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  1. squally1313
    Up there with my favorite terrible counter arguments is "well why didn't you speak out against X or Y back when they were doing bad things? lol what a hypocrite". I was 20 when the Tribune sold the Cubs, I'm 30 now...people get older, they get smarter, they learn things. You're essentially arguing against progress.
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    Friend of a friend has good connections with a baseball agent and ive heard a couple times now that KB and Mrs KB are really pissed at both the cubs and boras for how they’re handling this. Grain of salt, obviously, but throwing it out there. Makes sense. In that article by Melisa she stated that Jessica was one of her best friends in the Cubs wives circle. Under the potentially lazy assumption that the Harpers and the Bryants agree on most things, it kinda takes away from the argument that we are trying to not piss off Boras and screw up any Harper negotiation.
  3. squally1313
    Friend of a friend has good connections with a baseball agent and ive heard a couple times now that KB and Mrs KB are really pissed at both the cubs and boras for how they’re handling this. Grain of salt, obviously, but throwing it out there.
  4. squally1313
    Regarding my opinions of the team, I'm trying to remain somewhat optimistic in the face pretty much all the evidence with the fact that it's only December and he doesn't have to/get to put on a Cubs jersey for another two months. Not necessarily because I hold much faith in Theo/Jed/Joe/the Rickett's moral character at this point, but just because...I don't know, I really like baseball. The unfortunate reality is that he's almost definitely going to be playing baseball for someone once the suspension is over. There are a few ways to make that be not the Cubs.
  5. squally1313
    Ok, then horsefeathers Carl and Heyward too, though for whatever reason when you click on all the comments, Heyward's doesn't show up, so maybe there's a chance he went in and deleted that one (no idea how Instagram looks). Also says 'Comments on this post have been limited', whatever that means.
  6. squally1313
    Holy horsefeathers! His argument is that being an abusive horsefeathers reduces the cost for the Cubs, so they should take advantage of that rather than doing the morally superior thing: "...but Russell’s bigger-than-baseball issues provide salary relief that should keep them side by side in 2019..." horsefeathers Phil Rogers right in the ear. The silver lining is that you can just save the response thread to that in case you ever need an idea for a 'maybe you shouldn't have said that' gif, which I seem to need a lot these days.
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    I'm curious how many will do this on this board. It would be a hell of a statement. I'd like to think I'm as disgusted as everyone else by this, the potential Sinclair news, etc. But I also think it's pretty easy to make statements like this in the middle of December. For better or for worse, I dealt with Chapman, I dealt with Murphy, I've dealt with Russell even knowing parts of how he was a scumbag. Wrigley is my favorite place in the world, I finally got bleacher season tickets after waiting 15 years last year...this all makes me pretty sad, but I know I'm not able to give it up.
  8. squally1313
    Sorry to assume you guys watch other sports in between posting. Baby momma #2 isn't talking about domestic abuse at all. Don't make that leap. She's mad she got paid in small bills and quarters and that Russell isn't in the babies life. The domestic abuse "occurrences" in football are on another level compared to baseball. What is it about the NHL that allowed it to get a pass? Hmmm. HMMMMMMMMMMM. "And don't even get me started on 'rap music'"
  9. squally1313
    Twitter, I know, is freaking out how valuable LaStella is for being a PH and how it’s a loss. I saw that Heyward nugget and thought it was a little interesting that LaStella has this great tool that bum ass Heyward also has. To be fair, I just wanted the "who are you talking to" part of the gif, but couldn't find it. I know what you're saying, but I think everyone here is pretty much in agreement that he is incredibly replaceable.
  10. squally1313
    Which historic free agent was Tommy helping cripple the Cubs from being able to sign? I’m just saying in terms of people thinking LaStella is this great pinch hitter, Heyward has done what he does as a PH. It’s not like we lost anything for the people who put weight in to LaStella’s pinch hitting being a skill if freaking Heyward can do what he does/did.* *I’m pretty certain PH really isn’t a skill. We’re talking small samples and in the end good hitters will hit regardless of situation and bad hitters won’t over the long haul.
