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Why Wouldn’t He Just Do It Again?

Sam Fels January 20, 2020 0

As expected, Cubs Convention passed without much in the way of actual news. I don’t know where the idea came from that the Cubs liked to do an “unveiling” of someone at every convention, because as far as I can recall it only happened once with Kerry Wood and boy didn’t

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FFUD Hot Stove Roundtable – Round 2: The Scales Continue To Tip

Sam Fels January 17, 2020 0

Gathered the three baseball wisemen here to go over the offseason again. The Sox appear to be done…and so do the Cubs, but in wildly different fashion. How are we all feeling? So we’re just over a month away from pitchers and catchers, and it feels like the Sox are pretty much done. Everyone feeling […]

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Desipio Podcast – Unable To Find Catharsis

Sam Fels January 16, 2020 0

Been a while, but I have returned to the Desipio Podcast to talk about all things Cubs. There’s more yelling on this one than I’m comfortable with. Enjoy.  Desipio Podcast – Daddy Bought Them A Baseball Team

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Cubs Trade Tony Kemp, Which Shouldn’t Matter, But Kind Of Does, Which Is Sad

Sam Fels January 13, 2020 0

It’s a minor move, and it was hard to figure where Tony Kemp would fit onto this team anyway. In fact, the whole thing with Kemp was weird, as he was received for Martin Maldonado, whom the Cubs only had for a couple of weeks while Contreras was hurt. And they gave up an actual […]

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Trading Quintana, DH, Other Stuff

Sam Fels January 10, 2020 0

Dreary Fridays lend themselves to notes and the like. So we’ll do that for baseball too today. -As the Cubs still look for ways to dig under the luxury tax threshold like Fantastic Mr. Fox, one option that will probably gain steam (if it hasn’t already) is moving along Jose Quintana. It certainly wouldn’t cause […]

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Is This Anything?

Sam Fels January 8, 2020 0

I guess this is what we Cubs fans have been reduced to this winter. Considering whether or not something that would normally sound like galaxy-brained four-dimensional chess that everyone would  laugh out of the room is actually a thing worth pursuing. Or even based in any kind of reality. But hey, the way things are […]

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My Only Hope

Sam Fels January 6, 2020 0

It’s not the best place to be if you’re like me, where the only respite from the dreariest possible Cubs offseason is the Hawks. If you lean more to the Bulls, well, it’s not much better for you, is it? When was the last time we were envious of White Sox fans? Fuck. What a […]

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No, The Nationals Don’t Have Enough For Kris Bryant, So Shut Up

Sam Fels January 3, 2020 0

I’m going to have to keep doing this until it actually happens I guess, but as some in greater Cubdom try to rationalize trading Kris Bryant, which can’t be rationalized, I’m just going to have to sit here and tell you how stupid all they are. Because they’re stupid, y’see. And I’m not. Clearly. The […]

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The Devil Is Always In The Details, But Not Absolution

Sam Fels December 20, 2019 0

This one’s been making the rounds the past 24 hours or so. Brett over at Bleacher Nation did some awfully deep digging into the CBA to find out what a second year over the luxury tax threshold would cost the Cubs in total. It’s…dense, but worth your time. If you can’t make your way through […]

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My Brian Hurt Like A Warehouse, It Had No Room To Spare

Sam Fels December 17, 2019 0

I’m with you, dear reader. I know you’ve come here of late, perhaps the past couple months, and all you find is anger and despair. That’s not very fun. And we could sit here and say it’s not our fault. We didn’t make the Hawks, Cubs, and Bears so frustrating, and the White Sox a […]