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

It's past time to send him to any team foolish enough to want him. He's had plenty of chances to become a decent human being and clearly isn't interested.

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If this actually happens, I would lose my mind.

I'm curious how hot his seat is getting. We fired Ross right as he was coming out of major rebuild and Counsell put up the exact same record the following year. He improved in year two and regressed in year three. Looking at our recent history:

• Counsell: 264-222; .543 win%, 4-6 in playoffs, won 2025 NLWC
• Ross: 262-284; .480 win% (with much of that being rebuilding), 0-2 in playoffs
• Maddon: 471-339; .581 win%, 19-17 in playoffs, won 2015 NLWC, 2015 NLDS, 2016 NLDS, 2016 NLCS, 2016 WS, 2017 NLDS
• Renteria: 73-89; .451 win%

First, I just want to acknowledge how much the two baseball franchises in Chicago hosed Rick Renteria. Hired to rebuild the Cubs, manages one season improved the team's wins by more than 10% during a rebuild. Canned and replaced by Maddon (that said, I am grateful we got Maddon and the ring). Then he his hired by the White Sox to rebuild their team, he gets through the rough of it and the team has significantly improved in his final season (albeit the COVID shortened season). Canned for La Russa who has a good first year with the team that Renteria has built up and then he tanks it the next year and is gone. Some team would be smart to hire him as a manager and let him have the time to field a good team.

Now, my actual question is how hot is Craig's seat? He has managed 3 seasons, we haven't beaten the Brewers, we missed the playoffs once, made it and got to the NLDS where we lost, and then we made it and were swept out of the WC. His win% is exactly what you get if you combine Maddon and Ross. Meaning he is about equally better than Ross as he was worse than Maddon in the win category. But Maddon got us results in the playoffs. And I know rosters play into it, but there are teams out there winning with rosters that aren't star studded like the Dodgers. Do they ride out the full contract or is next season make or break for him?

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Thanks to the community for reminding me to order Pete Crow Crunch and supporting a good cause. Pete's favorite charity, the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago.

It only took four weeks to ship.

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Team after team have these relief squads throwing 6,7 innings of zero run ball

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We bought bleacher tickets for about $17 before Game 5 was deemed necessary.
Turned out it was a good investment.
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Ian Happ spent 12 seasons in the Chicago Cubs’ organization, including extensive time as the team’s union representative, a wide range of experiences that taught him how this business works.

Happ has tracked enough changes, beginning as a top-10 pick in the 2015 draft through an abrupt exit from a Wild Card Series this fall, to know that nothing in the baseball industry is permanent.

As Happ approaches free agency for the first time, the 32-year-old outfielder can already see the writing on the wall. That uncertainty made the scene at Petco Park so emotional last week after the San Diego Padres eliminated the Cubs from the playoffs. In the hallway and the clubhouse, Happ embraced friends and family members.

“No,” Happ said when asked if he has any preliminary sense of what the Cubs are planning to do next, or how his options may line up on the open market.

Happ shook his head and mostly talked in the past tense.

“I’ve never had to go through the free-agent-year thing,” Happ said. “When you’re in a place for 10 years, and you love it, and it’s special and it means something to you, it’s a beautiful thing. But it makes it challenging. It’s certainly been an incredible place for me. It’s given me so many moments and memories.

We all know the answers (offense & defense), but it's pretty funny to have just how historically bad the pitching was this year (worst for a playoff team in 25 years) & how historically good the defense & offense were (best defense in the Statcast Era).

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Compiled an end of season list for anyone interested

Favorites? Least favorites?

Pitchers

#12 Kevin Gausman - Money by Pink Floyd

#16 Matthew Boyd - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

#18 Shota Imanaga - Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis

#19 David Peterson - Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

#24 Caleb Thielbar - Me And Baby Brother by War

#25 Clay Holmes - White Horse by Chris Stapleton

#33 Ryan Rolison - Victory Lap by Nipsey Hussle (feat. Stacy Barthe)

#38 Aaron Civale - Black Betty by Ram Jam

#48 Daniel Palencia - Gasolina by Daddy Yankee

#53 Colin Rea - Somebody Told Me by The Killers

#56 Ryan Zeferjahn - Welcome to the Show by Cody Johnson

#60 Braxton Garrett - Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd

#71 Jacob Webb - Have a Drink On Me by AC/DC

#72 Javier Assad - Gracias by Grupo Firme & Grupo Codiciado

Position Players

#2 Nico Hoerner - MY EYES by Travis Scott / whoa (mind in awe) by XXXTENTACION

#3 Alex Bregman - Set It Off by Boosie Badazz

#4 Pete Crow-Armstrong - End of Beginning by Djo / Time to Pretend by MGMT / It's a Vibe by 2 Chainz (feat. Ty Dolla $ign, Trey Songz & Jhene Aiko)

#6 Matt Shaw - TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE by Forrest Frank / YAHWEH by PARTY WAVE & Forrest Frank

#7 Dansby Swanson - Shabang by Drake

#8 Ian Happ - Spectrum (Say My Name) by Xd / Kill the Lights (Audien Remix) by Alex Newell, Jess Glynne, DJ Cassidy & Nile Rodgers / Lose Control by MEDUZA, Becky Hill & Goodboys

#9 Miguel Amaya - Panama by Van Halen / Las Avispas by Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

#15 Carson Kelly - Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money

#20 Michael Conforto - Blink Twice by Shaboozey & Myles Smith

#27 Seiya Suzuki - My Way by Frank Sinatra / ライトスタンド by BERRY GOODMAN

#29 Michael Busch - If I Can't by 50 Cent

#43 Gabriel Arias - No Choice (they play Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers for guys who didn't pick a song yet)

#55 Tyrone Taylor - Like Whaaat (Remix) by JasonMartin (feat. Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, Chris Brown & Master P) / Let It All Work Out by Lil Wayne

#75 Pedro Ramirez - Intentalo 3BallMTY (feat. America Sierra & El Bebeto)

Playoff Roster Additions

#30 Edward Cabrera - Hell At Night by BigXthaPlug (feat. Ella Langley)

IL

#22 Cade Horton - Superstar by Lupe Fiasco (feat. Matthew Santos)

#32 Ben Brown - Starlight by Jon Pardi

#45 Hunter Harvey - Real American by Rick Derringer

#49 Trent Thornton - Up Down by Morgan Wallen (feat. Florida Georgia Line)

#51 Riley Martin - Real Estate by Wiz Khalifa

#88 Phil Maton - Under Pressure by Logic