03-22-2010, 07:50 PM
<!--quoteo(post=84040:date=Mar 22 2010, 06:48 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 22 2010, 06:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84034:date=Mar 22 2010, 06:30 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 22 2010, 06:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=84032:date=Mar 22 2010, 05:24 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Mar 22 2010, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=83977:date=Mar 22 2010, 04:52 PM:name=Bricklayer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bricklayer @ Mar 22 2010, 04:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=83897:date=Mar 22 2010, 12:08 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Mar 22 2010, 12:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=83822:date=Mar 22 2010, 07:11 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 22 2010, 07:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Remember how happy we were that the twins chose Mauer over Prior? *sigh*<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It was much less painful when it looked like Soto was going to be a star.
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Even though we would not have taken Mauer with the second pick, we would have taken Teixiera.
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I proooooooobably wouldn't have complained about that outcome either.
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Right... But we wouldn't have been able to keep him past 08, and Derrek Lee's been terrific, and even better than Teixeira a couple of seasons.
Really, there's no reason to complain about anything the Cubs did. They made the right pick by taking arguably the best pitcher out of college since Roger Clemens, and the guy was already a top-5 pitcher in the league soon after. It's just like the Nats absolutely made the right decision in taking Strasburg, even if he ruins his arm in a couple years like Prior did. Just bad Cubs luck. I'm sure Mauer would've sucked in a Cubs uniform anyway.
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Oh, the Cubs did the right thing, no doubt. Just funny how it turned out.
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If by "funny" you mean typically Cub-like and pathetic.
It was much less painful when it looked like Soto was going to be a star.
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Even though we would not have taken Mauer with the second pick, we would have taken Teixiera.
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I proooooooobably wouldn't have complained about that outcome either.
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Right... But we wouldn't have been able to keep him past 08, and Derrek Lee's been terrific, and even better than Teixeira a couple of seasons.
Really, there's no reason to complain about anything the Cubs did. They made the right pick by taking arguably the best pitcher out of college since Roger Clemens, and the guy was already a top-5 pitcher in the league soon after. It's just like the Nats absolutely made the right decision in taking Strasburg, even if he ruins his arm in a couple years like Prior did. Just bad Cubs luck. I'm sure Mauer would've sucked in a Cubs uniform anyway.
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Oh, the Cubs did the right thing, no doubt. Just funny how it turned out.
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If by "funny" you mean typically Cub-like and pathetic.