Scholarship table
Can we merge this with the MLB 2017 thread? There's a lot of good, active discussion there already.
I'm delighted at this turn of Cub events.For I am a St. Louis Cardinal fan. We know the Cubs because our team has been playing the small and inadequate bears for more than 100 years. We know that for every flash of brilliance in Wrigley Field, there will be decades of futility. We respect the Ricketts family because they're trying to bring the Cardinal Way to Wrigley Field. But we inevitably know that despite the family's best efforts, the Cubs will continue to be the Cubs.In St. Louis, we know that at 36-40, the Cardinals are having a crappy year. That's true even though we're well within hailing distance of the NL Central Lead. Four games out and we're talking about firing our Manager and General Manager (and probably the head of player personnel). Some think we're spoiled and that we're not true fans because we don't support our team through futility, like Cub Fans do. But folks, understand that we're demanding fans. We expect to win. We tolerate losing, but we do so with the expectation that our team and our players (yes, even though we don't own the team, we see them as "our" players) will do their best to win and that losing is not a permanent part of Cardinal lore.
I don't even know where to begin with this stuff.https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis
StL Cardinals fans are to MLB what GB Packers fans are to the NFL.
And cub fans are like Bears fans. Win one title and talk about it for the rest of your life like the team is still meaningful.I'm guessing dumping a catcher will fix things, though. If Joe could just get a few more guys to play a few more positions, that would help, too.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Apparently, the Cubs visited the White House/Trump Today. This after they did the same in January with Obama.Has any team ever had two WH visits before?http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-cubs-joe-maddon-white-house-20170627-story.html
The only titles that have me "worried" (and not really worried, but just still want to see before I die) are a Marquette National Title..... My hope is that we will be in the running for the first by 2019.
Today's visit is an informal visit because they're in DC and the opportunity was presented to them. Maddon wasn't even sure if they'd be meeting with the President. The Ricketts' family also has some close ties to the Commander in Chief so there's that too. It's not a second "championship celebration" visit.
Hope they got lots of Orange Creep juice on them.Does this visit mean that Maddon has to lie to Cub fans every day?
What's going on with Almora's left hand?