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I saw 106.7 on Seiya's

Back to back HRs good enough for you?

I love how Bellinger slams his bat after a popup as if he doesn't do that in like 70% of his ABs

Wow good going Gomes.

I just don't know how they can do it without another multi-year tank. I don't believe that either LaVine or DeRozan are guys you want to build a contender around and even if they were, they're over the cap even without Vuc and Lonzo on the books (I believe) so its not like we can improve the team in FA or really via trade as none of our signed assets are really that valuable outside of trading away DeRozan or Zach which creates another rebuild. They have literally backed themselves into a corner with the roster with no way out. They only own their 1st round pick 1 time over the next 3 seasons. They are bumping up against the luxury tax even before considering possible Vuc and Coby re-signings. They're fucked, and I think the quicker they realize that and blow things up, the better. Please do not do another Stan Bowman and try to keep a team that is clearly not good enough in NBA hell for 3-4 years before blowing it up. Chicago sports are a horsefeathering mess

Man I just don't trust Carter. Obviously recognize that he's maybe the most talented person in the draft, but I cant shake the feeling that he's going to flame out. It's a risky pick.

I think the NBA made a big step by flattening the odds for the worst teams. Yes there are still teams that tank seasons and there are one-off situations like the Mavs for 1 game but there wasn't this big race to the bottom over the last month of the season with fans being angry when their favorite team wins a game. The 5 worst teams are separated in odds by 3.5% so no one is fretting when your team wins one. In the NHL, the difference between the worst team and the 2nd worst team is a full 12%, while in the NBA, 12% separates the worst team from the 11th worst team.

That was bad. I guess Beverly brings intangibles or some horsefeathers but he played like ass today. Coby was the only person doing anything in the 4th and they inexplicably benched him with 3:43 left after draining a 3 to take a 3 point lead. Heat outscored the Bulls 15-2 the rest of the way.

They won’t do the random lottery because they still remember the Magic getting the number 1 pick in back to back years despite going 41-41 the second season and drafting Shaq and Penny

Looks like its the Mastro going down

Yikes....

So what is the site traffic like now? I need answers!

According to Tankathon, Ottawa doesn't even have a shot at 1 overall and I really have no desire for the next teams on that list to get Bedard (Vancouver, St Louis, Detroit, Washington, Philadelphia).

I just think Bartman should have never been the story. He ended up being the story but why continue to bring up the name of a random fan who was one of several fans trying to grab a foul ball and has requested to be left alone? There are so many better ways to frame a 2003 NLCS Celebration. Hell if they called it "Alex Gonzalez error appreciation day" I'd be ok with it (though I get that doesn't roll off the tongue nearly as well), or maybe like celebrate one of your players from that team instead of a random fan.

OK fine, I just used him as an example. Insert Owen Cassie or someone.

WTF this literally pisses me off. For all the crap Cubs fans get about Bartman, the only people I hear talk about him are fans of other teams and it's been that way since pretty much mid-October 2003. Feel free to celebrate the 2003 NLCS win when the Cubs are in town but leave Bartman out of it, you poverty organization. It's not being edgy its offensive.

Unfortunately unless Columbus gets a point tonight, the Hawks will have a 30% chance of picking outside the top 4. The NHL needs to change the draft odds, its ridiculous how slanted they are for the team that finishes with the least points. Anaheim: 25.5% of Top 1, 44.3% chance at top 2, 100% chance at top 3 Columbus (with 0 points today): 13.5% chance of Top 1, 27.9% of top 2, 59.9% chance of top 3 Chicago: 11.5% of Top 1, 23.0% chance of top 2, 30.4% chance of top 3 That meaningless point last night cost us a 30% chance of picking in the top 3

Fully understand that, which is why I said with hindsight it was brilliant, but I think he'd do the same thing again if PCA and Matt Mervis wanted 6-7 year extensions several years from now. They were great players when the contracts were being discussed. I get it - don't give out big money and years to players in their decline years as a general concept it makes perfect sense, but I also believe there have to be exceptions for great players. Which is how the Cardinals ended up with 31 year old Arenado and 35 year old Goldschmidt finishing 2nd and 3rd in baseball last year in WAR en route to winning the division with ease. And how the Yankees benefitted from 29 year old Judge breaking the non-steroid HR record.

I don't like it as an unbreakable rule that no one should get more than 4-5 years. Sure I really like the Nico and Happ extensions but the Cubs are a team with good players and no great ones. Their farm system seems full of potential good players but no great ones. You don't get great players unless you pay them a bunch of money or your farm system is developing them so something has to give. Given the benefit of hindsight I'm not saying they should have resigned Javy or KB, but the fact that they didn't at the time makes me think that they will do the same thing in the future.

I think its a very fair article about finding the balance between appreciating his contributions on the ice and letting his silence in the Kyle Beach matter tarnish his legacy to some degree. His comments about it really really disappointed me and I can't help but think about them every time I think about Toews.

Hey Hosmer is off to a solid start! Ermm...maybe not so far https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2023/04/14/eric-hosmers-start-hasnt-really-been-as-good-as-it-looks/ More Sorry for the weird quote boxes, I have no idea how to easily quote different chunks of text without making it look weird. Kind of frustrating

No, he was 4th.

I see a lot of people comment about Jed not wanting to sign extensions, and tons of people on Twitter using Happ's extension to say 'haha i told you so' but my perception of the situation is that Jed wanted to resign most of these guys, he just wouldn't bend his principles to do so. Like he extended Nico, but it was 1 year beyond arbitration, he extended Happ for 3 years. Way back when they extended Hendricks it was for 4 years. They went pretty far in extension talks with Javy but couldn't get it done. My guess is that Javy wanted a 6+ year deal and Jed didn't want to commit to that many years. Same thing with Rizzo as rumors are Jed only offered 3 years (I think) and Rizzo wanted more. I don't think Bryant extension talks got very far off the ground because it was always thought that he would command a long term high dollar amount contract and Jed (and Theo even) wasn't comfortable with that. So yeah, I strongly believe Jed wanted to resign many of these guys, but he takes an unemotional approach to his roster building and does not want to bend his principles even if they are the emotional heart of a championship winning core. He got deals done with Nico and Happ because they were willing to take less years to stay in Chicago. And if you want to throw some Ricketts blame in there, then yeah I think part of the reason he is so unwilling to commit long term is because he knows there is a budget he has to stick to and can't afford to make mistakes the bog down the franchise for years like Heyward's deal did.

Oh man you spoiled the number 1 prospect

Hawks lose in OT anyways. Need a win from the Ducks tonight and a Jackets point tomorrow.