General Cubs Chit-Chat

[Cubfanintheknow]

Only 50 days until the first full squad workout!!!

 

Thank you, 2016 Chicago Cubs, for making this the shortest offseason ever!!! Hardly feels like we've had a break from baseball. First spring training game is just 57 days away!!! :clapping: :yahoo: :stickman:

[David]

So I was reading Chuck Wasserstrom's blog piece on the scout who passed

 

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And then I happened upon this, and I laughed a little...

 

It’s hard to believe that it has been 32 years since Ryne Sandberg literally burst onto the national map.

 

http://www.chuckblogerstrom.com/all-my-stories/the-day-ryne-sandberg-became-chuck-wasserstrom

[Banedon]

[David]

Not sure if repost or not, but it's kind of awesome

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNc89zJBR6i/

[Splendid Splinter]

Not sure if repost or not, but it's kind of awesome

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNc89zJBR6i/

 

At least Dex looks 18 there. Heyward looks to be in his 20s maybe 30s. Lol

[David]

at least until you realize how much taller jhey is than dex

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNc9d_gBHyN/?taken-by=jheylove22

[Tracer Bullet]

just two mlb OFs standing at a wrigley trough

[JasonMath]

This is actually probably the most I've ever looked forward to the upcoming season; it cannot get here fast enough. That I can now root for this team as a "regular" baseball team (albeit as the defending champs) minus all of the previous baggage is something I never get tired of realizing.

 

Same here. Next year is here, and it's going to be awesome! I can't wait to go see the Cubs at Wrigley Field without that huge weight on my shoulder as a fan. Already got a bleacher seat for the ring ceremony game, and I have a smile on my face as I'm typing these words.

 

Last year was fun, let's win two (World Series championships)!

 

:flythew:

[Post Count Padder]

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So I guess Sean Marshall at some point retired.

[treebird]

someone get me a picture of jim bullinger with the world series trophy

[EricG]

Spring training tickets are almost sold out. All weekend games are sold out. I can buy a package and get dinner with the team on March 3.

Can you visit the park during practice before the games start Feb 17-19 after players report?

Do you need tickets just to go to practices?

[jehr]

Is La Stella the only guy from the 2016 team that's expected to be on the team next year that's not attending?

[jersey cubs fan]

Is La Stella the only guy from the 2016 team that's expected to be on the team next year that's not attending?

http://www.njexpocenter.com/events/

 

conflict with the garden state outdoor show convention this weekend.

[Cubswin11]

I like it

 

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[Ding Dong Johnson]

my [expletive] just got hard

[We Got The Whole 9]

Havent bought a new console in 6-7 years but gonna have to get a PS so I can play The Show this season

[philosophizer75]

http://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/43177/joe-maddon-hones-his-message-around-one-word-heading-into-2017

 

I think Joe smokes a lot of pot.

 

""It's a great word to bring an entire message from," Maddon said. "Get in front of the group that first day in spring training. Just think of that word: 'authentic' and 'authenticity' and the positives that can be derived from that.""

 

Not a bad thing, just sayin'.

[Brian]

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http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/134/1/a/Party_Seal_by_Myrmirada.jpg

 

[Cubswin11]

I put this in a Transaction thread but probably can fit here too....

 

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[Rex Buckingham]

Not only that, an infield of Frazier, Lawrie, Moncada, and shortstop Tim Anderson would be among the most athletic in major league history. It’s a shame that these guys will be playing baseball instead of touring the country as the best four-man flag football team ever assembled.

 

Read this in an article over on The Ringer and immediately thought, that probably isn't even the clear most athletic infield in Chicago.

[David]

Not only that, an infield of Frazier, Lawrie, Moncada, and shortstop Tim Anderson would be among the most athletic in major league history. It’s a shame that these guys will be playing baseball instead of touring the country as the best four-man flag football team ever assembled.

 

Read this in an article over on The Ringer and immediately thought, that probably isn't even the clear most athletic infield in Chicago.

 

I think that infield is more "athletic" than the Cubs'. That obviously doesn't come close to equating to "good at baseball" though.

[bukie]

Not only that, an infield of Frazier, Lawrie, Moncada, and shortstop Tim Anderson would be among the most athletic in major league history. It’s a shame that these guys will be playing baseball instead of touring the country as the best four-man flag football team ever assembled.

 

Read this in an article over on The Ringer and immediately thought, that probably isn't even the clear most athletic infield in Chicago.

 

I think that infield is more "athletic" than the Cubs'. That obviously doesn't come close to equating to "good at baseball" though.

I read "athletic" there as "good at football", which is as meaningless a metric as any that's been used to describe any form of White Sox aptitude in recent years.

[Rex Buckingham]

 

Read this in an article over on The Ringer and immediately thought, that probably isn't even the clear most athletic infield in Chicago.

 

I think that infield is more "athletic" than the Cubs'. That obviously doesn't come close to equating to "good at baseball" though.

I read "athletic" there as "good at football", which is as meaningless a metric as any that's been used to describe any form of White Sox aptitude in recent years.

 

Yeah, I think they might be overall, but thought it wasn't the clear, without a doubt proposition he was making it out to be. Not that it matters at all, because like Bukie said, they suck at baseball and our infield (and I was thinking with Javy in place of Zobrist, which proabbly needed clarified) features possibly the two best hitters in the NL and two middle infielders who can hit like pretty good 3rd basemen

[David]

 

Read this in an article over on The Ringer and immediately thought, that probably isn't even the clear most athletic infield in Chicago.

 

I think that infield is more "athletic" than the Cubs'. That obviously doesn't come close to equating to "good at baseball" though.

I read "athletic" there as "good at football", which is as meaningless a metric as any that's been used to describe any form of White Sox aptitude in recent years.

 

It's a joke article about talking yourself into the White Sox being contenders as presently constructed.

[Banedon]