TCR: No Good Will Come of This

No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 1:44am

Carrie Muskat is  back with her weekly mailbag column, responding to the asinine questions from Cubs fans with a healthy mix of stock answers and utter disdain for her readers.

More importantly though, mlb.com has opened up comments on articles.

Oh dear....

(Emphasis added)
Kabalzo wrote:

Jake Peavy is a very good pitcher. However, he had a dismal year...

That's right, a 2.85 ERA is now dismal...holy balls.

bmar1784 wrote:
.... If San Diego want center field and infield help
Cedeno and Pie here you go. And I dont think they'll what Jeff's
contract so I dont think we'll have to worry about that.

That $2 to $3M a year that Samardzija will make a year is certainly going to be a problem for a team trying to unload a $52M contract. 
mavericks2 wrote:
I may not be right but i heard that B.J. Upton is a free agent.

cha ching!!

if thats true there is our answer to center field

it's not true, you're a retard. And who the fuck uses cha ching anymore?

fansince45 wrote:
In
my opinion, Theroit, Fontenet, DeRosa, and Marmol were the heart of the
Cubs team and most steadily reliable. Do we really need all those
high-priced on-again, off-again players?

Nope fansince45, the Cubs need more mediocre players that bleed scrappiness. Screw talent, we need HEART!!!

jesusbig1 wrote:
.... this is what needs to happen: Soriano needs to be moved in the
lineup, him, lee, and fukudome need to get better, and we need to find
someone in centerfield. Marquis has been an alright 5th starter, I
think if he would've not been skipped in the rotation as much, he
could've won as many as 15 games, hell maybe more. Big Z needs to quit
being a little bitch. when he gets his head up his ass, he just stops
producing, and that is the main problem, He is supposed to be a leader,
and when he cries, i think it makes the other players get down and play
worse. WE can win with the exact same team we had this year, will it be
the exact same team? no, we just need to play better, you know why?
because 9=8

jesus recommends the Cubs just play better. Why the fuck didn't any of the rest of us think of that? Of course, since this is jesus, maybe he can just make them play better.
 
I'm sure there's plenty of more nuggets in there and I'm guessing any negative comments about Carrie are immediately deleted. Nonetheless, that should make for some good comedy this offseason.
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#1 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by 10man on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 1:15am.

If Jesus can make Marquis win 15 games, then sign me up.

#11 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:18am.

If Jesus can make Marquis win 15 games, then sign me up.
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ROFL, considering #21 is Jewish (no Sammy isn't Jewish).

#13 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by ruz on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:42am.

"ROFL, considering #21 is Jewish"

Hey, so was Jesus...

#2 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 1:27am.

The Cub Reporter slogan:

"TCR: Over-analyzing the Cubs since July, 2001"

needs to be

No good will become of this

it just works on too many levels

#8 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 9:33am.

not your worst idea....

#20 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by big_lowitzki on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 3:44pm.

I guess it would read something like this:

TCR: No good has become of this since since July, 2001.

#3 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by 10man on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 3:40am.

well lately it's been:

"Over-analyzing the socio-economic situation for 5 days"

#4 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Andrew on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 5:08am.

Well, at least we now have a public forum to tell Muskrat how much we love her work.

#5 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by John Beasley on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 8:27am.

I know that having to answer questions only from people who obviously know less than her limits potential mailbagees, but what the fuck? Anyone who can use the Internet knows Upton's not a free agent; why the fuck would you even print that?

Cubs.com will be completely useless when the team finishes its transition to having 100% of seats sold through scalpers.

#6 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Dmac on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 8:39am.

If you've ever read the comments section in the Trib's sports sections lately, these would not be surprising.

#7 Economy Woes Hit Cubs

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 9:32am.

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/12323...

''I don't want to get into payroll speculation until Jim and [assistant GM Randy Bush] and their team have done their work,'' said Cubs chairman Crane Kenney, who nonetheless made it clear he doesn't expect the kind of jumps that increased the payroll from in the $90 millions in 2006 to $130 million by the end of this season.

''I'm not sure we're going to have any major offseason moves that would require significant payroll capacity,'' Kenney added. ''We'll leave that to Jim and Randy and the guys to work through, and we'll see where we are in a couple of weeks. ... We try not to lose sight of the fact that we won 97 games for a reason. We have a core that's pretty damn good.''

#9 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by The Joe on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 10:55am.

I don't have an insider account, so this is Buster Olney via MLBTraderumors (sue me):

"Mark Prior, who had a second, less-invasive surgery on his right shoulder earlier this year, is in the midst of a throwing program and should be ready for the start of the 2009 season, said his agent, John Boggs."

I just needed some more amusement.

#10 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by The E-Man on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:12am.

I'm Jewish, but know one thing:

"You don't FUCK with The Jesus"

J. Turturo

#18 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 3:11pm.

you pull a piece on me, and I'll rip it out of your hand , stick it up your ass and pull the trigger until I hear....click.

#29 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Jackstraw on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 9:19pm.

Re: Jacos:

"you pull a piece on me, and I'll rip it out of your hand , stick it up your ass and pull the trigger until I hear....click."

Doesn't seem to me there's really much of a winner in that scenario. Just various levels of losing.

#12 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Dmac on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:34am.

Maybe Kenney can invite another priest to say some more holy platitudes on the field - and presto! A bigger payroll for '09!

#14 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 12:06pm.

Hey, so was Jesus...
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Was that brisket on Jesus' plate at the last supper Passover seder?

#15 Soto named Sporting News ROY

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 2:27pm.

http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/news/press_releases/p...

voted on by the players...

#16 Great Quote

Submitted by Bigz on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 2:31pm.

ESPN 1000:

"Three things are recession proof: alcohol, tobacco and cubs tickets"

#17 Re: Great Quote

Submitted by Brick on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 3:01pm.

It's not hard to see how those things might form a symbiotic cycle.

#19 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by Cubster on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 3:18pm.

you pull a piece on me, and I'll rip it out of your hand, stick it up your ass and pull the trigger until I hear....click.
==========

is that game called: Russian Roulette for assholes?

(not a cardinal reference I presume)

#24 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 7:30pm.

See-Big Lebowski

Great film.

#21 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 6:05pm.

I actually agree with Big Jesus there. Soriano doesn't need to get better, necessarily, maybe get healthy, and Zambrano does need to act like a grownup. I didn't understand the rest of it.

#25 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 7:31pm.

I would like to see Soriano hit good pitching some times.

#28 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 8:38pm.

Soriano went into that series batting .267 against the three starters. Ramirez .153.

#33 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by billybucks on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 6:57am.

Don't have the stats, but I recall Sori having some big hits against Lord Sabathia.

#22 Cubs may play pre-season opener in new Yankee Stadium

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 6:32pm.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=365619...

#23 Re: Cubs may play pre-season opener in new Yankee Stadium

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 6:43pm.

I don't get it.

#26 Re: Cubs may play pre-season opener in new Yankee Stadium

Submitted by crunch on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 8:17pm.

early april baseball in new york...sounds as fun as early april baseball in chicago...especially after a month+ in arizona.

#27 Re: No Good Will Come of This

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 8:22pm.

Is the World Baseball cluster fuck next year?

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