Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

JWPearl

dankind said:

Wobbie said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

cubs are reminding me of the powerhouse 2010 phillies and rangers, powerhouse 2012 cardinals and tigers, powerhouse 2014 nats and royals.....oh wait, the Giants beat all those teams.

The Giants remind me of the powerhouse 2016 Sharks and powerhouse 2016 Warriors. Oh wait, neither one of them won a championship. The Bay Area is a big tank.

no, the Giants are never the powerhouse. they just win rings.

I didn't call the Giants a powerhouse. I called the Sharks and Warriors powerhouses. And yeah, they didn't win rings until recently either. I guess since the Giants are doing okay, you don't have to bandwagon for an AL team this year?? Go back to your Giants thread and leave us alone. You hate the Cubs for no reason; it's really pathetic.

Wobbiewillneverleave1

so sad i actually get that

Malroth

They keep getting younger somehow. They are going to need to pick up some experience between now and september.

Degeneratefk

2-feign-reluctance said:

Shoddy defense Cubbies. Sweep!! Better not get to comfy with the lead! It's a loooong season!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah. Enjoy your moment. You wont have many more of those.

2-feign-reluctance

Degeneratefk said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Shoddy defense Cubbies. Sweep!! Better not get to comfy with the lead! It's a loooong season!

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah. Enjoy your moment. You wont have many more of those.

I am, and we'll see! Love me some good baseball, really no matter who is playing. I will state the obvious though that the Cardinals seem to be in the mix quite a bit the past 5-6 years. Even in-between, you know, winning the Central and going to the World Series, winning one, etc,.

; )

PJ-Cubs

We need to get it together. The bats are cold and the defense has been hurting us.

Wobbie

hmmmmm.....

HesCalledDyer

At least the Cards keep losing, too.

Go home, Rob. No one asked you.

pureoc

Nice game by KB.

HesCalledDyer

pureoc said:

Nice game by KB.

Arrieta owes him a nice dinner!

cutz

pureoc said:

Nice game by KB.

Heard today, that Bryant is the first player in MLB HISTORY to hit 3 HR & 2 doubles in the same game while going 5-5. WOW!>Impressive, but wouldn't you think that it would've been done before? Was surprised when i heard this.

pureoc

cutz said:

pureoc said:

Nice game by KB.

Heard today, that Bryant is the first player in MLB HISTORY to hit 3 HR & 2 doubles in the same game while going 5-5. WOW!>Impressive, but wouldn't you think that it would've been done before? Was surprised when i heard this.

Heard that too. Surprising in the 125+ yrs its never been done.

pureoc

The genius of Joe Maddon at work tonight.

HesCalledDyer

cutz said:

pureoc said:

Nice game by KB.

Heard today, that Bryant is the first player in MLB HISTORY to hit 3 HR & 2 doubles in the same game while going 5-5. WOW!>Impressive, but wouldn't you think that it would've been done before? Was surprised when i heard this.

I'm confused on this as well. I've seen/heard several media outlets say first in history. I've heard some say first in modern era (Len Kasper even said this on air during the game). And I've also heard first since 1913 (but no one has named who in 1913 accomplished the feat). I'm not sure what is true. The Topps Now card I ordered yesterday states "first since 1913" on the front of the card.
Regardless, what's even more amazing is that he is only the 2nd Cub in history to have 5 extra base hits in one game! (And I've seen confusing reports on this as well. I've seen the last time mentioned as both 1885 and 1900).

pureoc

Blowout game and Bryant drilled in back on 1st pitch. He DIDN'T take a curtain call the other night when begged to by the thousands of Cubs fans at the gm in Cinci and they pull this shit. In the words of Speedy "FUCK CINCI"

HesCalledDyer

It's about time we had a damn non-stressful W. It's been a while.

pureoc

Yanks saying unless Schwarber is part of talks for Miller it isn't happening is laughable. No way Theo is doing that. Yes Schwarber is a liability in the field but no way do you trade a guy who is a 30+ hr dh in the al for a fn reliever, even when we could use bullpen help. This would be a stupid trade. Id keep Schwarber but if you trade him at least get your value back (prob a #2 starting pitcher imo).

HesCalledDyer

pureoc said:

Yanks saying unless Schwarber is part of talks for Miller it isn't happening is laughable. No way Theo is doing that. Yes Schwarber is a liability in the field but no way do you trade a guy who is a 30+ hr dh in the al for a fn reliever, even when we could use bullpen help. This would be a stupid trade. Id keep Schwarber but if you trade him at least get your value back (prob a #2 starting pitcher imo).

I'm all for it. I want to win this year. In all my 35 years as a Cubs fan, this is arguably the best team we've fielded in my lifetime. Schwarber isn't coming back this season and we've proven we don't need him offensively. Is it a smart, long-term trade? I don't know, nor do I care at this point. 108 years and "wait til next year" has run it's course.

2-feign-reluctance

The poor Reds. You know its a bad season when the Cubs beat your asses red! Haha!!

pureoc

HesCalledDyer said:

pureoc said:

Yanks saying unless Schwarber is part of talks for Miller it isn't happening is laughable. No way Theo is doing that. Yes Schwarber is a liability in the field but no way do you trade a guy who is a 30+ hr dh in the al for a fn reliever, even when we could use bullpen help. This would be a stupid trade. Id keep Schwarber but if you trade him at least get your value back (prob a #2 starting pitcher imo).

I'm all for it. I want to win this year. In all my 35 years as a Cubs fan, this is arguably the best team we've fielded in my lifetime. Schwarber isn't coming back this season and we've proven we don't need him offensively. Is it a smart, long-term trade? I don't know, nor do I care at this point. 108 years and "wait til next year" has run it's course.

Im not saying Schwarber is untradable. Im saying he deserves much more value than a relief pitcher especially from an al team who schwarbs value as a dh is sky high. Give us 2 pen arms possibly, miller and a guy who would be a starter on our staff ok, although cc is probably only one who would fit that, i dont follow ny. Or miller and a high prospect or legit current mlb guy that at min makes the 25 man roster. Schwarber for miller straight up is a joke and not even close to the value the cubs should get for him especially from an al team.

HesCalledDyer

I totally agree with ya when you put it that way. And they still owe us for getting Castro for basically nothing.