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QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 02:42 PM) 1. Alexei is not too old to lay off s***ty pitches. He's not too old to make routine 15 foot throws to second base. If Alexei's pile of stupid errors aren't his own fault, how are you going to blame the manager? Has he not had enough reps in his 8 year ML career as an above average and sometimes elite defender that he needs some coaching to prepare him to play defense during a baseball game? 2. I explicitly did NOT blame Flowers/Beckham/etc. for being bad baseball players. Do you blame Robin for them being bad baseball players? 3. Eaton put up a 3-win season last year with no unsustainable peripherals -- even if he's not a true-talent 3-win player, he is at least capable of being league-average. Regarding "the people who brought these players in (Hahn & Co., not Robin Ventura)": If these guys were putting up level of production that were even within an entire standard of deviation of what they were expected to do, and our team was STILL completely out of contention, I would grab a pitchfork and blame Hahn. But I do NOT blame Hahn for Melky Cabrera putting up numbers that are SUBSTANTIALLY worse than anything he's ever done at any level, including when he was playing with a tumor on his spine, ESPECIALLY coming off of his career year which just so happened to have occurred AFTER he served his PED suspension. Eaton's terrible performance is slightly less surprising only because he has much less of a track record, so anything would be less surprising. Going into the season, there were a ton of scenarios that could have unfolded where we would be totally justified in blaming Hahn for simply not putting enough on the field to justify his expenditures, but to blame him for what actually happened isn't reasonable because it isn't one of those scenarios. I mean if you truly believed that Melky/Eaton/Samardzija/whoever was going to perform THIS badly, then you can complain, but their performances are simply way worse than ANY professional expected as far as we can tell. The pieces on the field are capable of success, albeit without much margin for error. The pieces on the field, though, s*** the bed in the worst way, completely blowing that margin for error out of the water. They did not deliver what they were expected to deliver, even within reasonable margins of error, so I blame them instead of their employer. Alexei's D has been dropping off from year to year, so you can't just say this is some unexplainable act of God. Melky and Samardizija both had similar rough seasons just in 2013, so I don't see how this completely out of a standard deviation for them. Either way, those two players aren't the only thing keeping this team from being a contender. I mention Flowers & Beckham because they are on the roster and have to start the majority of the time. That's not Robin's fault, he didn't make up the roster. Then who's fault is it? Maybe the people who put together the roster? The people who acquired both years ago and are too stubborn to give up on them?

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 07:53 PM) Brouwer and Oshie are both overpaid and both aren't very good. Oshie's had 1 20+ goal season and 1 60+ point season. Brouwer usually ends the season with 40-50 points. Whatever. Ha, very true. I guess I just saw a consensus of "That's all it took to get Oshie?", where I don't see it as much of a drop off.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) In other news, Blues got bent over dealing Oshie. One playoff choker dealt for another. At least Oshie is solid in the regular season though. I thought the Blues made out OK in the deal, Brouwer is no slouch

I just don't want KW hiring the new manager

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 01:52 PM) Thanks again Mets. Now we have to hear about Maddon's magic show for the next few weeks non-stop. Just root hard for the Giants & Pirates to win the two wild card spots. LOL, just saw that DeGrom gave up a hit to Baxter and a homer to Herrera, the Cubs real "big bats".

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 11:41 AM) Santana never regained his dominance, but he did pitch a no hitter after he came back. After that though, nothing much I believe that no hitter is what ended his career the 2nd time, I think he threw in upwards of 135 pitches in that game.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 09:59 AM) Right, so blame the guys that affect the results. Blame Melky Cabrera and Adam Eaton and Jeff Samardzija and Alexei Ramirez, who are failing daily despite clearly having the skills, experience, and capability to succeed. How is it Alexei Ramirez's fault that he'd old? And it's arguable whether or not Adam Eaton has the capability to succeed, I tend to think he overachieves based on his effort. Do you also blame Tyler Flowers, Gordon Beckham, and Conor Gillaspie for being bad at baseball? Are we allowed to place any blame at the feet of the people who brought these players in?

Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline 46m46 minutes ago Told #Blackhawks were at least $1M apart on AAV w Brandon Saad, likely $5M and $6M. I'd peg #CBJ deal - when done - at $5.5M or 5.75M per

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 03:21 AM) I'd say probably age had some factor here in terms of the contracts, Amisonov is what 5 years younger. And I do agree on bringing in extra Russians (that really doesn't sound right BTW.....), to get those guys fully comfortable as possible. Yeah, it does make sense with the age, I guess I'm just not as sold on Amisonov, but we will see how he does.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 2, 2015 -> 05:47 AM) Good thing that English girl doesn't play for Cuba. She's lucky she's on the women's team where the rooting interest doesn't run as deep. If a male English player did that during the men's WC semifinal, he would never be allowed to return to England alive.

