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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, we knew he was great in the past, but not this year. He was well compensated but outside the actual core group they want to keep together, and he was slated to be a UFA next year. So it was trade him now or let him walk next year.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Jimminy Christmas where are you coming up with this nonsense? Conspiracy?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-pgl-kap-todd-look-trade-value-cubs-players' Well I just watched this video and if this is what you are talking about I have no idea how you are coming up with that interpretation. Kap and Todd basically said it didn't look like a bad collision but sometimes you just don't know, and maybe he had a previous issue that got reaggravated. There was no "calling out" or something else that he was "getting at".
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Basically? Or this was your interpretation?
  5. jersey cubs fan
    well, I don't know anything about the draft picks they took, but I'm on board with the moves made and the type of players you can theoretically acquire with those picks.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    It's in a couple hours and all I know is popeye jones has a son who is slated to go early
  7. jersey cubs fan
    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/five-favourite-moments-chicago-blackhawks-stanley-cup-parade-211317851.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
  8. jersey cubs fan
    With Ben Badler and Kiley McDaniel hiring that the Cubs have overextended themselves on $$ offers in the international free agent market, I believe that's a priority. FWIW http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2013/06/cubs-rumor-thread-cubs-scouting-jays-nats-heavily-both-teams-saw-garzas-dominant-start/ negotiating this is what you do in business
  9. jersey cubs fan
    What does that mean? I think he might be saying that nobody here realizes it's normal Chicago politics. If he's not...then I have no clue what he might be saying. I don't understand how he could think that, or what nuance has to do with anything, or why the bridge is the only focus.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    What does that mean?
  11. jersey cubs fan
    And you know that is because they have sucked for 20 years. This is stupid. Again, this is stupid. It takes a season of winning. They've seen a strong couple months before. It won't take 10 years of success. But just like the Cubs, the real difference will be seen the year after the success happens. Your point is completely wrong. If people think they may have short-term success but then struggle to maintain it because nobody will ever come out to support them, like Tampa, then they don't know what they are talking about. Pittsburgh needs to get over the hump from sucking balls for two decades to at least being respectable. They need to win once to give fans a reason to come back. The Penguins went deep this year and them and the Steelers have spoiled the fans to what success could and should be. But if the Pirates just enjoy some success, they will not struggle nearly as much as small market teams that have horrible fans bases struggle.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Statement said about every parade that has ever happened, anywhere.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    That's a horrible comparison. The Cubs aren't getting 32k in the stadium every day. They sold the tickets because people got all excited after 2003/2008 and are afraid to not keep their season tickets. Pittsburgh has been a major disappointment for 20 years. Pittsburgh fans got all excited with early success in the past, and saw it blow up in the their face. Just like the ramifications of 1998 weren't felt until very late that year and in 1999, Pittsburgh won't see a renaissance in excitement until they actually do have a winning season and make the playoffs.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    They've got every bit as much young talent as we do, are already actually good, and have a fairly smart front office. I'd be at least a little worried. Sure, it's possible that they sustain success, but they're going to be handicapped by payroll restrictions. Not every team can be the Rays and stay good while having to continually kiss their talent goodbye, even if they have a smart front office. Financial flexibility is a huge advantage, and among NL Central teams, the Pirates have the least of it. Again, anything is possible, but the Pirates will be fighting an uphill battle to remain consistently competitive. I don't like their chances of becoming a perennial powerhouse. Tampa struggles because people don't care about the Rays or show up even if they are good. If Pittsburgh gets good, that stadium will be packed.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I thought that if they didn't end up signing him, and lost his slot value (plus the 5% overage that comes with his), they were going to miss out on somebody else.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    The Cubs are on the road and the White Sox are at home, aren't they? Don't worry, the cup and Kane will spend plenty of time in Wrigley this summer.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    In this league, where you don't have 6 years to exploit a young player's cheapness like MLB, and where guys can become free agents relatively early, the Blackhawks have a bigger need to maintain the pipeline of younger talent than holding onto overpaid 3rd line centers.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    I was talking to one of my buddies about this last night, he said apparently one of those failure to perform/meet team standard clauses would cover this in Hernandez's contract and it's pretty common but apparently he didn't have one. Idk where he heard that but he usually is right about stuff like that. There is no reason why the cap hit should be relieved. Previously unpaid guaranteed money should be avoidable, but that's different.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Not really seeing the logic here. All reports have Bryant going pretty close to the deadline, Charcer Burks changes none of that. Isn't Charcer getting well overslot, and isn't it kind of necessary to know what they have available post-Bryant before giving him that space?
  20. jersey cubs fan
    it was a brilliant redirect, and it was unlucky post. neither the nbc or cbc announcers mentioned it. they should have been screaming about it, it was masterful. i saw it on the second replay. CBC mentioned the tip several times. The actual call went "Here's a chance for Oduya, tipped, Bolland, scores!" The announcer then mentioned the deflection during replays. Confirmed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yz2VfZDKFI I'm really surprised this is the first time people are claiming they saw/heard of it. It was discussed quite a bit afterward.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    :?: 1-2 2B probably threw him.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Just came to post this. Aaron Hernandez had his own little mafia thing going here... Either that or a bustling car rental business.
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  24. jersey cubs fan
    Probably because number of potential voters in his jurisdiction >>>>>>>>>>> Wrigley Field. He's a career politician, he will do whatever it takes to appeal to the majority to get their votes to stay in office. Yeah, nobody lives in Wrigley. Ricketts isn't voting for or against him. And the Cubs aren't lining his pockets like the bar owners are.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    The only other team in the division I don't hate are the Pirates. The rest are all loathsome to varying degrees. Heh, reply fail. I was talking about the Pirates. I saw goony's hating on them, jumped to this thread, and read the Brewer hate as Pirate hate. I was poo pooing the notion that Pittsburgh deserves to win because of their streak, not commenting on who I would rather see win the division.
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