Random Cubs Musings

[jersey cubs fan]

and sully

[Brian]

He also wrote a Cubs article in July saying we have awesome prospects

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/for-the-chicago-cubs-the-time-is-now-ish/

 

Coincidentally both articles plug movies at the end.

[Guest]

This is all you need to read from that article, and it's pretty great.

 

Soon, we will be back contending for a World Series in Chicago. The magical summers in Wrigley Field will return. Eventually, sooner rather than later, we will be back in the playoffs. Playoff baseball is tense. The game turns into chess. Everything matters. We need to ready ourselves for those games. We can not be little children scared of a curse. We can not gasp when a player makes an error. I just heard Ryan Dempster say in an interview that players feel the anxiety from the fans, which means we are the curse. Not the players. Not the black cat or the billy goat. We are all Steve Bartman. We are the reason the players get tense. Like an overprotective parent who makes their children nervous, we, as fans, need to relax. We need to have faith that these Cubs, our Cubs, can and will win, if we let them.

[Sammy Sofa]

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/01/oh-brother.gif

[jersey cubs fan]

leave it to the drama kid...

[Guest]

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2015-01-08/cubs-world-series-sporting-news-picks-lester-maddon-bryant?eadid=SOC%2Ffb%2FSNMain

[Sammy Sofa]

Because they were drunk.

[Banedon]

Oh FFS...

 

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2015-01-08/cubs-world-series-sporting-news-picks-lester-maddon-bryant

[Guest]

Oh FFS...

 

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2015-01-08/cubs-world-series-sporting-news-picks-lester-maddon-bryant

 

is this a record for worst repost?

[jersey cubs fan]

Holy [expletive], just read the last few posts.

 

I've definitely never done something so embarrassing. Nope.

[Banedon]

Ok, I'm blaming tapatalk...this thread didn't show any new posts, and I hadn't seen the link and.....

 

well [expletive].

[UMFan83]

Odd to pick a World Series winner in January anyways.

[Guest]

Jake Arrieta ‏@JArrieta34 2m2 minutes ago

Whah Lhah! Breakfast!

 

 

 

Whah Lhah? SMH

[MWV]

It would appear that raw beets are the secret ingredient that unlocks the awesome power of apples.

[mul21]

What's with all the fancy stuff and then it's served on........a paper plate?

[Guest]

the rich athlete version of bachelor frog

[MWV]

What's with all the fancy stuff and then it's served on........a paper plate?

Do you mean the spatula, or the knife?

[mul21]

What's with all the fancy stuff and then it's served on........a paper plate?

Do you mean the spatula, or the knife?

 

Do you have a French press?

[imb]

#cookinforbae

[Tracer Bullet]

Ok, I'm blaming tapatalk...this thread didn't show any new posts, and I hadn't seen the link and.....

 

well [expletive].

 

busted using ignore again

[d_money]

God, I'd love to be having a pregame beer at Bernies right about now. (Provided it was 82 and sunny)

[Guest]

Things I still anticipate:

 

to be subtracted:

 

- trading Jaxon

- trading Castillo

- trading Wood

- trading one of Straily/Turner/Doubront

 

to be added:

 

- trading for Zobrist

- or - Adding an OF (Rasmus / trade return for SP's)

- Adding a rehab guy

- Maybe adding a significant SP

 

Zobrist makes so much sense for this team it's crazy. If we don't make that deal, I'd anticipate we still add an OF option that can play CF.

 

With a post-trades rotation of Lester, Arrieta, Hammel, Hendricks, cast-of-thousands, I could see the Cubs still adding a significant starter this offeason. I just don't see where he'd come from at this point.

[davell]

I can see a CF added, but I'm not holding my breath, due to lack of reasonable options. Other than a Castillo trade, I think it's fairly likely we're done til the deadline.

[Careless]

What's with all the fancy stuff and then it's served on........a paper plate?

Do you mean the spatula, or the knife?

 

Do you have a French press?

You can buy one for $10. They're the opposite of fancy

[Guest]

I can see a CF added, but I'm not holding my breath, due to lack of reasonable options. Other than a Castillo trade, I think it's fairly likely we're done til the deadline.

There's no way we go into the season with all of these guys on the roster:

 

Lester

Arrieta

Hammel

Wood

Hendricks

Jaxon

Doubront

Straily

Turner

 

I think the only one with options left is Hendricks.