OT: Other Sports 83

[Kurtosis]

Trading guys that hit as good as Smith did year 1 to get a rental is what teams that don’t play in the big boy market do. They won’t re-sign him either. Ricketts is a f***, doesn’t matter.

What if they re-sign him though?

 

[HeisenBaez]

Trading guys that hit as good as Smith did year 1 to get a rental is what teams that don’t play in the big boy market do. They won’t re-sign him either. Ricketts is a f***, doesn’t matter.

God bless TLEH. Can't you take a day off from your doom boner? Let us enjoy this for a few days before you bring us down.

 

[Mrfenn92]

What if they re-sign him though?

They aren’t

 

[TLEH]

What if they re-sign him though?

If they do I’ll be happy because it’ll mean they spent a f*** ton of money.

 

[Kurtosis]

They aren’t

Guess we’ll see.

 

[TLEH]

God bless TLEH. Can't you take a day off from your doom boner? Let us enjoy this for a few days before you bring us down.

Just the reality of Chicago fandom. Shitty owners that don’t care about winning.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I mean... the ceiling right now in Chicago is a mediocre Cubs team seemingly not willing to spend big. We're in a sports winter here.

But Illini football is fun!

 

[HeisenBaez]

Just the reality of Chicago fandom. Shitty owners that don’t care about winning.

I understand that. I ask for one day of not being miserable about Chicago sports. Bears are going to bring my mood back down soon enough.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Aw man, Illini….

 

[Mrfenn92]

Cody Bellinger to the Yankees with $5 million in cash for relief pitcher Cody Poteet

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Just what Sox needed another soon to be 30 yr old C who cant hit worth a damn

The Cubs had purchased his contract a few weeks ago

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Who cares? They need bodies, nothing more than a backup catcher.

Can't imagine putting any effort into giving a crap about who's on the roster this year.

 

[Behn Wilson]

Wish Cubs would have kept Belli, oh well.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Cubs are poised to be by far the best team in Chicago with barely any effort on their part, and they're making weak money-saving trades and signing whatevers in free agency (okay, this is a bit much, Tucker is good, but still though).

.... yay....

 

[Pez68]

Who cares? They need bodies, nothing more than a backup catcher.

Can't imagine putting any effort into giving a crap about who's on the roster this year.

I don't really care who's on the roster for the next decade, truth be told.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

I don't really care who's on the roster for the next decade, truth be told.

Pretty much.

Meanwhile, it finally became public that Justin Ishbia wanted to buy the team (had heard this privately about a year ago). That's had me depressed all week knowing he'll end up with the Twins.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Sammy getting back into the fold

 

[TLEH]

Its a disgrace he's been gone this long. Guy was a Cub through and through.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Its a disgrace he's been gone this long. Guy was a Cub through and through.

Agreed. It was a bullshit stance by ricketts

 

[x Tame Impala]

I’ll never understand baseball fan’s acceptance of steroids. The juice didn’t turn them into amazing hitters out of nowhere but their numbers were heavily inflated. The league wanted records to be broken and they did it by cheating.

The difference between Ken Griffey Jr. and Sosa/McGuire was nothing more than steroids. Bonds was a 40hr guy until all of a sudden he was the deadliest hitter in the history of the game.

 

[Pez68]

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Sammy getting back into the fold

This guy might be the biggest juicer of the juicing era. He is also quite obviously ashamed of being a person of color. f*** Sammy Sosa. Seriously.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Sosa was a major force behind saving baseball after the strike, and he roided up at a time when loads of people were doing it and borderline the entire business side of things, media, and fans were willingly ignoring it. It's not like today where it's supposedly well-tested against, established as a punishable offense, and seemingly rare. I don't get still being mad at players in that scenario two+ decades later. Might as well be mad at the loads of players that used greenies way back in the day.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

CFP Friday.

Let's Go.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Biggest game in Indiana Football history.

Even if they don't win, hoping they compete at least and show the country they belong.

 

[GIADF]

ND didn't exactly have the toughest scheduled, but the only team Indiana beat that had an above .500 record was Michigan. I'd be surprised if they lost by less than 10 points tonight.