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  1. XZero771679666304
    He has 19 saves. 7th in 26.
  2. XZero771679666304
    Not really. Well I guess it is and I'm just really desensitized at this point.
  3. XZero771679666304
    That was on Barney.
  4. XZero771679666304
    He's just keepin' it real.
  5. XZero771679666304
    DeRosa, Gorz and Archer weren't selling at peak value? Archer I can see, but I can't imagine DeRosa and Gorz having more value than they did when the Cubs dealt them. DeRosa was definitely sold at peak value. I didn't like it at the time, but it looks great in retrospect. He had just played his best season, and it's been straight downhill since. Gorz is less clear.
  6. XZero771679666304
    Assuming that K-Rod won't be closing, will he get petulant and become a headache over it? Being that Boras recently said something to the effect of "K-Rod won't accept a trade to be a setup guy", I can't imagine he'll take it gracefully.
  7. XZero771679666304
    I knew it was 50-something, 52 just came to mind. And you're right, Schilling and Johnson carried that pitching staff to the awesome numbers it posted. The DBacks won that year because their stars were stars, period. They had great players who played great. This discussion reminds me of the 2005 White Sox "Ozzieball" farce.
  8. XZero771679666304
    The only approach related issue that has any bearing whatsoever on why the Cubs are so bad is a lack of patience at the plate, but the overwhelming majority of the problem is a simple lack of talent. To echo what others have said, give Brenly (or any other manager) a really good team and he looks good by default. But to pretend like castigating guys like Soriano for not running out grounders and popups and bunting more would have any meaningful effect is utter nonsense. We're all fed up with the results we're seeing, but focusing on the minutiae to the exclusion of the real problems is the realm of sports radio imbeciles.
  9. XZero771679666304
    And 10-12 other teams suck again in 2011 after they sucked the year before, including the Cubs. Just because something has been done before doesn't make it a likely scenario, nor should the Cubs front office make decisions under a polyanna-ish assumption that they're going to be the exception from the norm. There's nothing pollyanna-ish about it, given that: A) It happens more often than you think, and the Cubs went from being awful to division titles as recently as 2002-03 and 2006-07. B) Money is coming off the books, FAs are out there that fill needs and we have a core of good, young, low cost players to complement any big name additions. C) Look at the records of the Cards, Crew and Reds. It's not going to take a quantum leap to compete in this division. And with the potential departures of Pujols and Fielder, the balance will shift to some degree regardless. D) No team with the Cubs' resources can be counted out so far ahead of time. There's no reason to say the Cubs can't compete in 2012 (at this point).
  10. XZero771679666304
    I never played competitive soccer, I don't watch competitive soccer and I don't even really like soccer (I poke my head in here occasionally so I can keep up to date with stuff I would be really remiss for not knowing). Just about all I know of soccer is what I am exposed to between highlights of other sports on ESPN. I have known what a red card is for a long, long time.
  11. XZero771679666304
    I'm not sure what view he has of the trajectory of the ball, but he seems to usually be way off on the home runs, although he may just act like everything is a bomb to make it sound more exciting. He also seemed not to recognize that a few no doubters were going until they were hitting the facade of the upper deck. He's just worthless all around, really.
  12. XZero771679666304
    What you are saying is that while following baseball I am doing it wrong because I don't know a random guy who you know. That's ridiculous. He's a middle reliever on an inconsequential team who plays the Cubs a couple times a year and has really only done so while the Cubs have been absolute crap. There's no reason why somebody has to have heard of him. I'm not the only one in this thread who found it odd. And I didn't say someone "had" to have heard of him, just that I was surprised an avid fan of NL baseball hadn't. I'd wager most people on this board have at least heard of Tyler Clippard. And he made the ASG as a setup man, so that's something.
  13. XZero771679666304
    He's got 240 innings spread over 5 seasons in the majors, as a middle reliever. There's no reason why somebody who follows baseball to know who he is. The vast majority of those innings have come in the past 3 years, and he's been very good. You probably wouldn't know who he is if you're a casual fan, but if you big enough into baseball to hang around message boards a lot you'd know who he is. Especially if you're a fan of an NL team. He plays on the most inconsequential team in the league. I've heard of him because he was a Yankee, but I had no idea who he was playing for now. It's crazy to suggest somebody who follows baseaball has to know who he is. No, it's not. Just because you don't pay as much attention as others doesn't make it "crazy" to assume most avid baseball fans would know one of the better setup men in the league. I know who he is because he's faced us and our rivals quite a bit over the past couple years and he's been really [expletive] good, not because he was a Yankee for 5 minutes years ago.
