So how many home runs?

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FAKE NEWS!!!

Literally the first sentence of my response...


The real story...

*I later corrected myself...17 at bats

If I had to gamble id take a few off what i thought pre injury (35)

29 maybe..

But he could very well have lost some power from the knee. Im with you there. Just not based on WS.

Im worried about reinjury more though.

So it was insane to use his only game action since injury as a potential sign of how he may perform. Got it.

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This is you trolling, right?

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To draw conclusions on 17 at bats is insane under any circumstances


Also, the whole part where he hit over .400 including a rocket off the top of the wall against a dominant pitcher like Kluber.

Quite insane to try and spin that into evidence 9f a loss of power.

I don't know what that means.

He was gimping around. Like he couldn't run without limping.

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Where exactly did you see him "gimping around?"

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Gotta say I agree with BRick on this one. I'm looking at his only game action since the injury and agree that is a potential sign of how he might perform.

Just looking at the numbers, the power isn't there boys, it just ain't. I'd pencil in Schwarber for 0 dingers.

On the bright side though, he'll be the first guy to hit .400 since Ted Williams assuming he gets enough plate appearances to qualify, so that kind of rules. This is based on his game action since the injury.

I thought about saying this is stupid even for you, but honestly, nothing about what you post here surprises me on the stupidity column.

The Cubs didn't trade for Chapman to rack up saves, especially in the regular season when they had a billion game lead when they acquired him. They acquired him to get meaningful outs during a playoff run that they hoped would lead to a World Series title. That's exactly what Chapman did, and exactly what it led to.

Your best argument for not needing Chapman would have been a situation where the Cubs waltzed through the post season and destroyed everyone they played. For better or worse that isn't what happened. They played three very tight very competitive series and in each series there was tension and the real chance that the Cubs would not win. Chapman recorded significant outs in each of the series, contributing in large part to them winning the title. Torres hasn't played a inning in the fucking majors yet. For all we know he's the second coming of Brandon Wood.

I just can't understand why the Cubs are letting Schwarber catch, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. There are plenty of at bats to be had in Right and left and first base-DH, why let him catch and stress his already rebuilt knee and he sucks at catching any how.

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I think I'm being trolled. Everyone seems to agree with me his power will be down. They are concentrating on the insane thing which is looking at what he did in games to argue one point in an argument they agree with me on.

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You want to bet he hits .400?

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He could suffer on any number of fronts due to an injury, not just power. The point is that you can't draw any conclusions based on 4 games and 17 at-bats, especially when he was one of the best hitters on the team during that stretch!

I'm sure Barry Bonds went through stretches of at least 17 at-bats without a homer. Would you have argued that he'd lost all his power at that point?

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Your problem seems to be that you think my entire point revolves around his World Series performance.

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Well, if your point is just that he might not be as good at some things because of an injury, then we can agree and just move on.

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Sounds good.

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look at that flip, all in one sentence

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

any "going for it" trade that ends in a world series victory is a justifiable trade

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

Of course. Who said otherwise?

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I took a look at Cubs spring training tickets out of curiousity. Us Cubs fans are the dumbest motherfuckers in baseball. Indians/Cubs Friday game only has lawn seats left for sale and they're selling for $42 face

Theo took Jim Hendry's barrel and gave it to Crane so the fans can each give it a try. And MANY gladly giving it a ride!

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Lord Steven of Elmhurst

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

Spring training is for chumps and has been for more than a decade. It ceased being the quaint experience where you can get up close to the players in a casual environment for almost no cost many years ago.

People bitch about being forced to buy Bear pre seasons and then run out to Florida or Arizona to watch spring training. Like all fan conventions, they should be paying you to attend.

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

108 days ago this day, the Chicago Cubs became the current, reigning, and now defending World Series Champions.

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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.
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He doesn't count.

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Heyward looked awful this afternoon.

So?

I did a wallpaper job in Glencoe for Andrew Berlin last week. He is a part owner of the Cubs, The White Sox, as well as owning (outright) the Cubs class A affiliate in South Bend, Indiana. I talked to him about the Cubs a couple times while doing the work there. One day, we talked for over a half hour. Interesting guy. An attorney, Owned a packaging company he sold last year for 1.4 Billion. The guy LOVES Baseball. He had Glyber Torres in South Bend and agreed that he will be a special player. An All-Star multiple times. He says the same about Eloy Jimenez. Going to plan a trip to South Bend to see a couple games there this summer. I stand by my statement about Chapman and Torres. Torres was too much to give up for a 2 month rental. They could have won it with someone else who would not have cost as much and perhaps done an even better job.

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