David

Crazy not even Joe Buck can stop the chills from happening. Now play the Hughes call to watch me break down. I alwAys thought the Pat Hughes call of the final out was pretty underwhelming. yeah. i actually prefer the buck call.

Hope things are going better for him.

I do get MLB.tv for being with T-Mobile, but obviously I'm in market so I wouldn't be getting Cubs games. if my provider happens to not get Marquee, I'll just watch on Reddit streams I think.

Has DirecTV re-upped with NBC Sports Chicago yet? I remember seeing commercials trying to get people to call in and ask for it.

yeah, the way it seems to have played out is that basically the cubs had big power when most of the league didn't, and then the balls just helped the rest of the league have power too.

came in at 19

I initially did not want them to pay lavine but i'm more than happy to be wrong

oh nice so we don't have to wait until they're done

I think they COULD shoot the 3 well enough. They were 19th in the league in 3pt percentage last year. Porter's a pretty good 3 shooter. He's basically gonna get the attempts that Parker and Portis got last year and did very little with. Lauri has been a pretty consistent 36% shooter. LaVine has gotten better shooting every year, and based on preseason and workout videos, I don't see why this year he wouldn't take another step. Satoransky can also shoot, but doesn't take a lot. Coby can go either way. I'm sure he'll be inconsistent, but he's a guy that could shoot a pretty decent percentage. 19th in percentage but 27th in attempts and that’s the issue I have. First, Boylands pace doesn’t allow for a lot of 3s in transition which is what the high volume 3 teams are doing. Second, outside of LaVine are the rest of the 3 point shooters guys who can shoot with a high percentage off the dribble? That’s likely why Satoransky shoots a high percentage but low volume (correct me if I’m wrong). He takes 3s within the rhythm of the offense but not jacking them up necessarily. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonpatt/2019/10/11/jim-boylen-has-bulls-running-and-gunning-to-start-preseason/#6ccef5926f90 https://www.blogabull.com/2019/10/10/20907484/bulls-vs-pelicans-preseason-takeaways-starting-point-guard-tomas-satoransky

Sammy was polarizing, though, between the steroid suspicions and dumb fans not liking the strikeouts and swing for the fences stuff. At the time, I feel like Grace was pretty universally liked. Don't know how opposing fans felt about him though. And definitely not HOF worthy, but neither is Molina. I kinda always thought he was an horsefeathers though...at least, by the time I was old enough to have that kind of opinion on my own.

I think it's definitely a playoff team this year, barring huge injuries. On the optimistic, high end side I could see stuff coming together for a fun mid 40s win team. I don't wanna go too crazy and say low 50s as the ceiling but it wouldn't shock me either. A lot of the media/fans who are optimistic are saying stuff like "maybe .500/maybe playoffs" and I think that's selling this roster short and people just don't like to predict big jumps. It doesn't have to be linear progress.

Not that it's necessarily causal, but most of the best teams in baseball have a younger front office puppet with limited experience (or, initially, none) managing them. I'm not sure I see what can be so disastrous.

That's a weirdly strong stance. Why?

Cardinals went 5-2 against them this year, including 3 of 4 at home and have home field advantage. With Anibal Sanchez starting game 1. This won't be a cakewalk. Especially since it'll set up where Wainwright only pitches at home. Cardinals beat Scherzer twice this year. cardinals were 2-4 against the barves in the regular season amazes me that anyone would think something like that matters after witnessing the 2015 cubs

soooo 7 years before his last year with the yankees? what's your point lol

i was gonna make fun of the binder thing myself, but were electronics/tablets allowed in dugouts back then?

Questionable or not, the dumbass should not have been within fart smelling distance of the punter on that play. Quit blaming the officials. Next thing we know you'll be blaming the loss on the Bears travel itinerary for the week. I have always had that same thought about punters going for the block on punts that you can't afford to take a penalty on, but at the same time I frequently see guys flying towards the punter on those plays. Meanwhile I can not think of the last time I've seen the Bears block a punt. i wanna say it was that game against the titans in like 2011 or 12 when peanut got like 19 forced fumbles against the titans

It's not about getting a better player but rather better utilizing that wasted cap space. What's the point of spending that much on a garbage backup? I don’t know if a garbage backup is going to keep you afloat for a few games how is that a response to that

and if you think he's that valuable in a mentorship role then why the hell not just hire him as a coach and let someone else play in these spots so whatever the hell he makes isn't cap money edit - well yeah, that^

bozo the clown lmao this guy's got some great material

Fortunately Don Baylor is not.

trade willy, sign grandal, find someone to play a good CF who isn't an abysmal hitter and gets on base a little bit. oh and get some bullpen guys from somewhere. obviously will be getting something good in return for willy... maybe that cf. horsefeathers if i know. making up trades that'll never happen isn't really fun.

i think i'm on the twins this year