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  1. XZero771679666304
    I'd have to drive two hours to get to a Greek place, so I have to make gryros myself.
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    The Chicago sports media has been bad in recent years, but this offseason they've been embarrassingly bad. They're just slinging [expletive] at the wall. Makes sense. Most of these reporters have spent the last 10+ years building up sources in the MacPhail/Hendry regime. Most of those sources are now gone and/or out of the loop. They haven't had much time to establish relationships with sources in the Epstein/Hoyer group, so they're stuck on the outside like the rest of us. That and the new regime seems to be one that doesn't leak much information at all. It's still pretty sad watching them grasp at air. And it seems their powers of deduction and critical thinking are really lacking.
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    I think the Mariners would really have to blow other offers out of the water, particularly in terms of length, to land him. I say this because they aren't poised to be a winner anytime soon, it's an unfamiliar league and perhaps most importantly, Safeco would likely suppress his numbers. The last part would be of particular importance on a shorter deal because it could negatively impact a following contract. There is the benefit of the DH, but I'm not sure that outweighs the other factors. And then there's the fact that Seattle isn't a big spender. I think Boras is doing what he can to keep the Seattle angle alive. The Rangers and Jays are the biggest threats, and will become more so if they lose out on Darvish.
  4. XZero771679666304
    The Chicago sports media has been bad in recent years, but this offseason they've been embarrassingly bad. They're just slinging [expletive] at the wall.
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    My guess is that line us pursued for a while, but Prince ends up signing a shorter deal and Boras talks about how it's high AAV deal that gives him flexibility to get another deal down the road. But no one's giving him 10 years or 250MM.
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    Take solace in that soon they may well be seeing Prince in a Cubs uni. And they hate us a lot more than we hate them.
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    Yeah we aren't going to be good. I would think the Garza to Rangers talks will heat up if the Jays did indeed win the bidding on Darvish. Losing Garza and going with someone like Scott/Lahair/Loney at 1B would put us in top 3 pick territory in the 2013 draft. i'm trying to think of two worse teams if that actually happens. Can we really do worse than the Astros? I'm thinking not. That roster is brutal.
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    I expected they would at least make bid, mostly based on comments made by Jed on the subject. Nothing explicit, but reading between the lines type stuff.
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    Why does that matter? You're still paying him the same amount and paying it later is better than paying it sooner. That's not the problem with the deal. The problem with the deal is Aramis isn't likely to be productive enough to justify it. He's being paid on past production and a bounce-back season at age 33. I suppose it really doesn't. I suppose it's just the idea of paying a broken down guy 16MM.
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    I'd have been all right with that contract if the structure were reversed (front loaded rather than backloaded). I want no part of paying Aramis $16MM when he is 36. If he's still capable of playing 120+ games by then, I'll be shocked.
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    And I'd never leave my team and never complain. It's a kid's game for chrissakes!
  12. XZero771679666304
    Someone needs to kick Jeffrey Loria's ass.
  13. XZero771679666304
    It's too late for that. It was once it leaked. If the news hadn't made it to the press, it could have possibly been swept under the rug, but not now. Trying to "make it go away" would just create a bigger scandal, and make MLB look like it's perpetrating a cover-up to make itself look clean. If you say it was a bad test, the system comes into question. If you exonerate Braun, you look like you're playing favorites (doubly so given Bud's ties to Milwaukee) or trying to maintain the illusion of a clean sport. None if it would fly with the public. No, someone is going to have to wear this.
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    This was the thought that came to me. The division was already looking very weakened with Pujols and Prince both leaving it. Now with Braun out for 50 games, the Brewers (who I consider the only actual good team in the division) may well not be able to reach that 90 win mark. This makes it that much more possible for the Cubs to contend in 2012 and that much more important that we don't engage in a 3-5 year unnecessary rebuilding process. I think the Cardinals are still going to be pretty good with Wainwright, Carpenter and Garcia at the top of their rotation. They won't be a World Series team again, but they'll be pretty good. The Cubs' chances have certainly improved in the past few days, but I don't see Theo/Jed doing anything too divergent from their strategy just because of Braun. seriously? if the 2011 cardinals can win the world series, any team ever can. Yes, but if we reloaded the 2011 season starting in April, do you think things would play out that way again? I didn't think so. A team can make an improbable run, that happens from time to time. But repeating that is a whole other issue. Lightning striking twice and whatnot. I'm obviously not saying it can't happen, but like last year, there will be several teams better than the Cardinals in 2012. The odds are simply against it happening again. I should have said the Cardinals very likely aren't a world series team again.
