The FYC, Baseball is Fun, Cubs will win at least 90 Games Thread

[Quality Start Machine]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Au contraire. This makes them look good. They are making prudent moves, and had this one worked, it would have been as much for the future as for today.

Look out for people despondently jumping into the harbor in Boston. Look at what they're doing: overpaying for what's left of Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli before bringing in the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry today. They ran Epstink out of town for this clown show?

The general perception is the Cubs fucked up another deal when the reality is they made an aggressive offer ahead of the perceived timeline. They made Detroit spend a lot more money than they wanted to. The Sox should be pretty happy about this.

I agree with you TJ in that this is actually very good news, kind of shows their hand a little. And yes, Boston is just a complete joke. They're in for a lot of hurt.

Sanchez would have been a nice pickup, but hardly a game changer.

By the end of this deal the Cubs would be contenders, but it seemed a little odd to pay $15MM/per for a starting pitcher at this point in the rebuild.

[PenPho]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Au contraire. This makes them look good. They are making prudent moves, and had this one worked, it would have been as much for the future as for today.

Look out for people despondently jumping into the harbor in Boston. Look at what they're doing: overpaying for what's left of Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli before bringing in the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry today. They ran Epstink out of town for this clown show?

The general perception is the Cubs fucked up another deal when the reality is they made an aggressive offer ahead of the perceived timeline. They made Detroit spend a lot more money than they wanted to. The Sox should be pretty happy about this.

I agree with you TJ in that this is actually very good news, kind of shows their hand a little. And yes, Boston is just a complete joke. They're in for a lot of hurt.

Well, assuming there was a salary cap or any kind of repercussion to spending. 

[Oleg]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Au contraire. This makes them look good. They are making prudent moves, and had this one worked, it would have been as much for the future as for today.

Look out for people despondently jumping into the harbor in Boston. Look at what they're doing: overpaying for what's left of Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli before bringing in the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry today. They ran Epstink out of town for this clown show?

The general perception is the Cubs fucked up another deal when the reality is they made an aggressive offer ahead of the perceived timeline. They made Detroit spend a lot more money than they wanted to. The Sox should be pretty happy about this.

I agree with you TJ in that this is actually very good news, kind of shows their hand a little. And yes, Boston is just a complete joke. They're in for a lot of hurt.

Sanchez would have been a nice pickup, but hardly a game changer.

By the end of this deal the Cubs would be contenders, but it seemed a little odd to pay $15MM/per for a starting pitcher at this point in the rebuild.

Just a guess but maybe the front office thinks they'd be contenders well before the end of that deal?  Like maybe a year into the deal?  I don't know...just spitballing logic.

[Internet Apex]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

[R-V]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Au contraire. This makes them look good. They are making prudent moves, and had this one worked, it would have been as much for the future as for today.

Look out for people despondently jumping into the harbor in Boston. Look at what they're doing: overpaying for what's left of Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli before bringing in the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry today. They ran Epstink out of town for this clown show?

The general perception is the Cubs fucked up another deal when the reality is they made an aggressive offer ahead of the perceived timeline. They made Detroit spend a lot more money than they wanted to. The Sox should be pretty happy about this.

I agree with you TJ in that this is actually very good news, kind of shows their hand a little. And yes, Boston is just a complete joke. They're in for a lot of hurt.

Sanchez would have been a nice pickup, but hardly a game changer.

By the end of this deal the Cubs would be contenders, but it seemed a little odd to pay $15MM/per for a starting pitcher at this point in the rebuild.

I agree with your first thought - would have been nice (maybe really nice) but this isn't a huge miss.

I think the reason why it's not that odd, is that next year's crop of free agent starters is old and shitty. Phil Hughes is the only guy under 30. So not signing a 2/3 starter like Sanchez means you'll need to use prospects next winter to trade for someone with similar value, instead of signing Sanchez and using those resources to fill other needs.

[R-V]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

Sorry, internet friend. THE SHEIGH is a putrid carcass of a phrase, and no amount of Common lyrics or Youtube links will ever change that.

[Slaky]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

[Internet Apex]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

Racists.

Though if you want to argue that white people like Ryan Freel using black people slang is fucking stupid, I won't argue with you and will continue to modulate my own speech around you guys (my white non-hip hop friends).

[PenPho]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

I don't know, according to Wiki, "Chiraq, Drillinois" is a nickname that's used.

[Brownie]

Makes more sense for the cubs to trade for Porcello, now that the Tigers won't need him.
He's much cheaper.

Why? He's worse and will cost prospects. Sanchez just costs money.

