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so the mother of his first child or are there children we forgot about? I don't think it's his current significant other, here's the language the article uses:
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Rosenthal with more info: https://theathletic.com/549159/2018/09/25/rosenthal-mlb-has-additional-information-on-addison-russell-abuse-allegations-has-spoken-to-melisa-reidy/ Relevant bits since it's an Athletic article: - The blog post alone isn't enough to place Russell on leave - MLB has spoken with Melissa and 'numerous other witnesses' - MLB reached out to another woman Russell has a child with but she declined to participate - Boras/Russell are not going to force an emergency hearing - Russell rejoining for the postseason seems like a longshot - Every player previously to go on administrative leave ended up accepting a suspension without appeal, including Osuna
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I believe it was also after 10 PM and a rain delay on a schoolnight. That said, actual attendance has always lagged actual local interest.
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I have zero doubt that Bryant will start next season 100%. I'm slightly less sure how much of his current tiredness is preventable going forward, or how much preventing it might impact his performance. He's a really smart player so I'm confident he'll find an equilibrium that lets him be very productive. -
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, Bryant's pitch selection is appalling.
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Have you heard why he changed it? He was Carlos Sanchez until a year ago, then changed it to Yolmer(a different given name he has), and when asked he said it's because there's no Yolmer Sanchez's on Baseball Reference.
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1-2-3 first inning for Hendricks? CGSHO confirmed
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Tim Anderson is awfully worked up when no one made contact with him when he avoided a DP by having Murphy get speared in the leg behind the base
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How was there no call for the runner going through the base cleats-first into Murphys shin
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[tweet] [/tweet] tldr; players can request an emergency hearing to get off administrative leave, and Russell/Boras are considering asking for one
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This. Ricketts, Theo, and Jed don't seem like the kind of guys who will sit on their hands and let this one play out. He needs to be gone until this is investigated and let the dust settle where it may. There’s multiple examples of this front office leaning on a lack of legal or technical proof to let things slide. Maybe things have changed, and/or maybe Russell’s performance changes their calculus, but i’m not optimistic they’re going to make a decision we find satisfying.
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Just because most of us that have no skin in the game are able to rationalize it doesn’t make it any less important to prevent situations that drive other fans away.
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I don't know that it makes you a scumbag...I don't know you or your beliefs, but I'd question why you care about sports more than the lives of those that are affected by the "opinions" of others. This is an Athletic article, so you may not be able to read it if you're not a subscriber, but Daniel Murphy's horsefeathers opinions have an affect on people...maybe not you, but others. https://theathletic.com/494008/2018/08/29/a-lesbians-guide-to-rooting-for-the-cubs-with-daniel-murphy/ So people with the ability to put themselves in the shoes of others recognize that these issues are far more important than baseball. If you’re bothered by Murphy, just don’t root for him. It would have been a great disservice if the Cubs decided not to improve their team and give them a better shot at winning a World Series because of a guy’s opinion. Some people think it’s more important that all fans are able to enjoy the sport without tremendous internal conflict than their favorite team making some marginal improvement to the playoff roster.
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It doesn't matter that Murphy isn't leading the "horsefeathers" competition. He's still competing in it. I am going to go ahead and commit NSBB suicide with my first post and ask why everyone cares so much about what athletes do? I mean we all watch these guys because they are really really good at baseball, not because they are heros or better people, right? Specifically with Murphy, I don't like him or anything he's said regarding homosexuality, but I'd rather he's hitting for us in the playoffs than the opposing team. Does that somehow make me a scumbag too? Even if we set aside the morality of that mindset, this is a luxury afforded to people who haven’t faced the discrimination that some groups of people have faced. It matters that Murphy has said insensitive things about the gay community and been less than apologetic about them, because there are gay Cubs fans who have faced far worse and now have that crappy experience personified on their favorite baseball team. It matters that Chapman and Russell have hurt women because many women have faced that experience and many people know women who have faced that, and now there’s an avatar of that pain that their fellow cubs fans are cheering on.
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The counterpoint is that Hader saw zero consequences for his past actions coming to light, and Russell’s behavior has more in common with that in terms of deniability than Heimlich legally admitting to committing his crime. to be clear, I’m speaking to what i think is the likely outcome, personally I don’t care to ever see Russell again. Like you and WF22 have said, this isn’t an area where the FO has covered themselves in glory to date.
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The counterpoint is that Hader saw zero consequences for his past actions coming to light, and Russell’s behavior has more in common with that in terms of deniability than Heimlich legally admitting to committing his crime.
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I honestly would be surprised if they did. The post doesn’t get any more specific than “put his hands on me” with physical abuse, and it’s a lot easier to talk yourself out of punishing Russell for being a manipulative and unfaithful husband. Best case scenario is they re-open the investigation and she cooperates this time, Russell barely plays the rest of the season because he’s been terrible and they have Murphy, and then after the playoffs Russell is jettisoned one way or another with this stated as a primary reason.
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Cole Hamels: Somehow Justin Verlander
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Old Style's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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xFIP is also thinking 'surely Hamels won't give up THIS many home runs' when that's probably closer to his talent level than fluke chance
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I could see them thinking about Hyde as a protege of sorts, with as much as he's bounced back and forth between the front office and the dugout. I can also see the logic in thinking that every 5 years or so you need to get some fresh managerial perspective because you end up too calcified in your beliefs(good or bad) about the players you've been working with for years. That's especially true of the Cubs who have had a really consistent set of position players. Ultimately though there's no way they're going to get rid of Joe for performance reasons when he's winning so much(if they lose out the regular season, Maddon's still is averaging 95 wins/year), doubly so when there's such a built in excuse for this year's disappointment. There's gonna be a lot of suboptimal decisions when your closer needs to be handled with kid gloves and Edwards isn't exactly a workhorse either(plus Strop got hurt). Theo's quotes reminding people the bullpen has the best ERA in the game imply he thinks similarly. Maybe they try to get some more back-end firepower outside of bargain shopping to remove all doubt for next year?
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how much does Yelich get docked for not knowing how to use a hammer
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baseball without runs isn't funs I agree! And yet they're 5th in the NL in runs, only 21 back of the leader. They're 2nd in both wOBA and wRC+. It's like they're designed for maximum irritation while still winning enough to be successful.
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If the Cubs play .500 ball for the rest of the year they'll have 93 or 94 wins(depending on if you count .500 as 7-6 or 6-7). Playing their current winning percentage would similarly be 94-95 wins. If you asked all of us before the year how you'd feel about 93-95 wins, I think most all of us would have said 'fine' at the worst, and yet the current sentiment is 'please kill me' for basically any Cubs-related thought. Remarkable. This is not an indictment or accusation by the way, I've watched maybe a half dozen games since the all-star break. I still keep up with scores with interest, and the doom-mongering doesn't *help*, but it's just not been enjoyable to follow. I guess it's a testament to how resilient the roster is that it can handle this many low end outcomes and still be good, while the Washingtons of the world have already gotten to switch off and resign themselves to no playoffs.
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That tweet is trash and deserving of unending scorn
