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The Tigers are not Fukudome's old team but I think your reasoning otherwise is spot on. I know its more of a feeling, but if Fukudome makes the decision to stay in Japan, what benefit would it be for the Tigers to come out and say now that they are out of the race for him? Even if they don't think they can get him, wouldn't it be best for them to not acknowledge that and try to drive up the price for the Giants? I don't know if that type of gamesmanship happens over there, and frankly it doesn't happen here sometimes either, but it just seems odd that they would come out and declare that. Like I said, just a feeling. Teams declare themselves out of races all the time. Look how many teams rushed to say they weren't going after ARod. Perhaps the owners don't have an interest in driving up player costs. -
Pat Burrell
jersey cubs fan replied to USSoccer's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Agreed. On a related note: Why don't the Cubs just move Soriano to RF where he belongs? I've become tired of the "wonder if he can play RF" posts when we have a guy in LF that would be the best RF option of anyone that might be available this offseason. You're absolutely right triple B. I keep thinking about Bruce Miles' article the morning after the Cubs signed Soriano. Bruce was convinced Soriano was brought in to play RF. From all accounts, he was going to play RF, until he volunteered for CF and then eventually moved to LF. They probably would have been much better off if they just started the season with a L/C/R of Murton, Jones, Soriano. -
I need to start checking out NHLN more often. I had the Center Ice once, and I was lucky to buy it the year the Hawks were last good. But there's just way too many untelevised games. A lot of teams don't broadcast all of their games, just like the Pirates sometimes don't televise all 162. So when the Blackhawks were facing a team like Calgary at home, there was a good chance it wouldn't show. I'm hoping HDNet keeps showing more and more games.
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:lol: Seriously though, you wouldn't know it here. I mean, Cano has legit support for being highly touted, seeing as how he's been productive and all. But Melky isn't even better than Matt Murton, yet he's viewed as their best trading chip and the one guy they will consider dealing away for a hall of famer. I swear they pull this off every couple years, talking up somebody until everybody really believes that guy is worth something. Just another reason why you should start your young cheap players whenever possible, because you never know if somebody else is going to fall in love with them when they see them play.
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I will seriously consider buying the second half of the season on center ice if things hold up and there's a decent enough price drop.
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He's clearly a sports man, he's been in the sports business for decades. What he's not is a hockey man. That can be an impediment if he makes hockey decisions, but I can only hope he doesn't.
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yup, 3-0 Hawks over the Lightning late in the 2nd currently. Sounds like the Hawks are controlling the play, and Havlat has had a big impact. Can't really ask for anything more from his return. Kane with 3 assists, Toews with a goal. Sharp continues to impress. It's going to be really sweet if they keep this up.
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Yeah, but the win vs Ottawa doesn't really mean anything, considering they are losing to everybody. Seriously though, I feel like every day I hear something about Ottawa it's a lesser team upsetting them, last night it was the Islanders. That was the 4th straight loss, and 5 in 6 games. Really speaks to their ridiculous start that they can go through a stretch like that and still be first in their conference by 4 points with a game in hand.
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The Tigers are not Fukudome's old team but I think your reasoning otherwise is spot on. Man, I was questioning that part the whole time I was typing and just didn't feel like looking it up. Stupid laziness.
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Cubs sale delayed? / Trib may own Cubs on Opening Day
jersey cubs fan replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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You DO know what his previous position with the Cubs was right? Yeah, I must say, the first thing McDonough did when he took over was start winning more games than the Cubs had previously. I think he's shown he has enough good sense to apply what leadership needs to be applied at his level in the organization to put it on a better track. He might not know the intimate details of the game, but nobody's expecting him to strap up and start giving Havlat pointers. ...and there IS a whole bunch of PR work that needs to be done with this club and its fans. The damage done by Wirtz was deep, fans wrote this team off and backed it up by staying away. Yeah, McDonough had nothing to do with Cubs winning. He'll have nothing to do with the Hawks winning. The Cubs don't need a good marketing man, they haven't needed one since at least 2003, and probably 1998. The Hawks are in need of PR, hype, marketing, etc. They need more than 11,000 people seeing games.
