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  1. jersey cubs fan
    It's obvious now that the Cubs have hired Quade that either all the chatter about Girardi being the top choice was wrong or that he was the top choice but made it clear to the Cubs that he wasn't interested. Got it now? But why was the timing curious? It's been reported it could happen soon. Quade has made a ton of sense from the beginning and a lot of people more or less assumed he was getting the job. What was it about the timing that makes you think it's curious? It would be curious timing to name Joe Girardi manager right now. It's not curious to name Mike Quade manager right now. You must be from Oklahoma, so I will type slowly. There were a lot of indications in the media that Girardi was the top choice and that the Cubs wanted to wait to talk to him before going with Quade. Since the Yankees are still playing, it was curious timing to seemingly give up on Girardi before even having the chance to talk to him. There were a lot of indications in the media that Quade was the top choice. I really don't see anything curious about the timing, other than the 4pm (3 central) press conference.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    You might have seen one of those other retreads get the job. It doesn't sound like Sandberg was ever realistic.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Chicago Bears use LIFO accounting methods? Interesting.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    The whole "embracing/understanding the culture" thing disgusts me. You need a GM who gets better baseball players and a manager who won't screw it up. It's not about culture and history and the unique nature of the job.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    It's obvious now that the Cubs have hired Quade that either all the chatter about Girardi being the top choice was wrong or that he was the top choice but made it clear to the Cubs that he wasn't interested. Got it now? But why was the timing curious? It's been reported it could happen soon. Quade has made a ton of sense from the beginning and a lot of people more or less assumed he was getting the job. What was it about the timing that makes you think it's curious? It would be curious timing to name Joe Girardi manager right now. It's not curious to name Mike Quade manager right now.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    No thanks, I'm good.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    He wasn't obsessed with base runners, so he probably wouldn't be obsessed with the running game and all that. I'd guess he'd be pretty smart.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Not sure how much of that I believe. The Cubs made Sandberg go to the minors and coach so he could get experience, why would Maddux be any different? Sandberg was essentially out of baseball for a decade, no? I think that had as much to do with it as anything. Maddux has been in the game.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Why? Because there was a lot of chatter about Girardi being the top choice, so I figured there wouldn't be any announcements from the Cubs until after the Yankees were done this season. Then maybe Girardi wasn't really the top choice and/or he made it clear he wasn't interested. I wouldn't call it curious timing.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    finally?
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Since it's the manager, that is how you should feel. A manager wasn't going to make the difference.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    He bacame the primary "baseball man" in the Yankees front office, right?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    First pitch is 4:19 right? They could be done before, but that does sort of fly in the face of the the don't mess with the playoff games unspoken rule. Maybe they thought keeping your own guy wasn't a big deal. Seattle did announce their hiring of a new guy on the same day as game 3 of the ALCS. It's actually at 3:19 CST and the press conference is at 3:00 CST...but they still could be done before. Yeah, I was doing the time zone translation in my own head.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    First pitch is 4:19 right? They could be done before, but that does sort of fly in the face of the the don't mess with the playoff games unspoken rule. Maybe they thought keeping your own guy wasn't a big deal. Seattle did announce their hiring of a new guy on the same day as game 3 of the ALCS.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    And a very important one nonetheless. If they can find the right 1B, then great, they've done their job. This team sucks at acquiring offense though. And Cliff Lee taking over the spot from whoever would have been the 5th starter would provide a pretty substantial improvement. Well I'd agree with you there. And actually after looking up some stats, I might partially take back my argument earlier. The Cubs starters ERA in the 2nd half of the season was 3.97 which is 8th in the NL, right in the middle. But if you break it down by month, results are over the place, but more often than not in the 2nd half of the year the numbers are below average April: 3.47 (4th) May: 4.35 (11th) June: 3.68 (1st) July: 4.45 (12th) August: 4.53 (12th) September: 3.52 (5th) So in the 3 months after the ASB they had a starters ERA around 4.5 which is bad for 2 months, and then in September in the month its notoriously difficult to evaluate players, it's really good. So after seeing that I'm more apt to look into spending finite resources at improving the pitching. All I'm saying is I'm open to any and all options, because this team isn't limited to one problem and they could use any really good player. They don't have enougho of those.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    How about in the NL. I find it kind of useless to compare across NL and AL.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    And a very important one nonetheless. If they can find the right 1B, then great, they've done their job. This team sucks at acquiring offense though. And Cliff Lee taking over the spot from whoever would have been the 5th starter would provide a pretty substantial improvement.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    Exactly. That's my issue with it too. That and he may be as big a bunter/make things happener (give away outs) as all the rest. But all things considered he may be the least disappointing candidate.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Actually, while he made a lot of guaranteed dough off the bat, being in the third year of his rookie deal I doubt he's making all that much. The total value of the 5 year deal was just $16m. He's making less than $1m in salary this season and he's going to be missing out on a few million in incentives. Frank Omiyale's contract was probably almost as much. Olin Kreutz is the only lineman actually getting paid. And he plays the least important position.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    But they were able to make that mentality work and got a title out of it this decade, not to mention several very good seasons, and only 1 actually bad one. I agree that I much rather prefer going the Phillies route and building the best team in the league, not just your division. But anything would be an improvement.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Carrie Muskat says news conference at 3pm
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Eh, I'd settle for St. Louis.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    If you are below average you are bad and part of the problem. You win games by scoring runs and limiting the number of runs you give up. If you can't score more runs then prevent more from your opponent.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not sure why you are breaking out 1st/2nd half. But starting pitching was part of the problem this year. Offense has consistently been the major problem for this organization, and pitching has more often than not been the strength. It was not good this year.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    For lack of a stronger knowledge of the English language I am going to say it was "funny" to see the local news sports guy report from outside the stadium sometime around the top of the 9th and describing how Lee was dominating the game, and also how he was a soon-to-be free agent who the Yankees are going to throw a bunch of money toward.
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