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gently caress yeah its time to  about the Reigning And Defending World Series Champion Chicago Cubs
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Feb 14, 2017 19:28
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N: Doctors have cleared Schwarber to catch V: Limit him to 30 or fewer games behind the plate and that seems fine.
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Feb 16, 2017 04:56
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Feb 17, 2017 04:44
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Why is this not an illegal pitch delivery, even with charitable 'drag the toe = still on the rubber' parameters he's clearly taking the foot off the mound and hopping forward https://twitter.com/Padres/status/831917274227281920
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Feb 17, 2017 05:11
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Julio Cruz posted:Are we doing a Meet the Teams thread again this year? Probably but last year's thread wasn't until about a week or so before opening day
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Feb 20, 2017 19:34
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Knowing my father in law I'll probably be getting tickets to one of the mid-July Braves home games when the Cubs come to Atlanta as an early birthday present since that'll be the only reasonable chance I'll get to see the Cubs play in person this year. Last year he got my wife and I tickets for the game where they got absolutely stymied by Bud Norris. We left the second Clayton Richard came out of the pen (and we were right to do so!)
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Feb 25, 2017 07:09
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Javier Baez, multi-position defensive magician and sometimes frustrating bottom of the order hitter is something I can probably be ok with for the next five years of team control.
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Feb 26, 2017 20:34
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If you're a Cubs fan who doesn't fall asleep nightly to a auto-repeating playlist of all 11 postseason wins of 2016 maybe you don't deserve to Fly The W™
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Feb 27, 2017 05:17
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DeepDickPizza posted:
My AA assignment team's pretty obscure, you probably haven't heard of it
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Feb 28, 2017 15:27
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https://twitter.com/GMA/status/836930840231829504
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Mar 1, 2017 15:09
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Jason Heyward "New Swing" Spring Training Statistics: 0/8, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, .000/.111/.000 E: now 0/11 after this afternoon's game CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Mar 2, 2017 |
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Mar 2, 2017 22:55
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FlamingLiberal posted:Jung-Ho Kang received an 8 month sentence in South Korea for his most recent DUI case, but apparently it's a suspended sentence (for two years) and he won't be going to jail unless he breaks the terms of his suspended sentence. Are there any mandatory MLB penalties/suspensions for drunk driving convictions like they do for domestic violence or is Kang OK to play now?
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Mar 3, 2017 04:40
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Your Taint posted:What a piece of poo poo. Goddamn. I hope he blows out a knee or something and goes back home, never to be heard from again. Somewhere in Florida Chris Coghlan feels a jolt of inspiration
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Mar 3, 2017 05:15
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FlamingLiberal posted:It's unclear if he's going to get suspended by MLB over this. I looked up the statutes and there doesn't seem to be any kind of alcohol/DUI provision in the drug or conduct policy and that's going to get a ton of scrutiny if MLB is fine giving out 30+ game suspensions for domestic violence allegations (whether or not they end in arrests or convictions) but then have no league punishments for multiple DUI convictions.
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Mar 3, 2017 14:14
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TheChaosPath posted:
http://i.imgur.com/YxeEaNA.mp4
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Mar 6, 2017 19:52
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Kris Bryant gettin' PAID (relative to his service time) (but 1.05 million for someone in year 2 of service time is an all-time record)
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Mar 10, 2017 04:44
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Thoroughly enjoying finally being the powerful team everyone hates for once. I expected a "We love the Cubs" in the spirit of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNn3k1KfOrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enO7cIu_hjE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocrIq0_Hcwc
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Mar 10, 2017 18:38
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There Is Always More And It Will Never Die https://twitter.com/CSNChicago/status/841680377689313281
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Mar 14, 2017 17:23
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Rizzo took Szczur's bat not because it was lucky, but because it was shorter and lighter and Rizzo was having issues with fatigue using his normal bat.quote:Rizzo’s entire postseason had changed in the fifth inning of NLCS Game 4, when he switched from his Marucci model bat to one that belonged to teammate Matt Szczur. To that point Rizzo was 2 for 26 in the playoffs. The bat, as the story went, was identical to Rizzo’s own model in size and weight but was full of amazing karma. Szczur, an outfielder who wasn’t even on any of the playoff rosters, became a minor national star simply by lending his equipment. The naked motivational Rizzo speeches were also mentioned, but other interesting notes from the book excerpt: - Chapman threw almost all sliders in the 9th because Montero didn't feel comfortable being able to catch 100+ mph heat (despite Chapman not having that left in the tank) - Almora knew almost instantly that Davis would catch Bryant's fly in the 10th and that was what enabled him to be in place to tag up - Game 7 was only the second time in MLB history that a team used 3 catchers and all of them recorded an RBI - Montero and Montgomery had no idea how to approach pitching to Martinez - Montgomery was completely gassed from having to warm up multiple times starting in the 3rd inning and didn't throw a single strike warming up in the 10th either in the bullpen or during his 8 warmup pitches
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Mar 15, 2017 14:49
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Inspector_666 posted:I thought the length/weight difference between the bats was pretty well-reported at the time? MLB.com reported at the time it was the same weight but had a slightly different barrel and handle. E: From the LA Times: quote:Rizzo, mired in a two-for-29, nine-strikeout playoff slump, crushed a full-count Baez fastball over the center-field wall for a solo home run. CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Mar 15, 2017 |
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Mar 15, 2017 14:54
