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  1. UMFan83
    Are we sure it’s that and it’s not one of his off games?
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    Even with this HOF that you suggest, Harold Baines should not be in it. Can you remember one memorable moment in his career? If you let Harold Baines in you have to consider people like Tim Wallach, Paul O’Neill, Kent Hrbek, Ray Lankford
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    Rams have to rely on their special teams to get a 1st down
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    Seriously this is a bizarre selection. His best season WAR was 4.3 which was only one of 2 years over 3
  5. UMFan83
    Has to be a good sign that the Hall used this picture in announcing his election
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    Harold Baines? Solid player but I had no idea he was even a borderline case?
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    Mitch is really off again
  8. UMFan83
    Panthers and Redskins lose. Our playoff odds are looking even better right now
  9. UMFan83
    I’m reminded of similar comments on CardsTalk as the Cubs prospects were getting close to coming up. Of course those people are morons and we’re slightly less moronic
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    Agreed. The Sox farm system is loaded. If Eloy becomes the stud he's projected to become, it'll be painful. I doubt Bryce signs with them though - the league is littered with can't miss prospects. I'm not so sure it really is. Eloy is the only potential star in the mix. Kopech and Cease are both more likely to end up pen arms then starters. Moncada is putting up Russell numbers without the defense and position. What about their other 4 prospects currently in the top 100? None of them are potential stars?
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    24 hours later the Bulls lose by 56 points. Largest loss in Bulls history
  12. UMFan83
    Dan Plesac was on the score this morning and he seemed pretty convinced that that the Cubs were going to make a big push for Harper and when asked to predict his destination he said Cubs. Not based on anything but good to see there are some in the media that believe in us
  13. UMFan83
    I thought I read that this budget shutting closed wasn’t anticipated and it had something to do with the Wrigley renovations
  14. UMFan83
    Why is that supposed to be impressive? (unless you were just setting up Wade Phillips comments today). Half the guys he just named and said they've been doing it for a long time. Not exactly a scouting report.
  15. UMFan83
    meanwhile, the mainstream reporters are taking direct quotes from Theo: [tweet] [/tweet] Obviously doesnt mean they are out on Harper. In fact he might be alluding to the Cubs potentially trying to make it work, but it definitely confirms that we are under a tightish budget. Edit: More [tweet] [/tweet]
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    I mean it was a gamble, but one that allowed them to get a pitcher with elite closer upside at an affordable rate. And he did just that for half a season, maybe he can do that for another half of a season. But I don't hate the move, especially because the Cubs built a pretty deep pen around him with Cishek, Strop, Edwards, Wilson, Monty (forgetting someone?) and supplementing during the season with Chavez when Morrow was still healthy. They certainly had plenty of depth to sustain the injury. Even when Strop went down and Edwards completely lost it, the Cubs were able to put together some semblance of a decent pen.
  17. UMFan83
    Guess we discuss the Morrow news here since the other thread was rightly locked I'm glad that this was discovered now so we can plan accordingly. At this point we should just treat anything we get from Morrow at least in the 1st half of the season as a bonus as we build our 2019 pen.
  18. UMFan83
    Yes that's certainly the goal and the number 1 focus. But since 4 of the last 5 competitive Bears teams had epic collapses to miss the playoffs, I'd feel more comfortable knowing that we clinched our spot in the dance and the Wild Card will likely be clinched sooner. 2008 - Just needed to beat a crappy Texans team to make it 2009 - Not competitive 2010 - Made the playoffs 2011 - Started 7-3 and finished 8-8 2012 - Started 7-1 and finished 10-6 and out of playoffs 2013 - Just needed to win one of last 2 games to make playoffs and lost both 2014 - Not competitive 2015 - Not competitive 2016 - Not competitive 2017 - Not competitive
  19. UMFan83
    Lester Hendricks Darvish Quintana Hamels Number of idiots needed to make my original post: 1
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    Goldschmidt career against RHP: .899 OPS Goldschmidt career against LHP: 1.022 OPS Number of RHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 1 Number of LHP in the Cubs starting rotation: 4
  21. UMFan83
    My stomach is already in knots thinking about the first Carl-Goldschmidt matchup with the game on the line.
  22. UMFan83
    I'm never going to complain about the Chapman trade because we won the title, but he paid like 130 cents on the dollar for him too. I feel like in season trades can often vary wildly on value depending on a number of factors that aren’t there in the offseason.
  23. UMFan83
    based on the remaining schedule, it looks like WAS has 2 remaining AFC games, while the Bears have completed their AFC schedule. Bears are 2-2 against AFC while WAS is 0-2. So, their 6 wins are all against NFC teams, and Bears also have 6 NFC wins. So, if WAS manages to win their last 3 games, to finish 9-7 and the Bears also finish 9-7, WAS will have 7 NFC wins and the Bears would have 7 as well. So you go past that tie breaker and probably end up at some sort of strength of schedule thing to get there. Yeah its the common games tiebreaker that beats the Bears. They are 4-0 in common games (wins over ARI, GB, TB and NYG) and the Bears are 2-2 and the only remaining game is Washington's second game against the Giants. Edit: Also I don't know why I called it H2H, I just meant they clinched the tiebreaker, my bad
  24. UMFan83
    I'm pretty sure if the Bears won and the Redskins, Panthers and Eagles all lost this weekend, the Bears could only be passed for a WC spot by the Redskins (who have clinched a H2H over the Bears). Given the Redskins QB issues, I think its safe to say that they will not finish 9-7. Looking at remaining schedules CHI: vs. LAR, vs. GB, @ SF, @ MIN WAS: vs. NYG, @ JAX, @ TEN, vs. PHI PHI: @ DAL, @ LAR, vs. HOU, @ WAS CAR: @ CLE, vs. NO, vs. ATL, @ NO Washington's is the easiest but they are the weakest team right now. Philly's is a murder's row, Carolina's is not much better, but the week 17 in NO might be much easier due to NO clinching everything they need to clinch, so looks quite a bit easier if the goal is to not lose twice (which would make it impossible to pass Bears).
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    Indians legend Jim Thome who grew up a Cubs fan here to tell you to sign with the White Sox
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