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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:21 pm 
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trade mlb starting pitching for minor league bats...trade minor league bats for MLB starting pitching...trade mlb starting pitching for minor league bats...trade minor league bats for mlb starting pitching


Force Ricketts to sell.

Get a real owner.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:26 pm 
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good dolphin wrote:
trade mlb starting pitching for minor league bats...trade minor league bats for MLB starting pitching...trade mlb starting pitching for minor league bats...trade minor league bats for mlb starting pitching

trade for roberto alomar....let him go...trade for him again....let him go...trade for sandy alomar...rinse repeat


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:27 pm 
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heading out to catch the iowa cubs play a matinee tomorrow with my son. looks like the weather should be good, hopefully the vitters/bjax show is worth the drive.


Why do you hate your son?


what do you mean? i am driving several hours further than wrigley field to watch a 1st place team! i should be up for father of the year!


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:31 pm 
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When was the cubs system ever "loaded"? 30 years ago was '84. What Joe Carter??


Carter
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:34 pm 
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Gordon Wittenmyer ‏@GDubCub 6m

Soler to be promoted from AA to AAA Iowa Wednesday; Albert Almora to be promoted to AA Tennessee.

Wayne Randazzo ‏@WayneRandazzo 4m

It's all true. MT @sahadevsharma: Listen people, the push is happening. The window is close to opening and winning is close to reality.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:09 pm 
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Gordon Wittenmyer ‏@GDubCub 6m

Soler to be promoted from AA to AAA Iowa Wednesday; Albert Almora to be promoted to AA Tennessee.

Wayne Randazzo ‏@WayneRandazzo 4m

It's all true. MT @sahadevsharma: Listen people, the push is happening. The window is close to opening and winning is close to reality.

Snap fingers
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Collect Word Series trophy



They should have done this decades ago!


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:11 pm 
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Soler will be up in Sept. Book it.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:12 pm 
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I'm starting to get behind this "get good players" plan.

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On October 21, 2015, the Chicago Cubs will win the World series in a sweep over Miami.


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On October 21, 2015, the Chicago Cubs will win the World series in a sweep over Miami.

Is Miami moving to AL???

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RFDC wrote:
Spaulding wrote:
On October 21, 2015, the Chicago Cubs will win the World series in a sweep over Miami.

Is Miami moving to AL???


Back to the Future 2


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Back to the Future 2


:wink:

Part 1 was on this weekend. That movie came out 29 years ago and I think it was the first non animated movie I saw with my parents. I had a huge crush on MJF. Crazy to think the Cubs are still this bad 30 years later!


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:36 pm 
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Olt to Iowa.


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:38 pm 
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Spaulding wrote:
Big Chicagoan wrote:
Back to the Future 2


:wink:

Part 1 was on this weekend. That movie came out 29 years ago and I think it was the first non animated movie I saw with my parents. I had a huge crush on MJF. Crazy to think the Cubs are still this bad 30 years later!

Up yours.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:40 pm 
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Olt to Iowa.


How is that going to work? Soler in LF and Bryant in RF?

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:42 pm 
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Big Chicagoan wrote:
Soler will be up in Sept. Book it.


Well he only has one option year left so they are running out of time to find out what he can do.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:42 am 
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Big Chicagoan wrote:
Olt to Iowa.


How is that going to work? Soler in LF and Bryant in RF?


Olt probably at 1B/DH/OF.


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Olt to Iowa.

Olt to my softball team!

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:39 am 
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trade mlb starting pitching for minor league bats...trade minor league bats for MLB starting pitching...trade mlb starting pitching for minor league bats...trade minor league bats for mlb starting pitching


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Javier Baez: 2-3 2BB, 2B

That's ZERO strikeouts. A continuation of the downwad spiral in this strikeout rates. Now around ~20% in July compared to ~35% in April and May.

Russell and Bryant are both sucking it up.

Baez' progress so far:
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was at the iowa cubs game yesterday. Baez looked great at the plate, he absolutely crushed a 2-run double against the center field fence into the wind early in the game. he also threw a ball into the dugout trying to double someone off at first. bryant hit a ball 500 feet last night - straight up into the air. the bases were loaded with 2 out in the 8th and the left fielder was playing very deep. bryant hit a towering fly ball to left and the left fielder went all the way back to the warning track. the wind got it and blew that ball right back towards the infield. the left fielder sprinted all the way in and made a head first attempt at catching it in medium left and came up short. the bases cleared, bryant was on 2nd, and the box score shows a 3-rbi double. the box score can be just a little deceiving, that was the worst-plays fly ball i have seen in a long time.

that is a great place to see a game if you ever find yourself in Des Moines. Kris Bryant was very cool and signed a ball for my kid, as did Manny Ramirez who also was really friendly and seems to really be enjoying his time at Iowa. he was having a lot of fun during BP with the young players standing around the cage and also out shagging fly balls. he pinch-hit and stuck out looking on 3 pitches.


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Manny Ramirez who also was really friendly and seems to really be enjoying his time at Iowa.



I could see some appeal in spending the summers just playing catch and talking to fans in the low-stress environment of the minors.

If you've got money to burn, seems like it would be a fun way to spend your summer.

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bryant hit a ball 500 feet last night - straight up into the air. the bases were loaded with 2 out in the 8th and the left fielder was playing very deep. bryant hit a towering fly ball to left and the left fielder went all the way back to the warning track. the wind got it and blew that ball right back towards the infield. the left fielder sprinted all the way in and made a head first attempt at catching it in medium left and came up short. the bases cleared, bryant was on 2nd, and the box score shows a 3-rbi double. the box score can be just a little deceiving, that was the worst-plays fly ball i have seen in a long time.

The hell you say! It was a ringing double in the gap against a future hall of fame pitcher! The stat line never lies!


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speaking of future hall of fame pitchers, the new orleans team started brad penny last night against the cubs and he got rocked. brad penny should consider calling it a day. it was kind of sad watching him get hammered around.


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How many times have you ever been happy as hell to see Mike Olt listed on a lineup card?!?

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B-Jax is still hot.

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Baez: 2-5 (.255), HR(17), 3RBI, 2K
Bryant: 1-4 (.311), SB(4)
Soler: 1-3 (.333), 2BB -Nice Debut

Olt went 2-5 so you have to be skeptical about the results above. To allow Olt to get 2 hits the pitching must really suck.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:32 am 
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B-Jax is still hot.


Gotta let that one go, IMU.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:02 am 
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This stuff should be on national TV.

Great times watching the Cubs minor league'rs !

Maybe they will win the "Not Major League Baseball World Series" one day!


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This stuff should be on national TV.

Great times watching the Cubs minor league'rs !

Maybe they will win the "Not Major League Baseball World Series" one day!

They haven't already?

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