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    This was the thought that came to me. The division was already looking very weakened with Pujols and Prince both leaving it. Now with Braun out for 50 games, the Brewers (who I consider the only actual good team in the division) may well not be able to reach that 90 win mark. This makes it that much more possible for the Cubs to contend in 2012 and that much more important that we don't engage in a 3-5 year unnecessary rebuilding process. I think the Cardinals are still going to be pretty good with Wainwright, Carpenter and Garcia at the top of their rotation. They won't be a World Series team again, but they'll be pretty good. The Cubs' chances have certainly improved in the past few days, but I don't see Theo/Jed doing anything too divergent from their strategy just because of Braun.
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    If you're referring to the Braun news motivating the Brewers to up their offer to Prince, I don't see that happening. Braun potentially being suspended won't give them additional resources, at least not nearly enough to make a difference. The Cardinals won't be in play regardless. This improves the Cubs chances incrementally, but not enough to motivate Jed/Theo to do something significant they otherwise wouldn't, IMO. Having said that, I think the Cubs will make a play for Fielder regardless. But you don't drastically alter your big picture plans because Braun will miss 50 games next year.
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    I don't understand. Why would ESPN even care about this? They're reaching for whatever glimmer of hope they can that this is all a farce, regardless of how ridiculous it is. It's pretty sad.
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    Oooohhh the intrigue. That's [expletive] awesome.
  20. XZero771679666304
    http://www.millerparkdrunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/braun.jpg And no ELCABALLO, they don't have to take away ARod, Bonds or Pudge's MVP too. Those guys weren't caught using PED's with testing in place in the same season they won the MVP. It's pretty simple logic. There's some hardcore denial and rationalizing going on over there. A few are looking at this realistically, but most are simply trying to convince themselves and each other it's going to be okay.
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    It was too late for that the instant this hit the net. That's why I hate the culture of demonizing PEDs and PED users. It's become a witch hunt atmosphere where guilt is assumed at the slightest implication and names are turned to mud. It's not people using that causes the blemish. Players in every sport use. It's stigma those in and around MLB have put on it. The need to distance and demonize following the steroid era has created an atmosphere of beyond zero tolerance.
  22. XZero771679666304
    I mean he could telling the truth that he didn't knowingly took a banned substance and it will won't matter to MLB. The appeal will still be upheld. It's gonna have to be a situation like that Mexican team. It was a tainted food or drink and that "Braun" went out, investigated, and found proof that it was tainted and he had no way of knowing or assumed that it was tainted. Yeah it's a possibility, but I would give it less than 1% though. Yeah, it's an extreme longshot.
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    Obviously I am holding out the smallest hope ever. Again, the sad part of this is that even if he wins his appeal, his rep is shot. He won't be banned, but he'll wear it for life. Yeah, which if for the small percent chance he is telling the truth will be really sad for Braun and the Brewers organization. I agree with this. Ryan Braun is spectacular [expletive] douchebag of monumental proportion, but aside from the 50 game suspension, no one stands to gain anything from this. Anyone even tangentially linked to PEDs has been stigmatized, and news like this is an indelible stain on his reputation, won appeal or not. Some Brewers fans will try and deny this, but it's the sad truth. And it's bad for the sport. I should note that I don't even really care if these guys juice or not. I don't suffer from the delusion that this has ever been a "clean" sport, or that any of the other sports are, either.
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    Those shirts are more criminal than the PEDs, IMO.
  25. XZero771679666304
    The most damning part is that there was a synthetic testosterone.
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