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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->But after Schilling told the Orlando Sentinel on Saturday he would relish "the challenge" of pitching for the Cubs or Tampa Bay, general manager Jim Hendry declined a chance to shoot down the story.
"We'll always keep our eye on anybody we think can help us," he said. "I have a lot of respect for him. Great pitcher. Great big-game pitcher.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Nationals GM Jim Bowden has resigned.
"It is an emotional decision that saddens me, but one that I feel is in the best interests of two of the things I love most -- baseball and the Washington Nationals," Bowden said in a written statement. He had been general manager of the club since 2004.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Schilling on his blog(which is the best athlete blog there is).
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->I have said to no one, including myself, that I am definitely coming back, because it’s not true. <b>However if I did, the Cubs, and Tampa, were they to need a starting pitcher for the 2nd half of the season and into October, would be 2 situations I’d be very interested in.</b>
Little ‘misquotes’ lead to news that really isn’t news. First off a team has to want you to make anything of this sort work. I love Joe Maddon, always have, and I’d play for Lou Pinella in a heart beat.
So I’ll be clear here. If I do feel I can be better than I was in 2007, and I do decide to come back, AND either of those teams is in the market for a starting pitcher (because lets face it, both teams have what could be outstanding rotations) I would DEFINITELY be interested in both.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Bringing in guys that take half the season off kind of bugs me. I understand the want and need to have that allusive WS, but bringing in a guy that hasn't help your team (or any team for that matter) for the last 5 months seems kind of crappy to me. It's a slap in the face of all the guys that have been busting their asses day in and day out in the longest season of any sport.
That being said, if Schilling came in as a #5 because of injuries on the Cubs and the Cubs went to the WS, I'd probably be fine with it.
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<!--quoteo(post=21078:date=Mar 1 2009, 03:36 PM:name=Andy)-->QUOTE (Andy @ Mar 1 2009, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->That being said, if Schilling came in as a #5 because of injuries on the Cubs and the Cubs went to the WS, I'd probably be fine with it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah i'd be fine with going to the WS too. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rallyrapp.gif[/img]
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<!--quoteo(post=21085:date=Mar 1 2009, 03:05 PM:name=Santo)-->QUOTE (Santo @ Mar 1 2009, 03:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=21078:date=Mar 1 2009, 03:36 PM:name=Andy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Andy @ Mar 1 2009, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->That being said, if Schilling came in as a #5 because of injuries on the Cubs and the Cubs went to the WS, I'd probably be fine with it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah i'd be fine with going to the WS too. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rallyrapp.gif[/img]
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Santo! Good to see yer chicken-ass!
Your avatar is one fugly mofo, though.
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<!--quoteo(post=21078:date=Mar 1 2009, 04:36 PM:name=Andy)-->QUOTE (Andy @ Mar 1 2009, 04:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Bringing in guys that take half the season off kind of bugs me. I understand the want and need to have that allusive WS, but bringing in a guy that hasn't help your team (or any team for that matter) for the last 5 months seems kind of crappy to me. It's a slap in the face of all the guys that have been busting their asses day in and day out in the longest season of any sport.
That being said, if Schilling came in as a #5 because of injuries on the Cubs and the Cubs went to the WS, I'd probably be fine with it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I just see it as the guy can only effectively pitch for half a season at hi age, so it may as well be the second half. It kinda depends on how much he would be payed though. When Clemens was coming in at the All-Star Break and getting payed more than 95% of the league does in half of a season, than I thought that was sort of a slap in the face.
He's also rehabbing from injury. It's not a bad thing to give it some extra rest.
I'm also wondering how much this has to do with him chasing the HoF. If he were to be known as the pitcher that brought championships to both Boston and Chicago (I know it's not really true but that's how he would be portrayed) he would have to be a very strong consideration for the HoF at that point.
