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  1. SouthSideRyan
    "Loves Chicago." I doubt it. I'm sure it's been as painful for the players as it has been for the fans the last few years (well the last 100 years....but we are just talking about Ramirez). If he gets the chance to go to a bona-fide winner for big money....he will be gone. He had a chance to do just that when he exercised his opt-out clause after the horrendous 2006 season. He re-signed with the Cubs a month later without really testing the market. If he was going to bolt for greener pastures, the time to do it would have been after a 66-96 season, when he was still on the right side of 30. Maybe. But he's witnessed some brutal Cubs karma since then....while proving to the rest of the league that he really is a force. I just wouldnt be surprised to see him go. Hope he stays though. So the previous 3 great seasons Ramirez had weren't enough for the rest of the league? The Angels were widely reported to be offering more than the Cubs. The league knew about Ramirez in that offseason.
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    This was 4 months after he was traded for Lou Collier. By the Mets current GM.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    This was 4 months after he was traded for Lou Collier.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    Because the Cubs signed Grabow to some stupid contract and are going to pay some CF some stupid amount of money, does that mean they aren't strapped for cash?
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Alex Legion will be leaving the Illinois basketball team. Definitely did not expect things to turn out like this a year ago today.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Are they bringing back a 38 year old injured Carlos Delgado? Also, Jeff Francouer is horrible. Nice 3-4-5 though.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    And he was an engineering major. It'd be nice if people like him would fill the role the John Kruks and Mark Graces of the world are filling. Though I guess Glanville wouldn't have a whole lot of desire to have that schedule either.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Gatorade Tiger was half off at the grocery store yesterday, and for that I am thankful.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Was Favre's fumble a problem?
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Neither of those teams will be in the NFC Championship. Sounds good to me, as long as Farve somehow ends up with egg on his face and the Vikings don't win the Super Bowl. Not winning the Super Bowl means he'll end with egg on his face? He played a great game tonight and took control of things in the second half. It's not his fault the o-line has stretches where they don't know how to block and the defense suddenly is horrible. Or that the defensive coordinator (who supposedly would be a top target of the Bears if Lovie is fired) insists on blitzes that never get there and leaving an 80% CB one-on-one in overtime. Or has a running back who fumbled the game away. Yep, Adrian Peterson is the problem.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    Karl Ravech just called him "Matt 40."
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Favre is such a dork.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    Love that you have Hak Ju Lee as equivalent to Andres Blanco. The Mets are giving up more talent and paying more money in that trade.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    That wouldn't even make them the worst in the NBA
  15. SouthSideRyan
    I believe pitch counts are necessary because managers are too stupid and meatheaded to monitor their pitchers on a case by case basis. A pitching coach should be able to monitor a pitcher's mechanics, notice when things are breaking down due to fatigue, track a pitcher's usage following high stress innings/outings, but they don't.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    This would've been really fun if this happened before ND found a new coach. People would've been coming out calling Meyer a liar and a weasel, only to find out he was sick.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Valverde is good, but I'm not sure anyone wants him @ $20 million over 4 years. Yeah, he'll definitely make more than that.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Look at the fire and passion! Just what this team needs!!!
  19. SouthSideRyan
    I'm more than fine with standing pat. I hate spending money on the bullpen.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    I wouldn't want either contract. However, at 3/30, Lowe might produce at the level of that contract in, at least, one of the years. At 2/14, Silva almost certainly won't produce at or near the expected level of production for his contract. Like I said, I don't want either contract, but if I had to choose, it'd probably be Lowe's. But those aren't your choices. Swapping Silva's contract for Lowe essentially means you paid Silva his full contract, and then went and signed Lowe to a 3/30 deal. That's bad.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    I really hope SI never goes under. Their photography is unmatched. They're way less obnoxious than ESPN as well.
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Well it comes down to signing a 3/30 contract for a 37 year old Derek Lowe when you frame it like that. I don't think I could sign off on that. (This is assuming a 0 value for Silva, which I really hope is true rather than the negative value he'd certainly provide if he ever pitches for us.)
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Gregg will probably be a decent bargain for somebody. I can't see him getting much more than 1M now that his closer shine is officially off.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Agreed. I took it as more of a "fair is fair" type hypothetical.
  25. SouthSideRyan
    I've never seen an official botch a call as badly as that ball that Tisdale supposedly knocked out of bounds while trailing the guy by 15 feet. [expletive] Missouri, I'd rather have lost to Loyola (MD)
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