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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #840 on: November 30, 2018, 01:22:16 pm »
Only a woman GM would have released him.

Im glad Theo and Jed werent as quick to castrate him as some here.
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #841 on: November 30, 2018, 01:30:48 pm »
Maybe he would have punched the lights out of a woman GM.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #842 on: November 30, 2018, 01:53:22 pm »
In Dusty's world there would never be a woman GM.
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #843 on: November 30, 2018, 02:26:21 pm »
Agree with you, reb.  If you want to make Rizzo the leadoff guy, you'll get good leadoff stats.  But that's not the point. 
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #845 on: November 30, 2018, 02:37:00 pm »
Cubs and Russell issue statements today about his status.

https://www.bleachernation.com/2018/11/30/cubs-and-addison-russell-release-lengthy-statements-about-his-suspension-and-his-tender/

Hard to imagine much better statements from either the Cubs or Russell

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #846 on: November 30, 2018, 02:39:11 pm »
Agree with you, reb.  If you want to make Rizzo the leadoff guy, you'll get good leadoff stats.  But that's not the point. 

Getting your best hitters the most PA is kinda a good idea though.

1st 778 PA
2nd 763 PA
3rd 745 PA
4th 724 PA
5th 710 PA
6th 691 PA
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #847 on: November 30, 2018, 02:52:42 pm »
Yeah, that’s the contra argument.

Mookie Betts hits leadoff. That works for the Sox.

Trout hits 2nd or 3rd.

Rizzo typically hits 3rd or 4th.

I’m fine with Rizzo anywhere between 2 and 4 but not crazy about hitting him leadoff in the context of this current lineup.

On other hand, if Cubs sign Bryce Harper, I’m good with Rizzo-Bryant-Harper-Baez in that order.

That would work, no?

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #848 on: November 30, 2018, 03:11:27 pm »
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Hard to imagine much better statements from either the Cubs or Russell

Indeed.  I'm sure he had help writing it, and who knows whether he believes it or not, but I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.  I don't think we know the details of what her blog post reference to him being physical means, do we?  That leaves lots of room for interpretation.  Many people jump right to assuming he beat her on a regular basis, but (without going all Dusty) there are plausible scenarios that are a lot less egregious that more forgivable.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #849 on: November 30, 2018, 03:33:07 pm »
Look, at minimum, Russell engaged in criminal assault. He didn’t have to “beat her on a regular basis” to be engaged in criminal simple assault. Physical menace—even without hitting/touching—is assault in most jurisdictions when intended to cause fear of harm. He has not denied that he did at least that much, as far as I can tell.

Russell is fortunate he didn’t end up in criminal proceedings in some fashion and Cubs and MLB are doing the right thing by taking this very seriously. It’s not useful to mitigate anything about this situation by enphasizing that he didn’t do something worse.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #850 on: November 30, 2018, 03:40:44 pm »
I’d actually prefer Harper-Bryant-Rizzo-Baez...
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #851 on: November 30, 2018, 03:44:11 pm »
Indeed.  I'm sure he had help writing it, and who knows whether he believes it or not, but I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.  I don't think we know the details of what her blog post reference to him being physical means, do we?  That leaves lots of room for interpretation.  Many people jump right to assuming he beat her on a regular basis, but (without going all Dusty) there are plausible scenarios that are a lot less egregious that more forgivable.
Rumor has it that Dusty helped Russell write his apology.  Russell was smart enough to delete the sentence, "The **** had it coming."
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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #852 on: November 30, 2018, 04:04:29 pm »
Hard to imagine much better statements from either the Cubs or Russell

I don’t know, a better statement from the Cubs would be announcing a non-tender. But, if they are going to stick with him, they said all the right things I guess.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #853 on: November 30, 2018, 04:09:59 pm »
Just to show you who were dealing with here Addison's ex recently put on her instagram that part of her recovery consisted of a new boob job.

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Re: Cubs in '19
« Reply #854 on: November 30, 2018, 04:14:40 pm »
Dude, just stop. For your own sake.
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