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  1. David
    Not really. You're talking about keeping guys around when they reach free agency. It really matters little how they got there.
  2. David
    Signing him through arbitration would be the worst option of all. You've got him controlled through arbitration already. The only thing you'd gain is cost certainty. As I've illustrated, that's a game in which you can win a little, or lose a lot. Buying a few free agent years is the most reasonable motivation for these early extensions, and that shouldn't be a major concern for a team like the Cubs, who have a track record of keeping their guys anyway. This regime has never had a good position player so there's no way they could have a track record of keeping their guys anyway. Does it really matter if they're home-grown or not? Ramirez, Lee, Wood (when he looked poised to enter his prime after 03), etc...
  3. David
    That won't do much for him but make him look silly.
  4. David
    They probably won't do anything since that announcement will never happen. Edmonds is wearing 15. Marquis is wearing 21. :wink: Someone in another thread said Marquis gave Edmonds number 21. Makes no sense. He's always had 15. Marquis has had 21. Why would he change?
  5. David
    Looks like a fist-bump at an awkward angle to me. Maybe slightly altered to look a little more like a crotch grab.
  6. David
    http://xbb.xanga.com/16b07066314b45192532/b4541623.jpg Ha, I forgot about this pic. I'm pretty sure that's our very own Jason Marquis he is victimizing, too.
  7. David
    How long before they start selling the Edmonds jersey tees? Whose gonna pick one up? I know I am!
  8. David
    I couldn't really care less about these "rivalries" beyond the friendly back and forth joking/ribbing that they bring between fans when you go to those particular games. Do people actually "hate" the Cardinals? Really?
  9. David
    Yea, I figured Soto was getting a day off. Hopefully that's the explanation for that lineup (if there is any)
  10. David
    According to both WSCR and ESPN1000, Edmonds is hitting 6th in the lineup today, and Fukudome is still 5th. I'm guessing/hoping they're giving Soto a day off and that's why it is what it is.
  11. David
    Give DeRo the start at 1st, move Riot to 2nd and start Cedeno at SS. Might as well keep it realistic and just hope that Cedeno starts at 2B in that scenario.
  12. David
    Aren't the Cardinals still paying him some money? I thought they had to eat some salary in that trade. So, if by some miracle he's a solid contributor to this lineup, it's a good way to stick it to the Cards. I honestly don't hate the deal if only because of the same thing everyone else has said. Pie likely wasn't going to play anyway, so I'd rather see Edmonds take the PAs against righties than Reed. Oh, and I remember like 8 years ago when I really, really wanted the Cubs to trade for him.
  13. David
    Yea, I hate routing against him too.
  14. David
    Future HOFer Gregory Alan Maddux http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/3933.jpg 107 ERA+ 1.160 WHIP faces off against Ryan Scott Dempster http://assets.espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/6006.jpg 161 ERA+ 1.061 WHIP as the Cubs likely welcome this guy into their lineup... http://reds.enquirer.com/2003/08/31/edmonds_zoom.jpg Let's hope they catch lightning in a bottle.
  15. David
    loooool Soriano... I'm just at a loss for words for how ridiculous this is... How can somebody be this off/on?
  16. David
    LOL if we're going to beat Peavy, it's gonna have to be like this.
  17. David
    LOL Soriano
  18. David
    Lilly looking good so far.
  19. David
    I think he was in Chicago taking a physical already when they reported the signing. Not sure, though.
  20. David
    Well, we all hated Dennis Rodman as well, but that actually worked out okay, didn't it? Everyone needs to relax a bit. If he sucks, he won't play, but I'm sure the Wrigley faithful will rise and cheer the first time he pulls a premature dive to catch a ball or he starts hitting. In the end, it's $284K and a low-risk, maybe good reward move. What a horrible analogy.. Rodman didn't suck donkey balls when he came to Chicago.. He was a great player.. Theres the difference. Edmonds is 38 years old and FINISHED.. What a disaster. Eh, Rodman was looked at as a huge malcontent and not someone who could necessarily contribute much to a winning team at the time. The Spurs wanted him gone so badly that they traded him for Will Purdue. He was still rebounding and defending like a beast, though, but the move didn't come without a lot of drama beforehand. That said, I don't think the situations are very comparable at all because I don't believe Edmonds has even a little bit left in the tank.
  21. David
    I highly doubt the part about Johnson in LF and Fontenot at 2B, but yea.
  22. David
    Can people stop saying this is a low risk move? If he comes in and stinks up the joint, and causes the Cubs to lose games, that sounds pretty high risk if you ask me. Divisions can be decided by 1 or 2 games over the course of 162. Every game is precious. Honestly, he's not going to suck any more than Felix Pie would or Reed Johnson vs. righthanders would, so I would think that qualifies as "low risk". Jim Edmonds will have very little to do with the Cubs winning or losing games unless Lou foolishly bats him in the first 5 slots in the order. The problem is, you could get very similar production from Pie while developing him and giving him big league at bats. If the Cubs are getting bad at bats, they might as well come from someone who isn't 38 years old and on the downside of their career. He will. He's probably going to bat him 5th and move Fuku to the 2 spot. Not that order necessarily means a whole lot, but the logic (breaking up the righties) is pretty absurd when you're putting what presently amounts to an automatic out that high in the lineup.
  23. David
    Can people stop saying this is a low risk move? If he comes in and stinks up the joint, and causes the Cubs to lose games, that sounds pretty high risk if you ask me. Divisions can be decided by 1 or 2 games over the course of 162. Every game is precious. When the alternative is Reed Johnson, it really is pretty much a low-risk move. Even Pie wasn't likely to perform all that much better, but the point is he has upside and is young enough to have a future. But he wasn't going to play anyway. It's not signing Edmonds that we should be mad about so much as it is not playing Pie. Pie wasn't playing either way and Edmonds is probably a better option than playing Johnson vs. RHPs.
  24. David
    I doubt that really matters much to him. I doubt he has a lot of job offers, especially to play almost everyday for a first place team.
  25. David
    Did not need to see that. Disturbing.
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