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Moreno on Mitchell Report: "There's going to be names"
jersey cubs fan replied to xecuter83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
No. The old timeyness is the worst part. Every Bob Costas and Billy Crystal who can't get out of the 50's is what makes this game so boring to so many people. I don't care about the "hallowed numbers" or the old time greats. They are meaningless. The game itself is great. If people could stop living in, and romanticizing the past, many more people would realize how great it is, right now. But steroids are still bad. -
The Big 10 beat no one outside of the Big 10 that was any good, that's why. Nothing personal Sully, it's just business. it doesn't matter if they beat everyone outside of the b10, there'd still be people saying that the b10 was no good. i can't wait until the illini get to beat up on some sec or pac-10 school in a bowl game, it's going to be marvelous. no respect whatsoever. That's why I like the bowls because it forces some schools out of their protected zone. While allowing others to play within their own protected zone.
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Probably correct, but there's no guarantee Boston will give up what Minn wants. And I'm fairly certain the Cubs could match the packages the Yankees are rumored to actually be willing to offer.
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Moreno on Mitchell Report: "There's going to be names"
jersey cubs fan replied to xecuter83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Mike Golic has been claiming people don't care about steroids for a rather long time now. Of course, he also admitted he used steroids to "recover quicker from an injury", and has always been a players' apologist, regardless of the situation. I hate that the story is out there so often and things just get repeated over and over, but there's no way I could claim I wouldn't care about it. -
It really doesn't matter if all 29 would offer 3/1, it only takes one. If all 29 would line up to talk, you can bet at least one would offer up 3/1. To make it Prior friendly you offer reachable incentives that could cause him to make a lot more than $3m this year. You also allow the option to kick in automatically at certain levels, and you provide for reachable incentives that could bring 2009 up to a very high level. If Mark Prior starts 33 games with 215 innings in 2009, there's no reason why the incentives can't bring him to $15-17m. Another thing to consider is a no-trade clause that kicks in post July 31, 2008, which would make it very difficult for the Cubs to pick up an option and then deal him.
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Yes, it has to be higher, or at least include reachable incentives that make it higher. But Prior is going to have to do more than just look to be back by the end of 2008, to get a big contract after that. It may be in his best interest to try and pitch half of 2007 to reignite the hype, then pitch a full 2009, so that going into 2010, teams will be ready to hand out a 6/100 type deal for him. That won't happen after 2008. He might get 3/30 if he's lucky, and that'll keep him off the market through 2011.
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an essay on how not to write a baseball article
jersey cubs fan replied to Mephistopheles's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm pretty sure he just looked for losing teams whose run differential was relatively low. -
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. I thought she had that restraining order that said you couldn't be within 1000 feet? Which is why I need her to agree to hang out with me. If she justs gets to know me I'm sure she'll change her mind.
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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.
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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
Such an un-American post...... -
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.
