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  1. jersey cubs fan
    are zips projections particularly useful for minor leaguers who don't even stand a chance to play in the majors that season? Didn't they also have Brett Jackson being pretty damn good this year?
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Szczur's numbers? I find it easy to not be impressed.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I think most bad acts in hockey can be attributed to retribution for a previous act.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I don't know if it's the camera angles or what but it looks like the distance from hit feet to his head is the same as from his hands to the end of the bat.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    That's an awkward looking stance. Like a small kid trying to look tall or something.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    That kind of airing inside stuff is what irks me the most about him. If its true do something, but don't go whining to the media. It makes him look bad for several reasons, not the least of which, he doesn't have control. I know I'm in the minority but I really can't stand him. All he has to do is start calling pitches from the dugout. I agree with the sentiment that him bringing this to the media is weak. It's like a football coach saying that if the players simply executed his brilliant schemes better they would win. If guys are disregarding your scouting reports, then you have a problem on your hands that needs to be solved. But I really don't get the "can't stand him" mentality. My issues with Sveum pale in comparison to past issues with managers.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    I'm surprised by your theory about power pitchers not busting. I guess that's been my poor perception. Seems the popular opinion that college bats are more likely to make it to the majors than college pitching. Id still rather have Gray or Appel over a weak hitting power college bat that will likely end up on a corner in the outfield. Weak hitting power bat?
  8. jersey cubs fan
    I'm surprised by your theory about power pitchers not busting.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I think you're going to need his heroin needle. I can't imagine there is a way to explain his season so far other than to say it's horribly disappointing and that he sucks. But I'm willing to listen if anybody has anything. lol Just to clarify, I mean he sucks this year. I am hoping beyond hope that he doesn't actually suck every season for the rest of his career. Well then your response was pointless, because it was already acknowledged he sucks this year, and the reference to needing heroin was about whether he will suck for the rest of his career or if it's just a minor setback along the way. Stating he will need the heroin clearly indicates you think he will continue to suck.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    Paul Sullivan ‏@PWSullivan 11m Junior Lake to make debut at Triple-A Iowa on Thursday. Will play third and center. Ian Stewart? Still there. I hope not. For his sake. The need to give this kid his walking paper if he's going to have some shot at a somewhat meaningful season. Surely they can do so in a way which allows both sides to save face. A year or so in Japan shouldn't be out of the question. Isn't the issue that if the Cubs give him the "walking papers" (release him), they'd owe him the contract, so instead, they are hoping Stewart gets frustrated enough to walk away from the money? I highly doubt they are expecting him to walk away from guaranteed money.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    wandy left today's game with an apparent elbow injury
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, it's a getaway game for both teams, but they also both have an off day tomorrow. I guess 4pm is somewhat normal to a California audience though, since that is when most east coast games start for them.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    It shouldn't be a surprise that elderly New Yorkers are flocking to south Florida in an attempt to prolong their lives.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    good lord what is that?
  15. jersey cubs fan
    They also seem intent on not doing things the way they did them in Boston. Also, with proven commodities such as veteran major leaguers with track records they can rely on, they will evaluate character concerns differently than for amateurs that still have to develop into professionals.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    You think a double minor should lessen the chance for a suspension? the severity of one at least. I thought i remember Shanahan saying that Torres not getting a penalty played into the length of his suspension last year, but I might be insane. If Keith gets suspended, start the conspiracy theories because it will mean the NHL is clearly trying to officiate this series to 7 games. I think he'll get a fine. Last year, Suter(?) tried to kill that guy and he got fined $2,500. Keith is a repeat offender.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Huh? I kind of see what he's saying. By most accounts a major reason they took Almora was for his attitude/character. They want a bit of rah rah hard working types. They could view a guy shooting up the rankings with at least a little help from foreign substances as not only a risk for future suspensions and a career that doesn't wind up as well as you'd think if forced to work clean, but also just a character risk in general.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    You think a double minor should lessen the chance for a suspension?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Paul Sullivan ‏@PWSullivan 11m Junior Lake to make debut at Triple-A Iowa on Thursday. Will play third and center. Ian Stewart? Still there.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Keith is going to have a hearing, which pretty much guarantees a suspesion, right? He's good at letting guys instigate him into trouble.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-spt-0605-bits-cubs-angels-chicago-20130605,0,3588149.story Well that has to be one of the stupidest things I have read about this renovation plan. What business does the city of Chicago have trying to insert themselves into the MLB scheduling process? These nonsensical and overreaching power plays are exhausting. That's easily the dumbest request any side has made throughout the entire process. Maybe the dumbest that has been displayed for the public to see, but I'm sure there's been even dumber ones behind the scenes.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Same. I have an issue with signing older guys to massive (think Pujols) commitments when you are going to get the majority of the value in the first 2 or 3 years of a deal and then be paying for that production for years thereafter, but otherwise, criticizing getting good value on guys for now is ridiculous. What the hell else were they going to do with the $5M they saved in 2013 by not signing Fujikawa? Or the $12 or w/e on Jackson? Then why did you lose your mind last year when the Cubs signed Reed Johnson (for like $1 million) on the theory that signing reserve outfielders was a complete waste of money on a team that wasn't going to contend? (I'll remind you that Johnson helped them get Arodys) Well, there are 25 roster spots available, and the team already had too many mediocre players taking up space on the roster. My preference is for good baseball players on the roster. But that's just me.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Some TE named Gabe Miller on the Bears got busted with the drug policy.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    His cap hit is 8.7m. He makes 12m, and doesn't make less than $9m until 2023. The Blackhawks are in a predicament with the Hossa contract, and I would not assume they will be willing to go right back into another deal that will require a similar ending, especially when Toews will get as much, or more.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    I wouldn't move him for the sake of moving him, my point is they could theoretically get a haul for him. If he's considered the 4th best skater in the NHL and getting better I don't see how his next contract only gives him a 1-2 million raise. Because you know contracts aren't negotiated based on advanced statistics. Kane won't make more than 7-8 million in his next contract. What agent isn't going to include such analysis in his negotiations?
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