Jedi Shrimper
formerly Drastic™
It's Opening Day today, so high time for a 2012 thread for the select band of baseball fans on SZ.
It's been a pretty eventful close season for my Cubs, the biggest signings all being off the field. Out went manager Mike Quade & GM Jim Hendry and in came Theo Epstein (the man that ended Boston's drought) as President of Baseball Operations, Jed Hoyer (formerly Padres & Red Sox) as GM and Dale Sveum as team manager. The cubs didn't spend any big money on players but instead got rid of Carlos Zambrano, Aramis Ramirez & Carlos Pena, the principal plan being to restock the Cubs farm system. The mood on the northside is pretty positive for the future but remarkably realistic for the coming season or two while the club is rebuilt, no-one is expecting to win the division simply an improvement on the last year or two.
Any predictions? Will Pujols lead the Angels to the World Series? Will the Marlins buy themselves success?
Newcomers state your allegiance.
It's been a pretty eventful close season for my Cubs, the biggest signings all being off the field. Out went manager Mike Quade & GM Jim Hendry and in came Theo Epstein (the man that ended Boston's drought) as President of Baseball Operations, Jed Hoyer (formerly Padres & Red Sox) as GM and Dale Sveum as team manager. The cubs didn't spend any big money on players but instead got rid of Carlos Zambrano, Aramis Ramirez & Carlos Pena, the principal plan being to restock the Cubs farm system. The mood on the northside is pretty positive for the future but remarkably realistic for the coming season or two while the club is rebuilt, no-one is expecting to win the division simply an improvement on the last year or two.
Any predictions? Will Pujols lead the Angels to the World Series? Will the Marlins buy themselves success?
Newcomers state your allegiance.