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11-02-2016, 11:33 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
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Send Chapman back out...
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11-02-2016, 11:33 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Alright Joe. Trot out Edwards, that's fine.
GET ANOTHER PITCHER LOOSE. GET TWO LOOSE. |
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11-02-2016, 11:36 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Not sure why nobody else warming up. Not a single remaining pitcher in the Maddon trust tree I guess. Edwards game to save/lose I guess.
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11-02-2016, 11:38 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp
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Nice pitch to strike out Napoli
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11-02-2016, 11:41 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
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It's only fitting if this game gets the tying or go-ahead run to the plate here
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11-02-2016, 11:44 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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That's a 25 year old pitcher from Newberry, SC.
Think about yourself at 25 for just a moment. You think you could handle this?
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11-02-2016, 11:45 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Jesus fucking christ.
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11-02-2016, 11:47 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
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I expect this to be interrupted by a zombie apocalypse...
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11-02-2016, 11:48 PM
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High School Varsity
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp
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Congrats Cubs!
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11-02-2016, 11:48 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
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Congrats Cubs fans.
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11-02-2016, 11:48 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
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Epstein should be in the HOF tomorrow.
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11-02-2016, 11:48 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Congratulations Cubs. And Cubs fans.
The curse is lifted.
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11-02-2016, 11:50 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Morgan Hill, CA
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Congrats Cubs fans. Although it does suck to no longer have an amazing streak to look at.
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11-02-2016, 11:53 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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Great game !
Congrats to Cubs and Cubs fans!
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11-02-2016, 11:55 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Amazing.
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11-02-2016, 11:56 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Colorado Springs
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Holy. Fucking. Shit. |
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11-02-2016, 11:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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11-03-2016, 12:00 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
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That classic Harry Carey Budweiser commercial was a great choice.
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11-03-2016, 12:01 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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FANTASTIC spot by Budweiser. Bravo.
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11-03-2016, 12:04 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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I told my father the same thing when he was coming in. He's in a position that maybe 10 or 15 people in the history of the game have been in and he's a 25 year old kid. I think the kid did ok even though he did give up a hit and a walk. |
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11-03-2016, 12:19 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Minnesota
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11-03-2016, 12:20 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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So it's now 1:20 am, we're however deep into the postgame.
Not one second with anyone from the Indians. Now that's fine by me but I don't think I've ever seen that happen before.
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11-03-2016, 12:25 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Minnesota
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Im very partial but this may even top the 91 series considering the teams and the streaks involved in this matchup. We got a good mixture of pitching and offense in this series.
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11-03-2016, 05:53 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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I did not see it but I could buy into this scenario for every sport every year.
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
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11-03-2016, 07:29 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Congratulations to the Cubs and their fans. It's been a long time coming.
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11-03-2016, 07:32 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
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Well, that is streak I enjoyed.
Congrats to the Cubs and their fans.
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11-03-2016, 07:34 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Burke, VA
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I'm still crying
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11-03-2016, 07:39 AM
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Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Chicago, Ill
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I have no idea how I made it to work this morning. And yet, I feel like I could easily run my first marathon on adrenaline alone.
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11-03-2016, 08:39 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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Now to hope the Cubs fans stay quaint and charming and don't go all Red Sox fans on us
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11-03-2016, 08:41 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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I remember when John Lackey was given the ball in game 7 for the Angels. It was pretty crazy as I think he was 24 years old |
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11-03-2016, 09:25 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
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For four years I lived within walking distance of Wrigley Field (and went past it every day for a couple years on my commute). The scene outside the stadium as they won was just incredible.
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11-03-2016, 09:26 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
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This is one of those games where you knew you were watching something special as it was taking place. . . but it gets even better the next day. What a special game. Simply amazing.
