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  1. jersey cubs fan
    What? In what way shape or form is asking for significant changes to how the Cubs are run reactionary? How long until piling on is no longer reactionary? He had plenty of pre-purchase time to evaluate the organization and more than enough post purchase time to make the appropriate changes and he hasn't. I don't know how grand of a scheme it was but it's pretty clear this season is just a "wait it out" one and was from the start.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    It doesn't matter if he said it, just as long as he's not stupid enough to believe it. Because only a complete freaking moron would think it's true. So basically you think Ricketts has done everything right the past 18 months? Good to know. The Hayden Simpson pick, retaining Hendry, completely [expletive] up the asking for public money to fix Wrigley, Todd appearing on Undercover Boss and looking like a moron, and now pretending that injuries are the only thing wrong with this awful team is OK with you? Huh?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Is the draft over much earlier for other team's scouting director?
  4. jersey cubs fan
    It doesn't matter if he said it, just as long as he's not stupid enough to believe it. Because only a complete freaking moron would think it's true.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I sorta remember seeing somewhere that this is due to Silva not being on the team. Like it isn't reported in the final totals but the Cubs technically are higher I think. Those opening day payroll lists are so dumb. They don't take into account contracts that have been eaten, nor mid-season trades that add or subtract payroll to teams, in order to actually compare what the team spends on players.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I absolutely think it would go down with a legit #1. The only reason he was targeted so much was because he was practically the only option. Or more accurately there really wasn't a better option.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    That's not really true. The highest rated Super Bowls were in the 80's. NFL was well on its way to being king before the 94 MLB strike, and that was just a few years after the NFL had their last work stoppage. I think they can probably withstand missing a few games this year with virtually no dent to their standing. MLB took a hit because they lost teh World Series. If the entire NFL season is lost, including super bowl, then there will be problems. I also don't think it's crunch time yet. They have until August 1st before they would move the Bears game from London back to Tampa, and probably a few weeks later before they would cancel opening week. There could be 2.5 more months of this.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Anybody get a little excited hearing about the secret meeting in Dupage County? Apparently not all owners knew about it, it was kept under the radar with just a few of the big name ones attending, along with Smith and a couple players. I wonder if the McCaskeys were kept abreast of the meeting, since they are not mentioned as having attended but obviously are very close to where they took place. They do not seem to be very influential, and just go along with whatever the Rooney/Mara types agree on.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    That normally happens? I always thought it was somewhat rare.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    You are a such a liar it is ridiculous. Pitchers do not do what Cashner did all the time. Last year he was a reliever. It doesn't matter that he went a little deeper in starts in April and May. He was a reliever for four months pitching nearly every other day for 1 inning at a time. You don't just maintain your starting capacity for workload when you actually perform as a reliever, especially when you had such a limited capacity for workload as a starter in the first place. Wells needed to gradually build up to 200 innings if they wanted to be cautious about future healthy. He went from 120 to 190 and then just had one more 190. Your statement suggests he has a slew of 190 seasons coming in. He did not. He made a huge jump. And now he's paying the price.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    He went from 95 (mostly as a reliever), to 123 to 193. Are you really going to be so ridiculous as to pretend there were no warning signs with Randy Wells? A 70 inning jump in one season is huge. The facd he didn't get hurt the next day does not mean he was scott-free.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    You keep acting like he didn't jump from 120 to 190 in one year and didn't have to be treated with kid gloves late last season.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    The bottom line is pitchers get hurt and they purposefully depleted their depth before the season despite having one highly questionable arm, a vet with TJS in his past, a vet with multple injuries in his past, a relatively unestablished arm and to top it all off they recklessly utilized their most stable veteran after they already suffered injuries. You don't get to blame injuries when you don't plan for them and play with fire as they are happening.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Cashner was hurt after being a college reliever pushed into a starting role where he was basically a 4 inning pitcher, then pushed back into a relief role and suddenly back into a starting role. It's lunacy to pretend this wasn't dangerous. Going 190 no issues doesn't mean you have established yourself as a guy who can't get hurt. He went from 100-120 to 190, then got hurt. His lack of wear and tear on his arm is a double edge sword. He wasn't already broken down, but neither was he built up. An unathletic catcher with multiple DL trips is a really strong bet to have more DL stints.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    But how does that compare to when it was apparently more active?
  16. jersey cubs fan
    We don't know if he truly believes it. Let's see what happens after the draft. We know he truly believed that Hendry was the right man for the job this year, long after it was pretty clear he was not. We know he's allowed every nonsensical excuse in the book to justify keeping the status quo on a failing organization. I wouldn't be surprised if he was dumb enough to think the only thing wrong with this team was injuries.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    We went over this before. Soriano and Johnson are the only ones that should be "expected" (I guess Garza as well due to the rain delay) That's simply not true. Cashner is a reliever who was yoyoed last year and then shoved into a starting role he was clearly not ready for. He was a 4+ inning pitcher for the most part in the minors and the last time he pitched when it counted he was a reliever. You can't treat a young arm with such limited use that way and expect it to go swimmingly. Wells was converted to pitcher and got stretched out in a hurry from a 100-120 inning pitcher to a nearly 200 inning pitcher. That's rough on an arm. Soto has been hurt every year. He's an unathletic catcher, that's going to be lead to DL stints. And then there was the reckless use of Garza. Byrd was the only weird one.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    It doesn't matter if he says it, what matters is if he's dumb enough to believe it. There was a lot wrong with this team before anybody got hurt, and aside from Byrd's freak injury there isn't a single odd thing about any of the rest of the injuries.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Yes Dammit.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    If somebody from Philly offers you their tickets to a Cubs/Philly game and you accept, is it a fau pax to retroactively refuse said tickets?
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Oh I know they don't care. I'm hoping though the empty stands are at least starting to worry Ricketts though. I'm sure it's worrisome. What I want to know is if he draws a correlation between his crap GM and his crap team. If he just thinks it's a short-term blip, or Quade's fault, or bad luck, this team won't get better.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not sure what makes that an entirely different issue. I have a tough time seeing Knox as a #2. If they had Andre Johnson I wouldn't worry about it. But they don't, so I have a hard time seeing Knox as a #2.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    That was a pretty fantastic catch.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    They'd also make a hell of a lot less on their advance sales, which is where the majority of tickets are being bought. But they likely would have had more advance sales. I know more than a few people who decided to wait because the advance prices were so ridiculously high. I think it's a fair assumption to make that the ticket prices are pretty close to the optimal level for maximizing revenue. People don't want to go because they suck and they've sucked for while. The price is not a problem if the team was any good.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    DJ needs some steroids.
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