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  1. Little Slide Rooter
    I do like Smyly, but I really liked what I saw from Thompson, Steele, and Wesneski last year to the point that we could dream on one of them emerging as a Burnes or Woodruff type of unheralded prospect turned ace. And between Alzolay, Sampson, Killian, and Assad, back end depth is something we have plenty of.
  2. Little Slide Rooter
    If nothing else, The Chicago Cubs have officially cornered the market on Caucasian middle infielders.
  3. Little Slide Rooter
    https://wikiwikipedia.org/en/dwight-smith-dead-age-58-chicago-cubs-atlanta-braves-baseball-star-passes-away-with-tributes-to-world-series-champ/
  4. Little Slide Rooter
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/mets-trade-rumors-dominic-smith-red-sox-cubs.html I mean, why not just swap Clint (or whatever he wants to be called) Frazier for him? Both former blue chippers with big league success, both young enough that there’s the off chance that they can do it again. And it’s not like 1B is locked down by the AAAA Brothers.
  5. Little Slide Rooter
    All I know is the last time a Chicago team drafted a dude named Cade in the 1st round, it did not end well.
  6. Little Slide Rooter
    Everyone is the hero in their own story. I think this holds true for most people, but some people certainly know they're evil and what they're doing is evil. Putin knows he's an horsefeathers, the "bad guy" and he simply doesn't care. Same thing with Trump. Nah, these dudes are narcissists. They know that they’re doing wrong, but in their mind, it’s for the greater good and one day they’ll get the praise they deserve. Bauer’s just a creep, along the lines of Armie Hammer, who thinks that since there’s no law against sexual deviance, so long as it’s consensual-ish, he must be in the right.
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    Everyone is the hero in their own story. Sergio Mitre?
  8. Little Slide Rooter
    Saw that. Someone finally topped Mel Hall as the most diabolical ex-Cub, If not former big leaguer.
  9. Little Slide Rooter
    I’ll believe it when he’s singing Go Cubs Go at a Wrigleyville bar.
  10. Little Slide Rooter
    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (of 2012.)
  11. Little Slide Rooter
    Had no idea he was good for a 6.0 WAR last year- considering that the Cubs highest was Contreras at 4.1. I mean he’s still 35 years old, but for a 1 year/ $10mm pickup, can’t complain at all. If he can hang on for a few months, maybe he can land us our next Arrietta.
  12. Little Slide Rooter
    TLR on combating sign stealing. Warning: extremely silly. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/tony-la-russa-s-idea-to-combat-sign-stealing-is-dumbest-thing-we-ve-ever-heard/ar-AAPo4SF?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
  13. Little Slide Rooter
    Well we have to hope because it looks like the plan is for Schwindel, Wisdom, and Ortega are all penciled in for next year. lol - None of us have the slightest idea what the plan looks like. Happ, Madrigal, Wily, Nico, and a revolving door of AAAA slug beasts.
  14. Little Slide Rooter
    Though I'd prefer that Ricketts sell to someone with deeper pockets, I cant get behind the hate for him. Without Ricketts, there's no Theo, the catalyst to the greatest stretch of Cubs baseball of our lifetime, and perhaps the most thrilling 3 innings in baseball history (need I elaborate?) Granted, they've been dropping the ball ever since, but I think I'm at peace with it.
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    Maybe if the Cubs relocate to Japan.
  16. Little Slide Rooter
    Dare we dream on him as a David Freese type?
  17. Little Slide Rooter
    As someone who doesn’t follow the NBA as closely as he once did, is Lonzo the Justin or the B.J. of the Ball Bros.?
  18. Little Slide Rooter
    What in the Sam Hill? what? I'm saying it looks like they're going more for a couple down years than a full on tank and rebuild My thoughts exactly. An all out fire sale would have seen Hendricks and Contreras shipped out. This was a purging of expiring contracts with very rights emotional strings attached. We may not have another Anthony& Kris& Javy& Kyle& Albert& Jorge& Mendy. To look forward to, but Madrigal, Contreras, Hendricks, Nico, Happ, and a whole lot of cash coming off the books leave me cautiously optimistic about a new window opening sooner than later.
  19. Little Slide Rooter
    I'm hearing unsourced rumors of a 3 team deal involving Kris Bryant, Jake Peavy, and Brian Robert's.
  20. Little Slide Rooter
    Almost as fun as tomorrow’s “names out of a hat” extravaganza.
  21. Little Slide Rooter
    Because there's no game thread...here's one. Jake's due for a good outing. That or a retirement party. Win. Or don't. But preferably do. Unless you don't want to.
  22. Little Slide Rooter
    I wonder what Koyie Hill's up to these days.
  23. Little Slide Rooter
    There’s no team that should be panicking more than the Brewers. It’s one thing for one young starter to get off to a smoking hot start; but for Burnes (whose spin rate has already taken a documented dip,) Woodruff, & Peralta- all quality mid rotation guys, to suddenly become Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz is highly improbable. Couple that with their anemic offense, and they could be in trouble.
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    It may be a matter of days before he falls flat on his face. But what separates him from the AAAA sluggers of Cubs past is that he's doing it at a time when it actually matters. If nothing else, hopefully the smoke and mirrors are enough to earn him a few million yen on the other side of the pond.
  25. Little Slide Rooter
    What happened? All I know is "injury delay."
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