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Quote from: Huey Potatohead on November 07, 2017, 03:40:28 PM
I'm surprised, but not shocked, to read this.

LSA +1

Quote from: SKO on October 31, 2017, 11:07:25 AM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 30, 2017, 08:48:28 PM

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 30, 2017, 04:34:56 PM

Quote from: SKO on October 30, 2017, 08:48:38 AM
I don't know how you legitimately evaluate Trubisky with that supporting cast. That's the worst set of receivers I've ever seen, and the Bears have put out some really fucking shitty receiving groups. I'd rather see Knox and Hester back out there. Trubisky could suck, he could be good, I'm not drawing any conclusions until he has actual players around him.

Agreed. But he missed at least four or five passes yesterday that were under thrown, overthrown or behind his target. Wasn't very encouraging.

Very unhappy that Paced is allowing this coaching staff to try to teach this kid given they all may be out in 9 weeks. Still think they should have fired Fox before the year started or extended him so the coaching staff could focus on development and not on wins.

How many throws did they let him make the last two weeks before Sunday, 16 and 7 I think? Kid can't even get into a rhythm. I've definitely seen enough to be cautiously optimistic on the Trubisky Train.

He's caught in the absolute worst possible offense for a rookie QB. The talent around him is terrible and the coaching staff thinks "protecting" a young QB means throwing only on 3rd and long or limiting the number of attempts. Honestly they should throw early and often with an emphasis on spreading the field and getting him easily completions, letting him get into a rhythm. They're incredibly bland and boring and when you are asking a QB to pass only when the defense is expecting a pass you're really fucking him over. I think they only use Tarik Cohen as a receiver out of one or two formations, they never split him out wide, etc. It's like Mike Tice is back.

Say what?



Pretty sure Carr would have killed for the Bears' offensive line and anyone near as talented as Jordan Howard.
His receivers weren't any better than these clowns either.

He was my #3 pick, but I'm sure Thrill already calculated all that.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 13, 2017, 03:54:11 PM

Quote from: Brownie on October 13, 2017, 12:01:22 PM

Quote from: thehawk on October 13, 2017, 11:56:36 AM

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 13, 2017, 11:47:09 AM

Quote from: Brownie on October 13, 2017, 11:24:12 AM
Per Flight Aware, plane still on the ground. Per Google it departed at 10:11 MDT.

They aren't on a charter like Signature? Flying United?

Not sure who owns or crews it (my guess its United), but its a dedicated Cubs jet flying United livery  (note the flight schedule http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2504#flightPageActivityLog)

What is interesting is that American signed a big sponsorship deal with the Cubs, and you would think they would be flying the team.

American canceled charter agreements with six NFL teams this season due to lack of available aircraft. Maintaining availability for an MLB team and its extremely demanding travel needs is, I imagine, quite a bit more difficult.

Maybe we can get Al to dig into who owns the charter.

Quote from: Yeti on October 13, 2017, 06:50:38 AM
Lackey was pretty good his last few starts. I say give the man a few innings in Saturday

I'm definitely for giving Lackey a chance here.

And if he's terrible, I'll hold it against him forever.

Quote from: WTB...A RING FFS!! on October 11, 2017, 06:32:06 PM
That's twice that idiot's completely shit himself this series and fucked the team. IF the Cubs can pull it off tomorrow, good luck Carl on seeing meaningful baseball the rest of this year.

*Makes note in binder.*

2017: 1st place
2016: 1st
2015: 2nd
2014: 1st
2013: 2nd

Y'all are legit terrible at this. 

Nice season. Let's do it again in the spring.

For posterity.
For humanity.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on September 21, 2017, 04:03:01 PM
Here's the thing...Since Cardinals baseball is "the right way" (aka traditional thinking), wouldn't it go to figure the way to approach the Cubs is to not let Bryant or Rizzo beat you? So by Rizzo getting hit by a pitch, which is tantamount to an intentional walk, he's actually doing the Cardinals a favor.

