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  1. jersey cubs fan
    yes. Selling the Cubs w/o Wrigley wouldnt maximize the bids. Besides, if that were to happen, how long before the Cubs new owner decided to build a new stadium and ditch Wrigley all together? It's just a negotiating ploy to get bidders to start high.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    ARod in the 2007 LDS, .267/.353/.467 Jeter in the 2007 LDS, .176/.176/.176 If you want to question the financial committment, go right ahead. But for the love of God don't start talking seriously about ARod and choking.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    Again, I'm refuting the idea that SS is the only option, not that it is an option. I completely agree that it's the big one. I've been dying to get ARod on this team since 1999, when people first talked of him leaving Seattle. I definitely think SS is the position where they could most help themselves. But it's not the only option. I said it was the only option to upgrade significantly. How about, its the most realistic and easiest position to upgrade significantly at. That's what it is, but it's not the only one where they can upgrade significantly.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    2003 had the bonus of looking like a launch off point for some great years, but it still hurt a heck of a lot more. This was more embarrassing, but it didn't hurt. It was expected. The 2007 Cubs weren't good. And while the offenses were similar, the 2003 pitching staff actually had guys you thought could almost win on their own. The current pitching is good, but it's far from lockdown and highly suspect. Anyway, going into the postseason I was hoping for 5 wins. Obviously a World Series would have been ideal, but I thought it was completely unrealistic. The Cubs just looked like crap against every NL contender, and I was hoping they wouldn't look that bad. Unfortunately, they did. But as I said, completely expected.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Not to mention the fact that the weakness you speak of is very easily exploited by anybody who is paying attention.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Again, I'm refuting the idea that SS is the only option, not that it is an option. I completely agree that it's the big one. I've been dying to get ARod on this team since 1999, when people first talked of him leaving Seattle. I definitely think SS is the position where they could most help themselves. But it's not the only option.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    This was the one thing that really solidified my opinion of Jeter as an overrated egomaniac. The guy actually has the balls to refuse to move to 3rd when one of GREATEST SHORTSTOPS OF ALL TIME shows up to play. OK, granted, maybe they tried Jeter at 3rd in some practice sessions and he was hideous...but I doubt it. It was so tremendously wonderful when Jeter wasn't charged with an error on that first inning "infield hit" last night. ARod would have been crucified.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    Probably Joe Crede.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    And what everyone else is pointing out is: -It doesn't matter, because if you think Aramis and the 2 others that left planned on losing, you're insane. -These guys are rich enough to pay for refundable, open ended tickets -Someone in the organization probably set it up for them. Do you seriously think Aramis was like on Expedia.com at 7:30 am on Saturday booking airfare back to the Dominican? Everybody knows Zambrano is in charge of making all online transactions for the team.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    He's definitely not a sure thing. But my point is the difference between where they bat is far less consequential than if they are in the lineup in the first place (and producing, of course).
  11. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs were at or near the bottom in production from SS, C and CF. And if they can't pull off the ARod miracle, I would try really hard to trade the farm for Cabrera to fill RF. SS is not the only opportunity. This is how they compared to NL average OPS... SS---115 points behind CF---52 points behind RF---8 points AHEAD If you want to plug Theriot's #s instead of all of our SS, then we are 83 points behind. We were 16th at SS, 13th at CF, and 6th at RF. Yeah, CF is an issue, but definitely not nearly as much as SS. Plus, its where our best two non-Vitters position prospects reside. Saying it's the spot where they could conceivably get the biggest improvement is not the same as saying the only opportunity for significant improvement. I agree SS is the big one. But C (that's catcher, not CF) is also a big one.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Jones scares the crap out of me on a longterm deal. But I take issue with the talk of expecting anybody who signs with the Cubs to fail. If the Cubs sign the right guys, they won't fail. Hell, even Soriano was at least close to his best. But back to Jones, he's had a very nice career, but the way he bookended his prime years with some abysmal performances just sticks out. It's similar to Renteria, although Edgar seems to be more of a 2 years on 2 years off kind of guy. So hard to be comfortable with. Anyway, I think both guys offer enough hope that they should be better than the other options to be really serious discussions.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    In all fairness, they got the 6th best NL OPS out of RF this year. Granted, teams 6-10 were all closely bunched, but the Cubs biggest holes were SS, C and CF. If they can get an impact RF, I'm all for it. Yeah, I know the 2007 stats. I was talking about looking ahead to 2008. I think Jones and/or Pie can outproduce CF from this past season (Pie improvement, Jacque in a FA year starting the season on time, no Pagan) and leave RF as the hole, with no Floyd and Murton probably on the bench. I'm not sure why Jones in a contract year gives you much faith, but if Floyd is gone and Jones is in center, I think Murton starts in RF and there is no real hole (although probably no mountain either). no real hole in RF that is. I think CF could very easily still be a hole, and SS is still a huge hole, in that scenario.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Well...since we're forgoing the don't attack the poster attack the post rules... soap drop you. I was there, they said it to me, I thought some in this forum would find it interesting. I attacked the ridiculous nature of the post. The Cubs lost on Saturday, a few guys bought tickets that day and flew out Sunday. Big freaking deal. People who can afford it by last minute tickets all the time, including open-ended refundable tickets. This is an absurd rant. What do you want him to do, sit around and hold hands with crying fans?
