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  1. UMFan83
    Booo the 2 ER or less streak ends for Steele
  2. UMFan83
    That's because Ross leaves them in so long that they become 2+ run losses. /s
  3. UMFan83
    Extremely disappointing. This was blatant homophobia and the fact that he's still allowed to be a leader of young men is ridiculous.
  4. UMFan83
    Official now: the Bears will have to play the Chiefs in Arrowhead. Makes the schedule a little bit more difficult, though I'm not sure we beat them in Germany either.
  5. UMFan83
    They were legitimately fun when they started 39-21 last year but have been a joyless slog to watch going 49-61 since then. Even when they were playing well, their ceiling was always capped imo. But where they are at right now, stuck in NBA hell by design with it being unlikely that they get out of NBA hell any time soon unless they luck into a top 2 pick somehow, there is no excitement around the Bulls for me. The less I think about them the better.
  6. UMFan83
    9 of the last 10 Cubs losses have been by 1 or 2 runs. The other loss was by 3 runs. So what’s missing? Bad luck, bad managing, offense not good enough? I saw something about how the Cubs RA over their first 17 games (11-6) is virtually identical to their next 19 games (6-13). The difference is the offense went from averaging 6.6 runs per game to 3.8 runs per game
  7. UMFan83
    6-12 in our last 18. Might still be unlucky or whatever but right now #wearebad
  8. UMFan83
    Man we should really try one of those over the fence hits. A lot easier than getting 3 regular hits in an inning
  9. UMFan83
    I don’t even get excited when I see the Cubs have 2 runners on and less than 2 outs. I used to but it’s been conditioned out of me
  10. UMFan83
    Pathetic
  11. UMFan83
    Hey the Cardinals are cheating. They somehow got to run all the bases on one hit
  12. UMFan83
    As a Chicago fan, the coolest thing about this is that it moves the Blackhawks into the fold of teams I have some excitement for. Previously I didn't expect to be excited to watch them for at least another 2-3 years. Now, while I still expect the Hawks to be bad next year, I will at least have some enjoyment watching them as soon as next fall. Bedard is literally the only person the Blackhawks could have gotten to move them up that timeline. The Bulls are now the only team that I have no excitement about. 1. Bears - 2. Cubs 3. Blackhawks - - - 4. Bulls
  13. UMFan83
    Looks like this isn't your first David Ross IL rodeo
  14. UMFan83
    Never would have made a new topic before the death of mega threads so here we are. For those still watching the Cubs avidly, you'll know Nico went out with a hamstring injury yesterday. He's considered day-to-day and Morel is starting at 2B tonight.
  15. UMFan83
    That's crazy. There are maybe 6 teams closer to Chicago than Kansas City is (Green Bay, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Cleveland) but to Kansas City, Chicago is the closest
  16. UMFan83
    Yeah, horsefeathers em. I get where they are coming from, and I still have difficulties reconciling the Kyle Beach situation with my fandom of the club so I can understand the anger from fans of other teams that already disliked the Blackhawks and think they should have had this 1st round pick taken away from them. If the roles were reversed I'd probably be bitching about it too. But horsefeathers, the 4 Chicago teams that I root for have combined for 2 playoff wins in the last 6 years, one of them in a 4-1 series defeat in a series they were only in because of an unprecedented global pandemic, and the other in another 4-1 series defeat. I'm going to enjoy the heck out of something good actually happening to one of my teams. Do they deserve it? Probably not, but I don't care lol.
  17. UMFan83
    I was reading some articles last night, and an Athletic article that polled several scouts put Bedard as the second best overall prospect over the last 10 years, only McDavid polled higher but at least a couple of scouts but Bedard on McDavid's same level/tier.
  18. UMFan83
    It's similar to the term dynasty. For some reason the overuse of the word dynasty drives me nuts, but generational doesn't. I guess there could be a better word to use that more accurately characterizes the type of prospect Bedard is, but I guess its being used to describe the highest level of elite prospect, a surefire cornerstone star player. Someone who is regarded higher than a normal number 1 overall pick. To put it in basketball terms because I'm more familiar with prospects there are a few different tiers: Tier 1: LeBron - Generational, no doubt prospect. Expected to be a cornerstone of the league moving forward Tier 2: KAT/AD/Kyrie - Likely superstar and among best players in the league for the duration of career Tier 3: Wiggins/Ayton - High floor player with superstar upside but maybe a little more risky in terms of career projection Tier 4: Anthony Bennett - There's probably a tier between these (maybe a Joe Smith tier) but very high risk player with higher bust potential. Is going number 1 because its a poor draft and someone has to be drafted 1st. (I realize this is obvious to many here, I just wanted to spell it out for my own good) Bedard is a Tier 1 prospect similar to McDavid or Crosby. Kane was probably a Tier 2 prospect but rose to a league cornerstone type of player.
  19. UMFan83
    They have 19 or 20 in the first round, 4 second round picks and 3 third round picks. I understand the need for depth, but if they can trade their 1st and a couple of 2nds to get another top line/pairing guy with star potential, I'd at least explore it. They also have two 2nds and 3rds the next 2 seasons after this that they could trade from if they wanted to go hard this year.
  20. UMFan83
    interesting about trading in quantity for quality
  21. UMFan83
    Cubs averaging 2.5 runs per game over the last week
  22. UMFan83
    The Cubs have had multiple runners on in 4 of the 7 innings so far and at least 1 runner on in 5 of the 7 innings and have 1 run to show for it. its harder to score runs when you need 3 baserunners/hits to get it done. Cubs have 1 HR in their last 6 games
  23. UMFan83
    Yeah this FO does not seem like the type of Front Office thats going to accelerate their rebuild that drastically. Maybe the plan goes to 2025 instead of 2027 now
  24. UMFan83
    I was so confused during that commercial break. Obviously they knew the results ahead of time
  25. UMFan83
    We absolutely don’t deserve it but I’ll take it!
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