Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

bflynn1 said:

I played against Smyly throughout high school and American Legion. 

Damn! Pretty cool. Did you hit him? 

Jesse Chavez to the Rangers.  So much for "Cubs or retirement."  Sucks because as disappointing as last year was, he was one of the few bright spots.

My only wonder is, he's historically not very good. But he definitely was a great addition to our pen and I'm sure Hickey was part of that development.  With him gone, maybe Jed didn't see it as crucial to try to keep Chavez around.  He is 35 after all.  I don't know, just thinking out loud (or in print, rather).  Glad we have Cishek for at least another year but we're definitely gonna need another bullpen arm to replace Chavez' role.  I'm sure we'll pick up some guy with a 5.43 lifetime ERA like we've done the past two off-seasons and be told about "his numbers away from his old team's stadium."

And now we get rid of La Stella.  I gotta say, I really wanted to get rid of him when he pulled his little stunt in 2016, but he more than made up for it the past two seasons.  Ended up being a great guy to have on the bench.  Broke the franchise record for pinch hits in a season this year.

Cubs announced a new cable station they own that will air the games. No more WGN. It’s all about the dough. 

your ricketts guy is a real gem

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

your ricketts guy is a real gem

I assume you mean Joe Ricketts. He has nothing to do with the team. Tom isn’t exactly a angel himself, but people need to stop associating Joe with the Cubs. 

sounds a little like “this has nothing to do with the president.”

And don't get me wrong, in no way am I defending Joe Ricketts or his comments.  He's an old, racist piece of shit.

trolls gonna troll, right?

Kyle Hendricks 4 year extension with option for 5th.  $63M with incentives to earn up to $79.8M.  Glad we go this guy on board for a few more years!  Time to get Rizzo, Bryant, & Baez done as well.