Since trades happened, a podcast also has to happen as we discuss…
- The legend of Christopher Morel
- The ramifications of adding Isaac Paredes (and hopefully more)
- Our thoughts for the rest-of-season
- Softball etiquette
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The PCA play we mentioned
https://www.mlb.com/cubs/video/pete-crow-armstrong-escapes-a-rundown?partnerId=web_multimedia-search_video-share
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40 HR column was tough for rarity, especially the Tigers.
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The Dodgers flipped Ricky Vanasco.
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I can’t believe how many people remembered Doug Mientkiewicezzczczc or however it was spelled
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JaredMichael Lorenzen —–> RoyalsberseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
(also RIP Jared Lorenzen, a real one)
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Ricky Vaughn under an assumed name?
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berselius,
The phrase “flip him for Ricky Nolasco” rings in my ears from the memed reactions to Al’s trade fantasies 15 years ago. (dying laughing)
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The Cardinals are getting Fedde and Pham in exchange for good vibes, somehow.
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andcounting,
I hope they get slapped
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There is a very good chance the White Sox were confused about which Vargas they were getting from the Cardinals system, which would be hilarious if it weren’t the Cardinals that benefited from the mistake.
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Damn arms
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Unless I missed it in the last 30 seconds, Taillon has not been traded and still starts tonight
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Belli—->Cubs
No roster move needed since Paredes isn’t yet with the team.
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White Sox –> still dysfunctional
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40676297/white-sox-gm-getz-taken-aback-crochet-camp-usage-stance
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Not having your new guy or the returning slugger in tonight’s lineup has yielded predictable results thus far, but third time through comes soon
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Wow this team…so frustrating yet you can’t look away
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I don’t think you can call a HBP intentional when the guy throwing the ball has no idea where it’s going
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For their next trick, the Cubs should try to score before the 9th
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Didn’t think these types of trades happened much anymore but there it is
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/reds-trade-frankie-montas-brewers.html
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Jorge Soler –> ATL
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/braves-finalizing-deal-for-jorge-soler.html
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Needed a moment to remember a TBR-STL who was less obvious than Tommy Pham or EJax.
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Good luck Leiter Jr
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/yankees-to-acquire-mark-leiter-jr.html
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To-day’s base ball squadron:
1 lan Happ LF
2 Michael Busch 1B
3 Seiya Suzuki RF
4 Cody Bellinger DH
5 Isaac Paredes 3B
6 Nico Hoerner 2B
7 Dansby Swanson SS
8 Pete Crow-Armstrong CF
9 Miguel Amaya C
Justin Steele
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This deadline is everything, everywhere, all at once.
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Miles——> M-AAA-strobuoni
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I know it’s hard to hit high 90s but I wish the Cubs were better at it
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I would also love it if our presumed ace would stop sucking ass
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Cubs celebrating a quiet trade deadline by getting their ass beat.
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Morel!
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andcounting,
Morel is going to win an AL MVP in the next couple years, isn’t he?
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Perkins,
I hope so. When he’s in a groove, he’s absolutely electric.
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Belli bomb was cool…
Roberts refusing to throw fastballs not so much, guess that is by design
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Alas, another series lost
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It’s objectively hilarious that the White Sox are 27-82 yet (and I’m guessing here) have had 8th-inning leads in 137 games.
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Not sure if it includes tonight’s blown save, but the White Sox have the 9th most save opportunities in baseball (45) yet the fewest saves (17!!!!!!!!!!).
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andcounting,
Glad our bullpen isn’t that bad, he said most sarcastically
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Rice Cube,
It’s hard even to know what the most shocking part is: that their bullpen is so bad or that a team with only 27 wins has been in position to get a save 45 times (and ten of those wins came with no save at all). I can’t imagine what caring about that team would feel like.
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andcounting,
Almost makes you think Grifol should win some kind of obscene manager of the year award because all that is impressive in the wrong way
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I think I chose one of the least likely Pirates HOFers and yet
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I had trouble thinking obscure for BAL-PHI and PIT-TOR.
