Not gone.

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Shut up, Phil

Everyone talks about how great he is. I always thought he sounded like Chip Carey.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Len sounds kind of like Kermit the Frog. Chip sounds more like a guy trying to do Announcer Voice.

I think a lot of the love for Len has more to do with being hip to advanced metrics or the rockin'-dads gimmick with Brenly than it does his actual broadcasting, which is boilerplate. When Chip and Stoney left in 2004, I just wanted WGN to simulcast Pat and Ron. I've come around on Len, but he's still A Guy at heart.

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What about him? What about Kanyon?!?!

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He dead.

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he called Schwarber a HoFer if he's able to stick behind the plate.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=13719365

kasper sucks

STOP SAYING THAT! Nobody has ever called a Cub prospect a Hall of Famer.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Settle down JORR.

This board desperately needs a return of Phil McCracken.

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And here I thought it had happened.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Catcher? He's our new left fielder!

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/51231442/v ... =schwarber

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He's serviceable in LF. He's no Barry Bonds in his prime years in Pittsburgh, but he's made some nice plays and is much more athletic and faster than he looks. He is NOT a good catcher at this point. Don't rule out the possibility he can become one. But he's definitely not one now. The problem is....do you send him for the Arizona fall league to catch more? Play winter ball somewhere? Do they begin next season with him back at AAA so he can further hone his catching skills? Or do they have him play LF and catch just 1-2 days a week for the less demanding pitchers and bring it along at the major league level? Questions....

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Go Cubs!!!!

No, you deal his fucking no position ass to an AL team that'll overpay for him.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Dumb questions.

Oh, so were gonna attribute what the PbP says to fans of the team?

I dont think you wanna go down that road

And you were expecting ... what exactly?

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

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Got T shirts for GD and JORR

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

You think it's dumb to question whether the Cubs will keep Schwarber in the outfield, send him to the Arizona fall leage after the season to develop as a catcher more, or even begin next season back at AAA to hone his catching skills? I think it's a huge decision the Cubs will face. I think they will play him in LF and catch 1-2 days a week next season, hoping he can develop into a full time catcher. That said, I think that fails and he winds up an outfielder and emergency catcher only.

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Go Cubs!!!!

I think an equally significant question for Schwarber is how he can change his approach against LH pitching. He's a stumbling grounder to short right field much of the time, and has a sterling .148/.220/.278 line with a .231 BABIP.

Rizzo was pretty bad against LHP and now he's fine against them. So maybe it's just growing into the role. But it's cause for concern.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

It's not cool quite yet. Hipsters will turn on them sometime next year because everyone else likes them.

Joe and I will be like two old guys in the corner dive bar who have been going their whole lives but suddenly see guys in fedoras ordering PBR

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It will always just be lame. Being Mother Fucking Peanut butter and jealous is not cool, it's just lame. Thou shalt not envy.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Hipsters are already anti-Cub. That's why they've all come to Bridgeport.

Good one!

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