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Quote from: Canadouche on November 16, 2017, 09:45:05 AM
Reddit tells me that Yellon has penned a compelling case for why the Cubs should extend Rizzo now, rather than after the 2021 season, seeing as how they have control over him until then.

Reddit says a lot of things.

The word "compelling" may have been used in a hyperbolic fashion. I think Reddit shares most peoples' opinions about Al's viewpoint.

I will say, it's compelling to see how someone with such dumb ideas (The Cubs have Rizzo locked up for cheap, so let's break the bank for him) has so many people that agree.

Well, you live in the country that elected Trump. Nothing is surprising anymore.

We also live in a country that didn't elect Hillary.
We're brilliant!

but mostly stupid. because of the trump thing.

Quote from: Huey Potatohead on November 03, 2017, 05:33:04 AM
I've gradually gone from utterly abhorring Joe Buck to actually liking him.

Agreed. He's good at his job.

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Quote from: Quality Start Machine on July 28, 2017, 02:11:40 PMis the first year the Cubs will have two LH hitters with at least 30 home runs. Ever.

Why can't you use words like "might" or "could."

Fork was right.

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

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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.

That's pretty damn impressive!

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on September 11, 2017, 11:03:28 AM

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Quote from: SKO on September 10, 2017, 03:07:00 PM
Thank fucking christ Heyward is starting they might actually have scored more than one goddamn run.  Somedays I miss the gutless fucking assholes thread

What particular type of Zen is this that you're practicing?

There was an opt-out clause in my zen contract if they got swept and were in danger of blowing the division to either the Brewers or a mediocre as shit Cardinals team. Anyway, Joe sitting Schwarber for 3 straight games against RHP while starting Zobrist and Heyward and claiming its due to "matchups" would have been enough to give me an aneurysm even if I was the fucking Dalai Lama.

Well, given that the matchups were "vs. major league pitchers" sitting Schwarber makes sense.

.918 OPS in the 51 games since he came back from the minors.

Quote from: Brownie on September 11, 2017, 05:25:35 PM

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Quote from: Brownie on September 11, 2017, 01:13:40 PM
Either way, last year would have been the last season of Ricky Renteria's contract. I don't think he gets the Cubs to the playoffs during his tenure.

The Cubs won the division by 17.5 games last year. You really think Maddon is worth the equivalent of basically two Mike Trouts?

I don't think Lester is here without Maddon. Obviously, neither is Ross. I don't think Renteria would be as good for Arrieta or Schwarber or Bryant making their debuts. I wonder if Castro bounces back like he does the last 6 weeks of the season. I doubt Hammel comes back.

Without Maddon, there is no Zobrist here, no Lackey, Fowler probably doesn't come back as a Free Agent, so yeah, playoffs are iffy.

Those are a lot of assumptions.

Quote from: Brownie on September 11, 2017, 01:13:40 PM
Either way, last year would have been the last season of Ricky Renteria's contract. I don't think he gets the Cubs to the playoffs during his tenure.

The Cubs won the division by 17.5 games last year. You really think Maddon is worth the equivalent of basically two Mike Trouts?

Quote from: Saul Goodman on September 01, 2017, 03:37:08 AM

Quote from: Tonker on August 31, 2017, 09:34:48 AM
I think I speak for Saul and indeed everybody when I say that I don't give a flying fuck who wins the AL pennant as long as the Cubs beat them.

Correct. But if they do make it, the "Astros redeem Houston after Harvey" narrative would be so insufferable by then that I would be begging the Cubs to sweep.

This is from Ken Rosenthal at the Athletic:

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What happened Thursday night with Verlander is not entirely clear. As a player with 10 years of major-league service, five consecutively with the same team, Verlander had the right to veto any trade. MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi reported that the pitcher's first choice was the Cubs, and that he wanted to exhaust that possibility before agreeing to join the Astros. Astros owner Jim Crane, speaking to reporters, said of Verlander, "He was a little reluctant and eventually made the right decision."

Haha! Verlander didn't even want to go there! "Reluctant," ouch. And what a douchey, condescending quote from Jim Crane, too.

I dunno. That just sounds like the kind of thing you'd have to say when you get asked why someone initially didn't want to play for your team.

Quote from: SKO on August 20, 2017, 05:38:44 PM
Is there anyone who can capture and post this gif to this thread so it is preserved forever https://twitter.com/BleacherNation/status/899395902040887296

Quote from: Slaky on June 25, 2012, 08:57:15 AM
This is going to be such a let down.

Quote from: Yeti on June 24, 2012, 10:16:45 AM
He gonna suck

Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on July 02, 2012, 10:04:41 PM
Not sure but back on topic for a sec--until now I hadn't actually seen Rizzo's first HR on Saturday.  Kind of sweet that it followed a two-out, opposite field single by Starlin, and way awesome that he nearly hit out on to Sheffield-- a more difficult task than reaching the streets in left-- but I confess to being slightly uncomfortable with his pose/strut.  I mean, I don't mind rooting for a douche if it means a championship, but given a choice, I'd likelike for my guys not to be douches.  Tell me what a prick I'm being.

Some pretty good takes from early on in this thread.

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Quote from: Quality Start Machine on August 14, 2017, 03:52:13 PM
Does anybody remember what a normal week feels like?

You mean back in the days when the Cubs had gone over a century without a World Series? 

Are you implying the Cubs winning was part of a Faustian bargain?

I tend to reject the emotional and irrational but I'll be damned if it doesn't increasingly feel like it.  We had one week--ONE WEEK--to truly enjoy it before the world starting raining shit.

On the plus side at least we DO have a good Cubs team to which we can turn our attention to block out said shit shower.

Remember when everybody said 2016 was the worst year ever?  I can't even remember what happened in 2016 now.

Some singers died.

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Quote from: SKO on August 13, 2017, 06:42:21 PM
Lol at the decision to IBB Heyward, who can't hit anything, to put a free runner on for Javy's big, throbbing dong

I felt so good about that situation, but even I didn't envision that Javy'd hit it 800 feet.

Yeah I can't fathom why anyone would rather face Javy than Heyward. Javy is worse against RHP than LHP by a lot, true. He's also still better against RHP than Heyward. Also the worst case scenario vs Heyward is he slaps a single and moves the runner to 2nd. The worst case scenario against Javy is what happened.

I think, too, there's the issue of questioning Javy's manhood, which is of course stupid, but if I was Javy I'd pretty fucking pissed that some team would think they'd be better off facing me than Jason Fucking Heyward  and, assessing the kind of guy Javy seems to be from my perch, I'm fairly confident he, too, saw it as a challenge.  He's in a zone right now (LOVED his single up the middle earlier; when Javy's hitting it through the box he's going good) and so it was not hard for me to envision good things, like I said.  I want to call him The Sorcerer.

He's been really good since the start of July. Javy runs hot/cold so I never want to overreact to a hot streak and think he's turned a corner but I can't remember the last time he sustained success for this long (even his hot start last year was mostly BABIP-fueled, this year's run seems a bit more sustainable).

It's perfect timing. His current hot streak should die down around the end of August, then he'll go cold in September and heat back up for the playoffs.

Quote from: PenFoe on August 09, 2017, 10:18:27 AM
Sounds like we can pack up our expectations.

This did at least remind me that Rotoworld apparently still exists.

Quote from: PenFoe on August 07, 2017, 11:51:28 AM
Who's blood is Carl gonna have to drink first?
After Eli of course...

He should probably be drinking something with more calories than blood.

My dude.