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I've got to wonder how much his bed crapping in the playoffs cost him. -
So Hendry's incompetence includes his inability to flood the free agent pool with quality players? I assume he means in terms of positions already being filled. Which doesn't really make a lot of sense either since with very few exceptions those positions are filled with good players who just helped them win nearly 100 games. I'm guessing he's talking about positions being filled by very expensive players who aren't very good, like Soriano, Marquis, possibly Dempster, Lee, Fukudome, etc.
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Anyone have thoughts on why Towers is talking so publicly about this? Seems there is no good reason to rule out teams in the mix to drive up the price tag. Is this to appease SD fans on Peavy's pressure for a bad return on the trade? I realize that the GM's certainly have an inside relationship that is only selectively revealed to the public, but this one seems a bit off. Perhaps because it was so obvious to everybody involved that there was no need to invent fake competition for the bidding. Hendry certainly has a reputation for making fair deals, he doesn't look to screw teams over. So, maybe he's putting the ball in Hendry's court to come up with a reasonable offer for Peavy. Or he's making it difficult for Chicago to make that offer any higher, and he's just trying to get Peavy to agree to go somewhere else.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=munson_lester&id=3708545 Lester Munson is a buffoon. How he became ESPN's legal expert is beyond me. His performance during the duke lacrosse scandal was embarrassing, or should have been embarrassing to anybody who cared about credibility.
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I don't envy Hendry on this decision. It's pretty much inevitable that Dempster won't come close to repeating last year and will fail to live up to a new contract. However, the Cubs don't have many options in the rotation. Hopefully Dempster will be able to throw 200 innings every year and perform at an above average level. He should be able to be better than Marquis has been and there is value in getting decent pitching over many innings.
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He can only resign with the Cubs.
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I still don't understand how he could not know this. It's not some obscure rule, like the one fumbled snap that was negated in Philly last year. Everybody knows NFL overtime is 1 15 minute sudden death period.
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Week 11: Bears @ Packers, Sunday at noon on Fox
jersey cubs fan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
Bobby Wade was an okay possession receiver who got cut because he dropped too many punts. He's hardly thrived away from Chicago though. As for your point on Vasher, it's not like the Bears are getting beat by QBs standing in the pocket for 6-7 seconds. They aren't pressuring the QB, but Vasher isn't covering guys either. They are getting beat on quick pass plays for the most part, which is very much a secondary problem. -
Cuban charged with insider trading today. If this goes anywhere it could very easily eliminate any chance he has of buying the Cubs.
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Seriously? It was a gimmick hire, but man, I thought they'd let it ride a while.
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No, it's not an either/or. They should trade him before then. Letting valuable players go is a bad way to run a team.
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I hope our rotation is excellent and the lineup is outstanding because you never know what non dominant relievers (guys like Gregg) are going to give you year-to-year.
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What? What in the world are you trying to say? The situation should be resolved by the Cubs no longer employing him when he's not good, not by forcing him out the door for no good reason when he is still very clearly a good pitcher.
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Except Hendry made it clear Marmol to closer is a very likely scenario. So, this series of unfortunate events is going to leave the Cubs without their 2nd best reliever, with their best reliever in less meanginful situations, and a very forgetable reliever taking over the important role. Sweet. All we need now is Melky and the offseason is looking brilliant.
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I don't understand your arguement in favor of Gregg, none of his numbers are exciting. I'm really not making an argument in favor of Gregg, just stating some facts. However, BAA in the low .200's, OBP in the low .300's, and SLG in the low .300's is pretty decent, no? pretty decent does not excite me. Mike Wuertz has been pretty decent for years and the Cubs keep screwing around with him.
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I don't care if he's a closer or not, he's a very effective pitcher on a team with a very large payroll and very minimal top talent in line to replace people. Yes it is a no brainer.
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I have no idea if this part is true. Maybe Wood threw this out there to make the fans think he was willing to play the good guy again. But it goes back to the very odd way that Hendry spoke about essentially wanting Kerry Wood to leave. He didn't talk like a GM that wanted Wood back on team friendly terms, he explicitly said he wanted him to play for another team even if he couched it in friendly PC words. While I completely understand not wanting to go 4/50 on Wood, effectively closing the door to any potential one year, or one year plus performance options type deal is nonsensical. Never in his time with the Cubs has Hendry been one to be coy. He's up front and honest. When he said he wanted Kerry gone, it didn't appear to be a negotiating ploy. Jim is a guy who says, "we want player X back if we can fit it in our plans". He doesn't say, "we don't want you" and then come back 2 months later and say, "okay we'll give you one year".
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I don't understand your arguement in favor of Gregg, none of his numbers are exciting.
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You're wrong. Wood on a one year was a no-brainer.
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You completely got the wrong idea. While that's not the case in this specific example, that has been the case by at least a couple people.
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Huh? How is Peavy our number 1 target? Our number 1 target from day 1 has been a left handed hitting 3/4/5 hitter. Who is an athlete and has at least 1 Q and 1 V in his name. And can catch the ball Okay, I'm stupid. Who the heck are you guys talking about? Omar Vizquel? They are talking about Hendry's odd obsession with narrowing down targets to specific parameters, ala left hand hitting speed guys, etc.
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Week 11: Bears @ Packers, Sunday at noon on Fox
jersey cubs fan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
To me Harris sounds like a guy whose feelings are hurt. Urlacher sounds more arrogant/confident that they will step up when it matters. -
Week 11: Bears @ Packers, Sunday at noon on Fox
jersey cubs fan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
He may have a point, but that's essentially what Dan Hampton says everytime he opens his mouth. My guess is it's going to be ignored. -
The scary thing is it probably doesn't. Instead of paying $10m to one great relief arm they will probably spend $12-15m on a bunch of mediocre arms. Or maybe they sign someone good like Cruz or Affeldt and are better off with the same or similar money alotted, plus possibly having 4 picks if it's Affeldt. You don't know Hendry. People keep talking about Cruz being some secret cheap option, but he's listed as the secret cheap option everywhere. If he doesn't get a big contract his agent is incompetent. There are teams much more desperate for bullpen help than the Cubs.
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He's nowhere close to awesome and he's only a year younger.
