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  1. Wheelimus
    Gotta love MLB. They can blacklist the greatest hitter of all time, but a couple of agents would just be too much. So only the Braves will have any integrity.
  2. Wheelimus
    I think people are underestimating Rocco's disease and what it did to him as a player. Being a diabetic I can't even imagine what it would be like if I lived in a world that didn't understand my condition and I suffered for years waiting for them to figure it out. If they've finally figured it out, then Rocco just might be the sleeper of this free agent class. Probably could be had for a low base + incentives for 2009. What we saw (finally) at the end of last season leads me to believe he's on his way back. He's only 27 so it's not like hoping that some washed up player pulls one more year out of his butt. If he's cheap, it's a no brainer.
  3. Wheelimus
    Meh, who cares. Let him come to camp and then send him to Iowa when he sucks. And/or anoint him the precious 25th man/official pinch runner who hops around in between real batters. Hell, who knows, maybe our coaches can finally get through his damn head and find a way to make use to his limited skills. And then trade him in July. :D
  4. Wheelimus
    If Fukudome tanks and we haven't signed anything better for RF, I'd totally get behind Bonds. Just stick Felix Pie in center and tell him he plays the new position of "CF-RF". :-))
  5. Wheelimus
    Part of me just thinks that Towers likes making all us fanboys do :banghead: ](*,) You all realize that him and Jimbo are downing shooters laughing at us right now, right? It seems like the framework is in place. We're bitching about Jason Marquis and a couple million. DeRosa is a goner but damn if it isn't selling high. Carrot Top, err, I mean Peter Angelos is nowhere to be seen and Jake Peavy will probably be a Cub. Smile!
  6. Wheelimus
    Not really. He won't be able to DH and get distracted much for the Cubs. :D And Zambrano will crush him into the ground if he's upstaged.
  7. Wheelimus
    Probably what it was going to take if they wanted him without a no-trade clause. Which Atlanta tends to want.
  8. Wheelimus
    Well, heh, I was joking. Z is going nowhere for a whole lot of reasons. Least of all that should Hendry ever ask him to waive his no trade clause, you mine as well fire up the theme from Sopranos. Only instead of a gun, Z has fists. Of death.
  9. Wheelimus
    Zambrano to the Yankees for Cano and more dude. Kidding, kidding. Not going to happen.
  10. Wheelimus
    We knew Peavy wouldn't be cheap. But there has to be a limit to what you pay. You can't fault Hendry for things like Soriano's contract and then get mad that he doesn't immediately fold when presented with a Peavy offer. If the cost is DeRosa, Vitters, Pie, Marshall, and others you really have to think carefully before you pull the trigger. Especially if we're eating a bunch of cash just to make Jason Marquis go away. Realize that we should be the ones negotiating from a position of strength. We don't HAVE to get Jake Peavy to have a very good rotation next year. The Padres almost HAVE to trade Jake Peavy or risk a nightmare next season dealing with him once the Padres are out of it a month into the season. It's not like the Cubs are going to pass and the Yankees are going to turn over their farm system. The constant here is that Jake Peavy is the man in control and he appears to have no inclination to dramatically open up the market. It appears the Padres are going to be stuck dealing with a team at a time. We shouldn't just agree to the first thing we're offered. There's no shortage of top level pitchers right now. Towers is basically daring Hendry to fold and he doesn't even have a pair. No reason to give in so quickly.
  11. Wheelimus
    If this is "holy jive crazy idea time", just how cheap is Nomar? :-))
  12. Wheelimus
    Well, I'd imagine it's a situation where Jake Peavy doesn't want to pitch for the frickin' Padres next year. Right now he's said "only Cubs" because we're his first choice. In candor if you ask him "what if Hendry says he can't?" he might say that next up would be the Yankees. But so far, the only person whose opinion matters hasn't given permission to go there. So I wouldn't get worked up about it. The Padres need to move Peavy. The Phillies want our second basemen and will give us pitchers. The Padres want pitchers. If needed the Orioles want Pie and will gives us more pitchers. And so on. It all seems academic right now. We're just haggling over prospects. Nothing like the Roberts situation where a crazy owner was coupled with the most timid GM imaginable. Everyone is motivated and not wasting the others time.
  13. Wheelimus
    I'd almost say (and especially should his market drop) Mark Grudzielanek. .982 OPS against lefties last year and .816 for 06-08. If he's serious that, at this point in his career, the most important thing is a ring and the playoffs then you might think he'd be up for a part time role. But having just declined $4.5 from the Royals he'd probably be out of our price range. Drawing blanks on other alternatives. Mark Loretta for a million might have been an option, but it looks like he'll be a Dodger.
  14. Wheelimus
    Awesome. Get Bradley please. I'm willing to take a gamble for a potential 1.000 OPS. And I'm not that worried about his knee. Or his attitude. No more than Z's shoulder or attitude. Just the usual hope and a prayer...
  15. Wheelimus
    Hehe, interesting but Zambrano has a full no trade clause. And would likely kill the person who asked if he'd waive it. Hulk style.
  16. Wheelimus
    And if he does that I'm not sure we'd be able to afford to keep him beyond said contract year anyway. If we have to move DeRosa to keep Marshall AND make Jason Marquis play somewhere else AND get Jake Peavy you kind of have to do it. And hope like hell that Fontenot's season wasn't an aberration.
  17. Wheelimus
    Well, if DeRosa goes that's going to hurt. Then again, we have to be realists. You have to give up value to get value. And Peavy is sure freaking value. At least, for once, we'd be selling high on Mark. I've got as much of a man crush on him as anyone else, but I think we can all agree that last season very well could have been his career year. And on the bright side, if he goes to Philly at least we're not sending him to a crap team. Like poor Pie and whoever has to go to Petco. Can't wait to see the next turn in this saga.
  18. Wheelimus
    NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-Na-NA-BRUUU-UUUUCE
  19. Wheelimus
    That's insane. Hell, I live an hour and change from our closest airport. And even that close, when our company needs to send people there we take limo's rather than cabs. Because it's the same price and who doesn't like a nice limo ride. Insanity.
  20. Wheelimus
    I think the better option would be to remove the stupid "you can only vote for this many people" clause and just let them vote yes or no on every single player. Then at least they have to actually have the balls to say "No, Ron Santo does not belong in the HOF" rather than the wuss excuse of "well, I thought these players were more deserving and I just ran out of spots".
  21. Wheelimus
    ***k the Veterans Committee. It's becoming obvious that the post '43 group is NEVER going to elect anyone. Pompous jerks...
  22. Wheelimus
    Thanks a ton for the heads up. Should be any minute now! :beg: :beg: :beg:
  23. Wheelimus
    Am I guessing right that it will just be a news release? Like, there isn't a news conference we can watch or anything like that is there?
  24. Wheelimus
    I haven't been able to get myself to watch This Old Cub yet. I'm not sure I could take that scene in particular until my brain can remind me that he's been elected. Cautiously optimistic that I'll be watching it this week. :beg:
  25. Wheelimus
    Ugh, these next few hours are going to be looooooooooong.
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