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Johneshwy was really bad and had no business on a major league roster, even for a day.

It’s a win!

Can they hold on?

Hendricks is on the bump for the bums.

Not only that, but they got the designation for the tax breaks and for no other reason. what? they only get tax exemption if they are a non-profit historical preservation corporation, I dont think they are that. maybe the City gave them some tax breaks, but the City gives lots of orgs tax breaks on their buildings They get all kinds of tax breaks on Wrigley due to its designaiton.

Hopes and dreams!

And the first thing everybody wants to do is sign a $30 million per year superstar SS instead of spending it to fill the obvious holes on this team. Next year (and probably the year after) this is a 3rd place team (at best) waiting for our next "core" of possible star players in 2024. I can't see PTR spending a ton of money until the team is ready to really be competitive. Spend big money on at least 1 SP (Stroman, Rodon, etc.), sign a RH LF (Pham), make a couple of trades (Mancini would be my 1st choice, but Voit would be cheaper at 1B and Merrill Kelly), keep Ortega and Schwindel for DH/bench, and keep Chirinos around for another year. By the 2022 offseason, reassess the ML team and the progress of the prospects in the minors to determine the plan of 2023 and 2024. This is mostly bad. "Superstar" and "SS" are pretty obvious holes, right? How long do you want to wait to see if our prospect list turns out a superstar? Davis next year, and then....Ed Howard, all of 21 years old in 2023, currently getting owned in single A? The even younger Preciado/Hernandez/Caissie/Made group? And if those don't hit just press the reset button again? We have $38m in guaranteed salary next year, another $15m in arbitration for Willy, Ian, Ortega, Wieck, and then the league minimum for Mills, Wick, Heuer, Madrigal, Adbert, Hoerner, Steele, Wisdom, and whoever else. Call it, what, $60m? How does signing 34 year old Tommy Pham do anything in your plan as your top offensive move? Go get someone you know is good, gives you a shot of being good soon, and will still be good when those cheap prospects finally make it up. Then figure out how much money you have left and go from there. Or use the good prospect to get gooder

How tone deaf are these bozos? Cry poor, sell off all their talent, push to build a sportsbook, and now hold a party to celebrate their self-perceived awesomeness including a plaque while their team is 2-18 in their last 20 games. Not only that, but they got the designation for the tax breaks and for no other reason.

IMB got lit up on twitter by Tebow fans a few days ago for posting how terrible he is.

Being on a winning team does feel right. I love Chicago, but San Fransisco is pretty awesome and the surroundings are pretty great too.

Trying to take a positive out of this steaming pile of dogshit, Steele looked serviceable outside of the chin beard. I almost feel bad for Ross.

Quite a chin beard on Steele

I was just thinking, I’m definitely getting MLB The Show 2022 so I can build the Cubs from the ground up.

I can’t listen to this, I’m out.

12-4 Marlins. Every loss is worse than the last one.

Safe to say Winkler was not expecting to pitch this inning.

Cubs may never get out of the 2nd

Adbert out with a leg injury

Adbert gives up a grand slam. 5-4 Marlins. No outs. Cubs snake bit.

Happy Friday 13th, Cubs up 4-1 in the 2nd.

They also started off pretty far back. In the last 10 games, they’ve picked up 6 games on Det and 5 on Col (passing both in the standings), 5 on Min and 3 each on KC and Mia. The only team they haven’t gained ground on is Washington since both are 1-9 in the last 10. They’re 3 games behind Mia for 5th right now. Only July 31 they were 6 back. 5th worst record is well within reach now. If they get swept by the Marlins there is no stopping this team.

I really don't understand this so any clarification by anyone is welcomed. Kids who are good enough to get drafted as pitchers have pitched a lot and have strong arms or else they wouldn't get drafted, why are these guys only pitching two innings? I could see a pitch number limit, but this kind of thing does not make intuitive sense.

look at his header pic He's a conspiracy dude.

FWIW, I think the Ricketts are smartish business people and will spend as much as is necessary to make the team competitive, but one thing that gnaws at me is Tom's multiple statements about attendance being tied to spending. It's sort of a chicken/egg thing, but I'm guessing they have an idea of what that number is and will rely on "the baseball" people to make the best team within whatever limit they have set. Wrigley will always be a destination for out of town fans and I think they are banking on that too, only the bulk of that money goes to the side business and not the Cubs.

ugliest loss of the year only surpassing yesterday's loss.