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Quote from: Eli on January 05, 2017, 04:23:05 PM

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on December 22, 2016, 02:53:42 AM
I wish BN would stop trying to make Baseball Is Fun happen. I didn't care until that clickbait stuff started getting crossposted to BN, Kinja-style, presumably because no one is visiting BIF. Someone should tell them Cut 4 exists so there's no reason to keep trying to make their own not-as-good version.

Given that BN is Brett's main source of income, there's a very good reason for him to try to do this.

That said, I think he'd be better off spending the time and resources elsewhere.

I totally get it, too. It's his livelihood so I can't begrudge him for trying. But he's been retweeting @flippingbats more and more lately and if I wanted to see it, I'd just follow the actual account.

I didn't even know that was him. Educational.

Quote from: CBStew on December 13, 2016, 12:01:32 PM
Back in 1949 my family moved from Chicago to California.  I regretted it then.  When I saw the weather on TV today I realized once again that my parents made the right decision.  The only things that I miss about Chicago are the Cubs and the Art Institute.  (And the months of May and June.)

I'd rather suffer through each winter if it meant I didn't have to be around native Californians every day. I should really stop working for companies headquartered there.

Quote from: Shooter on October 24, 2016, 03:28:00 PM
Wasn't his first career dong at Progressive Field?

Yes

He's not a free agent until 2021? This just seems unfair.

Quote from: Eli on October 23, 2016, 01:22:28 PM

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 23, 2016, 11:16:36 AM
After the dropped fly ball in the first, the nerves were gone.  Actually a relaxing experience.

That was basically me. By the time they got a lead it was clear Hendricks was lights-out -- the homers from Contreras and Rizzo were just gravy. The game almost felt like it went too fast.

Hendricks was absolutely incredible. I am in awe of this kid.

Quote from: Tonker on October 23, 2016, 05:06:51 AM
... I'm still totes emosh.  As many of you will discover when you drag yourselves out of your pits this morning, the feeling doesn't go away: I've been randomly tearing up all morning.

I've been in and out of tears all morning and even now.

Kyle Schwarber is absolutely going to be on this roster for the World Series.

I'm so, so happy for Stew.

On a personal note, since Cullen started it: I didn't think just getting to the World Series would have such an impact on me but it's been a fairly shitty year. For those who don't know I'm a party of one again. I'm obviously not the only one to go through this but needless to say it's been an interesting few months adjusting to living alone again.

Luckily, I have many great friends and people I've been able to re-establish connections with and this playoff run has been an incredibly well timed distraction from everything else.

When someone had two tickets up for sale for game six, I immediately asked how much. They were in a price range that made sense to me. My close friend and an equally die hard Cubs fan said he was in. All the Cubs had to do was beat LA in game five and I had the chance to be in the building for a pennant clincher.

Sure enough the Cubs played their best game of the season. And as we counted it all down and blew past all the cursed moments in center field with a bunch of strangers it started to sink in. All the people who were born and died and never saw this. All the great players we've watched and bonded with each other over who never got to experience this.

When Baez threw that ball to Rizzo and he leapt in the air I screamed. When they started piling on each other on the mound I wept. Literal choking sobs. I'm still feeling it today.

It's a stupid game but that big red C with the little u-b-s inside of it on that blue pinstripe jersey has been with all of us since we were tiny, idiot children. The weight of history is very real.

Yes, they need to win 4 games and I am very confident that they will. But these players have given us all something that no one can ever take away from us. We were there. We saw this happen.

Wherever you were last night we were all together. We've got some more memories to make.

Quote from: Canadouche on October 13, 2016, 02:20:38 PM
I think Javy has become my favourite player.

You and millions of others.

Quote from: SKO on October 13, 2016, 03:03:18 PM

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 13, 2016, 02:17:29 PM

Quote from: SKO on October 13, 2016, 09:38:20 AM
This has got to be the most pretentious, nonsensical article written yet about the Cubs: https://theringer.com/god-is-dead-and-so-is-evenyearmagic-d2b4b85eac6a#.pe7cdauaf

QuoteBut if they win the World Series, it means that if a franchise has enough money and a national brand and hires the best front office and the best manager and nails every high draft pick and every high-profile free-agent signing, it'll win, no matter what curses stand in its way.

