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It won't have that much impact for the single season. If Russell is one of the two or three best shortstops you can count on him get at least $12 million. If Schwarber really is a 40 homer guy God knows what he'll get.

But hey, I don't know, maybe the Hotel Zachary will have constant no vacancy and Nuveen will buy ads all over the place and the Cub payroll will go to $300 million a year. I would doubt that and that means somebody is not going to be on the team.

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The speech was given by him at the end of his 26 year old season.

2017 is his 27 year old season. He sucked brutally last year but he's still on the right side of 30 for the next few seasons.

While it looks ugly now, burying the contract is a bit premature at this point.

You're neck deep in Cubs business here.

Yep. Without Heywards speech it goes down as per usual...Cubs super tight worrying about choking and tgen choke.

Thats the Heyward difference!

Dolphin is a tough grader. Considers Lackey in Boston as a bad signing even though guy won the clinching game in the WS

Yes, it is but trading him and paying half the money is very real.

Not out of the realm of possibility that Cubs can afford an extra 12 million without affecting how they spend

Just an FYI, its actually spelled Heyward. That said, fuck him and his contract.

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Agreed. I absolutely believe he can get bacl to his 340 obp with lile 17 Hrs

I'd say MANY of his big free agents in Chicago have been pretty damn good... Lester and Zobrist alone could have been the pitching and offensive MVPs for the entire playoffs.

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It is Theos weak spot compared to the draft and trade wizadry.

That's like saying Jordan's weak spot was his shooting. All things considered, still pretty good.

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Thanks for clearing that up!

Has the fact that all Theo's "cant miss prospects" that were mocked for years contributed in Game 7?

Ruth
Almora
Bryant
Rizzo
Baez


What a group of prospects!

Baez was a Hendry pick.

Cubs fans...

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I was gonna say Jordan's 3 pt shooting

(I love that his pyscho competitive nature made him believe he could beat Hodges in the contest.)

Dammit. I added him. Original post was 10th inning specific, but I changed it.

Baez was mocked as part of Theos coveted system though.


I think Ive pointed out that Baez is Hendrys guy like 15 times before on this board. Nobody knows that more than me!

Did you know that before "the Shrug" game, there were some saying Drexler was better than Jordan (ha!) because Drexler was a better shooter? Jordan knew that as well.

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Craig Hodges was on fire

Jordan would bet 6 fugures on an arm wrestling match against Bull Hurley if you dared him

That is definitely true, 'arps. They bailed out Theo's "can't miss manager"

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Now that's a Sox Fan, right there.

Sox fan or not, its pretty clear that the players won Game 7 despite the moves Maddon made.

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Absolutely. Ill be the 1st guy to rip Maddon's Game 7 shit.

I just like how the Sox narrative has shifted regarding the Cubs.

"I guess the prospects are ok but did you see that blowhard hippie manager?"

Matt is never wrong.

The dad in "Get Out" is actually played by Maddon.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Sox fans not wasting any time worrying about the Cubs.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

To think they won without Andrew Miller!!

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Nice work Matt

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