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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I kind of like that management, or at least Sveum, is openly mocking Stewart's horribleness. They have to be disgusted with the guy signing that deal and then being "hurt" for the entire spring training.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    https://twitter.com/Soundcaresser/status/326877634841677824/photo/1 I got the same alert as this guy last night. Had to turn off those push notifications.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    I'll take it Round 2 Pick 6 (ARI): Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee (B) Round 2 Pick 18: Larry Warford, OG, Kentucky (B+) Round 2 Pick 28 (ATL): D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston (A-) Round 3 Pick 7 (ARI): Arthur Brown, OLB, Kansas State (A) Round 3 Pick 30 (ATL): Barrett Jones, C, Alabama (B) Round 4 Pick 20: David Quessenberry, OT, San Jose State (A-) Round 4 Pick 30 (ATL): Jon Bostic, ILB, Florida (A) Round 5 Pick 20: Lavar Edwards, DE, LSU (A-) Round 6 Pick 20: Chris Faulk, OT, LSU (A)
  4. jersey cubs fan
    draft nerds already lining up around radio city.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    I saw some Hart rankings article the other day and they had Toews 5th...there was another one (B-R though) that had him 1st, but I don't think there's enough buzz out there for him to win it. i would disagree about the no buzz thing. crosby is obviously the leader, but it's not like toews is some unknown schmo having a career year. yzerman never won the hart, i think that toews could win based upon the idea that he's the spiritual successor to one of the greatest ever who was robbed of the most prestigious award. I think the fact that he's at least 50-50 to win the Selke is what hurts his chances of winning the Hart. Just like Ovie won't get the Hart because he's going to win the Rocket Richard. Plus I think him and Kane actually split the Blackhawks vote. That's the main point. People were talking about Kane as MVP, or at least a runner-up type candidate, for most of the season.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    I doubt our FO would do that with him honestly. Maybe by midseason though. I could see us giving him a few major league innings this year though in September. Yeah, I was thinking he'd get the Prior treatment (not to say that he's as good). Mark Prior was drafted at age 20 and made his major league debut at 21. Mark Appel is already 21 and will be 22 this summer. He is probably going to put up a stink about being given major league service time ASAP, and not held back for financial reasons.
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  8. jersey cubs fan
    @GDubCub: Garza scratched from we'd rehab start because of "dead arm" since Sunday pen.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Come on. Hey, I just really, really hate that show. So I threw it on and now I'm hearing them talk about how Ken Williams is better than Billy Beane because he got a ring and Billy doesn't.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/761625801.gif
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Very true, they have actually spent money. The team is not only stocked with guys making the minimum. This isn't Miami, more like a frugal Cincinnati.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    Depends if Ricketts continues to do a Frank McCourt impersonation Eh, we have 30 million in pending free agents who either haven't played an inning this year(Baker, Garza) or have not exactly provided difficult to replace production(Feldman, Marmol). They can likely add two 8 figure salaries, extend one of Rizzo or Samardzija, and take care of any other increases(the largest non-arbitration increase is 1 million, to Soler) without moving the total payroll at all. Extend one of Rizzo or Samardzija is not one in the same. And easily replaced production from the likes of Baker and Feldman is likely to cost at least as much as what Baker and Feldman cost this year.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Managers tend to lose their jobs when the team fails to meet expectations or openly and directly clash with their superiors. Cubs management expects to be bad so I don't see that happening unless maybe if they lose 100 again, and/or Sveum starts acting out (essentially trying to get fired). Look at the Pirates the last couple decades. Gene Lemont was given four years to keep sucking. Lloyd McClendon was given 4.5 years. John Russell and Clint Hurdle were each given 3 (assuming Hurdle stays through this year). Only Jim Tracy got canned after two, and that was a disastrous relationship almost from the outset. Two years would be a very brief tenure, and the reaction would most likely be, "hey, you set that guy up with crap for talent, what did you expect." Unless he starts feuding with Castro and destroying arms, or otherwise goes insane with all the losing, he isn't getting fired.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Because experts are idiots who buy the notion of necessary restraint. The uninformed consensus opinion about the Cubs was that they spent too much on players before. Spending less is going to make those uninformed people happy.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I think so. On paper, the team this year shouldn't be nearly as bad as it has been. Not as bad, but still bad. They can't keep doing what they've been doing and be any good next year. The plan can stay the same, as long as that plan included trying next year.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    Probably pretty good.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    The best era of ownership the past 100 years.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    They altered Rizzo's swing from last year? Why?
  19. jersey cubs fan
    Probably because they never [expletive] play. They've played as much as just about everybody else in the league, and more than some. I figured as much, since they have played double headers (and since there has been [expletive] weather everywhere around the midwest). I just wanted to make a snarky comment about their annoying rainouts. April showers bring May walk rates.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Probably because they never [expletive] play. They've played as much as just about everybody else in the league, and more than some.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Sounds more like joyful acceptance at how badly it has been constructed, but denial of how ridiculous that stance is.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    All i did was answer your question.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, I'd call it a "smaller major city". It has about the same population as Milwaukee. But as Tim mentioned, its metropolitan area is substantial -- about 4x larger than Milwaukee's. It's metropolitan area is larger, but it also is the only city with its own region supporting the same team. There's 14 million people almost exclusively in support of the Boston teams. Milwaukee is right down the street from Chicago with Minnesota to the West and Detroit to the East. The heart of Milwaukee support is basically just the 5+ million people in Wisconsin. I think the closest comparison to New England may be Arizona, which is the only game in town, for miles and miles. But that is a much more spread out population, and a huge portion of it is transplanted from other locations. For sports support conversations, Boston does not belong in the "smaller city" discussion.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    Because the Cubs have a very bad record in the 3+ years they've owned the team. Oh, good, as long as there was some thought put into it. Not everybody is as deep a thinker as you.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Huh? Is the field just really [expletive] at Kane County or did the burbs get pounded with rain overnight? They are just about to get pounded all day.
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