Irrelevant Dude
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I haven't seen the play in question, but there is no excuse for a player in 2025 to be oversliding a base. Replay has been a thing for years now and everyone knows how it works. I understand this particular overslide was egregious enough to not even require replay, so that is even worse. -
So let me get this straight. We are now a no slug team that has to bunt and manufacture runs to score, but also sucks at bunting and manufacturing runs... and gets thrown out every time we try to steal a base in a critical situation. Do I have that right?
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I know this was a joke, but I'm open to a strategy along these lines. We already know the Cubs want a clean slate going into the 2027 season. Offer a huge 1 year deal to Tucker or Schwarber, whoever is most willing to accept it, and fill out the roster with some other guys being "overpaid" on big 1 year deals. Who cares if the Cubs go way into the luxury tax, since they will be a first time offender and will be able to reset anyway going into 2027. (Of course, Tom Ricketts cares because he doesn't want to spend the money)
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The Cubs won't play a home playoff game this season.
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Owen Caissie is gonna homer in the 9th.
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Yeah, Kyle Tucker better not have been counting on that big payday. This is simply unacceptable performance from him.
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So Caissie gets the call late last night, has to get from Des Moines to Toronto in 15'ish hours, then turn around and fly right back to Chicago tonight for a game tomorrow afternoon. Welcome to the big leagues, kid!
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Jed loves him some bad versatility.
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Yeah, it looked like lower leg to me, not the knee. But what do I know?
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I don't know either, but none of that matters if the Cubs score 0 runs, so might as well hope Amaya can give the offense a boost.
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Brewers are gonna hit that tough part of their schedule aaaaaaaaaaany day now.
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The Cardinals suck. They aren't passing anyone.
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I can't even be mad at the Brewers. It must be fun to be a Brewers fan right now.
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It would almost be worth it watching Jed squirm at the convention while he tries to sell everyone on his new collection of mediocre veterans on 1 year deals.
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Someone needs to extend the architect of this offensive juggernaut.
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This lineup is like swiss cheese.
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He is also hitting in a park that a 6th grader could hit home runs out to RF.
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They have the resources to be #1 easily, so the fact that there can be a debate between 1-3 is an indictment in itself. And there is light at the end of the tunnel for the White Sox. It is going to take awhile, but it isn't out of the question that within 10 years, the White Sox have a better ownership group than the Cubs. Even if the Ricketts family eventually sells the team, the value and assets involved all but assures we are going to get another Ricketts-like entity or worse. The chances of getting a fully invested owner whose primary goal each season isn't maximizing revenue are slim to none.
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I thought I recently saw somewhere here stating that his bat speed was virtually the same. The interesting thing is, even if Tucker's finger is 100%, it is probably in his best interest not to say that. Let teams think maybe the reason he struggled was because his finger wasn't right, and that way they may have less to worry about going forward in offering him a huge contract. I'm not saying the finger ISN'T part of the reason, just that it may be difficult to determine whether that is actually the case.
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Give Schwarber like $50 Million for 1 year then. At least give us something exciting to work with.
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I still don't know whether Berti was actually safe or out, and I can't argue with the "call stands" on that review. What sucks is the call stood based on a faulty premise. The umpire called Berti out because he thought the tag beat him, which wasn't the case. If he had properly determined that Berti beat the throw, then the call stands in the Cubs favor. It was obviously a bang bang play, but it is unfortunate that it played out the way it did.
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Did Contreras keep his foot on the bag there?
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I guess I'm too used to Wrigley but that Shaw HR looked like a routine fly ball off the bat.
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I prefer to think of it as a half full season.
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And the night before.
