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This poor guy needs to become a coach. His body is broken.

Has Holland announced his retirement yet? Has Shields? Has Pelphrey? They need to go away.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 05:58 AM) Now greg, I was told by you it was a LOCK that the Cubs would be back in the World Series. I was told not to even think twice. So why should we take your prediction of Cubs “one and done” seriously? Well, even the best gamblers only win 60 percent of the time. Who would have known the Cubs would hit the brick wall after the big elimination game win over the Nats? If all the Cubs were as consistent as Rizzo the last three years (almost identical stats) they'd have won it all, though he also blew chunks in the Dodger series. Cubs magic is gone. Now they are just another team. I thought they'd have a Blackhawks type run with 3 titles in six years minimum and maybe 2 straight and 3 of 4 right off the bat. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 23, 2017 -> 07:05 PM) Sounds like a scapegoat so that Maddon can reunite with his old pitching coach. Not good to have scapegoats. Maddon may lose the clubhouse over this if he did it for personal reasons and if players liked the old pitching coach.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 20, 2017 -> 10:00 PM) Can I suggest you look it up? Going to be honest, it’s the main reason you seem to come under attack on this part of the board. You say so many here engage in “group think” and you are only interested in posting links that are of interest to you or not being discussed. Maybe it’s “group think” because more people want to talk about General Kelly getting caught up in a fairly blatant lie, the media calling him out on it, then the White House calling the media “Highly Innaproproate”. Or the events surrounding Niger. I’m only speaking for myself, but that is more interesting to me than SNL calling Trump a cracker. Not trying to be a dick, either. 100% sincere in that. He can't accuse Greg of engaging in "group think." Say what you want about me, I speak my mind and my opinions differ from many.

My take: Cubs ran into the real Dodger team, not the one that lost 11 in a row. Cubs were lifeless, almost as if they'd run out of gas (if you want to take the cliche avenue for why they lost; not just crediting Dodger pitching and the redbearded star hitter). Zobrist is suddenly over the hill; no magic this series. My take: Cub pitching coach unfortunate scapegoat, but since I don't even know his name, who cares? At any rate, Cubs looked like a dead team; could be it was the Dodger pitching making them look that way. It does appear they are another 85 Bears though. Cubs one and done; just like the Sox. Only one WS for Cubbies. Now it's Sox turn again.

Rizzo had a very good year. Is there a player more consistent? He hit 32 homers, 109 RBI this year; 32 hrs, 109 RBI also in 2016; 31 homers, 101 RBI in 2015 and 32 homers, 78 RBI in 2014. No way the Cubs will go for Hosmer if they have Rizzo. Wonder who wants Hosmer desperately?

Don't let Trump anywhere near that area. It's a trip that will probably not end well. USA meanwhile is preparing for North Korea doing something stupid. http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/politics/nor...h-up/index.html

Q had a good year.

Is Hosmer worth 200 million total? I can't believe teams are still willing to pay this kind of jack. That's the rumored figure Boras wants for Hosmer.

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 03:48 AM) I'm with you, I hated the trade and this postseason did not change that. It did not take much to see than Kahnle's turnaround wasn't a fluke. Robertson may not have been valuable on a rebuilding team, but definitely earns his salary and more on a playoff team. Not trying to start a fight and I'll stifle if I'm wrong but Sox fans undervalued Robertson as they tend to do their own IMO at least.

QUOTE (Footlongcomiskeydog @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 04:25 AM) Roberts starting Utley and Granderson was idiotic. Your team has been absolutely rolling and you decide to mess with your starting lineup and put in two of the worst hitters in baseball? Utley is like 0 for his last 30 or somethig and Granderson cannot hit a breaking ball to save his life. Good post. This is going to be remembered as the Cubs IMO continue winning. Roberts has been deemed a genius until tonight.

Having the Cubs in our division would be typical baseball and awful. I would think the Sox brass would love it. It'd likely help attendance in theory, at least until people got used to all the games. Don't do it baseball. I still can't believe baseball thinks it's great to have teams play teams in their own division 19 times. It's gawd awful.

My prediction still could come true but down 3-0 you have to wonder how the brilliant Cub brass, the miracle workers who know the game better than anybody else, would allow this meltdown to happen. Cubs had a chance to win two WS in a row. Will they wake up before it's too late?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 10:12 PM) Cubs jacked up beer prices this round. &11 for a Budweiser. I mean even if you have disposable income, how can you fork over 11 dollars for a beer? I just wouldn't do it. Even at gunpoint I wouldn't do it. No wonder Flub fans are booing.