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Grifol sounds like a man who knows he’ll never manage another MLB team, but is still trying to get fired.
https://x.com/shane_riordan/status/1818384183091208584
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Perkins,
Probably good news for another rando the happens to be down the hall from Reinsdorf’s office. It worked for Chris Getz!
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berselius,
Why waste the time searching for the best candidate when you can get a head start with someone who might be good? I’m paraphrasing, but that was literally Reinsdorf’s reasoning for giving the job to Getz.
I often wish the Rickettses allowed Hoyer to operate more like a big market POBO, but at least they’re not Jerry.
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To-day’s baseball squadron
LF Happ
3B Paredes
RF Suzuki
DH Bellinger
1B Wisdom
2B Hoerner
SS Swanson
C Bethencourt
CF PCA
SP Cyle
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I do like seeing the Cubs provide offense.
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Kyle Hendricks needs a much shorter leash but I guess circumstances and the schedule require some extra risk, this sucks though.
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Happ makes it suck less
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No sweep yay
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Power has been out all night but I just saw that Morel homered again, god love him.
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I realize it almost certainly won’t matter, but maybe the Cubs should have lined it up so that Hendricks would pitch in the Cardinals series.
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Neat. 9/9 Cubs with some deep cuts.
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Looks like the Cubs are getting Motorola sponsor patches on their uniforms. I’d hate it less if I thought that money would actually go back into baseball operations, but we all know it won’t.
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Perkins,
There’s still room on the other arm for a North Shore Adult Diapers ad
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Perkins,
At least Motorola is pretty innocuous, I’m just glad it isn’t Fox News or some crypto/goldbug or gambling site.
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berselius,
I think ATL is still that concrete company, some of those patches are just so bland
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berselius,
And now we have an M to invert.
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andcounting,
That requires Dansby to learn how to backflip
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Should the Cubs play in October…
https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-mlb-playoff-and-world-series-schedule
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Rice Cube,
The GOAT Simone Biles should be around Chicago this fall, maybe she can help.
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Adbert’s 2024 season is past tense.
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Dang it
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Go cubs boo cardinals
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Holy shit, Seiya.
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I think we all saw that coming.
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Screw that
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Late game drama
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OK
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TAUCH OFF
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Holy shit
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Apparently that walk off was sex
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Best part of that last play was how the Cardinals LF was just like “what’s the point”
https://www.mlb.com/cubs/video/cubs-secure-5-4-comeback-win-vs-cardinals?t=t112-default-vtp
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Bleah, 200 game winners
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Way more people than I’d expect remembered that Jon Lester played for the A’s.
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I’m a big fan of the fake fake rally in the 9th.
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andcounting,
Sammy Sosa it’s so real dot gif
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Oh let’s just have it so everyone can use it
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To-day’s base ball squadron
LF Happ
1B Busch
RF Suzuki
DH Bellinger
3B Paredes
2B Hoerner
SS Swanson
CF PCA
C Bethancourt
SP Assad
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Let’s go cubbies love tha cubs
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Whoa, Bethancourt can actually throw out baserunners, how novel.
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Seiya
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BETHANCOURT!!
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you unironically love to see it
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Hey this is fun
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That Bethancourt homer was a bit Extreme. Hashtag more than words.
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Busch baby!
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So this umpire is apparently a bastard
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Neris with the bases loaded, what could go wrong?
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The Big Squeeze
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Nope, not liking this inning or this umpire.
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Screw the closer. Or don’t, I can’t tell you who to love
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Also, Seiya is red hot right now
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cardinEls
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Update:
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W(ell), W(ell), W(ell).
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What does this mean?
Well, two in a row certainly changes things marginally re: my mood
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Amazing that this game still finished under 3 hours despite all the umpire-induced traffic on the bases
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First time Blake Snell ever pitches into the 9th and he gets a no-hitter.
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Bah, Jeter and Verlander.
