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I did. nothing It's a poorly written opening. "That is to say" suggests he's going to explain what he meant by that opening line, but he does not do that. You shouldn't have to google translate such an opening. Translation: Jason Parks is a well respected authority on minor league prospects. Did you really not understand that, or are you being purposely obtuse? Of course it's not proper writing style, it's Brett's style. It's how the man talks in person. I did not understand it because it did not make any sense.

Well if two Yankees representatives were there I'm not sure how nobody at the Yankees knew about it. An executive VP and a Director obviously knew about it.

that was a curt reply

It is 9:46 AM EDT here, does that count?

where there is no there, there is treymon

http://deadspin.com/the-butler-bulldogs-training-montage-is-the-cutest-dam-645295615 I guess this would go here, since there isn't a college tennis thread.

I did. nothing It's a poorly written opening. "That is to say" suggests he's going to explain what he meant by that opening line, but he does not do that. You shouldn't have to google translate such an opening.

What in the hell does that mean?

i feel like almora has had a few OF assists already. Lord knows where i'd find that stat though. absolute beautiful throw, right on the money on the fly, got him by several steps. vogelbach has these weird idiosyncrasies. he draws a v in the dirt and then covers it with dirt before stepping in the batter's box. also, he draws things in the foul lines on the infield and then wipes them out. he's constantly doing this. wouldn't sign autographs before the game, but i got Rock (who looked like he could barely walk before the game), Candelario (i asked him if it's Hymer or Jamer, and he said Jamer, forgot he was from New York, was expecting an accent), and Almora on my hat. Vogelbach looks really uncomfortable in the field, i didn't understand it until i saw it first hand. it's like he hasn't played baseball his entire life. His lack of agility may actually serve him better in the outfield as weird as that sounds. Hernandez made a fantastic play in the hole and flashed a really nice arm in the second or third. Almora looked very confident in the box, kind of reminds me of Nomar without the nose. Reggie Golden is built like a [expletive] ice box, he's as wide as he is tall. Rosario's breaking stuff looked remedial, but his fastball was low 90's. I had a buddy take his kid to a game a few weeks ago and they asked Vogelbach to sign and he walked away from him. My buddy said he kinda carried himself smugly and seemed like a prick. Why bother getting a DH with a sub 800 OPS in low A to sign something?

It's a cap on how much you can pay any one player ($250,000): If you go over and pay the penalty, and can now only pay $250k for any one player next year, can you still trade away your cap space next season?

The Dodgers will have given Kershaw an extension by then. They've got Greinke and Ryu as their 2 and 3. If they give Gonzalez over 10 mill a year, you c as n pencil him in. They'll still have Beckett and Billingsley for another year and expect Zack Lee to compete for their last spot as well. If they give a guy 60 mill that doesn't become more than a mid rotation type, it doesn't help them all that much and gives us a better shot at signing one of the other guys. We're not playing on the same field(or planet possibly) when it comes to the Dodgers financially. Better to vet them out of the way, in my opinion, and it gives us a much better shot at the others. Who may be better anyway. We can compete financially with anyone else, given the current landscape. Nobody has any real idea what they can or can't spend, so just assuming/hoping they'll spend themselves out of contention sooner rather than later isn't a sound plan. It ranks up there with people expecting a sudden flood of homegrown talent and the FA market lining up with when the Cubs are "ready to compete again;" you can't just keep talking yourself out of making necessary moves to ideally improve this team. This is exactly the type of player they were supposedly going to focus on to help jump-start this mess and they've already missed out on several key chances. I don't know, it only took teams 15 years to see the Yankees get themselves a little over their head and hoping to pare their expenses.

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.

Jimminy Christmas where are you coming up with this nonsense? Conspiracy?

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".

Basically? Or this was your interpretation?

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.

It's in a couple hours and all I know is popeye jones has a son who is slated to go early

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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

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.

What does that mean?

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.

Statement said about every parade that has ever happened, anywhere.

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.

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.