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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

You think incorrectly.

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Fucking Rizzo said it.

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Elections have consequences.

No, it's funny that you didn't get that he was making fun of you clowns. A lot of you actually thought Schwarber was Ruth, Russell was Larkin, and many of you still think Bryant is a Hall of Fame lock.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

I remember the end of last season MLB tonight was discussing all the young shortstops and Harold Reynolds compared Russell to Larkin as well.

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What is it that makes you think that? His anemic OBP or his limp-wristed throws to first or just the fact that he wears a Cub uniform?

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

I'm sure Russell will become a better hitter with his next wife.

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The great defense and good power for a SS means if he has a career year, he might have a shot. Rational.

He's not one of the ten best shortstops let alone one of the ten best players, so I'll say it's not likely. But yeah, it could happen. Zoilo Versalles actually won one.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

Hey man. We're Cubs fans. Haven't had much to be excited about in our lifetimes of fandom. A few off the wall proclamations isn't the end of the world.

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I heard Theo compare Schwarber to Ruth and Rizzo and Kasper calling Russell a future MVP.

Not sure who "a lot of you" or "Cub fans" are. This has a Bernstein "everyone on Twitter" vibe.

I threw it out as a long shot prediction before this season. He was 6th in WAR among SS last year and 37th over all.

I wouldn't say a lock but his trajectory seems to be on track. Anything can happen but it isn't silly to think he isn't one of the best players in baseball right now.

High School POY
College POY
Minor League POY
MLB ROY
MLB MVP

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From a defensive side, he was supposed to be the guy that makes the easy plays consistently and makes the tough plays look easy, which is why I believe Baez doesn't play short anymore. Now he has these weird moments in the field that makes you wonder about his mental state out there. On offense, he's got power and a fast bat through the zone. He had a lot of RBI's last year, but otherwise he sees a lot of pitches and strikes out too often. Misses a lot out of the zone, as you'd expect from a young hitter.

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Wasn't it huge Cub fan Billy Beane who told Theo "'I just traded Barry Larkin" after the Samardzija deal?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

Yes.

People forget how young these guys are. Was Barry Larkin really Barry Larkin at 22 or 23 like Russell is right now? I'd wager that Larkin wasn't even in MLB at 22.

I'm not saying he will become Larkin but we really have no idea how good or bad Russell will be.

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He'll be lucky to have the career of Bobby Crosby

Jesse, the Cub expert for ESPN, said earlier this year that he "probably will make the Hall of Fame." That is not a paraphrase

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

No you don't and no they didn't and go ahead and lead the way in going both ways

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

Bobby Crosby was touted more than Russell. It's much more likely that Russell will end up like Crosby than Larkin. Just like it's more likely that Tim Anderson ends up as Lee Richard rather than Jimmy Rollins.

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

I love it when you invoke the name Zolio Versalles.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Crazy talk. He hasn't done anything yet and he's already 25. He's almost dead.

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You know me like that.

Addison Russell -

Similar Batters through 22
1. Frankie Crosetti (951.9)
2. Zoilo Versalles (939.3)

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You know me like that.

This is becoming a great board meme.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

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Im not being sarcastic.

Although I'll guess Russell's glove helps him stick around longer than Crosby. Maybe a JJ Hardy type

So when Sox fans do it, it is a parody. When Cubs fans do it, it is truth. Got it. And heaven help us if a media member makes any comment about the Cubs because then it becomes something that ALL Cubs fans believe 100%

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Jorr... Crosby had a career high of 64 rbi, Russell is in his third season and surpassed that easily thus far... Horrible Comp.

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