javy knows my name

No, I just moused over it

Hiring Theo to head up baseball operations would be the smartest thing the franchise has ever done.

Not a good sign if it was Peoria's scoreboard. !!

I might quit in that scenario. Andrew Friedman and Manny Acta, please.

Depending on where exactly you're coming from, it might make sense to park at the Davis stop in Evanston and take the purple/red line down so you don't even have to drive into the city. If you're coming down via 94, though, better to park at DeVry, as was said.

That's the most negative thing Fleita has ever said. "He can really catch a ball" is the dumbest thing anyone has ever said.

haha

You go Kyle, someone needs to put Nuts in his place, he's the one no one cares about. YES GO GO GO

This got lost, and it really shouldn't have

What am I missing about what happened with Tejada? I thought it would be a perfect example of this exact thing happening, and the team he was on didn't really have (or at least seek) any recourse with regards to violation of terms. Someone help me; I'm lost.

Are you for serious? I hope he mixed up Bruce Miles and Bruce Levine. Bruce has been one of the only people in the media to question Hendry's ability to do that job based on his outdated philosophies. He's been the only one pointing out the flaws in Hendry's be aggressive, swing swing swing, give me some athletes, damn the computers philosophy. But he's a beat writer who does it more subtly than a bombastic columnist would. Others have attacked Hendry, but they only do it because attack is their only style. And they don't even know what they are attacking. This is a really good summation of why, for example, you shouldn't put any stock in the vitriol directed at Kenney, even if it's coming from 8 different local columnists.

You might be right, I hadn't heard anything on Del Valle. ETA: Just saw the 98 mph tweet. Wowza. He is 88-92. Our scoreboard lights were out on the bottom left hand corner Friday night making the 8 in 88 look like a 9 and it got tweeted out. An honest mistake by someone who had never been to our stadium before and didn't know that the lights on the radar gun are broken. Fastest I have heard he has legitimately hit this season is 93-4. That said he was very impressive in his short time with the Chiefs. That's...embarrassing.

I think that's a needed dose of reality for a lot of Cubs fans. HA. HA-HA-HA. The next Pujols. GFY

They need to be careful before they make me like him in spite of myself

Until he starts to show some polish on his tools, it's hard for me to put him in the top 30. I mean, I'm not sure I'm going to have Junior Lake in my top 30, but he's far more deserving than Easterling. I thought tspain already polished his tool.

Holy [expletive] [expletive] I can't believe this. Ricketts = Gods among men. Jovial NSBB is fun; maybe Jersey will be awesome from now on.

Don't ever stop being awesome, Aramis

Maybe they're really concerned about signing Pujols to big years and money, but they're cool with Prince at fewer years/money. I hate my life.

does brian kelly have an alibi? i doubt it. Yes. he was at the Indiana State Fair when it happened. A++

RAMIREZ WITH A HOLLANDSWORTH FACIAL

If he dances out of the way of another strike, I'm going to [expletive] on his face

How did this happen?! I turned over to golf like 2 hours ago.

I doubt they even have to do much, or that they'll even get involved; Zambrano isn't walking away. It sounds like his agent already slapped some sense into him. There's absolutely no way the union isn't all over him if he accepts less than $25 million a year and/or at least 8 years. That completely plays into Pujols' "good guy image," because there's no way he wants to be painted the villain like that. If he takes a discount to stay in St. Louis it's not going to be less than those figures. I'm agreeing with you that they'll apply serious pressure to Pujols, which he'll have to account for because he wants to continue playing. If Zambrano truly didn't want to play, the MLBPA could piss and moan all they wanted, but ultimately wouldn't be able to incentivize him to stick around. But I've heard his agent's comments, and arguing this hypothetical is a waste of time because it's such a long shot.

I agree that it's really unlikely, but I also think if anyone were to decide to leave that kind of money on the table it would be Z. It's possible that he's run out of people to blame for his dwindling success and may just not enjoy going out there anymore because he's not up to his own standard of play. He very likely has too much pride to phone it in and count his money next year, and the trade that he'd be likely to force could potentially offend him as well. He's also just stubborn enough to tell his agent and the mlbpa to go [expletive] themselves. Allowing for ALL that, I think there's a 10% chance he retires. Jesus, I just did this up PTI-style. There's no way Zambrano leaves that much money on the table. Also, his agent and the player's union would certainly push him to return. Hmm, never really thought of it that way before Yeah, that's why I mentioned the union; they're going to be VERY interested if he's trying to walk away from that kind of money. They're the same reason I don't see Pujols taking the severe hometown discount many seem to assume he'll end up taking. The union simply will not let players leave that much on the table, especially when it establishes a precedent detrimental to other players down the line. In Zambrano's case it's arguably a further hindrance to any talented player with any kind of "emotional" history trying to max out a new contract. I was being sarcastic. I addressed your union argument, but was uninspired by the response I got from B2B. What could the union realistically do to keep someone who wants to walk away from that kind of money? What incentive is left if it really does get that far? Pujols is a completely different story, and you know it.

I agree that it's really unlikely, but I also think if anyone were to decide to leave that kind of money on the table it would be Z. It's possible that he's run out of people to blame for his dwindling success and may just not enjoy going out there anymore because he's not up to his own standard of play. He very likely has too much pride to phone it in and count his money next year, and the trade that he'd be likely to force could potentially offend him as well. He's also just stubborn enough to tell his agent and the mlbpa to go [expletive] themselves. Allowing for ALL that, I think there's a 10% chance he retires. Jesus, I just did this up PTI-style. There's no way Zambrano leaves that much money on the table. Also, his agent and the player's union would certainly push him to return. Hmm, never really thought of it that way before