It's been awhile so this may take two editions to empty my desk so let's start with baseball. HOLY CRAPOLA, BATMAN! What a two weeks of playoff baseball that started with the highly rated NEW YORK METS heading south for the winter, losing in 3 to a revitalized PHILADELPHIA team, who then went on to eliminate the defending world champion ATLANTA BRAVES in 4 games, despite the Braves winning 101 regular season games.
Win over 100 games in the regular season? Who cares? Want the recipe for "heading home for the winter" chili? Start with one cup of Atlanta followed by a teaspoon of NEW YORK MET and then follow that with a heavy dose of LOS ANGELES DODGER and a sprinkling of division winning CARDINALS but stir quickly because they disappear quickly in October. Other than the division winning Cardinals. they all won over 100 games.
So we're left with the cheating HOUSTON ASTROS, SAN DIEGO PADRES, the PHILLIES and the winner of tonight's game between the NEW YORK YANKEES and the CLEVELAND INDIANS. No matter what, we'll have a new world champ and that's always good for the sport.
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JOSE ABREU to the CUBS? I hear rumblings......the WHITE SOX have far too many young players that can play 1st base and Abreu's numbers are down, especially his power numbers but those would definitely climb playing at Wrigley. Jose is 35 or 38 or 42, depending on who you talk to at the Havana city hall but the cubs would also be buying his leadership which is sorely needed in their clubhouse. Think about it..........
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DON'T FORGET THE NEW CHANGES IN BASEBALL FOR NEXT YEAR!! Bigger bases, only 2 throws over the first base by the pitcher, the defensive shift/overload goes bye-bye, no stepping out of the box unless you've swung at the prior pitch and free beer at the ball parks! (just wanted to see if you were reading closely)
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I cannot tell you how happy I am that TONY LARUSSA is adios. Hiring a manager who has been out of the game for ten years was simply STUPID and JERRY REINSDORF should be giving serious thought to handing over the reins of the organization to someone much younger who is not hung up on blind loyalty. And as far as a new manager....PLEASE.....anyone but JOEY GASBAG aka joe maddon. We don't need dancing monkeys on the south side or nerd night or hippie buses or any of that other crap he brings with him. PUH-LEEZE no joey gasbag.
If I was the GM.......... ABREU, MICHAEL KOPECH & YASMANI GRANDAHL would be heading to new locations.
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Remember the outrage from cub fans when they traded 'the core' last July? JAVY BAEZ hit .238 with half the home runs he hit last year. KRIS BRYANT signed a monster contract with the COLORADO ROCKIES and then was injured most of the year.....hit .306 in just 62 games and 5 home runs but NOT 1 HOME RUN IN COLORADO. Your mom could hit one out in that thin air.
CRAIG KIMBREL SUCKED with the WHITE SOX and then sucked so bad with the DODGERS that they left him off the post season roster. This bum is 34 and hasn't been an elite pitcher the last 4 years. Even ANTHONY RIZZO is struggling by hitting .224 with the YANKEES but the short right field fence got him 32 dingers and he's affordable at 16 million so the yankees may keep him around.
The Cubs made the absolutely correct decision by taking out the trash before they lost all value on the trade market.
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Ok, that's it for now. more to come.
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