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crunch 1 day 12 hours ago (view)

...and wisdom replaces mervis on the mound to try to get the last out.

busch is at 3rd, but i wouldn't read too much into that.

wisdom's thrown a couple in the 80s (one of them 88mph), but both missed the strike zone badly.

crunch 1 day 12 hours ago (view)

matt mervis is no david ross on the mound.

cubs run differential getting destroyed.

crunch 1 day 12 hours ago (view)

matt mervis pitching...wisdom replaces morel at 3rd.

he's featuring some high-50s thunder on the fastball.

through 15 pitches, he's straight up throwing BP...all mid-high 50s lobs.  no way he's going to jose canseco himself out of a job.

on pitch 21 he railed a 75mph fastball missing high on a 0-1 count.  ha.

crunch 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

he's hugging canario in the dugout cuz morel will shrivel up and die if he doesn't hug at least a dozen people a day.

crunch 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

and morel is injured...nice.

morel trying to play LF from 3rd...runs into canario while leaping and comes down ribs/arm-first.

hopefully he sticks around to finish this terrible game, or at least is going to avoid the IL.

TarzanJoeWallis 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

Amen to that last point!

crunch 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

jeez...

0.2ip 3h 1bb 1k, 2 HBP, 1 WP...5 r/er

crunch 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

uhh...8m manager...do 8m worth of managing.

crunch 1 day 13 hours ago (view)

umm counsell...think little might not have it today...you know...maybe...

crunch 1 day 15 hours ago (view)

it's a "for cash considerations" trade.

cooper is a 1st/DH only type, but that's practically a freebie for BOS.  i was expecting some AAA fodder gamble on the same level rather than cash.  he showed up decent in spring + his limited time with the cubs.

given BOS's extreme need for a 1st, this is a steal for them.

Cubster 1 day 14 hours ago (view)

Red Sox get G Cooper, I doubt if the Cubs get anything in terms of personnel.

videographer 1 day 16 hours ago (view)

An excellent Earl Weaver chain smoking reference.  

Dolorous Jon Lester 1 day 19 hours ago (view)

I think it’s a bit of a chicken or egg scenario. Did they make these trades because they saw what was coming and weren’t impressed and knew to keep up with the demand for constant winning thru had to acquire impact players? Or did those additions cause a failure of resource allocation elsewhere.

In addition, the whole they traded to acquire a star, that’s precisely what organizations should do if they feel they’re a piece away. Keep developing talent, but sometimes you need to supplement that talent. It’s what the best run organizations do. Atlanta does it. Houston in their prime run did it. Nationals during their prime run did it. Of course dodgers did it. Boston and Philadelphia too. Hell, the Cubs did it when they won. There’s no team that has had sustained success that has solely relied on their own internal development. It just doesn’t happen. I wouldn’t fault St Louis for that. What I suspect happened is in that 2020 season, in an effort to save money, they cut budget from developing and scouting. Or maybe the wrong guys got poached by other orgs. Regardless, blaming the acquisition of two of the best players of their generation for peanuts, seems off base to me.

I do agree that we’ve more or less come to the same conclusion, but our paths to that conclusion contain almost no crossover. I think we can also agree that seeing the cardinals struggle brings a warmth to our hearts.

CubbyBlue 1 day 22 hours ago (view)

(LAUGH EMOJI)

Arizona Phil 2 days 7 hours ago (view)

azbobbop: Yes. 

Mike Wellman 2 days 7 hours ago (view)

I’ve got Tim’s The Last Out too, along with some other prints of his work.

TarzanJoeWallis 2 days 9 hours ago (view)

Very well played game all around tonight.

crunch 2 days 10 hours ago (view)

best starter and 2 top hitters from the team gone...and they keep on winning.

little ahead of myself here, but the RSox got 9 outs to find 6+ runs.

TarzanJoeWallis 2 days 10 hours ago (view)

Richard Gallardo just left the Smokies game with an arm injury after going to the ground following a pitch. Doesn’t sound good at all.

azbobbop 2 days 10 hours ago (view)

Phil, do you think Wiggins will start out in ACL?