There's a competitive advantage we're going to miss.

I don't necessarily see that as a competitive advantage or disadvantage.

Uh-oh...time for some breathless reporting on whether Hoyer is too old to relate to the clubhouse. A lot of smart people are asking that very question.

What is interesting to me is that somehow in some peoples minds it is your employers business whether you get vaccinated or not. i know i know PANDEMIC, UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. if my boss told me he was "disappointed" with me about my personal vaccination decision id laugh at him, and then he'd laugh too because he would realize how stupid it sounded the second he said it.

The Branch Covidians really seem hung up on OTHER people getting the vaccine, if it works you only have to worry about YOU.

What is interesting to me is that somehow in some peoples minds it is your employers business whether you get vaccinated or not. i know i know PANDEMIC, UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. if my boss told me he was "disappointed" with me about my personal vaccination decision id laugh at him, and then he'd laugh too because he would realize how stupid it sounded the second he said it.

Aren't you the guy that said they weren't going to get the vaccine because of HD TVs, and then got the vaccine because of a work condition?

That's all this is, a work condition that could make the working environment of many co-workers much more enjoyable and productive. Nobody is getting hung up on anyone else in this situation aside from the fact that it's legitimately a better working environment for the Cubs players and staff if they can meet the 85% level.

If not getting hung up on it means the GM whining about players not getting vaccinated to a beat reporter for publication then yeah I guess you're right.

He's hung up on the fact that as the person in charge of the on field performance of the team, he feels that the Cubs failure to meet the 85% threshold impairs his ability to do his job, and impairs the ability for the other Cubs on field and off field personnel to do their jobs.

Aren't you the guy that said they weren't going to get the vaccine because of HD TVs, .

What is interesting to me is that somehow people of few opinions have many opinions about how other people or employers should run their business. I know, I know, PANDEMIC and UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, but if people of few opinions told my boss how he should run his business, my boss would first ask who the fuck that person of few opinions is, and then laugh because he would realize how stupid that person of few opinions sounded.

how does that impair the ability of the players on the field ?

The Detroit Tigers are one of teams with 85% . Id hate to see how their performance on the field is hampered if they werent .

I don't really have a direct answer to this other than why would Hoyer lie about it if he doesn't think it's true?

I'd just presume that all of the restrictions on off field stuff, who you can socialize with, how you live your life on the road, what I would presume to be more testing, exposure protocols, etc. are things that Hoyer believes hurts the performance of the team.

Except I dont tell my boss or anyone else's boss how to run their business or offer them any opinions on how to do so, nor have I asked anyone if they were vaccinated or offered opinions on whether they should be, and I go about our business like normal and everything is fine. Not sure I get your point other than you disagree with me and you believe vaccinations are indeed the business of your employer, and you can't handle that in these troubling times.

Whatever the employer thinks is his business, within the law, is his business as it relates to his employees. I mean if my boss wanted me to show up in a Serena Williams catsuit everyday, that's his call, and he's got to deal with the fallout, but it most certainly is his business. If an employer is interested in vaccine status because he thinks that can help his business, that certainly is his business as an employer.

I don't really have a direct answer to this other than why would Hoyer lie about it if he doesn't think it's true?

I'd just presume that all of the restrictions on off field stuff, who you can socialize with, how you live your life on the road, what I would presume to be more testing, exposure protocols, etc. are things that Hoyer believes hurts the performance of the team.

Some of you are so sensitive it’s hilarious

Arrieta sucks too, who cares what he thinks. He was perfectly happy hopped up on worse stuff than a Covid shot when he was dominant with the Cubs.

I wonder if Bernstein will attack Arrietta's conservative viewpoint with the same vigor he does people on the White Sox

Pretty sure he was all over Arrietta for his "Hollywood" tweet years ago.

Pretty sure he was all over Arrietta for his "Hollywood" tweet years ago.