  14. XZero771679666304
    He's got 240 innings spread over 5 seasons in the majors, as a middle reliever. There's no reason why somebody who follows baseball to know who he is. The vast majority of those innings have come in the past 3 years, and he's been very good. You probably wouldn't know who he is if you're a casual fan, but if you big enough into baseball to hang around message boards a lot you'd know who he is. Especially if you're a fan of an NL team.
  15. XZero771679666304
    You've never heard of Tyler Clippard? Granted, he's not a household name, but he's been one of the best relievers in the NL for a couple years.
  16. XZero771679666304
    Are you expecting the '12 Cubs to give 1/3 of their starts to Casey Coleman, Doug Davis, James Russell, Rodrigo Lopez, and Ramon Ortiz? Because the '11 Cubs have played at a ~82 win pace when these losers aren't starting. Odds are we won't see the same scenario, one where every one of our SP have missed starts, repeat itself.
  17. XZero771679666304
    Yeah, I don't see our defense getting any better next year. We'll be parting with perhaps our two best defenders in Pena and Fukudome. Fukudome could be replaced, but Pujols is not better with the glove than Pena, and Fielder is far worse. You can't really cite defense as being accessory to the poor pitching performance this year without acknowledging it probably will still be a factor next year as well. To sign Fielder and improve the defense next year in an appreciable way, you'd likely have to replace Aramis and Kosuke with very good defenders and hope for improvement from Castro. That is unless you can find a way to unload Soriano or replace Byrd with a better defender, or slide him to RF and bring in another CF. People overlook defense at 1B, IMO. We've had superior defenders at 1B for the better part of 20 years here, and Fielder would make for a bit of an epiphany.
  18. XZero771679666304
    he's a free agent, what are they going to do, murder him to keep him away from the cubs? Yeah, short of murder or blackmail, I don't see how either the Brewers or Cardinals could have any bearing on where Fielder or Pujols sign once they hit the open market. They're not going to compromise the financial stability of their club to sign their player for an exorbitant amount on the basis that a division rival will likely pursue them. If they can afford them, they'll re-sign them. In the Cardinals' case, it's possible. Fielder is gone, and the Brewers aren't going to have anything to say about where, unless they trade him, which they won't.
  19. XZero771679666304
    That was awesome.
  20. XZero771679666304
    He's the most likely to go, IMO. If the Cubs can keep this up, we might rid ourselves of the whole lot.
  21. XZero771679666304
    Yeah, that guy sucks.... :roll: Way to step it up, Garza. He's been good a lot more often that not this year.
  22. XZero771679666304
    Yeah, that guy sucks.... :roll:
  23. XZero771679666304
    I think it's racism that makes people hate it in MLB but love it in the NBA. If Derrick Rose did something like that you guys would all pitch tents. Well that's ridiculous.
  24. XZero771679666304
    I really don't know what is so difficult about understanding that waiting until the offseason to get access to the really good GM candidates is better than an interim GM or shoehorning some unemployed darkhorse in just get Hendry out 90 days earlier. And what kind of quality guy would you get to agree to taking a position for three months? You could scrape up someone to take the position permanently, but I'd be pretty pissed if the Cubs missed out on an Andrew Friedman type because they just had to fire and replace Hendry in July when it really didn't matter. And why in god's name would you fire Jim just to let Bush do the job? I want Hendry gone as much as the next guy, but when you realistically look at the options, canning Jimbo now just doesn't make good sense. If Ricketts plans on letting Hendry finish his contract this is all moot. If he plans on firing him, waiting three months isn't really hurting anything, whereas not waiting could.
  25. XZero771679666304
    So we hire someone from the outside to be GM for three months? To begin the transition to another transition? People just need to admit they want Hendry fired now because he made this mess and they're sick of seeing and hearing him because it's like rubbing salt in the wound of the fact the Cubs suck, not because of some "beginning the transition" hogwash. I have a bad feeling Hendry will still be the GM next year, but it's not like we're in some critical 2-3 month window that will determine that.
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