None of us are likely to live to see it (unless it's the Indians, I guess), but with 30+ teams now in every pro league, there are going to be 100-year droughts without titles more often. I wonder if other fans will always be as shitty about it as they are towards the Cubs.
That's what I get for going from memory. Soler was probably due for a day off, although it's too bad he has to get one when he's actually hitting pretty well of late.
David is right - even if the Cubs felt like they could sign Bryant long-term at some point, it made sense to hold him down because that enables them to have to pay less money to buy out that year of control. The only way holding down Bryant might not have made sense would've been if Boras/Bryant said, "We'll sign a long-term deal but only if Bryant is NOT held down those 2 weeks."
A big wow at this stat. [tweet]https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/631922229694046208[/tweet] Unless I'm mistaken, that 6/21/08 was the Edmonds 2 HR in one inning game.
The only thing he's done that really annoyed me was put Motte and Soriano in high-leverage spots. Now that he's past that and is using Grimm, Strop and Rondon as the firemen I give him a big thumbs-up.
Pass. I need my wife to be a source of support when my team crushes me, or celebrate with me when they succeed. There's no shortage of people out there to ridicule my teams failures, or minimize their successes. I don't need it in my house. This is probably the best thing about being married to someone who doesn't care about sports. Having a reminder right next to you that emotional investment in this stuff is inherently a bit crazy helps to keep things in perspective after a tough loss.
There's no way he thinks up 1 in the 6th constitutes 'in the bag'. It was probably a combination of keeping Hammel healthy and the opportunity to play matchups in a 1 run game.