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Not saying this is the way it will go, but I am a little concerned with a guy like Sandberg coming in to a bad situation and failing, which turns a lot of people against him. I know -- not hiring him because of this is tantamount to running your team based on fear. Ryno is one of my favorite ballplayers of all time. Let's just say I'm not all that excited about developing a 2nd piece of his Cub legacy that is perhaps not as stellar as the first. Part of this is also that I'm not convinced he would be capable of doing well, and especially not with this club. And Cub fans & the media aren't going to hang with him in year 3, year 4 just because he's Ryno if the team still blows. I don't know. I'm not real excited to see Ryno become manager. I'd prefer someone else.
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WHY Hanie must be in bad shape or they plan to release La-Fla-Fla. I'll take a stab and say they want to release LeFevor, put Hanie as the #3.
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Biggs starting to make some noise that Gilbert & Melton might be in trouble: http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/08/bears-gilbert-melton-facing-increased-scrutiny.html It would be pretty damning for Angelo if both of those guys washed out, given our OLine situation and the players who were available who have remained in the league.
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New Manager
Soul replied to Backtobanks's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Are they really going to use the likes of Fuld & Barney as some kind of extrapolation tool for the pre-evaluation of Sandberg, as Rogers' comment seems to suggest? That sounds pretty bizarre to me. I would think they have better ways of evaluating a managerial candidate who is in their own system than using marginal prospects as a benchmark. -
That's my favorite part of the story. Clemens' defense is, "Andy's got it all wrong. I was talking about the movie Cocoon, and he somehow misunderstood me and thought I admitted to using HGH." LOL.
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Sammy Sosa has some things to say about the Cubs
Soul replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I guess I'm a contrarian too, because I never hated Sosa and still don't. -
I understand it, but I do not applaud him for it. I cannot imagine a competent football organization conducting operations in this manner, and I wish the Chicago Cubs were not run like a beer league team. Do you think he would have resigned from a first place ballclub? Would he have quit in August 2008 if an immediate family member had taken ill? Charlie Manuel. I really don't think a manager resigning from a bad team when he was going to retire at the end of the season anyway is something that wouldn't happen in any organization. Lou retiring like this says more about this particular Cubs team rather than an overall statement on how the Cubs are run. The team sucks and he was retiring anyway. I don't see any issue with this at all. In fact, I wouldn't have a problem with a manager from a first place team going to be with an ill family member (especially gravely ill). I see no problem with it. In fact, I called for this a couple weeks back. Lou doesn't need to be here. We don't need him to be here. Yes, it's because we suck. What do people want? The team blows, that's an inescapable reality. Yes, if we were a contender he wouldn't leave. So what? We're not.
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I feel like there's an enormous gulf just between the lower minors and the majors. I'll admit I haven't watched a ton of minor league ball, but the games I've been to -- it has seemed quite noticeable the dropoff in basic defensive ability. And the guys who can defend at a higher level tend to stick out much more, too. At least that's been my observation. I agree, but you have to also take the low minors with a grain of salt when talking about defense. From the examples I've seen, the fields in the low minors suck. I got the chance to play on 3 different MiL field when I was in HS, and two of the three, Cedar Rapids and Clinton, were as bad as any I played on in HS. From the reports and discussions I've seen, there hasn't been a big change since then. That's part of the reason I'll somewhat ignore a guys errors if they're mostly fielding problems and not throwing. There's as big of a gulf in the quality of the infields as there is in fielding. Good point.
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Yep. Exactly. Which will be a shock to the people who posted in the "FIRE LOU" thread every time there was one issue with the lineup. the high likelihood that Hendry is going to replace Lou with small-ball Ryno doesn't mean people should be content with the increasing number of bad decisions Lou made. if we have to accept stupid decisions because the GM is so bad he's going to replace an old, maybe senile manager with a younger, psycho manager, maybe those of us that want the team to be competitive should just give up and find a different team. Getting fed up with managerial decisions is a time-honored baseball fan tradition. I can't remember a manager who didn't have a core group of fans who simply point out every boneheaded decision he makes. It just happens. The next Cub manager -- same thing, there will be a "Sandberg dumb moves" thread, guaranteed. Or insert the next Cub managers' name. That's not to say Lou didn't make dumb decisions, or that he didn't deserve the criticism. I just don't see any future managers escaping the same sort of scrutiny.
