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Dunston is nothing but a name at this point.

Because of three tweets? Or did he write a terrible article somewhere? That "all our guys are injured" tweet is typical of his tweeting while one of his teams is losing.

Is #5 even legal per the NCAA? Can schools buy out a guy's lease? where did this come from? It sounds like something a 45-year-old superfan would write, not something an actual coach would put together. There's very little difference between the mentality of a 45 year old superfan and a typical college coach.

Ken tremendous keeps showing himself to be nearly as bad a fan as all those writers he rightfully shredded.

Did the other 19 get hurt?

If I were to read anything into it (which I'm not, really), it wouldn't be that it might help get him here. It would be that he's seriously considering coming here. Explain

Three votes helps down the line when people are just making stuff up. Pointless now.

Yes.

I maintain that "pretty productive" is a cop-out descriptor.

The explanation I read was Vancouver was coming off a few games where they were fighting dirty and the league took notice. Calgary played the role of enforcer.

Too self aware

Eating regular crackers is still better than going home alone again. Right Kyle?

Maybe a little hyperbole on my part, but the "get him at any cost" narrative is what I'm referring to. I want him badly, but my excitement is tempered a bit. People want him at any cost because he's young and expected to be a good pitcher and the Cubs need him. I really haven't seen anyone here building him up to be some kind of super-ace. Maybe not, but I can very much see a scenario where he gets the Soriano treatment, where he may be a pretty decent player but is seen as a bust because of the money he makes. Add to that the fact that he won't be able to directly speak to the media and I could see this playing out. I thought it was annoying when idiots blamed good players on good teams for not being good enough. But it's much more annoying when there are no good players and the team is bad. I can live with rozners bitching about soriano jr.

I still don't buy this. Sure, there were people that didn't want to spend money on Pujols or Fielder or Darvish or Sanchez or Upton etc... But I think those were just individual evaluations on those players. I don't think there's ever really been a faction of this board that is dead set against spending on any big free agents. As to the rumored Tanaka money, I'm not thrilled about spending that much on a pitcher. But we've got an obvious hole at the top end of the rotation. We don't look to be able to fill that internally and I'd much rather spend money to fill it than give away potential superstar prospects. There's room in the payroll and there's nobody on the horizon who would appear to be a better target for the money. Back up the truck. While it would be cool to figure out a way to win without spending big on pitchers, I actually am thrilled about the idea of spending it on Tanaka. Because that's what teams with money do, and what teams without money wish they could do. The trajectory is already set. This is happening whether we like it or not. The money is insane. And if you want to play with the big boys you have to be willing to spend what we think are insane numbers (but are actually easily affordable figures for business with guaranteed future revenue streams).

Hey Cubs, please win, but don't go crazy and spend lots of money on free agents.

Injuries are part of my concern, sure. No matter the reason, the BoSox lost their ass on Matsuzaka. A total of 2 quality seasons for more than $102M spent. . Yeah, it really destroyed the organization and took them decades to recover. They didn't lose their ass. That's asinine. So $102M for 2 seasons is a great investment? It's not about whether the organization was ruined, it's about the return on their investment. They lost their ass because they didn't get a big enough return on a $102M investment. Also, don't ignore the second part of my post that stated it wouldn't bother me so much if I thought it wouldn't affect future spending by the Cubs. In the BoSox situation it didn't, they continued to spend money on big FAs even after the Dice-K deal. Do you think the Cubs, based on past practice, would do the same thing? I certainly don't. Losing your ass suggests losing your ass. They didn't lose their ass and it is asinine to suggest they did. Teams have ann ass load of money to spend and an incredibly small amount of talent to spend it on. That's just the facts. They aren't going out of business if they give somebody $150m and he isn't great.

Somebody texted me "no new Wrigley for 9 years" based on some tweet of Buster Olney regarding buying out the rooftops. I assume this is a gross misinterpretation.

Injuries are part of my concern, sure. No matter the reason, the BoSox lost their ass on Matsuzaka. A total of 2 quality seasons for more than $102M spent. It wouldn't worry me as much if I thought the Cubs would throw money at the problem if it didn't work out the way they hoped. But if he's a bust, I have the feeling the Cubs would allow it to hamper future negotiations. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's my fear. And just for the record, I'd love for Tanaka to be a Cub no matter the cost. I'm just worried about what happens to the team as a whole and the approach going forward if Tanaka where to bomb. It's just an inherent risk when you sign a big FA, especially a pitcher. The Cubs are in the position where they need to spend to acquire someone like him. He's young, they desperately need starting pitching, they have money to spend, there's this rumored TV deal..it's all good. I agree with this. He's the proper guy to get. However, this board always thinks we should spend whatever it takes to get everybody. But I always try to point out that you can't have everybody, so you better be really happy with the one or two we eventually get. (I know about the Dodgers, we aren't them). So, when people wanted Albert Pujols, that's your ticket. You don't get him and three others the next three years. I really, really don't believe anybody would be happy with Albert and the remainder of his contract just a few years in. Well it sure is good that we have your lone voice of reason to temper our overzealous nature.

Injuries are part of my concern, sure. No matter the reason, the BoSox lost their ass on Matsuzaka. A total of 2 quality seasons for more than $102M spent. . Yeah, it really destroyed the organization and took them decades to recover. They didn't lose their ass. That's asinine.

Levine was on sirius mlb a little earlier and had some really distressing things to say about 2014 season. Things like, the focus being losing as many games as possible, I'm being facetious, they aren't really tanking, but they want one last high draft pick and will be looking for the #1 pick in the draft. Totally hemmed and hawed his way around the topic but was pretty clearly saying they are going to suck balls this year and are kind of happy about it. Although very positive on the Tanaka front (which directly confronts his other comments)

If they worry about that were screwed.

Priapism?

I want it. I want it hard.

it's hideous

http://deadspin.com/onlookers-horrified-by-giant-testicle-1503688887 This happened to a kid on an opposing baseball team in high school. His teammates made the mistake of telling us before the game and we spent the rest of the game making fun of him.