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  1. UMFan83
    I'm not sure if the lip reading confirms the tweet but I like to imagine that's what he said lol
  2. UMFan83
    Holy horsefeathers....this is like Trump-level senility only in baseball. Might this be the straw that breaks the camel's back for TLR? I legitimately don't mind the White Sox at all anymore so I wouldn't hate it if they hired a new manager that would turn things around for them, but at the same time this horsefeathers is just hilarious and I want it to keep coming.
  3. UMFan83
    Nothing to see here, just our QB hitting bombs at Wrigley
  4. UMFan83
    There has to be a direct connection between Heyward upgrading Ross to a suite for every road trip in his last season and Ross' continually putting Heyward in the lineup right? He has the lowest OPS+ of his career and is now a negative WAR player defensively (it's the same as Frazier, the most likely candidate to take his role and he's been terrible). I know its a small sample size but his age and track record don't exactly tell us that this has to be a fluke.
  5. UMFan83
    The Cubs destroyed the league for 2 1/2 months in 2016, went 5-15 and people* were freaking out. *No judgement on anyone as, without going back and looking, it's entirely possible I was one of those people. I openly mused to friends during that stretch that I might be a monster for raising my then-unborn son a Cubs fan (he couldn't give less of a crap about baseball or any sport as a spectator, so this probably won't end up being a thing), which qualifies as the most insane sports-fan overreaction of my entire life. At least the experience of overreacting to that stretch and then going on to win the World Series taught us to not overreact to the ups and downs of a season right?
  6. UMFan83
    Yeah I think he means the latter. Also the 1987 Brewers did this so the stat is wrong. The Brewers were 20-3 and then lost 12 in a row. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1987-schedule-scores.shtml He meant that to be 10 games over .500 then lose 12 straight to be under .500. Like Brewers were still over .500 after that 12 game losing streak. Well that’s a stupid stat then and misleading because that’s not what the tweet says
  7. UMFan83
    Ouch Keegan was due for a bad outing but to the Orioles?
  8. UMFan83
    The Cubs almost did this last year. They were 9 over .500 right before losing 11 straight. They were 11 over .500 a few games earlier but I don’t know if he means 10 over immediately before losing 12 straight. Yeah I think he means the latter. Also the 1987 Brewers did this so the stat is wrong. The Brewers were 20-3 and then lost 12 in a row. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1987-schedule-scores.shtml
  9. UMFan83
    Damn. I know they've underachieved during his time there and that they are on a 12 game losing streak but its still kind of surprising to me that he was fired. Like almost everything the 2016 Cubs touched, his career has taken a nosedive
  10. UMFan83
    Not sure how I feel about Gobert rumors. It feels a little like signing Ben Wallace. I know, they are different players and at different stages of their careers, and this current team needs a defensive anchor much more than the 06 Bulls did, but its a lot of money and trade pieces for an elite defensive center. If you make this move you are basically saying that Gobert is the missing piece for a championship run. Assuming LaVine signs the max you are riding with DeRozan, LaVine, Gobert as your big 3 the next 2 seasons and probably don't have much flexibility to drastically alter things beyond that. Advanced stats show he is truly a difference-maker, and he solves 2 of the 3 biggest Bulls deficiencies in defense and a big man (3rd being high volume shooter). A big man who can defend is even more important in the east with Embiid and Giannis standing in the way. I guess if you are going to ride with this talented but somewhat flawed group (instead of blowing it up), then its a defensible move, but I'm not sure it will bring the Bulls a title or even legitimate contention in the East.
  11. UMFan83
    Javy's HR at 43:34 is hilarious, I completely forgot he hit the catcher in the head with his bat on the backswing and then apologized as the ball was heading towards the bleachers.
  12. UMFan83
    I don't disagree at all but...shots fired
  13. UMFan83
    We're probably over hearing about these guys, but screw it I saw this and had to share. I call it: A Hour of Dongs.
  14. UMFan83
    Good news:
  15. UMFan83
    This is a few days old but if you needed another reminder of how bad the Bears have been historically at QB
  16. UMFan83
    Pretty damn cool of Lester:
  17. UMFan83
    Yes, Madrigal's performance since returning is not long term sustainable, my point is it is a noteworthy improvement and not currently the most pressing offensive problem at the moment(Heyward, Simmons, Rivas). Rivas is another issue altogether. I still like him, and I'm not sure what happened, but he needs a reset badly. His offense has completely disappeared and it is insane to carry a defensive replacement first baseman on a Major League roster. Get him back to Iowa and see if he can figure things out again. It is insane but also Schwindel is so so so so bad at 1B
  18. UMFan83
    I am SHOCKED that a 21st century Cubs team could not get a runner home from 3rd with less than 2 outs.
  19. UMFan83
    Considering we’ve had a lead in 15 of the last 17 games and are only like 6-8 in those games I’m sure you’re right
  20. UMFan83
    Leadoff triple is probably not the best way to start the 9th with a 1 run lead
  21. UMFan83
    Why couldn’t that be an option other than it being a major geographic outlier? Mexico would seem like the more natural fit culturally but I’m sure they’d rather have a country that A) can bring in more revenue and B) give road matches in the US a home field advantage. Not like switching confederations is unprecedented.
  22. UMFan83
    You trying to jinx this? The game isn't over yet. horsefeathers no, I thought the game was earlier this morning missed it. I googled the score and it said FT
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    US England Wales Iran
  24. UMFan83
    And it’s designed that way by our manager
  25. UMFan83
    I don’t care if the Cubs found a super secret way to exploit the extra innings rule and won 100 extra innings game in a row, it’s horsefeathering stupid and I’ll never like it.
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