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why are the fans dumb, because they don't want their franchise to be a laughingstock? steinbrenner paid off a small-time bookie to dig up dirt on dave winfield; he was behaving like an idiot and if i were a yankee fan i would've wanted him gone too. he was acting like an ass, sure, but he was also putting the pieces together for what the Yankees became. The Yankees didn't become anything because of Steinbrenner. They were already the Yankees. The money his group payed for them was a pretty big sum in 1973. Yeah, Steinbrenner wasn't putting pieces together. He lucked out by having the richest fan base in a time when that fan base's net worth was growing exponentially. He hired a bunch of guys who routinely make idiotic decisions, but they've always been able to spend their way out of their mistakes. The Yankees were essentially the Orioles in the mid-90's, then went on an obscene spending spree. Fans weren't dumb for criticizing him in the 80's. -
Andruw Jones released
jersey cubs fan replied to B's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Not a chance. How many people here even played beyond high school? It's either you believe that a random A baller could come up and perform like Andruw Jones did, or that many people on here are good enough to play semi-pro baseball. I would say the vast majority of people on here are probably below A ball level of ability. And even if you were of A ball ability at 19/20, if you're 30 now, that's gone, and isn't coming back. -
1. They already have a questionable reputation for developing young players. 2. What choice do they have?
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/arash_markazi/01/16/carroll/index.html
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Andruw Jones released
jersey cubs fan replied to B's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Definitely. Just saying it's not necessarily true that 99% of posters here would OPS 000. But I'm just in an argumentative mood. Yeah, that was definitely an exaggeration, some people would draw a lucky walk or get some lucky contact. But even pitchers are around major league pitchers everyday, and they take batting practice. There may only be a handful of people here who ever played professionally at any level, and probably only a couple that have done it recently. Batting ability can disappear in a hurry, and never having seen major league pitching could be freaking nuts. That said, nobody would be able to do what Andruw did. -
At this point, I agree. They can't hide him in the rotation, they can't hide him in the minors. I'd try and see if he can throw strikes to one batter at a time.
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Andruw Jones released
jersey cubs fan replied to B's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I'm fairly certain 99% of the people on this board would have OPSd 000 last year. -
08-09' Blackhawks (46-24-12) 104 PTS - 4th Seed In The West!
jersey cubs fan replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
Really? Where did you hear this? Any more info regarding why? Happens more than we know... but the practice was an open practice today so people actually witnessed it... I am sure Comcast Sportsnite covered it? I don't know, I didn't tune in. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=264804 -
Is So really Japanese? He's been here for so long I thought he was 3rd of 4th generation.
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I don't see anything. I see a guy who is being honest about a disagreement and logically & calmly explaining the basis of that disagreement. He also mentioned he wishes Sanchez well. There's nothing here worth noting, in my view. i don't think that's the proper time and place to express your disagreement with his decision. not to mention saying that guys who come out early fail more often than not. that's my thoughts as well. clearly he's pissed, but that press conference should be more about mark sanchez not the disgruntled coach who disagrees with the decision. i'm also curious to know what carroll found out by talking to nfl people that was ignored by sanchez in making this decision. most of the draft stuff i've read has sanchez as a top 3 quarterback, regardless if he's leaving school early. Yeah, the only thing that would justify his reaction was if he was convinced Sanchez would drop to the 3rd round or something.
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Garland
jersey cubs fan replied to JonnyRed's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
If the intention was to trade Marquis to free up money for Peavy, but then they weren't able to get Peavy, Garland could be a fallback. -
I don't see anything. I see a guy who is being honest about a disagreement and logically & calmly explaining the basis of that disagreement. He also mentioned he wishes Sanchez well. There's nothing here worth noting, in my view. I think it's absurd that he's talking about him coming out early and going against the NFL's wishes. He's passing on his 5th year of eligibility, is he not? This isn't Maurice Clarett. Leinert stayed forever and that didn't seem to help him at all. He's whining about a kid going pro while standing in front of a sponsors logo.
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I'm sure very few would choose to play another year.
