suh_fan93

As a Cubs fan, it's the ultimate weekend. I was glad we went before the renovations. Another thing that was fun was we were in a group and when I sat down, at the first game, I introduced myself to the guy next to me and he and his wife ended up being from Nebraska too. Oh wow. That is awesome. Every time I meet someone here in Chicago from Nebraska it's really cool. Every now and then I'll see someone with a Nebraska hat or shirt here too. That ultimate weekend sounds really neat.

I'll admit I'm a little biased with Hendricks because my wife and I actually have met him and spent some time with him when we were on a Cubs destination weekend last year in Chicago. He is really a nice guy (at least seemed that way) and after last year, I am hoping he really catches on and has a good career with the Cubs. I haven't been this optimistic with the Cubs since I lived in Des Moines and watched players like Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and Cory Patterson come up through and almost get us to the WS. The young bats are there and (I agree) it may take a year or so for them to fully develop. I have heard discussion about possibly dealing Castro for another pitcher. If that happens, Russell would move to short (his natural position) and we would need to find a second baseman. Right now, we have a ton of pitchers on the roster and (again, I agree) the bull pen has been struggling. Hopefully getting Grim back helps that. If we could find middle relief it would be a huge step forward. We have been struggling with that for the last several years. Yesterdays game was filled with horrible fielding, batting and pitching. Other than that, it was pretty good However, the Cards are on fire and they are going to make one heck of a lot of teams look like that this year. Right now, it looks like we are playing for just trying to win the wild card. However, there is a slight chink in their armor. They have been using their bull pen way too much. If they wear them out, they could go on a streak where they lose quite a few they should have won. That weekend your wife and you had sounds like a blast. I'm with you too in that I haven't been this optimistic about the Cubs since 2003 or the Bartman year! Yeah the Cards are basically the team to beat and the barometer in terms of how we measure up but other than last night the Cubs really had an amazing offensive series. You are totally right about the bullpen being used too much. Thankfully Cub fans have something to be halfway excited about this year because they are a fun team to watch!

New Vacation trailer.

He'd be the best quarterback on their roster. That statement is ridic. Best athlete, not best QB Alabama has another QB on their current roster who is or was a returning Heisman trophy candidate? He finished 5th in the Heisman ballot in 2013. Derp.... Sorry I missed the inference that you meant on Alabama's team. No worries Coqui. Sounds like he's staying put at OSU anyway. That whole OSU QB situation is going to be super interesting to watch play out.

22 turnovers and 4 pick-sixes last year alone.

WAT?!??? Oh wait. It's Todd McShay. Now it makes sense.

I always look forward to Jim Bruer's posts on FB. He's always cracked me up. He's a big Mets fan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g44nNkJrYG0

He had a decent year last year yes but he's given up 16 earned runs in 5 starts this year. Both him and Lester as well as the bullpen have been hugely disappointing this year although Lester seems to be looking somewhat better. Regardless it's only April but I still think next year or the year after are more likely years for the Cubs to make a serious run. The hitting potential is there and it's young. Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler and Addison Russell who currently has a 9 game hitting streak. The pitching needs to be there too however which is pretty obvious. Without question it needs to improve. The Cubs aren't done putting this staff together though and thankfully so.

This was pretty funny when it happened. Confused the heck out of Rizzo who later was laughing.

You can add the majority of the their bullpen and Kyle Hendricks too. Theo and the Cubs need to shore up their pitching. Plain and simple. 3 home runs in his first 3 at bats today for Bryce Harper.

Gold.

He'd be the best quarterback on their roster. That statement is ridic. Best athlete, not best QB Alabama has another QB on their current roster who is or was a returning Heisman trophy candidate? He finished 5th in the Heisman ballot in 2013. Derp....

So a guy can't get a tattoo representing the first team that drafted him into the NFL? Come on dude. I think that's just slightly significant event wise in any football players life and he also happens to be someone who really likes tattoos. The ridicule over this tattoo in this thread is ridiculous.

Yeah they looked like a team primed to take the cup last night but I'm still not sold on our sometimes shaky defense. Glad to be up 2-0 but now they'll have to win on the road. It won't be easy.

I think the jury is still out much more with Gregory than with Abdullah at this point. If Ameer has a good offensive line in front of him who could run block I could see him being a really good back in the league. He can make people miss and is stronger than he seems. Gregory has the ability but it's his physical size that concerns me. I actually do think he is stronger than people give him credit for though and I really like how he uses those long arms to his advantage. I'd love to see both of them show up in the Sportscenter highlights. I'm excited to see how both of them do.

Does he even end up making the team? He put up nice numbers in terms of tackles in a run first Big 10 conference but the NFL is a passing league. Kind of shocked he was signed frankly.

Mike Riley is a genius!

Maybe it's not about what he did but about what could happen? Randy Gregory and his reps asked that a support system be in place wherever he ended up so to me it sounds like he's saying he needs help of some kind with something he's dealing with.

But no one knows exactly what his problems are. If they are psychological then the whole millions of dollars and getting a return on an investment argument is mute. Sometimes people need help. Especially if it's something like anxiety attacks or a possible psychological issue.

Gregory is a Cowboy. I hate the Cowgirls but glad his wait is over. Excited to watch him.

I really hope someone picks him up. Pulling hard for him now.