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  1. jersey cubs fan
    If you're playing blackjack and hit on an 18, and draw a 3 for 21, that doesn't make it a smart decision. It was an extremely poor decision that happened to work out splendidly despite your stupidity. Smart decisions sometimes turn out badly, and bad decisions sometimes turn out well. The Cubs taking, and keeping, Hamilton, would've been in the latter category. That's ridiculous. How would it have been a dumb decision for the Cubs to take Hamilton?
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    god awful? wrong year, i said is. i dont really have anything against depodesta, but i think it's incredible that he is treated as being beyond reproach. we all like him because his philosophy differs from the norm but what has he done to earn such adoration? the Padres right now have the fewest wins in baseball and some still pine for him to take over as the GM for the team with the most wins in baseball. i understand thats a bit of an oversimplification, but a better question might be- which team, purely talent-wise, is set up better for both now and the future: SD or SF? at least the Giants (with likely the worst GM in the game) have a ton of quality pitching talent both in the majors and minors, yet the Padres are going to hold a garage sale for their pitiful collection of useful talent this summer for the trade deadline. teams will get a chance to haggle for their 27 year old AAA players back. "i'll give you 50¢ for this Scott Hairston..." He's like an assistant to the GM or something and has been there for less than two years. How much of the team's current makeup is really his doing?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Thanks for clarifying.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Remind me to ask for you as my opponent litigator the next time I have a contract dispute case that hinges on the contract's verbage. Or should I just say "wording" in lieu of verbage, does that makes things easier for you? did you mean "verbiage" there? That's what I said Lisa, foilage.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Maddux was an above average starter all 3 years(His 2nd go-around) with the Cubs. not 2006 Average ERA+ for starters is ~96. (Admittedly, not the best way to judge things, but it's quick n dirty) He was horrible for the last couple months before he was traded. He was fine in 2004 and 2005. And he was really good the first couple months of '06. So what. As a whole, he sucked in 2006. You take away his first month of 2006 and you can see just how bad he was. Oooh, my turn, Let's take away...June! The original quote was he was pretty bad before he was traded, and that's a fact. He was really bad from May-July, right before he was traded. He started nicely with 5 straight quality starts in April, but starting May 3 he sucked. He gave up 5 or more 9 times in those three months.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I think the bullpen, or a trade. If they can pull off a Jacque Jones/Todd Hundley type trade, it may work. Jason Marquis rhp 3 years/$21M (2007-09) signed as a free agent 12/06 07:$4.75M, 08:$6.375M, 09:$9.875M Approximately $14.2 million remaining.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    That's why you have scouts and a half dozen special assistants to the GM.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I voted for Nomar. Only Edmonds McGriff and Lofton really come close to fitting your description as one time stars though. Nevin's career highlight was a top 21 MVP voting. I would consider Ron Cey as a star who had a brief stint with the Cubs. He did all his damage out west before a couple nice years in Chicago. I think Rod Beck may be considered. He was a star as far as closers are considered before spending a fairly memorable season and a half with the Cubs.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    He never made it passed spring training. Just another stop on his mission to wear every major league uniform at least once. Didn't realize Spring Training went all the way through April 23 in 1999. He never actually played for the Chicago Cubs though, right?
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Some of them were stars. Most of them don't even come close to fairly big names.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    What an awful euphemism to use for a pitching staff. If that's a euphemism, I'm missing something.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Well then it becomes the argument of complaining about every time a free agent the Cubs didn't sign performs well. You don't see people angry at the Cubs for not signing Barry Bonds in '93, but if Hamilton goes on to have a good career, there will be people screaming about stupid management trading Josh Hamilton back in '07. It's annoying because I can already see it happening, and I don't suffer fools well. That is an absurd comparison. Choosing not to sign a free agent is nothing like missing on a player in the rule 5. He wasn't some obscure kid nobody thought had any talent. The Reds must have thought somebody else was going to take Hamilton, which is why they asked the Cubs to take him 3rd.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    It was hardly a risk for the Reds. The fact that no team picking ahead of the Cubs picked Hamilton does not excuse them from having the foresight to picking him. The complaints about them trading him are meaningless, but when a player of that talent is available it's the personel people's job to find them.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    are cubs players really that obscure? cubs are probably the 3rd or 4th most popular team in baseball. Rookies are that obscure to the general all star voting public. Guys with a decent track record will always get the benefit of the doubt.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    This is more like a list of names LLF remembers playing with the Cubs for brief periods of time since he started following the team than a list of one time star players.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I don't know if they'll get any new fans. They may rekindle the passions of some former fans. At least it's not some combination of small market/non-hockey market. But I'm sure they'd much prefer something like Chicago/NY or LA/MON. Detroit has been there quite a lot and was winning while the league was sinking. Crosby's star alone isn't going to carry the torch for the NHL. This isn't Gretzky in the early 80's. I doubt we're going to see a surge of non-Pittsburgh people suddenly being enamored with him, especially with that horrible facial hair.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    No need to tell him, it's implied. Some would say you don't warm anybody up before it's broken up so you don't psyche him out. But I think that's a good compromise between letting him go for the no-no and protecting him from a 130+ pitch night.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    So LLF got the single thing wrong, but puppy dogs right...hes batting .500! He's a ballplayer though, so being married can be very similar to being single.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Already has as many walks (15) as he did last year in 324 fewer at bats. Definitely good news. Moderately good news, if any. .238/.306/.381 with a 46/15 K/BB is still a very anemic line. Although that OPS may be about a 100 point jump from where it was a month ago.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Maddux was an above average starter all 3 years(His 2nd go-around) with the Cubs. not 2006 Average ERA+ for starters is ~96. (Admittedly, not the best way to judge things, but it's quick n dirty) He was horrible for the last couple months before he was traded. He was fine in 2004 and 2005.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    What do you mean why isn't he considered? It looks as though McCann is leading the All-Star votes and his numbers aren't as good as Soto's although there are very good. Oh, I thought you were saying he wasn't on the ballot. The answer to your question is very simple, and obvious. It's a popularity contest and Geo isn't that well known. If he keeps hitting, and keeps getting awards, all the fantasy people are going to know him, and he'll probably make the team. Believe me, all the fantasy people know him, that's not the crowd you have to worry about. The fantasy crowd is more than just the hardcore types. There's a lot of very casual players who only look what their team is doing.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Maddux was an above average starter all 3 years(His 2nd go-around) with the Cubs. not 2006
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Oh please.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, but that thread is only 2 weeks old, and it's only been "brought back" twice since then and most of the thread isn't even related to the budhouse comments. The guy who started it has made multiple threads about his hatred for the sham closer. It's not like a one-time overreaction that people are hanging over his head. That was one example. I'm just making the point that if you don't want people to make "I told you so" posts when a player is doing badly, you shouldn't have 5 "I told you so" posts every time Wood gets a save or Soriano hits a HR. I agree.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    What do you mean why isn't he considered? It looks as though McCann is leading the All-Star votes and his numbers aren't as good as Soto's although there are very good. Oh, I thought you were saying he wasn't on the ballot. The answer to your question is very simple, and obvious. It's a popularity contest and Geo isn't that well known. If he keeps hitting, and keeps getting awards, all the fantasy people are going to know him, and he'll probably make the team.
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