http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-cubs-20130116,0,235594.story
president Theo Epstein said the 2013 season can be considered a "failure" if the Cubs don’t make the playoffs.
“Otherwise, there’s no reason to show up or build a team,” Epstein said. “It’s postseason or bust every year. That’s what our goal is. That said, we’re obviously building for something greater, which is a time when we can expect to get into the postseason every year.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 20:50 (twelve years ago)
haha what the fuc
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 21:24 (twelve years ago)
shoot for the stars theo!
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 13 February 2013 21:27 (twelve years ago)
carlos marmol
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 1 April 2013 20:35 (twelve years ago)
wacky Samardzija line
5.2 IP, 4 ER, 4 BB, 13 K
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 April 2013 20:03 (twelve years ago)
+ badly timed wild pitches and a hit batsman
― The Complete Afterbirth of the Cool (WilliamC), Sunday, 7 April 2013 20:10 (twelve years ago)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/04/09/marmol-im-going-to-put-us-in-the-world-series/
loooooooool
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 20:12 (twelve years ago)
Well I guess it is better than throwing a temper tantrum and going bonkers like Zambrano did a couple of years ago.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 22:41 (twelve years ago)
http://pinterest.com/sammysosamr609/sammy-sosa-sammy-sosa-official-pinterest/
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 20:18 (twelve years ago)
def Cubs gonna blow this vibe w/ error, HBP, seeing-eye hits
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 April 2013 20:00 (twelve years ago)
i like Sammy's Eddie Munster hair!http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YZ-WyN8h2a4/Tz6Ib-e0h0I/AAAAAAAAT1o/iu4oT-BZnDw/s1600/eddie-munster.jpg
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 11 April 2013 20:53 (twelve years ago)
http://pauls.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/rizzocatch.gif
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 2 May 2013 21:10 (twelve years ago)
giving vince coleman flashbacks
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 May 2013 04:18 (twelve years ago)
should have let rizzo get this one too http://www.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26803409&partnerId=as_mlb_20130503_7693704
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 3 May 2013 20:16 (twelve years ago)
Ryan Sweeney sighting
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 02:46 (twelve years ago)
http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2013/5/12/4325452/anthony-rizzo-contract-cubs
smart but knowing the cubs he'll turn into bryan lahair overnight.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 13 May 2013 03:42 (twelve years ago)
good move imo, pretty much the only bright spot of the current lineup
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 13 May 2013 15:03 (twelve years ago)
Sweeney could probably homer more often than once every 2 years if he worked on his hitting as much as his hair.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 May 2013 21:09 (twelve years ago)
The Cubs are not very good, but they have already had two things in the past week that seem to be totally odds defying with Travis Wood hitting the grand slam and Dioneer Navarro hitting THREE HRs a couple days ago.
Got to say with their starting staff, Rizzo and Castro; the Cubs seem to have a nice nucleus coming together.
― earlnash, Friday, 31 May 2013 05:05 (twelve years ago)
they surprisingly demolished the white sox during the crosstown series, even the rained-out game was heading that way
agree they could be pretty good within a couple of years if everything goes right
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 31 May 2013 14:29 (twelve years ago)
kevin gregg is good now?
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 9 June 2013 21:22 (eleven years ago)
Wow, this fog is wild!
― Home Despot (WilliamC), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago)
i can't see the game but on the train coming home after work today i could see the crazy fog all through downtown/river north. it didn't look like fog, more like a cloud but at ground level.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago)
I thought it was clearing up there for a minute, but it's back full of cloud now.
― Home Despot (WilliamC), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvxhzrMX421r4d22do1_400.jpg
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago)
http://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/666da8352fcfb398dd2b46173b3111fb/tumblr_mo7dabVcRo1qzniimo1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 02:09 (eleven years ago)
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Cubs suspended Triple-A infielder Ian Stewart on Tuesday without pay for an indefinite period following his critical comments about the organization.
Stewart took to Twitter early Tuesday morning to vent his frustrations. He has played the entire season for Iowa, the Cubs' top minor league affiliate. He is due to make $2 million this year.
He tweeted: ''there (sic) going to let me Rott (sic) in AAA all season then non tender me after.''
Stewart also put the blame on Cubs manager Dale Sveum, writing: ''I think dale Doesn't like me and He's running the show.''
Stewart later apologized for his remarks.
