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Steele gets himself in big danger and then gets out of it

Since Winning Time didn't work out, maybe Losing Time, a dramatic retelling of the Chicago Bears from 2013-2023, would work better.

Imagine if you just woke up and this was the first thing you read today as a Bears fan.

Also interesting the Bears threw out the Peterman/Bagent news in the middle of all of this. Obviously they aren't going to bench Fields anytime soon, but now Bagent is an injury away from getting his shot and now in position to be the guy if they do bench Fields later in the season.

Will be interesting to see how the Brewers play that final series against the Cubs if we are still in the thick of it. They probably want to play Miami, but maybe not. If they want to play the Cubs, their ideal outcome is the Cubs needing to pitch Steele on Sunday to clinch a spot, thus ensuring he can't pitch in the WC series (at least as a normal starter)

The whole thing started when someone I think is fairly connected on twitter, but not a mainstream reporter claimed that he heard something about the situation with Alan Williams that was shocking (or something like that, its posted somewhere in this thread). The CP stuff was all from twitter randos that have a big following but no credibility as a reporter. Eventually, enough people amplified it that it became a "thing". But there are still people like Biggs that are saying that they have heard there's more going on than a health issue.

Because it sounds like the Bears are going with the health and family angle but Biggs said that reporters have been operating under the assumption that its not a health and family issue for the last few days

Unbeatable Diamondbacks up 3-1 now

I personally think they'll play their bats against us but aim to have their top pitchers go in the final series. There are 6 days between the end of the regular season and start of the NLDS and I imagine theres a goldilocks zone where you want to give them extra rest but not too much rest in between starts. I haven't looked at their rotation and how it lines up though.

Yeah that the part that's wild. Seiya has been our best hitter for like 6 weeks, at least hit him 5th over Dansby who hit a flyout at 29 parks and a bloop single yesterday.

Makes sense, I just hate seeing that stupid lineup 3-6, though I'm much more open to it against righties than lefties due to Happ not being terrible vs righties. Also Arizona and SF are tied at 1 in the 3rd

Bears strongly denying reports of a raid and saying the league is not involved in this situation, etc etc.

Wait thats seriously the lineup tonight? Not even shocked about the no Canario thing but Mastrobuoni getting his first start since like June and back to the Happ-Belli-Swanson-Seiya lineup that slumped through a 2-8 stretch? What are we doing here?

In less disgusting news, Fields clarified his remarks earlier and completely distances himself from blaming the coaching

Braves were 1 strike away from getting to bottom 10 tied 4-4 dammit. Would have been great to get to within 2 of the Phillies. Anyways, Reds are now 3 losses behind the Cubs. All scenarios tonight involving the 4 most relevant teams. Best case in bold, worst case in italics: Cubs win, Diamondbacks win, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs remain WC3, 0.5 GB Arizona, 0.5 GA of Miami, 2 GA of Reds Cubs win, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs move to WC2, 0.5 GA of Arizona and Miami for WC3/1st out, 2 GA o of Reds Cubs win, Diamondbacks win, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Cubs remain WC3, 0.5 GB Arizona, 1.5 GA of Miami from cutline, 2 GA of Reds Cubs win, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Cubs move to WC2, 0.5 GA of Arizona, 1.5 GA of Miami from the cutline, 2 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks win, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs 0.5 GB Miami for WC3, 1.5 GB Arizona for WC2, 1 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs 0.5 GB Miami and Arizona for WC2 and WC3, 1 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks win, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Cubs remain in WC3, 1.5 GB Arizona for WC2, 0.5 GA of Miami/cutline, 1 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Everything remains as it is now, with 1 more game removed from the schedule (WC3, 0.5 GB Arizona, 0.5 GA Miami, 1 GA Cincinnati)

Lets just call the rumor out in the open. There are multiple sketchy twitter reporters claiming that Alan Williams house was raided and Halas Hall was raided this morning in an FBI investigation. The internet is running with it but I've never heard of the twitter people who tweeted this out so its probably fake. It got picked up by enough people that other people on twitter are talking about it as fact but as far as I can tell its only those 2 randos that reported it. I would assume that unless it was raided at like 3am or something there would be some mainstream reporters aware of this already. There I saved the 7 people that read this thread some time.

Hell yeah, 5-3 twins

Still runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out as the Twins attempt to take the lead.

Went through a Wendy's drive-thru naked?

Also the Reds are beating the Twins 3-2 in the 8th inning. This is the last game the Reds will play against a +.500 team this year. The Phillies are beating the Braves 4-2 in the 8th

Keller has been pretty much a lockdown ace for the last month, save one start against the Braves who crush everyone. His last 6 starts (oldest to newest) 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB 8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB (vs. Cubs - their only loss to Pirates this year) 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB 5 IP 12 H, 8 ER, 0 BB (Braves) 8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB That's a 2.77 ER, 2.85 FIP with opponents OPS of .630 including the pounding by the Braves. Steele needs to be at his best and the Cubs need to find a way to scratch out a couple of runs, or at the very least make him work and get him out after 6 IP instead of 8. Cubs are 1-0 on a homestand that really need to try to go at least 5-1 on. This might be the toughest of the 6. Also one note I noticed on Steele that was interesting is that he is 12-2 with a 2.18 ERA at home this year vs. 4-2 with a 3.55 ERA on the road.

I just don't think Deion saying he's not coming to the NFL means anything, college coaches often say that and then end up in the NFL anyways. The "bigger than the team" hire part may be true but like you said there are teams out there that would go for it. If I had to create a ranking of teams most likely to hire Sanders, the Bears would easily be in the bottom 5.

I hear people complain about his height too. He's listed at 6'1'' but pretty sure QBs typically measure shorter at the combine.. I think Young was listed at 6'0'' and measured around 5'10''