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  1. UMFan83
    So the Bulls filled their 'short guy with irrational confidence' roster spot today, signing Isaiah Canaan to a 2 year 2.2m deal (2nd year team option) and I actually kind of like the move.
  2. UMFan83
    Sucks that of the bullpen castoffs from last year l, the one we let go is on the All Star team and the 2 we kept were Cahill and Richard
  3. UMFan83
    Figures. The only 3 years the NL has won the ASG since it counts are 3 years the Cubs were purposely tanking and had no chance at benefiting. But 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2015 and 3 outs from 2016 all AL wins
  4. UMFan83
    Another shorter than expected outing for Lester
  5. UMFan83
    Yeah Seager should have started. K and a bad error
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    Hope Lester gets an inning. Saw Jake in the dugout so I'm guessing he's not pitching
  8. UMFan83
    Nobody gets 3 ABs except the hometown guy I guess
  9. UMFan83
    Guess the Cubs are done at the plate Would have been cool to see Bryant HR off the other White Sox pitcher
  10. UMFan83
    Yeah get those shitty Cubs out there quickly right Collins
  11. UMFan83
    This is gonna be awesome. Either cubs fans get last laugh for addy or NL fans bitch at Addy being up in that situation.
  12. UMFan83
    Kris Bryant can't hit good pitching in big moments
  13. UMFan83
    https://twitter.com/allstargame/status/752994189068075008
  14. UMFan83
    No I'm going with the other catchers resent the relationship between Rizzo and Ross.
  15. UMFan83
    https://twitter.com/noslliw19/status/752976228668223488 https://twitter.com/noslliw19/status/752615564573437952 Notice anything consistently missing in these 3 tweets?
  16. UMFan83
    That's a good point, I retract that statement.
  17. UMFan83
    Awesome tweet:
  18. UMFan83
    not sure I'd put Jake ahead of Schwarber and probably even Contreras just because of his age and impending $200m contract that's likely if he snaps out of his funk, but you had them in the same group, which I'm assuming means they are nearly interchangeable so no complaints. I would also maybe replace Hendricks with Eloy. I read a blurb from Kaplan that he heard from the FO that they are not looking to trade him and they are sold on him being a superstar. Hendricks has a shot to be a pretty good pitcher but I think because his stuff isn't sexy it will take consistent performance over a 2-3 year span for him to build up more trade value.
  19. UMFan83
    Ding ding ding. We have a winner. Yes, Kris is Mormon. I know a guy who was on his traveling teams in high school and he told me that last year. Said he is incredibly nice as well. interesting. apparently Bryce Harper is a practicing Mormon too... http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12950936/washington-nationals-bryce-harper-taking-baseball-storm
  20. UMFan83
    yeah i do use that too :-"
  21. UMFan83
    I'm guessing its because Sale is starting and probably only going an inning and Collins wants to avoid too many lefties early in the lineup. Harper is the only pure lefty in the top 5 and he hits lefties pretty well (as does Rizzo but whatever).
  22. UMFan83
    I just wonder what the reason is. Is it an "I don't want to poison my body" type situation? Or maybe a history of alcoholism in his family that makes him overly cautious? I mean, I don't drink much...but it's mostly a taste aversion...and I certainly can't say I've never had a drink... probably an "i was raised by an earl woods type weirdo sports dad" thing that was my thought as well.
  23. UMFan83
    August Fagerstrom at Fangraphs tries to explain the Cubs struggles over the last month: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-cubs-just-played-a-month-of-very-mediocre-baseball/ Really nothing groundbreaking here. His conclusion is that its almost 100% on the starting pitching all inexplicably going through a down period at the same time as the schedule hasn't been particularly difficult, the offense, defense, baserunning and bullpen have for the most part maintained their level of performance through the first few months.
  24. UMFan83
    who are you asking? I don't think there are any Paterno truthers here No one in particular. Just my way of bringing up the topic.
  25. UMFan83
    hes from las vegas so probably meth.
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