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  1. SouthSideRyan
    I'm not sure he's the type of guy you offer arbitration to. At that point he may actually be taking up space that could be used for somebody else. He'll be 35 and potentially coming off back to back disappointing seasons. I'd imagine Byrd would be getting his last multi-year deal after this season. Can't see him accepting arb.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    How awkward is it that Bush is negotiating to bring over the guy who'll probably can his ass.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    I want Gracie back. I don't care if he's a creepy old chain smoking guy still hitting on 19 year old girls. I want Gracie backed over. By an 18 wheeler
  4. SouthSideRyan
    I don't know how easily tradeable he is, he would make almost $10m this and has a career ERA+ of 96 and WHIP of 1.424. I think this is more the case of a team with a $40m payroll not wanting to spend 1/4 of it on a pitcher who isn't that good. That being said I think the Cubs should show some interest and would be fine bringing him on for the right price. I'd bet Maholm makes at least 10M AAV on the contract he signs, and that'll be a multi-year commitment as opposed to having the reduced risk of 1 year.
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    I'm guessing they know something about his health? Otherwise he'd be an easily tradeable asset.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    He's absolutely right. Or at least he is about half the time. When the wind is blowing in, our high-powered HR guys do have a very hard time doing anything. Of course, if we didn't have those guys at all, we'd lose every game where the wind is blowing out at Wrigley. For the Cubs, the right answer is probably a mix. Other teams might be able to get away building their team more towards one side of the spectrum or the other. How many guys in baseball let alone on the Cubs are HR or nothing guys. You act like there are dozens of Dave Kingmans that we need to avoid. Did I say there were? I thought I was giving the equivalent response to "you know, stats and scouting makes for a better front office than just one or the other." Beep...beep...beep Back up here. Did I miss like 8 parts of this conversation?
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    YEAH [expletive] YOU SCOTT MAINE!! YOU WILL BURDEN THIS TEAM NO LONGER
  8. SouthSideRyan
    He's absolutely right. Or at least he is about half the time. When the wind is blowing in, our high-powered HR guys do have a very hard time doing anything. Of course, if we didn't have those guys at all, we'd lose every game where the wind is blowing out at Wrigley. For the Cubs, the right answer is probably a mix. Other teams might be able to get away building their team more towards one side of the spectrum or the other. How many guys in baseball let alone on the Cubs are HR or nothing guys. You act like there are dozens of Dave Kingmans that we need to avoid.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Defense has importance but what is "the other way"? Opting to play without a defense.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    WE'VE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
  11. SouthSideRyan
    Who exactly deserves the credit and blame for successful/unsuccessful organizations if not the GM? Let me play devils advocate: Kenny Williams 2005 discuss. He didn't say successful season. ok. but I'm curious what ya'll think of him as a GM. did he just get lucky one season? Middle of the road and getting worse
  12. SouthSideRyan
    links It boils down to people saying that the Cubs players still suck, as if the GM has no power to replace them and then they just say John Lackey and Carl Crawford repeatedly. I have a Cubs fan bitching because he wanted Friedman, and is convinced Ricketts is broke and will drop the payroll to 80M
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Who exactly deserves the credit and blame for successful/unsuccessful organizations if not the GM? Let me play devils advocate: Kenny Williams 2005 discuss. He didn't say successful season.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    and thats saying something considering where its been Why do you think I'm wiping it so often?
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Because Ned Colletti was nice to him. No matter how smart somebody is, they're still swayed by personal interactions. [expletive], I still defend Mike Imrem (is he still around?) because he helped me out for a journalism class in college.
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    Just kinda unlikeable and arrogant and hard to swallow. I would have no problem with Theo hiring him to head up the stats department and lock him up in a dimly lit basement with an spreadsheet however. Tango or Dolphin either, for that matter. Steve Jobs was arrogant and hard-headed. So was Lou Piniella. So's benchwarmer. Let's hire him!!
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    That's more of a personal hatred, but he's certainly underqualified for an assistant GM position, and he's not the type I'd expect to work well in a team atmosphere. I don't believe he lasted too long in St. Louis.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Why? We certainly haven't missed out on anyone by waiting, and to the best of my knowledge Quade hasn't either.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Well, the compensation package won't include a number of significant prospects. And the farm system wasn't "half-depleted" in the Matt Garza trade. If this showed up on the Trib's site, it'd be dismissed without a second thought. Maybe not in hindsight, but at the time they gave up two of their more highly regarded prospects in Lee and Archer. And he suggests it would be a bad idea for the Cubs to pick up Ramirez's 12M option, which is obviously dumb, but even moreso when you consider the Cubs can't unilaterally pick up the option, and that it's for 16M, not 12M. Also, let Pena walk because we have Bryan LaHair. Also hire that [expletive] [expletive] MGL for assistant GM. I wouldn't wipe my dick with this article.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Well, the compensation package won't include a number of significant prospects. And the farm system wasn't "half-depleted" in the Matt Garza trade. If this showed up on the Trib's site, it'd be dismissed without a second thought.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    Crane will be a horrendous owner, and may somehow find a way to make that franchise worse. This is bad news.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Ugh, no. How about Theo beating down a collection of all the horrible "cubbie occurrences" in their entirety? I'm tired of the goat, and bartman, and black cats and all that [expletive]. Can't he just beat down David Kaplan. I can't think of a worse "occurrence" than his existence.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Check them again. If you look closely, all three are Cubs world series rings. I'm assuming there's 4 more on his other hand that isn't pictured. And one on his dick the size of a Hula Hoop
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    http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af343/DeniA7X/lalalarobot.jpg
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Will Carroll guessed a reuniting with Byrnes as assistant. For once in your [expletive] life be right about this Will.
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