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as far as what we need to do at the deadline or what we will do, there's probably multiple acceptable options you could convince me are the right move. Make a big trade to get a star, sure ok. Make some smaller trades because we're not *that* far off, you don't sell off the future and we can sneak into the playoffs and maybe get lucky, sounds good. Sell off half the team and start over. Yeah for sure. The bigger thing is ... this team stinks. "They almost made the playoffs before cratering last year! They were good to start the year before injuries kicked our ass!." Every single offensive player has either stunk this year or has red flags (Busch K rate, Suzuki injury prone, Morel defense.) There's not one difference maker on offense. But that's to be expected because Jed built a defense-first team ... oh the defense has been ass all year too. The starting pitching has been a bright spot for sure. But good starting pitching only lasts for a brief period because of health, and you really have to get lucky and marry your healthy starting pitching window to your good offense/bullpen window to truly be a winning team. This team is so far from a functional offense that by the time you build one the starting pitching will likely not the diamond in the rough it has been this year. Compound that by the fact that none of the prospects look like difference makers at all. Not to boxscore scout here but one thing we've learned in the last couple of years is that the jump from AAA to the majors is bigger than maybe ever. These other teams are bringing their 1.000 OPS top 10 prospects up to the majors and they all fail. What level of confidence does anyone have that Shaw, Alcantara, Caissie, etc, are anything more than Wisdom, Happ and Suzuki, because we've seen what those guys get us. Jed has built a mid team that can't even reach that level. No matter what we do at the deadline, he has to go, he's not built for this. And if he goes, whoever comes in is gonna gut this mess anyway.

i am and personally i love a once a year horsefeathers you to these guys for having the audacity to be good at golf

it really is unwatchable. i haven't been able to stomach more than 3 innings of a game in like 3 weeks. It's so brutal

just not a lot of those guys out there i dont have anything against kompany as a coach, but bayern should be able to win that league with just about anyone on the sidelines (im aware they didnt but it took a magical neverkeusen run to make it happen.) they probably figure we take a chance on a cheap young coach no one will be mad at us for getting rid of if he fails, and then we see if there's more experienced coaches available at that point

free my bro from how darlington is describing it, the cop sounds like a maniac

“Live BP” implies the existence of dead BP. Which is what cardinals prospects take

damn i hate seeing the longtime radio and tv guys retire for age or health related reasons. always loved sterling. just an iconic voice

the ucl sure is delivering this year. thankfully they're changing the format

https://x.com/TheRealOxPro/status/1779876699728994446

Took today off to watch golf but with the delay had a couple hours so went to the sim. Played pretty well. Took a couple mulligans around the green so I could practice some different types of shots but nothing that saved me any strokes to be honest. the birdie on ten was a 175 yard par 3. Rolled the drive THREE FEET SHORT. it was headed dead at it and just died. The screen started flashing while the ball was in the air, there were stars and stuff, fake crowd screaming. Thought I had it. Staff guy happened to be there and said if you get a hole in one they take your pic and put it on the wall. Made it worse. You can see three bogeys and a triple like right after lol

but actually the masters is fuckin awesome

i love when this happens in italy (dont crop that part of the quote) and a team says "never again" or something else like that. it happens there every matchday!

i mean yeah, he definitely gives up 4-5 runs if those same flyballs are hit in june-sept. How much of that was him pitching to flyball contact against a bad team in insanely favorable pitching conditions, i guess we'll see. but if the strikeouts are real, we should be able to live with some of the home runs.

do you think when the cubs get a lead counsell hide's morel's glove like you do with a football player's helmet after he takes a shot to the head?

but he really shouldnt pitch to lefties in high leverage

I've repeatedly said that I'm not going to stop watching the Cubs. After many hours of thought and meditation, I've made a decision that should not be an example to anyone because it is unique to my situation. I told you that after the offseason, I would give you the story of the decade. To those of you who are shallow, the events of last night in the game versus the Rangers will be that story. But to those of you with depth and concern, the real story will be what I hope and pray results from this morning—in the coming months and years the development of a true pipeline of pitching prospects here in Chicago. I am going to die in an effort to ... see if the facts, spread out in all their shame, will not burn through our fandom and set fire to the Cubs’ front office. Please tell my story on every radio and television station and in every newspaper and magazine in the U.S. Please leave immediately if you have a weak stomach or mind since I don't want to cause physical or mental distress. Cody, Dansby, Christopher – I love you! Thank you for making my life so happy. Goodbye to you all on the count of 3. Please make sure that the sacrifice of my life is not in vain.

I've repeatedly said that I'm not going to stop watching the Cubs. After many hours of thought and meditation, I've made a decision that should not be an example to anyone because it is unique to my situation. I told you that after the offseason, I would give you the story of the decade. To those of you who are shallow, the events of last night in the game versus the Rangers will be that story. But to those of you with depth and concern, the real story will be what I hope and pray results from this morning—in the coming months and years the development of a true pipeline of pitching prospects here in Chicago. I am going to die in an effort to ... see if the facts, spread out in all their shame, will not burn through our fandom and set fire to the Cubs’ front office. Please tell my story on every radio and television station and in every newspaper and magazine in the U.S. Please leave immediately if you have a weak stomach or mind since I don't want to cause physical or mental distress. Cody, Dansby, Christopher – I love you! Thank you for making my life so happy. Goodbye to you all on the count of 3. Please make sure that the sacrifice of my life is not in vain.

we might never trail again

i suppose the downside is being a 40 year old in a football jersey trying to make men mad at the grocery store but when has degrading myself ever stopped me

im not a bears fan but i will be if they draft williams. everyone in oklahoma dislikes him because he left with riley, and all the quote-unquote feminine stuff drives people here nuts. the thought of walking around in a bears williams jersey (also just a sick looking jersey for what that's worth) in the middle of OU/Cowboys country is right up my alley.

im a huge fan, that dude can horsefeathers ball. does he not look like mike trout out there? maybe not quite as explosive athletically but just a short stout dude that runs and defends. love him

PCA has fewer than 100 major league at bats this year Suzuki tops 30 ding dongs alzolay turns into a multi-inning high leverage guy and cuas/neris end up leading the team in saves hoerner slumps hard before the all star break and gets benched

he must have like the world's worst personality. he cant get on the field for forrest????

i think you could make a case for almost any of the top 8 in the west having a chance if just a couple things break their way. East feels like Boston or bust, unless Milwaukee's defense is just too much to overcome in a 7 game series.