General Cubs Chit-Chat

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[Banedon]

Well teams were bound to come a calling eventually.

[David]

Well teams were bound to come a calling eventually.

 

not the first time, won't be the last

 

of course, if i were mcleod, i would've preferred to go to SD than minnesota

 

if we win it this year, he's gone, i bet. if we don't, i'd lower the odds.

[bhogg]

Is it okay to wish a preventable fire upon the jackass Cardinal announcer who, after the last out of a 1-hitter that gives the cubs a 17 game lead over a team that wouldn't make the playoffs if the season ended today, that said " I still think we see the cubs in the playoffs and beat them?"

 

asking for a friend. . . .

[Tim]

Is it okay to wish a preventable fire upon the jackass Cardinal announcer who, after the last out of a 1-hitter that gives the cubs a 17 game lead over a team that wouldn't make the playoffs if the season ended today, that said " I still think we see the cubs in the playoffs and beat them?"

 

asking for a friend. . . .

meh, what's he supposed to say to those rednecks if he wants to keep his job?

[bhogg]

Is it okay to wish a preventable fire upon the jackass Cardinal announcer who, after the last out of a 1-hitter that gives the cubs a 17 game lead over a team that wouldn't make the playoffs if the season ended today, that said " I still think we see the cubs in the playoffs and beat them?"

 

asking for a friend. . . .

meh, what's he supposed to say to those rednecks if he wants to keep his job?

 

 

 

I'll take that as a yes. . . .will tell my friend to proceed with caution :D

[Omar]

Is it okay to wish a preventable fire upon the jackass Cardinal announcer who, after the last out of a 1-hitter that gives the cubs a 17 game lead over a team that wouldn't make the playoffs if the season ended today, that said " I still think we see the cubs in the playoffs and beat them?"

 

asking for a friend. . . .

meh, what's he supposed to say to those rednecks if he wants to keep his job?

 

Make America Great Again?

[Old Style]

BCB asked who everyone's favorite 2016 Cub is and the results are interesting I guess. Most things at BCB suck but there is a sheer high volume of responses so interesting to see. #mildlyinteresting

 

 

Hendricks 592 votes 24%

Baez 512 votes 21%

Bryant 370 votes 15%

Rizzo 306 votes 13%

Russell 214 votes 9 %

Ross 95 votes 4 %

Fowler 54 votes 2 %

Arrieta 35 votes 1 %

Contreras 34 votes 1 %

Zobrist 33 votes 1 %

Heyward 20 votes 1 %

Other 20 votes 1 %

Soler 18 votes 1 %

Szczur 17 votes 1 %

Lester 15 votes 1 %

Chapman 11 votes 0 %

Wood 11 Maddons 0 %

Rondon 10 votes 0 %

Strop 10 votes 0 %

Montero 9 votes 0%

La Stella 8 votes 0 %

Edwards 7 votes 0 %

Hammel 6 votes 0 %

Coghlan 6 votes 0 %

Lackey 4 tools 0 %

Grimm 3 votes 0 %

No Schwarber votes?????????????

[Inlearningmode]

Wasn't quite sure where to post this, it's a couple years old but quite interesting, in that it describes some of McLeod's philosophy/approach. With the possibility that he might leave soon, it seemed timely to share.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jason-mcleod-on-scouting-and-player-development/

 

As someone who works in the field of psychology, I found this tidbit particularly interesting:

 

“If the talent is similar – and even sometimes when it’s not – the guys who truly love to play are what you want. They’re going to get the most out of their ability. For an amateur scout, that’s a hard thing to get at. When one of our scouts beats other teams on a player, very often it’s on the makeup – how the guy is wired. Some area scouts have a way of really getting to know a player — as well the people the player is surrounded by – and those are the scouts who usually make hay.”

[Banedon]

No Schwarber votes?????????????

 

Was he even an option? Hard to have a guy be your favorite player in a season he hasn't played.

[squally1313]

BCB asked who everyone's favorite 2016 Cub is and the results are interesting I guess. Most things at BCB suck but there is a sheer high volume of responses so interesting to see. #mildlyinteresting

 

 

Hendricks 592 votes 24%

Baez 512 votes 21%

Bryant 370 votes 15%

Rizzo 306 votes 13%

Russell 214 votes 9 %

Ross 95 votes 4 %

Fowler 54 votes 2 %

Arrieta 35 votes 1 %

Contreras 34 votes 1 %

Zobrist 33 votes 1 %

Heyward 20 votes 1 %

Other 20 votes 1 %

Soler 18 votes 1 %

Szczur 17 votes 1 %

Lester 15 votes 1 %

Chapman 11 votes 0 %

Wood 11 Maddons 0 %

Rondon 10 votes 0 %

Strop 10 votes 0 %

Montero 9 votes 0%

La Stella 8 votes 0 %

Edwards 7 votes 0 %

Hammel 6 votes 0 %

Coghlan 6 votes 0 %

Lackey 4 tools 0 %

Grimm 3 votes 0 %

No Schwarber votes?????????????

