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  1. Fro
    The umps in NY may have another internal ballpark camera or something than stupid TBS didn't show.
  2. Fro
    We're due to put up a crooked number in an inning.
  3. Fro
    http://i.imgur.com/ds8VqpK.jpg?1
  4. Fro
    I'll be there fat-catting it up in the club seats, so blame me if we lose, give me credit if this game turns the season around.
  5. Fro
    this is a fun dream but the FO just decreed terrible defense in large part outweighs even a 112 wRC+ for a C Schwarber would be better at D than Miggy at this point. His arm is solid.
  6. Fro
    I'm sure they crunched all the numbers and think it's an advantage for our guys not to be able to see when someone is warming up.
  7. Fro
    It airs again on 12/13 at 8 CT if you missed it/forgot to DVR it on FS1
  8. Fro
    Money is a lot "harder to find" for some clubs than others though, and for the Cubs, especially coming off of a WS win, it shouldn't be hard to find at all. And the same would remain true when trying to replace Soler's future value. The money will be there. It's not like FA is some magic bullet compared to trades. It's all just value being moved around. This is coming from someone who isn't ecstatic about moving Soler for an injured very good closer. Unfortunately we can't play Schwarber, Soler, Heyward, Eloy Jimenez, and Almora all at once in the outfield, so we won't be able to get full value out of Soler barring injuries/implosion of folks that open up enough PT for Soler to be a regular. We're in a different spot now than just trying to maximize our assets under control. That's important but if we can do stuff to make the team significantly better you may have to make moves like this even if Soler for 4 years ends up more WAR than you get from Davis in one year.
  9. Fro
    Theo bender Day #2 (from yesterday) http://i.imgur.com/qSzJNBM.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FIstETu.jpg
  10. Fro
    Let's do this! As Maddon says, don't let the pressure exceed the pleasure!
  11. Fro
    I've got zero issue with position players playing in the WBC. Heck, I think Rizzo playing for Italy four years ago helped him quite a bit. Pitchers are a different story.
  12. Fro
    The key is getting to him early. I think Francona is going to prepare him as if he is going 4-5 innings no matter what. He will tell him there is no need to preserve his arm for an 8 inning start, there is no need to hold anything back in early ABs so he can bring it out the 3rd time around the order. Treat the game as if he was coming out of the pen and let it rip. But I think scoring off Kluber is still going to be our best shot. Miller, Allen and Shaw should all be quite sharp, so he could easily get 4-5 strong innings out of them. The most likely outcome if the Cubs win is the Cubs getting 3 runs off of Kluber and then 1-2 off of the pen, while our pitching does enough to preserve the win. The fact that we need the lead pretty much before the 5th scares the horsefeathers out of me I mean, I'd feel much better if we had the lead then, but Cleveland's relievers are human and we can come back if we're down a run or two. Just takes one or two mistakes from them. As AJ Moye said about Duke Basketball in 2002: My prediction for tonight is first team to 4 runs wins.
  13. Fro
    I've often wondered if there could be such thing as an early inning specialist who's job is to pitch the 2-3 innings. Kind of the opposite of a closer. I've thought about Chapman starting in Game 7 since we went down 3-1, pitching 2 innings and then Hendricks starts with the bottom of the lineup in inning 3. Lester comes in to close if Hendricks can't give you 7 innings after that. Hopefully you could deceive Cleveland enough to make them burn through their bench and have the wrong players in to face Hendricks.
  14. Fro
    Jake "The Snake" Roberts cut a promo rooting on Jake Arrieta tonight [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]
  15. Fro
    It's probably not going to happen. It could, but you shouldn't bet on it. It's smarter to assume the worst and allow yourself to be pleasantly surprised. Otherwise, you're setting yourself up for crushing disappointment. Just need to win tomorrow (regardless of how this finishes) and go from there.
  16. Fro
    lol, what has Tito done that is so impressive? Chewed a disgusting amount of gum/chewing tobacco and spit a disgusting amount of seeds.
  17. Fro
    Why use him in a low leverage situation? You might not get to use him in a high-leverage situation. Also I think he'll do better against Kluber than some Indians bullpen person.
  18. Fro
    I'd use Schwarber here to PH for Lackey, then Wood runs for him.
  19. Fro
    they're beating our ass left and right, what do you expect them to do? talk about how great the team that can't score a run is? Smoltz talkng bout he'd strike out the Cubs and about winning in the World Series (when his teams choked and lost every year except 1995) is annoying.
  20. Fro
    Crowd's rowdier tonight (or else Fox figured out how to mic the Wrigley crowd). More fans, less fat cats tonight is my guess.
  21. Fro
    Multiple Cub dongs tonight
  22. Fro
    Hendricks/Arrieta/Lackey could start in LF (depending on who's pitching and who is throwing a side-session) and that would give you a half-inning or two of D before Schwarber's spot comes up. So that would cut it down to 4-6 innings that he'd need to be out there. 1B isn't any better since some runner might collide with him, but Schwarber's played 1B before and I don't see why Rizzo couldn't handle LF better than Soler
  23. Fro
    Maddon's like "let's crush some dongs and go home!"
  24. Fro
    Dude can flat-out hit. Theo liked him for a reason because he hits a baseball, works the count like a member of the 2004 Red Sox lineup.
  25. Fro
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2016/10/25/chicago-cubs-world-series-roster-will-include-kyle-schwarber/ “I saw him maybe a couple weeks after his surgery, and he’s moving around, walking,” Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant said. “I’m like, ‘Dang, this guy’s not human. I saw your leg bend in half, and you’re walking around. This is unbelievable.’ “And then just watching him drip in sweat. Every single day this guy is drenched. I feel like he’s in the best shape of his life just looking at him. There was no doubt in my mind that he could do it. It was just a matter of if they would let him.”
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