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I give a [expletive] because "good clubhouse guy" is absolute mythological nonsense for idiots, and he's the symbol of management not even trying this year. That's a bit much. Baseball is like any other sport...if the last couple guys are similar in talent and cost of course teams are going to go with the ones who they feel are a better fit for their clubhouse and organization. Looking back, would anyone really want Z on this team? Nothing good would come of that. He wouldn't be happy, fans wouldn't be happy and his teammates may not be happy. That's just a bunch of BS with no basis in reality. Who the EF cares about a harmonious losing clubhouse? Getting rid of Zambrano did jack freaking squat for this organization. It's a crap team because they have crap players performing crappily. If and when they ever get better it will be because they have better players performing well. I don't give a crap about a team getting along as they lose 2 out of every 3 games. No sane person should. Clubhouse guy is a worthless made up concept. yea, you're so edgy with that opinion. you know, there is a difference between managing personalities and attempting to make your team better by making a happier clubhouse. i'm pretty sure their logic behind signing reed johnson wasn't "he's good in the clubhouse, that will help us win more games".

what else would the cubs have done with the $1.2m they gave him? they already had a ridiculous amount of money left over this offseason. it's a one year deal. the fact that he got 1.2 instead of like 500k is completely and totally irrelevant. i understand that talking about character and clubhouse stuff is usually meatbally, but i think people can get a little too extreme with it and forget there are other things that the front office have to consider beyond just production. every team has crappy veterans. apparently they like having reed johnson around the clubhouse. they know a lot more about what goes on behind the scenes of a professional baseball team than we will, so if they want to bring him back for a meaningless role (for money that wouldn't have been spent anyways), then whatever.

i'm not saying the reed johnson signing was good or anything, but it's funny seeing how people on here get all worked up over it. it was an irrelevent amount of money and he isn't taking playing time away from anybody important. they wanted a mascot and apparently he's a good clubhouse guy, so they chose they wanted him around. who gives a [expletive].

tyler colvin has 7 walks and 40 strikeouts. he also has a .360 babip

#6 actually, unless milb.com gave him an extra one last week

cubs fans will be unbearable if cashner has some really good starts and rizzo starts off slow.

szczur up to .290/.389/.410 with almost as many walks as strikeouts (31/34) for his last 10 games he's .419/.561/.581 with 10 walks and 4 strikeouts.

after the slow start, szczur has been raking. the injury didn't slow down his hot streak.

his era is over 5. wtf.

he's a free agent. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120626&content_id=33976710&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb&tcid=tw_article_33976710

Szczur seems to get lost in the discussion of our prospects these days. It's not hard to imagine him as a starting CF for the Cubs in late 2013/start 2014 and addressing a hole at the top of a lineup. what exactly is szczur's defense like in CF these days?

it's still so strange to see that he's only 22.

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szczur and vitters are making me happy

4 doubles already for vogelbach

what would candelario have to do in boise to crack the top 100?

even if bailey was healthy, that trade would look bad.

half of his doubles were wiped out by rain

eddy curry finally gets his ring.

kind of annoyed that they haven't skipped a start yet.

yea we already talked about that, but don't let it get in the way of your baseless rage.

i just hope that when szczur does come back, the new walk rate returns/continues

i temporarily killed myself when rose's knee asploded. the heat winning in miamii would just be too much to take.

about 9 hours until i kill myself forever

his will ferrell harry caray impressions are immeasurable