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  1. David
    It's funny how of all the rumors we're hearing, not one of them addresses the biggest offensive hole in the lineup. Some of them even address areas of strength. I know I'm beating a dead horse, but it's beyond ridiculous.
  2. David
    Figgins will be 30 come opening day. Fukudome is 30 and will be 31 for most of next season. Roberts is 30. I just wish some of the guys we're pursuing would be in the 26-28 range.. You and everyone else in baseball. The asking price for players in the prime years is very high. The reality is that these guys aren't available unless you give up similar talent - Hill is the only such qualified talent on the Cubs MLB roster. Besides, the one possibly available talent at that age is Crawford, and many people around cried at the news the Cubs had interest, despite the fact it probably would have been a solid move. As soon as the cost of Hill was announced, nobody around here wanted to pursue, and that pattern repeats on this board. I'm big on the Hamilton and Teahen bandwagons. I'm 80% sold on the Khalil bandwagon, too. Crawford, not so much. Either way, it's not like I'd mind guys like Fukudome and Roberts, I just prefer some other options that are younger and very probably cheaper.
  3. David
    ...He did say swing a deal for Hamilton instead. I'll give him that much. And that just might be a better option than throwing all this money at a 31 year old Japanese player. and throwing a bunch of money at a 31 year old japanese player might be a better idea than throwing the farm at an oft-injured former drug addict and then signing carlos silva. It might. I didn't say definitively that either idea was better than the other.
  4. David
    ...He did say swing a deal for Hamilton instead. I'll give him that much. And that just might be a better option than throwing all this money at a 31 year old Japanese player.
  5. David
    $15m per year for a guy who might wind up being nearly as good as Hideki Matsui someday, making considering more than Hideki makes right now. That would be some commitment. I'm out. Let's find a cheaper option that can put up a respectable OBP for a fraction of the cost. This is what happens when Hendry is so public about his interest. I don't think you can pin that on Hendry. It was the Hunter and Jones deals that screwed us here.
  6. David
    Yes, he is. It's his "thing."
  7. David
    Definitely. It's like saying, "Hey, that car is black." "Why?" "Because it's black."
  8. David
    Meph's seemingly irrational distaste for Pie considering Pie's numbers seems really out of character. I'm surprised there's really no argument being made. His numbers appear to say he doesn't suck, but whatever.
  9. David
    lawl
  10. David
    How did you "eat" that thing?
  11. David
    Figgins will be 30 come opening day. Fukudome is 30 and will be 31 for most of next season. Roberts is 30. I just wish some of the guys we're pursuing would be in the 26-28 range..
  12. David
    Wrigleyville's ire aside, LaTroy was pretty good for the Cubs and has been pretty good through most of his career (since 2002, at least).
  13. David
    Figgins would be alright, but why can't we go after players on the right side of 30?
  14. David
    The offense is still a more pressing area of need.
  15. David
    And what Soccer said.
  16. David
    Two (well, three) words to answer your question: speedy switch-hitter
  17. David
    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=winter_meetings Think we could work out a 3-way with the O's and Angels that ends up with Miguel in Anaheim and Roberts in chicago? Yes. Someone posted a deal earlier that made perfect sense. No. I'm not sure what I (or some of you guys) is missing here, but haven't Hendry and Lou made themselves perfectly clear that Theriot will, in about 99% likelihood, be our SS? I'm extremely confused here in trying to figure out what your comments have to do with what you quoted. #-o
  18. David
    Yes. Yes, it does.
  19. David
    I sense a new word filter is upon us! I'm not sure referring to people as "flippy dippys" is really much better. Calling them Glendon Rusches isn't much better, either.
  20. David
    WAIT WAIT WAIT....AND BEDARD??? ARE WE GETTING BEDARD???? I don't think he was really implying that nor do I see us getting him. It's not news that the Orioles are looking to have a fire sale, Bedard included.
  21. David
    If the source for the Tejada to the Stros deal being done is the Cubs.com boards, I wouldn't get too worried yet. Who's worried? I hope they trade some young pitching for a $13 million man in decline who is currently a below average defender at his position. Let them try to outscore us in a Rich Hill - Woody Williams matchup. I want the deal to get done so Andy can get on with the business of trading Roberts to us. I'm only worried that it's NOT true. I just meant in terms of his belief that the next domino would be a Roberts trade possibly involving Sean to the Orioles. I'm not really worried about the Astros getting Tejada, even though I would love him on the Cubs.
  22. David
    If the source for the Tejada to the Stros deal being done is the Cubs.com boards, I wouldn't get too worried yet.
  23. David
    I'm not big on stolen bases whatsoever, but at his success rate (80% career, 88% last year), wouldn't Roberts' SB contribution be a somewhat significant factor in terms of improving our offense next year?
  24. David
    Greene is absolutely destoyed by playing at Petco. It is the best pitcher's park in MLB by a huge, huge margin. Away from home, he's a solid .800+ guy. Greene would be an excellent #6 hitter for us. That would allow you to hit Soto 7th - much less pressure. It would cause me a lot of gastrointestinal distress to trade Pie, but, with Colvin in the system, I would probably do it for Greene. Greene's power numbers on the road have certainly been impressive, but we can't discount his OBP struggles: Road splits 2004: .301/.353/.543/.896 2005: .244/.308/.465/.773 2006: .280/.356/.507/.863 2007: .288/.322/.519/.841 Not that I'd complain about having those numbers towards the bottom of our order, of course. Well his average IsoD based on that has been 56.5. Not great, but not terrible. 2007 was his worst year in those terms, though.
  25. David
    Same here. I was all for Cuban, then when he financed that movie I fell off his bandwagon real quick. Wouldn't at all say I'm off his bandwagon, though.
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