David

that's a terrible comparison. the 2-0 start and the subsequent falling off a cliff was literally because (playoff) rondo was there for 2 games and then broke his thumb. if anything, the bucks are the ones about to deal with a significant loss in middleton (and maybe portis too). Plus that Bulls team pretty much sucked outside of the 3 alphas. Absolutely no depth. Paul horsefeathering Zipser was getting crunch time minutes in those games. I think its closer to the 09 Celtics series where the Celtics were expected to walk all over the Bulls even though KG was out. But the Bulls had some great individual players and played hard causing it to ultimately be a very closely contested series. Without Middleton we went from 0 chance of winning to some chance. I think 20% sounds about right. i'd probably put it higher what the bulls did in game 2 was not that different from what they did in game 1, except they shot like garbage in game 1 and were still in it. obviously, their defense has to keep disrupting them the way they have. but it's 2 games now that they've done that, and on the road. it's not just a one game fluke. these first two games have been highly competitive and both could've gone either way. the bulls have HCA now. the bucks are likely losing an all star (or, otherwise, he's hobbled). it's higher than 20%. that said, watch them get blown out in the next 3 now entirely and only because i said all this. my guess is they lose in 6 but that is partly just a defense mechanism lol

I think its a decent chance of happening. Before the series I figured 1% chance I'd say the chance right now is about 20%. Reminds me of the very last time the Bulls were in a playoff series, when they won both the first 2 games in Boston before getting blown out in game 3 and not winning again. This isn't really going to be a competitive series until the Bulls actually lead in it. that's a terrible comparison. the 2-0 start and the subsequent falling off a cliff was literally because (playoff) rondo was there for 2 games and then broke his thumb. if anything, the bucks are the ones about to deal with a significant loss in middleton (and maybe portis too).

that one really freaked me out like 8 years ago when he played football at Notre Dame holy horsefeathers he's 26 years old

nice first half keep it up please

No kidding. Chavez is beyond toast, getting anything with even a scintilla of possibility of becoming good is a great job by Jed and Carter. i swear i was like jed and who??

how far is he from like joey gallo contact

He did have a really nice AB yesterday with the bases loaded. Worked a 3-2 count and then hit a 103.5mph liner that had a .660 xBA but was caught by an OF. Given that the Cubs went out of their way to retain him from the Dodgers he’s going to get his shots I think missed a long grand dong by a few feet foul in that AB too

am i the only one who felt like JD was saying yelich was stealing signs (because, to be clear about my position, he was) without actually saying it?

wonder how long grandpa is gonna hit our best hitter 6th

I get it, but when he signed that $73M extension (about $30M was club options, to be clear), he was far from a certainty to be worth anything close to that. He was pretty bad in 2013. I also don't think the offers were below fair market value. I wouldn't have wanted the Cubs to sign him to the deal they offered him. Anyway, he's a selfish anti-vax idiot so whatever Yeah, that's revisionist nonsense Not at all. The timing of that contract was such that I never wanted him extended. It expired at a point when it's a bad idea to sign any first baseman to a big contact. I'm sure there are receipts here if you're bored enough to search for them. The only positive I ever saw to extending him was the nostalgia/emotion factor, and, well, I'm a robot.

He's also only considering loyalty going one way. The Cubs seem to have made very fair offers to all their stars. They chose to pursue a bigger paycheck. Nothing against them - this is their one chance to get that fat paycheck. Just don't complain about loyalty afterwards. I sort of agree with you, but the offers were considered to be below fair market value at the time. But in a free market, the value is what you can get. I think Rizzo is upset because he signed a below-market value extension while they were blowing smoke up his ass about being the face of the franchise and other ego-boosting nonsense and when it came time to pay him all the sudden it was a cold numbers game. I'm a labor guy, so in my mind, they kind of treated him pretty horsefeathers, if you can call multi-millions of dollars that. I get it, but when he signed that $73M extension (about $30M was club options, to be clear), he was far from a certainty to be worth anything close to that. He was pretty bad in 2013. I also don't think the offers were below fair market value. I wouldn't have wanted the Cubs to sign him to the deal they offered him. Anyway, he's a selfish anti-vax idiot so whatever

Fly it! :flythew:

that would require a manager that actually knows what the horsefeathers he's doing and isn't likely suffering from CTE

oh man i thought that was out but i'll take it!

i was wondering the same thing but then thought i must've been seeing things or it was a drop of sweat or something

i really can't stand how david ross manages

I have a feeling I'm not going to be mad at Suzuki's at bats very often

oh he definitely was

Same. I canceled during the lockout and am in no hurry to resubscribe. Just FYI (and for anyone else) - if either of you guys happen to have T-Mobile as your cell carrier, you can get it for free.

I think Hoyer explicitly said that over the lockout they decided to shift their attention to (without specifically naming who from) Suzuki (which, why not both?) but that could have just been putting window dressing on the story. FWIW, I don't see what doesn't pass the sniff test about what is being reported.

i can't answer that for you, other than just the fact that he's on mlb network and likely finds himself around people who would know these things he's been the one of the main mlb network guys for a little while now and is a local guy (so that's probably part of the reason the score had him on)