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  1. jersey cubs fan
    The president doesn't have to be some young guy who runs a massive overhaul. He's basically got one real important job, hire the right GM. It could be a 2-3 year committment where he hires a GM, and maybe scouting director + player development guy, and have each of them run their own department. After 2-3 years, Ricketts will have been exposed to a lot more baseball business and should be able to hire the replacement president from a bigger pool of candidates.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't assume Ramirez would be too rich for their blood. They are a the only team in a huge market and have built a consistent winner while raising their payroll. There is a significant amount of payroll coming off their books and some of their highest paid players are very replacable. They aren't in any sort of desperation situation, but they are very hungry for offense and are not getting it.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Mark Riggins, do something for once. I was under the impression that at his best he was still an extreme slider user.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I still maintain that this would be perfectly fine, if they had more talent at RB and/or more ability on the line. But even after adding another 1st round linemen they still are very questionable at multiple positions (potentially all 5 actually), and they are steady but far from spectaculiar at RB. Without some a serious talent upgrade, they are still putting all the pressure on Cutler with very limited weapons.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Obviously Brouwer is more valuable to the 2011/12 team than a 2011 draft pick. The point is they traded him for a 1st round pick because a 1st round pick was a good get for Troy Brouwer, who may have only had a year or two left with this team. It's never only about next year's team, and in the end they aren't really missing much with him gone.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Because it's Ian Darke and he's English and those are the words he uses? Plus any American who talks about the sport feels obligated to speak British.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I figured it was because they got a first round draft pick for Troy Brouwer. But it will probably be one of the last first round picks. I think he would have had more value to us on the roster this upcoming season. The deeper the team is, the better. They already used the pick on a guy they wanted. It was about value for a replacable player, not getting rid of Brouwer.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    The season itself is pretty much lost. He's had 10 IP combined in June and July with an ERA in the double digits. He'll be lucky to hit 80 innings. Maybe he can salvage it with some time in the AFL, but I don't see the problem with calling his season what it is. He's plenty young enough for it not to be a major problem in the future, but as a guy who started the year in AA and will almost certainly have to repeat the level, plus have his usage monitored closely next year, it is what it is.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    He's here! He's here!
  10. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5820622/the-100-worst-baseball-players-of-all-time-a-celebration-part-2 bad people category: Quietly very bad:
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Oh I agree, I'm just saying there's plenty of examples of players that would benefit their game by learning how to lay down a damn bunt when asked to. Could benefit, there's no guarantee anybody definitely would improve their game, and the improvements that could happen would be so incredibly small so as to barely put a dent in what the entirety of their abilities says they are as a player. The Cubs suck right now and if everybody on the roster put an extra 1000 hours of work into bunting, they would still suck.
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  13. jersey cubs fan
    I see it being similar to 2011, which is more meh than yikes. It shouldn't destroy their chances, but they sure aren't going to carry the team to great success either.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    The final is going to have huge ratings.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    that was pretty 3-1
  16. jersey cubs fan
    USA retake the lead on a corner kick/header from Wambach
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Under the "have you considered another line of work" category
  18. jersey cubs fan
    He looked directly into the camera in a recent interview and it was very unpleasant.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    http://deadspin.com/5820716/the-100-worst-baseball-players-of-all-time-a-celebration-part-1
  20. jersey cubs fan
    USA was pressuring for a while, but France has had quite a few chances the last couple minutes.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    USA is up 1-0 right now.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    That would be much worse.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Only 6 out of 10 if you properly utilize PA. :D
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Right, but if Gorz was not an essential part of the team at the time of the trade, why is he all of a sudden now? Because the team is so bad and people start looking for more things to blame. Gorzelanny goes from being Gorzelanny to the lost salvation given away for nothing. Not at all. Gorzelanny was a nice player for the Cubs and they gave him away for nothing. It didn't make much sense at all at the time and it came back to bite them when they decided to go into the season with no 6th starter and needed two. It's also BS that people keep offering the injury excuse as to why the Cubs suck when the Cubs put themselves in the situation they are in.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    And they were bad because the Cubs didn't go into the season with a viable 6th starter.
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