I think Hendricks is the real deal
I like the core of this team (and it doesn't include Schwarber)
Schwarber will make some AL team very happy in a year or two when Theo trades him for an actual outfielder.
I like that Willson Contreras kid...bright future.

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I had more fun watching this WS than what the Sox did to Houston in 2005.

Fuck those guys.

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Good to see a Sox fan with some class.

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Great team. Fun team. Exciting team. You're gonna have a nice long run of playoffs.

Congratulations Cubs fans.

Just heard that people are buying 20-30 copies of the Trib at a time.

Seems that everybody wants an actual newspaper for the first time in 10 years.

I'm going to produce a couple of those actual press plates of the front page - those are awesome.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Infield + Hendricks = great foundation. That infield makes me sick.

Lester's getting older, but he may have just had his best regular season.

Who will close next year? Do they have Montgomery signed?

These guys are likable. Hate to admit it. Rizzo's a real leader. I usually think leadership is bullshit until I see a leader in action.

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I wouldn't want my mult to be any other way.

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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

Oddly enough, and I don't remember where I saw it, but I saw somewhere that they were thinking of Carl Edwards as a closer if they don't find a way to resign Chapman.

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Here is a positive thought.

Honestly, even with all of the petty Cubs Sox bickering that goes on (that I am part of), I think this place was much more enjoyable during this year's playoffs due to things not getting pruned and people not getting banned.

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I was under that impression as well.

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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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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

I think Edwards would make a good closer.

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I wouldn't resign Chapman. Rondon was fine and Edwards could be a closer or a premier setup guy. Use the Chapman money to get a younger SP.

Overall the Cubs are likeable. As I said earlier in the postseason, Lackey is probably the biggest asshole on that team and even he isn't that bad. His teammates seem to get the brunt of it from him.

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That was just a sideswipe at bigfan. Not that I disagree...

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REDACTED.com is on fire right now. So many posts.

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Maybe he was collateral damage, but it was more so bonus points for this place. Steve is a dick and Kirkwood is another life form, but overall there were a lot of good exchanges and debates in the playoff threads.

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I'm not too familiar with him...maybe it was nerves last night, but he looks to maybe have some control issues?

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Yes. Nasty stuff, though... and young.

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I liked the velocity he was getting on that fastball. Does he have a secondary pitch?

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Yeah, he's got a good breaking ball.

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I agree on not resigning Chapman but then you have to contend with facing that fuck in the playoffs against the Giants next year. That being said I'm glad the Cubs were rolling him out there instead of Strop these playoffs. It's pretty clear that while he did a decent enough job during the year he's either still hurt or his stuff isn't all that great anyway. For throwing as hard as he does he sure seems to get hit hard. I'm guessing Edwards will close next year. Replacing Fowler at the top is going to be tough, that's my concern.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

I read yesterday that Chapman was the Yankees' top priority....

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I tried and failed.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Shaw is actually a good comp to Edwards even though body styles are different.

97 mph cutting fastball and power curve. Also a developing change.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I am positive Cub fans will be looking to run Baez out of town in a similar manner to Starlin Castro within two years.

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

I am really happy for all my friends and family that are Cubs fans to get to see this happen. It's a young and exciting team who I found very easy to root for.

Of course, now that they won one, they can go fuck themselves from here on out.

Appreciate that.

But this team and the fans aren't settling for one. There are many fun years ahead for the Cubs/Cardinals/Pirates in the NL Central and NL Playoffs.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

fans aren't settling?

I heard hours of callers and hosts on the radio saying how it was ok if they happened to lose yesterday. If Cub fans settled any more over their lives they'd be standing with a musket defending the Alamo



cha cha

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

You know who calls into sports radio shows? Idiots.

Let's say you heard 10 hours of callers. Is that 200 people total?

I know 200 fans would be a large percentage of your team's fandom, but this is the Cubs. Have you talked to anyone today?

We're still hungry.

Not one, not two, not three...

2016, 2017, 2019 (three peats are difficult)

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.