12-06-2009, 09:57 AM
<!--quoteo(post=70833:date=Dec 5 2009, 11:29 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Dec 5 2009, 11:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70817:date=Dec 5 2009, 06:34 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 5 2009, 06:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=70815:date=Dec 5 2009, 07:24 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Dec 5 2009, 07:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->It's gonna be Cameron and a middling pitcher and that's it. Next year is gonna be grim.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And yet we'll have the highest payroll in the NL. It's embarrassing, really.
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and we won 83 games with ARam, Soriano, Soto, Bradley and Zambrano all missing large chunks of the season (for one reason or another). I'm not saying signing Cameron makes us a great team, but some of you guys are acting like we lost 100 games last year.
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What's that, almost $2 million per win? That's embarrassing no matter how injuries play out. The Cubs were snakebit, but other teams were, too.
The idea that we're going to lose Harden and Bradley (and to a lesser extent Gregg, Heilman, and Fox), not add anything of significant productive value, and somehow be better next year is quite optimistic.
And yet we'll have the highest payroll in the NL. It's embarrassing, really.
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and we won 83 games with ARam, Soriano, Soto, Bradley and Zambrano all missing large chunks of the season (for one reason or another). I'm not saying signing Cameron makes us a great team, but some of you guys are acting like we lost 100 games last year.
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What's that, almost $2 million per win? That's embarrassing no matter how injuries play out. The Cubs were snakebit, but other teams were, too.
The idea that we're going to lose Harden and Bradley (and to a lesser extent Gregg, Heilman, and Fox), not add anything of significant productive value, and somehow be better next year is quite optimistic.
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