It's been pretty quiet of late regarding this issue. Does North Korea care about all the sanctions against them? Or is that no biggie since Jong Un doesn't care about the normal North Korean citizen anyway? I'm expecting Trump to do something historic/stupid any time now.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Oct 17, 2017 -> 09:21 PM) SAYS YOU!' ? I feel like my suggestions are so obvious. As far as expansion, why not Las Vegas? Hockey has gone there. The gambling argument is weak for obvious reasons. People are gambling as it is. Unfortunately they'd probably need a dome stadium cause of the heat unless they started all games 9 p.m. local time which actually wouldn't be a bad idea. It's a late night town anyway.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 14, 2017 -> 05:44 PM) That simply isnt true. Its not "most" of America. Some people are "better" off, some people are "worse". You can look at this board as an example. There are a few people who have stated that when Obamacare was enacted things got worse for them. Most of the people on this board did not have a similar experience. In the same vein, I am "worse" off now that congress destabilized insurance this year. There may be some people who are "better". But the main issue that we have to decide is: "Does every American deserve good/affordable health insurance." Or do we believe "Health insurance is a luxury of the wealthy." I think health insurance should be for everyone. Health insurance MUST be for everyone because of the abuses in the system that has made it unaffordable for all but the rich. But it never will be socialized medicine. The rich won't go for it. Doctors won't go for it. Doctors need to make zillions of dollars and the only way they can is the way we pay now. That's why we had to elect Bernie. He was our only hope for a fair system.

Stupid. Here are my suggestions to fix baseball in the age of Millenials. a.) Speed up the game. A strike is called on any hitter who re-straps the velcro on his glove. One strike if you step out of the box more than once per at bat. Catcher allowed to visit the mound once every inning except for suspected injury to pitcher, then you can go more often. Two balls are called every time catcher goes out there after the first time in an inning. b.) Pitchers must deliver ball within a certain amount of time upon receiving it. Settle on the time; I don't care. Make it quick but reasonable. c.) Fire all umpires and re-hire only umps willing to call the old strike zone. Knees to letters. Very very boring/annoying to see belt high fastballs called balls. d.) Keep the divisions the way they are but return to a balanced schedule. It is f***ing horrible to see Sox play Detroit 19 times; Minnie 19; KC 19; Cleve 19. My god that sucks!!! That's about it. Do this and the game is fixed!!!!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 11:28 PM) Alrighty then: “The country wasn’t based on executive orders,” said Trump at a town hall in South Carolina in February 2016. “Right now, Obama goes around signing executive orders. He can’t even get along with the Democrats, and he goes around signing all these executive orders. It’s a basic disaster. You can’t do it.” I wonder what happened to the greatest deal maker who ever lived. I hate to keep repeating myself but this is a classic example of a rich guy who has faced no opposing viewpoints with the yes men and women he's surrounded himself with the last 25 years maybe longer. He says whatever he wants and lies at will, like dare I say most exceedingly rich people do as well. Do a personality profile on him and it comes out rich bastard who cares only about himself (and his family members of course, but a notch below how much he cares for himself). He doesn't even remember what he says years ago because he says so much and gets so many nods, "yes sir you are correct sir" that he cant keep anything straight. He's not a good guy, folks. Now you know why I didn't vote for the conventional candidates. I knew Trump was a phony but ... well I won't go there again.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 08:58 PM) It's obvious what type of people he's trying to distract by bringing up crap like this. Shows me something that this is the first thing you bring up in this thread, in quite some time, even though millions of Puerto Ricans are without power and clean water, 600 people were shot in the middle of a major American city, and he's boastfully destroying health care. Not trying to defend Greg extensively, but remember I did see it on SNL as an effective joke and you all know I do like SNL and tend to remember stuff on there like "David S. Pumpkins." You know my brain works differently and I did laugh at Chen's joke on SNL ripping Trump hence it's on my mind. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 09:04 PM) Serious question: Why do you think its okay for the President to do this? Would you be okay if the President tried to force companies to follow Sharia law? These are businesses, they should be able to do whatever they want. Its their money. Tell you the truth, I didn't know what he said he was gonna do, just saw the clip where he said he will blast people who don't allow "Merry Christmas." I actually only saw the SNL skit clip of Trump so far, nothing else. I did hear about it though before SNL. QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 09:04 PM) 1. The closest thing I can find to that is American Airlines actually kicking someone off the plane because the passenger was wished a "Merry Christmas" BY American Airlines, and he took offense to it. http://nypost.com/2014/12/25/plane-passeng...erry-christmas/ Then, you go on to say "I assume" when talking about Wal Mart, Target. No facts included. SHOCKINGLY, someone at the forefront of the made up Merry Christmas debate? Our old pal Newt. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/st...al-allowed-say/ This is EXACTLY the purpose of why Trump is bringing all this up. You are legitimately the perfect example. It's something that resonates with you, even though it's not really happening, you're spending time thinking about it and discussing it, instead of the 19 other things Trump and Co. don't want you focusing on. Not a bad post. I admit wild things intrigue me. I am sad about Puerto Rico of course. Very sad.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 08:47 PM) Who exactly is preventing people from saying Merry Christmas? I'll have to do a google but remember when airlines wouldn't allow their employees to say it, just Happy Holidays? Plus some stores, I'm assuming Wal Mart, Target types. Some media companies could only put "Happy Holidays" on their Websites as company policy. Who else? Pretty much any employee could not wish a customer a Merry Christmas. I think we discussed this on here years ago where I was in the minority position getting fried for getting upset about the issue.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 16, 2017 -> 09:01 PM) If Maddon has a nice roster, he wins. The other stuff, like petting zoos during spring training, as long as he wins, is considered genius. If he had a 76 win roster, he would get killed for it. If Lackey came in last night and got the job done, and he was able to use Wade Davis to close, and the Cubs won, they would have been kissing his ass all day today, just like they did when Ozzie brought in El Duque in Boston. If what probably 99% of people thought would happen when El Duque entered and the Sox lost, Ozzie would have been an idiot. They are different but they are the same. Both guys are/were gold for the media, and things get a little slanted to where they get/got even more credit than they deserved when their teams won. Joe amaddon seems like a pretty cool guy. I just doubt he is so much smarter about baseball than everyone else. He has been in good situations. When he started in Tampa, they were awful and lost, and they got awful again and lost so he fled. This is a very good post. I do agree with this post almost 100 percent. I think talent wins in the long run, but I've said on here before that if a manager is really really bad, that manager could screw up a team that has WS talent. By that bad, I mean Bevington and Robin. Clown is the right word for Bevington, maybe a little too harsh for Robin, but Robin was close to buffoon-like status. Like Dusty. I don't think Dusty is a buffoon and he could easily be a WS manager as well. s*** happens when your team is not quite good enough.