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I feel like there's an enormous gulf just between the lower minors and the majors. I'll admit I haven't watched a ton of minor league ball, but the games I've been to -- it has seemed quite noticeable the dropoff in basic defensive ability. And the guys who can defend at a higher level tend to stick out much more, too. At least that's been my observation.
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I'm sad to see such an embarrassing sendoff. I didn't hate Lou to the levels that many did, although he was definitely good for some boneheaded decisions. Eh, we had a couple shots in the postseason under his tenure. 2 pretty good teams to point to (not that it was only Lou). It's too bad we decided to suck in those opportunities, but I can honestly say I hold no ill will for the guy. Let's build this thing back up and get back to the postseason. Preferrably without several more years of this crud.
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The speed was good, but it was the cut to avoid that last defender that really impressed me. It was a fine run. And it wasn't just that one time either. He definitely looked like he had more speed overall. Good to see. We'll need him & Taylor to be solid if we're going to have any hope of keeping defenses honest.
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Bonds too. There's that group of players -- even if they used, I still feel like they are HOF worthy. I don't think there's been a consensus yet on what will happen with these guys. ARod's definitely another. OK, he used some roids. Yes, it does upset me a little. That guy is a hall of famer.
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A-Rod was able to go out on a baseball field every day after apologizing and earn the cheers & coverage of the baseball world. Roger can't. If Roger admits usage, it becomes a final comment on his career, with no opportunity for him to control what that comment will be by playing more baseball. There's a huge difference.
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Best Tools in MLB as voted on by managers
Soul replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in General Baseball Talk
Agreed. Surely Marmol's slider belongs in the top 3 of the NL. -
I don't know how I can distaste a guy more from one day to the next, but Favre manages to do that to me. Favre wanted to rejoin the Vikings before July 19, are you kidding me? I'm not even sure I trust that report. Who is this Vikings source that says Favre thinks Childress is clueless? How would they know this? So he thinks he's clueless but then rejoins anyway? Something ain't stirring the Kool-ade, Ace.
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Best candy you'll find. Lucky might be an understatement. Evil stuff. Start eating them and observe what it's like to not be able to stop.
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Fine, but what a thread like this tells me more than anything is that there's a growing feeling out there that Ricketts isn't particularly engaged, when we hoped he would be. I'll still withhold final judgement, but I agree a raised eyebrow or two is appropriate at this juncture.
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Migraines are always tough because they're hard to nail down. They can happen any time, medications are usually hit-and-miss, and finding a root cause can be anywhere from difficult to impossible.
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I feel a bit sad over this. Lee was a good Cub, IMO. :bye:
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I am mentally prepared for my daily dose of frustrated baseball watchiness.
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the cubs have had only 1 1-0 loss this season, and 4 2-1 losses Last night was the only 1-0 loss? Wow, good to know. Felt like it had happened before.
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I think the 1972 Dolphins would argue that, though. Starting QB Bob Griese misses most of the season with an injury, but the Dolphins still go 14-0 and win the Super Bowl. More often than not you're right, though. It's modern era football though. STL did it with Warner, but that was a preseason injury and resulted in a HOF caliber QB replacing a journeyman. Same thing with New England. You could get away with it if you are a dominant defensive team that hides the QB anyway, but if you rely on your QB for anything your backup isn't going to help. A journeyman QB might help an already decent team hold onto a playoff spot, but that's about it. The best argument I've heard about this is, if they were really concerned about the backup QB situation, the time to worry about it was a few months ago, not 3 weeks into training camp. They tied their horse to the Hanie/LeFevor bandwagon, which doesn't really make me angry as a fan because I know the Bears are done without Cutler in any event. But for those scraps that might be laying out there? Even those guys have had to make other life plans. In at least one case, those plans now prevent the guy from signing here.
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Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks Thread!!!!!!
Soul replied to chuckywang's topic in Other Sports
Filling 'em up & layin' 'em down :) On a Tuesday night, no less. -
Instead of 2-14 they'd have a shot @ 4-12. If Jay goes down it's over
