minnesotacubsfan

the lack of juiced balls could explain less power in the league, but is there another team that had a 25% loss in hrs? Its an honest question.

they hit 56 fewer hr's. Everyone not named BAEZ loss power. And Baez alone accounted for 11 additional hr's that Bryant didn't hit between the years. Overall, the offense loss power and rather dramatically. Overall OPS took a 31 point loss. 62 fewer runs over the 162 game schedule. That's Chiliball with a sprinkling of Maddon enabling. Chili gets his blame*. *I don't feel death threats are appropriate League-wide OPS dropped 25 points and teams scored 30 runs fewer on average. The Cubs lost 27 points in slugging, the league lost 18. The gaps between that and the Cubs are even narrower considering how important Bryant is to the offense(2018 Baez was as close to 2017 Almora in offensive output as he was 2017 Bryant). This is not a #freeChili campaign, and I think you can lay a small part of the offense's inconsistency and power down turn at his feet. But the idea that counting numbers went down and that's on Chili is ignoring the two most important reasons, Bryant's injury and league-wide offense regressing. Yes, I did ignore the league wide trend mostly because I cant explain why. Was it a tighter pitching league? where more borderline pitches called for strikes? In the case of the Cubs, I think the drop in power is a pretty clear indication of why they struggled on offense and,,, well, you did have Maddon and Chili talking about "..more contact less launch angle". I'm not ignoring Bryant's injury. But here's the thing, you can change the hitting philosophy, you cant change players getting hurt. Thats why Chili (and Maddon) deserve most of the blame here.

Bryant's injury was a big factor clearly, but dropping 60+ hr's from year to year isn't due to one guy. The average team hit 20 fewer HR than last year, and Bryant alone is another 15. they hit 56 fewer hr's. Everyone not named BAEZ loss power. And Baez alone accounted for 11 additional hr's that Bryant didn't hit between the years. Overall, the offense loss power and rather dramatically. Overall OPS took a 31 point loss. 62 fewer runs over the 162 game schedule. That's Chiliball with a sprinkling of Maddon enabling. Chili gets his blame*. *I don't feel death threats are appropriate

huh? The offense tanked and is very likely due to his coaching. Its not the first time (see his time at Boston). He gets a lot if not almost all of the blame. Is he getting death threats or something? I think Bryant's injury was the biggest issue. If he's healthy they score a couple more runs and probably win at least one more game. Nobody complains. Bryant's injury was a big factor clearly, but dropping 60+ hr's from year to year isn't due to one guy.

huh? The offense tanked and is very likely due to his coaching. Its not the first time (see his time at Boston). He gets a lot if not almost all of the blame. Is he getting death threats or something?

GOOOOOOOD BYE CHILE

that, or he misses a lot of calls

Not a fan of their DAVE rating methodology that includes preseason projections. For instance, we didnt have Mack.

Eric Hipple nearly was killed by Wilbur Marshall. Stupid NFL blocking the youtube video Hipple got nailed as well but the hit on Ferguson was the worst of them all. Marshall is my fav. football player of all-time. Yea, it was Ferguson that was malled

I have mormon friends who smoke pot but do not drink. I think there's hope.

In 1984, the Bears knocked out 2 Raider QBs. Wilson and Humm. Ended Humms career. The ‘84 Bears might be the answer, but the ‘85 game against Detroit is probably the most in one game (3 I believe)

The 1985 Bears knock a few starters out, that would be my guess

What happened to Acho?

Bears 31 Dolphins 17

Waking up on a Monday after Super Mitch feels great. I only want 15 more games just like it.

154 passer rating. Is that good? Wheres davell?

I like Mitch

Is that why you’re here?

horsefeathers we shoulda bat hendy

We wont bat Hendy will we

Comon Javy

Kyle, Ace

1-2-3 plz

More more more!!!

Into the fires we go!!