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  1. davell
    We have every bit of the "veterany goodness", the " playoff tested", the "winning mentality" and the "been there beforeness" that other teams fans are going to hate announcers talking about with us. Especially since our guys are in their early to mid 20's.
  2. davell
    Badler does the DSL. I think they usually are the last one that gets done. Could be interesting for the Cubs. Vargas, Kelli, maybe a guy like Motel gets mentioned, based on tools? With so many teams, we may not see anyone though. But, I'm ready with lots of questions, as I'm sure others are too.
  3. davell
    If you do not love that man, you are evil.
  4. davell
    Its perfect the way it is. My guess is they'll change it though, at some point, just to mess it up. But, not for a while. NFL format, with 2 expansion teams. 4 division winners, 2 WC teams, top 2 teams get buys. Even then, I'd suspect its still a 1 and done opening round, but best of 7's after that. Still, its great, as it is. No need to add extra teams to the mix, or to get rid of the 1 game opening round. At any rate, my guess is we're a ways away from expansion, so hopefully it stays the current way for a long time.
  5. davell
    Lol
  6. davell
    Most teams DO do these type of deals. And there's 100% nothing shady about the Mexican signings either. We've just concentrated on that market more than others. Once other teams do the same, the bonuses will go up accordingly, to where the Mexican teams profit much more, while the player receives his going rate. (Examplke- Albertos would receive his full 1.5 mill, instead of the 375k he got, and the team will receive 4.5 mill, not the 1.125 they got. Only a matter of time, once 80% of MLB realizes the talent their missing out on and it becomes more competitive) But no, it'd be extremely hard for MLB to follow money trails on IFA's. Their handlers get money, they pay out in different ways and to different people. It's a logistics nightmare and doing bundle deals is damn near impossible to prove, considering how often they occur. The only time MLB is going to investigate is when its done at such alarming incompetence, that its warranted.
  7. davell
    My point as to why this is potentially good news for us, is the fact that teams have bloiwn their money in this period and the big teams have already pot committed to next year too. Maitan is young. He can easily wait until July 2nd to sign. Hell, short season ball doesn't even start until the middle of June as it is. And I think there's no chance MLB opens the door up to letting him sign unrestricted. My true question is whether the Braves could get their money back from the initial signing? What if its partially spent? No idea how this could work out, but IF he's a FA again, we've got to be in as good of a spot as anyone, to sign him.
  8. davell
    [tweet] [/tweet] Well.....This could potentially be nice, since we're not tied to any of the highest dollar guys in the next period, while the other big spenders all are.
  9. davell
    Based on Passan's tweets and what TT posted, quite possibly nothing. He may have just been this disliked, to where his own team sold him out.
  10. davell
    [tweet]https://twitter.com/chicken__puppet/status/914902314837729280[/tweet] 1) Who is that an account of? 2) So, are we to take from that; that he's just THAT hated?
  11. davell
    Its a veritable "Wild West" type of mentality, when it comes to IFA's. For THIS stuff to get him fired, its got to be flat out ridiculous horsefeathers. Because everyone who participates in this market gets a bit dirty from time to time. I can't wait to find out what he did.
  12. davell
    So much awesomeness here.....The Javy tag to the face, the Willson knee throw, and Willson running off the field before the ball even got to Javy. Jesus, I love these guys.
  13. davell
    Cleveland is now at a 253 RD( Cubs were at 252 last year). Time to pull for the White Sox these last 2 games.
  14. davell
    Thinking the Bears draft was a full 2017 red shirt for honorable mention. Ooh, damn. Lol. That includes Trubisky, but yeah, definite HM at least.
  15. davell
    I was kind of OK with trading Wade before the break, if things had went bad right afterwards. Not sure which was my worst hot take.....That, or hating Trubisky. Guess the Bulls rebuild could technically play its way into things too, but I'm thinking its trading Wade.
  16. davell
    I hope the fans of the Brewers and Cards enjoy their NIT series this weekend.
  17. davell
    EAT IT, YOU CRUMB BUMS. Still, another former Cub, stealing whatever he can, to help ease the pain of us not wanting him anymore.
  18. davell
    https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/913844129666396161
  19. davell

    NBA Offseason

    davell replied to David's topic in Other Sports

    Russ got his 5/205 deal, as the Lakers continue to watch all their future targets fall off the board. Hope OKC can keep George too now.
  20. davell
    https://twitter.com/Switz/status/913590179042017280
  21. davell
    I'm trying to reason this out by saying this gets Fox out of here, at least.
  22. davell
    Good God, I honestly thought Glennon was going to be an OK stopgap lol
  23. davell
    I can see Maples turning into a Marmol type reliever for a few years.
  24. davell
    Starlin had to copy us somehow, since he's got no shot at copying us getting rings.
  25. davell
    1) Where is Tree? 2) Tell that story, I've definitely never heard it. In 2004 there was a poster named Controversy. When we had the old picture thread, she posted a picture. Tree was impressed and started talking to her. We actually had an outing with me, tree, controversy and an old poster (his name is mark, drawing a blank on NSBB name) at a Cubs/Expos game (Scott Downs pitched a complete game shutout for Montreal). I believe this was their first meeting and they ended up dating for a bit, so I'm assuming they had sexy time. Ah cool. Now come back Tree. Side note, Kyle's green shirt pic with others faces imposed never got old for me.
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