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  1. Tarver
    There's no reason to feel that way. People make all sorts of one liner posts. The ones that take heat are the ones like "only the Cubs". Ahem, look at me. I'm a board regular and when have I ever contributed anything worthwhile? I always thought you had a stake in Rotoworld considering how much you linked to them.
  2. Tarver
    speaking of dave littlefield, one of my favorite mlb trades of all time was the one where the pirates acquired matt morris for rajai davis. the pirates were thoroughly out of the playoff race that year and took on like $3m of morris' salary in 2007, then $10m in 2008 (making him the highest-paid pirate in franchise history). he had an ERA around 7 for the pirates and was released 5 games into the 2008 season. littlefield is lucky to have a job in baseball after a trade like that. That thing was so inexplicable before during and after. Never had any idea how or why they justified making the move. My guess would be he wanted a veteran "anchor" of the staff or something like that. Littlefield stated that was the reason. And this whole article is like a BS viral email gone wrong. Rogers was the first idiot to trumpet Baird and Littlefield, now all these hacks are just quoting one another.
  3. Tarver
    It needs to be a clean sweep period. If Ricketts feels Kenney has done a good job on the marketing side of things, give him a different title and a more focused responsibility.
  4. Tarver
    Please, let's stop making excuses for our FO's failure, they are more than capable of doing that for themselves.
  5. Tarver
    http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/d1/d1fe3e84c9f42fc7fe0aedaccb689d62/photo_todd_coffeys_throwback_uniform_warns_of_coming_flood.jpg Damn, look at the size of those knockers!
  6. Tarver
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-gammons-wrigley-dump-tying-ricketts-hands-20110610,0,701998.story I know that this is just piling on Gammons but where the hell was he when the Cubs were trying to structure a $300 million dollar deal with the county/city/state AND talking about chucking in $200 million of the family's money ($500 million dollars total for Wrigley and the Triangle Complex)? That said, aside from his jumping on the Ricketts as if they were clueless, this is the kind of press the team needs to get the city/county/state of their respective derrieres. The city/county/state can't (and shouldn't) contribute any money at all to this project. Yeah, the Bears & Sox got it, but it's the Trib's fault for not striking while the iron was hot. They can handle this privately if they get creative. If they have to call it "Pepto Bismol presents Wrigley Field" so be it.
  7. Tarver
    The sox screwed themselves by building a plain, boring park at a time right before the newer-styled parks were introduced Like Camden Yard and Turner Field. I actually like the Cell just for the stuff they have for kids. The restaurant in RF is nice too. Turner Field? Really? It's easily one of the worst "new" stadiums in MLB. Isn't it just some [expletive] they cobbled together out the Olympic leftovers?
  8. Tarver
    It's bizarre to compliment the Cell in the same post you're criticizing Busch III for poor placement and sightlines. Having it face southeast instead of northeast has to be one of the biggest blunders in the history of stadia. Doesn't mean it's not a comfortable, convenient place to watch the Sox lose.
  9. Tarver
    What other half of the skyline are you talking about? You see the arch and the tall buildings, there's nothing else to see. It had been so long since I had been to Wrigley, that I had forgotten/never noticed that the scoreboard doesn't actually show how many runs each team has. In a 12-6 game that made things tricky, including the lady behind us who was convinced that the hits counter in the middle was the score for several innings. Anyway, I get the complaints about Wrigley, but I'm not sure why they're heard so loudly. There's inconveniences to every stadium, and all of Wrigley's problems come when you're out of your seat. I wouldn't be heartbroken if they built a new park somewhere else in the city, but that won't happen for a number of reasons. The renovations/triangle building look pretty sweet, so let's just do that until we get good enough that ticket prices get jacked high enough to want a stadium with more seats. The StL skyline runs more east-west than north-south. If you look at from a high point like O'Fallon Park on the northside or across the river from Granite City you'll see what I'm talking about. But yeah, putting Busch on Washington Avenue wouldn't have helped that. I'd just rather watch the Rams outside than in a glorified convention center.
  10. Tarver
    You need a sherpa to guide you to the seats on the upper deck, but Comiskular's lower level concourse and outfield seats are great, especially for the price. If you wanna talk about bland, let's talk about Busch III. Who builds a park directly underneath two freeways and positions it to show only half the skyline? Should've torn down the Ed Jones dome, built it there and moved the Rams to Busch II.
  11. Tarver
    Besides the fact that it's approaching 100 years without any major rehab efforts, it's just too limited for today's MLB needs. It's going to need major renovation sooner rather than later. Have no idea how profitable some of these reality shows are, but I'd think one based on the rehab process of a national landmark that happens to house of the most popular franchises in American sports would be a marketable venture. That could help allay the costs.
  12. Tarver
    I never heard about this. Details? http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/backpage/gooden_says_dykstra_tried_rehab_Dwa8lnX2ZYvXsgCfNeNtUL
  13. Tarver
    Let's all pray thats just Rogers blowing smoke out of his ass.
  14. Tarver
    Didn't Beane go all out to snag Beltre a few months ago? The Chavez deal was an obvious bust, but it's not like the guy is allergic to offering multi-year deals.
  15. Tarver
    I was asking myself that while he was serving up one of Pujols's walkoffs. Is it just me or are the Cubs seeing about half as many pitches as the phils? Nobody's walked off the island.
  16. Tarver
    I have no doubt someone will throw $10 mil at him, I meant is it worth it to us. IMO the money would be better spent elsewhere.
  17. Tarver
    I think I'd rather watch Shawn Estes than Lopez. What a [expletive] bum.
  18. Tarver
    Respectable is too subjective a term. Let's say if he doesn't end up with an OPS north of .850, is he worth eight figures to play third? His defense is becoming an issue.
  19. Tarver
    Geren was no great shakes, but how does Melvin keep getting chances? This is the guy to turn your season around? I don't think Texas has much to worry about.
  20. Tarver
    Even assuming he gets his power #'s back up to a respectable level, will Ramirez still be viable at 3B a year from now?
  21. Tarver
    His bizarre attempt to "rescue" Dwight Gooden is the only remotely unselfish moment in this guy's entire life.
  22. Tarver
    If you're gonna go Baird or Coletti, better to just promote Littlefield.
  23. Tarver
    None of these guys are untouchable, but if we plan on actually playing meaningful games in August next year Z would be a good guy to keep around.
  24. Tarver
    So did Mike have a big dinner engagement he had to rush to? Lopez vs. Pujols, what did he think would happen? He went on record last night saying it was a mistake to pitch to Pujols, too. I'm guessing he doesn't get many big league interviews after we fire him.
  25. Tarver
    Just so long as they don't rush him back. Seriously, if Garza has a hangnail, just put him on the 60 day. Cashner can take his time too.
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