Balta1701 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2012 -> 09:21 AM) That is like $26 million in Iowa money. They're paying him in corn?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 30, 2012 -> 08:22 AM) They're paying him in corn?!?! With that kind of money he could really corn-er the market... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 30, 2012 -> 08:22 AM) They're paying him in corn?!?! Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 29, 2012 -> 11:09 AM) They were never going to not put Volstad in the rotation and look like they gave up Zambrano for nothing. The minion wanted Zambrano gone at any cost. Volstad doing nothing is irrelevant as the minion are happy Z is gone. Marshall was given away it appears for nothing. There is no way to spin that the Marshall deal was not a complete failure. So you would trade Nestor Molina for Travis Wood? I wonder how long the free ride will last with Theo. Edited March 30, 2012 by Harry Chappas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 30, 2012 -> 08:49 PM) So you would trade Nestor Molina for Travis Wood? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Cubs lose yay! Hey, I'm trying to jump on the Sox @ Cubs May series early, what does everyone recommend as far as seating section @ Wrigley? Trying to get some tix off StubHub not looking to spend a fortune but have a nice view? Can anyone help me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I never noticed how terrible the Cubs lineup was until today...... thank god I won't be watching that the entire season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Mar 23, 2012 -> 12:52 PM) Funnier still when you think that while the Cubs have not, two other Chicago teams have played in Wrigley while reigning as champions: The Bears and your Chicago White Sox. Its a shame the Winter Classic there wasn't in 2011. The 'Hawks did win a title prior to playing in Wrigley; and since the Cubs won in '08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunofgold Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 The 2011 Cubs are probably better than the 2012 Cubs. Unless the Cubs have some upcoming young talent, they are screwed for awhile. And their stadium is broken, thus they have to take a year away from it to renovate it in the near future. Dempster is their ace? Garza is decent I will admit and probably their best starter. The rest of the rotation includes a converted reliever and two guys Malholm and Volstad who went a combined 11-27 last season. Going to enjoy watching the Cubs this year. And they still have that goofball Soriano...their clean up hitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Kerry Wood and their once-invincible closer Marmol, who somehow managed to lower his FB down to 90/91 from falling in love with his slider, certainly got a decent smattering of boos for an Opening Day game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunofgold Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Maybe this is the Cubs plan. Suck really bad now and try to get the sucking out of the way. Take the hit now. Trade anything of value for young players and get anything off the books that they can. Might work in the long run. But considering how long they have been waiting for a championship..they are going to have longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 QUOTE (sunofgold @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 12:02 AM) Maybe this is the Cubs plan. Suck really bad now and try to get the sucking out of the way. Take the hit now. Trade anything of value for young players and get anything off the books that they can. Might work in the long run. But considering how long they have been waiting for a championship..they are going to have longer. What other plan can you have when you have multiple bad contracts, an old team, and a spent farm system? They, quite deliberately, did everything they could to try to win in the 2007-2009 period and also get the team sold. That included mortgaging the next several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 05:28 PM) Cubs lose yay! Hey, I'm trying to jump on the Sox @ Cubs May series early, what does everyone recommend as far as seating section @ Wrigley? Trying to get some tix off StubHub not looking to spend a fortune but have a nice view? Can anyone help me out? The 400 level is a solid view, not sure how cheap they will be. If you go for 200 level tickets, I wouldn't go further than like 10-12 rows back, cause then you get stuck under the overhang and possibly behind a large support beam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 6, 2012 -> 07:32 AM) The 400 level is a solid view, not sure how cheap they will be. If you go for 200 level tickets, I wouldn't go further than like 10-12 rows back, cause then you get stuck under the overhang and possibly behind a large support beam. Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Oh yeah, Kerry Wood will get his number retired real soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Epstein MAGIC. Perhaps a more disheartening start to the season than the White Sox last year with Pierre/Thornton blown saves. Wow. It will be really impressive if they can somehow recover from this double disaster on Opening Weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjshoe04 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Been listening on the radio. The implosion was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco1997 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 02:52 PM) Perhaps a more disheartening start to the season than the White Sox last year with Pierre/Thornton blown saves. Eh, not really, since the Sox actually had high expectations last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 QUOTE (coco1997 @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 07:41 PM) Eh, not really, since the Sox actually had high expectations last year. And no one at Wrigley cares if they lose anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 7, 2012 -> 07:05 PM) And no one at Wrigley cares if they lose anyway. While partly true there are plenty of folks around that are coming to realize just how bad that team is. There is almost no hope there for even a casual watching of a baseball game unless you really like to watch Starlin Castro. The fact that they could be 2-0 if Marshall was not traded for a AAA pitcher is not helping. Why trade Marshall and not Marmol? Also if you look at the state of the Red Sox right now you realize Theo and Jed were about to be unemployed and the cubs came to the rescue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 08:55 AM) While partly true there are plenty of folks around that are coming to realize just how bad that team is. There is almost no hope there for even a casual watching of a baseball game unless you really like to watch Starlin Castro. The fact that they could be 2-0 if Marshall was not traded for a AAA pitcher is not helping. Why trade Marshall and not Marmol? Also if you look at the state of the Red Sox right now you realize Theo and Jed were about to be unemployed and the cubs came to the rescue. I'm not so sure about that, the Red Sox were the best team in baseball for 4 1/2 months last season. Take away the complete collapse, and Epstein is a boy wonder again. But you're right, Cherington's in the same seat that Theo was headed for, and just like Ozzie, he probably saw the writing on the wall and got out at the best time for him personally. The core players on that team are aging (Youkilis and Ortiz), they have the horrible Lackey contract, as well as Dice-K still on the books, and they're going to have a horrible time with that bullpen until Bard gets moved back, which then opens up a gaping hole in the rotation. And Beckett just doesn't have the same dominating level of stuff he used to have, it's not unlike what we're seeing now out of Ubaldo Jimenez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hoyer was in San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 8, 2012 -> 09:24 AM) Hoyer was in San Diego. Yep and was about to be fired for a GM that had successfully rebuilt a team with a youth movement. I think what he cubs did was fine but when the media had Theo literally walking on water and does not vet the former situation at all other than to say he is the mastermind of the Red Sox and left to take a better job they are wrong. My point is, after looking at the roster in reality fans are now beginning to whistle a different tune. The more than have to watch Marmol fail and Marshall close for the Reds the harder it becomes. I know this could all change in the blink of an eye but the cub fans are being asked to ignore baseball for at least two year, not sure that is a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Who will melt down more today, Tiger Woods or Carlos Zambrano? Ooops, former Cub, does that count for this thread? And that trade the Padres masterminded for Matt Latos was an absolute steal....would be no suprise if Volquez alone does better that Matt out there in that huge park. The other 3 prospects are all going to be key building blocks, particularly Yonder Alonso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 They kept Samardzija in way too long going for the CG W. He gave up a 2 run shot in the 9th. 2 outs, they bring in Marmol, and he walks the first batter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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