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because we signed a crappy SS.

I remember when the sky fell when we didn't sign Maddux and traded away JD Drew, and ended up signing Suppan, Tavarez, and Reggie Sanders and getting Jason Marquis back in the trade. Oh yeah, and we traded for a crappy 2B (Womack).

The sky falls every season. When we actually bring in a marquee player (like the Mulder trade) is when we should be worried.

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I find that it's always a good idea to get this worked up before the Winter Meetings rather than after.

I hope you're not expecting 105 wins next year. The boy crying "wolf" turned out to be right one time.

no, expecting 105 wins any year is unreasonable.

I'm expecting the team to be rebuilt, not reloaded. The won't be immediate.

I'll be upset if we don't win another World Series before 2031.

I don't mind people being upset over some of the moves, but I'll never get the people that would rather be right about bad signings (and be the first to say "I called it!") than wish well for the team.

I think the magnitude of the response has a lot to do with the expectation. There is little doubt that the team is in transition, and the 2007 debacle + new GM + new (purported) philosophy + new stadium revenues = high expectations for big moves to retool an aging team.

Then Moz goes out and prematurely inks a replacement-type player, and publicly calls him a "safety net". I can understand the frustration, but the amount of distress exhibited here does remind me of a certain other forum dedicated to this team. People just need to chill for a minute.

dangerous wrote:I'll be upset if we don't win another World Series before 2031.

Lets see that'll be 123 years since the Cubs won it!!!!

I'm going to rank the Izturis signing below the Obama lapel pin on the list of things to worry about. That's just how I roll.