Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

Degeneratefk

Wobbie said:

beat the fucking dodgers, wouldga?

We did in 2016. You should be telling your trash team to beat them

HesCalledDyer

Wobbie said:

Degeneratefk said:

Wobbie said:

Degeneratefk said:

Gtilley8 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I wouldn't mind having him back though, don't get me wrong.  He's lost some command the past couple seasons, but it seems like when we've needed someone to step up in a big game, he's always done so.

No doubt. Jake has been the man for us.  Totally not even an argument there. Work ethic, preparedness, attitude - love the way he approaches the game.  There's a lot to like.  His comments prior to becoming a free agent, about how he thought he should be paid - they put me off a bit.  Combine that with his political comments on Twitter, which- yeah I'm a liberal, so I thought he looked like an ass..... Either way, that had nothing to do with his baseball skills.  Would take him back for anything that didn't cripple the organization.  

I am only referring to your last comment here. I don't think Theo would ever out the cubs in a position where one guys contract would cripple them. He has to be, along with BB in New England,  the best general manager in all of professional sports when it comes to player salaries. 

says Slurrpy McSlurppster.

Where did the giants finish? Oh yea, they missed the playoffs, again. Miserable, crusty old man

theo......give him all the money in the world and he can build a team.

genius!

Ed Lynch, Andy McPhail, & Jim Hendry had all the money in the world to work with too.  Jed Hoyer is the GM, anyway.

Malroth

What World Series Souvenirs do you all have?

bbiggs

Malroth said:

What World Series Souvenirs do you all have?

Not necessarily WS, but the rally towels from the NLCS. Grabbed several of those. Framed up the front page of Chicago Tribune and Sun Times as well.  Grabbed a hat, t shirt, sweatshirt, but I don’t consider those souvenirs. The framed newspapers are my favorite WS possessions. 

Malroth

cool.  That's about the same as I have, except I haven't thought to frame the papers.
I should do that.

bflynn1

bbiggs

^ That is AWESOME! 

bbiggs

How’s this for a souvenir (it is NOT mine)?  Someone my wife works with bought this for her husband for Xmas.  My wife showed me the FB post below. Lucky dude! 

bbiggs

Here are my framed newspapers. One for NLCS clincher and one for WS clincher. I thought the NLCS one was Sun Times but it’s actually Tribune. Great memories!

darwinstheory

That bat and ball are freaking awesome! I too have a copy of the Tribune. My girlfriend's mom got me each of the 4 different covers of Sports Illustrated. I intend to have these items all framed.

In addition, I will frame my Game 7 ticket stub with a photo of my brother and I from the game.

HesCalledDyer

Copy of the Tribune
Copy of the Sun-Times
A few official Rawlings baseballs (I'm actually working on a collection of these).
4 or 5 t-shirts
NL Champs pint glass
World Series champs pint glass
A few beer koozies

DewieCox

bbiggs said:

Malroth said:

What World Series Souvenirs do you all have?

Not necessarily WS, but the rally towels from the NLCS. Grabbed several of those. Framed up the front page of Chicago Tribune and Sun Times as well.  Grabbed a hat, t shirt, sweatshirt, but I don’t consider those souvenirs. The framed newspapers are my favorite WS possessions. 

That stuffs so cool to collect. My dad’s got a nifty little collection like this. A few bobble heads, hats, Starting Lineup figures and StL Post Dispatch issues from a lot of the big Cards’ moments. The cheap collections are way better than those fancy trophy cases full of bought memorabilia.

bbiggs

^ 100% agree. A lot of these are priceless collectibles IMO.  More so than some of the expensive memorabilia/ merch that anyone can go buy from the store. 

HesCalledDyer

I like having the copies of the newspapers (though I need to store them properly as they've already yellowed a god bit), and I really enjoy the baseballs.  The other stuff - the shirts, the koozies, pint glasses, etc will all eventually wear and tear an go away.  But I have to say the best pieces of memoribilia I have are my photos & memories of the experience I had being in Chicago, watching the games in bars, going to the victory parade/rally, and tossing the ol' pigskin outside the LF bleachers with Theo, Jed, & Almora amongst about 100 or so other fans during that whole week!

darwinstheory

Darvish rumored to be signing this week...

That would put the ball in motion for others to sign.

darwinstheory

Milwaukee? Is that really you making these moves? Plus still in on maybe going after Darvish or Arrieta? That's much more than I thought they would do this year. 

bbiggs

darwinstheory said:

Milwaukee? Is that really you making these moves? Plus still in on maybe going after Darvish or Arrieta? That's much more than I thought they would do this year. 

Yelich is a stud too. The brew crew is going to be a force to be reckoned with. 

darwinstheory

They going to move Braun to 1B then use Thames as 4th OF, 1B and DH?

Either way, it's great that the Crew and red birds are making moves to beat the Cubs. The Cubs are making moves that are focused on them trying to win it all (again). It's a different feeling for sure!

PJ-Cubs

darwinstheory said:

Milwaukee? Is that really you making these moves? Plus still in on maybe going after Darvish or Arrieta? That's much more than I thought they would do this year. 

These additions are definitely going to help the Brewers.  I just hope that some of the other players on the team come down from career years last season.

gregkitefan

I think the Cain signing is awful on Milwaukee.
32 year old OF's that don't hit for power getting a 5 year contract,
Wow. They will regret that pretty quick. Dumb.