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I can't imagine the Cubs preferring to have one guy who can backup 1B and one guy who can backup 2B/SS/3B. I just can't imagine this team operating with one backup middle infielder. It's very un Cubs like. Which is why it's possible that we actually might have a 6 man bench this season instead of 5. The only thing more uncubs like would be a 6 man bullpen.
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I do not understand how any college athletic department or coach could be upset with a likely 1st round pick forgoing his 5th year of eligibility for the draft.
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I can't imagine the Cubs preferring to have one guy who can backup 1B and one guy who can backup 2B/SS/3B. I just can't imagine this team operating with one backup middle infielder. It's very un Cubs like.
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What makes you think people believe he's "worth so much." The "awful lot of talent" comment in the original quote. Of course, the author might have been referring to the total amount of talent between the three of them rather than their respective individual talent. Well, it was one commentator's statement about trading three guys that do have considerable talent, but mixed/disappointing major league numbers to date. Not sure how that equates to people believing Cedeno is worth so much.
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What makes you think people believe he's "worth so much."
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Dunn is awesome...No he's not...Yes he is!!!
jersey cubs fan replied to mdwilla's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Dunn = Godfather, Bloomquest = Scarface? -
Well he certainly wasn't. I didn't watch the conference but from what I've gathered, Carroll went on about how Sanchez wasn't maximizing the opportunities that he has been given (since he hasn't started much in college so the NFL is guessing as to his ability). He also said that the failure rate was very high for QBs who leave early fail. All right after Mark thanked everyone at USC. Wow, interesting. I never would have pictured Carrol as the type of guy to sabotage his own players' professional aspirations. The whole USC system seems to be about giving us 2 years and then go pro because we're stacked as a mofo. Maybe he's scared to death the Bears will take him and ruin the reputation of all USC QBs. It's not like sticking around helped Leinert at all.
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To reallocate payroll to worse players. He trimmed what, 1.5% of the payroll in the deal?
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But it's 500k all over the place over several years. If you refuse to supply the back of your roster with cheap players from within your own system, you end up spending millions extra every season, because those guys you pay double for marginal short-term improvements have to be replaced and/or given a raise earlier and more often than the younger players that can do virtually the same thing.
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How is he going to develop at the ML level as the 25th man and how much upside does Pie have? He'd be the 5th OF'er and well down Lou's bench depth chart and likely behind a platoon in CF with a manager who feels comfortable using the RH'ed part of that platoon against RH'ers. Pie won't get many ABs with the Cubs, he's done everything he can at AAA, and his potential right now is that of a reserve CF'er, IMO. I don't see him ever developing here at the ML level given the limited opportunities he's going to get and even if he did develop somewhat, his ceiling is likely limited to a reserve role given his flaws at the plate. If there was more reward there, I would agree, but given the poss. marginal improvement of Gathright over Pie compared to poss. marginal improvement of where Pie is at now to a reserve OF'er, give me Gathright and the improvements now. None of this defends your claim that they aren't in the position to allow kids to develop on their 25 man roster.
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He's a 37-year old extremely limited defensive player that can't come close to producing the numbers necessary at the positions he's stuck at, 3B and 1B. Teams just aren't throwing money to garbage guys like Aurillia this year. The demand for major league names to fill spots just isn't that high. Why pay a veteran $800,000 to take up at bats that a $400,000 kid who might have a future can do it? In normal times the kid is the better option, in uncertain economic times when tickets haven't even gone on sale yet it's even more of an obvious option. The problem is that we don't have a "kid" that can back up 1B and 3B and hit off the bench. The bolded statement was a general thought about what teams around the league are looking to do in tough economic times.
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Seriously, stubborn and unreasonable? That's just ridiculous. Hendry has said he felt the need to trade DeRosa so they could get more lefthanded. The player they brought in to replace him is a switch hitter. The only other bat they've added effectively replaces another LH bat. The only people being unreasonable are those who insist Hendry didn't deal DeRosa in an effort to get more left handed and that the addition of Miles is the only thing he's done to actually get more left handed. It's crystal freaking clear.
