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Reminds you of Accounting 101?
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Although consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, in general I think a big market team that charges high ticket prices owes it to their fans to spend money to put a good product on the field. Last season the Cubs were not just bad in the standings, but they were dreadfully boring to watch. This year that situation looks like it might get worse. I just don't think it is the right approach for the fans.
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It would be interesting to put him in LF for around 80-90 games with Crawford flip flopping between LF and RF. We need a RH bat. There are few better. Count me in.
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I'd love to have him if he is healthy. He is going on 28 and I think he only pitched one full season where he didn't spend substantial time on the DL.
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I think you owe me a royalty. That's a good definition of what dumpster diving is outside of baseball. I like to apply the term to injured, rehabbing, damaged or over the hill pitchers who have been discarded by their teams. They have been thrown in the trash heap or the dumpster. Our GM has apparently spent a lot of time sifting through the dumpster this off season.
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ANd if Aceves ends up in the rotation, we need Albers, Melancon and Bailey to fill the void of Aceves, Bard and Papelbon. That's a tall order.
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I wouldn't call what the Marlins have been doing to be rebuilding. For the last several years they have been a failing small market franchise with a small budget. They are getting a new stadium and they are making a big push to establish a foothold with a fan base. This is probably their last shot to make things work there. The Cubs are in a very different spot. They are in a big market with a loyal fan base and a lot of money for payroll. There is no need to be rebuilding like a small market team with a small budget. That's my opinion.
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Signing Saunders for the pen or if Aceves went back to the pen, thjat would give some good starting depth, not the dollar store rejects that we have been signing. Maybe one of those guys shows some promise during the spring, but it is more likely that they all are bags of s***. It's fine to take fliers on guys to with the hope of adding depth, but you have to have some depth that is reliable. We don't.
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I agree with this with one condition. They need another starter so Aceves can go back to the bullpen. As things are currently, Bard and Aceves are rolls of the dice as starters. The back of our bullpen is Albers, Melancon and Bailey. Last year it was Aceves, Bard and Papelbon. I don't see this year's bullpen as close to comparable with the 2011 pen unless Aceves moves back to the pen. As to the health issue, when was the last time that Beckett, Buchholz and Lester all stayed healthy throughout the season? Depth important, and SIlva et al are not depth.
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While the Marlins do have more good young players than the Cubs, you are overstating the extent of it. Josh Johnson has had severe arm troubles over the last several seasons and there really is no reason to believe that he is a better bet to bounce back to good health and performance than Zambrano. Garza is the same age and better and more accomplished than Anibel Sanchez. Nolasco has been a disappointment. In 5+ seasons, he has had 1 season with a sub 4.50 ERA. The Cubs also have a hot young star at shortstop in Castro. Sean Marshall was one of the best lefty set up guys in the game. What has been very different is the two team approaches to the off season.
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Bard, Papelbon, and Aceves leaving the bullpen is a huge change, and I am not convinced that Cherington has filled that huge hole. I am also very concerned that our starting pitching is thin and not in any way improved over last season.
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Am I a Valentine fan? No, I am not. I think he is a different type of manager than Francona and certainly a better game tactician. Others think he will cause problems in the clubhouse. Eventually, that is a good possibility, but it will probably take 2 or 3 years. Would Valentine have made the difference last year? Very possibly he might have made the difference, but 2012 is not last season. I don't think our 2012 team as presently constructed is as good as the 2011 team. Any improvement with Valentine and the coaching staff may not be enough in 2012.
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I posted this earlier in the thread, but saw little comment about it: How have these moves improved the team over last year's team that finished 3rd in the AL East. I think we are worse from a personnel standpoint. I don't understand the certainty that the 2012 Sox will end up with a better record than the 2011 team. They argue that it was the best team from May through August and that they will not start and end so bad. Maybe they don't start or end as bad, but why are they so certain they will play at the level they did from May through August. A 162 season evens things out. If you bring back a team that is not as good as last year, I don't think it is reasonable to expect a better result.
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With 1 month to go before pitchers and catchers have to report to Fort Myers let's do a little recap of our off season. We've lost Papelbon, Lowrie and Reddick. We lost Lackey to surgery. We've picked up Melancon, Bailey, Sweeney, Punto and Shoppach.. Have I missed anything worth mentioning? This should really close the gap with the Yanks. Bravo so far Benny Boy! Bravo! I continue to hold out hope, but it is starting to wane.
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He's so bad that the Mets got rid of him.
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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/01/red-sox-acquire-brad-emaus.html ^ Benny Boy must have crunched the numbers for days before pulling the trigger on this deal.
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I'm having fun. :harhar:
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Don't lower yourself to his level. He'll get himself banned on his own. I predicted that the day I put him on ignore. For selfish reasons, I hope he doesn't get banned, because he always comes back with a new identity. If he stays, I don't have to ID him in the future.
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Oh this is you laughing at me again? Isn't that kind of mean humor something that schoolyard bullies engage in?
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