Why are the Reds allowing Simon to pitch against the Cubs? He's got a 38 ERA against them.

The Reds are such garbage. Now, they get to play Milwaukee for 3 and Atlanta for 3. More garbage to massacre and get in a circle jerk about. Sorry, I am just mad that I can't listen to any Chicago Sports radio for TV shows anymore. The Kool-Aid is extra sweet and starting to rot my teeth. I can't wait until we play them and kick their a$$.

Edited April 25, 20169 yr by soxfan85

The Reds are such garbage. Now, they get to play Milwaukee for 3 and Atlanta for 3. More garbage to massacre and get in a circle jerk about. Sorry, I am just mad that I can't listen to any Chicago Sports radio for TV shows anymore. The Kool-Aid is extra sweet and starting to rot my teeth. I can't wait until we play them and kick their a$$.

This is reality and yes, it does suck.

Its hard to take NL teams seriously with these schedules they play.

Its hard to take NL teams seriously with these schedules they play.

You can thank teams like the Astros and Cubs for that. They are now stacked after deliberate rebuilds.

You can thank teams like the Astros and Cubs for that. They are now stacked after deliberate rebuilds.

May want to check up on the Astros there bud.

May want to check up on the Astros there bud.

They'll obviously be better than they have been, but Keuchel's velocity loss is pretty concerning and Gomez just looks completely done. If Keuchel doesn't pitch like a #1 and Gomez continues to be horrible, the Astros are just a .500ish team.

They'll obviously be better than they have been, but Keuchel's velocity loss is pretty concerning and Gomez just looks completely done. If Keuchel doesn't pitch like a #1 and Gomez continues to be horrible, the Astros are just a .500ish team.

 

Truth of the matter is that the Astros haven't been all that great since their hot start last year.

Astros are a 1 dimensional team. They all just try to bop. If they don't hit HR, they are doomed, plus their pitching is super suspect.

Truth of the matter is that the Astros haven't been all that great since their hot start last year.

Yup. That entire team other than Altuve and Correa is fools gold.

Yup. That entire team other than Altuve and Correa is fools gold.

 

Springer's pretty good. They look like a .500 team if their pitching doesn't get back on track.

May want to check up on the Astros there bud.

Severely underperforming. The fact is, they're one of the blueprints people are following.

Severely underperforming. The fact is, they're one of the blueprints people are following.

The problem is the blueprint isn't new. Teams have always tried it. It's just that it's usually small market teams that can't afford to pay to fill in the holes where the draft failed. Theo and the boys are successful because they did it with Boston and the cubs where they could have one of the highest payrolls in the league to compensate for the holes in teams which is pitching because pitching is more difficult to predict by their metrics.

New cubs headline. Sounds like a Oprah special

 

Kris Bryant talks Jake Arrieta, the Cubs dance parties and wedding planning.

Edited April 26, 20169 yr by whitesoxjr27

Brewers lineup tonight is a disgrace to baseball

The idiot who rushed the field for the no-hitter has become a hero. Articles written on him, media appearances, GoFundMe to pay his legal expenses. This is sending a terrible message.

The idiot who rushed the field for the no-hitter has become a hero. Articles written on him, media appearances, GoFundMe to pay his legal expenses. This is sending a terrible message.

The GoFundMe s*** is pretty ridiculous. If you're going to give away some of your money to help another person, why the f*** would you chooser some asshole who rushed a baseball field? I really don't have a problem that he rushed the field either, he can decide if spending the night in jail and the legal expense was worth it. Just pathetic that people can make a cause of this.

Edited April 27, 20169 yr by Chicago White Sox

Why is it that when Jake Arrieta is accused of PED use by other players the media is more concerned with Arrieta blowing off those allegations than the fact those allegations were made in the first place. "Jake Arrieta says he's flattered by accusations of PED use" (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15388965/jake-arrieta-chicago-cubs-says-flattered-accusations-ped-use).... uhhhh burying the lede much ESPN? I think the bigger story here may that other players, who dont seem to hurl these accusatiosn around all willy nilly, think the reigning Cy Young award winner is on the juice.

 

Truth of the matter is that the Astros haven't been all that great since their hot start last year.

 

And the Ken Giles trade is up there with the Shelby Miller trade for just remarkably stupid trades that made no sense at the time and are looking terrible in hindsight too.

Why is it that when Jake Arrieta is accused of PED use by other players the media is more concerned with Arrieta blowing off those allegations than the fact those allegations were made in the first place. "Jake Arrieta says he's flattered by accusations of PED use" (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15388965/jake-arrieta-chicago-cubs-says-flattered-accusations-ped-use).... uhhhh burying the lede much ESPN? I think the bigger story here may that other players, who dont seem to hurl these accusatiosn around all willy nilly, think the reigning Cy Young award winner is on the juice.

 

There isn't much you can do but take reactions and talk about them. JA hasn't tested positive, nothing is linked to him, the only thing we have is his crazy results to go on and make accusations with.

 

I'm sure if there is anything worth investigating, someone is investigating it

And the Ken Giles trade is up there with the Shelby Miller trade for just remarkably stupid trades that made no sense at the time and are looking terrible in hindsight too.

 

The Giles trade made sense. The Astros has a lot of issues in the bullpen last year. What didn't make sense is how they used him this year...as a setup man instead of a closer. I don't know if that messed him up mentally or what, but he's been awful this year.

There isn't much you can do but take reactions and talk about them. JA hasn't tested positive, nothing is linked to him, the only thing we have is his crazy results to go on and make accusations with.

 

I'm sure if there is anything worth investigating, someone is investigating it

You mean the sports media that breathlessly fawns over the Cubs all day every day? Joe Maddon could be killing prostitutes in broad daylight in front of Tribune Tower and they'd burying the story.

Why is it that when Jake Arrieta is accused of PED use by other players the media is more concerned with Arrieta blowing off those allegations than the fact those allegations were made in the first place. "Jake Arrieta says he's flattered by accusations of PED use" (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15388965/jake-arrieta-chicago-cubs-says-flattered-accusations-ped-use).... uhhhh burying the lede much ESPN? I think the bigger story here may that other players, who dont seem to hurl these accusatiosn around all willy nilly, think the reigning Cy Young award winner is on the juice.

 

Couldn't agree more with this

There isn't much you can do but take reactions and talk about them. JA hasn't tested positive, nothing is linked to him, the only thing we have is his crazy results to go on and make accusations with.

 

I'm sure if there is anything worth investigating, someone is investigating it

 

Like who, the MLB?

 

A couple of connections that make me pause, Boras and Theo.

 

I see Dexter Fowler bulked up rather handsomely over the winter as well.

 

The cubs story is great for baseball as it was in the late 90's. The MLB is not going to look into breaking it down nor is any media outlet that makes money off of MLB success.

You mean the sports media that breathlessly fawns over the Cubs all day every day? Joe Maddon could be killing prostitutes in broad daylight in front of Tribune Tower and they'd burying the story.

 

I am sorry but that hooker comment made me LOL really bad.