Shilzzz

this thread blew my brain

this is trade deadline news?

It shouldn't matter. You are either getting a good deal or a bad deal. What the fans know before or after a trade is made should have no bearing on whether the deal gets done or not. It's absolutely ridiculous. And if you really don't like it, do what others have suggested and keep the talks more private. Is it NSBB or GRB's fault that you had 75 some odd people in the war room listening to trade talks and now you don't know who leaked the info? I think not. But, if you really want to come off looking like an absolute idiot, be sure to let the whole world know that you canceled the deal for the sole reason that everyone already knew about it beforehand, and not because it wasn't going to help the team. :thumbsup: Just to protagonize ( ;) ) this, I would say that if trade info leaks well in advance of serious discussion it can, if the trade were to never actualize or at least end with the names leaked early, have an effect on named players on a couple different levels. And that's what i think Hendry gets upset about: he's essentially trying to, at least in his opinion, improve his team, and the leaks work against what he is working towards. In the end this should be more of a lesson to general managers than anyone else, though I suppose no large corporation on the verge of making a large acquisition has an easy time of keeping things to themselves. Perhaps Towers and Hendry are the only people in that room, but if a person thinks that those guys aren't bouncing ideas off other people after that meeting, maybe within earshot of people willing to talk to media, they should be advised to look around their own place of employment. It is, certainly, more advisable for Hendry and Towers to keep quotes like those to themselves, however, i would agree.

Aldolpho, I want your body, need your body, long as we got you we wont need nobohttp://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/img/soriano_leg.jpg

Are you the same guy who said he never though Sosa was a good hitter?

wow. that speech was incredible. "i'd like to thank all the players for coming out, too. that's pretty special." i was hoping he'd talk about urinating on rookies legs in the showers after games or something. ah well

Vicodin will do that to you. The game should really slow down for him.

I guess I just don't see the issue with a catcher catching both games of a double header if he's going to have the next four consecutive days off. It's a lot, but Koyie's a big boy.

a tee hee

lol @ 20 RBI

There can't be people who seriously want Sandberg as manager, right? Homeboy was my childhood hero, but no thanks.

jesus

yeah, that lineup is pretty awful.

you have strong opinions that need to be heard, dammit

i like the lineup, but weather looks like crap

Jake, what do you think about Charlie Morton?

he wants the cubs to win more than the indians, you say?

Lou must've yelled at Soriano and Soto before today's game.

it'd be nice if he at least yelled at Bradley and Soriano for slacking out there in the outfield. This is sarcasm, right?

Que?

i thought the same thing, and there is no way this didn't play into the equation. perry was the only fire-able guy, though, imo. in the end, we aren't going on a winning streak anytime soon because we changed hitting coaches. i like perry, and that it keeps joshua with us is the only positive here.

Thus ended the "Patient Cubbies Era". Signal the birth of "Neo-Dustianism" aka "being aggressive" do you know what you are talking about? Von Joshua is very much about patience at the plate.

Dexter, you always deliver the lulz. Is this Holiday talk anything beyond internet fodder?

Bradley's bat is most certainly NOT worth burning two bench players.

:D