MrCub14

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/01/the-cardinals-and-yadier-molina-finalize-their-deal/ LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@BleacherNation: Take it with a HUGE grain of salt, but the buzz is that the Cubs' bid on Darvish was very large. Might not be enough, though.

http://i.imgur.com/J4EWe.jpg Lol isn't that Yao Ming? That's a chinese reference for a japanese player. No wonder he thinks Americans will pay him 20M / year haha.

Did our offer to Pujols actually come out? How long and how much? Well, Rosenthal came out and said that Pujols had 3 offers over 200 million. And he named the Cubs as "in the running". So I just put 2 and 2 together. But now that I think about it, those 3 teams over 200 million were the Marlins, Angels, and Cardinals. So I take back what I said. Our offer was probably closer to 5 for 150 or 6 for 180.

I don't really understand all of the bitching. Does anyone honestly believe that Colvin or Lemahieu were going to be good for this team? They serve no purpose in our new philosophy. Ian Stewart isn't great, but at least he has a potential in our offense. If he sucks, we can call up Vitters. If Vitters sucks, we will explore the 3B of the future next offseason. Really not a big deal IMO. It's not like we traded an important prospect or named Stewart a 10 year starter. Low risk / High reward move like DeJesus. He obviously has the ability to hit the big fly. Let's see what Sveum can develop out of him.

How can we afford Pujols but not Fielder? That doesn't make any sense to me. We offered Pujols 200 million at the same position.

Here is the link for the Live Video stream at MLB.com http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=6350584 Starts in 5 minutes!

I'd LOVE to have that. Me too! For selfish reasons though lol. I'm a Yount myself. He is my cousin or something like that. But I've always respected him as a player and coach, not just because of the name on his jersey. But the poster above is correct. He is very busy with his motorsports team and Robin-ade. Although I would love to have him on the Cubbies staff if he had the time!

I would also like to post the introduction to Rosenthal's new article. It made me laugh out loud. Another beautiful snippet from the article: LOL. Burn. You can read the whole article here: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Boston-Red-Sox-Theo-Epstein-Terry-Francona-managerial-search-not-going-according-to-plan-111611. Not Rosenthal's biggest fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one :D . Dedicated to John Henry and Larry Lucchino. Suck it, Gill!

Looks like a done deal boys! via Jon Heyman

Theo is a better boss than Lucchino. I liked Sveum before. Now I love it. We just pissed off the Sox even more, got the most qualified manager, and made a big step in acquiring Prince Fielder. Yeah, now that we got Sveum, we now only need $160 million to get Prince Fielder. Lol I don't know about that. Probably not a penny less than 200 million. But we won't have to worry about random teams trying to make a big splash like the Orioles or Nationals. He has been Sveum's biggest supporter. If we can get him for a penny less than 200 million, we gotta pull the trigger.

You guys should go read what they are saying at SOSH. Pure gold :D Theo is a better boss than Lucchino. I liked Sveum before. Now I love it. We just pissed off the Sox even more, got the most qualified manager, and made a big step in acquiring Prince Fielder.

He just answered one of my questions. Here is the question and answer.

Bruce Levine is doing a live chat on ESPN right now. I found this very interesting.

LOL. This is almost as funny as the Ventura hiring. They can kiss Pujols goodbye. All they had to do was promote Oqendo to keep Albert. And raise his offer a little bit. They aren't raising his offer by a single penny, and then they hire Mike Matheny as manager!? Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.