OT: Other Chicago & General Sports Thread XXXVII: Arrieta no hits the Dodgers!

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[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

That was so damn weird.

 

[ObeyPerry]

What do you expect out of Costas? That guy is a Cardinal shill almost as much as Buck and McCarver. Other than that he was pretty accurate.

 

[Fortyfives]

What a dick

 

[Ace Rothstein]

That's so over the top.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Jesus

 

[Pepe Silvia]

That's hilarious

 

[HeisenBaez]

What do you expect out of Costas? That guy is a Cardinal shill almost as much as Buck and McCarver. Other than that he was pretty accurate.

"Strop hasn't been good here tonight, fans. He was fortunately to get out of the jam with only one run given up."

He could used something similar to that ^ and been just as accurate. He simply wanted to go with the over-the-top dramatics and it was too much. He's a dick.

 

[ObeyPerry]

These Cubs are frustrating me. A lot of hits and can't find a way to get them in to score.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Cubs laying a stinker.

 

[Illinihockey]

Do they keep a strength of schedule metric for baseball and if so where can I find it? Seems every day the Cubs are playing a winning team

 

[MurrayBannerman]

They do. I'd have to find it, but something tells me it's on BP.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Cubs slide continues.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Cardinals made them look like the young, inexperienced team they are.

 

[Blue Liner]

This Cubs team feels kinda like the Hawks in 2008-09. Young, exciting, competitive, rising but not quite good enough or experienced enough and needed to learn some things from big brother Detroit Red Wings. Replace the Wings with the Cardinals and swap the Hawks for the Cubs and you sort of have a current equivalent.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Keep seeing this comparison, here and else where. I don't see the Cubs in the NLCS. I'll give you 07-08, missing the playoffs by a slim margin, I guess.

 

[Blue Liner]

Keep seeing this comparison, here and else where. I don't see the Cubs in the NLCS. I'll give you 07-08, missing the playoffs by a slim margin, I guess.

Didn't mean it quite that literally. I'm not predicting them to make the NLCS, more like they're on the cusp of being great but still learning lessons from their established big brother rival for a season before really taking that other step forward.

 

[Elvis P]

Notre Dame has suspended running back Greg Bryant for the first four games of the coming season for a violation of team rules, a source told ESPN.com. The 5-foot-10, 205-pound Bryant entered Notre Dame in 2013 as ESPN's No. 2 running back prospect in the nation, but he has yet to break through.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...eg-bryant-notre-dame-fighting-irish-suspended

Change of topic to the Cubs. Castro is #1 in hits and errors among NL shortstops since his first game. Would you keep him or trade him? What if you could get a guy like Asdrubal Cabrera who has not hit well the last 2 1/2 years, but is a more consistent glove, what would you do then? What team will Starlin be with in 2016?

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Didn't mean it quite that literally. I'm not predicting them to make the NLCS, more like they're on the cusp of being great but still learning lessons from their established big brother rival for a season before really taking that other step forward.

I understand you didn't. I just think people are getting a little ahead of themselves. Cubs fans have every right to be excited. But they aren't anywhere near as good as that Hawks team. When I hear that comparison, to me that means people think they're winning it all next year. And I just don't see that from what's probably an 88 or so win team this year.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

http://espn.go.com/college-football...eg-bryant-notre-dame-fighting-irish-suspended

Castro is #1 in hits and errors among NL shortstops since his first game. Would you keep him or trade him? What if you could get a guy like Asdrubal Cabrera who has not hit well the last 2 1/2 years, but is a more consistent glove, what would you do then? What team will Starlin be with in 2016?

This post is a little disjointed

 

[Ace Rothstein]

This post is a little disjointed

I'm shocked!

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

I was a Starlin supporter for a long time, but I think it's time for him to move on -- as long as the Cubs get an appropriate return.

 

[Elvis P]

The Chicago Bulls offered Jimmy Butler a maximum five-year, $90 million contract Monday, leading the restricted free agent to postpone meetings with several other teams as he decides how many years to re-sign with the Bulls for, sources said.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/stor...remain-chicago-bulls-just-mulling-length-deal

 

[chicagoskycam]

Scottie Pippen, "I was Lebron James before Lebron James.."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...bron-james-before-lebron-james-201754984.html

Um, no you were not. You were not even the best player on your team.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

I think his point is that LBJ and him play similar styles and that, on MJ's, team he'd play a similar role.

Pippen was the best 3 in the NBA for a long time and almost did the whole team on my back dueeee thing LeBron did in a much tougher conference.