a head case. I really doubt a new regime is going to make signing him longterm a high priority in year one.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Maybe after next year. Given the constant complaining by Quade about Castro, I doubt a new regime looks to lock the kid up to what would be a lifetime of security for him and all his family. It would be very risky and open them up to criticism for coddling players and not holding them accountable.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    But as I said, both the Yankees and Rangers claimed they knew what was up so neither side accused Soriano of anything that could seemingly impact his contract. My question is if a team claims that they were duped by the player when they signed him do they have options after the fact if it's revealed he's older than he claims? Teams have gotten out of contracts to younger imported free agents that were proven to have lied, have they not? If you can get out of the contract for a 21 year old prospect who said he was 17, I don't see why you couldn't get out of a contract for a 35 year old free agent who said he was 31. I'm sure the latter will have better lawyers and be able to come to a buyout, but the owner should have a leg to stand on, unless he knew what was up all along and just chose to try and get out of the deal.
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