Exactly.

It's too bad this makes the Cubs look bad even though they did nothing wrong.

Au contraire. This makes them look good. They are making prudent moves, and had this one worked, it would have been as much for the future as for today.

Look out for people despondently jumping into the harbor in Boston. Look at what they're doing: overpaying for what's left of Shane Victorino and Mike Napoli before bringing in the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry today. They ran Epstink out of town for this clown show?

The general perception is the Cubs fucked up another deal when the reality is they made an aggressive offer ahead of the perceived timeline. They made Detroit spend a lot more money than they wanted to. The Sox should be pretty happy about this.

I agree with you TJ in that this is actually very good news, kind of shows their hand a little. And yes, Boston is just a complete joke. They're in for a lot of hurt.

Well, assuming there was a salary cap or any kind of repercussion to spending. 

Well, yes, there is. Sanchez will have more money to blow on hookers, cocaine and cars in Detroit, thereby improving the city's three biggest industries, thereby continuing the Tigers' revitalization of Detroit's economy.  I thought you liked America.

[CBStew]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

Racists.

Though if you want to argue that white people like Ryan Freel using black people slang is fucking stupid, I won't argue with you and will continue to modulate my own speech around you guys (my white non-hip hop friends).

Anyway, it was a typo.  He meant to write "chai".  Perfectly appropriate, even if it isn't accurate.

[Internet Apex]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

Racists.

Though if you want to argue that white people like Ryan Freel using black people slang is fucking stupid, I won't argue with you and will continue to modulate my own speech around you guys (my white non-hip hop friends).

Anyway, it was a typo.  He meant to write "chai".  Perfectly appropriate, even if it isn't accurate.

Actually, it wasn't even Freel who used that term back when it first angered up the buttnerves of some our denizens, but some horrible blogger they were trolling at the time. He may have been black for all I know.

[CBStew]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

Racists.

Though if you want to argue that white people like Ryan Freel using black people slang is fucking stupid, I won't argue with you and will continue to modulate my own speech around you guys (my white non-hip hop friends).

Anyway, it was a typo.  He meant to write "chai".  Perfectly appropriate, even if it isn't accurate.

Actually, it wasn't even Freel who used that term back when it first angered up the buttnerves of some our denizens, but some horrible blogger they were trolling at the time. He may have been black for all I know.

You think that was bad?  Just try saying "Frisco" around here.

[Internet Apex]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

Racists.

Though if you want to argue that white people like Ryan Freel using black people slang is fucking stupid, I won't argue with you and will continue to modulate my own speech around you guys (my white non-hip hop friends).

Anyway, it was a typo.  He meant to write "chai".  Perfectly appropriate, even if it isn't accurate.

Actually, it wasn't even Freel who used that term back when it first angered up the buttnerves of some our denizens, but some horrible blogger they were trolling at the time. He may have been black for all I know.

You think that was bad?  Just try saying "Frisco" around here.

I understand that the locals unanimously despise that term because it's one used by tourists who don't know dick about dick. I'm actually pointing out a very local origin - can't get any more so in my mind - of "The Chi" and it's angering up the butts of the Chicago literati from Elk Grove Village all the way to Rockford. It's great internet fun.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Meh.

No.

welcoming him to The Chi.

NO.

The Chi (Shy) is actually acceptable Chicago slang, used by Common and others known for influencing the local vernacular. If you need somebody off your lawn or whatever, than do what you gotta do, but just know that this is technically correct usage and you're the asshole.

No, Apex from Columbuttfuck, Indiana.

Yes, Slaky from whatever cornfield north of the city you trudged out of with your feet all muddy.

I'm not claiming to know anything that wasn't written down over 15 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BlhQRyNyI

The Chi is the dumbest fucking thing you can call this city.

Racists.

Though if you want to argue that white people like Ryan Freel using black people slang is fucking stupid, I won't argue with you and will continue to modulate my own speech around you guys (my white non-hip hop friends).

Anyway, it was a typo.  He meant to write "chai".  Perfectly appropriate, even if it isn't accurate.

Actually, it wasn't even Freel who used that term back when it first angered up the buttnerves of some our denizens, but some horrible blogger they were trolling at the time. He may have been black for all I know.

You think that was bad?  Just try saying "Frisco" around here.

I understand that the locals unanimously despise that term because it's one used by tourists who don't know dick about dick. I'm actually pointing out a very local origin - can't get any more so in my mind - of "The Chi" and it's angering up the butts of the Chicago literati from Elk Grove Village all the way to Rockford. It's great internet fun.

We call it The Village, my frent.