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  1. abuck1220
    yeah, he built a 100 mil team that finished with 96 losses last year...i'd like to see somebody try to bash that! suckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. abuck1220
    yeah, i'm very happy hendry was able to keep ramirez. but, as of right now, his only accomplishment is keeping together one of the worst teams in baseball...i'll save my praise for hendry once he improves the team.
  3. abuck1220
    david eckstein winning the world series mvp was the worst thing that could ever happen to the cubs. "i've decided i like guys who hustle" -- jim hendry, 2007 cubs convention
  4. abuck1220
    His performance as a GM indicates otherwise. What about his performance indicates that he is stupid? what about his performance indicates that he isn't? he took a payroll that's higher than almost every team in baseball and used it to build one of the worst teams in baseball. You are truly asking someone to explain why they think a human being capable of being a General Manager of a Major League Baseball team is not stupid? i haven't seen any evidence that hendry is capable of being a gm for a major league baseball team. i maybe would stop short of saying he's an idiot, but he's certainly been a gigantic, without-a-doubt failure as a gm. he's made a couple decent trades, but he also put together the most pathetic team in all of baseball last year. the cubs are a laughingstock, and he's in charge. he's been terrible. Thank you. I disagree with your opinion, but at least you are calling him a failure instead of an idiot or stupid. An argument can be created for him failing the Cubs, but it cannot be created for him being stupid or an idiot. well, i may say he's a stupid gm or an idiotic gm.
  5. abuck1220
    His performance as a GM indicates otherwise. What about his performance indicates that he is stupid? what about his performance indicates that he isn't? he took a payroll that's higher than almost every team in baseball and used it to build one of the worst teams in baseball. You are truly asking someone to explain why they think a human being capable of being a General Manager of a Major League Baseball team is not stupid? i haven't seen any evidence that hendry is capable of being a gm for a major league baseball team. i maybe would stop short of saying he's an idiot, but he's certainly been a gigantic, without-a-doubt failure as a gm. he's made a couple decent trades, but he also put together the most pathetic team in all of baseball last year. the cubs are a laughingstock, and he's in charge. he's been terrible.
  6. abuck1220
    His performance as a GM indicates otherwise. What about his performance indicates that he is stupid? what about his performance indicates that he isn't? he took a payroll that's higher than almost every team in baseball and used it to build one of the worst teams in baseball.
  7. abuck1220
    humberto! cubs couldn't have competed with that.
  8. abuck1220
    i hope the red sox did win it...maybe it will keep them from going after drew.
  9. abuck1220
    I think they would also need to pick up one of the many 2b options available this offseason also. The list is long at that spot: Soriano Kent Durham Giles Loretta Lugo Walker Iwamura I'd be very happy with Loretta, Lugo or Giles if we sign Drew and move Jacque to CF. drew would likely be the one to play cf.
  10. abuck1220
    unfortunately, you're probably right. maybe boston will win the mats bidding and they won't be able to afford drew. i'd rather have drew + schmidt than pierre + mats. of course, i'd love drew + mats.
  11. abuck1220
    doesn't sound like la is too anxious to re-sign drew...
  12. abuck1220
    fortunately weaver and suppan are both FA's. i'm assuming you'd want to sign them both.
  13. abuck1220
    yeah, what a failure all those division championships with a 50 mil payroll have been. obp....yuck!
  14. abuck1220
    i'd probably rather have drew than mats.
  15. abuck1220
    exactly. hendry couldn't have lucked out any more than this. exactly the type of player the cubs need, and he's there for the taking. he could put up huge numbers playing in the NL central, by the way.
  16. abuck1220
    forget soriano for cf...GET DREW!!!!! this could not have fallen into hendry's lap any better.
  17. abuck1220
    i really hope that the cubs wouldn't add the 'take it or leave it' language at this point.
  18. abuck1220
    He's actually performed at a high level before, none of those guys have. Career ERA+ of 112. You might be lucky to get 100 innings of 90 ERA+ out of any of those other options. Miller might be able to give you 150 inning at 100-110, and it wouldn't be ridiculous if he gave you 190 innings at 120 ERA+. yeah, i recently looked at his numbers and was surprised to see that he was quite good and healthy in 2001 and 2002. since then, however, he's either been average or hurt. i don't get my hopes to high for a guy when the last time he was worth something was 2002.
  19. abuck1220
    1. because the cubs have the money 2. because the cubs suck, and they will suck even worse without him 3. because there's nobody else worth spending the money on
  20. abuck1220
    i swear, hendry has it in his mind to build a team based around a bunch of 2-3 year deals worth between 2 and 8 mil a year. that type of attitude is not going to build you anything. it's not gonna get you beltran, ramirez, drew or anybody like that. yeah, sometimes those contracts will come back to haunt you in year 5 or whatever, but i'd rather have 4 good seasons/1 bad season from ramirez at 15 mil a year than a string of 5 bad seasons from john mabry, wes helms, tony graffanino, neifi perez, and gary gaetti at 2-3 mil a year.
  21. abuck1220
    let's face it...over the past three years hendry has made overspending a habit. for once, i'd like to see him overspend on someone that's good.
  22. abuck1220
    is it possible that the amount of the winning bid could be announced, but not the team making that bid?
  23. abuck1220
    Jim Rome just made a funny comment on the hiring. He was basically debating the Padres position and had this to say: "Hmm, let's see... should we hire Bud Black or bring in Dusty Baker to shred Peavy's arm with pitch counts of 140 every outing?" Hammer, meet nail. did he follow that up with 30 seconds of silence, which was then followed by him saying the exact same thing but worded slightly differently, which was followed by 30 more seconds of silence?
  24. abuck1220
    it's kinda weird to see young guys/prospects traded for each other like that.
  25. abuck1220
    i want the cubs to get him mainly because i'm bored with the cubs.
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