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  1. CubinNY
    I got an email, then a post card. I think last year I was still in the 30,000 range. EDIT: Just got a second email. They are working hard.
  2. CubinNY
    I have been paying way too much attention to this team in the last few months than I should have given the W/L record. Although I think Ross doesn't really do a great job of managing the pen, still, he is doing a pretty good job of keeping the players playing hard-to-win games. The current collection of AAAA players and veterans have played hard and appear to be invested in these games. I think that is a point in Ross's favor. I don't know that he is the guy you want managing a contender, but he's done a pretty good job with a very bad hand dealt to him.
  3. CubinNY
    I don't pretend to understand the NFL and I really don't watch much football at all, but it seems like a really, extremely easy decision to start your #1 pick, franchise-defining player. From an outsider looking in, the Bears look stupid.
  4. CubinNY
    Ross keeps giving MeGill chances to pitch, that's on him.
  5. CubinNY
    Frank went deep Phillies up 3-2
  6. CubinNY
    He's the most entertaining player in the last 20 years.
  7. CubinNY
    Wisdom ties Bryant for rookie HR record for a Cub. Doesn’t seem right. Cubs up 4-1.
  8. CubinNY
    For some reason that reminds me of the Antonio Alfonseca story where he hid in the bathroom from former pro-wrestler Dale Torborg who was Marlins S&C coach.
  9. CubinNY
    Fangraphs thinks 2022 is going to be another lost year for the Cubs.
  10. CubinNY
    I'll take it a step further and say....I don't care about the HoF in any sport. I mean, probably a neat museum to walk through, but otherwise....meh. The baseball HOF museum is super cool albeit a bit underwhelming. Cooperstown is kind of like Gatlinburg but turned down to 3. The area is beautiful. I think it's worth a trip to drive there, just for the splendor of upstate NY in the summertime. If you're into that sort of thing, there are some great local breweries around there too. ------------------- I know most of us don't care, but the Cubs have a chance to end the season for the Cardinals and that makes me happy.
  11. CubinNY
    Will definitely sort out where the big 10 is relative to other conferences. I'm rooting hard for PSU. The new Auburn coach is an antivaxxer and just an horsefeathers of epic proportion.
  12. CubinNY
    I do not understand how programs like Florida St and Texas can stay down this long. There’s zero excuse in states with that much HS talent. I think Texas just needs to quit changing coaches every 2-3 yrs. FSU not so sure what all their issues are, I know the Indiana coach turned them down a couple of years ago. That doesn't sound normal Both of their issues are partly due to Saban sucking the talent out of both Florida and Texas.
  13. CubinNY
    Our C0bs are not a major league team.
  14. CubinNY
    I never want to see Megill pitch again for the Cubs. He is dreck.
  15. CubinNY
    :bye:
  16. CubinNY
    I kind of think that idea is too smart by half, as they say. There are a lot more 20-26 types than there are 1-5 types. If you make a mistake with a 20-26 type, the penalty is not as large as a 1-5 type (See, Jason Heyward). If you hit on all or even some, the reward is not as great. But there is a theory in sport about building a team. It's called weak link/strong link theory. In sports like soccer and hockey, a team with a few stars and a bunch of weak players will lose more often to a team with no stars, but few weak players. In basketball, it's just the opposite. So team-building is much different in those sports. I think baseball is much different. With a pitching staff, you may want to go soccer mentality. With position players, you may want to go basketball.
  17. CubinNY
    Molina, Wainwright, Pujols 2022 Cards revival tour.
  18. CubinNY
    Whoever this guy is pitching for the Cubs is dishing up center cuts to the Reds. Reds lead 2-0.
  19. CubinNY
    It means a lot of fringy types are out of baseball by 28. It also means that FA expenditures are substantially reduced in years if not AAV dollars. Overall, it means less money for the players, even lesser for the really good players. The current system is already punishing mediocre mid-career guys, This simply accelerates it. I don't not like the idea, though. Except I think it should be tied to the median number of years of a MLB career. According to the Google machine the median career length is 2.7 years. Make free agency 5 years from the year that person was on a 26 man roster (for even 1 day) and have the roster pool stuff included from the original idea. So the clock would start even on September call ups., Edit and probably not coincidentally, the average retirement age for a player right now is currently 29.5. That means no free agency for the average player.
  20. CubinNY
    Frank will definitely be on the rebuilding Cubs roster next year. Any production they get out of him should be seen as a bonus. He's not a player on a team that intended to contend for a World Series (don't give that Jim Hendry "compete within the division" [expletive], but he's not on that team either).
  21. CubinNY
    LOL, Pirates
  22. CubinNY
    I haven’t been paying attention very much, but it really amazes me that there are any teams worse than this Cubs team.
  23. CubinNY
    Tinfoil hat on > They do not value the announcers/don't want to pay big fees so they are doing this sort of thing and paying per diem to all these 3rd and 4th rate ex Cubs. Len knew this through negotiations with the Cubs/Marquee people and pulled the ripcord. The Ricketts turn everything to horsefeathers. Tinfoil hat off<
  24. CubinNY
    I knew I shouldn’t have turned on this game.
  25. CubinNY
    Did he have some nagging injuries at the start of the season? Maybe he's healthy.
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