Sammy Sofa

For an extra $5 you can get a version with a velvet painting of Ricketts getting a handy in the bleachers.

Noah and I totally went to school together. Granted, he was in kindergarten and I was in 5th grade and we had nothing to do with each other, BUT I'M STILL DROPPING NAMES.

Well, damn, I did not think this team would be this much fun to watch right now. Noah is the [expletive] king of this city.

He thought they should start McCown over Cutler. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/11/urlacher-mccown-should-start-even-if-cutler-is-healthy/ He also had some things to say when Jay got paid. http://www.suntimes.com/25242195-761/urlacher-dishes-on-cutler-lovie-trestman-and-all-things-bears.html I was mainly talking about the rumors he was pretty anti-Cutler basically from the moment he showed up. He was like a big dumb dying jungle animal trying to maintain his spot at the head of the pack.

What doesn't this dude get? When you make a lot of money and don't perform to your standards, teams move on. That's any team in the freaking NFL. The Bears aren't going to resign you because you played well for them in 2006. The more this guy talks the more I forget how great of a football player he was. Yeah, he needs to stop talking. I want to still like him. That ship sailed a long time ago for me. Yup. He was always an unlikable oaf, but all of the anti-Cutler stuff sealed the deal.

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You're [expletive] right he did.

Word. [expletive] Fangraphs.

it was the bomb that cemented it That and it's a guy who was a highly across the board touted prospect who seemingly was dealing with a very specific and relatively unique (when compared to typical prospect struggles) problem that seemingly/hopefully has been resolved and could be a real impact player if he pans out. Tyrant's talking like we're swooning over someone saying Barney showed up looking all swole and determined to kick ass.

Olt is probably the guy I'm most excited about. Not that I think he's the best player out of the prospects or anything, but if he's actually fixed it makes a gigantic difference to how soon this will turn around. Obviously there's key things like Rizzo and Castro kicking it into gear, but something about Olt actually being worth a damn would just finally feel like things are actually, FINALLY, going the Cubs' way.

The sad thing is that this lunatic would still get less [expletive] and be considered less of a distraction than Michael Sam.

Why the [expletive] is this called "Molina stands his ground?" Yeah, so he got the out...in every other sense he was destroyed. http://m.mlb.com/video/v3452671/molina-withstands-lillys-attempt-to-score

http://delusionalcubsfan.com/wp-admin/images/ted-lilly/ted-lilly-fan-club.jpg http://mlblogsyankeesrealitycheck.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/lilly1.jpg [expletive], that lazy-eyed pyscho was easily one of my favorite Cubs of the last decade.

The return of the Ted Lilly Fan Club? Oh, I hope so. http://www.dodgerthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Lilly-by-Gordon.jpeg http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/files/2013/04/Ted-Lilly.jpg

Oh yay we get to post this some more. http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/03/0365fafeabba20025d475a696515fed6/marcum_glove_flip_a_reminder_of_lillys_glove_slam_at_arizona.gif [expletive], you post him destroying Molina or you don't post at all.

Holy [expletive], how did I miss this.

Yessssss. Thanks, TT & Pushfrog.

[expletive], I want that home run clip back so bad. It's burned into my brain, but everyone needs to see it.

It would seem, from a totally lazy and unscientific standpoint, that intentionally not swinging at the first pitch was something Castro was trying to do last year much to his detriment. I'm probably wrong.

That's a horrendous comparison.

Again with this...which major injuries are the result of him playing guys too hard? I completely get and agree that I'd like to him to play or have played some guys with fewer minutes, but even with that said it really hasn't cost them. Noah's PF is just something he has and either he can play or he can't. Deng's wrist? Rose's knee? Those are things that would have happened regardless of Thibs and didn't have anything to do with excessive playing time. Everything else looks like the usual wear and tear of an NBA team. It's not like they play exhausted at the end of the year or in the playoffs...so what do you point to when you decide this? It's not that you can point to a single injury or anything. I think the minutes, in general, wear a player down. Were we at our absolute best against the Heat a few years back? I'm honestly not sure. And I'm a guy that truly thinks the Heat had more talent too. So, yeah, it's praising Thibs one way(thinking its possible he could have out coached Spo and won the series anyway) while damning him for doling out too many minutes at times earlier in the year.... Bottom line for me is its undecided, but if he never wins a title, it'll be what people (me included) always come back to. Again, I want to reiterate I like Thibs a bunch. Pop is the only guy I'd trade him for. So I'm holding him to an extremely high standard. Like I said, I'd like to see him scale some guys back, and I'd probably with the agree that he's been lucky so far that more serious injuries have not occurred, but I just think it's faulty to argue that it's cost them anything significant thus far.

Describe in great detail how much you hate this run they've been on.

[expletive] owns hahahhahahahahhahaa Holy [expletive].

Again with this...which major injuries are the result of him playing guys too hard? I completely get and agree that I'd like to him to play or have played some guys with fewer minutes, but even with that said it really hasn't cost them. Noah's PF is just something he has and either he can play or he can't. Deng's wrist? Rose's knee? Those are things that would have happened regardless of Thibs and didn't have anything to do with excessive playing time. Everything else looks like the usual wear and tear of an NBA team. It's not like they play exhausted at the end of the year or in the playoffs...so what do you point to when you decide this?

Thibs is a [expletive] god.