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BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Cubs have the Greatest Leadoff Hitter of All Time at the top of the lineup tonight.

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BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
My team is garbage.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
In honor of Ichiro, her is a brief video of him being awesome.

https://twitter.com/MLB/status/992402465910808577?s=19

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

R.D. Mangles posted:

there is no batter that ever scared the absolute poo poo out of me more than cardinals pujols, i feel like he somehow had 3,000 backbreaking RBIs against the Cubs alone

I hated him ever since he hit 3 HR at Wrigley at a game I attended there in 2004. That was the So Taguchi game.

I never truly *hated* him, as by all appearances he seemed like an ok dude, and probably would have liked him if he weren't in the Cubs division.

BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 13:49 on May 5, 2018

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Today is the 20th Anniversary of the greatest game ever pitched. Obviously I'm talking about the Kerry Wood 20k game from 1998.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Late but lol Cubs.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Chief McHeath posted:

https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/993598609294807040?s=19

No Danny Farqhar in 2018 but he's been sent home from the hospital.

He'll likely never pitch again. But I'm glad to see he easily to recover enough to go home. I hope he's able to regain all of his faculties when he's done.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Super Jay Mann posted:

I'm still wondering if that counts as an ejection in the books. :confused:

I'll throw him out of a game that's already over! That'll show him!

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Congrats to Paxton, but those were metric innings so it's not as impressive.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
https://twitter.com/lenandjd/status/994247533991022592?s=19

Final score 1-0.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
MLB N/V May: Who the gently caress is Tom Brady?

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
In "Where are they now" news, Hall of Famer and my all time favorite player Andre Dawson owns and operates a funeral home in Florida.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ment/590358002/

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Sydin posted:

:lol: That loving passive aggressive letter from MLB crying about the MLBPA. I have a feeling MLB's extended labor peace isn't long for the world.

It's not even like he's wearing an odd color. It's black, ffs.

I can honestly say that there have been very few times I've ever paid attention to a player's footwear other than looking on replay to see if a pitch hit him in the foot or something.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Carlosologist posted:

did you guys see the double shift that the Astros put on Joey Gallo?

https://twitter.com/WatchStadium/status/995137782606647296

Poor Marwin is gonna feel left out.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Sydin posted:

The Russell for Machado rumors have been flying ever since the offseason, and even more-so now that Addy is struggling and Machado is having an MVP year. There's a rumor that the Cubs kicked the tires with an offer of Russell + Montgomery in the offseason, but the Orioles wanted more so they backed off. Now that Machado is slashing .342/.426/.658 I'm going to wager that price has only gone up.

Just so long as its not Schwarbs.

It would take at least Russell, Almora, Adzolay.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Thom P. Tiers posted:

Cubs fans call Miller Park "Wrigley North."

I love doing that. :getin:

Sellout crowds with 40-60% of the crowd rooting for the road team is an awesome experience.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Robinson and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
Justin Wilson is rear end.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
The Cubs won't make the playoffs this year.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Sydin posted:

Haven't the other popular teams with lots of posters made their own SAS threads? We should probably make a Cubs one at some point so we can cubs post without annoying y'all.

I'll make it if it's ok with the mods and the op is nothing more than "this is the Cubs thread "

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

:stare:

Of course this amazingly awesome player is on the Cardinals so by law I have to hate him.

BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 23:55 on May 20, 2018

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Pancakes posted:

I can’t believe you forgot our sacred refrain: gently caress Ryan Braun.

We may be on different sides of an arch rivalry, but at least we're united in our hatred of Ryan Braun.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Poque posted:

Love that the Cubs batters are #1 in fWAR but we "need" Machado

what we "need" is our starters to get more consistent

The offense not going to keep for long stretches would also be helpful.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Good Dog posted:

Adding onto our conversation last week about the biggest name/superstar in baseball, ESPN released their "World Fame" top 100 ranking based on endorsements, social media following, search scores, etc: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/23519390/espn-world-fame-100-2018


No baseball players.

Ohtani is the single best thing to happen to MLB in ages and they should be promoting the poo poo out of him.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Intruder posted:

Reminder that Angel Hernandez filed a lawsuit against MLB for giving him negative evaluations and passing him over as WS crew chief

Reminder that Angel Hernandez also once ejected a 7th inning stretch singer at Wrigley Field.

A month later 9/11 happened so I think you know who to blame.

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
https://twitter.com/mlbtraderumors/status/1000135105841680384?s=19

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen
https://twitter.com/BruceMiles2112/status/1000504340799508480?s=19

BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

divx posted:

Cards need to bring back Josh Hancock

FTFY

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BigBallChunkyTime
Nov 25, 2011

Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.

Illegal Hen

Snap into a Slim Jim!!!

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