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  1. Cubfanintheknow
    Mike Morgan makes the list. He was drafted June 6th right out of high school. He made his major league debut 5 days later. Can you imagine graduating from high school, then finding yourself on a major league mound in less than two weeks? I think I was drunk for the first two weeks after I graduated.
  2. Cubfanintheknow
    I really do think the lack of solid coverage of that team from local media for years is a big factor in what makes Cardinals fans the way they are. I get that the vast majority of baseball fans are complete morons, but I know literally hundreds of Cardinals fans and have never come across a single one that I feel I can carry any sort of baseball conversation with for more than a full minute before I'm rolling my eyes. And that conversation could be completely non-Cubs/Cardinals related. For those of us who have lived in the Cardinals media market we can appreciate that they have literally no insightful/non-homer analysis and have not for as long as I can remember. You're on to something. As someone who lives in the Milwaukee TV market, I see the media tripping over each other trying to suck up to the Packers. They're afraid to say anything negative lest they alienate their audience. So everything is rainbows and lollipops and unicorns pooping butterflies. Here it enough and all the suckers out there start to believe it.
  3. Cubfanintheknow
    IIRC, walks were kind of an issue at the start of last year as well. As the season wore on, the walk rate went down.
  4. Cubfanintheknow
    Another award Jake will barely acknowledge the existence of: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-jake-arrieta-wins-player-of-week-20160425-story.html
  5. Cubfanintheknow
    Pappas threw just one that year. But Burt Hooten turned the trick for the Cubs agains the Phillies in April of that year. Just going off memory. huh? Edited my post. I misread his.
  6. Cubfanintheknow
    pappas in 72 i believe Pappas threw his in September. Burt Hooten turned the trick against the Phillies in April of that year at Wrigley, too.
  7. Cubfanintheknow
    Putting this here. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-baseball-expansion-manfred-20160421-story.html Just a question of when. I think Montreal is a lock. It'll be interesting to see where the other team lands and if Tampa Bay & Oakland stay put.
  8. Cubfanintheknow
    Anyone else haunted by the image of "Pantsless Clark" of Comcast Sports Net fame whenever they see a picture of Clark?
  9. Cubfanintheknow
    Here's the injury. Hoping it really is just a sprain. Looked like it could have been a lot worse. Edited for spelling.
  10. Cubfanintheknow
    Don't know if this has been posted yet. The injury.
  11. Cubfanintheknow
    This is the part I still have trouble grasping, too. I can't believe that my team, the Cubs, has this lineup. What's even cooler is that seven out of the nine guys are going to be here for at least the next three years. Amazing!
  12. Cubfanintheknow
    I'll bet we hear this a lot this year from Pat & Len around the 7th inning: "Dexter Fowler is now in center field and replaces Jorge Soler in the lineup. Jason Heyward moves over to right."
  13. Cubfanintheknow
    Almost deserves a thread all its own! http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2016/02/jason-heyward-takes-bp-video/
  14. Cubfanintheknow
    This video will never, ever get old.
  15. Cubfanintheknow
    The article is a couple of days old, but Jeff Passan makes a strong case for making an example out of the Cardinals. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-must-hammer-st--louis-beyond-its-checkbook-for-hacking-astros-005253782.html Love that the "Cardinal Way" keeps getting thrown back in their faces!
  16. Cubfanintheknow
    I'll bet they held a gun to his head to make his sign his name to it. Starlin does have a way of being in the wrong place at the wrong time during the offseason. You make an excellent point.
  17. Cubfanintheknow
    I'll bet they held a gun to his head to make his sign his name to it.
  18. Cubfanintheknow
    Incredible letter by Starlin. He really did grow up before our eyes. A class act.
  19. Cubfanintheknow
    i feel kinda bad for them I'm gonna enjoy drinking Thom and Marty Brennaman's tears, [expletive] them They're going to absolutely hate it when GABP is filled to capacity--with Cub fans! It's going to be fun owning ball parks like that.
  20. Cubfanintheknow
    http://thesportsquotient.com/media/posts/20937/Dusty-Baker.jpg Gotta have that speed, dude.
  21. Cubfanintheknow
    Wait...Dusty is more charismatic than Maddon? And Maddon is a stiff? Seriously? Seriously. We're blessed to have Maddon, but let's not equate his contrived antics to Dusty's authentic (but calculated) folksy charm. Dusty's too funny to be that stupid. How is Maddon "contrived" and Dusty "calculated?"
  22. Cubfanintheknow
    Gotta give Baker some credit, he really knows how to fall ass-backwards into some talented teams. He just doesn't know what to do with them.
  23. Cubfanintheknow
    I am absolutely stunned at how seriously bad the Cubs crapped the bed. They've been totally outplayed this entire series. All four games.
  24. Cubfanintheknow
    You make it sound as if any of us were remotely productive yesterday. Actually, I was. It made game time come around sooooo much faster. Today I can't get squat done.
  25. Cubfanintheknow
    Anybody else having their work productivity shot to hell today?
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