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It really is happening, folks.
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Also saw today that the Cubs have a flexible pay schedule with Lester. Essentially each year isn't a set amount but they can defer payment some years and pay him more in current years subject to what the Cubs plan to do with the payroll that year. Supposedly it is pretty unconventional and Lester only agreed to it because of his relationship with Theo/Hoyer. And because 20 million up front.
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Recent high profile targets: FA: Furcal: No Bradley: Yes Pujols: No Fielder: No Sanchez: No (though talk didn't really heat up until the report that we'd signed him) Trade: Roberts: No Harden: Yes Peavy: No Granderson: No Garza: Yes And of course, Epstein: Yes The one that came to mind for me was Juan Pierre, though that was a little older. What about Pudge? Carlos Lee? Had quite a lot of discussion about Beltran after the 04 season, pretty much demanding that Hendry went after him and being pissed that it looked like he made him a token offer to appease the fan base. It's a damn shame that part of the NSBB database was lost forever. I want to go back and read the 2003 playoff game threads. Why would you want to do that to yourself?
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God that would be so much [expletive] fun if he did that SPOILER ALERT the cubs are not exactly kansas to boston's illinois Not that that, the other that.
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No matter what, he'll belong in the board hall of fame. I believe him. I do believe, I do believe, I do believe.
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I'm totally falling for.
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Remember when he posted here? Wait, what? Assuming he means cotillo.
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http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1981174/tommy-boy-deer-o.gif GIFSoup
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I live fairly close to the action in Ferguson. Went down and bought a "hands up, don't shoot" t-shirt. I'm pretty sure I got a white guy discount. They were asking 15 for the shirt, and I told the guy I really wanted one but could only pay 10. He gave me a "thanks for the support" look and gave it to me for 10. I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other, just wanted a piece of history.
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Mo. Mo Lester.
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Petition to refer to him only as Mo if he signs with the cards, Dodgers or Yankees.
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It is my understanding that Lester will not sign with Cubs unless and until this thread reaches 100 pages.
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I'm sure you get the point that umpire "respect" for established pitchers has more to do with pitches off the plate being called strikes than a catchers ability in that "skill". This is a time where the numbers lie, or at least we can't discern how much of the number is being generated by which factor.
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Yup Whoever framed Greg Maddux's pitches was the best ever at it!
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Intentional poor wording.
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No way theo and Jed were careless enough to leave any evidence of tampering. This goes nowhere.
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Unless there are deferred payments, they should be done. 8 year contract ended with the final out of the 2014 season. I'm a little surprised that wasn't more celebrated. Why? Presumably, because he thinks most Cubs fans are really dumb. I'm actually pretty surprised Kaplan didn't have a countdown on his Twitter or something. Not just this. As I said in my first post, I recognize that it doesn't have anything to do with anything. It does however feel like the end of something. Like the last symbolic remnant of paying for past performance.
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Unless there are deferred payments, they should be done. 8 year contract ended with the final out of the 2014 season. I'm a little surprised that wasn't more celebrated. The excitement around the Maddon signing is palpable. While there no real connection between these two things, it really feels like the beginning of something new.
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Not that this has anything to do with anything, but when exactly do/did the Cubs write the final check to Soriano?
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Does it have an effect on how you view free agent starting pitchers and trade targets? i.e., starting pitchers who threw to rotten pitch framing catchers last year are actually better than their numbers suggest, and therefore could be had at a discount. I would think relievers would be too small a sample size.
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Nothing's going to happen. Tampering never goes anywhere. It would barely be a story if people weren't bored. But the fact that the Cubs have a version of events doesn't end it. This. If there's no evidence, there's no evidence. But the Cubs saying there was no tampering, doesn't make it so.
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"Late last week" and "Friday" seem kind of synonymous. Also, couldn't it have been industry knowledge that he had an opt-out clause? Maddon had two weeks to decide, his decision was made Friday. That means the industry might've known about it through their sources for the previous two weeks ever since Friedman left. Friday may be late last week but late last week does not mean Friday. Sure, all this could be on the up and up, but the point is there is an awful lot of smoke here. There's no way maddon opts out with only the twins in search of a manager. Had to know somebody was wanting to hire him. With no one else showing any interest......... It's clearly tampering. The only question is, is it technically, and demonstrably tampering. That is very specious logic. It's nothing of the sort. The poster before me indicated that it "could be on the up and up". That's what makes it work. No deal in place, just an informal conversation. It can't be proven, but if you're telling me you believe no one with the Cubs had any contact with anyone associated with Maddon, I have a bridge to sell you.
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"Late last week" and "Friday" seem kind of synonymous. Also, couldn't it have been industry knowledge that he had an opt-out clause? Maddon had two weeks to decide, his decision was made Friday. That means the industry might've known about it through their sources for the previous two weeks ever since Friedman left. Friday may be late last week but late last week does not mean Friday. Sure, all this could be on the up and up, but the point is there is an awful lot of smoke here. There's no way maddon opts out with only the twins in search of a manager. Had to know somebody was wanting to hire him. With no one else showing any interest......... It's clearly tampering. The only question is, is it technically, and demonstrably tampering.
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Fujikawa option declined, Villanueva filed for free agency: 35
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Anything interesting/new?