Derwood

FWIW, your opinion of me is worthless, like 99% of the posts you make on here Congratulations. You are the inaugural member of Derwood's Ignore List

wow absolutely no power in that lineup luckily it's not the actual lineup

so he listened to Clapton, so what?

How is it hard? They are getting one of, if not the best defending players back after losing him midseason, in Harris. They are also getting Brown back from injury, a pro bowler. They added Archuletta to the safety depth. They replaced Tank Johnson, who for some reason is being talked about as some super stud now that he's gone, with a guy who is most likely better than him, and replaced the other two depth DTs with a couple guys are at least as good as them. The defense lost nobody of value, and gained a starting S and 3 previously injured players. The offense added Greg Olsen (who wasn't even mentioned in that article). They lost Thomas Jones, who is another guy who is being talked about as a much bigger loss than he was ever considered an asset. And they have a 1st round talent RB taking his place. They also "acquired" a year of learning for Grossman and their young receivers. On a net basis, I don't see how this team lost more than it gained, and frankly I think it's easy to see why people may view them as improved. Maybe they aren't any better, but if it's hard for you to think they might be, then I'm guessing you spent the offseason stuck on the overplayed story of a terrible offseason and just haven't been willing to accept that the coaches and players they lost were nothing special, Briggs is in camp, Walker and Archuleta were added to the starting rotation on D. Or maybe they were just pissed Grossman hasn't been released yet. i think people are hesitant to call them better because they played at least 2 games better than their talent last year. No one wants to come out and overly praise a team that went 13-3 at risk of looking dumb when they go 11-5

So Soriano doesn't count? (Maybe you're thinking he's past his prime...) 31 at the start of an 8 year deal? Yeah....

now why would you go and anger it like that? i mean, more than I did by calling Keener98 a ****

i'm not even going to begin pretending this would happen. It's entirely unlike the organization to get a big time free agent entering his prime.

i'm not following you

FWIW, it was worth being called out by Modzilla to tell Keener what I thought of him

teams put whole blocks of players onto waivers to mask which players they want to deal. If the Cubs wanted to move, say, Rich Hill after the non-waiver deadline, they'd put him on waivers along with Lee, Murton, Ramirez, Kendall and Dempster (for example) in hopes of having him clear while not tipping their hand as to what player might be on the block But in the case of Manny, and others, teams are looking to get out from under a contract, spark a trade market, or possibly light a fire under the player. that too.

i still hate him at leadoff. He's only driven in 24 runners that weren't him.

high praise for Greg Olsen. I'd love to see more plays involving Grossman completing short passes to the TE's than to see him try to go 40 yards at a time on out routes

teams put whole blocks of players onto waivers to mask which players they want to deal. If the Cubs wanted to move, say, Rich Hill after the non-waiver deadline, they'd put him on waivers along with Lee, Murton, Ramirez, Kendall and Dempster (for example) in hopes of having him clear while not tipping their hand as to what player might be on the block

wow waited over 3 years to make a post and he brings the thunder with the first post. I dont know why you would hope not about Murton, I mean seriously would you rather Jones or Floyd face a lefty? Murton in RF against a lefty gives us our best chance to win. and you waited a mere 42 minutes to be a dick about it

I love the Bears, but have such a hard time getting into them before September

correct. The Nationals, for example, could put Church, Young, Belliard, Rauch, Guzman and Cordero on waivers all at once, though Church is the only one they want to deal. Smoke screens galore.

i bet ATl catches up quick in this poll today

local sports radio right now is great. Pirates fans are realizing that next season, Morris, Wilson and Izturis will comprise 1/2 the team's payroll

awesome. Littlefield strikes again

until 3 more hours of announcing deals that have to be finalized

Ensberg, Mackowiak....maybe Eckstein. can the team get any whiter?

Isn't Humber one of their top prospects?

I think it has more to do wth teams being able to have their trades completed before the games begin that day. So players aren't sitting in limbo during the game, not being able to be used, etc. Or just because midnight was a pain to deal with? It sucked for media coverage, and let's face it, isn't that what the game is about? trade proposals have to be in by 3pm, but they all take time to process by the commissioner's office. those employees probably didn't like having to stay at work all night doing that

just needed to speak to him in a way he understood

OMG THERE'S NOT LINK BAN HIM LOCK THE THREAD KILL THE NOOB