Passan - Bryant to the Giants

[David]

Sulley, of all people, with the "if he wanted to stay here, he'd be here" takes

 

 

[WrigleyField 22]

Sulley, of all people, with the "if he wanted to stay here, he'd be here" takes

 

 

Someone do the Star Wars meme with "So you offered him a fair value contract?"

[WrigleyField 22]

This you and THE Sulley?

 

[Post Count Padder]

Oh man. What are Meph and MurtonFan up to?

[David]

This you and THE Sulley?

 

 

yup

[David]

Bryant's also going with #23

 

[Thusly Boned]

Oh man. What are Meph and MurtonFan up to?

 

Meph probably completed his journey into his own ass and achieved singularity

[Derwood]

So all three of our major stars have new numbers on their new teams....

[David]

[minnesotacubsfan]

Kilian might be the best thing to come of all of this. he is dominating

[Productive Outs]

Oh man. What are Meph and MurtonFan up to?

 

i used to bootleg Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA spreadsheets to Meph. that was such a long time ago...

[The_Achiever]

I’ll say what everyone is thinking, 17 never looked right on KB and it only added to the feeling that his time on the team was temporary.

 

I expect him to find himself and even greater success as a more natural #23.

[NOLA]

I’ll say what everyone is thinking, 17 never looked right on KB and it only added to the feeling that his time on the team was temporary.

 

I expect him to find himself and even greater success as a more natural #23.

Strong disagree. KB owning #17 over Mark Grace makes me at least a little happy.

[Derwood]

Mike Fontenot is the true #17

[NOLA]

Mike Fontenot is the true #17

Anybody got a gif of Fontenot being nailed down in the dugout by Big Z?

[minnesotacubsfan]

This is stupid. Bryant redefined 17.

 

The end

[The_Achiever]

This is stupid. Bryant redefined 17.

 

The end

 

It fit Grace but also I think kind of a awkward number. KB is like a 5 or a 23.

[Derwood]

[Irrelevant Dude]

This is stupid. Bryant redefined 17.

 

The end

Mark Grace wore #17 for 13 years and had well over 2,000 hits with the Cubs. Obviously Kris Bryant had a much higher peak, but there is something to be said for the consistency and length of contributions from Grace. I think they lay equal claim to the number in Cubs history.

[Tim]

This is stupid. Bryant redefined 17.

 

The end

Mark Grace wore #17 for 13 years and had well over 2,000 hits with the Cubs. Obviously Kris Bryant had a much higher peak, but there is something to be said for the consistency and length of contributions from Grace. I think they lay equal claim to the number in Cubs history.

Bryant was the best player on the team that won the series.

 

Case closed

[texascub]

KB with a HR in his debut for the Giants.

[Clem Fandango]

KB with a HR in his debut for the Giants.

 

That's Cub

[David]

This is stupid. Bryant redefined 17.

 

The end

Mark Grace wore #17 for 13 years and had well over 2,000 hits with the Cubs. Obviously Kris Bryant had a much higher peak, but there is something to be said for the consistency and length of contributions from Grace. I think they lay equal claim to the number in Cubs history.

 

horsefeathers Mark Grace

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Something weird has happened.

 

First, I've become much less intense about sports, which I blame on the country and the world going to horsefeathers. Second, I have felt for sometime now that the Cubs' core had gotten stale and wasn't going anywhere. Third, I don't get attached to players because I just don't have that type of fandom.

 

All that said, in the past day, as I see Rizzo, Javy and KB in other uniforms and doing interviews and hitting home runs, I feel sort of bad. It's like breaking up with a girlfriend you no longer are in love with, but seeing them with somebody else somehow makes you really jealous.

 

Yet, if all three of them came back tomorrow, I'd be over them again right away because the offense with them as the centerpieces would go right back to being horsefeathers. Hell, we got Big Dick Nick at the deadline in 2019, he went on to perform like Babe Ruth, and yet our offense still sucked.

 

Basically what I'm saying is, while I don't really care about having any of the guys that got traded, I also don't want any other teams to have them.

[soccer10k]

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When he walks on to the feeling smiling, I’m imagining him thinking “ah yes, the field where we crushed the hopes and dreams of thousands of Giants fans and made Derek Law cry”.