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yeah really weird. you have to think if they are really still negotiating, announcing Ricky's firing really kills their leverage. Come on. You really think they're firing Renteria if they don't have Maddon locked down? That's ridiculous. No I don't think that, that's why I think its weird that the moves (firing Ricky, hiring Maddon) weren't announced at the same time. "Jesus, Tom; I was just speculatin' about a hypothesis!" Miller's Crossing reference ftw!
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Of course NYC has 20 million people in its metro area (albeit split between 2 teams) and Tampa has 2.7 (and half are probably transplants that support another team)
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In a very short period they lost Price, Friedman, and Maddon. Not to mention their park is a [expletive] hole. Gotta be a tough time to be a Rays fan after the last few years success. Yup that stadium is terrible, the only time I've been there was when the cubs played there a few years ago haven't been back. It's like a giant Highschool gymnasium, a terrible place to watch baseball. They could draw fans but not in that dump. not only that but isn't the location really inconvenient for people who live in Tampa (the larger part of the metro population)? Something like only 1 bridge from Tampa to St. Pete. At the same time, these are all excuses...a 90+ win team with likable players should be able to draw decently.
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yeah really weird. you have to think if they are really still negotiating, announcing Ricky's firing really kills their leverage. Come on. You really think they're firing Renteria if they don't have Maddon locked down? That's ridiculous. No I don't think that, that's why I think its weird that the moves (firing Ricky, hiring Maddon) weren't announced at the same time.
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yeah really weird. you have to think if they are really still negotiating, announcing Ricky's firing really kills their leverage.
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stfu and let us do whatever we want rays, we haven't won the world series in 106 years...we should be given first dibs on all managers/players and spotted 10 games in the standings every year.
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Butler has slid two years in a row, not sure how much bounce back he has in him. Rumors on sports radio here is they are listening on Gordon, Hosmer, and Moustakas. Would love to get Gordon, but imagine they rightfully have a high value on him. Mooose tacos isn't very good and hosmer is ok, but i can't imagine they'll get much of a haul for him. I still think Hosmer is more like the 2013 version than the 2014 version. The 2013 Hosmer is not bad.
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Good riddance.
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I'd be really concerned about where this leaves Renteria, especially in the eyes of the players. Meh, they will get over it. Theo would explain that they love Ricky, but they had a chance to get one of the highest regarded managers in baseball and went for it. They might have to put their money where their mouth is and extend Ricky for an extra year or two though.
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2014-2015 STANLEY CUP CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
UMFan83 replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Taking a page out of the Red Sox playbook, the Hawks were drinking beer and eating fried chicken during the second intermission. Was Q popping vicodins? -
2014-2015 STANLEY CUP CHAMPION CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
UMFan83 replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Hawks win but that was a bit of an ugly one. -
Ok that's a Brian Roberts update.
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many reports of a white-haired gentleman with black glasses at starbucks. http://www.scrubbles.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tee_fantagrape.jpg
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Really impressed with the Bulls last night. I know its only the Knicks, but damn did they make it look easy. Rose and Noah only play just over 20 minutes and you are winning by 35 on the road in the 4th quarter? Awesome. Looking forward to a nice challenge against the Cavs tomorrow. Cavs will be on a back to back and playing in Chicago, so hopefully that offsets Jimmy being out...Dunleavy did a fine job on Anthony, but I'm less confident in his ability to defend LeBron.
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Maybe you should stick to football quit Hub
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http://www.bleachernation.com/2014/10/29/away-we-go-chicago-cubs-reportedly-set-to-hire-joe-maddon/ lol, Brett edited it to: I guess his "sources" changed their tune once his other "sources" on Twitter say it wasn't quite done yet. For what it's worth, that edit was to clarify that I was using "done deal" colloquially, not as synonymous with "official" (the edit happened within minutes - I was typing the original post very quickly and trying to think very quickly). I didn't want folks to think this was being "announced" by the Cubs on the day of Game 7. The rest of the post probably made that clear, but I wanted to make absolutely certain since sometimes isolated sections of posts are snipped out for discussion. EDIT: What I mean is, I don't think that was a substantive edit. That's what the updates are. I added a note to the intro on the post to indicate there have been edits. Thanks for clarifying Brett
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I really hope the Cubs can retain Bosio
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Heyman's article: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24774093/maddon-is-to-become-cubs-manager-sources-say
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Basically 'we're not confirming until after the World Series'
