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  1. WrigleyField 22
    I'm still wondering where all the money went this year. The 2011 Cubs spent around $160 million between the big leagues, the draft and IFAs. Add up this year's payroll, draft, IFA, organizational changes and infrastructure, and I'm still coming up way short of $160 million. I haven't done the math, but did you figure in our official payroll number or what we're actually paying guys? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    The vision includes sucking for a few years on purpose. It's not a great vision. Well it included sucking for one year. Beyond this year, I think you'll see gradual improvements in both the short and long term until we're awesome at both. If we don't sign any free agents I can't see us being any better next year. We might even be worse. We're gonna sign free agents! Hell we signed free agents last offseason. And we've shed even more salary once this offseason is over. There's little space to shift that money unless you think it will go to Wrigley Field. And we have no reason to believe Ricketts will just pocket the money. We'll sign at least 2 SP in the Maholm mold and one starting position player. These players cumulatively will be have an AAV of around 25 and net us 4-7 WAR. We'll eventually get to the point where we have one big hole and splurge on a big time FA to fill it, while having plenty of prospects in the pipeline close to being ready, ensuring continued success. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    The vision includes sucking for a few years on purpose. It's not a great vision. Well it included sucking for one year. Beyond this year, I think you'll see gradual improvements in both the short and long term until we're awesome at both. People aren't properly understanding that continuing to suck isn't going to have a significant effect on our ability to build for the future. We'll operate on more of a dual front going forward, trust me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Hendry left us average assets and no vision (or just a terrible vision, not sure). Theo pawned off the average assets that were overvalued, found some undervalued average assets and gave us a vision. So basically whays changed is the vision. This is pretty simple. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Interesting rankings. I'd have to rate the Chicago uniforms: Bears, Bulls, Hawks, Cubs/Sox close enough to call a tie. None can be in the bottom 50%. As a whole you'd feel pretty confident putting them up against next to any city. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    I can see that we'll hold off trading prospects, but being active in free agency can help us for the future as well. As long as they're not blocking a ready prospect, they'll help us be less worse now and if we're lucky they'll be another Maholm, or even better a guy who will continue to contribute when we are contenders. Its unrealistic that we'll suck for a few years and then flip a switch to get good. You have to add pieces along the way and then retain them in a cost effective manner. Yea, you'll be more stingy when you aren't as close, but that doesn't mean you won't look to upgrade the roster in the short term. We're at the point where we really only have one final piece that can net us a significant prospect package. Maybe 2 if you think DeJesus can put up a big season and sell high. But both of those guys could contribute to a winning team within two-three years. I think this off season will look much more dual front- like. Building our farm at this point will just come down to drafting and development. And the extra 5 or whatever draft slots/budget won't be worth forgoing upgrades to the big league club. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Agreed. Although you can throw a lot and still rack up rushing yardage if you're really good. The Saints had 4 RB rack up just over 2000 yards on 398 carries, while adding 1200 yards in the air. If his vision is NO Saints, but consolidated between 2 backs, its a vision I can get behind. (While admitting we aren't actually good enough to acheive it) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    There sure as hell is. yea but its like the board's ignore feature. Things you try to ignore always slip through the cracks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Personally I don't like ignoring posters. There's no ignore feature in real life and encountering them on the internet makes my real life interactions easier. And anyways, if you see a imbedded quote with a poster you don't care to read, cant u stop once you ser their username? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    So the Trib is reporting they asked him to take a pay cut to $700k and he asked to be released. He would have made 1.26M. Can't say I disagree with the decision. For a 3rd RB whatever drop off isn't worth it for the extra salary. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    At 30% he can hold down CF for his cheap years until something better is available. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    You don't even need catch all threads. For instance in Social you could easily have 5 threads for the top 5 discussed tv shows and still not clutter the board. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Another option. The only downside I see here is that bears/sox fans might not want to come here to talk Bears if they get inundated with Cubs stuff. My opinion, this isn't a high traffic board, so more sub-boards isn't necessary. Would rather consolidate discussions, so its easier to switch between discussions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk "View Active Topics" is your friend. Or it should be. Actually when I'm on my phone I use the Tapatalk function that showsjust new topics. Is this a function on a normal browser too? I end up reading mostly from my phone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Another option. The only downside I see here is that bears/sox fans might not want to come here to talk Bears if they get inundated with Cubs stuff. My opinion, this isn't a high traffic board, so more sub-boards isn't necessary. Would rather consolidate discussions, so its easier to switch between discussions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    And he hugs his son in the dugout and walks away from baseball? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    We'll have to be active in FA. We won't be able to field a roster or have a major league payroll without doing so. But you're gonna see shorter deals and more "cost effective" deals for the time being I think. We have to spend on the ML roster because we're limited on what we can spend on amateurs now. Unless Ricketts decides to just hord money for a Wrigley reno, which I suppose is possible, we'll spend a relatively large amount. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    My sister was the honorary bat girl. It was when Montgomery Wards was a Cubs sponsor and they sponsored a honorary bat girl/boy each game. My uncle worked for them and hooked us up. She got to go on the field before and meet a bunch of players, get autographs, etc. Would have been mid 90s, but I dont think Ryne was playing, so must have been 95. Though I could be wrong. I think they played the Mets and got killed. Probably this: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199507180.shtml?mobile=false My second game fared much better http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200105050.shtml?mobile=false Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    BUT WHAT ABOUT HAYLEY DEWITTE!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    you already are wrong no matter what happens. And i have your boring, non-vulgar username to remember that fact. As far as Wilken goes, its hard to say what hd may do. I wont be suprised if he left, but I dont think Theo would promote a guy just to not have to fire him (isn't that from a Friends episode?) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What is this? weren't you the one who went on about how not even the secretary would keep her job and if Wilken or Flieta lasted to opening day you'd change your name to "raging anus" Maybe I've confused you? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    There are plenty of underlying things I'm sure you could list that would make a team more likely to run into a perfect game, but I highly dout any of those things would apply to the Rays of recent past. Or any MLB team for that matter. Has to be just bad luck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Sounds like Kaplan is out too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    you already are wrong no matter what happens. And i have your boring, non-vulgar username to remember that fact. As far as Wilken goes, its hard to say what hd may do. I wont be suprised if he left, but I dont think Theo would promote a guy just to not have to fire him (isn't that from a Friends episode?) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Spend 75-90% of your budget on your top 4-5 players. Don't get tied to any player. Use your cheat sheet and stick to your values. Also be patient and let the draft strategy unfold. You may find owners are too agressive and that after a few rounds players will be significantly cheaper than you thought. Do as many espn mock drafts as you can to get a feel for it. Better yet, save all that data to determine what players actual value may be. Also don't necessarily nominate players in order of skill. Nominating some middling players early can help you guage the other teams, and you might get a steal early if other teams hold back their budget. On the flip side, maybe you start bidding wars and soak up other teams' budgets. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Well we have tons of statistical evidence that shows what a terrible decision gambling all your savings is. That's not the case with IP. I am totally in favor of caution, but IP is just one aspect to consider. To use only that and throw everything thing else out seems stupid. And as stated, even if you take the 30IP as gospel, you've already screwed up. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The point is that, in the absence of absolute certainty, you err on the side of what's most likely to give you the best outcome. Well I think people are questioning whats most likely to give you the best outcome. I know that the Nationals have put a lot more thought on it than I have, so I'll defer to their decision over my opinion, but I'm not completely convinced it isn't just some arbitrary number that will have no effect on future injuries. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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