 

Hahahahaha our reigning Cy Young winner who has been the 17th best pitcher in baseball this year and is almost universally regarded as a cool guy is the 7th favorite player. Can you imagine like, the White Sox 7th favorite player?

[Sammy Sofa]

Hahahahaha our reigning Cy Young winner who has been the 17th best pitcher in baseball this year and is almost universally regarded as a cool guy is the 7th favorite player. Can you imagine like, the White Sox 7th favorite player?

 

Drake LaRoche.

[bukie]

As of this morning, the Cubs have 8 of the top 30 NL players in fWAR. Plus Lackey lurking not too far behind at 3.0.

[UMFan83]

Panicked article of the day:

 

http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/beware-cubs-fans-100-win-teams-almost-never-win-it-all-in-mlb/

 

It is kind of strange that 9 of the last 15 100 win teams lost in the LDS. Perhaps we should lose 12 more games to ensure we don't win 100.

 

 

kidding of course

[Banedon]

Panicked article of the day:

 

http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/beware-cubs-fans-100-win-teams-almost-never-win-it-all-in-mlb/

 

It is kind of strange that 9 of the last 15 100 win teams lost in the LDS. Perhaps we should lose 12 more games to ensure we don't win 100.

 

 

kidding of course

 

Saw the Sun-Times people tweeting that article out earlier, and replied with Verducci's "super team" article. I did not get a reply.

[CubColtPacer]

what's fun is that someone could throw out like the 10th best player on the team as his favorite and it's not really laughable

 

what's also funny about that poll is that hendricks is cool and good and all but he's so objectively boring in every way (especially compared to any of his teammates) that it's hilarious for him to even get a lot of votes, let alone win in a landslide.

 

basically what i mean is i would be less shocked if a terrible but fun player were winning...like kawasaki, if he'd been on the team more, or something. hendricks being very good but not one of our 4-5 best players plus also being boring and on the same team as a bunch of fun cool guys should be a virtually perfect recipe for very few votes.

 

He's so unique though. I think that's what makes him the most popular. You watch him and you can count on one hand the number of people you've seen in your lifetime that you've seen with his repertoire and his success level.

 

I think that is also a major link with the next two on the list. Baez is incredibly unique (his tags, his avoiding tags, swinging with reckless abandon) and Bryant is just so good that while he's fairly conventional he still draws lots of anticipation for his at-bats.

[jersey cubs fan]

 

He's so unique though. I think that's what makes him the most popular.

 

the most popular to a very specific subset of fans

[Old Style]

No Schwarber votes?????????????

 

Was he even an option? Hard to have a guy be your favorite player in a season he hasn't played.

He played 3 games. And it seems like people are often asking if there's any chance he can make a return in the playoffs.

[Banedon]

No Schwarber votes?????????????

 

Was he even an option? Hard to have a guy be your favorite player in a season he hasn't played.

He played 3 games. And it seems like people are often asking if there's any chance he can make a return in the playoffs.

 

Well sure...but I don't know how you can have watched this team the whole season and then say Schwarber is your favorite player of 2016. Love the guy but come on...this team has been amazing without him.

[David]

because favorite is a subjective thing and doesn't necessarily have to do with on field play. i wouldn't personally have him first, but there probably aren't 10 guys on this squad i'd put ahead of him (even though he's only played 3 games or whatever)

 

hell, i'd understand schwarber winning that poll more than i do hendricks. so horsefeathering weird.

[Banedon]

I'd vote our Cy Young candidate as my favorite player before the guy that played in 3 games.

 

For a guy to win my favorite player of the year he kinda has to play. If he were to have some miracle playoff return (not gonna happen folks), then I reserve the right to revisit this.

[David]

if you love schwarbs, you love schwarbs. he played for this team. he is known for hitting glorious majestic dongs like nobody else on this dongeriffic roster. no problem with him getting votes.

[Banedon]

if you love schwarbs, you love schwarbs. he played for this team. he is known for hitting glorious majestic dongs like nobody else on this dongeriffic roster. no problem with him getting votes.

 

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[UMFan83]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rianwatt/status/775773295476150272[/tweet]

 

Last year I was calling this phenomenon a "Kris Bryant" but I guess I should be calling it an "Addy"

[David]

https://twitter.com/rianwatt/status/775773295476150272

 

Last year I was calling this phenomenon a "Kris Bryant" but I guess I should be calling it an "Addy"

 

or as joe likes to call it, 0-2 to 4-2