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It'll never happen, but Bryce Harper has interest in signing with the Cubs when he hits FA. https://sports.yahoo.com/news/bryce-harper-reportedly-eye-cubs-fit-budget-015708784.html Not getting my hopes up, but that lineup....  A guy can dream
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Allegedly it's more than just cheating. I hope it's not true, but if it is, gently caress him. Trade him and put Baez or Happ at SS. He never pegged me as a wife beater. Goes to show you how well I can judge character. BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Jun 8, 2017 |
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Jun 8, 2017 16:52
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Also how do you cheat on that? drat.
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Jun 8, 2017 16:54
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Sydin posted:
Theo and Co seem to be big on character, but then again they traded for Chapman so...
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If the domestic violence allegations about Russell turn out to be true and the Cubs don't immediately get rid of him in response, I will take applications for a new team to root for.
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Sydin posted:You and every team looking to contend this year. Like off the top of my head the Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, Twins, Brewers and Cubs would all need rotation upgrades to make a viable post season run. I believe in "innocent until proven guilty" in both a court of law and the court of public opinion, but allegations like this usually have some merit. I don't want it to be true. If his marriage is in trouble that's one thing. It's another entirely if he got physically abusive.
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Jun 8, 2017 22:50
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Sydin posted:
Like someone upthread said, I can root for a player who is a jerk. A wife beater is different. I didn't like Chapman at all, but at least we all knew he was a mercenary and not in the teams future plans.
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It's clear something is going on between him and his wife, but the only allegations of abuse came from a third party - not Melisa herself - and the post was later deleted. That doesn't mean it's not true, but it does put it up in the air. If Addy was cheating on his wife that certainly makes me think less of him, but it's not the tipping point that physical abuse is to me.
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Niwrad posted:Kyle Schwarber for Chris Archer. Let's do this. Russell for Archer.
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Jun 8, 2017 23:06
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iKickDogs posted:I also think the bird was calling for it. Bad form, Goldschmidt. That bird should be shown the Randy Johnson seagull video.
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Will Torres be out for a full calendar year like most pitchers?
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Schwarbs is my boy and I hate to see him sent down but it's for the best. Frankly not surprising seeing as except for 4 games and a pH appearance in the ws he didn't face ml pitching for an entire year. If he didn't have the ws he had he'd have started there. BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Jun 22, 2017 |
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:You could go 2-5 with a home run and a single every game of an entire season and your OPS would still be lower than Barry Bonds' was in 2004, the season where he turned 40. Isn't something like 4/5ths of the 1996/7 Cubs rotation dead? Jeremi Gonzalez, Kevin Foster, Frank Castillo, and I think one other? BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Jun 23, 2017 |
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Pancakes posted:Speaking of dead pitchers, yesterday was 15 years since Darryl Kile. I feel both old and grateful for the chance to get old. We had the TV on in he background for my mom's 50th birthday party with the sound off and I kept wondering why everyone looked all somber and there were people talking on screen when the game was supposed to be going on. I didn't find out til I got home. BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Jun 24, 2017 |
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R.D. Mangles posted:sox are retiring buerhle's number today Who the hell is Mark Buehrle?
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Pancakes posted:Speaking of The Show 17, I couldn't hit for poo poo tonight against the Marlins (admittedly at a higher difficulty). 16 hits, 22 innings. Luis Gonzalez had 2 errors in left and David Wright got gunned down at the plate in the 11th. Finally won in the 22nd on a walk-off single. I'm just having fun on 16 on my PS3 (because I'm cheap) using my devastating forkball to strike out ALL the motherfuckers. All of them. 1998 Kerry Wood wishes he was my rtts guy.
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Vertical Lime posted:https://twitter.com/SInow/status/879821831292801025 I think he set that with the Cubs in the early 90d.
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Carlosologist posted:Can't say I remember the last time I saw a guy DFAed right after criticizing the team I think Zambrano was dealt away by Theo shortly after he was told the team would give him another chance. My memory could be hazy on that, though.
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Julio Cruz posted:"players who criticize other players are selfish, now let me tell you how our catcher sucks rear end" Yeah that second sentence makes him kind of a hypocrite.
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ThePeavstenator posted:Baseball is a 20-30 year echo of the NFL. The Cubs won their first World Series in forever last year, about 30 years after the Bears won their Super Bowl, and now are becoming mediocre, while the Brewers are rebuilding with young players replacing their decade of busts and injured vets and will now eternally sustain that sweet, sweet .550 win percentage every season and then lose early to mid-way through the playoffs every year just like the Packers. You mean after two championships? 
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Check out @ManuclearBomb's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ManuclearBomb/status/880128437905747968?s=09 Is Almora giving a sly middle finger? If that's intentional then I'm buying his shirtsey immediately.
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Sydin posted:I am Almora slyly flipping the President the bird while dressed like I'm about to give a class presentation in HS. Yeah that shirt needs to be taken out back and shot.
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Sydin posted:So Montero Responded on ESPN radio to the whole ordeal. Long story short: he regrets the comments he made in the heat of the moment, called Jake to apologize, and doesn't blame the Cubs for deciding to DFA him. I yelled so loud my throat still hurts.
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Jun 28, 2017 21:06
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Did we make a corresponding roster move after the DFA? Is Contreras the only c on the roster at the moment?
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Jun 28, 2017 21:25
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Maybe if he hadn't criticized Maddon about his playing time in the postseason he'd still he on the team, but you can't have a teammate calling out another teammate in the press like that.
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Jun 28, 2017 23:13
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If you take away all his PA's where he got on base, he's slashing .000/.000/.000
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Happy Booby Bonilla day!
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