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  1. UMFan83
    I'd prefer he do the walking on 4 pitches instead of 7-8 though
  2. UMFan83
    Didn't realize this is Gleyber Torres' first game at Wrigley. He finally made it here!
  3. UMFan83
    That was pretty cool though screw Marquee for going to commercial while the ovation was still going on.
  4. UMFan83
    Long 'anonymous FO' article about the Bears, breaking down the team by each position group. Thought it was an interesting read. Not sure I agree with all of it but there's good insight and obviously these people know way more about football than I do. There is much much more interesting stuff in the article than projected record, but of the 10 FO people, 2 predicted 7-10, 4 predicted 8-9, 3 predicted 9-8 and 1 predicted 13-3 (which isnt even a record you can have) https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5744706/2024/09/05/bears-2024-roster-scouting-report/?source=tw_c_chi Here are a couple of the position breakdowns for those that don't have The Athletic:
  5. UMFan83
    And he's gonna attempt to play on Soldier Field's turf? Yikes, good luck buddy.
  6. UMFan83
    Live PCA OPS - .693
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    This is my answer
  8. UMFan83
    Agreed. Large market club in a division of small market minnows. We shouldn't be building teams that if everything goes right we can make the playoffs. We should be building teams good enough that if some stuff goes wrong we're still in a good position to win the division.
  9. UMFan83
    I think Jed just really enjoys going to Tokyo and experiencing Japanese culture.
  10. UMFan83
    The Ringer has them at 12 which kind of surprised me. I really don't know what to expect from the Bears this year. 12 wins wouldn't shock me, ut neither would 6. Because of that I think somewhere around 15 or 16 seems reasonable. (omg umfan is talking about power rankings)
  11. UMFan83
    that's not really much of a conversation for me, but I'm pretty down on the Bulls next year lol. I don't think they'll be worst record in the league bad by any means, but I don't think they're a threat to hit the 36ish wins the White Sox will end up at.
  12. UMFan83
    Don't think the Cubs playoff odds ever got above 7% on FG so I'm not really that upset about the last 2 games, though I was starting to get a little more emotionally involved. At the end of the day, I thought this was a .500ish team with upside to be a bit better coming into the season. They've taken a strange route to get there but that's basically what they are. I've really enjoyed watching the team get hot the last 6ish weeks even though the expectations of making the playoffs had long gone away in my head. Hopefully the playoff cut line potentially being closer to 87 or 88 wins this season gives Jed some pause when building next year's team and he tries to do something more than "marginally good enough to sneak into the playoffs." I'm not holding my breath though.
  13. UMFan83
    I’m legitimately in awe of how bad they are. In a sport like baseball where atrocious teams win on occasion almost on accident it’s hard to believe a team is winning less than 23% of their games. The 2003 Tigers were also horrifically bad but they showed some heart and won 5 of their last 6 games to avoid setting the modern record for most losses in a season. They turned around and amazingly made a World Series 3 years later. I find it extremely hard to believe the White Sox can do the same.
  14. UMFan83
    Ok I said I’d pay attention to the playoff standings and allow for some sort of hope if they got to within 3 games and they did so don’t break my heart again Cubs
  15. UMFan83
    Ugh that was annoying
  16. UMFan83
    Ok I think Everton is really going down this time. I know it’s only 3 games into the season but Yeesh. Lose the first 2 games 0-3 and 0-4. Today had a 2-0 lead at home in the 87th minute to Bournemouth and managed to lose 3-2, giving up the final goal on the final play of the match. Pain
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    I’ll start caring about what other teams are doing if/when the Cubs get to within 3 games of a playoff spot lol
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    White Sox:
  20. UMFan83
    If the Cubs had their current record last year, they'd be 1.5 games out of a Wild Card spot
  21. UMFan83
    I know the Cubs offense has been hot the last couple of weeks but still kind of crazy to see 4 Cubs on that list.
  22. UMFan83
    I was at the game before that when he hit number 60. Came back from a huge deficit (8-2 maybe?) to win. Fun game but would have rather been at 61 and 62 😁
  23. UMFan83
    You were right about one team scoring 14
  24. UMFan83
    New fun fact, the Cubs scored 14 runs today despite only having 3 extra base hits. 2 doubles and a home run. Their other 13 hits were all singles.
  25. UMFan83
    The Cubs had a 15 game stretch earlier this year where they scored 38 runs from May 12-May 27th.
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