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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #750 on: October 02, 2015, 12:58:02 pm »
It's one of the reasons I hate hearing that we have an interest in Smarjadork.

I'm curious what has he done that effects team chemistry?

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« Reply #751 on: October 02, 2015, 01:19:01 pm »
Grumbling,  getting into the face of coaches and managers.   He was on the grassy knoll.  He sells weapons to ISIS. 

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« Reply #752 on: October 02, 2015, 01:25:06 pm »
I seem to remember most of his grumbling about playing for crappy Cubs teams and not wanting to play for a team that is tanking.  If the manager was Sveum can you blame him?  He's too young for the grassy knoll.  The selling weapons to ISIS is concerning.

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« Reply #753 on: October 02, 2015, 01:32:25 pm »
The Cubs have had a few players I didnt like and they did and a few I did like that they didnt.

If its what's best for the team then I wont ****.

Adding Samardzija to our team would help it tremendously.

I do think its funny that I told you all he was a bastard several years ago to much ridicule and now you all accept it as common knowledge.

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« Reply #754 on: October 02, 2015, 02:59:58 pm »
Patrick Mooney has a piece up (link below) noting that Cubs tried to trade for Papelbon before trade deadline but were outbid.

Big difference between Cubs and Nats is that Cubs have guys (Ross, Lester, Maddon) who maybe could have reined in Papelbon's worst tendencies and Nats did not. A guy look Ross might well know beforehand that Papelbon was mad at a teammate (as Papelbon was at Harper following Harper's remarks about the HBP) and headed the whole thing off beforehand.

Not really a clubhouse chemistry thing but a matter of having team leaders and a manager who knows what's going on in the clubhouse.

Highly recommend the 3-part series in Washington Post about the Nats. Writer was working on the series all season and had permission to publish when Nats mathematically eliminated. Good stuff in all 3 parts about roster construction, clubhouse issues, and grind of 162 game season.

Mooney piece:

http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/what-if-cubs-had-traded-jonathan-papelbon
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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #755 on: October 02, 2015, 03:34:28 pm »
The Cubs have had a few players I didnt like and they did and a few I did like that they didnt.

If its what's best for the team then I wont ****.

Adding Samardzija to our team would help it tremendously.

I do think its funny that I told you all he was a bastard several years ago to much ridicule and now you all accept it as common knowledge.


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« Reply #756 on: October 02, 2015, 03:43:49 pm »
Patrick Mooney has a piece up (link below) noting that Cubs tried to trade for Papelbon before trade deadline but were outbid.

Big difference between Cubs and Nats is that Cubs have guys (Ross, Lester, Maddon) who maybe could have reined in Papelbon's worst tendencies and Nats did not. A guy look Ross might well know beforehand that Papelbon was mad at a teammate (as Papelbon was at Harper following Harper's remarks about the HBP) and headed the whole thing off beforehand.

Not really a clubhouse chemistry thing but a matter of having team leaders and a manager who knows what's going on in the clubhouse.

Highly recommend the 3-part series in Washington Post about the Nats. Writer was working on the series all season and had permission to publish when Nats mathematically eliminated. Good stuff in all 3 parts about roster construction, clubhouse issues, and grind of 162 game season.

Mooney piece:

http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/what-if-cubs-had-traded-jonathan-papelbon

Link(s) to the WaPo series?

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #758 on: October 02, 2015, 04:54:28 pm »
The Orioles and Nationals don't have a game scheduled with anyone tonight?  What's up with that?

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« Reply #759 on: October 02, 2015, 04:56:02 pm »
The Orioles and Nationals don't have a game scheduled with anyone tonight?  What's up with that?
That game has been rained out.

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« Reply #760 on: October 02, 2015, 05:02:47 pm »
I do think its funny that I told you all he was a bastard several years ago to much ridicule and now you all accept it as common knowledge.

Not even close.

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« Reply #761 on: October 02, 2015, 05:09:48 pm »
Patrick Mooney has a piece up (link below) noting that Cubs tried to trade for Papelbon before trade deadline but were outbid....

Same guy could be a totally different story in a different place.  Papelbon pitched reasonably well for Washington, much better than Hunter; we could have used a reasonably good reliever.  Cubs are winning, Cubs have a happy clubhouse, probably none of the ugly would have manifested. 

Mooney piece also notes that Cubs also tried to get Utley.  Who's hitting .200 for LA.  Cubs might look quite different if we'd gotten Utley, Papelbon, (and Mark Appel). 

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« Reply #763 on: October 02, 2015, 05:14:11 pm »
Here's interesting piece on defensive runs saved leader Kevin Kiermaier. (Inciarte is second in defensive runs saved).

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25324949

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #764 on: October 02, 2015, 07:05:07 pm »
Reds over Pirates 4-0 going into the bottom of the third.