As 2023 winds to a close since the Cubs aren’t gonna do much in the way of transactions anyway, it’s a good time to share this masterpiece from Joey Votto and suggest that they just invite him to spring training for the yuks.
Being a free agent is like that scene from Gravity where Sandra Bullock detaches from the Explorer. You’re all alone, no one is answering your calls, and you don’t know if you’ll get back to base. Your only hope is George Clooney saving you.
Ladies and Gentlemen I’m very sorry my ex employer Fox would be this irresponsible on National TV this morning. Yes I’m alive and doing well. This blows my mind also. pic.twitter.com/FWGlVwOIFS
Weirdly the team x first round draft pick column doesn’t require it to be a player that team took in the first round, based on one of the most common answers.
Badgers with a moral victory vs a very good LSU team. Save the last drive, the offense finally looks like what we were hoping for when they hired Fickell. Dairy Raid indeed (dying laughing)
The only other Yankees Cy Young guy I could think of was Whitey Ford but I thought that might be as high as Clemens…for a historic franchise they didn’t have a lot of CYA guys, especially since the award didn’t start until the 50s
And now that Craig has his coaching staff, the Cubs can finally do some transactions (dying laughing)
The #Cubs today announced Craig Counsell’s 2024 major league coaching staff.
Ryan Flaherty has been named bench coach, Darren Holmes as bullpen coach, Mark Strittmatter as major league field coordinator and John Mallee as assistant hitting coach. Ten coaches are returning from… pic.twitter.com/BnDN7rmEER
The next major deadline is 1/12, when players and teams exchange arb numbers, so at least we know there will be some form of news in the next couple weeks…
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Armando Benitez!
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Maybe Casamigos has a company softball team
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berselius,
Joey would break so many car windows across the park
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Did FOX report that Frank Thomas died?
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Rice Cube,
Based on my discussions with others, it was this other Frank Thomas who died –> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(outfielder)
But FOX News decided to put the one we know better instead.
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(dying laughing) some intern is never coming back
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Unfortunate part of doing this early in the morning is forgetting that they haven’t enshrined Pujols yet
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Embarrassingly, the Cubs row was more than half of this.
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Atlanta just traded for Chris Sale because why not
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1741174548991553824?t=zYLZO7hTZ5CDuF0WwhdyrQ&s=19
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Not missing you, Mike McCarthy clock management
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Wasn’t able to avoid Clemente.
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Whee
Happy New Year y’all
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Halladay was the major landmine for me today.
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Weirdly the team x first round draft pick column doesn’t require it to be a player that team took in the first round, based on one of the most common answers.
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This bodes poorly for 2024 (dying laughing)
Also pitcher wins are dumb
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Surprised you didn’t get Steve Stone for Baltimore 20 wins.
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Perkins,
I tried Scott Erickson but he was with Minnesota when he did it
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Cubs still in a free agent shutout is kind of annoying but we got a month-plus before we really need to panic
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/each-teams-free-agent-spending-thus-far.html?utm_source=twitter
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Gz to Iowa for the greatest punting season in cfb history
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Badgers with a moral victory vs a very good LSU team. Save the last drive, the offense finally looks like what we were hoping for when they hired Fickell. Dairy Raid indeed (dying laughing)
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I don’t think I’ve watched football on purpose for a while except last night when we saw the Packers destroy the Vikings at a sushi restaurant
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I think only like 2 or 3 Padres ever have won the Cy Young and I happened to pick one who wasn’t Blake Snell
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I loved it when Keisean Nixon threw Justin Jefferson through the sushi bar.
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I used Peavy for Padres CYA, but Clemens kinda tanked my score.
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The only other Yankees Cy Young guy I could think of was Whitey Ford but I thought that might be as high as Clemens…for a historic franchise they didn’t have a lot of CYA guys, especially since the award didn’t start until the 50s
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Rice Cube,
I didn’t know Whitey Ford but figured Cole would be the most popular choice. He was, but I think everyone else also just remembered those two.
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And now that Craig has his coaching staff, the Cubs can finally do some transactions (dying laughing)
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The next major deadline is 1/12, when players and teams exchange arb numbers, so at least we know there will be some form of news in the next couple weeks…
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New stuff, and now the Cubs will sign somebody interesting because that’s how this stuff works, right? –> http://www.obstructedview.net/new-year-boredom/
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