Soriano, Lee, Aramis

by gocubs40 on Oct 4, 2007 11:55 PM CDT

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About 300 million dollars spent combined on these 3 players and they played like s*** this series. You know when Ryan Theriot and Geovany Soto have your only RBI's in a series you are doing bad.

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PATHETIC

by gocubs40 on Oct 4, 2007 11:57 PM CDT reply actions

Thank you for this fascinating diary!

Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to sir?

by Wreckard on Oct 5, 2007 12:06 AM CDT reply actions

lmao

"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Oct 5, 2007 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions

can't believe I just laughed

thank you.

by ttagaris on Oct 5, 2007 12:59 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes

It's called Overpaid Weekly.
Soriano makes the cover every issue

by gocubs40 on Oct 5, 2007 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions

LMAO

iowa football

by CZ38 on Oct 5, 2007 2:12 AM CDT up reply actions

really?

Go Cubbies!

by NC Cubs Fan on Oct 5, 2007 4:49 AM CDT up reply actions

Aramis GIDP

Has he gotten a hit this series?

by gocubs40 on Oct 5, 2007 12:13 AM CDT reply actions

Now I know

Now I know how The Yankees felt with A-Rod the last few years...

by ak123 on Oct 5, 2007 12:54 AM CDT reply actions

Aramis and Lee K to end the game

by gocubs40 on Oct 5, 2007 12:55 AM CDT reply actions

You're right

You're right they should all be traded.

They are the biggest reasons we are in the playoffs but they should be traded.

by puckishcubsfan on Oct 5, 2007 2:11 AM CDT reply actions

Regardless of this year's outcome

Money spent is not about expecting results it is about gaining resources. Talent is the key component in competitive team sports. My basketball friend once told me that it was not an accident that 7 players on an NCAA championship team were drafted and played in the NBA. Two turned out to be All Stars and one won the championship, that is talent. Talent is the foundation for a champiionship team, channeling it, preparing it, developing it, and then executing on it.

This team has talent but the roster has never been set since the beginning of the year. It is a mismatch...

You have Ramirez, Lee and Soriano (who should be playing RF). You have two outstanding utility players playing infield positions which can be quite successful if you had one other interchangeable one as a platoon so they don't wear down. You don't have a CF'er or a power corner OF'er, but now you have a catcher.

Starters you have a top of the rotation pitcher, two good middle of the rotation pitchers, and a good bottom of the rotation, they need one more top of the rotation pitcher. Bullpen is very good.

They are almost there.

Dream acquisitions:
If AROD speculation is true acquire him, he is the MJ of baseball.
Need another pitcher, get a power guy, the fellow in Minnesota or Florida.
Find a real corner OF'er.

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on Oct 5, 2007 9:12 AM CDT reply actions

Dream Acquisitions

Uh, if you manage to dig up enough change in the sofa to get an A-Rod to go with your White Castle munchies, the infield will cough up the corner outfielder in DeRosa as Theriot moves to second.

by N Oakley on Oct 5, 2007 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions

the MJ of baseball

gonna go ahead and get uber defensive about one of my heroes and say there is absolutely no way in hell you can compare ARod to MJ

ARod may be the best player of his generation, but he's in a sport where one player cant carry a team to championships

and for that reason he can't sniff MJ, MJ willed teams to titles

by DartmouthCubsFan on Oct 5, 2007 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Hendry has never

been good at assembling the right parts to make a complete team. He acquires talent, but he fails to recognize the different types of talent you need to be balanced.

Look back since Hendry has been GM and look at how many teams have better win/loss records but have lower payrolls. Without Piniella tinkering with what he had out of ST, this team would have won 10 less games easily.

Chances are Hendry will be retained for another year, and I am hopeful another year of Piniella's influence will drive Hendry to make the changes necessary, to balance this club out.

"I don't like them fellas that drive in two runs but let in three" Casey Stengel

by MPH73 on Oct 5, 2007 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions