General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread

[minnesotacubsfan]

Harrelson was the worst announcer that I ever heard. It just goes to show you that if you hang around long enough, somebody will honor you

The worst part is he hasn't gotten worse over the years as Hary Carey did, he sucked like this right out of the chute. Reinsdorf loved him for some reason. Let's not forget Jerry made him the GM and he produced one of worst stretches of baseball in WS history.

 

fires LaRussa, Dombrowski and trades away Bonilla. uff

[Backtobanks]

Harrelson was the worst announcer that I ever heard. It just goes to show you that if you hang around long enough, somebody will honor you

The worst part is he hasn't gotten worse over the years as Hary Carey did, he sucked like this right out of the chute. Reinsdorf loved him for some reason. Let's not forget Jerry made him the GM and he produced one of worst stretches of baseball in WS history.

 

Harrelson must have some naughty pictures of Reinsdorf.

[Cubswin11]

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[soccer10k]

 

This will come as a surprise to literally no one, but Bob Nightengale probably has no idea what he's talking about in this case either.

 

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[soccer10k]

Brenly bringing the heat.

 

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[UMFan83]

I cant bring myself to read this article right now

 

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/christian-yelich-brewers-playoffs

[Sammy Sofa]

Theo should never be allowed to forget not going all out to get him.

[Cubswin11]

I cant bring myself to read this article right now

 

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/christian-yelich-brewers-playoffs

He’s begging their loser fans to show up this weekend because they haven’t been the last few home series

[Sammy Sofa]

I cant bring myself to read this article right now

 

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/christian-yelich-brewers-playoffs

He’s begging their loser fans to show up this weekend because they haven’t been the last few home series

 

Meanwhile, here's the Cubs and their fans:

 

[treebird]

Theo should never be allowed to forget not going all out to get him.

 

you keep posting that the cubs just didn’t bother to trade for yelich. who would we have given up? remember that the marlins are doing a twelve year rebuild and probably didn’t want trade packages centered on guys who had already made the majors and used up cheap years.

[Sammy Sofa]

Some combo made out of pretty much anyone they would have wanted outside of Bryant.

 

I firmly believe they didn't really try and probably didn't offer anyone worth a damn besides Schwarber. I will indeed harp on this FOREVER.

[Brian]

Some combo made out of pretty much anyone they would have wanted outside of Bryant.

 

That combo doesn't exist.

[Sammy Sofa]

The hell it didn't.

[Cubswin11]

Some combo made out of pretty much anyone they would have wanted outside of Bryant.

 

I firmly believe they didn't really try and probably didn't offer anyone worth a damn besides Schwarber. I will indeed harp on this FOREVER.

It probably took Contreras to get him and you don't trade Contreras after the 2017 he had or Javy. If it took some combo of Happ/Almora and minor leaguers I'm sure it would've been done.

[Sammy Sofa]

The hell I don't.

 

(Well, OK; you got me with Contreras. Baez I would have traded in a heartbeat for Yelich. Though I would have also traded Baez for Verlander, too, so there's that)

[Sammy Sofa]

And trading Baez was hugely influenced by me being into the nonsense about Russell going to be awesome because he was still so young. What a dope I was.

[minnesotacubsfan]

I'm glad I never really like Addison all that much

[soccer10k]

So deGrom ended the year with 24 straight quality starts, which matches what Jake did between 15 and 16. Jake pitched better than deGrom (more innings, fewer hits, same number of walks, ERA of 0.86 vs. 1.67) but it's not like deGrom pitched poorly.

 

Jake went 20-1 during his run.

deGrom went 7-9.

 

Good job Mets offense.

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[Derwood]

Khris Davis has hit .247 for four straight seasons

[Rob]

A partial list of players Mike Trout passed this season the career fWAR leaderboard:

 

Jim Edmonds

Alan Trammell

Yogi Berra

Mike Piazza

Roberto Alomar

Duke Snider

Ernie Banks

Chase Utley

Willie Stargell

Kenny Lofton

Joe Torre

Gary Sheffield

Dick Allen

Pee Wee Reese

Darrell Evans

Hank Greenberg

Ryne Sandberg

Joe Jackson

Billy Williams

Sammy Sosa

Dave Winfield

Bobby Abreu

Andre Dawson

Keith Hernandez

Tony Perez

Ichiro Suzuki

Jackie Robinson

Fred McGriff

Robin Ventura

Jeff Kent

Lance Berkman

Todd Helton

 

His career 64.7 fWAR ranks him 89th of all time on total career value. He's officially entering the part of the list where there are more HOF players than not. He's still just 27 years old.

[imb]

A partial list of players Mike Trout passed this season the career fWAR leaderboard:

 

Jim Edmonds

Alan Trammell

Yogi Berra

Mike Piazza

Roberto Alomar

Duke Snider

Ernie Banks

Chase Utley

Willie Stargell

Kenny Lofton

Joe Torre

Gary Sheffield

Dick Allen

Pee Wee Reese

Darrell Evans

Hank Greenberg

Ryne Sandberg

Joe Jackson

Billy Williams

Sammy Sosa

Dave Winfield

Bobby Abreu

Andre Dawson

Keith Hernandez

Tony Perez

Ichiro Suzuki

Jackie Robinson

Fred McGriff

Robin Ventura

Jeff Kent

Lance Berkman

Todd Helton

 

His career 64.7 fWAR ranks him 89th of all time on total career value. He's officially entering the part of the list where there are more HOF players than not. He's still just 27 years old.

 

i love these lists every year

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[Brian]

taking the Cubs out of the equation (which they will probably do to themselves tonight. Where do you rank the playoff teams in terms of who you want to win?

 

I think i'm at this right now, 1 is solid but the rest can move a couple slots either way

 

1. A's - i think this one is probably pretty universal here

2. Red Sox - they are the hope for what happens when freed from Chili

3. Indians - meh, let them end their drought

4. Yankees - I don't get worked up about the Yankees, they've won one title in the last 18 years and they dong the hell out of the ball, that's fun

5. Astros - I'm curious if I'm the only one that prefers any AL over any non Cubs NL team winning? Only reason they're here

6. Rockies - just want the bottom 3 to win less than them

7. Braves - no great reason, just don't want them to win

8. Dodgers - f 'em

9. Brewers - f 'em more

[jersey cubs fan]

taking the Cubs out of the equation (which they will probably do to themselves tonight. Where do you rank the playoff teams in terms of who you want to win?

 

I think i'm at this right now, 1 is solid but the rest can move a couple slots either way

 

1. A's - i think this one is probably pretty universal here

2. Red Sox - they are the hope for what happens when freed from Chili

3. Indians - meh, let them end their drought

4. Yankees - I don't get worked up about the Yankees, they've won one title in the last 18 years and they dong the hell out of the ball, that's fun

5. Astros - I'm curious if I'm the only one that prefers any AL over any non Cubs NL team winning? Only reason they're here

6. Rockies - just want the bottom 3 to win less than them

7. Braves - no great reason, just don't want them to win

8. Dodgers - f 'em

9. Brewers - f 'em more

 

You are weird.

 

1. A's

2. Indians

3. Rockies

4. Nobody

5. Nobody

6. Nobody

7. Nobody

8. Nobody

9. Nobody