It's official. The 05 Sox are now the 85 Bears. That's why this franchise can't have nice things.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 06:12 PM) http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13179916 Didn't realize Bonilla was getting $1.2 million per season all the way through 2035. That's like Herschel Walker's New Jersey General/Trump contract. Deferring money can be a good concept and helped the Mets make the World Series. Deferring money at 8 percent interest? Not so much.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) In a little bit of '05 nostalgia for ya, AJ Pierzynski and Juan Uribe hit back to back homers for the Braves tonight. Upon reading this, Reinsdorf just gave Kenny a 5 year contract extension

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 08:21 PM) I saw a tweet with a Columbus Saad jersey, did he actually sign yet? I want to see terms. Nope, not yet, still negotiating

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 07:05 PM) Vermette back to AZ. 3.75 AAC 2 years Hmm. That makes me a bit less happy about the Asimov deal

Barrett Jackman 2-year deal with Nasvhille. Dodged a bullet there, there was rumors about him coming to Chicago. That would have sucked.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 12:07 PM) I bet they paid out the ass on that one. Not really. Toronto just really didn't want Kessel. From TSN: The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded Phil Kessel to the Pittsburgh Penguins. According to TSN Hockey Insider Bob McKenzie, the Leafs will receive forwards Nick Spaling and Kasperi Kapanen, defenceman Scott Harrington and a first-round pick in exchange for Kessel and a second-round pick. McKenzie also says the Leafs will retain 15 per cent of Kessel's salary.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) @ESPNChiPowers The Blackhawks and forward Viktor Tikhonov have agreed to terms on a one-year contract, according to a source. All the Russians!!!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 09:48 AM) That is like giving him credit for not stepping in front of a bus. Those were both Duh type of picks. Thankfully two other GMs thought Erik Johnson and Jordan Staal were better than Toews.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 08:54 AM) Anisimov extension, 5 years 4.55 AAV, Kicks in next summer. 22.75 total. Can't say I love the deal given his injury history and I see him closer to a 3C than a 2C, but I guess that's the price nowadays. Just hope he can stay healthy and thrive in the new environment. Plus, the Hawks managed to win a Cup with the corpse of Michal Handzus at 2C, so it absolutely can be done with Anisimov. Only $2 million more than Saad, which doesn't seem like much, but that's how much got them Brad Richards last year.

QUOTE (Real @ Jul 1, 2015 -> 06:55 AM) added nolan ryan's stats anyone feel free to double check my stats one thing i noticed while going through ryan's entire game log as a starter from 1968 to 1972 he got pulled out of a ton of games early (1-3 innings) for getting lit the f*k up lol Ryan also won exactly zero Cy Young awards

The refs may have been questionable, but no doubt the better team on the field tonight won.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 10:03 PM) so all things are being equal. Saad is a very talented player. a player that can help win a SC and a talent to help build around. that is if all the players the hawks got in rtn are on the team and not injured. Things aren't being equal though, this trade also saves them several million in potential cap space. They still need to add like 6 players to the roster. No one is arguing that the Hawks are now a better team without Saad, we would all rather have him. Given the salary cap crunch and the offer sheet deadline, it's understandable why this deal was made though.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 09:56 PM) however, if the hawks would have matched, then they would have the rest of the offseason and next yr to get a better trade. I'm almost positive you can't trade player for a year after matching an offer sheet.

QUOTE (LDF @ Jun 30, 2015 -> 09:47 PM) you make a very interesting point. i didn't know it was Pitt and thank for that little tidbit. i really do not agree on the nice package, but hey it is difference of opinions. with the off season still in the beginning, if the hawks matched, then there will be time to address the other situation that was caused by matching the offer or just get the draft picks. Pitt which should be around the #16 pick, and i am basing this on this yrs results. Bowman won 3 SC rings, but he did not assembled the team that was Tallon. Tallon got the first SC ring and it was thru his drafting that made it possible. now like i said last week, this FA situation was going to be tricky, and this will show to me if Bowman is a good GM. so far, it is not looking good. now, Saad is talented, how old was Towes was when he got his big contract, Saad is a special kind of a player. a extremely talented player. he could have easly help this team win more SC's. instead what was the rtn for Saad and a very promising Dman??? this is not even close of an equal rtn. Tevo salary is not up yet, so he is not in this equation. if rumors are to be believed, bowman screwed the pooch on bickell and sharp last week. if one chooses not to believe in the rumors, then how can one believe in a msg from twitter?? again, bowman did some nice move last season for me, which helped in securing the 3rd SC. see, i am giving him credit. At ages 22 and 21 respectively, Toews and Kane signed similar 5 year / 31.5 million contracts, so a little less than Saad is looking for. Given the circumstances the Hawks were never gonna get an equal return for Saad, they had no leverage. I'd rather they get players who can help them defend the Cup next year, which they did, as opposed to draft picks that might help years down the line