Maddon and Theo Epstein breaking the 108-year hex on the Cubs would feel like the apotheosis of sabermetrics, the final triumph of empiricism over hokum, and proof of concept that there's no bogeyman we can't outsmart.

The Epstein coalition isn't the first to take on this Apollo program of metaphysical conquest, but we've accepted as a baseball culture that it's a realistic possibility that they'll succeed. To assault the biggest spiritual curse in American sports and even contemplate victory before it's in hand feels hubristic, a rebuke to our shared history and mythology on the scale of the Tower of Babel. Without that mythology, baseball is merely throwing darts at a bell curve — it's Yahtzee with a better literary tradition.

I forgot that baseball isn't a sport, it's apparently a play by Aeschylus, and GMs who dare build great teams should be struck down for flying too close to the sun, or something.

Has anyone checked in on Wendy Thurm? I need her to explain why the Giants are still the better team and whose fault this is.

Holy shit, I just went to look at her tweets and she's blocked me.  I don't even know why.  I don't even recall ever reading her tweets, let alone interacting with her in such a way as to get blocked.

You're not missing anything. Not a lot of salt there.

Yeah she gave up on the whole "Giants are actually better than the Cubs" thing once they got outplayed by the Twins in the second half.

I try very hard not to pile on her because she's got such whiny baseball opinions but is also a woman who probably gets piled on plenty just because of the woman part, nothing to do with the baseball part. But MY GOD SHE SUCKS.

Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on October 11, 2016, 09:31:39 AM

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Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 12:10:25 AM
If you're willing to use Chapman in the eighth LET HIM START THE FUCKING 8TH AGAINST THE MIDDLE OF THE GODDAMN ORDER.

Joe fucked up good

It should be Joe's head if they lose this series.

He was terrible last night, but c'mon dude.

If Theo is going to give up significant assets to acquire rentals, he has to have a manager that will use those assets optimally in the postseason. I love Joe, and he could be Jeebus otherwise, but if he can't effectively use a bullpen in the postseason, he has no business managing a WS contender.

To put it another way: only managers who can effectively manage bullpens should manage the Cubs.

And it wasn't just last night. There have been several questionable instances of bullpen use this season and some outright debacles (the extra inning game in Milwaukee in May-ish).

It's counter-productive to have Theo's acquisitions thwarted by poor asset management.

Go away

Jesus fuck NONE of this was about The Nice Guys

Quote from: ChuckD on September 25, 2016, 08:55:16 AM

And i'm laughing

RIP Jose Fernandez. Way too soon.

Quote from: ChuckD on July 22, 2016, 06:35:00 AM
I don't really know how to describe this other than it's really good. It's a new Netflix sci-fi/horror/mystery series that pays a lot of homage to the 80s era films. Think lots of Goonies and ET with some Stephen King and Spielberg mixed in. Maybe a little Explorers and Stand By Me, too.

That formula (Look! Nostalgia!) should wear thin over the course of 8 hours, but it really doesn't get tired here. Winona Ryder is the headliner. My wife didn't like her acting, but I didn't think it was terrible. Matthew Modine has a pretty small but prominent part. The only other castmember I recognized was David Harbour who plays Reed Ackley on Manhattan. After his intro scene in episode one where he does the "wake up in a shithole and drink a beer" routine, I was prepared for him to be a total cliche but I really ended up enjoying his character arc.

But the real reason to watch it is the kids who just absolutely crush it with their performances. They all come across as "80's kids" which is impressive considering they're slightly older than YouTube. So, there's probably a lot to be said for the job of the Director(s) in that respect.

Anyway, it's really good.

Plowed through this rather quickly and it's fantastic.

I kind of hope they don't do another series.