''There's a loyalty clause in his contract that requires a certain standard of personal conduct and he didn't adhere to that. He'll be suspended,'' Cubs President Theo Epstein said.
''There was a personal attack on our manager which can't really be tolerated,'' he said.
Stewart has spent parts of the last seven years in the majors and is a career .232 hitter. He is hitting .164 with four home runs in 39 games with Iowa, and has committed six errors at third base.
Stewart injured his quadricpes in an intrasquad game in February and was later sent to Iowa for a minor league rehab assignment. The Cubs hadn't called him up this year.
Epstein said he was not suprised by Stewart's outburst on Twitter.
''Not really. I don't follow him but I know he's pretty active late at night and I know he's frustrated. It didn't fully surprise me,'' he said.
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r177/Laughinglarry/Smileys/Drunk_Emoticon.gif
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago)
^reminiscent of classic Bobby Valentine "Todd Hundley doesn't get enough sleep"
geez that Barney is a pretty good 2B
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 01:41 (eleven years ago)
carlos marmol designated for assignment! per deadspin, Marmol's strikeout rate, 11.67 per nine innings, is the fourth-best in baseball history (again, min. 400 innings)—but it also meant that they would walk. And did they ever. Marmol's walk rate, 6.07 per nine, is the seventh-highest in baseball history. http://deadspin.com/fare-thee-well-carlos-marmol-and-your-extreme-aversion-573598628
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago)
'ian stewart has been granted his unconditional release'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago)
Cubs having a decent streak, 10-6 in last couple weeks or so. They have a few arms. Cubs got to get Starlin Castro going again. They just need him getting contact and work on the power later. Nate Schierholtz has done well for the Cubs getting more playing time than he did with SF.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 10 July 2013 01:56 (eleven years ago)
trade soriano NOW
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 10 July 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago)
what the fuck
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Thursday, 11 July 2013 01:50 (eleven years ago)
I'm so glad I decided not to watch this game
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Thursday, 11 July 2013 01:52 (eleven years ago)
i'm so glad i picked up rick porcello so my team's ERA today would be less than 17.36
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Thursday, 11 July 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago)
PHOENIX -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Matt Garza was traded Monday to the Texas Rangers for four prospects, the team confirmed.
Tthe Cubs and Rangers finally worked out the details of a trade that will send third baseman Mike Olt and right-handed pitchers C.J. Edwards and Justin Grimm, plus a player to be named, to the Cubs in exchange for the veteran right-hander.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 22 July 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago)
it's only low-a, but c.j. edwards has put up some ~numbers~ this year. he has 11.8 k/9, which is best in the minors (he's fourth in strikeouts overall), and he has not allowed a home run in his 160-inning career
also he's 6'2" and 155 lol
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 July 2013 23:27 (eleven years ago)
who is donnie murphy
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 8 August 2013 02:16 (eleven years ago)
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU
― ty based gay dead computer god (zachlyon), Friday, 9 August 2013 00:21 (eleven years ago)
sveum fired?
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/22886948-573/report-cubs-fire-dale-sveum.html
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 30 September 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago)
well it's not like the cubs would have been good with a different manager, but castro seems to be regressing, junior lake looked like he was barely trying when i saw them play last week, etc.
yankees beat writer said over the weekend he thought girardi would manage the yankees or not at all next year, but who knows. i doubt he had much fun this season.
― mookieproof, Monday, 30 September 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago)
Sveum only being there two years makes me wonder if he was being used as a placeholder for Girardi and that Girardi and the Cubs already have an agreement, but I don't really know about baseball business.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 30 September 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago)
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/assets/images/6/2/4/66538624/cuts/649x350_clark_3w54ckug_xzttxqsc.jpg
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/fan_forum/clark.jsp
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 January 2014 21:35 (eleven years ago)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bd4-PPRCYAEoPEe.jpg
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 13 January 2014 21:49 (eleven years ago)
It sounds like the Cubs are ending up a similar deal to the Dodgers under McCourt (minus divorce) in that the new owner is so leveraged the club with debt to buy the club, they are not going to spend any money on the field.
― earlnash, Monday, 13 January 2014 23:06 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/UlHuXrm.jpg
― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 03:26 (eleven years ago)
lol - http://deadspin.com/comcast-sportsnet-airs-our-version-of-cubs-mascot-with-1501633812/@bubbaprog
― balls, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 04:49 (eleven years ago)