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  1. BigSlick
    Sometimes you think there must be something the fan isn't privy to, that the front office/coaching staff/medical team has some hidden insight into a player that justifies an acquisition and continued use of a player who keeps failing on the field. And other times you're just like, oh they're just as dumb as any of us - this guy is demonstrably done as a player and somehow keeps getting chances. Everything about Arrieta now bums me out. It would have been better for him to have vanished in a puff of smoke after 2016.
  2. BigSlick
    Poor Chris Davis has to be in the running for worst contract of all time right? Everyone knew it was a bad idea at the time, he had the most pronounced 'old guy' skills of anyone ever, and then they gave him the GDP of a small country and he folded as a productive player immediately. There are other contracts that maybe garnered less value-to-money ratio, but this was like watching a train ram into a car from 5 miles away and the conductor being like "yes, lets do this".
  3. BigSlick
    It's honestly a shame he's doing his best Jake Fox impression right now, and not during a season where they Cubs are trying. At least in a future year we could bank some value with this guy, because I don't think its gonna continue. Or maybe it will? Who knows, he got a kinda raw deal with how history has played out, so maybe he has a few good hitting years in him. But the vast majority of the time there are some pitching adjustments and blam, thats it.
  4. BigSlick
    What an ignominious end for Arrieta and the Cubs. A shame. Probably shouldn't have brought him back in a desperate attempt to placate fans and give a little 2016 shine to this turd of a season. Will always wish him well, though I expect this is the end to his professional career, whether or not he bounces around for a while.
  5. BigSlick
    Of horsefeathering course he does. It was only a matter of time when he decided against taking the vaccine. horsefeathering hell man.
  6. BigSlick
    I’m still more sad about losing Len than any of the rest of the boys :|
  7. BigSlick
    Coincidentally, he also has the lowest OPS of any hitter in the lineup
  8. BigSlick
    i gotta give Jed credit in one way: he didn't half-ass it. No half measures here. We'll see if it pays off, because this is a team and a franchise in a division where one doesn't need to field an exceptionally strong team to contend for the playoffs year in year out.
  9. BigSlick
    I’m kind of shocked how little Kimbrel netted us. Perhaps the best reliever in baseball with an option year with a lot of suitors. What the heck?
  10. BigSlick
    well this took a blow within a couple hours
  11. BigSlick
    I'm ok with this provided they go all out to extend Bryant (but I'm extremely skeptical they will)
  12. BigSlick
    Absolutely bizarre. Though were I to bet I would think he’ll reconsider before too long.
  13. BigSlick
    The Cubs are bad
  14. BigSlick
    I must applaud this team. They’ve moved to “I actively hate their guts and root for them to lose” in record time.
  15. BigSlick
    Cub bad
  16. BigSlick
    In less than a week I’ve transitioned from “actively rooting for the Cubs to win” to “I have completely accepted this team is dead and will sell its players off for parts and the best I can hope for is ok-ish parts”
  17. BigSlick
    I mean, the 83 win Cardinals won the World Series, so anything's possible. I just don't think this team is even capable of winning 83 games.
  18. BigSlick
    Honestly, mostly same. MLB is enforcing this in a really clumsy, belated way, but the pitchers throwing tantrums are really striking me as a 'doth protest too much' kind of thing. Yes, MLB was looking the other way for years, but also you damn know you were breaking the rules. It is what it is.
  19. BigSlick
    ??? they lost this game? i didn't even check the game again after I saw they scored 7 in the first inning. What??? I'm not even mad. I'm just completely baffled. Sell everyone off that you can. Torpedo the team. Relegate them to the minors if possible.
  20. BigSlick
    this team.....sucks
  21. BigSlick
    I'm not super salty about Schwarber leaving but he will always be one of my favorite players of all Cubs time. It's kind of like when the Bulls moved Jimmy Butler. If you love him, set him free.
  22. BigSlick
    this sucks man
  23. BigSlick
    Tepera turning into a pumpkin is not a great thing to happen.
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  25. BigSlick
    Ugh. Embarrassing
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