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  1. David
    i don't really know the origin of the barstool vitriol, so forgive me they seem like a bunch of super douchey frat bros - which is what i figured was the reason - but if they're terrible people on top of it, then my bad. i just heard it was a good interview on the radio. i've seen pft commenter stuff posted a lot so i figured it was fair game. also, our (actual lovable) players seem to love them, so i hope it's nothing too awful.
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    I have no idea, probably not, but the question was how he could be your favorite prospect when Wood existed and the answer was he was a prospect for 2 years before Wood was a Cubs prospect. I distinctly remember being psyched about him. And back then I know I only heard of one or two prospects in any year. I also remember seeing him in those throwback unis against the White Sox in one of the first interleague games. fair enough...i was just thinking that when he said that he was thinking of orie when he was a rookie in ST, not before that.
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    i don't know about those, but there was famously a trade pretty much set to happen that didn't involve wood in 1998 with the marlins. then the mets topped our offer. the story was that piazza's agent told him he was going to the cubs right before he got into the shower, and when he got out, he was headed to NY. i feel like that would've been a much better use of garland/noel/cline or whatever trade chips we were using. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-05-23/sports/9805230081_1_piazza-marlins-geoff-goetz
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    i don't know about those, but there was famously a trade pretty much set to happen that didn't involve wood in 1998 with the marlins. then the mets topped our offer. the story was that piazza's agent told him he was going to the cubs right before he got into the shower, and when he got out, he was headed to NY. i feel like that would've been a much better use of garland/noel/cline or whatever trade chips we were using.
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    that wasn't actually his rookie year tho. he had an ok year in 1997. and how was that your first favorite prospect? did you have no idea kerry wood existed? Orie was drafted two years before Wood. To the extent there was talk of prospects back then, he was being hyped before Wood was even in the organization. but was orie ever really nationally highly regarded or was he just a good cubs "prospect?" my recollection is the latter, but i didn't even start following the big league team til 1995.
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    that wasn't actually his rookie year tho. he had an ok year in 1997. and how was that your first favorite prospect? did you have no idea kerry wood existed? Huh. For some reason I was thinking he pre-dated Wood by a couple of years. You said '98, but I was thinking this all happened in 96. Fog of decades and all. My introduction to Wood was buying one of those pre-season MLB preview maganizes and they had a top-100 prospects list. The two Cubs were Wood at No. 4 and Pat Cline at 80-something. I started making sure to check both their stat lines when the Tribune would print the minor league team stats in the agate on Sundays. i have a similar story, except mine was one of those cubs quarterly magazines at a game in like 1996 and it was the cubs top 10 prospect list. kieschnick was #1, but i was most excited about wood's scouting report. pat cline and robin jennings were two other names i remember on there too. maybe courtney duncan as well.
  8. David
    Cubs hitting coach saying "it's about time we had a rookie of the year." People calling him Kevin Orbit. My first favorite prospect. that wasn't actually his rookie year tho. he had an ok year in 1997. and how was that your first favorite prospect? did you have no idea kerry wood existed?
  9. David
    does anyone have a recollection of kevin orie hitting like 8 million spring HR in 1998, then in april having a similar amount kept in by the wind at wrigley (i'm not making a comparison to albert...it just popped into my head)?
  10. David
    schwarbomb and almora grand slam in the first inning lol
  11. David
    (i hate doing this) until he plays everyday vs righties and is striking out in 30% of his ABs and literally never walking (/i really hate doing this) I mean, you aren't going to get an argument from me on skepticism that Baez makes the leap v. RHP. The point I'm making is that Happ had a 22% K rate and mediocre OPS at AA last year, he has even more to prove before he's playing every day in MLB, even with the platoon advantage. And if he isn't playing every day, then it makes more sense to have someone like Zagunis on the roster instead, especially if the injury isn't one opening a roster spot for months. i don't disagree with the skepticism about his readiness. it's part of why i'm surprised at hoyer's comments and why i suddenly think he's much closer to mlb callup than i ever thought coming in to spring. i thought he'd be going back to AA. didn't really expect him to look as good as he has in spring, either. they kind of have a history of saying stuff like that and then he's called up like tomorrow. obviously, not saying that's happening here by any means. but it sure sounds like they really like what they've been seeing from him. i can't really speak to how right/wrong they are if you take the praise at face value, and i'd obviously defer to them if they really do feel as good as they're saying.
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    (i hate doing this) until he plays everyday vs righties and is striking out in 30% of his ABs and literally never walking (/i really hate doing this)
  13. David
    What do you mean already? When else would you talk about being prepared for potential injuries necessitating an earlier than expected call-up? I mean when they hint at a potential actual prospect call up actually being close, there's kind of been a pattern of it happening way sooner than any of us have expected. obviously, though, there's not a ton of room in the lineup for him to come up without an injury. but going into spring training i didn't think there was much of a chance happ sniffing the MLB roster before maybe september. now i think he's up in april if someone gets hurt.
  14. David
    so i know it's barstool, and i haven't listened for myself yet, but i heard this is good http://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/pardon-my-take-3-29-with-chicago-cubs-kyle-schwarber/ the schwarber thing starts at 26:07 if you're not familiar with barstool, there's NSFW language
  15. David
    http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-cubs/cubs-will-have-ian-happ-one-phone-call-away-triple-iowa They're already saying stuff like this.
  16. David
    Man, there are some trifling, whining Dodgers fans all over those comments. Gotta say it's the first time I've seen the moral high ground through outspending everyone else argument.
  17. David
    I was looking at some old satellite images of Wrigley on Google Earth. Pretty wild looking back at how small and crappy the old (pre 2006) bleachers were.
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    i could be wrong but i feel like the ideas for it started being kicked around as early as like 2001
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    https://www.instagram.com/p/BSOzwcVDnbV/
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    [tweet] [/tweet] There's going to be a trophy room where you can check out the trophy at the plaza building... lots more of what will be there at this link https://www.parkatwrigley.com/
  21. David
    Plus Koji is murder on lefties
  22. David
    mine came yesterday...got through the first chapter and a couple pages of chapter 2 before bed last night. love it so far.
  23. David
    dave stewart and jose canseco are going to be doing pre/post game for the A's this year i am so excited for deadspin to cover this
  24. David
    he'll get fired after they win 78 games this year.
  25. David
    What? Nothing. The whole point is that even if he's only 08 Fukudome at the plate, he is a 3-4 win player. That's how high the floor is with his defense and baserunning. Right, and 3-4 win Jason Heyward is a disappointment because, as you yourself pointed out, that likely means he's not opting out. I don't see what's so crazy about saying I'd be let down by a Heyward who is simply less bad at the plate. But it is still surplus value. That's a win at this point, even without an opt out. But again, nobody said anything about settling for or being happy with 08 Fukudome. I specifically was talking about 09 and 10 Fukudome being comparable at the plate to Heyward's better years. But Heyward going on to be a 3-4 win player at this point is far from the bad end of outcomes.
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