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"he maybe could have done more, he said he could have done more. what more do you want?" tremendous

I can't believe you are adding fuel to this ridiculous line of attack. I know it is popular to attack Kaplan and call him racist, but it is pathetic that just because he calls out certain members of the club he is all of the sudden racist. Have you looked at the 40 man roster lately to see how many caucasians were on the roster? And on the big league team, they are definitely not in the majority. Out of the white guys on the roster, point out the ones that you believe are lazy or appear to have a poor work ethic? Wells? (maybe) As for an answer to your question, Hundley's work ethic was called into severe question. Farnsworth was another guy that took a lot of heat for partying too much and not being prepared for games. Kaplan piled on Prior quite a bit for being a wimp and lazy. More recently, Wells was picked on in the media for having a poor work ethic. But I guess that doesn't forward your story line. I'm pretty sure that Kaplan heaped praise on Lee during his period with the Cubs and I remember the night when Soriano was signed, how ecstatic he was the Cubs signed him. I think it is sad that he can't be free to criticism players without people questioning whether he is a racist or not. I asked a simple question whose answer could have been evidence for either side of the argument. Your question assumes racism. Even though it is not deserved I think this thread has shown many examples of "white" players that have been criticized. For being lazy?

good for steve levy for calling out those idiots

this is crazy.

i basically felt that way when they were winning. they kept blowing games (even when they were winning games they'd often give up a lead and then have to come back at the end) and we were still seeing those lackadaisical efforts that plagues the team last year. also, i basically said the same thing during the offseason. i figured we'd be about the same team, but with assets and cap space to get better at the deadline.

umfan... i didn't mean they were the same team personnel wise, just that they feel like the same exact team. oh, and campbell's loss is not offset by leddy. it seems like campbell's bad contract tricked people into thinking he wasn't as good as he actually is.

i don't think we added talent in the offseason, considering we lost campbell (not complaining about that trade). i'm not saying there was anything different they could have done this offseason, but i don't think this team is any better. the loss of campbell offset the talent we got from guys like brunette. the good news is, we have lots of cap space and young players. we still look great for the future (including this year), but as of right now, this team isnt really better than last years. i just realized our goal differential was down to +1. not good.

mitch williams is on it? wtf. there goes my optimism. rule #1 of starting an analytic based show: no ex-players allowed

Why do we want to trade Zambrano if we're not getting anything of value back and/or are being forced to eat some of his contract? Just keep him. We need starting pitching and with Ramirez gone, we have plenty of room to sign Pujols/Prince and keep Zambrano around.

not really surprising. this is basically the same team as last year. all we did was add "toughness".

that was one of the more enjoyable bears games i can remember. but holy [expletive] do i hate roy williams

tyler colvin sucked in the minors, and he sucks in the majors. tyler colvin sucks.

flacco was so money on that drive

im sure crawford appreciates Q leaving him in for this beating

This is why I haven't even been thinking about Wilson. I think the Yankees are going to overpay him.

say goodbye to crawford's good stats

the twins are so good in the regular season

you know youre playing like ass when you're 8-2-3 and the boo birds are out

i wonder how many goals they've scored in their last 25 shorthanded situations.

pat is right. theyre making us look soft

i'm kind of upset that they don't seem to care that they're playing vancouver. vancouver obviously is stepping up their intensity for the hawks, why aren't we matching it? come on guys, don't we still hate these goons?

this is pretty embarrassing. not much more you can say about this performance.

agreed. the more i think about it, the less i want to sign pujols at 220+ million or whatever. i'd feel a lot more comfortable with fielder at like 150 million or whatever

I don't even think he's really a candidate. Why would Theo have talked about him then?

what the hell is even going on? what a mess.