  11. squally1313
    On the one hand, he isn't good. On the other hand, he's short and scrappy and best case scenario hits for a totally empty batting average that will make him the new first half Almora to the worst fans, just without defense or future potential.
  12. squally1313
    My buddy just said he saw a rumor on ESPN about Schwarber and Azlolay for Edwin Diaz. Even being a huge Schwarber fan, contingent on making a big offensive free agent signing, I...don't hate it?
  13. squally1313
    Yea, and I don't think it even took that much hindsight benefit to say some of those deals were bad as they were handed out. Bowman showed way too much loyalty to his guys. Either extending them or reacquiring them. There was no way to predict Seabrook's decline being so steep...in that sense you can extend some of the blame beyond Bowman/Q to players like him for not playing to their expected, much less peak level. It would have taken a lot to let him go (see this article, though it's behind a paywall so might have to incognito it: https://faxesfromuncledale.com/how-not-to-write-about-the-hawks-elimination/) Crawford is the 8th highest paid goalie in the NHL right now. No one could have known he was going to miss 60something games with some mysterious head injury, but his contract isn't the issue. The Bickell contract, sure, though Teuvo Teravainen isn't making this team a contender (and Scott Darling definitely isn't). Danault would look great in a Hawks uniform, but it took deadline deals to get us over the top in 2015, so I'm not going to be too mad about going that route again in 2016.
  14. squally1313
    Yeah you can point out plenty of flaws for both Q and Bowman, especially over the last couple years, but I think the reality is this is pretty much an inevitably for a cap league dynasty team. You get as much success as you can out of your group of players, and then you are left with bloated contracts with money being paid for past performance. We got three of them, not going to complain about the downside of the slope.
  15. squally1313
    You can my word vomit above, but this sums up my opinion a lot better: [tweet] [/tweet]
  16. squally1313
    It's hard to talk about coaching without sounding too much like a meatball sports fan, but...I'm fine with it. This team has all the motivation/veteran leadership they need sitting in the locker room already. What they need is someone to teach these fringe-y young players how to develop into reliable NHL players. At this point in Q's career, I can't really see that being up his alley, both in terms of his skill set and his interest level. Whether it actually accomplishes anything in the short term...probably not. The team stinks (and some of that/a lot of that falls on Bowman, who made the decision today). But I guess it's worth a shot. I'm willing to bet this came with the blessing, either implicit or explicit, of Toews, Keith, etc.
  17. squally1313
    If this was a pure salary dump why wasn't it Kintzler or Duensing?
  18. squally1313
    Smyly is a...relatively valuable piece to giving to a team who we just saved $6m. Possible middle infielder incoming?
  19. squally1313
    Without a doubt. talk like this is going to horsefeathers around and make me root for the brewers 100% agreed. Assuming a team is cheating because they get hot for a month and get some BABIP luck is not a fun version of baseball.
  20. squally1313
    While I definitely agree with the philosophy, that's not exactly an inspiring list of teams in that bottom 5.
  21. squally1313
    Agreed on all of this, but also adding that I don't expect him to come in and be some savior for the team, because that was never really his thing to begin with, and our defense is complete trash right now, and it's going to be painful to watch the reactions to this comeback as he shakes off his rust and plays behind a team that isn't nearly as good as the teams he's been playing behind the rest of his career.
  22. squally1313
    It's a little sad how much better these teams look than we did most of the second half. There's like 7 relievers in this game who would have been our best pen guy.
  23. squally1313
    Kershaw's last game as a Dodger?
  24. squally1313
    Bryant’s better or they are about the same assuming Bryant is healthy Then give me the cocky, outspoken one. (Though if Bryant gets us Harper, that’s fine too)
  25. squally1313
    Roberto Osuna is prone to bouts of hitting people. Who knew?
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