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  1. jersey cubs fan
    There's no reason to bring this up. And no. The Cubs would have to give up a boatload of talent for a declining middle infielder who is going to turn 34 next year, and would be on the hook for 3/30, and most likely a large extension. But again, there's no point in even bringing this up. Sorry, I thought this was a forum for discussion. Didn't mean to offend your sensibilities. It was a simple question. You didn't offend anything, it's just pointless to bring up the idea of the Yankees trading Jeter. There might be 100/1 odds against the Cubs getting ARod, but at least with him, there's good reason to discuss it, he's available and the Cubs can afford him (and do need him). Jeter isn't anywhere close to available. And the only possible way he could become available is if the Cubs foolishly traded away way too much to get him.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    John Sterling. These are two of the worst announcers in baseball. Mike and the Mad Dog, on WFAN and YES, have a routine where they take a few clips from the broadcast and just laugh at their stupidity. They are constantly confused, especially when something happens that doesn't involve mythological Yankees greatness.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    what a stupid defense. If you think he's the only legit possibility for CF, fine. You're wrong, but fine, there's defense for the logic. The rest is a bunch of nonsense. He was awful this year, and has been a bad player throughout most of his career, and most of the past 4 or so years. He's exactly the type of player this team needs less of.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Really? They couldn't? Alfonseca, Perez, Blanco, Rusch There's plenty of reason to think they, or more specifically Jim Hendry, would be this stupid.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Overreact? If the Cubs are even thinking about bringing back Trachsel, there is no such thing as overreaction. It would be an abysmal move.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    No, he already thinks the trade panned out. He gloated over that one win against Houston like it was the biggest game of the year. He just thinks Trachsel is good because he's an incompetent general manager.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    There's no reason to bring this up. And no. The Cubs would have to give up a boatload of talent for a declining middle infielder who is going to turn 34 next year, and would be on the hook for 3/30, and most likely a large extension. But again, there's no point in even bringing this up.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I knew there was something more than Jim just being nice when he was pimping Trachsel's quality starts with the Cubs. Man, this just can't be true. What an absolutely horrible start to the offseason this would be. Millions of dollars just flushed down the toilet because Jim Hendry is an absolutely worthless GM. My lord. Please, don't be true. This can't happen. Byebye step forward, hello three steps back.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Cubs play in Pittsburgh's home opener, April 7, then 9th and 10th. April 18-20 against Pittsburgh at home. May 16-18 against Pittsburgh at home. May 23-25 at Pittsburgh. August 25-27 at Pittsburgh.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Last night I was listening to a little talk radio, and really enjoyed all the "what the yankees need to do talk." The host was mostly concerned about the lack of an ace, a pitcher who can actually strike guys out. Pretty basic stuff that most people have know about for a few years. One guy called up and was absolutely bowing down to this guy's genius for bringing up something, "he'd never really thought about." The host also touched on how wrong it is to pick on ARod's numbers, when so many others did even less, and many from the glory years had worse numbers. So a listener had to chime in saying, "yeah, but it always seemed like those guys were coming through with the timely clutch hit." Needless to say, "seemed to" is one of my favorite phrases when people talk about baseball. Anyway, I could only take about 10 minutes of this before turning it off. But it was quite enjoyable.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Theriot didn't start his Cubs career batting like .174 in the first 2 months, either. Everyone, myself included, was CRUNKED to have him on the Cubs before last season, despite how "much" we gave up to get him. I saw several Pierre jersey Ts in the first few weeks of last season. After they were 20 games out...not so much. I don't know exactly what crunked is supposed to mean, but in this context I'm guessing it's "excited" or something. I, and many others, were never fooled into thinking Pierre was a good addition to the team. What they gave up just made it all that much worse. One thing, other than race, to differentiate how people viewed Pierre and Theriot is cost. When a guy like Theriot makes the minimum to basically do what Pierre did for millions, there's going to be a difference of perception. Additionally, there's the acquisition cost, in terms of players given up in trade.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    I agree, if it means we are going to be a perinnial threat for the WS...I'd suffer Ads on the front and back of the jersies, the name of the latest internet casion mowed into the OF grass, an inflatable Gecko flying above the stadium, and Viagra signs wallpapering the outfield walls instead of ivy. I love Wrigley with a passion, but I love the Cubs even more. It's about time we win and win often. However, such ads would not mean the Cubs would win, and there's no need for such ads in order for them to win.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Are you referring to hard tickets, not print at home? Why would you have to mail in NLCS Game 2 tickets and not Game 1? NLDS, not NLCS.