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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    How often do mutual options actually get exercised by both parties? It would seem to be a rare scenario where a player's performance was good enough to justify the team picking up their option, while simultaneously not good enough for the player to think he can get more in the open market.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    Reading Ken Rosenthal's latest article, he indicated that MLB is already pushing expanded playoffs for 2021 in their negotiations (or lack thereof) for the coming season. https://theathletic.com/2344146/2021/01/25/rosenthal-starting-spring-training-in-three-weeks-makes-little-sense/ We're going to have the terrible expanded postseason forever now, aren't we?
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    Following Nate Robinson's meme-worthy knockout, Kendall Gill has challenged Jake Paul to a fight. https://www.boxingscene.com/ex-nba-guard-kendall-gill-jake-paul-come-fight-someone-your-own-size--154956 42 year old Kendall Gill may have been able to give him a run for his money, but I doubt he stands much of a chance at 52.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    Whoa! Where did they find the money? Maybe they found a few more data analysts to let go.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    I disagree with that being the right thing. Jackie Robinson is, and should remain, the one exception to the rule. Let teams retire numbers if they want, but it really shouldn't be something that is implemented MLB-wide.
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    It sucks to see Jon go, especially on top of everything else going on with the Cubs and their lack of spending. Looking at this move independently though, it was a good baseball decision, so I can't really criticize the Cubs. I was already a semi-Nationals fan before Schwarber and Lester, so I will definitely be following them closely this year.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Yikes! It is going to be a long season. Hope for a high draft pick I guess and go from there.
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    I'm still hanging onto mine for now, but it is a year-to-year decision. I wonder how quickly the Cubs are going to exhaust the entire waiting list with the combination of higher prices, economic challenges, and poor performance. Even in the best years, my tickets have been break even at best, and this year has the potential to be a huge loss. For the amount of money I spend on Season Tickets, I could easily just set aside a fund and buy tickets to whatever games I wanted to each year. Anything short of a World Series is going to be relatively affordable, and it doesn't look like we're going to see another World Series anytime soon.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    I love Len, but Boog is just as good and might even be a tiny bit better. Everyone is happy now, with both sides of town having outstanding broadcasters in both the TV and Radio booths. Now let's get back to scrounging up pennies to afford a league minimum middle reliever to fill out the roster.
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    Plenty of good seats still available!
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    They are going to make a killing on merch sales this year.
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    This is Smurf-tastic.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    I wonder how much, if at all, Len regrets his "Future MVP Addison Russell" declaration from the ring ceremony. Of course he couldn't have known what would happen with Russell in the subsequent years, but that statement even felt like a reach at the time. Again, not faulting Len at all, but it kind of sucks that Russell turned out to be an all-time jackass, and one that couldn't play baseball well either.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    ?????????????????? Haven't you heard that the Cubs (and everything having to do with them) are totally broke? Don't forget that Marquee Network has secured massive carriage deals with every carrier!
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    That would significantly soften the blow if they are legitimately going to search for and hire a worthy replacement. I'll believe it when I see it though.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    Coomer has grown on me a bit over the years. He isn't going to give you much hard-hitting analysis, but "goofy country bumpkin" isn't always a bad thing to play off Pat. Of course if Pat retires in a few years and we end up with Zaidman/Coomer, then we have a huge problem.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    Is Chip available?
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    I don't know why anyone 'likes' anything on Twitter. If I like something enough to signal I like it, I'll retweet it. If I don't like it enough to retweet it, or don't want people seeing that I like it, then I shouldn't be clicking the button anyway. My likes were essentially my bookmarks for a while, until they actually introduced the concept of bookmarks. But that's still a little clunky, so I use a combination of both. Not super worried about my 6 followers. When you have a large Twitter presence (as Chris Myers does), I assume you know exactly what you're doing. Most of my likes have been accidental, for what that's worth.
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    If Len was that bothered by the 3-man booth, I imagine he would have brought up with management. He doesn't seem like the type who would just take his ball and go home over a single issue like that. I'm sure they have some sort of employee evaluation / end of year meeting where he could have raised his concerns. At that point, a good employer would take those concerns into consideration, especially if they are interested in retaining their talent. On the other hand, if Len voiced concerns along those lines and didn't get the response he was looking for, he has every right to look elsewhere for an opportunity where he can feel more respected and supported. Whether or not any of these two particular issues actually came into play, I think they were only symptoms of larger problems related to the overall culture of Marquee and Sinclair. Do they really want someone who has strong opinions and can think for himself?
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    I have Marquee, but I may very well just use the MLB.tv Roku app this year with the radio feed for audio.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    This is so disappointing, and Chris Myers... ugh. I don't even know what to say. No way the Cubs should have let this happen. Seriously, how long before JD is pushed out and it is Myers and Dempster?
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    Why would Schwarber agree to that though? He might as well at least test the market before taking a cut.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    Nothing has been confirmed. I imagine the Cubs are working up to the deadline, trying to find a trade partner.
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    Now that Wrigley Field has received landmark status, I have an idea. Let's build another, modern-looking, structure inside the outer walls of the stadium. Something that looks... I don't know... like a spaceship?
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    That was full on Monte Burns pinch hitting Homer for Strawberry Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk
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