National League Division Series: Game 1 Thread
The Cubs avoided a ninth inning disaster to hold onto their lead in game three of the Wild Card Series. They'll advance to an NLDS against the Brewers. The best-of-five series begins in Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon. Matthew Boyd gets the first start for the Cubs. He kicked things off in the Wild Card Series with 4.1 innings pitched, allowing one earned run on four hits and a walk. He'll be going on short rest but only threw 58 pitches...
NL Wild Card Series: Game 3 Thread
The Cubs fell behind the Padres 3-0 in Game 2 and could not overcome the dominant Padres bullpen, which put up 5.1 innings of one-hit pitching. That evened the series at 1-1 and forces a deciding game three. The Cubs will send Jameson Taillon out to start things on the mound. Taillon had a solid 2025 with a stronger first half and some uneveness in the second half. He pitched 6.0 against St. Louis in his last start, striking out eight, walking two, ...
a predictable media day,. but still worth discussing
2025 Arizona Fall League Preview / Primer
10/1 UPDATE : C Logan Poteet has been added to the Mesa Solar Sox Taxi Squad. 9/10 UPDATE : RHP Koen Moreno has been added to the Mesa Solar Sox roster as the Cubs 5th pitcher, and RHP Thomas Mangus has replaced LHP Christopher Gordon on the MSS roster. Also, Nick Lovullo (South Bend manager) has been assigned to the Solar Sox as the team's bench coach. ORIGINAL POST 9/4 : ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE (AFL) : The Arizona Fall Le...
2025 NL Wild Card Series: Game 2 Thread
With the Cubs down 1-0 in the top of the fifth, Craig Counsell pulled Matthew Boyd from game one of the NL Wild Card Series. Boyd had only thrown 58 pitches and allowed a single run, but the Cubs had escaped situations with runners on third with some good fortune and good defense. A pair of defensive saves by Dansby Swanson kept the Cubs trailing by just one run. The top of the Padres lineup came around and Counsell called in Daniel Palencia. He allow...
Bulls have leverage in a veteran extension negotiation if they do it now
should be no surprise "our constant" is back for another Bulls run
details to come on how much the Bulls screwed themselves
the AKME era, purportedly about player development and needing to win on the margins, has eschewed an entire type of league currency
info on the known and unknown guys playing in Vegas
as the league buzzes with activity, The Chicago Bulls only provide entertainment through ridicule
they are so bad at trades!
no creativity or ambition either, skip
a lazy, cheap organization so focused on middling improvement needs Essengue addition to be substantial
they have their picks, they have their full roster, and they think it's trending correctly so why think we'll see anything significant?
on the worst "trying" team in baseball The Rockies, despite sweeping the Nats, are historically bad. They are on pace for 37 wins. There literally should be calls from the game to replace the owner because things are so non-competitive in Denver. The White Sox are in a similar spot, Reinsdorf aging into a worse version of himself as owner often do stuck with a "back in my day we didn't pay players so much" mentality, trying to squeeze every last dollar from the team for...
a new low, though their overall irrelevance works in their favor
objective observers: this is a major offseason for Chicago | Bulls: lol, lmao even
This doesn't have anything to do with the Cubs series. 1 of 3 from the Cubs is what should be expected and seeing Gore look like an ace again is great. However, we are in the "stats are real now" part of the season and last time we looked at the kids whose stats said real good things about them. CJ Abrams continues to be cool but I noted his propensity for extended cold streaks was keeping him from being special. That's not the point, he's still overall good. The only one with a real issue out...
the Bulls don't owe Giddey anything this summer, why act otherwise?
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With the current bleak outlook for this Anaheim Ducks squad, there hasn’t been much to look forward to. Injuries every other minute, the offense running dry and completely fabricated Frank Seravalli rumors, it’s been tough. So, trying to find brevity in this season, a new wrinkle has developed. Corey Perry, the third leading points scorer in Ducks history, is free to sign with a team again. This comes after his contract termination from the Chicago Blackhawks and a s...
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A less-than-ideal accomplishment for the Bears in the Pros coincides with our struggles at Memorial Stadium. Despite the struggles of the California Golden Bears to be ranked or relevant in college football, we’ve had a puzzlingly rich history of success in the NFL. For instance, for the 21 NFL seasons from 1999–2019, 14 of those Super Bowl s featured a Golden Bear on the winning ...
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The Fire made a few moves as preseason looms, while the Academy is also building for the future. The Chicago Fire ’s preseason kicks off tomorrow, and the team’s roster for the 2023 season is taking shape. A pair of new defensive reinforcements were brought in this week, and while neither will be starters, they fill holes in the squad and provide depth. While two were brought in, Stanislav Ivanov left the club by mutual consent and is now a free agent. Ther...
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The 2023 schedule is out and that means the return of the Hot Cast! Ruben and RJ return to talk first about the last month or so of soccer. From the World Cup and Xherdan Shaqiri’s performances to the tragedy surrounding Grant Whal’s passing. Then they talk bout Jhan Duran’s situation. What clubs are coming for him, and where the best place for him to end up would be. After that, they transition into talking about the Fire’s schedule. What are the most...
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In this episode of The Long 2, it’s playoff prognostication and player adds by position! This week Brandon and Natty discuss four possible playoff scenarios: the Denver Nuggets vs the Dallas Mavericks , the Toronto Raptors vs the Chicago Bulls , the Minnesota Timberwolves vs the Memphis Grizzlies , and the Brooklyn Nets vs the Philadelphia 76ers .
Then, Brandon and Natty suggest adds for the upcoming week, a player per position each, all avai...