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  1. UMFan83
    Steele is a bad man.
  2. UMFan83
    Almost screwed it up again lol. I don’t think either grounder was a double play so I’m not sure what they were doing
  3. UMFan83
    Ugh Villar
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    Happ the only one that didn’t do something
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    Seiya!
  6. UMFan83
    Nice baserunning
  7. UMFan83
    Am I missing something?
  8. UMFan83
    Should probably go in the other games thread but since its somewhat Cubs related...Brewers aces the 2nd time through the rotation: Burnes - 7 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 0 ER Woodruff - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 0 ER
  9. UMFan83
    Not really buying it, but its making the rounds
  10. UMFan83
    Does Marquee lose any money because of all these games that are taken off? There are probably safeguards in place I guess. But it does ruin one very minor benefit of Marquee - not having to figure out what channel the game is on. But instead of flipping between WGN, WCIU and NBCSN Chicago, you have to figure out what streaming platform its on and whether you subscribe to it.
  11. UMFan83
    5 games in and I'm not sure I have a feel for this team at all. I still see them at 74-78 wins. Offense is going to struggle at times, pitching is going to get lit up at times but overall they should be competent enough. Defense has been a strength (I think?) and it seems like we already have some solid options in the pen. And obviously with Suzuki being the first cornerstone of the "next great Cubs team", his hot start is very promising.
  12. UMFan83
    4 runs scored in 2 games against the Pirates, 3 of them on solo HRs. Are we still watching the previous era of Cubs baseball?
  13. UMFan83
    Just as I didn't overreact to the first game, I won't overreact to this game but not good to see Kyle struggle like this
  14. UMFan83
    I'm starting to think Schwindel isn't the long term answer at 1B
  15. UMFan83
    Might be 2-2 now... Kyle with the meatball
  16. UMFan83
    The Cubs are 2-1 when they score first....1-0 when the opponent scores first. Go Cubs!
  17. UMFan83
    I mean yeah the Bulls have given absolutely no reason to think they can win this series. I wouldn't say its impossible but I wouldn't expect any expert to predict a Bulls win. More telling is that 16 of the 20 have the Bulls losing in 4 or 5 games and no one has it going 7. I think Game 1 is going to tell us everything we need to know about the series. If the Bulls get blown out from the jump, they are going down in 4. If its close for some or all of the game there is a chance the Bulls can steal 1 in Chicago or maybe 2. If they somehow win Game 1, we might actually have a series. The hope I guess is that this week gives the Bulls a chance to reset and to get some practice in to fix the issues they've had since the ASB. Teams have figured out how to smother DeRozan, particularly late in games and the Bulls have had no answer for it. There is not a ton of time to practice in the regular season so if there was ever a time to fix it strategically its now.
  18. UMFan83
    Ummm, no, you are just completely wrong. That's not anywhere close to the truth. The Ricketts were anti-Trump republicans until he got the nomination then went full throttle in support of him and fans that were aware and not awful conservatives themselves, hated it, and were vocal about it. This dated all the way back to 2016, and included the horsefeathers decision to make a 2nd white house visit just to see trump even though they did the official visit with Obama. Yeah I don't know what PriorFighter is talking about, people were pretty vocal about this for a while. There is at least one formerly prominent poster here that left well before 2020 due to issues with the Ricketts. There's a thread titled "The Ricketts family sucks in all kinds of ways" that was started in 2018.
  19. UMFan83
    Seiya x2!
  20. UMFan83
    I mean I'm not terribly optimistic about Schwindel and haven't been but I'd give him more than 4 games before bailing on him
  21. UMFan83
    WYD Wisdom? Ball was going right to Nico...
  22. UMFan83
    This is a horrible lazy comparison because they are both Japanese players, but I cant help drawing comparisons to Fukudome's start in 2008. Was hitting for power, drawing walks, taking great ABs. His numbers is Japan were fairly similar too except 1) Seiya's were a bit better and 2) Seiya was younger so more likely that he can actually hit like this full time. Now smart people give me additional reasons why the comparison is not apt
  23. UMFan83
    Hell yeah Seiya!
  24. UMFan83
    Nico being Nico
  25. UMFan83
    So great we have a contact hitter who can bounce into double plays on the regular
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