  15. jersey cubs fan
    Shouldn't a team that added Derrek Lee, Mark DeRosa, and Alfonso Soriano have improved more than that? Everybody says "You can't turn impatient hitters into patient ones" but Soriano did take more walks than ever in 2006. It's just a defeatist attitude. If Jose Reyes came up through the Cubs' system he'd still be taking 5 walks a year, let's face it. I can just imagine what the board would say if the Cubs grabbed David Ortiz from the Twins: "Oh well, can't make him anything more than he already is." The point is a hitting coach can't change these guys overnight. Changing a young kid who is still developing is quite different from changing a career free swinger. Ortiz was a moderately productive hitter in his early-to-mid 20's who got great right in the middle of his prime. If Perry does no good for guys like Murton, Pie, Colvin etc. over the next couple years, it will be a problem. But there's nothing to go on right now to suggest he did a bad job.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    this is freaking ridiculous. not that they flew out, or bought tickets yesterday, but that you started this thread. Did you get any input from Rozner?
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, but it's not like Murton and Renteria can't be in the same lineup. It's much less important where they hit than that they hit at all. Turning a low 600 OPS into a high 700 OPS from a position would be a tremendous help. Not as big as going to ARod, obviously, but still big.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    You're right, but if I was a professional columnist I wouldn't want to have to resort to stupidity to garner interest. And I certainly wouldn't want to be known as a fool just to be able to say I sold papers. But in the case of Rozner, his repeated shots at Ramirez do not seem to be anywhere close to him just looking for something else to write about. He makes it pretty clear he's disgusted by Aramis.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, at this point his biggest job has to be turning Felix Pie and Matt Murton into productive everyday hitters. If he got a lot out of Cedeno he'd be worthy of serious praise.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not sure how one judges the softness of a team. Is it just every team that comes up short? The Cubs didn't do enough offensively because they aren't a good offensive team, haven't been for many years. This sounds like the whole Jeter and ARod in the postseason talk. Lots of guys on this team had a lot of really big pressure hits throughout the year. The problem is they just aren't that good. A team that swings at everything, and has always swung at everything, is going to look like they tried too hard.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't say I'm impressed, but I wouldn't say he's been a problem either. The Cubs are who we thought they were. An imperfect team put together by a bad GM. They have a lot of talented hitters, but not a lot of productive hitters. They are dumb. That's not on the hitting coach. He can't just turn Jacque Jones, Soriano and others into all-around productive hitters. You can't just make Ryan Theriot a legit major league starter with coaching. The Cubs got bottom of the barrell production out of 3 positions, and only one of them was a surprise, C (and that was only a surprise with Barrett, nobody else that filled the spot really underperformed). There isn't a single hitter on the team, who, when you look at his numbers, makes you think "I never would have thought he could be that bad." If he stays around for a few years and we don't see improvements, I would question his value, but there's nothing to really talk about yet.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Who?
  23. jersey cubs fan
    I think you are foolish yourself. The Cubs aren't better than those teams. They were the 7th or 8th best team in the NL. But they continue to be one of the highest revenue teams in the league, which should allow them greater financial flexibility than those others team, so they maintain an important advantage.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    The core of this team isn't getting any better, but I think the Cubs can have a similar shot for the next couple years, unless ownership calls for cuts and they have to give away assets. As nice as the Colorado and Arizona stories are, neither team was great, and I'm not sure Milwaukee is going to be much better, because all their talent is just going to get more expensive.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    My thoughts exactly... and thank god. Also, 3/31? Does that mean we have the MLB Regular Season opener? 3/31/08 is a Monday. More like than not, somebody will open up Sunday night, 3/30.
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