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1. Being a Cubs fan has got to be the
most difficult thing to be in baseball. They really don’t ever want to build
anything, do they? They trade Ryan Dempster to
Atlanta for a pitcher with a lot of potential, and now they are trying to work
out a deal with Dodgers to trade Matt Garza for
a pitcher with… a lot of potential. I love a lot of potential. I write about
potential for a living, but you have to try to put a team together and keep it
intact for, oh, let’s say a five year period. Come on Cubs.
2. Snookie sitting in TC’s press seat?
You’re 1-8 since the break and you’re letting this fat ass sit in our manager’s
chair? Yeah, I know, I just told everyone to stop saying ballplayers and
coaches suck. Well, that doesn’t mean non-talent New Jersey people from Staten
Island should be getting in the way of grown men doing professional work. Jay,
you kidding me? Who is issued the next press pass, the Paterno family?
3. Just another reminder. Intelligent
comments make or break a site. We get less and less and, ironically, the people
who have left the least are my own writers. Hey guys, I love you, but I’d much
rather have your thoughts down on a subject on paper than a phone call while
I’m trying to write or create 8 posts a day. Thanks.
4. I’d like to suggest that the Mets
open the DFA gates with one, Ramon Ramirez. He’s
being paid $2,650,000 this year. Write him a check for what you owe him and
send him on his way. It really doesn’t matter what his stats were. He was a
mistake and his roster slot should be filled by C.J.
Nitkowski, just for the hell of it. The season’s over so why not give
C.J. a proper exit from the sport he loves. If it was good enough for Izzy last
year, do one for C.J.
5. I received a stinging email:
“Hope all is well.
Gotta lay off the Nimmo hate. He clearly was a stud throughout the showcase
circuit. Who cares if he didn't play high school baseball. High school baseball
is the most overrated entity in all of US baseball. Just because he never
played a HS game doesn't mean he didn't earn the right to be a first round
draft pick. Guys don't get drafted based off their Archbishop Molloy spring
season stats, they get drafted because of their performances at these Perfect
Game performances with the Bayside Yankees and other top notch programs. Just
my own thoughts...”
This person is missing the point. I am not bashing Brandon Nimmo. I am bashing an organization that
allows a person (Chad Thompson) to make this
pick. You simply can’t add this kind of risk on a first rounder. It’s hard
enough drafting a high school player, but someone that never played at levels
other than short season leagues? I’m sorry. I don’t agree. I’d take Jed Bradley in a heartbeat, even with his current high
ERA.
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