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  1. jersey cubs fan
    That might be something Hendry would consider, but it'd be terrible for the Cubs. Ibanez is 38 and had a .793 OPS last year. Fukudome is 33 and had an .809 OPS last year. Power-wise, Kosuke had a .439 SLG and Ibanez had a .444 SLG last year. They had similar WARs last year (1.5 for Kosuke, 1.8 for Ibanez). Interestingly, according to xFIP, Blanton outpitched his production last year – 4.82 ERA and 4.06 xFIP. I still wouldn't have much interest in him, though. Lidge is the only guy I'd have interest in from that package, and that's because we'd only have him this year and he'd probably move Cashner to the rotation. Yeah, I wasn't trying to come up with something I'd like or that would necessarily help the Cubs, just wondering if there was any moves that would fill both team's needs.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I didn't read that he's inactive or on the IR so yes, it is a possibility.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I think it's an on campus building, which can make it tough. Plus it's really not hard to bring in portable beer taps as well as portable plastic bottle selling stations.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Or bullpen.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Z can't handle media pressure in Chicago? He's spent his entire career there and he's had a really nice career.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    It's big east football though, not exactly the big leagues.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    They are gutless, afraid of glory and most of the time intimidated small town people (which is a terrific reason to choose Philadelphia).
  8. jersey cubs fan
    He could have viewed Larry as the good cop in the relationship.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Last available line is Bears -2.5, after seeing Minnesota -1.5 at beginning of week. But it is off, probably because of the QB question now that the stadium situation appears to be settled.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Easier but not a good idea. You have to give the fans a chance to see them at home. If a local stadium is available, and it is, that makes most sense.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    high of 11 on the day?
  12. jersey cubs fan
    My favorite thing is the concession stands were not built to withstand temps under 30. How does that happen, and why does that happen in a Minnesota stadium? They have to deal with some "unseasonably cold" temps in late November. If I was a ticket holder for the dome I would be really pissed, but happier than Detroit.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    New York news anchors are so ridiculous when it comes to stuff like this. They'll never acknowledge an athlete from another city until there is talk of them coming to the Yankees or Knicks, then they fall in love and as soon as he chooses elsewhere they hate the guy with a passion. It's so forced to appease the masses but it's still dumb.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Keith Brooking is very inspirational. http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/2010/12/keith-brookings-speech-before-the-eagles-game-sunday.html PLUS FOUR!!!
  15. jersey cubs fan
    That is just awful awful awful*. I see no good reason to attend. *sorry about that morbid comment
  16. jersey cubs fan
    What a ridiculous comment on Zambrano. He experienced a turnaround under the tutelage of the same guy that has been in charge of his tutelage his entire career?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I think they would hesitate. The Yankees world feels burned by Carl Pavano and to a certain extent Javier Vasquez twice. They dont' trust NL pitchers, with the expection of guys like Sabathia who established his success in the AL.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    But the salary cap implications and future health of the franchise means you do. And maybe that is the most ridiculous thing I've heard. The salary cap is real and matters. You can't keep an 8 man core all making multi millions longterm. The team is playing like crap anyway so it is a perfectly good excuse to improve your chances going forward instead of tryng to make magic happen next summer. Trading Sharp and Seabrook has to be on the table. If it is not then the team is doing itself a disservice.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    shameless?
  20. jersey cubs fan
    You are making a very large mistake by pretending I am only taking into account last night or even just this season's games. Trading Seabrook has to have been on the table for a long time. You can keep the core, but the core can't be that big for that long if you want to have a full team. And Sharp has been the best trade piece on the team since before they started selling, giving his production, reputation and cost certainty. The fact that they played so many games last year isn't going to change as the season goes on. They aren't going to get a break that other people don't experience to get caught up on rest. They've been mediocre, at best, all year long for a veriety of reasons. One of them is Seabrook and Keith have both been disappointing, but Seabrook is the only one of the two who is a realistic trade bait.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    It is still a risk since the most leverage anybody has in negotiations is the ability to walk away from the table. Taking on more salary than he is allowed to spend this year puts him in a position where he has to shed contracts. Going into this offseason he knew payroll was going down, but most of that was taken care of by money coming off the books.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Who says he has to get rid of the money BEFORE taking it on though? This is the same crap he did with Sosa and how the Cubs ended up w/ Jeromy Burnitz while legit RFs passed them by. I can't imagine if he only has 5Mil in room that he can't go over that ever between now and when the season starts. Hendry doesn't strike me as a guy willing to be that risky.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    that is a team that can use some average pitching.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Exactly. This is a scenario where if the Cubs really wanted someone like Webb or Garza, they should have done everything possible to complete the deal quickly. I don't know why Hendry was fooling around, especially with Webb. He has to have medical records and input from doctors at this point. Either [expletive] or get off the pot. Now, if we do sign him, it's going to cost a hell of a lot more. Well the reason I didn't blame Hendry for not moving quickly is because it's completely unknown whether the hesitation was on Henrdry's or on Webb's/the Rays' to let the market play out. That and it is highly debateable if he should be going after either guy in the first place.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Of course. I don't think Haugh was implying anything else. And that is the terrible thing about the success this year -- doomed to more in-game idiocy by Lovie and draft idiocy by Angelo. I think he was implying more. He was saying people should stop worrying about the Patriots disaster and be happy with where they are. He was implying that criticism of Lovie and Jerry is unfair if they do make the playoffs and that making the playoffs this year is a tremendous accomplishment for these two despite the fact that the only reason it wasn't a foregone conclusion is their own failures that led this team to three years of mediocrity.
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