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Your focus is entirely on firing Hendry as if that singular move would make this team significantly better. Firing Hendry in and of itself is not that important a move for this franchise. The key is to make an upgrade at the GM spot and other moves that Ricketts makes before firing Hendry give us a better idea whether or not he'd make a good hire. I'm not opposed to making a move at all, but I'm also not sure enough about Ricketts' philosophy to determine whether or not he'd make a good replacement hire. That's why my sole focus is not on firing Hendry and more on figuring out how Ricketts plans on making this club better. The focus is on replacing Hendry. He's the biggest problem. The only real significant move Ricketts can make is replacing Hendry. He's had a year and he didn't do it. I'm not sure why you are pretending he hasn't had a year and that there's all this other stuff he could still do to improve the team that isn't centered on replacing Hendry.
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I noticed both things. Kopecky impressed me in the playoffs, and he seemed to have a positive impact against last night and I don't remember much from him in the regular season. Hossa is also a real force.
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If it was going to, I think it would have been either day 1, the middle of this past season, or the day after the season ended. Now that all those times have passed it seems he's willing to stick with what Hendry does and giving passing interest to a more statistical approach by hiring what looked to me to be a second rate stat guy to help out.
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Overhauling the front office is a big deal and I've already said he should have fired Hendry. However, I don't think we automatically become 100x better without Hendry nor do I think that's a cure-all. It would be a major move in and of itself, but the more important move would be who Ricketts replaced him with. He's made some minor moves that I perceive to be upgrades and they make me feel a little better about the type of GM he'd choose to replace Hendry. However, firing Hendry is not a move that will automatically fix all ills in this franchise. I didn't say we automatically become 100x better without Hendry and I'm not sure why you even suggest I did. It's a huge move he could have made in the year he's owned the team. That's just a fact you completely glossed over.
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I said 2009/2010. Over that period I believe he's been almost exactly replacement level. Aside from early 2010, he's been pretty bad. If he's traded, and bounces back a little, they'd probably hold onto him until he plummets. If all he does is hug the replacement level, they might not bother holding onto him beyond 2011/2012 and would be comfortable releasing somebody they owe nothing to. -
As much as he focuses on the Zambrano is too angry, Ramirez is too lazy, small ball is where it's at and nonsensical mental toughness aspect of analyzing baseball, he brings very little to the table. He's really only good for talking about pitching approaches, but even then it all seemed to boil down to "a slider low and away here and he's got him." Brenly is pretty big on the Z is too angry and Ramirez is too lazy as well. He also rails on Soriano too much. And maybe I've just heard good Stone games recently or something because I haven't heard that much small ball love recently from him. It could be there and it would bug me, but you'll get that with almost any analyst. They all love to see sac bunts and moving runners, etc. I'm not a huge Brenly fan either so the comparison doesn't matter.
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That's a pretty poor excuse. It's over. He was the final bidder since early 2009 and the deal was finalized in October. Year one is over. They didn't do anything. I guess it was a poor excuse because it wasn't an excuse. Outside of firing Hendry there was very little they could do up until this point that would have made good sense. I disagree with not firing Hendry, but am also interested to see how the offseason plays out. It's a poor excuse because you were wrong. He had an offseason and an entire season. It's been a year. Year one is over. If you want to give him a 2nd offseason fine, but don't pretend year one isn't over. And you act as though overhauling the front office is no big deal. There was little to do to save 2010, there was a hell of a lot he could have done to change how the team operates going forward. And he did not. Firing Hendry is a huge move, bigger than any single realistic personel move that could be made.
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If you eat all or most, probably. But there's no point to that. He's a marginally above average player who is turning 35 this offseason and he's signed through his age 38 season. If the Cubs picked up the tab I'm sure some team would like to see if they could get a year or two out of him and then feel free to release him if he continues his 2009/2010 level of play. And maybe they'd give up something marginal for that opportunity. But the Cubs are kind of loaded with marginal prospects. What they don't have are true blue chippers. I'm not sure there's much point in making the deal. Maybe just hold onto him and hope for one last resurgent season, then release him later when he's below replacement level.
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As much as he focuses on the Zambrano is too angry, Ramirez is too lazy, small ball is where it's at and nonsensical mental toughness aspect of analyzing baseball, he brings very little to the table. He's really only good for talking about pitching approaches, but even then it all seemed to boil down to "a slider low and away here and he's got him."
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That's a pretty poor excuse. It's over. He was the final bidder since early 2009 and the deal was finalized in October. Year one is over. They didn't do anything.
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It may be childhood nostalgia, but I still like Stone in the booth. He's the only redeeming part of listening to Sox broadcasts for me and I'd be fine with him joining Len in the booth. Again, though, it may just be childhood nostalgia because I grew up on Harry/Steve. I've come to loathe Stone and his bitter style. I was happy to see him return the 2nd time, but didn't enjoy it as much as I liked him as a kid. And now I just don't want to hear him speak.
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Bears Game 5: Sunday Oct 10th at Carolina, Noon on FOX
jersey cubs fan replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Kreutz won't let them. -
I'm not seeing Aramis. Ramirez has a free swinging approach, but he struck out less frequently and almost walked as often as he Kd. Ramirez gets away with his flawed approach in a way that Vitters has not come close to demonstrating.
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They couldn't have done much of anything about 2010. They could have fired Jim Hendry on day one and absolutely should have fired him by the first day of the offseason. You'd have to be an idiot to think they couldn't have done a better job in year 1.
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Is that available online or does your provider offer it? I remember being in Australia several Februarys ago and seeing hockey games, including a Blackhawks/Red Wings game. They were on in bars late at night if I recall correctly.
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Early season hockey is so sloppy.
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the jeter blowing has commenced darling said something about "not many shortstops are that athletic" in reference to jeter's defense. Lie
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So it's just assumed that Vitters has the highest upside? How high is that upside now? I know people raved about his raw abilities and how even though he might not walk a lot he might put together one of those rare high average, high power, low walk careers. But we know he's not going to be Vladdy. He's not even going to be Aramis. What is his upside, and is there really nobody else in the system that's higher? Is he a worse hitting Adrian Beltre without the defense? There's no question he has to stick at 3B to be considered to have any chance at upside, right?
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Looked like something that gets rung up 80-90% of the time.
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How do you not ring him up there? What a turn of events. Should be 2 outs, instead 3 run homer.
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Tampa's jewish pitcher has been removed from the game in the 5th inning down 2-0 and seems pissed.
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Forbes: Cubs Least Efficient Team in MLB in 2010
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Not no $2 burger. -
Rangers DFA Harden
jersey cubs fan replied to NCCubFan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
The knock is going to be he can't go back to back. But if you are going with a 7 man pen anyway, there's no reason why you can't have a guy that can't go back to back but is fairly effective for 1-2 innings a couple times a week. -
I do not believe tonight's game is on center ice.
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Forbes: Cubs Least Efficient Team in MLB in 2010
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I think the takeway is that it's a flawed measurement but the obvious result was always that the Cubs were the biggest waste of money in baseball.