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IMO, Schilling is already a HOF lock. However, he'll likely be one of those guys like Ryno who has to wait a few years (probably even more in Schilling's case), and let's face it, bringing a title home to the Cubs...that'd be a pretty big deal.
I agree with Scarey here...I don't think he's trying to slough off working the whole year...I think he's physically incapable of pitching 200+ innings plus cranking it up for October.
One fly in the ointment..Schilling has said there's only a 20% chance he'll even play.
But I bet know how to "up that %."
Make him feel wanted.
He's a needy guy. <i>Really</i> needy, perhaps even suffering from a serious inferiority complex (which manifests itself as conversely coming off as cocky and smug...it's why so may people hate him).
Theo Epstein and the Red Sox played into that by taking the extraordinary step of going over to his house on Thanksgiving and playing up the notion of "how much he'd mean to the team, to the city of Boston, how much it'd mean to his legacy, how desperately the Red Sox needed a post-season stud," blah, blah blah....
It worked.
And Schilling went 21-6, and led them to their first title in 86 years.
He's much older now, and won't be as good, no doubt. But he's always excelled in the post-season.
And if the Cubs have one major weakness, it's...
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<!--quoteo(post=21134:date=Mar 1 2009, 07:17 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 1 2009, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->IMO, Schilling is already a HOF lock. However, he'll likely be one of those guys like Ryno who has to wait a few years (probably even more in Schilling's case), and let's face it, bringing a title home to the Cubs...that'd be a pretty big deal.
I agree with Scarey here...I don't think he's trying to slough off working the whole year...I think he's physically incapable of pitching 200+ innings plus cranking it up for October.
One fly in the ointment..Schilling has said there's only a 20% chance he'll even play.
But I bet know how to "up that %."
Make him feel wanted.
He's a needy guy. <i>Really</i> needy, perhaps even suffering from a serious inferiority complex (which manifests itself as conversely coming off as cocky and smug...it's why so may people hate him).
Theo Epstein and the Red Sox played into that by taking the extraordinary step of going over to his house on Thanksgiving and playing up the notion of "how much he'd mean to the team, to the city of Boston, how much it'd mean to his legacy, how desperately the Red Sox needed a post-season stud," blah, blah blah....
It worked.
And Schilling went 21-6, and led them to their first title in 86 years.
He's much older now, and won't be as good, no doubt. But he's always excelled in the post-season.
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Yeah I agree. He was really good in 06 and 07 though, with ERA's of 3.97 and 3.87, pitching a lot of those in the AL East obviously. He's making it sound like he won't comeback unless he thinks he can pitch like he did in 07.
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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The Cubs have not ruled out the possibility of signing Schilling to a low-base, one-year contract, which probably wouldn't be until June or July. Schilling had shoulder surgery last summer.
Though some suggest Schilling is out of shape and over the hill, manager Lou Piniella appears intrigued.
"This guy, he's a pro," Piniella said. "I don't know how accurate [the reports] are, but if you get a pitcher with his credentials and his winning habits, and it would be something to explore."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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The Royals have signed Juan Cruz. The price was ridiculously cheap ($6 mil for 2 years), which makes me wonder if we had pondered adding him. Without researching the numbers, I'm guessing that he's similar to Marmol, and it's safe to say that we could <i>always</i> use another Marmol-type flamethrower in middle-relief.
The big impediment to someone signing Cruz was that you'd have to give up your #1 draft pick, but we already did that with the Bradley signing, so all we'd have had to forfeit would have been a low 2nd-rounder.
I guess the Cubs figured that the Shark could be fitted into the role Cruz would have occupied.
Anyway, I thought the news about Cruz was interesting about Cruz...a lot of us have emotional ties to that guy.
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I don't think Bradley was a Type A free agent, thus we did not have to give up a first rounder. I'm not positive of that though.
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You're right. Bradley was a Type B. Which is hilarious...because Bobby Howry was a Type A.
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I was gonna say that exact same thing. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
Man, is <i>that</i> system fucked up, or what?
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