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https://blogs.fangraphs.com/javier-assad-has-to-return-to-earth-eventually-right/
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berselius,
I didn’t read yet but the occasional wildness does sap whatever effectiveness he has
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berselius,
Yesterday’s start epitomized everything in this article. Really rough start, struggled with his command, only three strikeouts.
Oh, and allowed one run.
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andcounting,
Assad got the live chicken
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It would appear Simone Biles is still the
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BUSCHHHHHHHHH
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PCA
Also nice tribute to Joe Maddon (dying laughing)
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Getting runners in from 3B with fewer than 2 out is my jam
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What the fuck was that
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CubEs.
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Stupid stuff has happened, and in many ways I’m glad I could not see it
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I hope everyone in the Cardinals lineup not named Willson Contreras suffers a grade 4 hamstring tear.
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I would prefer no Cubs get killed in today’s game even if they don’t win
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Agree to disagree.
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Unfortunate
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Shitty, shitty game.
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That’s one of those goofy games where you assume whoever is supposed to lead the team should probably say something
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(dying laughing), just found myself regretting that the Cards managed to dodge Cyle in their four game series.
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Always a good day when I can use Todd Walker.
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Arenado honors Ryan Theriot, The Right Way
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Looks like Nico was called out on ball four.
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Miko(dying laughing)as
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Will Mikolas throw at the ump
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Believe it or not, I heard Steele give up the HR on the radio on the way home and then saw the Cubs tie the game on ESPN, bless the included cable package
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Suck on that Mikolas
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I’ll take 3/4 anytime, but it’s also annoying the Cubs were one dropped pop-up from a likely four game sweep.
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Perkins,
A poop-up if you will
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Avoided the usual suspects, at least.
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That sucked nicely
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Cubs today
LF Happ
1B Busch
3B Paredes
DH Bellinger
RF Tauchman
2B Hoerner
SS Swanson
CF PCA
C Amaya
Minnesota does not have Correa or Buxton going so that helps some for the North Siders
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Hold up (or don’t, etc.), do the Cubs really have a scheduled off day next SUNDAY?
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andcounting,
That seems not ideal for gate revenue but also it’s the White Sox
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andcounting,
This also happened a year or two ago, it’s super weird. I’m not sure what change (CBA?) prompted this to start happening.
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berselius,
Might be just the only way they could squeeze a dumb two-game interleague set into the schedule
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The Cubs should try getting men on base with fewer than two outs.
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I will say Paredes is a pretty massive improvement over Morel defensively.
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Well, at least the pitching was fine?
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Something about not being the White Sox
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Adbert throwing down:
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andcounting,
I love it
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Just so I remember, Maduro is the bad guy, right?
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berselius,
I especially love it because Adbert’s feed is basically, “GO CUBS GO, PLAY THE DAMN SONG,” “Nice,” “
,” and “Maduro’s a foul dictator, democracy will prevail, the voice of the people shall not be denied!”
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andcounting,
Viva la revolucion!
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Seems I missed a Paredes bomb while watching Star Trek
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When did Busch turn into Javy?
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7 innings of excellent Shota
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M —–> inverted
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Losing a no-hitter and shutout on a bomb with one out to go is a major groin kick
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Call your sons, call your daughters.…
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Realized I forgot to do this today
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The White Sox are now soaring, like the Hindenberg
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Adbert –> TJS
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Yesterday’s and today’s. A few deep cut Cubs in there.
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Could use a beer
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(dying laughing) at PCA pouring one out for the baseball Busch murdered.
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What an eventful inning so far
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Something about wishing they’d do this more often at the beginning of the season
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These current/recent Twins unis are ugly and boring.
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Perkins,
I hate the hats so much. I keep thinking they’re the Marlins.
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Them Expos got me
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Go Cubs
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Rice Cube,
don’t tell them what to do
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Practical question for the jabronii: any tips for recording a podcast when the hosts live in different cities? A friend and I are kicking around the idea of a Star Wars podcast that’s basically drinking and analyzing SW.
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Newer shit for the off day –> https://www.obstructedview.net/off-day-items/
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