That is a good one; True Crime Garage is another one.

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Len lets hope that your posting here is the start of a nice 5 game win streak over the shitbirds from St Louis. Fuck the Cardinals!

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Don show him "the .gif" I would loss my shit if he said, "Don Tiny post the .gif!" after a Cubs inning where they scored in bunches over the Cardinals.

Alright, I stand corrected Kasper.

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Is that all? Where's my fucking apology?

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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

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That would be the height of my love for the cubs and this board.

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What's the closest you've come to being late for the start of a broadcast and how close of a call was it?

What caused you to be late, bad traffic, some type of emergency, too long of a nap, passed out on the shitter, etc.

What's protocol on that, do you call the production team and let them know you're working with a razor thin margin and they need to have a contingency plan?

Thats a good question that could be a cool story.

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I would probably pee myself ... with cause, for a change.

The general rule is the .gif below is posted when the offense busts out with enough runs in one inning to put them up at least 6 runs ... not a hard and fast rule, but that's the general idea.

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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

Every once in a while, I have a good idea.

Putin let you come announce a Great Russian hockey game where Putin score at least 7 goals. My comrades will get in touch with your comrades to set up trip. Putin never take "No" for answer. Ask your President.

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- Henry George

Meaning, it was my idea to bring it to Len. Not sure if Juiced just came up with the same idea and didnt see my post, but I demand credit.

this sounds like something you'd say to a dominatrix, especially the go cubs part.

hey len, do you get any attention from broadcast groupies in your travels? is there a colloquialism/term for them akin to "ring rats" in wrestling that's used amongst the players nowadays?

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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

Great to have you aboard, Len.

What are your thoughts on the Julie DiCaro thread?

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It's too large......... (I'll let myself out...)

I'm extremely sorry Joe, you were right..I Was WRONG..





Satisfied?

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Thank you, 312player.

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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

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Theo's stated philosophy (which his actions don't necessarily follow) is to pay for future, not past production in free agency. The size of the contract they gave him certainly indicates they were projecting continued growth from a guy who was still only 25 (I think that opt out clause supports that belief as well). Signing the exact guy offensively for that kind of money has to be considered a disappointment...and, of course, we all know being that exact guy has been his best case scenario while with the Cubs.

The Cubs didn't sign him to be the exact guy he was at the age of 25, so the only way you should be good with that is if your expectations were so lowered that decent play is considered maximization of his talent.

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My expectations were lowered by his last two years of play with the Cubs. Even last night, I didn't want to see him in key situations. I'll say pleasantly surprised of late and infinitely skeptical is my view of Heyward. He was an absolute waste of money, which will become readily apparent when the Cubs are unable to sign certain big money players down the road in part because of his contract (luxury tax issues).

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Take contract entirely out of the discussion, if you had a starting RF with Heyward's production you would continuously be looking to upgrade at that position. Maybe you would be satisfied to stand pat if other positions were more of a priority but that position would always be on your wish list.

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Based on this year, there would be no reason to look.

RF might be on my wish list, but a Cubs World Series has been crossed off that list. I will take a World Series Championship TEAM over Sammy Sosa "team" any day,

In the end, this is all that matters...

Right now, dollars per WAR for players signed to FA contracts is over $10M for 1 WAR. Heyward is on pace for 4.0 WAR. He is getting paid less than $40M, so his contract is a value to the Cubs.

Currently, he has the 10th highest WAR for RF.

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HEAVILY dependent on the inexact science of defensive metrics at a defensive position that ranks about 6 (maybe 7) out of 9 in defensive priority...but you know that

Also, if you are reintroducing contract back into the discussion, you would have to look at the entirety of the contract

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Nope, not this year. His WAR number is mostly from offense.

Seems high given his OPS is only .780.

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He has a 1.7 oWAR, and a 2.3 total WAR.

But oWAR + dWAR != WAR

Either way, his 1.7 oWAR is in the top half of MLB for RF.

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