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I don't know why I feel this, but if the Tigers are dropping out based on "information gathering", its because they think hes going to hop the pond. Or that the information they gathered was that the Giants and the MLB teams were going to offer a lot more than they were every considering. They were never an option. He's either going to stay in Japan, but with a new deeper pocketed team, or come to the states. He was never going to stay with his old team.
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Have you ever said anything, and then regretted it? To clarify, IF getting Matsui has any positive influence on whether or not the Cubs can persuade Fukudome to join the team - the team would be better with Matsui. Simply because I think Fukudome is exactly what the Cubs need in the #2 spot in the lineup. But I also think that Soriano belongs in the middle of the lineup, and I think Ryan Theriot is a good player. And I think I'd have a chance with Scarlett Johanson if we were to wind up hanging out for some reason. We're both wrong.
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I swear to god, if the Yankees trade Melky freaking Cabrera and their 3rd or 4th best young pitcher, for Santana, I'm going to slip. I cannot believe how much value so many people apparantly put on Melky freaking Cabrera.
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The righties seem to struggle with the soft tossing guys, I wonder if they could find a guy, left or right, that could hit that type of pitcher? It would probably help to get some patient bats, who don't swing at everything close. Soft tossing lefties make their living getting guys to swing at their pitches, which is exactly the type of trap aggressive Cubs hitters get themselves into.
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Why do people always write this? Do you disagree? Very, very much so. Your theory assumes there has never been a non-chicago source that scooped the chicago press corps regarding a Cubs acquisition, and that their will never be. I think that's an absurd assumption.
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Pat Burrell
jersey cubs fan replied to USSoccer's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Can he play RF? No reason why not. Of course, they could always flip him with Soriano. -
Why do people always write this?
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And yet, they do much worse against LHP than RHP, which should tell them they need bats, not specifically lefty bats. It never ceases to amaze me how focused this team can be on getting specific types of players that they don't really "need" to be focusing on.
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Cubs sale delayed? / Trib may own Cubs on Opening Day
jersey cubs fan replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
David Faber is all over it. I'm just providing a service. You think everybody watches CNBC? I surfed over there during a commercial on "Law and Order." The acquital of a cop killer leads to the murder of a defense attorney. Hey, I've seen this one, and I don't watch much L&O anymore. Free ad time for Fred! -
Cubs sale delayed? / Trib may own Cubs on Opening Day
jersey cubs fan replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
David Faber is all over it. -
I will be in attendence at this instant classic. I'm sorry. Please try not to gouge your eyes out. My prediction, Mr. Jersey isn't able to put 2 coherent sentences together by 11 AM. Try 3 am Saturday morning. I probably should have said, "may be in attendance", since, I have the tickets, and the ride to the game is lined up. But there's probably a solid chance I will be sitting at the Clevelander watching games all day while girls with morally casual attitudes strut around the pool/stage.
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The incentives you offer Prior are A) The chance to make a lot more than $3.5m this year, if he pitches a significant amount of major league innings, and B) A chance to be paid a lot of money in 2009 if the Cubs pick up an option, or he reaches certain vesting numbers. You have to put the top line incentive at a very high level, so, that if Prior does pull off a miracle and start 33 games with 215 innings pitched in 2009 he's going to be getting paid something like $15m. The Cubs offer those high end incentives for both 2008 and 2009 in exchange for getting him a little cheaper on the guaranteed money this year, and the opportunity to bring him back, for significant cost, in 2009.
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I will be in attendence at this instant classic.
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The problem with major league performance incentives for 2008 is that, as supposed contenders, the Cubs may not want to let Prior "strengthen his arm" by pitching at the major league level. If he's going to give us sub-Dempster/Marquis/Marshall/Hart performance in the rotation or sub-Wuertz/Ohman/Eyre performance in the bullpen this season, they may not want him pitching on the big club, even though it may be best for the long term. The incentives for 2008 should be based on starts and/or appearances at the AAA level, assuming that is permissible under the CBA... No way. I doubt that's possible anyway. But why not give the team insurance against poor performance. If he's pitching major league innings, presumably he's going to be pitching well, and worth the incentives. If he's not good enough to pitch major league innings, then there's no point giving him incentives for logging time in the minors.