You'll always lose when you try to rationalize irrational behavior.

Quote from: SKO on September 21, 2017, 12:48:26 PM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on September 21, 2017, 12:42:55 PM

Quote from: SKO on September 21, 2017, 12:34:44 PM
DPD but man what a damn shame Grady Sizemore's career was. Averaged 6.2 bWAR in his four full seasons through age 25, then played just 419 more games the rest of his career.

Get this negativity the fuck out of the Kris Bryant thread. Why aren't you appreciating him more, you jerk? This is the thread where we appreciate him, not jinx him by bringing up failures. Someone should have told you.

Kris Bryant is what Grady Sizemore should have been. If he played 3rd. And was made of steel.

Troy Glaus had a 15.4 WAR his 23-25 age seasons.

Quote from: PenFoe on July 18, 2017, 01:04:23 PM

Quote from: SKO on July 18, 2017, 12:09:30 PM

Quote from: PenFoe on July 17, 2017, 08:54:24 PM
*Injects methadone*

Pretty sure I've been the last one on the Jen-Ho Tseng bandwagon since like 2 years ago, but he's still making some waves out there.  

In his second start since being promoted to Iowa (still only 22 years old) he's currently at 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K.
The concern has been in the lack of Ks, but he's up to over 8 K/9, which is the highest of his career.  

Kid has a chance.

Like that has ever stopped me before.

Minor league pitcher of the year, making his Cubs debut tomorrow. 

Quote from: Huey Potatohead on September 07, 2017, 08:37:24 AM

Quote from: D. Doluntap on September 07, 2017, 07:09:11 AM
Leonys will be used like Dave Roberts to eliminate Dave Roberts.

This is funny but in all seriousness the more I think about it the more I think this is the possibility.  Since there's no other playing screaming to fill the 25th spot they well could put Martin on for some Herb Washington situations.  I mean, granted, Rene Rivera would've score on Avila's hit last night, but the fact is Martin got his ass right into scoring position with the winning run after coming in to pinch-run for Rizzo.

Considering the magnitude of Almora's tag-up in Game 7, and that he provided limited value otherwise, I don't think it's that unreasonable to have a guy in the 25th spot who is primarily valued for baserunning.

Or they could just use Almora again in this role.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on September 07, 2017, 09:16:20 AM

Quote from: PenFoe on September 06, 2017, 10:16:48 PM
On a semi-related note, former Bears DE Israel Idonije auditioned today (in Chicago) for a commercial we're shooting next week.
I don't think he's right for this specific part, but he has some acting chops. 

In case anyone was wondering what he was up to these days.

Intrepid Reader: Huey

Tell me about the potatoes.

Not for potatoes, but I venture he might be a solid fit for them.

On a semi-related note, former Bears DE Israel Idonije auditioned today (in Chicago) for a commercial we're shooting next week.
I don't think he's right for this specific part, but he has some acting chops. 

In case anyone was wondering what he was up to these days.

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Quote from: Canadouche on July 03, 2017, 10:42:36 PM
For the people out there who prefer cider, Stella Artois just might be the very best.

*blink*

Yeah.  I wrote a post some time ago pooh-poohing this but it got lost and I couldn't be arsed to go back and write it again.  I understand that this is entirely a matter of taste and as such, completely subjective... but anyone who thinks that Stella Artois cider is the very best really needs to try more ciders.  It's fine.  Good, even.  But the very best?  Nope.

I thought cider was for the gheys and such.

It was for a while until the Gluten-Frees got a hold of it and took it mainstream. 
Cider is acceptable again in many circles. 

Not mine, but others.

I love a good, dry cider every once in a while and I don't give a shit what you fuckers call me because of it.

Sweet ciders are for those who miss the halcyon days Bartles and James.

Well fuck you very much too.

A couple years back I was working on a cider project for New Belgium and did an informal focus group/taste testing of what's currently out there to look for white space.

Most of it was pretty terrible, but there were a couple sweets that were crowd pleasers. The dryer ones generally performed better.