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Poque posted:I wonder how many of his teammates knew he was a cocaine user and how many of them were/are using as well. I imagine many of them knew. I don't mean this to be callous. I hope that if he has teammates who are using, they are taking it as a wake-up call and have since reconsidered. I don't think it will be. Fernandez will be canonized and the whole thing will be treated as a tragedy and there will be 16 patches and tributes and retired numbers and the facts of what happened will just be one of things you don't talk about if you're a good and polite person. Going out and boating while you're drunk and using cocaine, especially when you have a child on the way is dumb as gently caress and that's what Fernandez's legacy should be but that won't happen. E: Yup quote:“No matter what the report has concluded, nothing will ever diminish Jose's everlasting positive connection with Miami and the Miami Marlins,” team President David Samson said in a statement. “Nor can it lessen the love and passion he felt for his family, friends, teammates and all his fans in South Florida and around the world.” What he did and the consequences don't matter, what matters is his everlasting positive connection I'm sure his daughter who will have to watch videos of daddy to get even the smallest inkling of a connection to her father will take solace in that everlasting positive connection to the city and to baseball CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Mar 16, 2017 |
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Mar 16, 2017 16:57
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Sydin posted:The thing is though that if he'd died in a drunk driving incident, it probably would have been more immediately apparent what happened and how much fault Fernandez had. Because it was a boat crash in the middle of the night where he ran into a jetty with multiple people on board the boat, it was framed as a tragic accident for a decent chunk of time before details started to leak out that Fernandez was incredibly drunk and on cocaine, and even then for a long time it was argued he wasn't driving the boat. It's easier to ignore the details and focus on how well liked he was prior to his death than to walk back months of praise and good feelings because he killed three people - including himself - as a direct result of his idiocy. Just because it's understandable doesn't mean it's right. The incident report is damning but I have no faith that MLB or the Marlins will turn Fernandez into a cautionary tale.
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Mar 16, 2017 17:33
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IMB posted:"Santa Maria" is the worst call in sports. The only way I can stomach the Davis HR in the 8th of game 7 is with the Santa Maria call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z44Zz1UU_FQ
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Mar 20, 2017 15:32
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Troy Queef posted:The Cards are doing something actually kinda cool this year: for $30 a month, you get an SRO ticket delivered via At Bat to every game except Opening Day, with guaranteed access to any giveaways. (Plus, the ushers at Busch don't really mind if you take over an open seat after a few innings.) Essentially $2.63 per game if you attend all 80 is a fantastic deal and I have to assume the idea is that most people won't go to a ton of the games, SRO tickets mostly go unsold anyway, and if someone does hit all/most of the games they're going to make a ton off of them in concessions. Shame it's essentially a season ticket that doesn't entitle you to postseason seats.
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Mar 23, 2017 06:55
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Your Taint posted:Is this in response to anything in particular, or just a general sentiment? La Stella has said publicly that he would accept a demotion to AAA but rumor is internally the push to trade Szczur is because TLS's reaction to a demotion is still considered a volatile unknown and they can't put Szczur in AAA without him clearing waivers since he's out of options.
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Mar 26, 2017 18:08
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Inspector_666 posted:So apparently it's "unlikely" that Julio Urias will break camp with the Dodgers. He's 20 and he already has 350+ innings of MiLB/MLB work on his arm. The Dodgers project to be plenty good without him in the rotation so I don't see why you shouldn't keep him in the minors and let him continue developing and working him up to a steady IP/year without putting too much strain or pressure on him and injuring a potential franchise cornerstone pitcher before he's 22.
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Mar 28, 2017 20:32
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t. Cubs http://www.csnchicago.com/video/reign-men-story-behind-game-7-2016-world-series-0
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Mar 29, 2017 04:30
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Coghlan has been cut from the Phillies and Maddon just abruptly woke up in his RV with a massive erection
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Mar 29, 2017 07:56
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:Y'all laughed when the Rangers catchphrase for 2016 was #NeverEverQuit and then we won all the one run games and never quit. it's actually #LoneStarGrits, their new ballpark food. Three cups of white grits served al dente and mixed with chocolate ice cream, Cholula Hot Sauce, two ounces of fried tilapia and topped with Haribo gummy bear shavings. Served in a souvenir cleat for $37.95
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Mar 29, 2017 21:21
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There's always that team that half the predictions have at 86-90 wins and the other half put them at 70-75 and you look at the Rays and nod sagely because they fit that profile quite well
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Mar 30, 2017 23:22
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Your 2017 National League Participant New York Mets
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Mar 31, 2017 19:11
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I like the slightly askew employee of the week plaques and Schwarber's emotion but Zobrist is the lowkey star of that bit
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Apr 1, 2017 05:25
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The Padres finished spring training exactly as they should: losing 4-2 to their high-A affiliate
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Apr 1, 2017 08:23
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The Pussy Boss posted:Strongest and weakest divisions in 2017? I'd say the AL East is probably the best in baseball right now. Red Sox are the favorites but I wouldn't be surprised if the O's, Jays or Yankees won that division. Next best is the AL West. Three legit contenders and the Angels will be mediocre, not terrible IMO. The weakest divisions in both leagues are the Central where you have nearly everyone picking Cleveland and the Cubs and those handful of 'pick the outlier just to be contrary' types spending a ton of time trying to convince themselves that (Detroit/Kansas City/St. Louis/Pittsburgh) really could make a run at the division If It All Falls Into Place Strongest is probably the AL West. The AL East is the most balanced but I think the teams in the West are better foils for Cleveland. CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Apr 2, 2017 |
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