First of all, good-bye and good luck to Chicago Blackhawks captain and future hall of famer JONATHAN TOEWS, who was a major part of bringing 3 Stanley Cups to the city after an almost 50 year drought. Toews will be moving on OR retiring following the Friday night game against Philadelphia in the United Center. CAPTAIN SERIOUS.....We wish you well!
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Memo to boot licking cub fans: remember all your angst when the club traded "the core" from the world series year....WHY? WHY? WHY? 'how could they trade them?' Well, let me tell you why. JAVY BAEZ......batting average .100 WILLSON CONTRERAS.... .169 KRIS BRYANT .....played just 52 games and hit ONE home run in Colorado last year and Coors Field is known among the league as 'the launching pad'. Plus 2 of those 3 guys are me-me-me jerks.
Now nice guy ANTHONY RIZZO is doing just fine with the NYY and just signed a new 3 year deal so good for him and bad for the cubs. But for once I totally agree with the front office of the cubs on their decision to dump the junk.
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The BEARS finally rang the bell with off-season moves! While I was south of the border, they made a great trade to get out of the #1 pick and made some very nice acquisitions in the free agency period. NOW COMES THE DRAFT and 4 possibilities:
OHIO STATE OFFENSIVE TACKLE PARIS JOHNSON 6'06" 313
NORTHWESTERN OFFENSIVE TACKLE PETER SKORONSKI 6'04 297
GEORGIA DEFENSIVE LINEMAN JALEN CARTER 6'03" 305 (if you can keep him out of prison, he'll be a good one)
TRADE THE #9 PICK FOR MORE PICKS
Any of those 4 moves is just fine with me but they will still struggle to win 8 games.
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I am the only WHITE SOX FAN who doesn't believe in the starting pitching, which is a key element in gaining the post season. DYLAN CEASE is one of the 5 best in baseball. LANCE LYNN is 30 pounds overweight and carrying a 7.3 ERA. Hello, dallas kuechel.
LUCAS GIOLITO is 6.00 and has become a split personality. AND that brings us to the the PSYCHO TWINS......MICHAEL KOPECH at 6.75 simply sucks and needs to be traded. He is certifiable and you can see the petulant child arrive every time someone cranks one. That's right, ONE hard hit ball sends him into a funk. He stinks and one good outing out of four doesn't justify keeping him. MIKE CLEVENGER may or may not be a major league pitcher or he might be a burnt out 50/50 journeyman. Have to keep an eye on him.
Relief pitching will be fine, the defense will continue to suck until they're healthy and realize that ELOI JIMENEZ & GAVIN SHEETS should never, and i mean NEVER, see the field except at first base in an emergency. The offense will eventually be fine but you have to pitch to win. case closed.
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HOW ABOUT THOSE BULLS???!!!??? and now on to Miami where it will be interesting to see if management stifles DEMAR DeROZAN'S daughter, who screamed every time the Raptors attempted a free throw which may have resulted in the junior high-like 50% from the line. And yes, in the NBA, management does have the right to control what you yell.
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BEST BASEBALL PLAYER IN MY LIFETIME. Slam dunk. SHOHEI OHTANI.
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And late breaking news.......My brother Terry is fighting complications from a total ankle rebuild and is currently on a respirator up in Milwaukee. Personally, I think it's a desperate plea to get more strokes on the golf course when he's better. GET BETTER!
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Ok, I can see a little of my desk. More later. Enjoy the weather.....until Saturday night.
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