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Hey everybody
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I find it less annoying than the fact that during football season they have a minimum 3 football guests a day - and they all cover the same ground of a terrible Bears team. At least with callers there's a chance there's going to be something totally bizarre and funny. Goff and Bernstein is a good combo. The best era of the show was when Goff was a producer and Boers was still engaged, and they virtually had a 3 host show there. My only concern is, as someone who will sometimes listen to both shows, that whoever replaces him on Spiegel's show will be vanilla nonsense. This is the worst time of year for sports radio (if you have a terrible football team) anyway because there isn't much to talk about really.
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Top 108 Moments for the 2016 Cubs (Now complete!)
BigSlick replied to bukie's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
this is cool and will help bridge the gap of attention i'll sorely need before baseball really gets going again That Brian Matusz game was the only game I was able to go to this year, and like a ding dong, I left before the come back and victory -
Listening to the final show now. B&B were the lifeline that got me through really dull jobs for the past 5 years that also graciously allowed me to listen to the radio. Hope Boers can enjoy sometime in retirement but it doesn't sound good. Bernstein definitely needs a strong personality that can keep him in check for the show to be listenable, we shall see.
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One of the best things about the 2015 playoffs was Mike Shannon struggling to pronounce Cubs players' names as they dong his team to death. (IIRC he had a "Schwaba" and a "Solar" call) This deal seems fine to me and I overall approve of the Cubs strategy regarding relief pitchers. Its not as Hot Stove Satisfying as last years moves, but it all makes sense.
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It's gonna be really fun watching Almora play CF over 150+ games, at least
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I love Dex, I would have been fine if they vanity signed him to a stupid big and long contract here, but its also not a great baseball move to sign a 31 year old to a huge contract when a lot of his game relies on athleticism. I am a little bummed that it seems like no matter what we're going to see a decline in play from the CF spot - but mostly because Dex was so good and had a career year. It's gonna suck to not have the first 4 players in our batting order basically .400 OBP players. That was nice. But we get Schwarber and (probably) Heyward back in some offensive fashion.
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Cubs trading Soler to KC for Wade Davis
BigSlick replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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Cubs trading Soler to KC for Wade Davis
BigSlick replied to Transmogrified Tiger's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I was one of Soler's biggest boosters on this board, and I'm ok with this deal. I think we're seeing the front office's philosophy regarding elite relievers play out between this and the Chapman trade: They really don't want to give long deals to relievers. They're more than fine with having stopgaps after stopgaps, perhaps they prefer it that way. (Well, stopgaps and fireballing young pitchers) Whether or not that's the strongest philosophy, I don't know, but its certainly being illustrated. -
Huh, so not a lot changed but some good changes. I, an actual child, like that the season will start earlier because that means I don't have to wait so long for the season, even if it means the playing conditions in late March/earl April are fraught.
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If Terry shows up at one of their remotes I'll consider taking a half day or something and visiting one to say Hi, given how much I've listened to that damn show over the years
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:( Terry Boers has always been a really likable guy, even when Dan can be very very irritating. Terry just seemed like a good dude. It's real sad.
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The White Sox making this grand proclamation that they wont trade with the Cubs so epitomizes why that organization is totally adrift, mediocre and myopic. Yes, make some empty gesture that ends up spiting yourself more than anybody else because you're terrified of helping the better organization that shares the city with you. God damn its stupid.
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*long exaggerated shrug*
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there's not greater torture than forcing the Bears to play 6 more games this season
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I really wont believe the White Sox will trade Sale until they do, despite the fact they should have traded him basically at any point in the past few years. I look forward to them trying to reload again and winning 78 games like they always do.
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I think Jim Hendry did a bad job and wasn't and will never be a very good executive, but it does give me some warm fuzzies to know he was given credit for getting some of the talent (some very meaningful talent) that led to the World Series.
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"Time makes fools of us all" - The Kyle Schwarber Thread
BigSlick replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Basically the only thing this season missed was a full season of Schwarber hitting fat dongers the whole time, and he even got a little cameo appearance on the biggest stage. Maybe up to #1 on my list of things to look forward to next season is a full season of Schwarbs. I feel completely convinced in a full season he hits 40 fat dongers -
On top of him still likely being really good if he loses 1-3 MPH on his FB his slider/cutter (whatever you want to call his breaking pitch) has shown flashes of being pretty damn good. Once he starts losing velo I'd imagine he'd incorporate and work on that pitch a little more. Don't forget the changeup: http://m.mlb.com/news/article/76660438/chapmans-excellent-changeup-becoming-weapon/ http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jabo-aroldis-chapman-changeup-watch/ http://cdn.riveraveblues.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Aroldis-Chapman-changeup-slowmo.gif?ccc875 this makes me irrationally angry that he never used this and barely used his slider except when he was losing his fastball. What he *could* have been seems like even better than what he was (an extremely valuable relief pitcher) But maybe I'm being really silly, and I shouldn't second guess the pitcher and pitching coaches in question. It just totally baffles me he opts to be a 1.5 pitch pitcher instead of using a repertoire that could make him borderline unhittable. But there's obviously more to it than that. I hope we re-sign Dex but wont be crushed if we can't. I feel like its likely Rondon will bounce back, but another stud closer/reliever is definitely on the way.
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This is so good
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Yeah he was really bad the last two games. Its a good thing we have team full of Golden Adonises that overcame it, to be honest. Something to be said that his managing of people over the course of the past two seasons has a part to play in them playing successfully. But his in-game tactical decisions were puzzling.
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As up and down the season was for him, he still got a No Hitter and pitched very effectively in the World Series. Good Stuff.
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I like Gold Gloves and I cannot lie: the Jason Heyward thread
BigSlick replied to NOLA's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I really like how people are making a big deal out of the pep talk he gave the rest of the team and then he....goes and has probably the worst at bat he's had all season. I guess it worked for the other guys! Maybe he's a magical talisman and he gave the Cubs good juju all season, but well, whatever. Tough season for the guy, he made more than a few great plays in the World Series to rob hits, he deserves the ring for never hanging his head at any moment. -
It was nice of him to bring his pet pitching buddy Lester too I was the kind of horsefeathers that rooted for him to retire after last season, and was angry he was still on the roster. Then, Montero gets hurt, Ross is pushed into a virtual starting job for a few weeks, hits the snot off the ball, makes amazing plays in the field, and catches a no-hitter. Then he entered all of our hearts.