CuseCubFan69

Trading ARod for ARam doesn't improve the team all that much. It could. But not as much as they need to be truly great. I'd rather them try and be great. If you're looking at trading pieces and players, I'd deal them Lee, Marmol and others for ARod. But NY won't trade him. They'll let him walk away in a manner that you described. How can the Yanks trade ARod if he can just walk out of his contract?

And would St. Louis find a way to cough up money for ARod? Oh God, there goes that nervous twitch again. That's funny. Let's hope they keep the little engine that could.

Hahahah. Seriously? Is this what NY believes? Steinbrenner's been an incorrigible gasbag throughout the entire time he's been owner of the Yanks. It's been Torre who has been patient through everything. I could see LaRussa going to New York. What would be great though is that Tony won't be able to put up with George's crap forever. At some point he's going to fire back. I'm thinking this could work out well. Those two might very well dogfight each other as the Yanks fade down in the standings. Perfect. I think that George being sick has taken a lot of fight out of him.

Big deal, 3 out of the top 6. How accurate are these things? Who did they predict 3 to 5 years ago to be the top guys? #'s 7 and 10 have to be made up names! Thanks Raisin, have any of them made an impact other than Peavey?

and what better tutelage than to have the actual mariano helping him? I think if the price were right, i'd bite. Coming over to a "weaker" NL could help him out. What price were you thinking? He's been making more than 10 million a year for the last umpteen years. If the Cubs have 10m to spend this offseason, I'd much rather see it spent improving SS or RF. Yes. Spending that much on a reliever to add to an already expensive bullpen would be a tremendous misuse of assets. So you're saying that it's a done deal that Hendry signs him?

Big deal, 3 out of the top 6. How accurate are these things? Who did they predict 3 to 5 years ago to be the top guys?

He struggled this year compared to last year, everything depends on his sinker for getting outs. It'll prob. be diff. for him to be drafted, being an undersized crafty RH'er. So now you think he's another Greg Maddux? :D Thanks for the update, I hope he has a solid year next year.

This would be taking two steps forward and one step back. Sure, replacing ARam with ARod would be an improvement, but not the kind of impact improvement that the team needs, especially not considering the likely salary differences. yes, but taking two steps forward and one step back is still taking a step forward... Unless the step back is farther than the two steps forward!

Or you could just do like the Bears did and do whatever you want anyway and ultimately have the landmark status revoked as "punishment'.. Just sayin'.... Soldier Field was a federal landmark, not a city landmark Was it? From what I've heard, you can do a lot more with a Federal Landmark than a local one.

Maybe they're fans of Dancing with the Stars and will say yes to anything he says!

You just don't go to NY and talk to a guy like Mo Rivera like that!

I don't understand how that game would be perceived to not be a winnable game for the Nit Lions? because Penn State sucks? Trust me I know sucks and Penn State does not suck.

I don't understand how that game would be perceived to not be a winnable game for the Nit Lions?

yes. Selling the Cubs w/o Wrigley wouldnt maximize the bids. Besides, if that were to happen, how long before the Cubs new owner decided to build a new stadium and ditch Wrigley all together? It's just a negotiating ploy to get bidders to start high. Maybe the Trib should hire Boras.

Did Banedon mean Hendrys ability (able) to spend money or his ability (poor choices) to spend money? I thought the second. I meant that Hendry may not be given the go ahead to spend money. I like the factthat he wouldn't be able to spend money, maybe it was wishful thinking!

Does anyone remember when ARod was a free agent and it was a "done deal" he was going to be a Met?

Yeah, I think that's the direction they are going to go as well.

Did Banedon mean Hendrys ability (able) to spend money or his ability (poor choices) to spend money? I thought the second.

This was the one thing that really solidified my opinion of Jeter as an overrated egomaniac. The guy actually has the balls to refuse to move to 3rd when one of GREATEST SHORTSTOPS OF ALL TIME shows up to play. OK, granted, maybe they tried Jeter at 3rd in some practice sessions and he was hideous...but I doubt it. It was so tremendously wonderful when Jeter wasn't charged with an error on that first inning "infield hit" last night. ARod would have been crucified. They even changed the DP he hit into in the 6th inning to kill a rally into a single. The score keeper said the ball hit the runner at third, turned right, and then hit the runner going to second in the wrist. Yes, the miracle baseball.

MLB has to approve ownership from the other 29 owners, I forget what the req'd ratio of approval has to be. As far as why, MLB is still a private entity and it helps to have backings to get into the good ole boy network. I assume most teams/owners don't want someone with the personality or the willingness of someone like Cuban owning a team. I think it's 75%, so, 22/29, I guess. Cuban said he has received some support from some owners already, but it seems like we would really need some help from owners that might be on the fence about him. I'm guessing, from what we've heard so far, that there's a good handful or so that are strongly opposed. Why would any owners oppose? It just blows me away! He would create excitement in the game. What would be the downside? Just don't get it. Maybe they think he'll spend money like an out of control owner and spike up salaries.

LSU is strong and possibly the most balanced but they have to play the rest of the SEC plus that championship game of yours. I haven't seen them play from behind but it does seem they can pass if they are behind. But, I thought that about USC too. Except for the SEC stuff that is!

I enjoyed the winning of the Central and the battle to get there. It wasn't as much as trying to secure the #1 pick in the draft but it was nice.

You ain't kidding. A sense of humor is going to be needed for quite awhile if that's the case.

Cuban cigars for everybody!

The problem with finding those kinds of guys is that they are so incredibly valuable to teams. The advantage of having a great SS is that the guy almost certainly has the goods to play pretty much any position if he's blocked. Asdrubal Cabrera for the Indians is a guy I'd absolutely love to have with Peralta blocking him. However, the Indians can easily shift him to another position and still get good defense and good offensive production out of him. Getting guys like that who are cheap, productive, and play the most valuable position well is next to impossible. The best the Cubs can do if they want to look young is to find someone who is talented, undervalued, and could still play in the majors next season. At the time he was traded, Hanley Ramirez was a good prospect, but there were questions about whether some facets of his game would develop enough to make him a good everyday player. Had Boston known just how much and how quickly he'd have developed, they would never have traded him. The thing is, I honestly can't think of anyone who fits that bill. See that's the key. To be able to evaluate better than the other guy. For some of the other posts, I don't expect the Cubs to get H. Ramirez, I just want them thinking ahead and not just getting some B type free agent and hoping that works out.