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Fenway has always been a bastard stepchild to Wrigley as far as the "pristine" older stadium is concerned. They've had ads everywhere, forever. Throwing a jumbotron in there was relatively meaningless. And easy to do. The iconic image of Wrigley has always been the bleachers, from left to right, with the scoreboard front and center. A jumbotron simply would not fit anywhere. Now, throw some notsojumbotrons around the grandstand area is probably a possibility.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    If signing Wood allows you to trade Dempster though, you save money and add talent from the trade. That's one of the only 2 ways I'd sign Wood. The other way would be if Wood came for less than 2 million, which I don't see as likely but I guess it's possible. It's much more important not to get tied up in multi-year deals than to avoid paying significant money to relievers. I don't mind a quality reliever getting $2-5m. I hate being tied to a guy for 3 years.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    He will sign to be a reliever somewhere next year. I doubt somebody signs him to be a closer right away, but the Yankees would surely be interested in a potentially dominant set-up man.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    He's also a very intelligent person. He'd know what sells Wrigley, and lasers and big screens aren't it. Yeah, it's one thing to try and sell the ugly whore that is NBA basketball, it's quite another to try and sell Cubs baseball at Wrigley Field.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I'm all for the team being sold as quickly as possible, but regardless of whether the sale is completed over the winter I expect Hendry will still be here next season in order to ease the transition into new management. The big question will be his available budget. You're probably right, but I was holding out hope that a new owner would bring in his own GM. If the deal took place before November, I would suspect that would be the case. But if it doesn't happen before the winter meetings, I'm not sure they'd get in on-time to make the necessary changes. Anybody wanting a job is probably going to take one before then. I think the new owner lets 2008 get off to a start, and will operate under the "we're evaluating everybody" story until, or unless, the team falls apart early.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Few would. But is Derosa really making that much? $4.75, and $5.5m the next two years. Not "that much" but a significant enough chunk.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not sure what you mean by "Modernize"? I could see him adding Wi-Fi, but thats about it. \ He'll think of creative ways to add premium seating, similar to what the Red Sox have done with Fenway putting seats on top green monster. The Tribune has already done that. I can't see where you can stick more seats. The Trib did it while being as unintrusive as possible to the existing aesthetic of the ballpark. Cuban will go beyond that. I think there's a lot of opportunity to improve the grandstand seating.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Isn't the big wild card in this the fact that the Trib is a publically owned company, and therefore the process of buying the asset has to be transparent? By the time the sale is made Tribune will not be public. Maybe, maybe not.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't cry if ARod started at SS and Theriot started at 2B, with DeRosa traded, along with Jones and Marquis to trim some of the payroll.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    A) He'd get more money. B) It may be the only way that team feels it can afford him (by trading away another contract or two). C) Depending on that trade, it wouldn't necessarily make the other team worse, on a net basis, and, if they are already good, (Angels for instance) that net improvement may be viewed as a big enough improvement. As a generic example, Team X could trade away an overpaid mediocre player whom that team can replace from within, a good but not great player the team wouldn't necessarily miss (especially since they are adding ARod) but whom the Yankees could afford and make use of, and a solid prospect or two. The players Team X give up hurts a little, but getting ARod helps a lot. Add in the fact that he theoretically gets $33m more than he'd get by opting out and signig the contract, and I think he'd be up for it.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I did not like the contract, and I don't like Soriano as a player. But he's not the same risk as a pitcher, and I don't think he'll compare to a fat alcoholic basketball player. I think Soriano has shown that he's going to give it his all. I expect him to be in great shape throughout the deal, even if he is putting up a .270/.320/.490 type line at the end of the deal. Whether or not this is truly an albatross depends on whether or not he stays healthy enough to play, and what they do with the ret of the team. I believe any competent owner can draw enough revenue to provide the proper level of payroll in order to win with Soriano on board. No, he's not ideal, and can be a problem. But it doesn't have to be a franchise killer as long as they operate smartly over the next 7 years.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Trading ARod for ARam doesn't improve the team all that much. It could. But not as much as they need to be truly great. I'd rather them try and be great. If you're looking at trading pieces and players, I'd deal them Lee, Marmol and others for ARod. But NY won't trade him. They'll let him walk away in a manner that you described. How can the Yanks trade ARod if he can just walk out of his contract? It's all about the money Texas owes. If ARod is in discussions with another team, he can get what they will offer + the money Texas owes, if he doesn't opt out. The only way to do that is to get the Yankees to trade him. The Yankees would most likely oblige, considering they'd get a lot more than the draft pick they would otherwise get for losing him.
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