Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

lindamarie73

bbiggs said:

lindamarie73 said:

Anyone want take a guess or know which current Cubs player is suspected of having Relations with Ben Zobrists EX-Wife????.....This blew me away but sort of makes sense.......

Baez. I have no idea. Who is it? 

That’s who I would have guessed.... But the word on the street is one Jonny Lester ....Yikes!!!!

HesCalledDyer

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/carl-edwards-jr-cubs-fly-the-w
Hope the change of scenery does him well. He was really good for us at one time. Another 2016er gone.

HesCalledDyer

25-man 2016 World Series Roster:

Albert Almora Jr.

Jake Arrieta

Javier Baez

Kris Bryant

Aroldis Chapman

Chris Coghlan

Willson Contreras

Carl Edwards Jr

Dexter Fowler

Justin Grimm

Kyle Hendricks

Jason Heyward

John Lackey

Jon Lester

Miguel Montero

Mike Montgomery

Anthony Rizzo

Hector Rondon

David Ross

Addison Russell

Kyle Schwarber

Jorge Soler

Pedro Strop

Travis Wood

Ben Zobrist

Other notable 2016 regular & postseason players:

Trevor Cahill

Jason Hammel

Tommy La Stella

Spencer Patton

Felix Pena

Clayton Richard

Joe Smith

Matt Szczur

Adam Warren

Rob Zastrysny

2016 Coaching staff:

Chris Bosio

Eric Hinske

Brandon Hyde

Gary Jones

Joe Maddon

John Mallee

Dave Martinez

Lester Strode

And there were quite a few other minor role players who racked up an appearance or three who are no longer on the team as well.

darwinstheory

And I would not have been surprised to see either Almora or Strop moved. Plus the whole fiasco of Zobrists personal life...

HesCalledDyer

We'll scratch Zobrist off after he retires this off-season.  Hopefully Russell will get the strikethrough as well.

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

I am really starting to fucking loathe Christian Yelich. When Sammy Sosa goes from 20 to 66 homers he’s on roids but when Yelich does it he’s the greatest gift to fucking baseball. Fuck Ryan Braun, too, because.

ryan braun, yeah. yelich, no. the ball is juiced.

fuck a bunch of sammy sosa,

darwinstheory

Wobbie said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I am really starting to fucking loathe Christian Yelich. When Sammy Sosa goes from 20 to 66 homers he’s on roids but when Yelich does it he’s the greatest gift to fucking baseball. Fuck Ryan Braun, too, because.

ryan braun, yeah. yelich, no. the ball is juiced.

fuck a bunch of sammy sosa,

I gotta side with Wobbie on all 3 points here. Didn't like Sammy even in the heyday. Though I did enjoy the excitement of the Sosa/McGwire HR race.

HesCalledDyer

Loved Sammy!  Still do.  Brought a lot of excitement to the North Side when there wasn't much to be excited about. For a long time.

Hendonesia

Yea, Sammy is still a touchy subject with Cubs fans and I'm not sure I understand why. Since baseball, I feel like maybe Sammy has bigger problems than the Cubs. For that reason, among others, I tend to give him a break for whatever of his actions that I may have taken umbrage with. 

HesCalledDyer

Dear Milwaukee,

Eat shit.

Sincerely,

Me

P.S. Fuck Ryan Braun

Hendonesia

HesCalledDyer said:

Dear Milwaukee,

Eat shit.

Sincerely,

Me

P.S. Fuck Ryan Braun

I 2nd the motion. 

HesCalledDyer

On the bright side, 5 scoreless from the bullpen last night!

cutz

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1808567

Report: Cubs, Lucroy agree to deal

Simon Sharkey-Gotlieb

32m ago

G Fiume / Getty Images Sport / Getty

The Chicago Cubs agreed to a deal with veteran catcher Jonathan Lucroy, sources told Jon Heyman of MLB Network.

Lucroy was officially granted his unconditional release from the Los Angeles Angelsearlier Wednesday. The Angels designated him for assignment last week.

The Cubs are in desperate need of catching help after All-Star Willson Contreras landedon the injured list Monday with a hamstring injury that will sideline him for four weeks. Once Contreras went down, the Cubs were left with just two catchers - Victor Caratini and Taylor Davis - on their 40-man roster; both backstops are currently on the team's major-league roster.

Lucroy, 33, slashed .242/.310/.371 with seven homers and 30 RBIs in 74 games with the Angels this year. He missed a large portion of July due to a concussion and fractured nose he suffered in a home-plate collision.

bflynn1

Glad to see Happ swinging well

HesCalledDyer

I asked Meat Loaf his thoughts on the A's series and this is what he said:

darwinstheory

HesCalledDyer said:

I asked Meat Loaf his thoughts on the A's series and this is what he said:

🤣 

I asked if he would put money on: the bullpen becoming lights out OR the offense being consistently good, to which he replied:

HesCalledDyer

darwinstheory said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I asked Meat Loaf his thoughts on the A's series and this is what he said:

🤣 

I asked if he would put money on: the bullpen becoming lights out OR the offense being consistently good, to which he replied:

Hey Meat Loaf, think we can finally win a road series?

darwinstheory

Still not going to win a road series this weekend. Been over 2 months.

bbiggs

I’ve accepted the cubs for what they are. A very mediocre team.  That’s okay.  Put them in any other division and they’re several games out. Cubs = a very average team. 

HesCalledDyer

Yep. The division is “so competitive” because everyone is mediocre except for the Pirates, they just suck. But they were up to mediocre level before the AS break. And I hate to say it but, at this point I feel STL, MIL, & CIN would all represent the division better in the postseason than the Cubs could.