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Example on why Hendry should be fired
UMFan83 replied to italianocubsfan7's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't think Hendry signed Soriano to be a designated sac flier. In fact, I bet when Hendry signed Soriano he would have promised Soriano didn't have to hit any sac flies if he put up a +.900 ops every year of his contract. Hendry should be fired but there are about 4,000,000,000,000 better reasons than this. -
I believe this will make us what 0-3 in series against the last place Astros this season? Yet we are 1-0-1 in series against Philly?
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lol, how did we not score there.
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I thought I read somewhere that the Bears signed a QB too... Edit: Mike Teel
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Kosuke wasn't considered a prodigious home run hitter. I don't know what prodigious is in Japan, but he hit a HR every 16.27 ABs his last 4 seasons in Japan. That'd probably put him in the top 10 in the MLB this year.
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How much better would our D-line look with Alex Brown....blah.
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Can you imagine any thread getting 69 pages in a month right now? Yeah....a thread in other sports or social.
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Re: NHL (Blackhawks included) offseason thread
UMFan83 replied to Prizefight's topic in Other Sports
Is that more or less embarrassing than having a press conference with no press? Or calling a press conference to introduce a new coach who hasn't accepted the position yet, and doesn't? -
Re: NHL (Blackhawks included) offseason thread
UMFan83 replied to Prizefight's topic in Other Sports
So they're basically making an example out of the Devils. I'm betting they'll just have to spread out the salary a bit more so it's not such a steep dropoff near the end. I don't think the Devils want at all to do that because it makes it that much harder to dump him when he's useless at an older age. Also for Kovalchuk, he will make less money as well as more of that money is in years that he doesn't plan on playing. That said, the more I think about it the Devils will find a way to keep him to save themselves the embarrassment of having a press conference to introduce a player that isn't going to be on the team. -
Should we expect all your posts to be pimping that website? lol the "article" is just entirely copy and pasted from a Bleacher Report article.
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Re: NHL (Blackhawks included) offseason thread
UMFan83 replied to Prizefight's topic in Other Sports
I know that Hossa's deal was investigated by the league but deemed ok. I think it has something to do with the fact that it's a 17 year deal with however many years of it at a huge dropoff in salary than the first 10+ years. Or maybe it's just that the NHL sees this spiraling out of control and is making an example out of the Devils. Either way crazy twist. I wonder if he ends up in NJ now. -
A replacement 1B for one. But who is out there? They have money freed up with Lee and Lilly gone and there's still no word that the Ricketts won't shell out extra if need be. It's not like there are any monster FA's out there that they need to have a ton of money for. I'm not saying I want them to extend Aramis beyond his crazy deal, but I wouldn't mind it at all if he goes bat [expletive] crazy good with the bat the rest of the year and he doesn't opt out. Yeah I mean I want Aramis to stay with the team. I was just playing Devil's advocate. I am just excited that we will actually be getting decent sized contracts off the books this offseason, even if it is 2 of or bigger contributors, at least historically. Of course now that we know that Hendry is possibly staying, I could see him resigning Lilly and Lee to 3 year deals.
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I assume that in this scenario, the Phillies believe Domonic Brown is ready to come up and produce reasonably close to what Werth was doing. Sure, but it's still a bit of a gamble to throw him in there when they desperately need offense. If they were leading a playoff race instead of 7 games behind ATL in the East, and 3 games behind Cincinnati in the Wild Card, I'd say its a good move where you can afford to give him 2 months to fit in. But they desperately need to win and win now if they want to make the playoffs.
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According to Buster Olney's twitter. Looks like Oswalt? Jeez... Halladay, Hamels, Oswalt are the top 3 in your rotation?
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If they are trading Werth (which is really odd considering that their offense has been struggling and Utley is out for awhile I believe), it has to be for Haren. Those other 3 I don't think I'd give up Werth for.
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A replacement 1B for one.
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I just hope the Cubs realize how important Ramirez is to this team... I remember how pissed I was when we almost lost him a few years ago. I remember the epic Aramis Ramirez to test free agency thread, where we all jumped off the cliff. Yeah I remember that night before he became a FA being really sad because he decided to test FA. Everyone figured a team like the Angels would throw $100 million at him and he'd bolt, but then the very next morning we find out he takes a hometown discount to stay with the Cubs.
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Would be funny if he finished the year with an over .850 OPS
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Yay insurance. Team is starting to become slightly enjoyable to watch, if only because it's now possible for them to come back while down. Still feeling the malice overall though.
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Geovany Soto last 34 games: 36-106, 16 R, 10 2B, 8 HR, 23 RBI, 16 BB, 3 IBB .340/.447/.689/1.136 That's over 1/5th of the season hitting at that level.
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Last 24 games for Aramis: 31-88, 21 R, 6 2B, 1 3B, 10 HR, 24 RBI, 6 BB .352/.396/.784/1.182
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lol, the offense starts hitting, so the pitching goes to crap.
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Re: NHL (Blackhawks included) offseason thread
UMFan83 replied to Prizefight's topic in Other Sports
So how old were you when you suffered the massive head trauma? Seriously, I could never see myself sitting down, popping in the DVD to watch the video of a sporting event that I already know what happened and just about every other side story that went along with it. I don't know about you but I greatly enjoyed the Hawks winning the cup, it gave me a lot of joy. If I can recapture even 5% of that joy from popping in the DVD, its worth it every time. Youtube is nice, but until youtube can play blu ray quality movies on a 52 inch TV, this is worth my money. It's also cool to watch a DVD that Canucks fans will never have from their team. -
At least we still have 4 more years of Soriano!
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Re: NHL (Blackhawks included) offseason thread
UMFan83 replied to Prizefight's topic in Other Sports
lol I don't know I guess I could watch all the highlights on youtube. I guess I was just sick of hearing all my friends in other cities bragging about watching their championship videos, so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
