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  1. Tryptamine
    When did this [expletive] start leaking into the minor league forums? I much preferred when it stayed on the Cubs general forums.
  2. Tryptamine
    Why is Garza still in?
  3. Tryptamine
    Yup, I'm finally on the side that says get rid of the 7th inning guest. At least only do it when it's a worthwhile guest.
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    no. it's stupid that it even gets brought up. if you're going to hand-wring about josh hamilton not being kept by the cubs in the rule 5 draft then you mineaswell just bitch about every awesome player that we passed on in the amateur draft and international free agency. Didnt we have a glut of (probably mediocre) OFers at the time, too? Was that "mineaswell" sarcastic? It doesn't even matter. The guy was 25, out of baseball for 3 years, and not playing all that well in A ball, albeit in a small sample. Do you realize how small the odds were that he'd be able to hit major league pitching and stick on the 25 man roster all year?
  5. Tryptamine
    I want to sleep, but I have to see how this ends.
  6. Tryptamine
    The Padres really only have 3 trade chips(Bell, Adams,Ludwick). With as much help as they need, I'm not sure they move 2 of them for a single player even if he has the upside that Rasmus does.
  7. Tryptamine
    Levine has been saying this for a while.
  8. Tryptamine
    Finally a day on the farm that I makes me tingly inside.
  9. Tryptamine
    Shoulders is kidding himself if he thinks he's getting anywhere near that kind of money. Also, I don't really see intrigue with Gretzky, at least not for the type of money he'd likely require.
  10. Tryptamine
    hahaha Garza
  11. Tryptamine
    Hopefully he'll get the same treatment as my friend in high school. What ended up tattooed on his arm and what he wanted were two very different things.
  12. Tryptamine
    I see, you ask the question and then answer it in the affirmative without anyone having a chance to say no. I'll have to adopt this tactic more often. That wont hold up in court, especially when the poor girls in tears. Suddenly this thread has gone to a very dark place.
  13. Tryptamine
    I don't give a flying [expletive] what a player's history is. If they come in and completely [expletive] up then that's when people SHOULD boo. Booing a player regardless of history is the definition of being a meat head. If Aramis came into tonight and left 8 men on base with 3 strike outs should he get booed despite absolutely destroying the ball the last month? If Marmol got hit around he wouldn't have been booed near as bad. When you walk 4 of the 5 batters you face, that's when people get pissed off.
  14. Tryptamine
    Todd Hundley disagrees with the premise that white players don't get booed.
  15. Tryptamine
    Any chance Wood or Marshall takes over temporarily?
  16. Tryptamine
    Where are you coming up with that? I'm showing you statistical evidence to argue my point, you're giving me a mantra. Organization wide, the Cubs are one of the least patient teams in MLB. The Red Sox are among the most patient. Part of this has to do with the kind of players the Red Sox target in the draft and internationally, and part of it has to do with player development, which, um, includes the kind of coaches that are hired to teach the kids how to play. Am I really saying something controversial here? Are you a hitting coach? You're from the south side. Ever heard of Charlie Lau? Read up on him, then tell me your "Do as I say, not as I do" mantra again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Lau So by your standards then it's best to just go out and find the best pro player you can get to coach? You must have been devastated when Sandberg left and Quade got the job.
  17. Tryptamine
    Teheran down to number 12. Apparently that sub 2 era in AAA has turned them off. Miller and Moore are the only pitchers who I can even fathom being ahead of Teheran.
  18. Tryptamine
    I prefer my players genuinely crazy like Turk Wendell.
  19. Tryptamine
    To be honest I thought Koyie Hill would make it. If we were talking single season I would have nominated Aaron Miles as well.
  20. Tryptamine
    I had completely forgotten just how bad Guillen was. For some reason I thought he was a decent player.
  21. Tryptamine
    Yeah I hate that Jim Hendry. How dare he not expect 4/5 of the rotation to go down, 1 for nearly a full season. He also should have anticipated J.Jackson suddenly being terrible, McNutt having injury problems and all other Iowa starters suddenly forgetting how to pitch. I don't like Hendry either, but what did you really want the guy to do?
  22. Tryptamine
    Waiting for the right opportunity? I can't believe two people in this thread have said that Brenly chose to stay in the booth instead of taking a managing job. All of the reports in the offseason indicated that he was, yet again, trying his damndest to get hired as a manager, including with the Cubs, and came back emptyhanded. Maybe Brenly doesn't want to take ANY managerial job. It could be that once he gets into the negotiations, he sees how the franchise is run by the owners and says no thanks. There's plenty of reasons... He's got a good job in broadcasting and isn't desperate. If the right job opens up and he's interested then, he'll interview. Bunting is a fundamental of the game and EVERYONE needs to know how to do it. Like how to throw to the right base, etc.. Even slow-footed ARAM needs to know how to bunt. Jesus Christ, again with this?
  23. Tryptamine
    If Brenly was such a great manager, as you seem to believe, then why is he still in the booth? I wouldn't be particularly upset if the Cubs did hire him, but don't pretend like he's some cure all to the many problems this organization has.
  24. Tryptamine
    It was clearly staged. The guy hanging onto his left foot is smiling. Absolute lack of class and any decency by the lot of them.
  25. Tryptamine
    Aramis would end up beating Brenly to death within the first month of his hire if the lazy Aramis comments from the both are any indication of how Brenly would handle things.
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