11-06-2013, 08:11 PM | #41 |
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Do the Cubs NOT have some retooling to do?
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11-06-2013, 11:39 PM | #42 |
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They'l both be fired in 1-3 years.
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11-07-2013, 12:04 AM | #43 |
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When do they fire Theo?
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11-07-2013, 12:14 AM | #44 |
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never, because by my calculations, Kris Bryant is going to hit 60 homers in the bigs in 2015 at the latest.
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11-07-2013, 12:32 AM | #45 |
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No playoffs or significant advancement by 2016 the rumors fly. He would probably still get 2017 though.
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11-07-2013, 12:39 AM | #46 |
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Also love how they explicitly said they would look for someone with significant managerial experience, then hire someone with zero MLB managerial experience.
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11-07-2013, 06:32 PM | #47 |
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I need some baseball action (not A-Rod)
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11-07-2013, 07:47 PM | #48 |
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Arizona Fall League is great. If you go, DaveWadding will offer to give you a handy too.
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11-07-2013, 08:08 PM | #49 |
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Exp. 10/18/2013
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11-08-2013, 01:47 PM | #50 |
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Ricky Nolasco wants 80 million this year.
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11-08-2013, 02:30 PM | #51 |
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Not much of a stretch when you think about possible comparisons. So he thinks hes AJ Burnett, John Lackey, Josh Beckett, CJ Wilson or Anibal Sanchez. Potentially maddeningly inconsistent with the possibility to be a good to great #2 starter if he can put it all together.
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11-08-2013, 03:14 PM | #52 |
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and all those contracts have turned out shitty except Sanchez. 80 mil is #2 starter money, not "oh hey, I'm going to eat innings as your #4 and not embarass myself" money.
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11-08-2013, 04:59 PM | #53 |
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People who complain about Ortiz are morons.
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11-08-2013, 06:17 PM | #54 |
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11-08-2013, 10:09 PM | #55 |
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To be fair, EVERYBODY was saying Tigers overpaid Sanchez when that deal was signed
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11-09-2013, 01:39 AM | #56 |
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Cubs weren't offering him that much less. Teams were in on him.
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11-09-2013, 08:04 AM | #57 |
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I thought the Sanchez deal was nuts, and to be honest it's only been 1 year with 4 (I think) left to go. Things could still happen, though this years results were spec-tastic.
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11-09-2013, 10:53 AM | #58 |
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qualifying offers are 14.1 million theses days. The numbers aren't terrible when you look at things with that perspective
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11-09-2013, 12:22 PM | #59 |
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11-09-2013, 12:29 PM | #60 |
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that's changing by the looks of it
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11-09-2013, 11:52 PM | #61 | |
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If the Cubs had won 1 championship in say, 2008, you would be perfectly fine with Soriano's garbage contract. |
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11-11-2013, 09:38 AM | #62 |
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Atlanta just announced a new park that's opening in 2017. Just crazy...third Atlanta park in my lifetime, and I'm still in my 20s.
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11-11-2013, 09:50 AM | #63 |
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When did Turner field open?
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11-11-2013, 10:27 AM | #64 |
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Braves were there since 1997, I think it was built in 1996 for the Olympics.
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11-11-2013, 10:29 AM | #65 |
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It was opened a year or two after the 1996 Olympics, which was why it was built in the first place. So technically the Braves (I believe) have been leasing the stadium from whoever paid for it previously and probably want a larger stake in the new stadium. Atlanta fans are stunned right now. Turner has never been my favorite park (it's not exactly in the best location in Atlanta for people to get to easily, and it's near a pretty run-down area), so I'm not mad or anything, but I'm not sure moving the park is going to change some of the problems Turner already has (public transit in Atlanta is completely awful). The new park is next to an exit for two big interstates in Atlanta, so while getting there might be easier in theory, traffic at that intersection is always bad and this will just make it worse.
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11-11-2013, 10:35 AM | #66 |
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Not to mention, the park will no longer technically be in Atlanta...but that's not all that unheard of for sports teams anymore.
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11-11-2013, 10:39 AM | #67 |
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But having been to two Os games in the past few years on trips to Baltimore, it is insane how much easier it is to get to Camden than Turner. In fact, I didn't go to a Braves game two years ago (Chipper's retirement year) just because it was too inconvenient for me to get to the stadium. I went opening day at Turner this year, and the traffic was so bad I didn't get to the park until the third inning (I stayed underneath the sign for one of the Turner exits for about an hour at one point).
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11-11-2013, 01:37 PM | #68 |
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New park is going to be in Cobb County, GA? GETTING READY TO SERVE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD TIME
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11-11-2013, 02:11 PM | #69 |
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Good. Turner was a house of horrors for the Mets. Crazy to get a new stadium so soon though.
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11-11-2013, 02:18 PM | #70 |
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Probably trying to shy away from the Turner legacy which is why they are letting lease talks die down in Atlanta.
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11-11-2013, 03:41 PM | #71 |
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Some MLB news:
* Nelson Cruz rejected a $14.5 million qualifying offer from the Rangers. * Jacoby Ellsbury and Stephen Drew both rejected their qualifying offers from the Red Sox while Mike Napoli is expected to reject his soon and Jarrod Saltalamacchia wasn't offered one. * Dodgers state Don Mattingly and all except one of his coaching staff will return for next season. * Twins state Joe Mauer will become a full-time 1B starting next season. |
11-11-2013, 06:01 PM | #72 |
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11-11-2013, 08:40 PM | #73 |
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Wil Myers and Jose Fernandez are your Rookies of the Year.
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11-11-2013, 09:33 PM | #74 |
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MLB.com has an article on Masahiro Tanaka. Great combination of Japanese wrestler's names. He should be great.
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11-11-2013, 10:22 PM | #75 |
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Jay Bell moving from Pirates to be Bench Coach for Reds
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11-11-2013, 10:39 PM | #76 |
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Sounds like the Mets are going after Curtis Granderson. I dunno. He'll give them power but probably not at the level he got at Yankee Bandbox.
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11-11-2013, 11:47 PM | #77 |
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I want the Rockies to go after Granderson
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11-11-2013, 11:49 PM | #78 |
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Champs
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11-12-2013, 06:25 PM | #79 |
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11-12-2013, 06:57 PM | #80 |
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Marlon Byrd to the Phillies. 2 years, $16 million. Loved the guy last year and he was deserving of a raise but that's a massive overpay.
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