Even though I'm all for free speech, I do think Al Michaels erred in his comment last night that the Giants have had a worse week than Harvey Weinstein. This is because that begs the question, "What happened with Weinstein this week?" And the answer to that is sickening and sad and gross and pathetic. Harvey allegedly committed some serious crimes. Not a fireable offense considering SNL had a whole skit about women in Hollywood getting victimized and also went there during Weekend update. I think Al should have not gone there just because what Harvey did is very rotten to the core. Do you think it was OK for SNL to lampoon it twice and Al to mention Harvey?

Feel free to pile on greg, but at least I'm honest. I kind of like the fact Trump is standing up for "Merry Christmas." Now I do think there was no reason to say it this early. I mean typical motormouth Trump as it's not even Halloween or Thanksgiving yet, but yes I hate parts of the PC culture. Now I do recognize there are other religions and I applaud and also wish them well on their celebration days, though Hanukkah doesn't receive much mainstream publicity so sometimes it's here without me realizing it. My bad I know. I also laughed at SNL ripping Trump for his Merry Christmas proclamation saying they didn't see it as much of a problem as many people who are not Christian do wish Christians a Merry Christmas oftentimes. My point is, though the timing was weird, I do like the fact Trump said there would be a verbal assault on those organizations who prevent employees from saying Merry Christmas. Like I said, flame away on Greg. I've been blasted to my face before for my position on this. I am not intolerant of other religions. Far from it. I love all religions that do not endorse violence or satanic ritual, etc.

What in Franco's stat line this past season at 25 makes you think he's any better a hitter than Davidson? You'll give up a first and fifth rounder for a guy who hit .230, .281, .690? The grass is always greener. I'm thinking some just want to get rid of Davidson ASAP.