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Colin got to throw out the first pitch for the Hawkeye vs Jayhawks. He grew up about 20 miles down the road in Cascade and his college coach is the current head coach for the Hawkeyes. I may have freaked out just a bit.
Editing to add: Alex Cohen was also there (I think he did announcing for the broadcast)
New Orleans Saints head football coach and former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka sings "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch of the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs on July 5, 1998, in Chicago. (Frank Polich/AP)
Added the italics for sings
Doing a little sorting tonight.
Struck by this fun cross-section of the last 40 or so years of Cubs baseball.
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Jed out in centerfield this afternoon.
I don't think I've ever seen this before, where our entire rotation becomes a free agent. Very interesting off-season ahead of us. What does our 2027 rotation look like? Some options include Steele, Brown, Assad, Cabrera, Wiggins, Garrett, and Horton (returning in the second half). Could also pickup the mutual option on Rea
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The Cubs had a huge problem playing small ball during the regular season. And attempted steals were also down. So I wasn't surprised the the Cubs put themselves in a position to be swept by the Padres.
Not batting Hoerner behind PCA was a huge mistake IMO. The Cubs need to be a lot more aggressive on the bases next year!
After the first season of ABS, these are the MLB leaders for projected runs lost due to defensive ABS challenges:
The Cubs occupying 3 of the top 5 spots is just painful to see.
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Obviously a disappointing end of the season. But there were a ton of fun and exciting games this year! I was fortunate to see 5 walk offs! See you next year (hopefully)
Interesting article on the ABS results throughout the whole season. I guess we just were not using them in the right situations. Cubs were 21st in net runs gained through ABS but were 4th in ABS success rate. Contreras led all catchers in projected runs saved, even though his success rate was 12% lower than Carson Kelly’s. A lot of our batters also were quite poor at using them. Curious to see how we adjust the approach for next season (hopefully we have one)