Brock Beauchamp

I added the start of a rotation to the top of this thread, you are second behind Brian.

That works for me. I will check every day at 10am and if there is no thread, I will create one and then notify the next in line that tomorrow's thread is theirs.

How about if we try using the old method but if the game thread isn't up by 10am, it transfers to either the next person in line or I'll post it myself.

Despite being a Brewers fan, I actually have the Cubs to win the NLC this season. I'll be satisfied with any result that keeps the Cardinals out of the postseason, really.

Have at it!

I'm totally okay with going for the "keep the threads coming until the Cubs lose" thing. I think it's a fun way to approach this. One small ask I have this year, though... can we start threads in the morning? The earlier the better.

I created threads every morning last season not for metrics but coverage and convenience. Starting a thread early tends to get people talking and participating more, plus it allows me to schedule notifications and banners early in the morning so I don't have to check back five times a day across three sites to make sure everything is ready to go. It's a consistency thing; it's hard to attract users and get them to stay if expectations aren't set and followed through on.

Heh, I'll give it a few hours at least. Do you want today's thread?

Opening Day is tomorrow, folks…

Let's start the list and lay claim to topics. Thu, Mar 28 @Texas 6:35 PM Steele Eovaldi Tickets as low as $104 Sat, Mar 30 @Texas 6:05 PM Hendricks Tickets as low as $57 Sun, Mar 31 @Texas 1:35 PM Wicks Tickets as low as $30 Mon, Apr 1 vsColorado 1:20 PM Imanaga Hudson Tickets as low as $43 Tue, Apr 2 vsColorado 6:40 PM Assad Freeland Tickets as low as $4 Wed, Apr 3 vsColorado 6:40 PM Steele Quantrill Tickets as low as $4 Fri, Apr 5 vsLos Angeles 1:20 PM Hendricks Yamamoto Tickets as low as $13 Sat, Apr 6 vsLos Angeles 3:05 PM Wicks Stone Tickets as low as $36 Sun, Apr 7 vsLos Angeles 1:20 PM Paxton Tickets as low as $10 Mon, Apr 8 @San Diego 8:40 PM Tickets as low as $10 Tue, Apr 9 @San Diego 9:05 PM Tickets as low as $6 Wed, Apr 10 @San Diego 5:40 PM Tickets as low as $16 Fri, Apr 12 @Seattle 8:40 PM Tickets as low as $17 Sat, Apr 13 @Seattle 8:40 PM Tickets as low as $20 Sun, Apr 14 @Seattle 3:10 PM Tickets as low as $16 Mon, Apr 15 @Arizona 8:40 PM Tickets as low as $25 Tue, Apr 16 @Arizona 8:40 PM Tickets as low as $24 Wed, Apr 17 @Arizona 2:40 PM Tickets as low as $24

Happy to oblige but... what is this?

C'mon, I'd come up with a way better name than longhorn for my burner.

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Padding your post count for the next award cycle, I see.

That is often exactly what happens. All the post-page load content can push and shove stuff down the screen.

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The door is always open whenever they'd like to walk through it...

We're looking to take a step forward with our coverage this year and I hope some of you can help me out here. Are there any young Cubs writers that have caught your attention recently? Bonus points if they're sabermetrically-inclined. Looking for emerging talent, hopefully in the Chicagoland area, who have a solid presence on social media. I'm not nearly as looped into the Cubs landscape as most/all of you so if you have leads, please post them here!

Boras does this with many high-profile clients. I know he was at both Twins pressers when they signed and re-signed Correa.

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Epic link drop. Just stellar work.

Various sources, second hand. I'm not the "rumors guy" but I know a handful of people who are. And they're legitimately plugged into rumors. We've been doing this for a long time (over a decade) and I get scuttlebutt from our text chains, which are overwhelmingly accurate. The addendum to this is that I'm talking about it on a forum, not writing about it on the front page. That means it's unconfirmed but probably, at least in partially, accurate.