I still think Maddon botched the pitching and have ZERO idea why he seemed so excited about taking out a pitcher who had an ERA under 1.50 for the postseason and was a key cog in them getting there in the first place. I don't think I will ever understand that move. The look of joy on Bryants face as he grabbed the ball and threw it to first will be something I will remember for a long time. Three things I don't think people will talk about enough: 1 - The tag up at first base which set up that entire game winning sequence last night. 2 - Chapman pitching that 9th inning. He could have easily caved. That was an amazing inning. 3 - The OVERALL game from Davis. Both good and bad. The good: How clutch can you get with that HR at bat? Fouls off pitches and then lines one into left. Amazing. The at bat in the 10th. Again, solid and a hard lined shot. The bad: Two kind of lazy throws. He should have thrown out Bryant, he should have thrown the guy out at second. |
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11-03-2016, 12:49 PM
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Grey Dog Software
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Phoenix, AZ by way of Belleville, IL
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Congrats to the Cubs fans. We may be rivals during the season, but I've got nothing but love for you guys after this championship. Enjoy it!
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11-03-2016, 12:58 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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This please  .It's amazing to realize that in the last 12 years that 3 of the longest baseball streaks in history fell - the 2004 Boston Red Sox winning for the first time since 1918, the 2005 Chicago White Sox winning for the first time since 1917 (the one people tend to forget - but BTW look at that symmetry! The White Sox and Red Sox won back to back WS in 1917 and 1918 and then didn't win again until back to back WS in 2004 and 2005) and now the 2016 Chicago Cubs.
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11-03-2016, 01:35 PM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Somewhere More Familiar
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Don't forget the Giants. Not quite that same length, but 56 years is nothing to shake a stick at.
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11-03-2016, 01:40 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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As it turned out they came back from the next commercial break after I posted & we heard from Francona. I definitely wasn't complaining about the absence of it, but it really stood out as unusual to me.
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11-03-2016, 04:43 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Jun 2002
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What a freaking amazing series. On the edge of my seat for most of the series as the Cubs never seemed to be able to put games away and the Indians were pretty incredible at times. As I life long Cubs fan I sat there after the final out speechless. Funny thing is that I watched the last three innings with my two sons (24 and 17) who really have no interest in baseball but were right there with me down the stretch biting their nails just as intensely as I was. My 17 year old son actually made each of the World Series games must see TV. I had a lot of fun explaining to him the little ins and outs of baseball that he did not learn from a couple years of little league. So this World Series will always hold a special spot in my heart above and beyond the fact that the Cubbies emerged victorious.
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11-03-2016, 07:35 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Land O Lakes FL
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For those of us of a certain age, this is another one of those amazing facts that came about with the Cubs winning the World Series last night.
There are 18 year old Chicago sports fans who have experienced the Cubs winning a title but have never experienced the Bulls or Bears winning one. Damn.
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946 |
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11-03-2016, 08:02 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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Agreed, enjoy this Cubs fans, you definitely deserved it!!! |
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11-03-2016, 08:03 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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I liked this tidbit so much I borrowed it for my FB wall.
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11-04-2016, 12:52 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
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Tom Ricketts looks way too much like Ted Cruz.
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11-04-2016, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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On a similar note, the post-game coverage the other night was the first time I ever realized that Theo looks a fair bit like John Cena.
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11-04-2016, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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A reported 5 MILLION people attended the victory parade and celebrations in Chicago today.
 5 Million People Attend Cubs Rally And Parade, City Estimates - Downtown - DNAinfo Chicago
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11-04-2016, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Where Hip Hop lives
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And shockingly, everyone there claimed to have been in attendance for Game 7 in Cleveland.
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11-08-2016, 11:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Congrats to Salvy on a fourth straight Gold Glove. Catchers are like an offensive lineman.......you don't know how good of a job they're doing until you have a bad one.
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11-11-2016, 05:02 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Earth, the semi-final frontier.
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11-11-2016, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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With pitchers so old that they were there when they inaugurated the last one and the one before that?
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11-14-2016, 07:49 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Colon will be great at that price. Mets should have kept him.
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11-14-2016, 07:58 AM
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General Manager
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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You don't realize how important it is till the playoffs. Cubs would have been in trouble without Ross and Contreras gunning down runners all playoff long. I'm firmly in the camp now of I don't care how bad they are offensively, I just want a good defensive catcher. |
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11-14-2016, 08:29 AM
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General Manager
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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That and also a catcher who handles the calls for the pitching staff well. Offense is just a bonus. |
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